Dwayne De Rosario Rumors & News

The great Nick DeLeon as attacking midfielder experiment began against Sporting Kansas City and, while he showed flashes, it was not the epiphany that some of us hoped it could be. But one thing that we noticed is that there were a number of times that DeLeon and Dwayne De Rosario were occupying the same space, leading to breakdowns in passing lanes and turnovers. This leads me to wonder: Can De Rosario play as a forward when there is an attacking midfielder underneath him rather than two defensive midfielders? We all know that he loves to channel his inner midfielder when playing up t...

As I have to point out occasionally, we put out at least half of the D.C. United-related content on the internet. The only bit of United stuff out there yesterday was Steve Goff passing along the news that Dwayne De Rosario is likely to play this weekend, which we expected to be a thing. Because of that, today's edition Freedom Kicks is about other random things. Trailer from Bob Bradley documentary | Washington Post The other thing Goff posted yesterday, which is worth checking out. Bale vs Suarez vs Van Persie | Pro Soccer Talk I actually think it's wrong to omit Juan Mata from this ...

Early yesterday, the news came through: Dwayne De Rosario was a new addition to D.C. United's injury report. The club captain was on the report as questionable with an adductor strain. Possibly helpful, possibly pedantic side note: The only abductor muscles in the body are related to the fingers and toes, whereas adductor can refer to several muscles in the inner thigh, so in soccer it's almost always going to be an adductor strain rather than an abductor strain. Later in the day, the news got worse: De Ro did not even travel with United to Kansas City, depriving the club of our star o...

Earlier today, we got to talk about the good with D.C. United's Player of the Month for March, and now we get the flipside: the Goat of the Month. Let's skip the formalities and jump straight to the inaugural nominees: Dwayne De Rosario: The captain left the team in a major hole with his head butt on Danny Cruz in the last preseason game. While the MLS Disciplinary Committee could use some lessons in consistency, DeRo has no excuse, and they were well within their right to suspend him for the start of the year. United's attack without the Canadian was listless and plodding (and it hasn...

We'll get a chance to see how D.C. United copes with some early-season adversity this year. After losing Dwayne De Rosario for this first two games of the season due to a suspension and watching John Thorrington suffer a long-term injury just as he was starting to round into form, United received some more bad news today. Midfielder Nick DeLeon fell victim to a grade-two hamstring strain and is expected to miss the next six weeks. DeLeon's injury occurred in the 31st minute of Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Columbus Crew at RFK Stadium. When DeLeon came off the field on Saturday, he was re...

Once a Metro: Dwayne De Rosario's two-game suspension for violent conduct during a preseason game seems to have stifled DC's attack (as well as my fantasy MLS team). Granted, Houston and Real Salt Lake are two of the better defensive teams in MLS, but still just one goal in two matches isn't the best offensive start to the season. What have you seen so far offensively and how will DeRo's return improve the attack? Black and Red United: United have definitely been less threatening in the attack since losing DeRo. But this is the same team that closed out the 2012 season on a 7-game ...

If you thought that the past two games looked like the D.C. United team that battled its way into the playoffs in September and October last year, you would, of course, be right. But with the return Dwayne De Rosario, hopefully the team can conjure up a more potent offensive threat, one that saw United score the second most goals in the Eastern Conference last season. The return of DeRo will also allow Chris Pontius and Nick DeLeon to have a little more space as they attack, making the entire team more dangerous. One goal will not be enough to beat the New York Red Bulls this Saturday,...

We knew it would happen sooner or later, John Thorrington was always going to miss some time this year due to injury. It just happened to be "sooner." Thorrington will miss the next 8-12 weeks with an injury very similar to the one that sidelined Dwayne De Rosario for the last 2+ months of last season, a severely sprained MCL, suffered during a sliding challenge with RSL forward Alvaro Saborio. Thorrington was the direct replacement for De Rosario - who served a suspension for violent conduct for the first two games of the year - in the season-opener in Houston, a role he is not site f...