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D.C. United in the media ahead of LA Galaxy match

DC vs LA

In preparation for tonight’s game we start the round up bylooking at Steve Goff’s (The Washington Post) article on Blake Brettschneider’s development from rookie tostarter. From the Washington Examiner, Craig Stouffer writes about Ethan White and hisdefensive performance to date.


Sebastian Salazar and Russ Thaler from CSNWashington.com analyze United’s victory over Portland and previewtonight’s match. Travis Clark delivers the news on Charlie Davies’scomeback and his chances to start tonight. Also, Charlie sat down withWorld Football Daily to talk about soccer and life off the field.


From the West Coast, Phil Collin from LosAngeles Daily News writes about the impactof Landon Donovan’s absence from Bruce Arena’s perspective. More quotesfrom LA’s Head Coach can be found on Scott French’s article for ESPNLos Angeles, as Bruce Arena talks about hisrelationship with Ben Olsen.


Finally, from dcunited.com, you should make final preparations tonight with the Q&A’s conducted with Pat Onstad and Chris Pontius.


The match in LA will begin at 11:00 p.m. ET, on FOX Soccer.