D.C. United gained in improbable 1-1 draw in Toluca tonight to temporarily put the Black and Red into second place in their CONCACAF Champions League final group stage match. Now they must wait until Thursday where Marathon now needs a win to advance to the knockout phase next winter.
Fresh from beating the best team in MLS to keep their playoff hopes alive, DC United now takes on a much more daunting task in hoping to beat the best team in Mexico for an even more shocking result that would advance them into the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League.
D.C. United defeated San Juan Jabloteh 5-1 last night to boost their chances of advancing out of group play to the knockout stages of the CONCACAF Champions League. Christian Gomez and Boyzzz Khumalo led the attack with two goals apiece.
The San Juan Kings invade RFK tomorrow night as DC United hosts the perennial powerhouses from Trinidad, but Jabloteh is winless in the CCL and has little to play for, while DC has a tremendous shot at advancing out of group play with a win.
DC United pulled off the unthinkable with a 3-0 drubbing of CD Marathon of Honduras to give themselves the inside track to advancement out of the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League.
It’s crunch time and DC United has been thrown a lifeline in the CONCACAF Champions League, but the Black and Red need a big win in RFK over a suddenly misfiring Marathon to get themselves back on track.
There I was, all set to blast the entire DC United organization from top to bottom last week, when shockingly it seemed the entire cosmos came together to give the rambling wreck of RFK an exquisite chance to accomplish most of its major goals in this rollercoaster season.
Christian Gomez’ 14th minute penalty conversion was enough as D.C. United defeated San Juan Jebloteh 1-0 in Port of Spain, Trinidad this evening to give their faint hopes of advancing to the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Still winless in the CONCACAF Champions League, a worn out DC United team heads to Trinidad hoping a mostly reserve lineup can earn United some respect in the biggest club competition in the region, as well as maybe advance their own chances of sticking with United after this dismal season is over.
DC United drops its second CONCACAF Champions League match 3-1 to Toluca. Once again, United gifted their regional opponent an early goal, managed to tie it up just after halftime, only to collapse late and lose a match by two yet again.
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