Steven Goff (aka “Da Man”) has a new article up at washingtonpost.com “Making Most of a Cold Chance” covering the start of preseason training for DC United from rookie Ricky Schramm’s point of view. If you don’t know, Schramm was a 3rd round draft pick by DC United and he is attending Georgtown University. He … Continued
good sports weekend
My two favorite sports soccer and football had a really great weekend. The weekend started early as the US Under-20 team played Haiti in trying to qualify for this summer’s FIFA U20 World Cup tournament. They won fairly convincingly 4-1, with Haiti only scoring late on a penalty kick that was stupidly given by Quavas … Continued
Luciano Emelio signing official (sorta)
Steven Goff says Brazilian Forward Emilio Is Ready to Sign With D.C., writing that Emelio has been signed and should be annouced this afternoon at a press conference at RFK. According to Zman Gunner at BigSoccer in this post, he says: * Unofficial goal totals by season in Honduras (where they play an Apertura in … Continued
DC Update, including draft picks
United Seeking Foreign Assistance by Steven Goff at washingtonpost.com Goff touches on several subjects, most significantly being the falling thru of one Brazilian signing and the news of another one. Apparently the Ruy deal has fallen apart (not sure on why), so now we are looking again for a winger. The big news, and this … Continued
More DC United News?
I put a question mark since I’m not real sure about the source. I found it on BigSoccer, so take it with a grain of salt… From El Kapitan (BigSoccer Link): Today from a Honduras newspaper: http://www.latribuna.info/news/48/AR…007-01-11.html The article says that Luciano Emilio, brazilian striker of Olimpia (Honduras), was signed by DC United for 4 … Continued