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Ben Olsen named interim Head Coach
Washington, D.C. (August 4, 2010) – D.C. United announced today the club has named Ben Olsen as interim Head Coach, following the dismissal of Curt Onalfo. D.C. United’s Technical Director, Chad Ashton, will serve as interim Assistant Coach, while Assistant Coaches Kris Kelderman and Mark Simpson will retain their roles with the club.
DC slogging through intense heat, injuries
WASHINGTON – Late last month, D.C. United defender Carey Talley was asked about the challenge of starting a match just a few days after tweaking a muscle in his thigh.
“You look at professional sports in general, it’s who can be the best at 85 percent of their max, because everybody’s picked up injuries throughout the season, and is tired or heavy one day,” responded the veteran.
“So it’s a grind, especially here in DC and cities like Dallas and Houston, just trying to regulate your body and be sure that day in, day out through a season, you’re not exhausted by game day.”
US int'l Gomez sees big future for American soccer
CARSON, Calif. – This year, there are 650,000 registered players in the American Youth Soccer Organization. There are 50,000 certified teams. And that’s just AYSO. All in all, there are more than 17.5 million youth soccer players in the United States, reports CNN.com. It’s the single most popular sport among young Americans.
For that reason, US international Herculez Gomez expects a bright future for American soccer.
Poor defense dooms DC yet again on the road
Two weeks ago, a resurgent D.C. United side traveled to Seattle and shocked the Sounders with a 3-2 victory at Qwest Field in front of a national television audience. The result marked United’s first road victory of the season and suggested that Curt Onalfo’s side had turned a corner following a dreadful start to the 2010 campaign.
Real Salt Lake golea al D.C. United 3-0
SALT LAKE CITY.- El Real Salt Lake goleó al D.C. United con un contundente 3-0 que no muestra lo disputado que fue el encuentro. El vigente campeón de la MLS suma su vigésima jornada ante su público sin perder, consiguiendo ganar a todos los equipos de la liga.
Tras unos primeros diez minutos de tanteo entre los dos equipos, pronto se rompieron las hostilidades.
Post-match quotes: United 0 – Real Salt Lake 3
D.C. UNITED HEAD COACH CURT ONALFO
On the teams inability to finish offensive chances:
“You can attribute it to [not finishing offensive chances] or you can attribute it to not making plays when we needed to make plays defensively. I felt like we had momentum in the second half. We had a lot of the ball. We go to a 3-5-2 to try and get at least a point on the road, which we need, and our inability to make a big play defensively when we have too. Then our inability to finish off chances is what culminated this evening.”
D.C. place hopes on duo of Hernández, Boskovic
Hernández (above) and Boskovic look to take the reins of the DC midfield and lead the team to victory.
WASHINGTON – Branko Boskovic and Pablo Hernandez are seven years apart in age and possess dramatically different backgrounds. But common circumstances have drawn them together since their arrival to D.C. United.
The Montenegrin and his Argentinean teammate are cohabitating in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Va., just across the Potomac River from DC, and also share a “knights in shining armor” role as midseason reinforcements for a team struggling to mount a late push for relevance in the MLS Eastern Conference.
Andy Najar detrás del volante
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United listo para reaccionar en Salt Lake
WASHINGTON— El D.C. United iniciará este sábado ante el Real Salt Lake la segunda mitad de su tambaleante temporada, con la inminente necesidad de hilvanar una seguidilla de victorias que lo pongan en camino a la clasificación a la Liguilla 2010.
Será el cuarto partido del año entre ambas plantillas, aunque el segundo oficial por la competencia liguera después de que empataran sin goles el encuentro de ida en el estadio RFK el 5 de junio.
