Best of FCD Blog Reader Comments: DC United Post-Match

"A tie does not break a "winless streak." It breaks a losing streak, though." -Anonymous

A tough draw for FC Dallas over the weekend. After taking the lead twice, FCD was the victim of bad luck on a penalty call which allowed Jaime Moreno to equalize. It was Grandpa Urine's 40th match in the charge of FC Dallas...he's won 10 matches...way to go bus driver.


From Post: FC Dallas 2, DC United 2

"10 Wins. 16 Losses. 14 Ties. After 40 games SH still cannot hang on to a lead" -Anonymous

"Really? That's your input. A guy gets clipped on the endline and we play 30 minutes down a man and that is the point you have to make? FC Dallas showed heart tonight. Good game Ferreira." -kb

"Ugo Ihemelu sucked tonight. He completely choked when he had a wide open goal and essentially punted it into the stands way off frame. Then he got the ball on the sidelines and did the same thing, clocking the ball into the audience. Does the guy not know how to kick? WTF.... BRING BACK DREW!!!!!!!!!! (the real #3). On another note, Daniel Torres should never enter another MLS game. He is terrible and has made far too many unforgiveable mistakes on the backline to be allowed playing time. What a dumbass move he pulled to get a red card. This team is a familiar trainwreck that I've watched too many times. These guys can't hold a lead to save their lives. Drew for Ugo was a mistake. We were missing him tonight and will be every game." -Anonymous

"Blah" -Clm1403

"Did anyone see Ugo kick the ball with his plant foot, miss the ball with his kicking foot, and then fall down at midfield. Classic!!!" -Anonymous

"Drew started for the Rapids last night and played the entire game. They won 1-0. He must love the winning feeling. Definitely something somewhat foreign to him until now." -Anonymous

"Sala has to go. From early in the game the fans in the stands near me all predicted that Sala would cost us the game, and sure enough he did. Yes, the referee made a bad call as well, but a youth player could have done better than Sala last night." -Anonymous

"the very first GAME NOTE says this: 'The tie brings FC Dallas’ record to 6-11-6 (24 pts.) and puts an end to the team’s two-game winless streak.' Wow. We are pointing out the fact that we broke a 2-game losing streak by getting a draw at home? 1 point in 3 games during our push for the playoffs?" -giggshasscored

"Someone needs to tell Schellas that the strategy is win at home/draw on the road. NOT draw at home/lose on the road. SH's record suggest he is doing the second, not the first" -Anonymous

"The man was credited with five (5) saves and you say "must go"....fagetaboutit! Are you a fan?" -Anonymous

"So Sala was the one who deflected the ball into the next for the first DC goal? And it is a mark on him that he couldn't stop a penalty kick from the all-time goal scoring leader?" -Anonymous

"Anyone who defends Sala's performance in this game is simply out of touch with reality. He was terrible. He obviously misplayed some easy shots before the one he let go in, and the one that he let in on the free kick was not a difficult ball at all, even if it was deflected. I've seen Burse stop shots at point blank range that were kicked much harder than anything Sala faced last night. Get real. Sala stunk." -Anonymous

"I wonder if there is a way for the Dallas organization to quietly question the referee's red card on Torres, and the behavior of Quaranta. An English player just received a two game ban for diving and drawing a penalty kick. I understand that FIFA is asking refs to be on the lookout for this unsportsmanlike play." -Anonymous

"Quaranta's flop and Torre's ejection still has me pretty mad." -Anonymous

"the red card was shocking. in England we'd have 20 different clips to show us whether the ref was right or not..in MLS the "highlights" barely show the play at all...when are they going to learn controversy actual builds passion. FCD was robbed last night. Suspend the ref and get it right!" -Anonymous

Sala had a good game last night, like he's had ever since he's come back. Face it - Ray Burse does not have what it takes to be a starter in the MLS. Get over it. The rest of the league has known this for quite some time. Sala had some great saves last night, including one with a bad rebound, but the difference between Sala and Burse is that it didn't cost us a goal. He's known as Rebound Ray for a reason. The first goal was a reflection off Ricchetti, NOTHING SALA COULD DO. And show me a keeper who can stop a Jaime Moreno penalty kick. Sala had a huge save in the second half that kept us in the game." -not related to Burse

"Some people on here are so stupid. If Burse was in goal, it would be at least 4-2 because Sala had at least two saves that he was able to even make because of his perfect positioning. Burse can't even consistently cover his near post, let alone head off some dangerous situations because he is never where he should be." -Anonymous

"Doesn't that make Pablo's third or fourth own-goal this season? I know he had a couple when he was moved to the backline to babysit Burse which they blamed on communication issues between Pablo and Burse." -Anonymous

"Yea he may be called Rebound Ray for a reason but at least his rebounds go out and not back in. Sala has been putting the rebounds in dangerous places the past few weeks and it almost cost us ANOTHER goal. Doesn't matter though because our coach is the worst that I think I have ever seen." -Cameron

"40 games and Schellas has won 10. Any team that truly cared would fire him." -Anonymous

"I've been watching FC Dallas for about a year now. I've caught all of their home games and watched some of their away games. At this point I'm willing to say that Schellas should be replaced, and so should some of his choices. If the FC Dallas organization made a clear statement that, Hey, we're rebuilding. Give us x years and this is how we're going to do it, and the coach said the same thing, and if we could see progress according to plan, it would be one thing. But that's not happening, and the team's results are not very good. They seem to want to make the playoffs, are making some strange trades, and still going noplace. Time for a change." -Anonymous

"Sala has a habit of faking injuries after goals...probably the after effect of drinking an Irish Car Bomb at an Inferno party a couple years ago..." -Anonymous