United players getting a welcome reprieve.(SPORTS) From: The Washington Times | Date: June 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: John Haydon, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

D.C. United, coming off a tough home loss and still struggling to find its rhythm nine games into the season, could use a rest right about now. How convenient that the club's operator owns a 45,000-acre ranch in Colorado.

After a tough training session yesterday at RFK Stadium's auxiliary field, the players and coaching staff flew off to spend two nights at billionaire Phil Anschutz's sprawling ranch, about two hours ...