Matchday #6: United-Red Bulls

How many ink stained wretches fit into a single Insider Prius?

any websites for viewing this game as Telefutura is n/a on FIOS?

Good point about the heat on turf. It will be brutal out there. I'll be happy with a point under these conditions. Looking forward to visiting Red Bull Arena next year.

"... the gripping NFL draft."

Zing!

For FiOS looks like NBA/DirectKick. I guess mlsnet is really going to start paying for itself we see fewer and fewer FSC and ESPN games.

The weather today would have made for a great home game.

Does anyone know of anywhere that the game is being streamed for free online? I don't get Telefutura (well, I do, but DirecTV blacks out any pro sports game on it).

Does anyone know of anywhere that the game is being streamed for free online? I don't get Telefutura (well, I do, but DirecTV blacks out any pro sports game on it).

Posted by: kdiff813 | April 26, 2009 1:36 PM | Report abuse

http://atdhe.net/6624/watch-new-york-red-bulls-vs-dc-united

Is it just me or is anyone else frustrated to see Burch start at LB again? I get sick and tired of Soehn's infatuation with him. IMO the backline should be Namoff-LB Janicki-CB and Jagovic-RB. They played really well in the first game and I can't stand Burch's penchant for turnovers and not marking the far post on a cross from the right wing. He has been making mistakes for three straight years as a LB. Why is he still starting?

Wow, Pontius is being given a lot of credit -- and responsibility...

The Limarzi link, for the Spanish-challenged (follow the 1050 AM link):

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=8

I definetly am confused. I'm not a John fan, but if we put in the effort, the money, the stupidity to get him, for a bench warmer? Brilliant.

Also, though I think Quaranta and Fred are important, and have potential, Barklage played like a maniac the other night. He should get minutes.

ps. Olsen, don't get injured.

He isn't in game shape.

United Demon, how much money did we put into John?

No recess, couldn't agree more about Burch. His laserbeam of a leg will only get us so far considering his defensive liabilities.

http://atdhe.net/6624/watch-new-york-red-bulls-vs-dc-united

The link does not work

Let's Go United!

Telefutura FTW

Channel 612, Comcast.

and yet again I click on WTOP and get nothing but news...great!!!

you can really hear the supporters groups in the online radio feed - hats off to them for driving all the way to NJ and braving the heat

no recess, click on the federal news radio link, and choose the second option.

http://atdhe.net/6624/watch-new-york-red-bulls-vs-dc-united

link works now.

(well, I do, but DirecTV blacks out any pro sports game on it).

Posted by: kdiff813 | April 26, 2009 1:36 PM | Report abuse

Huh?

I have DirecTV and I'm watching the game as we speak.

Channel 47 on the rabbit ears.

The MLS tv feature online sucks. The afternoon game only shown on Telefutura is not included in the package. I see absolutely no value in buying that feature if I still can't watch an away game because it's on a Spanish language channel I don't even get at home.

(well, I do, but DirecTV blacks out any pro sports game on it).

Posted by: kdiff813 | April 26, 2009 1:36 PM | Report abuse

Huh?

I have DirecTV and I'm watching the game as we speak.

Posted by: RedDevil1 | April 26, 2009 3:12 PM | Report abuse

Hmm. Well, upon further review, I have discovered that I haven't actually purchased Telefutura at all! Funny. I do believe that was one of the channels my installation guy assured me I would get. Along with Setanta, which I also do not get.

And the link is still not working for me! I just get a picture of a gorilla with a camera. Super. And Ives picks the ONE game of the season not to do a match commentary for.

Man, everyone hates me today =(

@Kdiff813

If you have the local channels, then you should have Telefutura. Unless your mistaking it for Telemundo?

Never mind, he just started late. Not EVERYONE hates me today. Just the majority.

@RedDevil1- I live in Rhode Island, so I think it may be different for me, because I just turned my TV to channel 408 (Telefutura), and it gave me the "You have not purchased this channel" message.

@ kdiff813

Oh OK, I just assumed that you lived in the DC area. I forget how many fans DC has across the whole universe. lol

GOAL WALLACE!

Gooooolllll!!!

Thats how you do it. Great cross by Tino. When he is not hooting he is a darn fine player. Nice to Wallace open his account.

I live in the DC area. Verizon does not carry the Telefutura station.

Thanks!

DC's passing has been amazing so far

So, I assume it is like 110 degrees on that carpet., or more. It is like Bikram Yoga, not futbol.

As I said above, when he is not shooting, Quaranta is very good. When he is shooting, he sucks. At least, at this level.

The ref should give a water break to these guys if it really is 110º there.

I think Ben Olsen realized that as he went down for 2-3mins as the rest of both teams cooled off/rehydrated

oooh, missed an empty net at the buzzer.

so, I'm watching the game on livestream and my wife walks in and says, "oh, who are the guys in the VW shirts? they were on my flight to Newark yesterday." wait, what? seriously? you've been home for 9 hours and you are just telling me this NOW?

after cheerfully teasing her for a while about no photos, no autographs for our kids, etc., I began to wonder: DCU flies commercial? I would think a charter, the train, or even a bus would be more likely options. makes me think it was a group of supporters instead, but she said they were clearly athletes and were all lost in their ipods rather than hooting and hollering like supporters do.

by the way, for those watching the spanish language broadcast, how funny was it listening to the announcers being forced to list all of the candidates for the cutest MLS player award?

Should be 3-0....NYRB's defense is hideous

Troy, MLS as a whole flies commercial. Last year NE players and staff stopped a guy from stripping down and jumping out of a plane. Ives recently said that they actually get to keep their frequent flier miles as a "perk".

Olsen off. :(

50' Namoff clears one off the line; Jacobsen in for Olsen, who's looked uncomfortable all game.

3rd empty net miss by DC...finish them them!

53' Jacobsen booked - doing his best to fill Benny's shoes it seems.

another miss by emilio????

Emilio should have scored there.

Bench him til he gets a haircut.

Olsen off with an ankle injury. According to Telefutura.

and he is supposed to be our DP

Crayton is no good. He will not make it the whole season. Be prepared.

Crayton with another wild attempt to get the ball and almost paid for it.

Crayton is not making a strong case for a new contract.

Between Wallace and Burch the left side is getting sloppy. NYRB are attacking it over + over

That was only a matter of time. A tie is not looking likely, either

should have been 3-0 and now its 1-1 thanks emilio

whoops forgot santinos miss...

How do you leave their best player that poorly marked?

he was actually marked pretty well, he pushed off on jakovic and got the advantage

Is NYRB under some FIFA sanction that I didn't hear about that is forcing them to play in a closed stadium before no fans?

:)

NYRB had a league match on the road Thursday. And they're not good. DCU has to take this one. Car #11, where are you?

They do finish their chances, though.

I think that's the last we're going to see of Marc Burch for a long time.

This should have been a 3 or 4 nothing blow out and instead we are going to lose. awful.

THIS MAY BE THE WORST HALF ON DEFENSE I HAVE EVER SEEN UNITED PLAY.

I don't see where another goal is going to come from now.

My vote is for EMilio for Man of the Match, His superb play changed the game

Jakovic is the weakest link

Crayton sucks.

What was Burch playing at?

...at least Tino looks good.

this is exactly what happens when you do not kill a match off.

The Wallace-Burch combo is definitely not working as hoped. It's like the EZ Pass lane.

Jakovic isn't doing that bad, keeping Angel from climbing up your back and scoring isn't an easy task. The weakest link in this match has been Crayton.

Any live feed of the Freedom match?

It will soon be time for Soehn to move along. Year in year out you keep getting sub standard goalkeeping...See what a difference a keeper like Kasey Keller makes! Invest the money and get a quality keeper, and that will mask whatever shortcomings the defense has...

LOL. Goff, you're great. "Plenty of seats available."

Considering Maryland United consistenly sells out their own stadium! :D

emilio gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolll

EMILIO!!!

Goal!

by the Useless Emilio

THAT was nice.

EMILIO!!

OMG!!!!!!

HAHAHA GOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!

GOAl!!!!!!!!!!!! PONTIUS!!!!

Goal!!!

UNbelievable, LOL.

damn well deserved no question

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
-max bretos

boyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

OK, I never saw that comin'. Let's be smart now and not give it away

Sacked in the Morning
You're getting sacked in the morning
Sacked in the MORNING!!

We love you Khumalo. Oh yes we do.

Second goal was ALL Tino. Beautiful one-time-volley-through-ball-lob!

I don't see why people are saying Crayton sucked today. He has made a couple of good saves to keep the team in the game. NO keeper will save an open header like the one Angel had and on the other shot the defense didn't crash like the Red Bulls offense. Crayton made a good save before the second goal. Get off of his back.

Think of it this way, if we still had Wells we'd be down 3 goals.

OH YEA, AND THE LAST TWO GOALS HAVE COME THANKS TO BURCH CROSSES!

soehn is a genius...............

haha Crayton's trying not to smile too broadly

Boyzzz all is forgiven.

Sorry, not the third goal. That wasn't thanks to Burch. But the second was! My fault! :)

Vamos United!!! Can't believe we won this thing! Way to save that thing baby! Party boy with the GWG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yeaaahh!!!!!

Frickin awesome

I feel dirty, but oh so good. Glad I didn't turn off the game.

i agree crayton played fine. I didnt see how the goals were his fault. Both goal were well served balls, and well headed my JBA.

Also, much of our defensive problem come from the midfield. Our team shape through the midfield is rather poor. Everyone ball watches and gets beat on simply combination passes. If your midfield is poor, your back line will always be exposed.

ahhhhahahahah classic dc/metro!!!

very nice

I am amazed! But it still proves that we are strong through the first 45 minutes and last five minutes of a match -- but from the 46-85 we are horrible.

Tino made a great touch on that second goal, but there is a lot of credit to go around. The last 2 goals do not happen without the hustle of Barklage and, on the last one, Khumalo. But, give Pontius credit, too. With a defender charging him, he delivered a great pass across and upfield to Quaranta-- right on target. And, as I said above, Tino is great, when he is trying to create opportunities for others. Tino and Pontius both -- young, yet sublime players.

We stole it!

Where would we be without Emilio? He plays hard all the way until the end!

No one blamed Crayton for the goals. Pay attention. We were criticizing the play where he came out and missed the ball -- and Goldthwaite missed an empty net header.

Umm, we should get rid of Emillio cause he's been the highest United scorer going on the 3rd season in a row!!! VAMMMOOOOSSS!!

I think Emilio scores. Not all the ones he should, not all of them worth a search on the internet, but he scores them.

I hope Soehn Learns something from this match, and fixes problems, doesn't revert to saying "we fought our way back in, heart, tenacity." We should have won this one three to nothing.

Helluva day for DC teams against NY teams. Caps force game 7 against Rangers. Nats play their best game of the year, beatingup on the Mets. And, United puls off the most unlikely comeback in a long time.

Even with the result, I cant say that I like the way this team is playing. Lots of underlying problems with the defense/midfield.

I think Soehn will get fired. Even though United got the win. But tell you the truth, DC appears to be a 1-half team. And DC needs alot of work coaching wise. Thats just to much for a team to give up two goals.

yes, that cross to Goldthwaite scared the living daylights out of me. oh well. 3 points are 3 points. good comeback.

by the way, am I wrong, or did DC just sweep New York today?

Good to hear that the Nats pulled off a win in the NY area as well.
@Troy6: It was funny hearing them touch on the Cosmo girl thing.
Also nice to see Party Boy himself net the GWG. Hustle.
I won't discount any saves Crayton makes, he's just playing a bit soft. He's not fired up enough for my taste.

Well that was a fun game. I am encouraged by the new kids on the team. Barklage, Pontius, Wallace, Jacosen, and Jacovic. Tino had a very fine game. Emilio, typical poacher, lots of questionable play and then a goal from nowhere. And finally BOYZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Soehn is doing a good job right now managing young kids along with guys that are too old to play 90 minutes every game. This is a team that will be up and down most of the season, but could go on a run late in the year if we don't do something stupid like firing the coach. The players are playing hard for Tom and it would be upsetting to the team if Tom were fired mid-year. They make a lot of mistakes, but they also have the positive energy to come back from them. You lose that energy if you fire Soehn.

I don't think you're right about Soehn at all. I think he's a players coach who everyone likes, but he isn't instilling discipline or lighting a fire under their asses. His only saving grace, as far as I'm concerned, are the three draft picks, Pontius, Wallace, and Barklage.

DC Maybe making a late run in the playoffs, if we make the playoffs, should never be our ideal season. This game was exciting, but it shouldn't have been.

I am amazed! But it still proves that we are strong through the first 45 minutes and last five minutes of a match -- but from the 46-85 we are horrible.

Posted by: AnthonyTheGreat | April 26, 2009 5:03 PM | Report abuse
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Seems to me it was in between the time Olsen came out (50) and Boyzz Khumalo came in (81). For that 30 min we had no sustained midfield flow. If we were ever close to cutting him, we dodged a bullet.

That said, though, take EVERYTHING that happened on that concrete crap in Giants Stadium with a HUGE grain of salt. That stuff destroys real soccer.

My cable goes out, I leave my apartment in disgust at the DCU loss, and come home two hours later to find out that we won. Crazy. Glad to see Santino having such a solid game.

I hope the FO is paying attention and are beginning to realize how important the MLS draft can be. It's amazing to think that we would have a much worse record without Pontius and Wallace

Nice job by DCU to pull three points out of none against the Pink Cows.

Off topic, though, found this on Jose Romero's Sounders blog on the Seattle Times:

"(On whether playing at home is an advantage) 'Without a doubt. I think our guys continue to respond to the crowd, and that's tremendous. I think we got to sing 'The Blue Skies of Seattle' at the end of the game instead of at the beginning of the game, and sort of make it our slogan, like 'You'll Never Walk Alone' is for Liverpool. So maybe we need to - after victories - break out into song like that. But certainly, every time we step on the field, the atmosphere is electric and the crowd's behind us. It's the best home venue in the league. No offense, Toronto.'

"Will you volunteer to song lead? 'You don't want to hear me sing. But I'll sing along for sure.'"

I'm just loving how the league newbies are seemingly doing it right, both on the field and off.

MSG Channel is wackjuice! They cut the game off at 4:50 with United down 2-1 to go to the Rangers post game lol.

""My cable goes out, I leave my apartment in disgust at the DCU loss, and come home two hours later to find out that we won. Crazy""

Yeah, after the 2nd NYRB goal, I fast forwarded yellin at Tino for the missed sitter . . the ref for the missed PK on Emilio and to Wallace for the shot off the head and Crayton for poor control of the box . . ticked that we were going to give this to them . . until Lucho's goal . . . SWEET!

This win is way overdue for this team, but sometimes it's good when teams have to work so hard for it.

http://www.dcunited.com/ladies-night

""A chance to win passes for you and a friend to go down to the field after the game and get the jersey off of Chris Pontius' or Devon McTavish’s back!""

How many chicks going to pull off a sweat stained soccer jersey? I'll take the free Chipotle coupon though . .

How either team didn't get heatstroke out there I dunno. That field was an oven. Up where us SEs and BBs were, at least there was shade. You wanna talk about a TOTAL reversal in attitude in the nosebleed seats where the Pink Cow Management put us, we went from slightly loud to ROARINGLY loud in the blink of an eye.

Got off the bus and was home in time to watch the highlights on FSC. Nats win, Caps win and DCU wins? All on the same day? In Noo Yawk? The only reason I'll wake up tomorrow morning and not think it was all a dream will be my hoarse voice. :-)

Delantero: you'd be suprised. I can't believe they didn't convince benny to join in though, they'd sell mad tickets.

Also, after years of neglecting the draft, can we at least take a moment to acknowledge the 09 draft class? All three of them were integral to this comeback. Shame barklage is so old though.

From the highlights, this looks like it was United's most exciting game of the year so far, by far. I was following by matchtracker on my cell... WOW was I surprised the last two times I refreshed