The High-light of D.C. United’s season opener against Sporting K.C at R.F.K was the chicken pot pie I ate in the parking lot on the way in. Huge chunks of well seasoned chicken baked into a nice crusty pie shell. It even came with a salad!
The second most exciting thing I did was warm my frozen toes at half time by taking a trip to the pisser…I sat with my Dad on the opposite side from the Screaming Eagles and Barra Brava thinking, it looks warmer over there… so many moving bodies…
And then was the soccer game right… that… Well lets see, it is enjoyable to watch Andy Najar dribble into people before losing the ball. Apparently his team mates enjoy watching this also. Bill Hamid was full of confidence and made some great saves.
The rest was pretty ugly.
Boskvic was dreadful. He looked scared, out of place, and 3 seconds behind the rest of the team, who all seemed hesitant to pass him the ball. I think Najar gave up on him and and decided to try and play the middle and the outside.
Finally, Robbie Russell, last season we finally got rid of the outside back that huffed the ball 50 yards to no one (Marc Burch) every time he touched the ball. Please give the ball to some one who likes it and doesn’t want to give it away.
And of course, in true DCU style, they managed to blow it in the dying minutes of the game.
I hope Olsen is right in saying the team needs some time to gel. To their credit they did have a pretty cut up preseason with Pontius and Boskovic both coming back from injury and a couple guys being away with the Olympic team. But after four seasons of crap and over blown expectation of new players. I’m not optimistic. Here we go again…
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