By definition, the Grosy Award goes to the player with the most cajones. In general, the nominees for this award are players who aren't afraid to play through injury and leave it all on the field. The award's namesake Josh Gros was famous for his work rate, and his career with DC United has seemingly ended way too soon, thanks to the numerous concussions he'd received throughout his time here. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards reserves took care of business in their friendly today, defeating William Jewell College 3-0 out at the training complex this morning. Goals by Ivan Trujillo, Michael Kraus, and Ryan Pore led the team to the win. Click to continue reading...

The bad news is that Santino Quaranta will not be dressing tonight. The 23-year old suffered some pretty deep bruises on his ankle and shin Saturday night in LA and will be held out this evening. Bummer.

The good news is that the guys are all feeling pretty positive and will be coming out in a slightly more defensive-oriented posture tonight, running at type of 4-4-1-1.

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If so, check out this video from our arrival in Honduras last night...

You can also read an article (in spanish) and see a couple photos from our arrival here.

And here are two different interviews, one with Luciano Emilio and another with Honduran Ivan Guerrero.

I hope you've been brushing up on your Spanish!

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Sorry for the delayed post, here's the release about the match. On the Marinelli goal, I've seen elsewhere that Souter scored, but the refs said the initial fumble by Edwards went over the line and Souter pushed it in afterward. Enjoy the rest of the rundown.

KCW Reserves Defeat Toronto FC Reserves 6-0 Sunday

Kansas City Gets Hat Trick from Ivan Trujillo, Two Goals from Ryan Pore

MLS Reserve Division Match
Sunday, September 21, 2008 – 10:00 a. Click to continue reading...

We're about an hour from kickoff and starting lineups have been named. Here's United's:

Louis Crayton; Bryan Namoff, Devon McTavish, Marc Burch, Gonzalo Martinez; Fred, Clyde Simms, Santino Quaranta, Ivan Guerrero; Boyzzz Khumalo, Luciano Emilio.

And here's the 4-42:

--------------Emilio------------Khumalo-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Quaranta----------------------Guerrero--------------------------------------Fred-----------------------Simms------------------------Martinez-----------------------------------Namoff-------------Burch---------McTavish-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Crayton----------------------- Click to continue reading...

The Wizards played a friendly today at their Swope Park training complex against the U-23 Arkansas Wizards. Hillcrest Road has a more indepth write up on the game. The Wizards, though, had no problem taking out their Arkansas counterparts, as they beat them 13-0. All healthy Wizards players got into the game and most played a half. Click to continue reading...

Being busy here at Tech I haven't had an opportunity to recap on the MLS matches I caught. However, here is what I have seen since the last time i posted.

DC United 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes
The only match I got to see two weeks ago was DC United travel to the west coast to take on the Quakes of San Jose. Click to continue reading...

A tie at home against a lesser Western Conference opponent certainly should feel like a loss. Somehow for me though, this one doesn't. Maybe it's because we outplayed Dallas, to the point where I think we really deserved the win. This felt like it should have ended at 2-1. Oh well. I guess we'll just have to steal back those extra two points when we play them again on the road in two weeks. Click to continue reading...

We're about an hour from kick-off and Tom Soehn has named his starters for this evening's match. Most notable are Boyzzz Khumalo getting the start up top with Jaime Moreno and Quavas Kirk getting his first League start at right mid. Here's the full squad:

Louis Crayton; Bryan Namoff, Devon McTavish, Marc Burch, Gonzalo Martinez; Quavas Kirk, Clyde Simms, Santino Quaranta, Ivan Guerrero; Boyzzz Khumalo, Jaime Moreno.

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You would think if you play Premier League/ Reserve/Pathway football and ACTAS, Capital Football Academy that you are very into your football and the development of the game and opportunities of the game in Canberra.

Training and playing what 3 or 4 nights a week. That's commitment isn't it? Click to continue reading...

Canberra United. It feels good, doesn't it, to have a team in Canberra finally.

Ivan Slavich is on one of the supporters family buses to Sydney to show support for a Canberra A-League team. Why not get your club to have your own football singing bus. I'm sure there'll be a Tuggeranong United bus. Click to continue reading...

Canberra FC Premier League Grand Final keeper Nathan Denham meets A-League Bid Leader Ivan Slavich at this mornings Grand Final Breakfast.

Denham hopes to win on Sunday but he would also love to see an A-League team in Canberra.

Nathan signed up as a Foundation Member believing the Club would provide opportunities for many young Canberrans for years to come. Click to continue reading...

Southern Cross FC are bidding to be an A-League team in 2010. Same as Canberra. And Les Murray from SBS is an Ambassador for the bid.

Biased? Hardly...couldn't be more Canberra friendly....

SBS reported today on Les' show that Les Murray was with the bid team when they presented to the FFA last week. Click to continue reading...

Today the Galaxy takes on Real Salt Lake at the Home Depot Center at 7:30 PDT. You can follow the action via the Direct Kick package or on MLSLive.tv.

After last week's much improved performance I should be looking forward to this game. It's at home, it's again a team that can't buy a point on the road, and they happen to be conference rivals.

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Despite the scribblings of MLS Asst. Commissioner Ivan Gadzidis, tonight's scheduled MLS matches are a complete fiasco.

However, it'll be a great night for sports bar viewing if you can convince the local barkeep to keep two sets on soccer. I'll be at FATS in NYC on W. 33rd Street for the US-Cuba and Fire-Red Bulls matches. Click to continue reading...

In a season that's had its fair share of ups and downs, we've finally got something to show for it! Maybe a title in the US Open Cup wasn't necessarily the goal for this season, but it's certainly an accomplishment the team should be proud of, and most importantly, its great that United has fought its way back into the international picture. Click to continue reading...

Tom Soehn has named his starting lineup for tonight's championship battle against the Battery. The same players who started Saturday's game against New York will take the field, with the only change being Santino Quaranta moving to the middle of thte park and Joe Vide pushing out wide (where they played the second half).

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Kickoff is about an hour away. Tommy's main changes come in the back line tonight, as he shuffles a few guys around, while Santino Quaranta moves from the attacking midfield spot to the right flank. Here's what they'll look like at the first whistle:

Louis Crayton; Gonzalo Martinez, Bryan Namoff, Devon McTavish, Marc Burch; Santino Quaranta, Clyde Simms, Joe Vide, Ivan Guerrero; Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio

And here's what the 4-4-2 formation will look like:

------------Moreno-----------Emilio------------------------------------------------------------------------Guerrero--------------------------------Quaranta---------------Vide----------Simms----------------Burch-------------------------------------Martinez------------McTavish--------Burch-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Crayton------------------------ Click to continue reading...

Just to inform you I've been officially appointed as the Canberra A-League bid Media Liason Officer/Committe member. You heard it here first:)

More importantly here's the most up-to-date news on the bid...more money rolls in.


FFA chief commercial officer John O'Sullivan spoke to Ivan Slavich yesterday. Click to continue reading...

Leave it to an online source to figure out what's going on, or, in this case, shed more confusion on the situation.

The good men over at MetroFanatic went all the way to contact MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis to seek a response into the rumors that the league blocked the transfer of Macoumba Kandji to the Red Bulls. Click to continue reading...

Three Cities left for two slots:
That's how I read it.

SMH's Mike Cockerill is rerporting today that Townsville and Gold Goast will officially get the nod for 2009 on Thursday. But more interesting to me is the comments from FFA Chief Ben Buckley on the other two places froo 2010.

With consortiums from Canberra and Wollongong, and two competing bids from Melbourne, also pressing to join the league, there is little doubt the A-League will expand further to become a 12-team competition by 2010.

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The Wizards reserve players topped UMKC easily this morning out at the Swope Park training center, 8-1. The game was as close as it was, as the reserves dominated the performance for long stretches of the game. Here's how the reserves started out:
Kronberg
Myers - McMahen - Wahl - Watson
Marinelli - Souter - Morsink - Espinoza
Pore - Trujillo

The scoring started early, as in the 9th minute, Kevin Souter overlapped Carlos Marinelli, who backhealed the ball as he went by. Click to continue reading...

For the record, here are my player ratings from the two matches I missed while on vacation, based only on descriptions of the games given by Fullback, BDR, and Goff.

8/10/08: 4-1 loss at NYRB
Top shelf: Jaime Moreno
Call: Fred
Rail: Zach Wells, Pat Carroll, Marc Burch, Devon McTavish

8/12/08: 3-1 win in USOC Semi-finals vs NE:
Top shelf: Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio, Santino Quaranta
Call: Brian Namoff, Zach Wells, Ivan Guerrero
Rail: None

The other big thing that I missed while I was out was the formal acquisition of new starting goalkeeper Louis Crayton, and the other transactions surrounding that move. Click to continue reading...

Ivan has sent a message to Foundation Message. I'm one so I got the email. But the update is in full below.

Dear Foundation Member

Wow! What an amazing few weeks we have had in regards to the A-League4Canberra bid. Firstly I must say thank you for signing up to become a Foundation Member, we are certainly on our way to achieving the goal of bringing an A-League team to Canberra. Click to continue reading...

We need $6 million we've already got $4.5 million and over 530 Foundation Members. All in a few weeks. A fantastic effort from Ivan Slavich and the whole community. Have we ever been so close?

Just one more investor and further Foundation Memberships can get us to the inital goal of $6 million. Click to continue reading...

Not much to say about this one, Hillcrest Road has a small write up, including the starting lineup for the reserves. Creighton's website has a little bit more, including the time of the Wizards lone goal, in the 86th minute by Ivan Trujillo from Creighton alum, Michael Kraus. Unfortunately that's about all the info you can get from the two write ups on the game. Click to continue reading...

Our KCW Reserve squad took on the University of Creighton today at our Swope Park Training Center, winning 1-0 on a goal from Ivan Trujillo. Creighton grad Michael Kraus provided the assist after coming on as a second-half substitute. Our reserves are now 6-0-0 against college and PDL teams in friendlies, including a 26-1 combined score line. Click to continue reading...

Australia's first W-League Coach, Mike Barnett, A-League bid leader Ivan Slavich..

Australia's first W-League Coach Mike Barnett is Adelaide United's first W-League Coach. Mike talks Salary Cap, player selections, why United will be competitive and the challenge ahead.

Interestingly will there be any female coaches or female Assistants in the new W-league? Click to continue reading...

I remember writing before the season started that we would probably have to win a lot of games 1-0 this year. Well it took five months and a goalkeeper change to finally do it.

I got back from a great week at Ocean City today and opted to purchase the discounted $9.95 MLSlive package, which will probably be used only to watch tonight's match and next Saturday's. Click to continue reading...

The Ivan Slavich led Canberra A-League has impressed the FFA when the bid team and FFA met yesterday. FFA CEO Ben Buckley was impressed with the speed and quality of the Canberra bid's progress. We're clearly in with a chance.

The need to show a fanbase is clearly urgent. Getting 5000 Foundation Memberships is the challenge for everyone who has signed up, everyone who has ever wanted a team, everyone who loves the game, professional sport and the City and Region. Click to continue reading...

With a trip to the U.S. Open Cup final on the line, here is the team Head Coach Tom Soehn has decided to go with this evening:

Zach Wells; Bryan Namoff, Devon McTavish, Gonzalo Peralta, Gonzalo Martinez; Fred, Clyde Simms, Santino Quaranta, Ivan Guerrero; Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio.

And this is how they'll lineup:

--------Moreno---------Emilio----------

----------------Quaranta-----------------

Guerrero---------------------------Fred

-----------------Simms-------------------

Martinez------------------------Namoff

----------McTavish--Peralta----------

------------------Wells-------------------

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Nearpost National Show:

Ed Hollis talks about his Tottenham day job.
We preview the A-League, talk Olyroos and update on the Canberra A-League bid.
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Woden Valley's Ed Hollis, Rachael Harrigan, Kadee Hollis and Amy McCloughlin talk Dane Cup, and their trip of a lifetime. Click to continue reading...

"Unleash the power within." That's the symposium being given in the conference center of the team hotel in New Jersey by master motivational speaker Anthony Robbins. Though I remember him better for his stellar role in Shallow Hal, let's hope the general theme of his speaking engagement makes its way into the team thought process for tonight's match.

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FourFourTwo said

Slavich was adamant that if all those who had expressed an interest were to put their hands in their pockets then finance would no longer be an issue.

So sign-up and convince them. Full article below


EXCLUSIVE: Canberra's A-League bid team will use the W-League's capital side as leverage when they meet the FFA next week. Click to continue reading...