The United States Men’s National team finished their 2009 World Cup Qualifying campaign with a dramatic 2-2 win against regional rivals Costa Rica. With the tie, the US secured the top spot in the Hexagonal. The result put Costa Rica in fourth place and propelled Honduras to their second World Cup appearance. Costa Rica will [...]
The latest episode of the UnitedMania.com podcast, along with a new seto of images from this weekend’s final preseason game have been poseted to the site.
Join Chris, Martin and Mike as they get back in gear and ready for the 2009 season with their 2009 Western Conference Preview and predictions show. The guys also review all of the latest DC United News and talk about the rest of the league and The US Men’s national team.
Univision cameras catch Mexican Assistant Paco Ramirez slapping Frankie Hejduk after Mexico’s 2-0 loss in the opening match of the hexagonal.
DC United managed to defeat Mexico’s Pachuca 2-1 at RFK Stadium behind goals from second half subs Rod Dyachenko and Franco Niell, but their late second half rally wasn’t enough to send them to the finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Despite the win the Black-and-Red lost 3-2 on aggregate to the defending CONCACAF Champion Cup winners. Pachuca is headed to the tournament finals where they will face the winner of the Houston Saprisa contest.
Unitedmania’s podcasters, Martin Fernandez, Chris Webb, Randy Ruff, and Mike Martin take a stab at how they think the 2008 season will play out in the Western Conference. Starting with general comments compiled from each of us about each of the teams in alphabetical order, and ending with our predicted order of finish for each team at the end.
Unitedmania returns for its 10th season covering DC United and MLS. With articles, commentary, and a weekly podcast. Unitedmania is a unique site that discusses and reports team and league related news and opinions from a variety of different points of view.
“I’m staying for the fans and my teammates… I can’t say goodbye” Juan Seabstian “La Brujita” Veron told Marcelo Sottile of Ole.Clarin.com. Up until early today Juan Sebastian Veron was slated to come to DC United, but in the end the Argentinean international could not leave his storied club for DC United.
Major League Soccer announced today that Luciano Emilio become the league’s twelfth MVP. Emilio joins Marco Etcheverry and Christian Gomez in the league’s elite group of players. The award gives United another accolade, making it the only team in league history with back-to-back MVP winners; Christian Gomez earned the trophy in 2006.
Unitedmania’s crack team of MLS experts has pooled their collective opinions to continue with their tradition of recognizing the actual best players in MLS for the season as opposed to the often incomprehensible players MLS often rewards each year. Compiled by Mike Martin
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