Video: Wesley Sneijder's brilliant goal for Netherlands in friendly against Austria

I got that move...

NO! I missed the San Marino - Liechtenstein friendly today.

Watching highlights on Deportes -- the second goal by the Dutch was pretty nice too, as Elia made a sweet back-heel move in the corner to shed a defender and then the cross went in for an easy header.

50+ into a 60' match, apparently still no Davies appearance. Unclear whether he's even on the bench.

Cue the angst.

Goals from King, Yang, Barklage.

Beckham the hero!

David Beckham helps stranded family

He completely stole that move from Brooks Laich. Yes he did.

By that move, I meant Beckham.

Now that's a good first touch.

Beckham never helps drivers stranded in LA traffic.

The family he saved today are better footballers with better atmosphere.

Goff tweets DCU has option to buy on Davies for $1.3 million. I'm no expert on transfer fees, but that's less than I'd have expected. If he bounces back this year, that seems like a deal worth doing. Any reason they couldn't exercise the option and sell him elsewhere if Chang's too broke?

ben, in regard to Davies not playing you did see tweets about the club resting plenty of guys who played on Monday, eh? Esp. Charlie who played longer than anyone.
I have a hunch we're taking him.

ben, in regard to Davies not playing you did see tweets about the club resting plenty of guys who played on Monday, eh? Esp. Charlie who played longer than anyone.
I have a hunch we're taking him.

Posted by: DadRyan | February 9, 2011 6:12 PM | Report abuse

I think Charlie Davies was leaving to go back to D.C. today. He was in sweats during the scrimmage and left after the first half.

Junior had to be helped off the field after what looked like an ankle injury. He cramped up about 2 minutes prior to going down as well. He was playing very well...was active all over the field. He was the most impressive player today.

Yeng Man looks very clumsy with the ball at his feet. His goal, however, came after a beautiful display of one touch passing and a nice low cross across the box that fell right to his foot.

Pontius had a sweet outside of the foot first time flick-on to Boscovic who scored late in the second half as well (secondary assist to Junior who fed Pontius into the box).

FIU never challenged DC's defense at all. I'd say DC had possession for about 70-80 percent of the scrimmage.

In the absence of our regularly scheduled Charlie Davies thread, yes that sounds kind of low. How much did Sochaux pay for him? I guess we have a season to figure out if he is worth it. Hear's hoping.

Looking forward to some commentary on the game today and video. The Twitter feed made it sound like Boskovic is finally getting the ball into good positions plus scoring. I'm also intrigued by Yang Men. Perhaps Benny does have something to work with.

@Dad, yeah and I'm thinking you're right about us taking him. If he were on the fence it'd be odd for him to sit this one out. There's plenty of time to evaluate other trialists and fringe players.

$300K this year ought to more than pay off in publicity/sales, assuming he can get on the field regularly. Besides, we have to be well under the league-funded part of the salcap (it still works that way right?), and no one's saying there's another big signing on the way.

I don't tweet, but I observe the tweets... Kinda weird I guess, but I'm reading United has re-signed Barklage, and there is a new DCU ad campaign hitting the streets on the sides of metro buses as well as in metro stations @ town. Saw a pick of Bosko that coined him "The Architect"??? I know we WIN TROPHIES and all, and that IT obviously TAKES MORE, but I'm feeling more and more like this club might be able to GET UNITED this season... ;)

@tcbannon, I saw a soccernet article that said he went from Hammarby to Sochaux for 1.5M Euros in 2009. And it's a 4-year contract.

@Dad - Steinbog had an article about the new campaign, complete with some of the nicknames:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2011/02/dc_united_olsens_army_campaign.html

If DCU keeps CD, and he plays well enough to warrant purchase consideration, then I would doubt he would want to stay. Not sure if he gets much say in that kind of decision, but if he returns to form, Europe is surely where he will want to be (barring some situation where he falls in love with the charm of RFK and decides his calling is here).

I think some of you may be overestimating CD's appeal to casual fans. Not sure that having him play regularly would translate into more butts in the seats. Winning is the only thing that's going to do that on a regular basis.

thatgeniusjacob VERY large Bosnian crowd here. Lower and middle bowls nearly full, upper bowl 1/5. 55/45 mexico I'd say.

Lots of horns from the mexicans, and the Bosnian supporter groups behind the goal and on the sideline full on rocking when the teams entered to warmup.

Thanks benonthehill. I guess that gives us a sense for how much he has depreciated in Sochaux's eyes.

"The Architect" - someone in the PR department needs to get out more. Still, Boskovic may be United's path to better things this season. I watched the guy the second half of last season and while it was apparent that he had skills, he really didn't help the club at all.

Looking forward to some commentary on the game today and video. The Twitter feed made it sound like Boskovic is finally getting the ball into good positions plus scoring. I'm also intrigued by Yang Men. Perhaps Benny does have something to work with.

Posted by: tcbannon | February 9, 2011 6:26 PM | Report abuse

Not much one could say about this scrimmage -- mostly reserves played and FIU was far, far outmatched. I didn't see any cameras out there, even on the DCU bench side of the field, so I doubt any video will surface.

Ok, which one of you guys is two rows in front of me in the Barra Brava/Jamie Moreno shirt?

http://plixi.com/p/76043477

think some of you may be overestimating CD's appeal to casual fans. Not sure that having him play regularly would translate into more butts in the seats. Winning is the only thing that's going to do that on a regular basis.

Posted by: fedssocr | February 9, 2011 7:28 PM

I've been thinking the same thing. The appeal CD9 would have would be to USMNT fans who live here, but support other teams or are Eurosnobs. If he has some early success, then the media might pick up on his "redemption story", and that could translate in to greater attendance.

Has Cheecharito been taking night classes at the Jozy Altidore School of Finishing?

My guess is that is Barra Brava turned District Ultra Srdan. But what do I know...?

If Jacob can snap and post fast enough, it will be the equivalent of stop-action animation. Keep practicing JfA.

@mercurysnake -- Thanks for the report. I've always been pretty impressed with Junior. He's got some real ball skills and could be a big part of the team in years to come. Maybe even another Gomito when he gets more toughness and develops a devastating free kick. Hope his injury is nothing serious.