Oooooooooofff, Ouch, & Oh Yeah!
du Nord, April 14, 2005
-DC United took a hard shot to the nether regions last night down in Mexico City in the Champions Cup. I only got to see the first half, which was quite respectable (1-0 to Pumas). But I woke up this morning and saw the final was 5-0. Holy Moly. Mike Petke got the red card, and those other two defenders they had on the field were shaky looking enough with him around. I can only imagine how bad it got with Petke out. David Stokes and Bobby Boswell are some serious liabilities for DC. Prideaux and Namoff better get healthy quick. I still can't figure out why DC was not able to find some good new defenders during this past off season. It was the only position they needed to fill, and they failed to bring in one real player. Unbelievable. So hats off to Pumas UNAM who move on to the CONCACAF Champions Cup final vs Suprissa or Monterey (who face off tonite tied at 2-2).-On a better note, our man the Jitterbug, DaMarcus Beasley, screams into the Champions League Semifinal as his PSVer's TKOed Lyon on PK's. (I trie