Hi there, who’s in sole charge of a 2-year-old today at home? This guy! Pray for mojo!
Recaps of the Washington Spirit’s 2-1 win over the Kansas City Current by us and WaPo. KC Soccer Journal with the other end.
Recaps of D.C. United’s 2-2 draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps by WaPo. Har with the other side of things.
And hey, in D.C. adjacent things:
Sarr, Rodman Buzzard Points down KC 2-1. The tally to date:
Buzzard Points (home goals): Hatch & Rodman (4); Sanchez (3); Metayer (2); Bielgalski, Ricketts, Sarr, Sheva, Silano, Staab
Talones (home assists): Hatch (3); Bailey, Brooks, Carle, Metayer, Ricketts, Rodman, Silano, Tanner
Don’t forget a talón for McKeown from Sarr’s goal on Saturday!
Thanks, Annie. I hadn’t been able to identify who provided the assist. Tara is one of my favorite players.
Apparently Ole Gunnar Solskjaer visited DCU last week: (The Athletic, pay wall) https://theathletic.com/4927319/2023/10/03/solskjaer-dc-manchester-united/
The Athletic’s Soccer Staff talks MLS playoffs and more: https://theathletic.com/4920627/2023/10/02/mls-weekly-playoff-format-fc-cincinnati/
Shots fired about DCU:
I don’t know. Americans are used that type of system. In the NFL, a team could possibly lose its first four games and then somehow go 10-2 and still somehow make the playoffs. It may difficult but it happens. Heck, my team made the playoffs in 2020 with a losing record and we were very close to defeating the eventual SB winners. Many people may have abandoned the team in the last decade but its record/lack of performance had less to do with it than the owner. Still hundreds of fans still followed them, perennial losers and all. Once you are a fan, you are a fan. MLS has the same system as the rest of the major leagues in the States, it is not like they are trying a new system. People who tune in only when a team is winning or only when the team has a new shiny star but then abandon ship when those things are gone, are not true fans either way.
It was the owner. Look now.
Awesome story about a Michigan State basketball player from Africa using his NIL money to go back and improve his hometown by among other things building a school there: https://theathletic.com/4890124/2023/10/04/michigan-state-mady-sissoko-school/
Kilch won the Goal of the Matchday for the last round with 62.9% of the vote: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/dc-united-s-mateusz-klich-wins-goal-of-the-matchday