{"id":1215,"date":"2006-07-28T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/07\/soccer-much-adu-about-nothing.html"},"modified":"2006-07-28T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:52:00","slug":"soccer-much-adu-about-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/07\/soccer-much-adu-about-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer: Much Adu about nothing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my goals for 2006 was going to be attending a regular season game of every Washington team from the traditonal big four leagues, MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. In 2005 I had seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/01\/take-that-bradwizards-go-distance-top.html\"><b>the Wizards beat the Nets in January<\/b><\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/night-and-day-i-made-it-up-to-rfk-for.html\"><b>Nationals<\/b><\/a> a dozen times over the summer, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/10\/good-old-hockey-gameerica-and-i-had.html\"><b>Capitals<\/b><\/a> a couple of times in the fall. I did not expect to see the <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Redskins<\/span> during the regular season (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/08\/redskins-are-going-to-super-bowlfriday.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">I saw them in preseason<\/span><\/a> vs. Steelers), but tickets fell into my lap for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/photos\/archives\/2005_12_01_archive.html#114376898672716546\"><b>final game<\/b><\/a>. In short, mission accomplished, a year early.<\/p>\n<p>With that goal achieved my next one is to see a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcunited.com\/\"><b>DC United<\/b><\/a> match. They have been here for 11 seasons and not being a soccer fan and having never even played it (I played tackle football for several years), it was nothing that really interested me. Now, I am changing my tune. Since the Red &#038; Black share RFK with the Nats, I figure I might as well check them and out and see why the ballfield is getting turned into a pitch all the time. I have been reading <a href=\"http:\/\/dcunitedblog.blogspot.com\/\"><b>DCenters<\/b><\/a> regularly since the spring to learn more about the squad and the sport. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll throw this one out to the gallery, what recommendations do you have for seeing DC United? I am a soccer novice who wants the best possible introduction to the beautiful game. How long does a match take to play? What section would be the best for a newbie like myself? I have targeted August 26 as the day I intend to go.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my goals for 2006 was going to be attending a regular season game of every Washington team from the traditonal big four leagues, MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL. 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