Season opener tomorrow at 4:00 PM ET live on ABC.

I encourage everyone in the United States to watch this game. Let's send ABC and ESPN a message. (Y)

I've been waiting for this game for so long, and it's finally here. Here are my predicted starting line-ups:

DC United

GK Rimando

D Namoff
D Petke
D Nelsen

M Gros
M Convey
M Caroll
M Stewart
M Olsen

F Cerritos
F Moreno

San Jose

GK Onstad

D Dunivant
D Agoos
D Robinson
D Hart

M Corrales
M Ekelund
M Mulrooney
M Mullan

M Donovan
M DeRosario

http://www.timelesstrinkets.com/Smurfs/Images/Tshirts/SoccerSmall.jpg http://cmfan.redarmyfc.com/images/_38928455_adu_freddy1_2003oversize.jpg
Left: Landon Donovan, San Jose; Right: Freddy Adu, DC United*

GO DC UNITED! Beat the Smurfs! (H)

* taken from DC United board on BigSoccer

damn, 1pm pacific, i wont be home :( go Earthquakes!

1-0 SJ

Agoos pen

1-0 DC United
Agoos (OG) (H)

Nah, just kidding. I'll be watching this one for sure. Do you guys think Freddie will be put in at Half-time?

I just hope for a good match:rockman:

Adu will definitely play the second half, i'm expecting a goal out of him.

Hmmm, Adu isn't starting, I'm thinking of actually watching it :p :crazyboy: (H)

Adu has to start there's no way, they made all this hype about him and now when ppl are gonna watch they're gonna put him on the bench :rolleyes: i don't really care though i'm still gonna watch the match (H)

You cant go starting a 14 year old boy this way. If he plays bad then everyone will say he's a failure, stuff like that. Give him 20 minutes here, 15 minutes there, and he'll settle. And when he is 18, you can think about starting him.

damnit i have to go to work at 4!!!!!!!!!! :f***:

i really wanted to watch this Adu kid. i will have to record the game and watch it after i get back from work then.

I bet Adu will get the second half, but not the start.

I hope it's a great high-scoring game. Something fast & fun to get the season underway.

I dont really watch MLS, but the hype on Adu has made me tune to the game, hopefully its a good game and alot of people tune in to watch it so the ratings can be high and can send ESPN a message like somebody said.

Will be watching this game. I think fred will get 20 mins in the second half...if they are sensible. San Jose will probably put 2 defenders on him leaving a space which D.C may exploit.
Don't know much about these teams though but I'll go for a two nil utd win.

adu will be maybe put on depending upon whether dc require a goal or not.
he may get 20-30 minutes of play
hopefully he'll create an impact like c.ronaldo did against bolton

Howay, he's just a bairn. Bloody Americans with their exaggerations....

DC 123-3 San Jose
Adu (122)
Agoos (OG)

If he does not start, then there is no stinking point in watching ABC today !

I agre, by not starting him, you are probably denting the hype....fans will be a bit dissapointed.

Here' s a crappy piece of information: Even though the DC United stadium seats 53000, they are goina close the gates after around 24000 or so enter. Why? Next year they will get a 25000 seater and want to get fans into the habbit of buying tickets early.....HYP MY FOOT...if you can' t watch him despite the fact that there are seats, what the heck else can you do to show your support HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!:D

If you guys are expecting young Adu to feature in most games, then sorry but you'll be sadly disappointed. The guy is barely a teenager. The worse thing that could happen to him is if he does play a lot, it'll ruin him. To an extent, Wayne Rooney is being played too much for Everton I think, or he was.

Cristiano doesnt feature hardly in every game and he's 19!
I bet if Sir Alex had Freddy on his books, he wouldnt play until he's atleast 17-18 depending on how good he is. But ur right the Mls is very different so we'll have to wait and see! But no waay should he start!

I'm gonna watch it... I wanna get into MLS this season (H)

I hope Adu plays for at least a few minutes.

I'm gonna watch it... I wanna get into MLS this season (H)

I hope Adu plays for at least a few minutes.

Adu scored in the last friendly that DC United played this year, in fact he scored the winner and they won 2-1 I can't remember who they were playing tho, y not start him I don't see the problem the kid can take it.

Originally posted by $teauA
Adu scored in the last friendly that DC United played this year, in fact he scored the winner and they won 2-1 I can't remember who they were playing tho, y not start him I don't see the problem the kid can take it.

I believe they played the Carleston Battery in the Carolina Challenge Cup.

Game about to start, Freddy Adu will not start, the field looks very nice as always at the start of the season, wow the United warm-ups are really nice does neone know if SJ has the same jerseys as last year? Hope it's gonna be a good game

I think if u play hiim the entire 2nd half it will be good for him. Playing the last 20-15 min is hard for a player to adjust to the rhythem of the game.

Freddy won't start the match, probably will play the second half.

Decent commentary team, Lorrie Fair is hot and sounds like she'll be an intelligent sideline reporter.

Kick-off in a couple.

nice to see that they are showing some soccer commercials, the budweiser one and the adu vs. pele one cool :rockman: :rockman:

ADU vs. PELE! Talk about a sweet commercial. (Y)

Interviews in the middle of the game...big f**k off radio shack sign on the screen and commentators talking about Budweiser more than the game...we're not in Europe anymore :rolleyes:

You choose - Radio Shack logo on-screen or commercial breaks, during play?

If you dislike MLS and everything about it so much, then don't watch it and don't talk about it. It's not that hard of a concept.

No I don't like advertising shoved down my throat...that's an even easier concept to understand tosser.

Originally posted by bjmenge
You choose - Radio Shack logo on-screen or commercial breaks, during play?

If you dislike MLS and everything about it so much, then don't watch it and don't talk about it. It's not that hard of a concept.

That is it. He does love the league he is just not man enough to admit to it. I mean why would he waste his time talking so much crap about it if he hated it. It is just the First Grade love policy. You pretend to hate something but you really like it.

goooooooooooooooool moreno, nice one too, the sj defense was dead, 1-0 to dc

It's also a free forum, i'll talk about it if I like, you can bugger off if you don't like it!

Well, he probably does have the mind of a first-grader.

Anyways, Jaime Moreno just opened scoring in the 2004 MLS season, with a 13th-minute header off of a free kick. 1-0 DC.

Originally posted by bjmenge
Well, he probably does have the mind of a first-grader.


That's ironic, because those kinds of comments are usually made by first graders lol.


penalty...

penalty awarded to san jose and it was, dc's gk just punched moralis i think it was out of the way, good game so far, eckland to take it and it is ......................................1-1 wow what a ******* penalty holy **** crazy shot tahts the way to take it

Nice penalty!

guys chill out thats not a good way to start the season lets just talk about the game it's starting to open up a bit now and it is a pretty good game so far should get better.

Well-taken penalty. Absolutely untouchable, for any keeper in the world. 1-1.

The game is really opening up. We might see four or five goals today.

Its great to see the Mls have so many fans at this game. So far its been a very entertaining match.

I agree, this has been a very entertaining match so far. Is it just me or does the ball seem to be bobbing about a fair bit? Like it's an uneven pitch :confused:

nice chance by sj but good save from the dc keeper, one thing that bothers me is the ingame coach interview its ok at halftime but not in the middle of the game lol oh well i cant wait until the oposing team scores and the coach is talking and then they throw out a nasty cuss word hahahahaha that would be so funny.

I did notice, in some of the close-up shots, that the ball seemed to be rolling funny.

Nowak talks like Borat (H) :boyaka:

Originally posted by Hearts_FC
I agree, this has been a very entertaining match so far. Is it just me or does the ball seem to be bobbing about a fair bit? Like it's an uneven pitch :confused:

yeah i noticed it too but im used to that i mean when u watch romanian league games you'll be used to that :crazyboy: :( , convey has had some nice runs on the left but none have ended in chances for dc gotta work on that.

edit: what a cross from stewart, reminded me of a beckham cross but dc couldn't put it in the net, they are pressing at the moment tho i see another goal coming soon

Has an Mls game ever had this many posts?

When Freddy enters there will be even more.

What a horrible tackle. That's gotta be a card, if not a straight sending off. You can break someone's legs doing that.

man that was some bad refereeing, that should of been an advantage call and i mean no doubt stewart would of scored from there, damn ref

Originally posted by bjmenge
What a horrible tackle. That's gotta be a card, if not a straight sending off. You can break someone's legs doing that.

i kno man the ref didnt even give him a yellowohhhhhhhhhhhhh **** 2-1 for DC man what a goal holy damn that was ******* awesome what a game i swear moreno again i think yeah it was moreno wow what a goal awesome game :rockman: GO MLS :rockman: :rockman:

Nice f**kin finish lad! :hump:

2-1 DC. Eskandarian (sp?). 40th minute.

oh man eckland (spelling) almost tied it up what a first time shot excellent chance for SJ couldn't tie it up tho, 44th minute

Originally posted by bjmenge
2-1 DC. Eskandarian (sp?). 40th minute.

i thought moreno scored the second one too, man dc have gotten a bunch of counter attacks but just havent gotten any chances out of them they seem like a very fast team

Does anyone know what the song is that was just played in the Reebok commercial?

Originally posted by $teauA
i thought moreno scored the second one too, man dc have gotten a bunch of counter attacks but just havent gotten any chances out of them they seem like a very fast team

moreno sent the perfect ball, eskadarian (sp) first time volley.. mmm

wow awesome advertising by the MLS the one that says "who says we dont have etc etc" I like the way that they're going about this season start this year, anyway 2-1 for DC at halftime it has been a very good game imo lots of up and down play it took a while for them to start but once they did they didnt stop hopefully they will keep on going on like this in the second half.

Originally posted by VprArs06
moreno sent the perfect ball, eskadarian (sp) first time volley.. mmm

yeah thats right ma bad i didnt realize it when they showed it in replay and i thought it was moreno, it was a hell of a goal tho

Wow watching so many fans at that game is amazing. The only time you see so many people is at the home depot center. HAHA when the hell was Adu on MTV??? hahaha thats sum funny shiet. Im gonna go watch Metrostars vs DC April 17th.

Originally posted by bjmenge
Does anyone know what the song is that was just played in the Reebok commercial?
In the most recent Reebok commercial I have seen, the song played is 'Excalibur' by Vangelis.. :)
I hope that's the commercial you're talking about :p

correct speling Eskadaria ahhhh crap i forgot :crazyboy: second half is under way.

aaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:| :| :( :(

o my freaking god how the hell did convey missed that shot theres no way u miss that no way in hell thats just retarted, a retarted miss onstad had no chance oh man maybe forlan 2 (H)

LOL what a miss!

AHAHAHA CONVEY!!!

you see agoos' face? he was like WTF... :|

:D

OMG!!!!! He did everything right except finish. Un-freakin-balivable

ref with a mistake again, he should of let advanted to be played but stopped it and gave them a free kick what the hell this ref sucks :|

OMG STEWART!!!!!!!!!hahaha

horrible mistake by onstad and then miss by stewart man all these chances usually means that the opponent will score thats how it works in soccer.

omg third huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge chance missed by dc in this half the sj defense is looking verrrrrrrrry shaky at the moment

goal by moreno but the ball went out of play before the shot
it was a weird goal too kind of an own goal or it looked that way in live action

edit: freddy adu is getting ready to come in

WOW Jaime Moreno is crazy. Why did the metrostars get rid of him??

WTF are the refs smoking?


EDIT: Adu is finally in (H)

eskedarian out adu in

Brilliant save by Rimando.

wow donovan with a shot and romando (spelling) with an awesome save

nice pass from adu he is looking good out there hopefully he can score

Donovan has been getting touches in the last couple of minutes it seems like SJ have settled after that incredible run by DC, what makes me mad is that the crowd has settled down a bit United need to get a chance to get the screaming eagles back in it.

edit: ref gives red to waibel for a tackle that wasnt as near as dangerous as the one in the first half, this ref has been smoking lots of stuff oh yeah lots of stuff before this game :kader:

Red card for the ugly ****er :D

Originally posted by Gerrard 17
Red card for the ugly ****er :D

:funny:

DId you guys see that shot Convey missed!!!! HOlY SH*T!!! Could he have been any MORE open??? How could ANYONE miss that??? Nice to see that Jaime Moreno still has some moves left in him :)

RED! :D

The ref is a stoner...

How old is Convey? He seriously needs to do something about that hair, it makes him look like he's a 42 year old from the early 90's.

WHAT IN THE ******* HELL THE REF IS RUINING THIS BEAUTIFUL GAME HE IS A ******* **** :f***: :f***: :f***: :f***: :f***: :f***: THAT WASNT EVEN A YELLOW CARD FOUL :kader:

God this ref just sucks.

Ref definitely sucks...

Originally posted by Gerrard 17
RED! :D

The ref is a stoner...

How old is Convey? He seriously needs to do something about that hair, it makes him look like he's a 42 year old from the early 90's.


haha kader thats two in a row :funny:

talking about funny posts not the game (H)

Great Game, DC shoulda won by more. April 17th Metro vs DC. Forget Adu Ricardo Clark is the future.:rockman: :rockman:










lol jk

FT: DC United - San Jose Earthquakes 2-1, overall i thought it was a pretty good game until the ******* ref ruined it by giving out 2 red cards :rolleyes: i mean SJ was starting to attack and maybe tie it up and then he gives out a stupid red and then another :rolleyes: like kader said stoner...

One thing I admire about the Americans, and I'm not too fond wit them, is that they don't dive. They play Men's soccer.

It seemed like the players didn't want to pass the ball to Adu or something. He looked like he was left alone the whole game. Oh well. This is his first match and he's got time to adapt.

Hope MLS expands to Toronto

Yea I noticed that too. Convey could have easily done several 1-2 passes with Adu. But for some reason he didn't give up the ball. Adu had a very nice pass that could have resulted in a goal.

Originally posted by bigp
One thing I admire about the Americans, and I'm not too fond wit them, is that they don't dive. They play Men's soccer.

It seemed like the players didn't want to pass the ball to Adu or something. He looked like he was left alone the whole game. Oh well. This is his first match and he's got time to adapt.

Hope MLS expands to Toronto

I don't think that MLS wants to expand into Canada just yet first they have to do it in the USA then maybe Canada but I don't really want them to, I mean Canada is big enough make your own damn leagues, I mean you have a team in the NBA like four teams in the NHL that's pretty sad considering the size of the country, you guys should have your own leagues.

I hate to say it, but it was an awesome game up until Adu came on

It slowed down at that point

DC played great ad should have won by 3 or 4 :)

I don't think Adu caused the game to slow down, I think it was just a coincidence.

Originally posted by $teauA
I don't think that MLS wants to expand into Canada just yet first they have to do it in the USA then maybe Canada but I don't really want them to, I mean Canada is big enough make your own damn leagues, I mean you have a team in the NBA like four teams in the NHL that's pretty sad considering the size of the country, you guys should have your own leagues.

I watched soccercentral and their US soccer correspondent said if Toronto builds their soccer stadium then it's guaranteed that they will expand there.

The reason we don't have a league is purely economical. No one wants to commit to it as a lot of money is involved and we don't have the economy the US has. That's the same reason why we lost 1 team in the NBA and lost 2 teams in the NHL.

Originally posted by bjmenge
I don't think Adu caused the game to slow down, I think it was just a coincidence.

Yeah I dont either(though my post ounds like it)I think he should not have played so far up

anways Moreno had a great game especially 1st half :)(Y)

Originally posted by Sheringham10
In the most recent Reebok commercial I have seen, the song played is 'Excalibur' by Vangelis.. :)
I hope that's the commercial you're talking about :p
Thanks a million. That's the one. Just downloaded it. :D

Originally posted by $teauA
I don't think that MLS wants to expand into Canada just yet first they have to do it in the USA then maybe Canada but I don't really want them to, I mean Canada is big enough make your own damn leagues, I mean you have a team in the NBA like four teams in the NHL that's pretty sad considering the size of the country, you guys should have your own leagues.

the size of the country is absolutely irrelevant...Canada is big in size but only has a population of 30 million, and the majority of that 30 mil is centered around only 3 major metropolitan area. That means there is essentailly only 3 locations that could realistically support more proffessional sports franchises (not including hockey, that's another story..) I mean, that's why we don't have our own damn leagues..

Very good for the first game of the season. DC United are really looking like a different team this year under Nowak. Jaime Moreno is back! What a game from him... Eskandarian with a great goal - this is an important season for him. He will need to establish himself in this league and prove that he was worth the first overall draft pick DC United selected him with in the 2003 Draft.

Nice game from Convey (except for missing the open net in the 2nd half). For San Jose, Mulrooney, Ekelund and Mullan played well in midfield. DeRosario was very active in the game. Donovan didn't get enough touches.

Horrible referreeing, but anyone who follows MLS has come to expect this. Overall an excellent game... large, vocal crowd, pitch in excellent condition (check back in August), no football lines (check back in September), the two teams really going for it and giving their best. I'd love to see what these two teams will look like in mid-season form with a few games under their belt.

PS - anyone else think Dellacamera and Wynalda should do US national team game broadcasts? Listening to Stoner and Balboa in the Poland game, they left a lot to be desired.

Yea. I can think of Toronto and Vancouver as the only teams that can support a team financially. Funny thing is there is major doubt as to whether Toronto would bring in fans that support would their home team. I think that's the major stumbling block in making our own league.


Shinji , I see ur from Toronto too. Sad what happened to Cecilia.

MLS... the game was really boring compared to the FA Cup game I saw in the morning. :kader:

But it's always good when there is actually a real professional league developing in North America... :p And if MLS will actually have a team in Toronto, I think I'll root for them and be interested in the league. (H)

any highlights i forgot to watch this game :(



i want to see the open net miss too (H)

Maybe cause the FA cup had only 2 of the best teams in the world. Yea if u compare the 2 there is no denying which is better. But I don't think the DC vs San Jose match was boring at all.


If you have Fox Sports World you can see all the MLS highlights at 12 I think after the other game.

Nice to hear Adu did fine and had a steady game

Btw what boots did he wear??

Adu made the front page of ESPN.com:

http://msn.espn.go.com/

(top right corner)

Oo he wore the new Nike Air Zoom Total 90 lll's, Great

Wow, what a disappointment. This couldve been a great chance for soccer to show itself off to a mass audience, and it blew it. Especially have an jerkoff ref, who was trying to get some attention by giving out stupid red cards.

yeah the game was good but the ref ruined it he should get a two game suspension from the MLS

I saw the game and it was very interesting, I can't believe all those goals that DC wasted at the start of the 2nd half :o
As for Adu, he didn't do anything spectacular and he looked confused,but he's just getting started.

came someone make a mpg of this game? im from europe:rolleyes:

adu will make himself room by 3-4 matches more.
he looks to have extreme desire

Adu had a good pass...top quality pass, shame the finish wasen't there.

I think the game slowed down cause DC dropped back to defend that goal lead, Adu played upfront alone. It will be interesting to see him and and another attacker upfront together.

The Galaxy's got DC United next. I can't wait for that one. (H)

Originally posted by Lennon
I saw the game and it was very interesting, I can't believe all those goals that DC wasted at the start of the 2nd half :o
As for Adu, he didn't do anything spectacular and he looked confused,but he's just getting started.

Adu had a very good first touch, and that one play where he fed the ball on the left wing to Kovalenko or whatever was perfect... just Kovalenko screwed it up.

But he looked like a fool when Agoos completely blocked him off the ball, and he really is a tiny guy.. He was fighting for a ball and the defender just basically stuck his arm out and Adu was helpless.

Otherwise, good game, good atmosphere as well.

Originally posted by Elder
Adu had a very good first touch, and that one play where he fed the ball on the left wing to Kovalenko or whatever was perfect... just Kovalenko screwed it up.

But he looked like a fool when Agoos completely blocked him off the ball, and he really is a tiny guy.. He was fighting for a ball and the defender just basically stuck his arm out and Adu was helpless.

To his credit he got up straight away and got on with it...no rolling about or protesting like some players twice his age.

Originally posted by Hearts_FC
To his credit he got up straight away and got on with it...no rolling about or protesting like some players twice his age.

Isn't that the truth?! he did put his hand up for a call though, but I don't mind that. Once he saw he wasn't going to get it, he went on with business. That's what i like about young players, they don't give a rip.

I remember Alan Smith from Leeds a few years back when they were doing well in the Champions League. He just played gritty and hard, and never asked for anything extra. That's how a player should be.

Too true.

Far to often do players act like they've been hit in the head with a brick when there's very little (if any) contact