Friday, July 3, 2009

Chance Myers Interview - 7/2/09

Chance Myers and Rauwshan McKenzie received the most votes this week. I was able to talk to Chance after practice and before he went for another run.

Rauwshan McKenzie Interview - 7/2/09

Rauwshan McKenzie and Chance Myers received the most votes this week. Rauwshan stopped to talk after practice was over.


Thursday, July 2, 2009

Wizards and the Open Cup

How seriously will the Wizards take the Open Cup from here on out? With Seattle beating Portland, the Wizards will travel to the Northwest to play the Sounders on July 7th. Since Kansas City plays Houston in a league game at home on the 4th, will they take the first team to Seattle? If they do, will they play the first team?

If they do not take and play the first team, how does that reflect upon the teams desire to win the Open Cup? Vote in the poll on the side and let the team know what the fans think. I will run it right up till mid-day Tuesday, the day they play Seattle.

How serious should the Wizards be about winning the Open Cup?

  • Go all out to win even if it means not going all out in 1 or 2 league games
  • Semi-Serious, win the hardware if they can but league is more important
  • Who care about the Open Cup? Send the reserves...

Mike over at Down the Byline will be running the same poll so you can vote in both places.

Random shots - 7/2/2009

After the United States surprising success in the Confederations Cup, they move up to 12th in FIFA rankings, Spain drops to 2nd and Brazil moves up to number 1. Best of all is Mexico is 33rd, behind Costa Rica at 30.

So DC United beat he Ocean City Barons 2-0, but it sounds like DC struggled with the amateur side. MLS certainly did not show up well the first night, did it? Pair of MLS teams Score US Open Cup upsets...

Richard Jata resurfaces with the Fire. He was the player with the great speech at the MLS Draft.

Really? I so often think of Michael Jackson and US Soccer in the same thought, or not...

Matt Besler's weekly column: Across the Midwest Pitch #4

du Nord interview with Kevin Hartman

Chivas trades Alecko Eskandarian to the Galaxy for allocation money and a draft pick. I'm sure this will go better than it did with his previous 4 teams.