News from April 2010

United blends vintage with new wine for a fine harvest in US Open Cup win

Adam Cristman had a part in three of DC United’s four goals in its US Open Cup win over FC Dallas on April 28. Cristman scored two goals and assisted another, as DC jumped out to a 3-0 lead before winning 4-2. It was an impressive victory by Curt Onalfo’s men, who booked their first victory of the regular season. A sign of things to come?

Step Back Cotto because it is time for Calderon at the Garden

NEW YORK – On four separate occasions the three-time welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Caguas Puerto Rico has fought at Madison Square Garden in New York City on the eve of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Each time, Cotto was successful defending his title in front of predominant Puerto Rican boxing fans, This year, [...]

Thanks Phil

Thanks, Phil

Dear Mr. Mickelson:
I could spend some time thanking you for the obvious: for giving us golf aficionados some tremendous thrills during your recent Masters win; it was special to watch. Yeah–you shot magnificently off the pine straw, maneuvered around trees, and ended the tournament with a birdie. [...]

Thanks Phil

Thanks, Phil Dear Mr. Mickelson: I could spend some time thanking you for the obvious: for giving us golf aficionados some tremendous thrills during your recent Masters win; it was special to watch. Yeah–you shot magnificently off the pine straw, maneuvered around trees, and ended the tournament with a birdie. In fact, I’m sure MANY [...]

Open Cup match will test DC United’s adaptability

Three of DC United’s most common defensive four in 2009 are on the injured list and this year’s stabilizing international acquisition has joined them. Still, Coach Curt Onalfo has just enough talent left available to cobble together a journeyman back four for tonight’s Open Cup game against FC Dallas.
Julius James should be flanked by [...]

Open Cup match will test DC United’s adaptability

ACC DRAFT RECAP

With the 9th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills selected Clemson running back CJ Spiller. The biggest scoring threat in this year’s draft, Spiller is too electrifying and too explosive to be ignored. I guess you could say that he has enough talent to be taken anywhere in the draft, so it [...]

Don’t cry for Argentina because Martinez is a champion

ATLANTIC CITY Sergio Martinez said he would have a plan to counter the right of Kelly Pavlik and he would use his speed in the ring to take the middleweight title away from the champion. But it was also a nasty cut sustained by Pavlik above the right eye that contributed to Martinez getting a [...]

DC United has brief break to find focus

Saturday night’s latest disastrous effort showed that DC United Coach Curt Onalfo has a reasonable, if incomplete, understanding of his roster’s capabilities. “I thought we created some good chances, and in the second half we went straight down the middle and we lost our shape,” said Santino Quaranta. “The second half it seemed like I stood out there the whole time just waiting, waiting, waiting,” he added. “Nothing really came about.”

Onalfo ‘pissed off’ at slow start

DC United head coach Curt Onalfo is, in his own words, “pissed off” at the team’s slow start. “We shouldn’t be 0-3 and we are,” he told ASN this week. But for Onalfo and DCU, there’s no time or energy to waste on what has already transpired. “You can cry and whine about it and complain and make excuses and over-analyze it like everybody else is going to do, or we can actually get back down to business, continue to work and fight through it,” he said. “We’re going to get through it. I have all the confidence in the world.”

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