MLS Classic: Chicago Fire vs DC United - ESPN Video

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ESPN Classics: DCU vs. Chicago 2005
Published 5/7/2008 at Behind the Badge
In advance of Thursday's game, ESPN has put up another edition of their MLS Classics - this time, it's United vs. the Fire. This particular 2005 game saw a bunch of goals and a late winner from former D.C. defender Bobby Boswell (.com). The D.C.-Chicago rivalry has turned into a very strong one in recent years, due mostly to the Fire's ability to oust United from the playoffs (something only one other MLS team has ever done). That leaves a bitter taste.    ...

Video: ESPN Dubs 2005 Chicago-DC a Classic
Published 5/7/2008 by SF at The Offside Rules
This season ESPN has been putting together these short packages of "MLS Classics" to wet our appetites for their Thursday night matches. But for reasons unknown to me, they've made them somewhat hard to find outside of that iPod video-sized screen on the Soccernet page. So in the interest of a) letting you see the video without doing permanent damage to your eyes, b) hyping this weeks Chicago-DC match and c) reliving their insane 4-3 match from 2005 I'm posting it here. Watch and enjoy, unless you are a Bobby Boswell hater (you know who you are).

COMMENTARY: DC United/VW Partnership Ups Glamor Factor, But Has United Lost Its Way?
Published 5/7/2008 by Rumor Mill (noreply@blogger.com) at MLS Rumors - For the time between the games
Please bear with us for one last DC United/VW report. This one in general is actually more of a reflection on how such partnerships and sponsorships may affect clubs in the league in small but highly noticeable ways on and off the pitch using United as a case study. Throughout it's history DC United has claimed lots of national and international hardware to fill it''s trophy case. In doing so and in doing its work in the community it has established itself as in the words of MLS Commissioner, Don Garber, MLS's "most authentic brand." In one area however DC United for most of it's history lagged behind ...