Thursday, July 26, 2007

Washington Nationals 2 - DC United 1

Yeah, you read that right. The Nationals took two points from DC United last night when a beautiful ball across the goal took a wicked bounce off third base, causing Emilio to miss a sitter. DC United ended up with a 1-1 draw in Superliga action last night. While it makes a cute headline the baseball seams on the field at RFK are the least of DC's worries. The team appears to be lacking discipline and mental toughness. The tie with Dallas last week, giving up three goals in 40 minutes just highlighted this particular problem. Once again Fred is cheating into the middle leaving the wing open defensively.
Can Tom Soehn correct this before the play-off run? My guess is no. I have a feeling this season is going to be much like your freshman year in college. After getting away from the strict discipline of Piotr Nowak, there's going to be a year of giddy freedom and poor decisions. The only thing that will change that mentality is failure and the realization that Dad was strict for a reason!

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