It's The Fourth and thank goodness, as American Soccer fans we have something to celebrate.The U20 National team destroyed Poland yesterday, six to one, in the Youth World Championships. The US is now in first place in their group after tying South Korea in their first game. The team was exciting to watch and played some very attractive soccer. After the South Korea game, some pundits had written Freddy Adu off and were asking the hard questions about what went wrong with his development. I don't know if he was reading the press, or just knew that his hopes of playing overseas depended on a breakout performance, but Freddy Adu dominated the game and scored a hat trick to boot. To quote Mark Twain, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." The other thing that I think was exciting about this performance was the fact that Poland scored first in the first five minutes of the game. The US showed no loss of confidence or panic and just picked apart and dominated Poland for the balance of the game.
Here are the highlights:
Another reason to celebrate, DC United plays Kansas City today in a game that will decide sole possesion of first place. Even with United's roster loss to the Copa America thay bounced back nicely to beat the weather and Colorado four to one in last weekend's match up. The last four weeks has seen three DC players receive Player of the Week honors.
Week 10: Ben Olsen (D.C. United)
Week 11: Luciano Emilio (D.C. United)
Week 12: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
Week 13: Nicholas Addlery (D.C. United)
Justin Moose should see another start today and we may see Greg Vanney, who came from Colorado in a trade, bring some experience to DC's back line.
Have fun today! Guys please be careful using or observing fireworks!
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