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D.C. United news & notes

Greetings from central North Carolina, where I've stopped for the day/night after spending much of the week with D.C. United in Charleston, S.C. I'm not fond of long drives, but because of college basketball responsibilities in Richmond last weekend and the need for flexibility in getting home for Selection Sunday,...

By Steve Goff | March 11, 2011; 4:32 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (27)
Categories: Canada, D.C. United, U-20 World Cup, U.S. men's national team, USSF | Tags: D.C. United
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Saturday Kickaround

*Tonight at RFK Stadium, Steve Cronin may very well become the fourth starting goalkeeper for D.C. United this season. *Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg chats with DCU captain Jaime Moreno. *The Los Angeles Galaxy will play a friendly against German second-division club Kaiserslautern on Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving) at Fritz Walter Stadium,...

By Steve Goff | October 17, 2009; 1:09 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (23)
Categories: College Soccer, D.C. United, MLS, Mexico, U-20 World Cup
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World Cup Wednesday

While our thoughts are with USA forward Charlie Davies and the other victims of that terrible car accident, World Cup qualifying continues today with the final automatic berths at stake in CONCACAF, South America and Europe. Honduras or Costa Rica? Argentina, Uruguay or Ecuador? Switzerland or Greece? Slovakia or Slovenia?...

By Steve Goff | October 14, 2009; 8:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (15)
Categories: 2010 World Cup, CONCACAF, TV, U-20 World Cup
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Friday Kickaround

*Yesterday we provided a link to the handful of "English" bars/restaurants that will show the USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier on closed circuit for a fee next Saturday night. Today, we offer the long list of "Spanish" establishments. *David Beckham is back but Cuauhtemoc Blanco (hamstring) is out tonight when the...

By Steve Goff | October 2, 2009; 9:07 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (43)
Categories: Americans Abroad, CONCACAF Champions League, College Soccer, D.C. United, MLS, TV, U-20 World Cup, USL
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USA U-20s Win, 4-1

Remember Bryan Arguez? He was D.C. United's first-round draft pick in 2007 who didn't earn any playing time in league play and was sold a winter later to Hertha Berlin, where he has yet to make a favorable impression. Arguez, who didn't play in the 2007 U-20 World Cup and...

By Steve Goff | September 29, 2009; 2:32 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (17)
Categories: U-20 World Cup
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D.C. United News & Notes

*DCU goalkeeper Josh Wicks, his left arm in a sling and his right knee in a padded brace contraption, watched his teammates train this morning at RFK Stadium ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League match against San Juan Jabloteh. On Sunday, he initially thought he hurt his shoulder only....

By Steve Goff | September 29, 2009; 12:15 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (29)
Categories: D.C. United, Freedom, U-20 World Cup, Women
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