{"id":12216,"date":"2011-03-01T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=12216"},"modified":"2011-03-01T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T18:00:31","slug":"congratulations-dc-united-your-ad-bombardment-has-me-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/03\/congratulations-dc-united-your-ad-bombardment-has-me-interested\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations DC United, your ad bombardment, acquisitions have me interested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do not have much history in the sport of soccer, having been one of the few Northern Virginia children to never play the sport in an organized fashion. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/08\/about-that-united-game.html\">It wasn&#8217;t until 2006 that I even checked out a DC United match<\/a>. We had fun and I said I&#8217;d go again. Of course, that isn&#8217;t how it worked, but between the World Cup last year and kicking the ball around with my toddler (we may even join a &#8220;Daddy &#038; Me&#8221; program this spring), I&#8217;m interested more than ever in soccer. Throw in (see what I did there?) their ubiquitous ad campaign that greets me all over the Web and on the buses I pass commuting and I am beginning to think I need to see DCU play sooner than later. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcunited.com\/2010-holiday-4-pack?r=PROMO\">Opening Night kickoff package with free pint glasses is looking interesting<\/a>, because who doesn&#8217;t need branded glassware from a local professional team? So, whether it is the first game or later in the season, I&#8217;m probably going to see the Black-and-Red. I may watch them on TV more too, though the Nationals, then Capitals will probably take precedence most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>I am also interested because of the media coverage I&#8217;ve been reading. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2011\/02\/16\/AR2011021606529.html\">US Men&#8217;s National Team player Charlie Davies will be playing for United<\/a> (<em>The Post<\/em>) this season on loan from his French club. He missed the World Cup after a very serious accident on the George Washington Memorial Parkway that killed other occupants of the vehicle. Also,<a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2011\/writers\/grant_wahl\/02\/24\/dc.united.coach.olsen\/index.html\"> the new head coach is Ben Olsen, a former United star<\/a> (<em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>) who was only supposed to be in the role on an interim basis last year before getting the job for good.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and now, that I&#8217;m interested, DC United, don&#8217;t move away. At the very least, I want you around in case my son is a soccer fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do not have much history in the sport of soccer, having been one of the few Northern Virginia children to never play the sport in an organized fashion. It wasn&#8217;t until 2006 that I even checked out a DC United match. We had fun and I said I&#8217;d go again. 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