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DC United Ends Timbers

29 May, 23:53, by admin Tags: , , , ,

DC United won 3-2 at Portland on Sunday to end the first-year MLS club’s run of five home wins. Perry Kitchen put DC United ahead in the 13th minute and the visitors held that advantage until the 64th minute.

DC goalkeeper Bill Hamid twice saved spot-kicks—both taken by Kenny Cooper—but each time the referee ordered the kick be retaken, adjudging Hamid to have come too far off the goal line. Hamid confronted the referee and was booked before Jewsbury took over the duties from Cooper and converted at the third attempt.

Ten minutes later, United were awarded a penalty of their own and Chris Pontius made it 2-1 to the visitors. That became 3-1 in the 85th minute when Josh Wolff scored. Jorge Perlaza’s header cut the deficit to 3-2 to raise Portland’s hopes, but they ran out of time to find an equalizer.

Source: Yahoo

D.C. United Defeated the Columbus Crew 3-1

01 April, 09:44, by admin Tags: , ,

Charlie Davies has been out for 17 months since his automobile crash in VA and finally returned to a competitive match against Columbus. D.C. United was awarded a penalty kick and Davies wanted it. “He looked at me and said, ‘I need this, I want this,”‘ teammate Dax McCarty said. “I knew when I gave him the ball he was going to bury it for us.” “It just goes to show with faith, with belief in yourself, that you can achieve the impossible,” said Davies, who suffered a ruptured bladder, bleeding on the brain, a broken and dislocated left elbow, and broken bones in his right leg, nose, forehead and eye socket.

Davies converted the 63rd-minute penalty, added a second goal in the 77th minute and D.C. United defeated the Columbus Crew 3-1 last Saturday in both teams’ season opener. Robbie Rogers scored on a 79th-minute penalty kick for Columbus. Davies had his second goal minutes later after taking Marc Burch’s long ball.

Davies’ return comes just a day after the driver in the crash, who was legally intoxicated at the time, was sentenced to two years in prison.