Nice day at the old stadium. Members of both Ajax and DC United held a clinic for about 60 inner city kids at the RFK training grounds....and yes, one of the kids asked Maarten how he could drop the Plate.

http://www.dcunited.com/news/2011/05/dc ... uth-clinic

OH HELL YEAH!!! D.C. United to host AFC Ajax in international friendly Black-and-Red to face legendary Dutch side May 22 Washington, D.C. (March 14, 2011) - D.C. United announced today plans for the club will play an international friendly against legendary Dutch Eredivisie side AFC Ajax on Sunday, ...

As I was reading Ko's J.C. post, it got me thinking about something I've always wondered about. How did J.C. come to (or was allowed to) wear the #14 jersey? It wasn't too long ago that all the starters were assigned #1-11. Was that just something that teams all did or was it a rule to have those sp...

I'm totally out of the "know" on this, but did this guy get a fair shake at the club? I'm not a big fan or anything, just curious. I feel like he got half a season to prove himself then got eased out once KJH was brought in. It seemed like he needed an adjustment period and once that ended, he was f...

I saw a "Rijkaard" in the team sheet for young RKC...any relation?

Is this guy still an automatic first teamer?

From all that I've read, he's been unimpressive thus far.

Also (let's get tactical now...) I think Henk ten Cate will revert to the Ajax formation as we once knew it (in 1995, for example). Under Danny Blind the central midfielder was mostly a defensive player (the 'Galásek position'). Ajax played without a classic 'number 10' (or 'shadow striker', like ...

USA!! WOOHOO!!!!!!




Erm, wow...what a way to get ready for the Cup...lose to Morrocco on our home soil.


JOB played the first half and looked solid though...so yeah, there's that.

Totally loving the new Streets CD. It's not a concept album like the last one but there are some great songs on it.

It's not even close to my style of music but Mike Skinner is a lyrical genius.

I give it a definite :xyxthumbs:

Any chance Marco coaches Ajax next year? I don't think it's been written anywhere but win or lose, I would think he'd quit Oranje after the WC...so why not come home?

I'm heading to Amsterdam in August for a vacation of Pearl Jam and, hopefully, Ajax. PJ is playing in Arnhem at Vitesse's ground. How far is it from Amsterdam to Arnhem? And has anyone seen a show at the Gelredome? If so, what can you say about it? Finally, has there been any buzz about a Pearl Jam ...

How about this...when you see "mind you" substitute the word "but" in it's place.



Make sense?

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Ko,

Saw that Matisyahu was in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Did you have a chance to see the show? He's got a very interesting story and his music is starting to get some radio airplay here in the States.

He'll be here in DC on Christmas night and I'm thinking of heading out to see him.

After seeing the highlights of what happened in Istanbul, I got to wondering. Is Turkey the scariest place to play? And what is it like as a visiting fan?

Since we share the same big day...I must wish Zlatan a happy 24th!

I think Pearl Jam is an emotion-fueled band by nature. Back in the days of Ten they made all these wild and passionate statements (I got a bomb in my temple and it's gonna explode, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, What the f*ck is this world coming to, Do I deserve to be?), and the s...

Am I crazy or are we underestimating Quincy? Doesn't anyone think he will be really up for this game? Granted, I only saw him in the U20 tournament but he looked really good and he probably won't be awed of the occasion since he's probably played with most of the Ajax players at some point. Or am I ...

Its great when you come across bands you aren't familiar with and you actually like (esp when they already have a few albums out). All of the sudden you get 40 or 50 songs to appreciate. I LOVE when that happens. In the last year, I discovered The Streets (not my type of music at all but I think th...

Ko,

I'd be intereseted to hear what YOUR tourist schedule would be?

Let's say I'm in the Netherlands for five days. I love beer, music, Dutch culture, and good conversation...what would I do with those five days?

Had a chance to see NED-JPN in the World Youth Championships today. The Dutch totally dominated the match but somehow almost managed to hand the Japanese a draw. If not for a few great saves from Vermeer in the last moments of the match, the Dutch would have given away some points. Alls well that en...

Excellent read as always Ko. I didn't start following football until WC '94 here in the States. I picked out Oranje as my team (favorite color) and Rijkaard as my player. I was very lucky to follow Rijkaard during his last year at Ajax but whenever I asked people about him the first thing they would...

who just jumps at the first lousy chance they get? This is exactly what I was thinking. It sounds like VDV has jumped at the first team that looked his way. He may have been impressed with all those things but who's to say he wouldn't feel the same way about Porto if he visited there? It reminds me...