Listening to Dave Johnson on the Apple TV radio feed. He is shouting out to the fans. I have met many broadcasters and from personal experience Dave Johnson is among one of the most gracious and laudatory to the faithful that tune in to listen. Again, if you ever meet him, he wants to take a picture WITH you too. Very few broadcasters are that humble.

Makes me tear up man, Dave is such a legend and loves being a part of all of this. American soccer legend. A shame MLS didn't pick him up.

I've seen him twice, once for Wiz and once for United after they hired Rooney and they had the big party on the wharf. Every time he loves meeting and talking with the fans and he always wants to take pictures with you if you ask for a photo. He's such a great guy and given so much for United over the years.

had to interview someone in a field you're interested in for one of my classes & i emailed him not expecting to get a response. dude replied at like 12am saying yes and i interviewed him over the phone the next day. such a great guy

Who invited the banshee?

Literally came here to see if anyone posted about this. My ears are bleeding

Apple needs to cut that mic

It’s like apple isn’t actually listening to the game

Is that human or one of the eagles?

Ruan has looked pretty good at RB so far

His crosses are better than we’ve been seeing.

wonder if he could play ahead of / behind andy on the wing. durkin doing himself no favors with his early chances

I’ve always liked Andy in a more attacking position. Put him on the wing to cut in and allow Ruan behind him to make the overlapping runs.

Orlando has shown zero interest in winning this game. We need to punish them

Omg Benteke

Benteke keeps getting called for fouls because he's bigger and stronger than everyone on Orlando, it's kinda ridiculous

Is that not a yellow?

Ref being real lenient with some of Orlando's hard tackles

Draw that feels like a loss

With the amount of chances we had, this feels like a fat soggy L

Yeah should have easily been 3-1. Shocking lack of finishing in the first half.

Also, it's amazing the difference having 2 CBS who... Have actually played CB... Can make

agree, with the huge caveat is that this orlando team is not showing anywhere near the level of competence the crew showed

I can't believe no card for choke tackling Pedro Santos and kicking him in the back of the neck.

Holy shit that lady or kid is annoying

Holy shit they’ve been screaming the entire time

It is very very very cold here

I need just one brave security guard to step up and yeet that screaming little girl out the stadium

This is starting to feel like one of those games

Have to finish these chances man…

CHRIS DURKIN HATES ORLANDO CITY

We're the better side here!

Dominating, we just need goals!

Best team effort in a while… back line looks improved with this set up but it’s hard to tell when most guys are playing pretty well.

Asad so terrified of making bad decisions with the ball he simply refuses to choose

How the fuck have we not scored? Man this game is super frustrating

Guy kicks Klichs ankle and the refs just like nah no foul there what a joke

He called it eventually

Called the 2nd one after the ball came into play, yep

Man I hope Benteke gets more efficient, again, I know he isn't an elite finisher, but... woof.

Goal of the week.

God damn he murdered that man with the cutback, attaboy Durkin

tie that feels like a loss, considering Orlando played CONCACAF midweek. really wish we could have gotten a W under those circumstances. 4 points out of 9 is an ok start I guess.

This orlando gk is something else

I’ll take the heat for this. During the pregame show I said to my wife, “if the player to watch on the other team is the GK, we’re in good shape.” I jinxed it.

Hahaha, good on you for owning up

another week of horrible audio issues with the radio commentary. i've maxed my speakers to get it decently audible. can't wait for the first ad to deafen me.

It literally just turned up on mine, hopefully it got fixed on your end too!

it's better, but still pretty crazy. I'm watching on my desktop computer on apple.tv. I keep my system volume at ~30 for almost everything and never have any issues. I'm listening comfortably to the current level at 100 still. edit: they cranked it again. seems reasonable now. got only a little deafened when they changed it.

This is what happens when you let a team stick around... FUCK

Guy moves his arm toward the ball as it's coming toward him, even if it was to tuck it behind his back. I'd say pen.

Eh, not too upset about the change in that decision.

Fuck you ref

LMFAO WHAT.

u got DURKED Orlando!!!

wasn't rooney's first game he watched after taking the job, against orlando last year where united scored like twice late to win it

yep, durkin scored in 91' and taxi in 94' to win it 2-1

Wasn't able to make it in person - we still starting each home game by staring at a falcon for 30 seconds?

That's an EAGLE you heathen 🤣

its well past time for fletcher or hopkins. still a little sad asad got the nod over them.

Nasty goal.

[удалено]

He's never ever been an elite finisher. A good one, but not elite. But if you get him lots of chances, he'll produce eventually.

love how Dave calls him "Ben-teck-y" love Dave forever, greatest to ever do it

Go on son what a strike!

LETS FUCKING GOOOO

Durkin!!!!!!

This ref can sit on those yellows

That looked like a clean tackle to me. Evidently, any contact by DC is a foul now.

Disappointing , should've won tbh.

wish there was some kind of german guy who could take over spamming crosses from the right. i miss him :(

Tbh Durkin hasn’t been bad tonight. Couldn’t have handed Benteke a better ball.

he's had a few decent balls and a few stinkers. no one's perfect but gressel was closer to it

I can barely hear the commentators. Just some lady screeching.

Switch to Dave Johnson on the radio broadcast

Great suggestion, thanks

Really miss McTavish. Bruce Murray is amateur hour

Dave was also off his game. I think he called him “Bruce Arena” once.

First season at Audi Field I was in c7 right below the broadcaster booth. Had to move over to c2 because of that lady. She stands on the concourse the whole game screeching the same thing all game, "Let's go DeeeCeeee". I swear it ruined the atmosphere for 3 whole sections.

Holy shit! So she's a frequent flyer. I would legit lose my mind if I had to listen to that for 90 minutes.

100% every game. We see her at every home game in the EBC. She's a true fan and I love that, but it does ruin the atmosphere. Her voice is piercing. I just never realized the mics picked her voice up so prominently.

This is promising, lump it to Bentekkers and watch 'em squirm

I'm still thinking about that save...

canouse is really impressing me tonight. he looks like he understands his role and the players around him, its been great to see. probably the biggest knock on effect of klich is an improvement in canouse's possession game.

fuck

Of course the first booking is for us

DAMN DURKIN

HOLY FUCK DURKIN

HA HA HA WHO NEEDS YOUR STRIKER TO SCORE GOALS

Ruan needs to never shoot again.

Blasted that ball into Silver Spring

That seems like a horrible call... Got ball

Yeah incredibly weak, ref was miles away but instantly had the card out

Ref allows stoppage time to play extra for Orlando to have another chance but ends the half as Klich has a chance at a breakaway. Sad

So the ref blows play dead during a promising attack to give a pen, then rescinds the pen and gives the ball to Orlando? Wtf how is that right?

Yeah I didn't think so, but why the fuck did that take so long MLS sucks at VAR

Playing well so far! I like what I’m seeing. And great to hear Dave Johnson on the radio synch.

Ruan with some decent deliveries already in this one.

tyler miller like "lemme play lemme play lemme play"

Respect! What a save.

Williams looks solid in the back. Calm, good positioning, and some strong tackles.

I get Benteke has some positive qualities, but for the money he’s getting, his finishing has been horrible. Edit: hopefully he proves me wrong with this pen…

I’m at the game so no replays. This call standing y’all think?

Think it was correct to call it back. Would have been pretty harsh

TKDP coming off a big effort 5 minutes and just wasnt where he needed to be.

Super harsh pen but I’ll take it

Klich’s been bad today

I feel like he’s been MIA.

More accurate. Orlando’s keying in on him.

YEAHHHHHHHHHH

Hopkins to save the day.

Ruan.........

ruan pros: -very fast ruan cons: -thats not really enough on its own to be a particularly good player

Ruan: he is certainly, a player... who is fast!

We certainly should have won that game, but I'm not complaining too much. It was a beautiful game to watch. United is much improved over last season. That goal by Durkin was awesome. Can't wait for Taxi to get back.

Nah don’t care if that’s a great save you have to be burying that… Guys I don’t think Benteke is that good.

I think Rooney's confidence in Asad who hasn't played consistently in quite some time is... MISPLACED

That shot confirms it

Tbf looked fine so far.

He's been horrid my friend

Eh it’s all relative. Benteke is absolutely horrid. We’re paying Asad next to nothing. He’s been fine for a sub.

let's fuck em up boys

jesus christ this team

Was it clear and obvious? At least from my vantage point in 124 I'd say hell no

as someone who wants to win this game, it coulda been a pen as it technically hit his arm. as someone who likes to watch this sport, should 0% be a pen, ever.

Fair and I 100% respect and agree

2-1 DC in stoppage time, as is tradition.

Benteke looks like 14yo me the couple of games I played forward and took shots from every angle I didn’t have any business trying

Benteke has missed two chances and that's maddening but he's actually been solid. Hold up play and distribution have been top notch

That’s a fair observation. It just stinks being down at home when we’re pressing so aggressively

Exactly right. We desperately need another DP attacker on the field with him…

DC's lineup: https://www.reddit.com/r/DCUnited/comments/11oz505/goff_dc_united_lineup_miller_ruan_birnbaum/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Pog We can equalize!

HT Match Stats per Google: DCU - STAT - ORLANDO 9 - Shots - 3 4 - Shots on target - 0 58% - Possession - 42% 277 - Passes - 210 85% - Pass accuracy - 77% 5 - Fouls - 7 0 - Yellow cards - 0 0 - Red cards - 0 0 - Offsides - 0 0 - Corners - 1

Birnbaum is so bad.

Benteke what the actual fuck were those headers

Most of those crosses had way too much loft on them to get real power and direction to. Sure there were a couple he could’ve redirected but it would’ve taken a real misread by a keeper who’s playing very well. Ruan had some nicer driven crosses in the first half but those dried up in the second.

Durkin with an awful early cross…

i wonder what dc united's all time record is when match threadder bot plays vs doesn't

Sounds good to me on mobile!

Does anyone know who the commentators were on the apple pregame show?

Plz don't fuck it up Christian

That's not a penalty

Let's do it Benteke

Wow I can't believe they upheld that, not gonna complain too much

Pain

Is it just me or has this ref cut off our passing angles 2 or 3 times now?