Mar
17

2010 MLS X-Factors

Santino Quaranta may be a bigger factor for D.C. United in 2010. (Getty Images)

Every team has that one guy that will either help lead them to the MLS promise-land or be partly the reason why they are stuck at home in November instead of seeing the playoffs. These are you X-Factor players. I have one (maybe two) guys for each MLS team that are those X-Factors for this…[continue reading]

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Feb
04

Looking at 2010: DC United


I wasn’t entirely sure I’d get to this offseason look at DC United today but extra time this afternoon came out of no where. So far these last couple weeks we’ve looked at a handfull of teams including Philadelphia, Chicago, Chivas, Colorado and Columbus. Today is all about the Black-and-Red who have seen a pretty…[continue reading]

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Jul
15

Commissioner’s All-Star Picks


Today we’ve learned who MLS Commissioner Don Garber will be selecting for his picks in this year’s All-Star game.  In previous years Garber has picked guys in the final years of their career or guys that were “snubbed” by the voters. Today Garber selected two RSL players (the game is at Rio Tinto Stadium): Kyle…[continue reading]

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Jul
09

Santino’s Story


Thanks to Behind the Badge for the video, here are some behind the scenes footage of DC United midfielder Santino Quaranta. For those who missed it or are living under a rock, Quaranta scored his first international goal for the US last night in the 2-0 win over Honduras.

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May
18

Goals of the Week: Week 9


Only a few goals to really mention this week. Some were game-tying goals so they were important and others were just pretty nice to look at. Feel free as always to add a goal that you think I missed here. My favorite had to be Santino Quaranta’s deep strike on Chivas to tie the game…[continue reading]

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May
06

MLS Wednesday Night Previews

MLS Wednesday Night Previews

Two midweek games for week eight. A big night in general if you count Toronto FC’s game in the Canadian Champion tonight against future MLS side Vancouver. But I’ll just stick with the MLS games for the evening to preview. RSL returns home to host the Galaxy who just scored their first win of the…[continue reading]

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