Morning Kickaround

*Barcelona visits Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal today (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2). Following the dreary scoreless draw in the first match, let's hope we see something akin to the clubs' 1999 CL group showdown when a young lad named David Beckham worked his magic:

*Brazil says it is coming north soon for a pair of friendlies in Seattle and Foxborough. Ronaldo won't be there. Besides being injured, he's busy with other, um, matters.

*D.C. United's reserves were supposed to scrimmage Crystal Palace USA (USL2) this morning at the RFK training grounds, but the heavy rain yesterday has forced a cancellation.

*Nothing to do with futbol, but as the most cultured soccer blog around, I'd like to recommend this DVD.

Back later with news and notes from DCU training.....