MLS Cup 2004

MLS I watched DC United take on Kansas City today for the MLS Cup 2004. The great thing about soccer in the U.S. is that I can get tickets for the national championshipship the day before for a decent price. Unfortunately that’s also the problem with U.S. soccer. The quality of play is nowhere near a Premiership game or Bundesliga.

In other soccer news, several of the players I play pick-up with organized a game (with refs et all) with the league team I just recently joined. I played with the pick-up team and we were shelled 6 to 3. It would have been a lot worse had we not had the most phenomenal goalie on our side. For my part I had an assist and converted a penalty kick.

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Jeff Donnici • November 14th, 2004
Great game yesterday afternoon... no shortage of excitement or drama. As a Rapids fan, I was glad to see DC get the win and not Kansas City. More specifically, I was glad to not see Josh Wolff anywhere near the Cup. :)

I'm betting KC fans are taking out a hit on Eskandarian's right arm today (re: his breakaway goal).

Haacked • November 14th, 2004
Since I was in the upper deck, I couldn't see whether or not his right arm hit the ball. Was it clear in the replays?

But yes, that was an exciting game. The first goal was a magnificent blast from 30 yards out.

Jeff Donnici • November 15th, 2004
Yeah, it was crystal clear in the replays. The ball came up, nailed Eskandarian in the forearm, and then went toward the goal. The ref was 30-40 yards back and the linesman had a bad angle, so no way to see it.

That first goal was unreal... I couldn't believe DC was giving up so much space. In the replay, you could see that the ball was a pure knuckler. It didn't rotate the entire time it was in the air.

Very cool... and a lot more exciting than the "ooh look, yet another draw" Rapids season... :)