Vanney GONE!!!!

In one way or another we did expect Vanney to be gone and I am one that will not miss him. This guy was among the slowest player I have seen and very expensive. Well know he is gone, DC United traded his rights for LA Galaxy's Quavas Kirk a 19 year old midfielder all this according to MLS Soccer God Goff. This guy will add depth to our midfield and DC definately got the beeter end of the deal.

There is also a rumor that Santino Quaranta is joining DC United's training camp in California to try to get a spot, we have to see what happens there.

Mixed Valentine News

Some Yahoo at Yahoo Sports ranked MLS Top 20 players, Emilio was number 3 and Benny number 16 I assume this was based on last years performances since Gallardo wasn't ranked but on the other hand Beckham was ranked 4 and he was injured most of the season.... As I said some Yahoo.

The big news for today came from the Post, that Fenty has proposed a 27000 seat soccer stadium at Poplar Point to be public funded. No this man swings more than a monkey on crack so we have to see how serious this is.

Other than that 27 days until this years first game.

DC United Schdule

DC United released their regular season schedule last week.
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Gomez Signed With Colorado Rapids

Christian Gomez has signed with Colorado Rapids, DC United received a first round pick for the trade and future considerations........ According to Goff the future considerations would be Colorado's DP spot for 2 years which can prove valuable for DC and I believe we can both afford another DP and stay under the Cap. While DC United is not looking for a DP, it might be in our interest to use it for Emilio when his contract expires to be able to keep him.

As for Gomez departure, it is unfortunate but I believe he and his agent got to greedy and know he will be apart of the many MLS player getting crushed by DC United. Will we miss him, I don't think so, Gallardo is a very good player and even though it is just pre-season reports from Bradenton, Florida is that he has been really good in practice.

Things to come???

Training camp has started and DC United has just played the first scrimmage. Now granted they played the U-17 Mens National Team so when it is not a real measure for what to come. What was really intersting and hopefully a tiny indication of what to come. Franco Niell scored 3 goals and 2 of them was assisted by Marcelo Gallardo.

Also Marc Burch scored on a free kick, which hopefully means that he will take the free kicks this year. I always wondered why they didn't let him take more free kicks last year, he has a canon. Granted Gomez was really good around and out side the box but when he went cold I wish they would have used Burch a little we all remember this shot, make me smile every time.



Also, keep an eye on the blog there are rumors about Gomez that if they are true would be very cool.