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
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
Esky gone, possible new brazilian
Alecko Eskandarian was traded to the new Toronto FC club late last week for a partial allocation. I would’ve posted this sooner, but I’ve been busy vacationing. Busy United Makes Another Move, Trades Eskandarian – Steven Goff [washingtonpost.com] So the fire sale continues over at DC United… I’m a little surprised by the move, but … Continued
Players named to January USMNT Camp
ussoccer.com has announced a 29-man roster to the camp which opens on January 4th. DC United players (6 of them) invited are Bobby Boswell, Brian Carroll, Alecko Eskandarian, Josh Gros, Brian Namoff, and Troy Perkins. Great to see Boswell get called up, he’s got a real bright future and is one of the better defenders … Continued