Well, well, well. What do we have here? None other than D.C. United’s first win in CONCACAF Champions League play in 11 tries, a 1-0 victory over San Juan Jabloteh of Trinidad, which couldn’t hit a free kick inside and around penalty box and looked a lot like they should’ve been playing against a D.C. United team down a man after GK Milos Kocic upended a player outside the box but walked away with only a yellow card.
That said, Christian Gomez took an awarded penalty kick, for a handball, nicely in the early going, Kocic was a presence, and Julius James went airborn to clear a clear game-tying goal off the line late in the first half. Tiyi Shipalane and Danny Szetela each squandered chances to double the lead in the second half — (Szetela played? Really?) — but the random assortment of players on the trip deserved to check out the scene and the rum in Port of Spain afterward — can Bill Hamid drink there? Not sure — since they don’t have another match for more than a week.
Back at home, Ely Allen, Ange N’Silu and Greg Janicki were added to the “You ain’t playing another MLS match this season” list but will still be available for CONCACAF, and Boyzzz Khumalo was re-activated from the injured list.
In women’s soccer, Washington Freedom players Lori Lindsey and Sarah Senty were picked up by the Philadelphia Independence in the WPS expansion draft. Tough for Lindsey, who was with Washington in the WUSA and after the league folded, was one of the team’s most dependable players this season (starting 18 of 20 matches) and who’s been called into the U.S. women’s national team camp starting next week. Lindsey has one cap.
