Well, besides the postgame blowers after D.C. United’s 5-1 win over San Juan Jabloteh. It was pretty darn quiet during the game, too. How much noise can 3,411 fans generate, really?
The postgame media session did have a nice quirk to it, as Christian Gómez joined head coach Tom Soehn to talk to reporters [they don’t let us in the locker room after CONCACAF games]. First, Soehn gave the Argentinian a hard time for falling back on the crutch of an interpreter, telling him, “English.” But then it got slightly awkward, as Gómez happily fielded questions about his recent lack of playing time — he has one start in United’s last four MLS matches. It’ll be interesting to see what happens Saturday vs. Chivas USA.
I also asked Chris Pontius about getting featured in ESPN Magazine’s upcoming Body Issue, in which he’s photographed with Ben Olsen, Clyde Simms, Bryan Namoff, Santino Quaranta and Jaime Moreno in some state of undress but which is also supposed to be humorous: “I think you guys will get a kick out of it when you see it, and I think my mom’s going to kill me.”
