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Article: A World of Difference; United's Play Revitalized At the Champions Cup
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 19, 2001
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So much had gone so terribly wrong for D.C. United last year --
from the loss of its investors and the sale of its Herndon
headquarters to a club-worst 8-18-6 record and no playoff appearance -
- there was perhaps no way to truly measure the significance of
United's dramatic 2-1 victory over Alajuela of Costa Rica on
Wednesday night in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals.
Thanks to Ben Olsen's goal in the closing seconds, United finally
had something to cherish as it moved to the brink of an almost
unimaginable trip to the world championships in Spain this summer.
D.C. will face its Major League Soccer nemesis, the Los Angeles
Galaxy, late on Friday night at the Coliseum. The winner ...