Comments on: Match Report: FC Dallas 0, DC United 4

By: Conor

Conor — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:40:09 +0000

The FCD FO gave tickets vouchers for everyone who bougth tickets to the Beckham game bc Beckham didn’t show up….. can i get a voucher for the money i wasted on this ticket bc FCD didn’t show up??? Maybe…

By: hutchtx

hutchtx — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:44:42 +0000

Yes! Great photos! Love the action in the first and the sharp focus and detail in the second one . . .cool! Oh, and I agree with Cai . . . dang, Dario, I think you can be awesome, but what’s going on right now?!

By: Cai

Cai — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:32:23 +0000

What a waste of the Denilson debut, but that happens in sports. Ask Michigan football how it’s going!? In this case, we appeared to suffer the classic letdown when a superstar joins a team, and everyone else forgets to show up and play. For another example, see Beckham, David and some lousy team called the Galaxy.

Hope Sala is ok…he looked awful, frankly. They’ve got to consider going w/Burse, at least for the time being. That’s a tough game at Seattle tomorrow night.

By: mh

mh — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:00:25 +0000

Thanks for the picture ads…the first is fabulous!

By: ED

ED — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:19:59 +0000

Denilson also signed autographs outside the locker room for 10 or 15 minutes.

I hope he is game fit to play 70+ minutes against Toronto..

Agree on Ricardinho, he played his best game yet…

By: gutto

gutto — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:48:39 +0000

Tex, you miss the point. I too want to see Denilson display the skill expected of the DP position. I don’t think you can judge “what a player is about” when his first game action is as late sub in a 4-0 loss. Which, brings me to my original point…Denilson could have shook his head, walked off the pitch and gotten a shower. Instead, he stuck around and walked from midfield down being a “game day greeter” as you put it. And from the looks on the fans faces, even a small group of DC fans, Denilson’s gesture was much appreciated. It’s not often in MLS a team signs a World Cup winner and FCD has done just that.

So, nothing to prove, everything to prove…I’ll tell you this, I left with a handshake and a smile in my heart despite the soul crushing 4-0 loss.

By: Skeeter

Skeeter — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:06:59 +0000

We all know about the negatives from this one. On a positive note, I think Ricardinho had his best match since joining the team. He was all over the pitch and was the one attacking player who tracked back to help the defense. The few attacks that we did have were the result of his effort. I was shocked when he was taken out of the game.

By: tex

tex — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:03:39 +0000

Oh he needs to prove something or he will soon be boo’ed instead of being asked for autoographs. He was brought in as a player not a game day greeter. BTW, I read that his salary will ’skyrocket’ next year if his option is picked up so he needs to show what he’s about in this last part of the season.

By: gutto

gutto — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:52:21 +0000

These poor game day efforts well, I grow tired of the analysis…so, for what it’s worth, Denilson made me smile. I had the good fortune of sitting in section 102. Denilson signed items, shook hands, took pictures, and exchanged pleasantries with fans a good 10+ minutes after the game. Pure class from a guy who doesn’t need to prove anything.

By: tex

tex — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:03:44 +0000

However we want to slice it Sala was the biggest problem (85%) but was not alone.
A competent & mobile GK keeps this a one goal game. Richetti and Dax did nothing to track midfielders or cover weak clearances. All the goals came from shots outside the box except for the second which Sala should have called for inside the six and easily taken.
The back four weren’t brillant but were okay, they made some plays but were always out numbered because our attacked players never tracked back.

The attack was non-existent. We have lost 8 games now and been shut-out 7 times this season, that’s more that 30% of the time we don’t score. We do love to dribble the ball though and it’s killing the attack. DC had 4-5 players around the ball all the time and we wouldn’t pass it quickly to change the point of attack and get thier defense unbalanced.
We really ned to regroup and it starts by playing Burse until Sala proves in a reserve gane that he’s up to it. That’s 10 goals in Sala’s last two starts.