Today’s match between EPL squads Tottenham and Liverpool was just a preseason friendly. But you couldn’t tell from the massive outpouring of fan support that was on display. The 42,723 fans that showed up at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium were raucous and loud from start to finish. The teams played to a very entertaining 0-0 draw and did not disappoint those that traveled far to see their favorite squads play. Massively outnumbered by the Liverpool faithful, the Spurs supporters had plenty to
Today’s championship match should have been a classic. It was a matchup between the top two teams in the conference, both of whom had demolished their semifinal opponent. The D.C. United Women though had other ideas. In another showing of their dominant play this season, United won the Eastern Conference Championship by a tally of 3-0. After an incredibly sluggish first 25 minutes D.C. found another gear and left the Charlotte Lady Eagles in the dust. In the 28th minute Lianne Sanderson
It was the 4th matchup on the season between the D.C. United Women and the Virginia Beach Piranhas. But for the first time it truly meant something. The winner of this match would go on to face the Charlotte Lady Eagles in the Eastern Conference Championship. And yet it was like nothing had changed. United proved they were the superior team, beating their division rivals 3-0 in the semifinal matchup. It was a physical game played by both squads with a
All D.C. United Women needed tonight was a win. With the news before the game that the Atlanta Silverbacks had tied their match earlier in the day, all that stood between United and home field advantage were the Dayton Dutch Lions. Yet despite a tough first half, it wasn’t enough. It was a performance that embodied what United have been all about this season, teamwork. Winning 4-1 over an outmatched Dayton squad, United also clinched the top spot in the Eastern Division,
Another match, another 3 points for the D.C. United Women who beat the Fredricksburg Impact 4-1 on Sunday. After dropping their first points of the season in a 1-1 tie with Virginia Beach last week the United have won 2 straight and clinched a first place finish in the Atlantic Division. With the race for the division now over the squad can start looking at clinching home field advantage for the playoffs. Things started off quickly on a 7th minute throw
Coming into tonight there were some questions as to who the best team was in the W-League’s Eastern division. It took the D.C. United Women less than a half to put a stop to them. Matched up against the Fredericksburg Impact the game was never really in question as the United won 5-0 with all of their goals scored in the first half. It all started in the 8th minute when defender Jerica DeWolfe controlled a deflected corner and drilled the
You could tell in tonight’s match for the D.C. United Women that the focus lied somewhere else. In a friendly match against Paul Riley’s Women’s Pro SUPERGROUP, a team comprised of top level veterans, United lost 1-0 on a 64th minute goal by Meghan Lenczyk. With an unlimited number of substitutes tonight’s match had more of a scrimmage feel than a competitive match. On a night in which it was about preservation and not celebration the United Women suffered a relentless
For a team that has yet to win a match in the USL PRO League no one expected the Dayton Dutch Lions to even keep up with a hot Columbus Crew squad. And yet in spite of all the experts the Lions stunned the Columbus Crew 2-1 in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It was the first matchup between two Ohio teams in the modern era of the cup, and the second straight year that
A 2-1 win by Columbus over FC Dallas was a welcome site to the Crew who had been inept on offense the past two matches. In the 67th minute Justin Meram finally ended the Crew’s offensive woes. A few minutes later Sebastian Miranda followed suit and put in a rocket of a header from outside the box. Before that it had been almost 2 ½ games worth of playing time since the Crew’s last goal. The Dallas defense took a blow when