Airportery, or KC 2, DCU 0

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UPDATED, twice, below.

Didn't see it. From what I've read and read and been told, United didn't look good, United didn't look bad.

Hmmm, Kansas City in a Class-A minor league ballpark in the first of 30 MLS games or save it for Tuesday in Mexico versus Pachuca? Perhaps it's a sign of United's lack of depth that makes it an either/or, but if it is an either/or United chose the proper priority.

And if United loses 2-0 in Mexico, then oops.

More grumblings about Emilio, I hear. It may be too soon to say he's sulking over his contract, but it's not to soon to start wondering.

UPDATE:

OK, watched the last 35 minutes on comcast repeat after getting home from California. I agree with both this guy and this guy, and would add only, don't play half-assed. Save for Pachuca if saving for Pachuca, but don't sleepwalk.

BEN OLSEN! Any questions on his importance? Gallardo will be fine, Simms is fine, sure would be nice to have two other midfielders out there in the midfield, yes?  Landru  talks about the formation, but what five midfielders would United use? (Dyachenko out on red hurt, but really....)

The defense will be fine. Eventually.

I got me a bad feeling about tomorrow night.

And DCenters game summary, with lotsa links, is up.

UPDATE:

From the LA Times report on the Colorado 4-0 beatdown of the LA Beckhams:

Argentine playmaker Christian Gomez, the league's most valuable player in 2006 and acquired by the Rapids in an off-season trade with D.C. United, was the best player on the field by a long way.

Doh!

Adding, Abbey Okulaja was the referee, and, shockingly, people bitched about his shittiness. Good to see MLS addressed one of its major issues in the off-season.

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• The Hillary says she's in until the convention, to which Obama made the correct political response.
• Broder's boner for McCain's boner.
• Ignatius' boner for Ignatius' wisdom.
• John Edwards, weaselly cycic or cynical weasel?
• Why Edwards is weaselly.
• Why The Hillary lies? Because it doesn't matter, that's why.
• Is Hillary honest? Is Obama safe?
• Age of anti-Cassandra: Krugman's point may be true, but if we lived in an age where we listened to Cassandras there wouldn't be Cassandras.
• One of your new overlords asks for your vote.
• Rhineland Capitalism 1, Liberal-Market Capitalism 0.
• Three terse questions to ask first dates.

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This is true: walking right next to me towards United terminals in San Francisco International Airport an hour ago was Chris Matthews and his wife Kathleen (those of you not DCers may not know she was an anchor for Channel 7 news for years). Earthgirl can confirm this.

Here's the conversation between Matthews and his wife that I overheard: "So, what'd you think of my show last night? What've you heard people say about the show."

He's not on our flight. There was another United flight to Dulles that loaded two hours before ours, and Matthews breezed right up to the front of a long line and onto his plane while the pissed off and bored stared.

It was just like being in Tenley Market at the corner of Wisconsin and Nebraska. Just like the day after tomorrow. When I'll keep my mouth politely shut again. Me the rube.

UPDATE:

CNN's John King sat four rows in front of me on United 218 from San Fran to Dulles. Earthgirl can confirm this. I kept my mouth politely shut again. Me the rube.

Comments

[mdp]

Emilio's one shot was well take and Hartman made a great save. His passing was noticeably more sucktacular than everyone else. He gave the ball straight to the guy that one-touched it to Lopez for the second goal.

There's a lot to work on, but I'm not too concerned just yet. Communication in the back needs to improve. Wells and Peralta both didn't go for a ball late that was almost a third goal. The Burch and Gallardo both had good crosses/passes to forwards who didn't make the runs. That will come as they play together.

Neither Emilio nor Neill can hold the ball. With Jaime out and Gallardo playing deeper, that was a problem. That's one thing I liked about Kpene (who apparently though his position was secure coming into camp).

My problem with Sohen's game plan is that it was neither playing to win nor resting folks. If your saving Fred and Jaime for Tuesday, then why leave Gallardo and Emilio on for 90 minutes? Put Santino in for Emilio and Cezar for Neill. And start Stratford for Simms. It reminded me of that pointless final game against Columbus last year that cost us Jaime and Emilio. If we're waving off the game since Tuesday's more important then do that. If you want to win the opener, then do that.

[mdp]

I didn't me to crown burch there with "the."

[Landru]

If they think everyone loves them, then everyone loves them. It is important to call a thing the thing that it is. The trick is to do it once, then go on with your business.

I'm with mdp. If you make a thing, it is also important to make that thing the thing that you called it. The trick is to not be a weaselly piece of crap looking for excuses to revert to Piotr's shitbean forced sudoku arrangement that STILL doesn't work even though there is now a central defense.

Yeah, if it's April, I must be pissed.

[mdp]

From the if only wishing made it so file...

We should have gotten Terry Cooke for Gomez.