United battle back but lose 3-2

The New England Revolution left nearly all of their starters at home, fielding basically a side of reserve players and back-ups for their Lamar Hunt U.S. Open qualifier against DC United. Regardless, they left the Maryland SoccerPlex with a compelling 3-2 victory behind two goals from Kheli Dube after withstanding a frantic late charge from [...]

A tale of two teams – The old guys win 4-0

Ben Olsen put it succinctly, “I was proud that they didn’t quit at 2-0, at 3-0, even at 4-0, the guys worked their tails off in the second half. This is a process, and right now [New York] are a better team than we are. Are they 4-0 better than us? I don’t think so, [...]

Olsen fine tunes attack for Toronto

Oftentimes a coach will watch the film of the previous game and get a different perspective from what they saw on the sidelines. After watching his team’s 1-1 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy again, DC United coach Ben Olsen’s opinion did not change and it didn’t make him any happier. “After watching the game [...]

DC United steal a point from the Galaxy

Charlie Davies scored another second half penalty kick after a debatable decision to award the kick in the first place, to bring DC United to level terms with the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-1 before an energetic crow of 26,622 at RFK Stadium. Mike Magee nodded home a David Beckham corner kick in the 12th minute [...]

DC United takes Open Cup thriller in penalty kicks

A lifeless first quarter hour between DC United and the Philadelphia Union in their U.S. Open Cup play-in game gave way to a riveting affair, reaching a crescendo with two goals in extra time and United’s converting on all of their penalty kicks to defeat the Union 3-2 at the Maryland SoccerPlex. Branko Boskovic scored [...]

Bantamweight Champ Agbeko won’t need popularity if he defeats Mares in Showtime Tournament Finale

Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko the IBF Bantamweight Champion met a small contingent of boxing media Tuesday afternoon in the Bronx at John’s Boxing Gym.  The Don King promoted fighter will defend his championship Saturday April 23 live on Showtime against Abner Mares from Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. It is the championship fight of the [...]

PHWA Voting Ban Is Worth It

You may remember the Chris Botta story for last year. The former Islander PR head honcho, who is now a reporter for AOL as well as his own blog Islanders Point Blank was banned by the Isles back in October because they did not like what he was writing about the team. Right after that [...]

DC United gets early test courtesy of MLS

For two weeks in a row, DC United’s Dejan Jakovic has been the victim of questionable referee decisions. In the season opener he was penalized for allegedly “handling” a ball that clearly was struck into his hand which was close to his body in the only logical position. Since DC United won that game handily [...]

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