Keith Costigan‘s Q&A with Curt Onalfo includes the new D.C. United coach’s explanation for why United didn’t hold on to BraziliansFred and Luciano Emilio” “We want to play a certain way and score a lot of goals but having said that this team has given up a lot of goals over the last few years,”Onalfo said. “Priority No. 1 was to get a consistent goalkeeper that can help us keep clean sheets because the less goals you give up the more chance you have of winning games. The decision to bringin Troy [Perkins] was made easier because [keeper] Josh Wicks is injured and won’t be ready for the start of the season. We feel that adding Troy to the squad immediately makesus better as he is an excellent goalkeeper that has experience with the national team.
“We still have other holes to fill in the squad but we have signed Danny Allsopp,who is a proven goalscorer and a very good target man that will add to the quality within the group. We are also excited about the addition of Cristian Castillo who adds some flair tothe attack. We also still have Jaime Moreno, Santino Quaranta and Chris Pontius so the list of options we have just goes on and on. We will continue to look at oursquad as we move forward but we feel very confident about where we are despite the loss of a few players.