WVHooligan - Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
DC United won their 12th club trophy last night in the 2008 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with their 2-1 defeat of the USL-1 Charleston Battery at RFK Stadium. DC was lead by their two Brazilians Luciano Emilio and Fred in this one as Emilio got the Black-and-Red up early and after Charleston leveled things [...]
Shine Silently (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sweet win tonight at RFK for D.C. United, who won their second U.S. Open Cup title 2-1 over the Charleston (SC) Battery. D.C. United took a 1-0 lead 4 minutes into the game on a goal by Luciano Emilio. Charleston answered back in the 10th minute on a goal by Ian Fuller. In the second half Fred got the game winner for United in the 50th minute. The U.S. Open Cup is the U.S. Soccer Federation’s...
Who Ate All the Cupcakes? (Free subscription) | yesterday
I barely get into the house and it's 1-1 in the Open Cup final. Luciano Emilio scores for DC, and gets hurt. Charleston responds in the 10th minute with a nice finish after some sloppy defending. We have ourselves a match, ladies and gentlemen. I bet Charleston would've done better in the CONCACAF Champions League than New England did. Or at least, they wouldn't do any worse... Charleston...
du Nord (Free subscription) | yesterday
Congrats to DC United - 2008 US Open Cup Champions! US Open Cup Final Match & Score: -Wed Sep 3 DC United 2-1 Charleston Battery - DCU goals by Luciano Emilio & Fred. CG goal by Ian Fuller. Attendance: 8,212 Venue: RFK Stadium, Washington DC Match report from the Washington Post. Match report by John Haydon of the Washington Times. Match report by Chris Webb of United Mania. Match report...
U.S. Soccer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... sending the D.C. midfielder tumbling, but the ball popped to the top of the penalty area where Luciano Emilio was able to curl his shot off the finger tips of Charleston’s Dusty Hudock and into the top corner. Just minutes after Emilio tallied his team-high third goal of the tournament, the forward was replaced by Rod Dyachenko in the seventh minute due to an abductor strain....
Ken Hawkins (Free subscription) | yesterday
The win gives United it’s first National Championship since 1996 and they advance to represent the U.S.A in the 2009 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League. It was the Battery’s first appearance in the Cup final and the first for a USL side since 1999. Charleston started slowly and paid the price conceding in the 4th minute after the ball was worked to Luciano Emilio at the edge of...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
... “It was a Brazilian brace that won the affair for the Black-and-Red at the outset of each half, as Luciano Emilio found the net in the fourth minute and Fred returned from injury to notch the game-winner in the 50th minute. But the result was in doubt until the very end thanks to a composed performance from the Battery, who matched United in terms of possession and invention only...
U.S. Soccer (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... Armstrong011David Kenga011Aaron King011D.C. United NameGoalsAssistsPointsMarc Burch204Luciano Emilio204Bryan Namoff113Jaime Moreno033Francis Doe102Santino Quaranta102Ivan Guerrero011HISTORY OF THE DEWAR CUP: While the trophy no longer travels to the U.S. Open Cup Final, the name of the winning team is added to the bottom of the Dewar Trophy following an Open Cup title. The oldest...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... the record for most in league history (37). Injury plagued United (10-10-2) lost their top scorer Luciano Emilio, who dropped to the turf moments before halftime, clutching his upper groin. Emilio, who has 11 goals, was replaced by a substitute and walked gingerly to the clubhouse at halftime. The Red Bulls (8-6-8) kept the league's most productive offense at home (28 goals...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... the record for most in league history (37).Injury-plagued United (10-10-2) lost their top scorer Luciano Emilio, who dropped to the turf moments before halftime, clutching his groin. Emilio, who has 11 goals, was replaced by a substitute and walked gingerly to the clubhouse at halftime.The Red Bulls (8-6-8) are 3-0-3 in the first past six games. 2, 1Guillermo Barros Schelotto...
