If you were at the game or have watched any of the highlights on the evening news or on DC United’s website, Porstmouth FC did not suddenly get a sponsorship from Volkswagen. In what has been a nightmarish North American week’s journey for the English side frought with travel issues and serious injuries to compound [...]
United goalkeeper Troy Perkins sat slumped in his chair deep in his locker some 15-minutes after the final whistle staring somewhere or even nowhere; stunned perhaps but depressed most likely after more critical errors caused another miserable home loss. Landon Donovan converted a penalty kick in the 58th minute after United had equalized just four [...]
Pablo Hernandez and Branko Boskovic are both seemingly done deals for DC United as they await their International Transfer Certificates to be completed when the July 15th transfer window officially opens. Boskovic will have Designated Player status and signed a two year deal while Hernandez, 23, is on loan from Uruguay first division side Defensor [...]
Smiles have finally surfaced around the DC United camp fire as they prepare for a critical stretch of three straight road league matches starting this Saturday in Columbus, interrupted by a midweek U.S Open Cup home match next week against Richmond. A six game unbeaten streak will typically do that even if two of the [...]
With a surprising 3-2 win at Seattle Thursday night for their first road win of the season, DC United are on a serious uptick going into the two week World Cup hiatus. They are now unbeaten in their last five overall matches that includes two league wins and a scoreless draw, their first clean sheet [...]
Youth was served Wednesday night at balmy RFK Stadium in Washington, and fresh legs too, as 17-year old Andy Najar’s sensational individual effort two minutes into the second overtime made the difference in DC United’s 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play-in game. “It was a special little [...]
Not only did DC United give their fans a good performance at RFK Stadium Wednesday night, they came away victorious, defeating star-studded AC Milan 3-2 before a split but appreciative crowd of 30,367. “We had a point to prove tonight,” said Chris Pontius, who who had a part in United’s first two goals.
The Colorado Rapids ended one of the longest streaks in MLS history Saturday night, defeating DC United 1-0 at RFK Stadium for the first time in 11 years and sending the home side further into the abyss of the MLS table. Mehdi Ballouchy pounced on a loose ball and added his own bit of skill [...]
DC United is having trouble with their finishing. No, this is not an archived story pulled out from last year or the year before that for that matter. But no worries mate-June will get here soon enough. Since scoring over 50 goals on their way to the Supporter’s Shield in both the 2006 and 2007 [...]
DC United stepped onto steamy RFK Stadium field on Saturday with a cohesive, definitive game plan and executed it very well despite not having any goals to show for it at the break. The second half was a different story. United completely got away from what they did in that first half, allowing a confident [...]
