Week One Preview: D.C. United
By: travis | March 29th, 2008
Time to kick off ‘08! New players. A new, lovely stadium. No, we don’t play baseball. And now after 5 months off, the Wizards will be kicking off their season on Saturday at 8:30 PM. The long wait and anticipation will soon be over. The first opponent of the season is D.C. United. United comes into the season with a large number of changes to their personnel. A dramatic roster overhaul saw them trade former MVP Christian Gomez to the Rapids, sign DP Marcelo Gallardo, and bring in a significant number of players.
United will look to erase memory of last season’s first meeting when they were defeated 4-2 at Arrowhead. This will definitely be a tough opening match for the Wizards, and a stern test to see what Onfalo can engineer. A lot of questions will be answered. Will Claudio start? Who will be his partner up front? How will the revamped backline hold up? Will Chance get to play? Do we get to see Lopez and Gallardo on the field at the same time? Lots and lots of exciting things going on with both squads.
A legitimate preview can be found here listing all the injuries and stuff like that. Goff writes about the United side, while Jon has another visiting team perspective. Let’s go Wiz!
Expert* prediction: 2-1 to the home team. Trujillo scores two goals.
*I am not an expert.
Category: D.C. United
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