More exciting news from RFK Stadium — D.C. United announced last night that attacking midfielder Chris Pontius had been called up to the United States’ national team.
Yesterday, D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid sent out a tweet simply stating, “Happiest day of my life.” Now we know why — the 20-year-old has been called up to the United States’ men’s national team by new manager Jurgen Klinsmann.
Jul 09, 2009
Gold Cup: U.S. Wear Down Honduras, 2-0
Santino Quaranta’s emotional evening took center stage — but there was still the matter of the match itself, a solid 2-0 win for U.S. over a tricky Honduras side last night at a pumping RFK Stadium. Obviously, ‘Tino wasn’t the only player out there who had something to prove in front of the 27,000-plus on hand — two former United players made a return to their former home, if but in a different jersey. Former…