2011 D.C. United season, Preseason, March
Needing a draw at minimum, United were in a keen position to win their second-consecutive Challenge Cup. The club closed out their cup run with their third and final match against last-place Toronto FC; who had fallen to both Chicago and Charleston earlier in the week. The match started out heavily in favor of United, who scored off a Charlie Davies goal in the ninth minute. The 1–0 lead over the Reds was short-lived, as TFC quickly leveled off of a penalty kick scored by TFC captain, Dwayne De Rosario, leveling the match at one-all. Immediately minutes later, the Reds struck again, taking a 2–1 lead. The lead was Toronto's first in the entire tournament and, ironically, United's first time trailing in a match in the entire tournament.


2011 D.C. United season, Preseason, March
Towards the end of the first half, nearing the halftime break, came an unusual string of reckless challenges from Toronto right back, Mikael Yourassowsky, on loan from Croatian side Rijeka. In the 36th minute of play, Yourassowsky was carded for a reckless challenge on Andy Najar, and a minute later was given a second yellow and subsequently ejected for doing a similarly mistimed tackle on Chris Pontius. It would not be until the 62nd minute that United were able to capitalize on the shorthanded Toronto, restoring parity at 2–2 thanks a goal from Ngwenya. The draw gave D.C. United the cup title.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season
During the Major League Soccer regular season, D.C. United finished with a record of 9–12–12, failing to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for a record fourth-consecutive year.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season
D.C. United's began the Major League Soccer regular season on 19 March 2011, when the club hosted the Columbus Crew. Though the club earned a 3–1 victory against Columbus, United would only post one more victory throughout March and April, and consequently, fell towards the bottom of both the Eastern Conference and overall standings. Additionally, the chain of losses in April culminated with the club being eliminated during the U.S. Open Cup qualification propers. However, following their 4–1 league loss at Houston Dynamo, United would go unbeaten in their next five matches, winning two games and drawing thrice.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season
During the summer, with United only losing three matches, and either winning or drawing their other league fixtures, the club ascended in the standings and eventually, into a position that offered a berth into the wildcard round of the playoffs. United held a spot within the league's top ten overall standings throughout July and August. By September, the luck faded as the club ran into a bit of a slump.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season
The slump continued into September and October, and as the club made up matches in hand, narrow losses ultimately doomed United in reaching the playoffs, as a club hit a five match losing streak. Upon their fourth-straight loss, United was ultimately eliminated from postseason contention with a 1–1 draw against Portland Timbers on 15 October.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, Late March
As the Challenge Cup concluded, United began to shift gears to the MLS regular season, and with that, naming their captain for the campaign. On 16 March 2011, Head Coach Ben Olsen named Dax McCarty the club captain.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, Late March
United opened the MLS regular season on 19 March 2011. Their campaign opened in strong fashion, amassing a 3–1 victory over Eastern Conference foes, Columbus Crew. In the match, two of United's recent acquisitions tallied the three goals on the scoresheet; two for Charlie Davies, who came on as a 55th-minute substitute, and one for Josh Wolff. The goals for Davies were his first since 12 August 2009; when he scored for the U.S. national team in their 1–2 loss against Mexico in Estadio Azteca. The lone blemish for the Black-and-Red that evening was a converted penalty kick by long-time Crew midfielder Robbie Rogers in the 83rd minute.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, Late March
Following their opening victory, the United traveled up north to take on New England Revolution on 26 March. The United would fall into a 2–0 hole early in the match, with some citing poor officiating as the cause. A late penalty kick goal from Charlie Davies resulted in a 2–1 loss for the United.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Colorado snowstorm
April opened with United playing the defending MLS Cup champions, Colorado Rapids at their home ground, DSG Park on 2 April. The match was almost postponed due to snow earlier in the day. However, the match was still called on, as a smaller crowd of around 9,000 braved the wintry conditions. The match saw Colorado take a first half lead off recently purchased Irish-international Caleb Folan. In the 67th minute of play, the United leveled the score thanks to a strike from Santino Quaranta. The tie was short-lived, as the Rapids immediately struck back with a 68th-minute goal from Scottish-international Jamie Smith. Ten minutes later, Folan gave the Rapids a 3–1 lead, and in injury time, Jamaican-international Omar Cummings gave a sucker punch goal, resulting in a 4–1 defeat for United to the Rapids.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Colorado snowstorm
By finishing in 16th in MLS last season, United were not guaranteed an MLS berth in the 2011 edition of the U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, they will have to qualify for one of two spots against teams that finished in 7th place or below in MLS last season.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Colorado snowstorm
On 28 February 2011, MLS announced that for their qualification, United would play the Philadelphia Union in a play-in game for U.S. Open Cup qualification. The decision for United to play the Union was due to the Union's proximity to United, and their relative record during the 2010 season. The match will be played 6 April 2011 at the Maryland SoccerPlex. United hosts the Union due to winning a coin flip. The winner of the D.C.-Philadelphia match will host New England Revolution in the second phase of MLS qualification. That match is expected to be played in late April 2011.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, L.A. Galaxy match
In front of their largest league crowd in three years, United hosted the Los Angeles Galaxy on 9 April. In their previous meeting, the United took a lead midway in the second half, before Galaxy captain, Landon Donovan scored two goals late in the game to give the Galaxy a 2–1 win. The match piqued interest across the region, as a crowd of 26,222 turned up for the game, United's largest league match crowd in over three years.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, L.A. Galaxy match
The game itself ended in a 1–1 draw, with the Galaxy scoring the first goal, a Mike Magee header off of a David Beckham corner in the 12th minute. United equalized late into match, in the second minute of stoppage time, thanks to a Charlie Davies penalty kick, his fourth in MLS league play and his fifth with D.C. United.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, L.A. Galaxy match
The match itself swirled around controversy between Abiodun Okulaja's (the center referee) calls and officiating. The most questionable calls were associated the severity of cards distributed to players and a late-match decision to award a penalty kick to the United, in which many claimed was a fake trip in the box. One controversial call came from a reckless challenge by Galaxy midfielder, Beckham, to United forward, Josh Wolff in the 40th minute.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, L.A. Galaxy match
Following the referee stopping play to call the foul, a verbal exchange between Beckham and United's Santino Quaranta resulted in a swarm of United and Galaxy players coming in to push the two apart. While Quaranta was not carded for his exchange with Beckham, Beckham was carded for his foul against Wolff in the 37th minute and Davies' penalty kick in the 91st. The goal received much national attention from the controversy surrounding the decision to award a penalty, and Davies' celebration for successfully converting the kick. Subsequent to the match, center referee Abiodun Okulaja ejected Galaxy midfielder Jovan Kirovski for cursing at him while sniping his decision.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Success in Toronto
On 16 April, United took on Toronto FC at Toronto's BMO Field. In the 2010 campaign, United were able to pull out a 1–0 victory against the Reds; this time, D.C. was able to earn a 3–0 victory at Toronto. Their game against Toronto quickly went into good fortune for the Black-and-Red, as United found the back of the net twice within the first 10 minutes of play. The opening goal was scored by Chris Pontius, which was his first in MLS league play since his hat trick against Seattle Sounders FC last June, prior to his calf injury.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Success in Toronto
Pontius netted in the 5th minute as well as the 73rd minute of the match. Additionally, Charlie Davies netted his fifth MLS goal of the year, and his second in the run of play. Davies' goal was a follow up shot in the 9th minute following a strike from winger Josh Wolff. Additionally, the game saw United not only pull out their first away win of the season, but their first shout-out since the Carolina Challenge Cup; which was also Bill Hamid's first shutout in MLS play.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Success in Toronto
We put in a good effort and to not get anything is disappointing. We'll put in the video and continue to work, for us it's a process.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Success in Toronto
—Josh Wolff, D.C. United forward, when asked about United's lack of scoring opportunities in their 4–0 loss to New York.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Atlantic Cup drubbing
The following Thursday, 22 April, United hosted their longtime rivals, Red Bull New York. Broadcast on ESPN2, it was United's first televised match on the network this year. In the 12th minute of play, a Luke Rodgers cross to Red Bulls striker, Thierry Henry led to the first goal for New York. Henry scored his third goal of the season, and the second of the match in the 38th minute of play, doubling New York's lead. Heading into halftime, Olsen replaced club captain, McCarty in for DP, Branko Bošković at halftime.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Atlantic Cup drubbing
Bošković, praised for his play in the match, had two shots on goal that were deflected off of the crossbar. In the 64th minute, Bošković sent a free kick hurdling towards the upper right post, only to be denied by the crossbar. Throughout a majority of the second half United dominated the Red Bulls in possession, but failed time and time again to score. A counterattack in the 72nd minute, led by Estonian international, Joel Lindpere gave New York a 3–0 advantage over United. Subsequently, Bošković had his third shot on goal deflect off the bar.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Atlantic Cup drubbing
American prospect, Juan Agudelo netted in injury time for the Red Bulls, giving the club a 4–0 win over United. The loss for United was their worst ever home loss against New York, and their worst loss at home since 2005, when the team lost 4–0 to Chicago Fire in an MLS Cup quarterfinal leg.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Atlantic Cup drubbing
Following the club's 4–0 home defeat, United returned to Open Cup play, where they took on New England Revolution in the MLS qualification semifinals. Hosted at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, the Revolution quickly got off to a 2–0 lead, thanks to a pair of goals from Revolution midfielder Kheli Dube. Dube scored in 37th and 47th minutes of play. Twenty minutes following Dube's second goal, Virginia-native Alan Koger gave the Revs a 3–0 lead. Shortly thereafter, United's Branko Bošković scored his first two goals of 2011 to trim the lead down to one goal. The late rally, however, proved to be too little, too late as the Revolution defeated United 3–2. Consequently, it was the first time since 2002 that United did not qualify into the main tournament propers of the Open Cup.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Houston defeat, U.S. Open Cup elimination
United's woes continued in their final match of April, where they traveled south to take on Houston Dynamo on 29 April. United was routed 4–1 in the match, making them have a league-worst 16 goals conceded. However, with 10 goals scored, United was jointly tied for second in the league for goals scored on. The Orange Crush came out on a roaring start, as Dynamo-striker Will Bruin netted in the fourth minute of play.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, April, Houston defeat, U.S. Open Cup elimination
In the 39th minute, United defender Marc Burch scored off a complex free kick that caused the Dynamo defense to scramble, tallying his first goal of 2011. The parity was short-lived, as Bruin would regain the lead for Houston two minutes later off of a header from Brad Davis cross. Bruin would complete his hat trick in the 57th minute to give Dynamo a commanding 3–1 lead. Houston's Cam Weaver came in to add a buffer to the lead in the 62nd minute.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Bošković injury
It's a nightmare. Branko can't believe it. He's sad and shocked.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Bošković injury
—Dejan Drobnjak, Branko Bošković's agent, when finding out about Bošković's torn ACL injury.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Bošković injury
During the month of May, D.C. United went undefeated in their four Major League Soccer regular season matches, winning and drawing two games apiece. While the club had success on the field, the team suffered with several injuries, including the club's lone Designated Player, Branko Bošković. Bošković, who left in the team's U.S. Open Cup qualifier loss to New England, was revealed to have a torn Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right thigh. Towards the end of the month, United hosted defending Dutch champions, Ajax in a friendly match, in which United lost.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Bošković injury
Bošković's injury was released publicly on 1 May, only three days before their midweek fixture against Seattle Sounders FC. D.C. United, who had never defeated Seattle at home, was coming off a two-match winning streak. The match ended in United's favor, as goals from Josh Wolff and Charlie Davies helped United earn a 2–1 victory. Playing their third match within a week, United hosted 2010 MLS Cup-finalists, FC Dallas on 7 May. Like United, Dallas was suffering from a slew of injuries, most notably forward David Ferreira who broke his ankle in Dallas' 2–1 away victory at Vancouver. The game itself ended in a scoreless tie, though United out shot Dallas 5–2 in total shots on frame.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Rapids draw, Ajax friendly loss
Within a week, United squared off in their return match against the defending league champions, Colorado Rapids. The 14 May affair ended in a 1–1 draw between the two camps as the Rapids' Drew Moor netted a 23rd-minute brace to give the visitors an advantage. The hosts, United, continued to press throughout the match, dominating possession. In the 56th minute, what seemed to be a certain foul in the box for a penalty from Colorado's Jeff Lorentowictz on D.C.'s Joseph Ngwenya was waved off, resulting in heavy dissent from both the players and the bench of United. The incident was seemingly hindered in the 62nd minute when the Rapids' Kosuke Kimura collided with United's Chris Pontius. Pontius would subsequently score from the penalty spot, leveling the scoreline and thus giving United a draw.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Rapids draw, Ajax friendly loss
During the week of 22 May, United had a bye week from league play, which allowed the club to schedule a home friendly against the defending Dutch champions, AFC Ajax of Amsterdam. The previous week, Ajax had tallied a 3–1 win over Twente to secure the Dutch title for an unprecedented 30th time, their first since 2004. The Amsterdamers notched an early strike in the 10th minute thanks to forward, and Serbian international, Miralem Sulejmani.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Rapids draw, Ajax friendly loss
The Black-and-Red managed to make up for the early setback thanks to a 58th-minute cross from Ngwenya to newly drafted Blake Brettschneider, leveling the match at one apiece. However, the match ended in Ajax's favor over United as the Amsterdammers tallied a final goal in the 87th minute courtesy of midfielder Vurnon Anita.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Victory at Jeld-Wen
Heading into Memorial Day Weekend, United wrapped up May with the opening match of their two-game West Coast road trip on 29 May at Jeld-Wen Field to take on the Portland Timbers. The Timbers, who held a 5–3–2 record prior to the match had won every single match at home during MLS play. United successfully ended that home streak with a 3–2 victory over the Timbers, thanks to goals from Perry Kitchen, his first professional goal in his career, as well as Chris Pontius and Josh Wolff.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Victory at Jeld-Wen
In the match, Kitchen opened the scoring for United with a 13th-minute half-volley thanks to a redirected header from Dejan Jakovic. While United were able to hold the 1–0 lead well into the second half of play, a chain of contentious decisions from center official Geoff Gamble, but primarily linesmen Eric Proctor. It was only the second MLS match that Gamble officiated, with his first coming on the previous weekend. In the 67th minute of play, United conceded a penalty kick to the Timbers.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Victory at Jeld-Wen
United goalkeeper, Bill Hamid initially saved Timbers striker Kenny Cooper's first penalty shot, only for the shot to be retaken. Proctor flagged for a retaking of the kick claiming that Hamid stepping off his line before the kick was taken, an infraction of the rules. The contrasting argument from Hamid, as well as other United players, was that Cooper stutter-stepped before taking the ball, which is illegal in the Laws of the Game. Nevertheless, it was ruled that a second retake would be taken, again by Cooper.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Victory at Jeld-Wen
Hamid consecutively saved the shot, only for Proctor to again rule that Hamid repeated the same original infraction. The ruling caused Hamid to storm over to Proctor in disdain for his decision, consequently earning Hamid a yellow card for dissent. For the third shot on the mark, Timbers captain Jack Jewsbury took the shot and buried it in the bottom left-hand post, leveling the score at 1–1. The stalemate was tentative, as Diego Chara of the Timbers conceded a penalty in the box when he mistimed a slide tackle on Pontius, leading to a handball.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, May, Victory at Jeld-Wen
Pontius scored his second penalty of the season, and his second consecutive in league play to give United the 2–1 advantage. A quarter of an hour later, Wolff notched a goal, extending United's lead in the 85th minute. The Timbers' Jorge Perlaza scored a consolation goal in the 88th minute of play, but it would fail to be enough.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Third kit debut, L.A. "family affair"
The beginning of June was heralded by the debut of United's third kit, which debuted in the opening match of the month. The new third kit, which featured a primary color of red, with black accents debuted in the 3 June away fixture at Los Angeles Galaxy. June also saw a wave of controversy arrive involving Charlie Davies and deceiving match officials during the run of play, causing Davies to be fined by MLS. As the international transfer window neared, United made an unanticipated, blockbuster trade with their Atlantic Cup rivals, New York Red Bulls on 27 June. On the pitch, however, United failed to win any matches during the month, tallying three draws and a loss during the month.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Third kit debut, L.A. "family affair"
The opening match of June was deemed a "family affair" by the media, due to the close relationship between Galaxy manager, Bruce Arena and United manager, Ben Olsen. Beforehand, Arena coached Olsen on the dynasty D.C. United squad of the late 1990s and on the United States national team into the mid 2000s. Continuing their unbeaten streak from May, United earned a 1–1 draw. With the draw, United tentatively moved into third place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of Columbus Crew.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Third kit debut, L.A. "family affair"
In spite of the strong finish at Los Angeles, who led the Western Conference and overall standings at the time, United failed to win any matches during the month of June, amassing three subsequent draws and a loss. The loss would come the following week on 11 June, where they would lose at home against San Jose Earthquakes. Consequently, the loss, along with a Columbus victory, saw United fall to fourth in the conference and 11th in the overall standings.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
He just kicked it away and jumped over. It's almost laughable.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
—Real Salt Lake defender Chris Wingert, when asked about the controversial foul on Davies.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
On 16 June, United embarked for Salt Lake City for an 18 June away game at Real Salt Lake. Played at Rio Tinto Stadium, the venue has been considered by fans and media alike to be one of the most hostile environments in MLS and in North American to play in. In franchise history, United had not only failed to win in Rio Tinto, but failed to earn a point in the stadium. In spite of Salt Lake's struggling form, and United's improved form, many still expected Real to defeat United, having the home field advantage and a stronger roster.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
The 18 June fixture played to a 1–1 tie thanks to penalty kicks from Salt Lake's Fabian Espindola and United's Charlie Davies. The match was marred for its extremely physical, sometimes ruthless play, as well as the lack of discipline imposed by center referee, Terry Vaughn, who only gave one yellow card the entire match. Espindola scored the opening goal in the 38th minute. The penalty was drawn when Salt Lake captain, Kyle Beckerman dribbled within the goal box.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
As Beckerman dribbled inwards, United's Clyde Simms mistime a slide tackle that missed Beckerman, but resulted in his right wrist deflecting Beckerman's pass into the box. In the second half, United continued to control a majority of the ball position, only to see Chris Pontius's shot deflect off the crossbar in the 53rd minute. Controversy further ignited on what many fans and journalists declared a dive from United's Davies, who drew a penalty kick in the 85th minute, following a breakaway counterattack.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
The declaration was near universal as video replay and still frames of the incident in the penalty box revealed Davies falling in a diving motion prior to Salt Lake defender, Chris Wingert making any contact with Davies, only to do so once Davies had already fallen down. In spite of this, center official Terry Vaughn whistled it to be a penalty kick. Met with heavy jeers at Rio Tinto, Davies successfully bagged the match tying goal, in spite of the fact that Salt Lake's goalkeeper, a former United player, Nick Rimando, guessed the correct way.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Davies controversy in Salt Lake
In the 92nd minute, during stoppage time, Salt Lake's Jamison Olave recklessly fouled United's Blake Brettschneider to draw a final set piece, possibly to allow United to earn a shocking road win in Salt Lake. However, Najar's free kick was successfully passed to Pontius, whose shot deflected off the crossbar, allowing the match to remain leveled at one apiece. At the match's end heavy boos were ignited by the Salt Lake crowd, primarily directed towards the officiating. The match was deemed as one of the most reckless matches of 2011.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Celebrity golf tournament, McCarty–De Rosario trade
On 20 June, United hosted its annual celebrity tournament. That same day, the club made more headlines when they announced that Fred would be allowed to join Australian A-League side, Melbourne Heart on a summer transfer in July. The exact date was not disclosed, although mid-season transfer window in MLS opens on 15 July and closes 31 August.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, June, Celebrity golf tournament, McCarty–De Rosario trade
One week later, United made national headlines following an unexpected trade with their Atlantic Cup rivals, Red Bull New York. The trade, announced on 27 June, involved United acquiring New York midfielder, Dwayne De Rosario in exchange for United central midfielder, Dax McCarty.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, July
The month of July began with D.C. United announcing a new assistant coach, as well as playing two nearby Eastern Conference rivals. On 1 July, the franchise announced that Dutch manager Sonny Silooy was hired as an assistant coach for the senior team. Three days later, United played budding rivals, Philadelphia Union at home. The match, ending in a 2–2 tie saw newcomer Dwayne De Rosario make an assist to Josh Wolff as well as midfielder Andy Najar score a long range volley from 35 yards.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, July, Victory in New York, Atlantic Cup defeat
The following week, United traveled up the Interstate 95 corridor to take on their Atlantic Cup rivals, Red Bull New York. The Red Bulls, previously thrashed United 4–0 in April, and looked to be heavy favorites by fans and the media alike, especially coming off a 5–0 home win over Toronto. During the 61st minute of play, De Rosario scored against his former club to give United a 1–0 advantage, which ended up being the match-winning goal. The win means that the Red Bulls have failed to defeat United at home since 2008.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, July, Victory in New York, Atlantic Cup defeat
In spite of the win, United failed to win the Atlantic Cup trophy for the second consecutive year, losing 4–1 on aggregate. However, despite winning the Cup for the second straight year, Red Bulls players found the consolation prize as nothing worth meriting about. D.C. continued their streak the following week, drawing 0–0 to FC Dallas at Pizza Hut Park.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, July, Victory in New York, Atlantic Cup defeat
United concluded July with a 2–0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium. De Rosario scored both goals.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, August
The fifth month into D.C. United's regular season campaign marked the return of several players whom were previously injured throughout the season. Some key players included Dejan Jakovic, Kurt Morsink and Santino Quaranta. On the field, D.C. United was scheduled to host Canada's two MLS franchises, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, respectively. While recent United acquisition, and former Toronto captain, Dwayne De Rosario scored a hat trick against his former club, a shorthanded United ended up drawing 3–3 against Toronto. The following weekend, United posted a 4–0 thrashing of last-place Vancouver, earning their largest home victory since 2008.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, August
Upon their homestance against the Canadian teams, United hit the road for matches at Eastern Conference rivals, Chicago Fire and Sporting Kansas City. A lone goal in the 73rd minute from United's Josh Wolff gave the team a point against Chicago, while an early goal from Sporting's Omar Bravo consequently ended in a 1–0 defeat against Kansas City, making it the first time since 27 April that United lost on the road.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, August
Originally, United was expecting to conclude their competitive play on 27 August, at home to the Portland Timbers, but due to the effects of Hurricane Irene, the match was rescheduled from 7:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Two days prior to the match itself, the club and the MLS League Committee agreed to postpone the match to a later date. It was later confirmed that the match would be played in October.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, September
With the Portland match being postponed, it resulted in a three-week span of no competitive play for D.C. United. To give his players some additional rest and to ease the tensions in training sessions, head coach Ben Olsen granted the players and staff a four-week break over Labor Day Weekend. On 6 September, United players and staff rejoined one another in training, four days ahead of their trip to Los Angeles for their road fixture against Chivas USA. The 10 September match led to a 3–0 victory for United, earning their largest road victory since April.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, September
Charlie Davies netted a hat trick, scoring thrice in the run of play, each goal coming off of an assist from Chris Pontius. However, the large victory paid a devastating price, as Pontius collided with ??? in the 83rd minute, breaking his leg, and consequently missing the remainder of the season. The road swing concluded with a 3–0 loss to Seattle Sounders.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, September
Following the defeat to Seattle, United had a two-match homestand against 2005 expansion teams, Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake. Against Chivas USA, United went up 2–0 before conceding twice to settle for a 2–2 draw. Against Real Salt Lake, Dwayne De Rosario netted a hat trick in the match within the first 31 minutes, scoring the fastest hat trick in MLS history, earning him Player of the Week honors. In addition to De Rosario's three goals, he assisted to Andy Najar, and the club won 4–1 over Salt Lake.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, September
The month of competitive matches ended on 29 September with a trip to their budding I-95 rivals, Philadelphia Union, where United lost 3–2.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, October
Entering the final month of the regular season, the race for the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs began to heat up. In their away fixture at Columbus Crew, United lost 1–2, with United's Daniel Woolard scoring the lone goal for the club. It was the first time since 29 April that the team lost consecutive matches. Consequently, the club remained outside of the playoff race. United in need of points, lost their third-straight match on the road to Vancouver Whitecaps, 2–1.


2011 D.C. United season, Regular season, October
On 15 October, United lost their fourth-consecutive match, making it their longest losing streak since August 2010. Playing Chicago, United took a 1–0 lead in the 90th minute thanks to a penalty kick from De Rosario. The slight goal lead seemed certain to return United back into a playoff position for only Chicago's Sebastián Grazzini and Diego Cháves to score for the Fire in the third and fifth minutes of stoppage time, respectively. Despite the loss, United barely remained in the playoff chance. On 19 October, United hosted the Portland Timbers. With the match ending in a 1–1 draw, United failed to qualify for the playoffs for a team-record fourth-consecutive season. United concluded the regular season on 22 October with a 0–1 home loss to Sporting Kansas City.


2011 D.C. United season, Club information, International players
The following players on the club have received international call-ups during the season or within the previous year:


2011 D.C. United season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
D.C. United is in the No. 15 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. D.C. United started 2011 ranked No. 3 on the allocation list and used its ranking to acquire Charlie Davies. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2011 D.C. United season, Miscellany, International roster spots
D.C. United has five international roster spots, the fewest of any MLS club. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated eight international roster spots, which can be traded. D.C. United traded one spot to Kansas City on 3 February 2010 for use during the 2010 and 2011 seasons, traded another spot to Los Angeles Galaxy on 17 February 2011 for use during the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and traded another spot to New York Red Bulls on 16 July 2011 for use during the remainder of the 2011 season. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).


2011 D.C. United season, Miscellany, International roster spots
As of 12 February, United have 21 American players on their roster. This is the most of any MLS club.


2011 DEKALB Superspiel (March)
The 2011 DEKALB Superspiel was held on March 17–21 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba. The event featured 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams competing for a total purse of CAD$54,000. In the men's final, Kevin Koe of Alberta defeated Mike McEwen in an extra end, while Chelsea Carey defeated Michelle Montford in the women's final.


2011 DEKALB Superspiel (November)
The 2011 DEKALB Superspiel was held November 24 to 27 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba, as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The event featured 16 men's teams and 15 women's teams competing in a triple knockout format. The purses for the event were CAD$30,000 for the men's event and CAD$24,000 for the women's event.


2011 DFB-Pokal Final
The 2010–11 DFB-Pokal season came to a close on 21 May 2011 when Duisburg played against Schalke 04 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. For the first time since 2004, a team from the 2. Bundesliga reached the final.


2011 DFB-Pokal Final
Schalke 04 won the cup for the fifth time after defeating Duisburg 5–0.


2011 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2011 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2011 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Summary
The game started off with both teams neutralizing each other in the midfield area. Schalke had a little edge but could no create any chances for themselves. A few quick passes from the frontline of Schalke confused the defense from Duisburg after 18 minutes and Julian Draxler broke through between two defenders and made the opening goal from 20 metres. Schalke had then control over the game and as Jefferson Farfán made a run on the right side Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was ready for the cross to score the 2–0 just four minutes later.


2011 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Summary
Schalke had a few other chances to raise the lead but after 30 minutes Duisburg got better into the game, and had some chances. The biggest one had Sefa Yılmaz after he had an open lane to the goal but somehow waited too long and the defence recovered and his shot went wide right. Later, Manuel Schäffler had a chance when he had his back to the goal with Christoph Metzelder on his back but his shot had not enough power to go past Manuel Neuer's goal.


2011 DFB-Pokal Final, Match, Summary
Schalke was struggling but Benedikt Höwedes scored the third goal two minutes before halftime after a corner kick where David Yelldell misread the ball and was too late. After the half-time, the game was decided when José Manuel Jurado scored the 4–0 after a nice pass from Huntelaar with more than 30 minutes to go. After that goal Schalke 04 controlled the pace of the game and Huntelaar scored his second goal after Ivica Banović from Duisburg passes to Goran Šukalo who lost the ball and Huntelaar scored from 10 metres after 70 minutes. Not much chances afterwards and the game ended in a comfortable 5–0 for Schalke 04 for their fifth title.


2011 DFL-Supercup
The 2011 DFL-Supercup was the second DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It was a Revierderby between 2010–11 Bundesliga winners Borussia Dortmund, and 2010–11 DFB-Pokal winners Schalke 04. The match was played at Gelsenkirchen on 23 July 2011.


2011 DFL-Supercup
Schalke 04 prevailed on penalties, following a scoreless match after 90 minutes. There was no extra time played.


2011 DFL-Supercup, Teams
In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.


2011 DPR Korea Football League
Statistics of DPR Korea Football League for the 2011 season.


2011 DPR Korea Football League, Overview
The championship was played over six rounds, after which the top four teams – April 25, Kigwanch'a, Sobaeksu, and Amrokkang – played a final tournament in P'yŏngyang in November 2011, which was won by April 25.


2011 Dacorum Borough Council election
Elections to Dacorum Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England were held on 5 May 2011. The whole council was up for election. The last election for the Borough Council was held in May 2007.


2011 Daegu FC season
The 2011 season is Daegu FC's 9th season in South Korean K-League. It will be new kit suppliers Hummel, after two seasons with Joma.


2011 Daegu FC season
On 18 January 2011, Daegu FC announced that Park Jong-Sun had left the club by resignation, and former Samsung Lions vice-president Kim Jae-Ha was appointed as representative director.


2011 Daegu FC season, Players, Squad
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2011 Daejeon Citizen FC season
The 2011 season was Daejeon Citizen's fifteenth season in the K-League in South Korea. Daejeon Citizen competed in K-League, League Cup and Korean FA Cup.


2011 Daejeon Citizen FC season, Current squad
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2011 Dahsyatnya Awards
The 2011 Dahsyatnya Awards was an awards show for Indonesian musicians. It was the third annual show. It was held on January 26, 2011, at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, and was hosted by Raffi Ahmad, Olga Syahputra, Marcel Chandrawinata, Denny Cagur, Olla Ramlan, Laura Basuki, Jessica Iskandar, Ade Namnung and Tiffany Orie. The awards ceremonies will held theme for "Unlimited".


2011 Dahsyatnya Awards
Afgan, Andien, Marcell, Nidji, and Vierra led the nominations with three categories, followed by Mulan Jameela and Sherina Munaf with two nominations.


2011 Dakar Rally
The 2011 Dakar Rally was the 33rd running of the event. It was held in Argentina and Chile for the third successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of Argentina and Chile agreed to a return to South America for the event on 23 March 2010.


2011 Dakar Rally
The rally concluded in Buenos Aires, with Vladimir Chagin of Russia achieving a record seventh victory in the truck division, at the wheel of his Kamaz, thus becoming the most successful driver in a single category in the history of the event. Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar and Timo Gottschalk of Germany won in the car division, giving Volkswagen their third successive victory in the car class. Marc Coma from Spain won his third Dakar in the motorcycle category, and Alejandro Patronelli of Argentina repeated the feat of his brother—Marcos Patronelli in 2010—to win the class for quad-bikes.


2011 Dakar Rally, Entrants
407 Teams started the race with 200 motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, 140 cars, and 67 trucks on the podium across from the Obelisk, on the 9th of July Avenue; one of Buenos Aires' major boulevards. 203 of the crews finished the event.


2011 Dakar Rally, The route
The race began on New Year's Day in downtown Buenos Aires. The total racing distance was 9,618 kilometres (5,976 mi) for cars, 9,605 kilometres (5,968 mi) for bikes and quads and 9,458 kilometres (5,877 mi) for trucks. Of these distances, 5,020 kilometres (3,120 mi) was timed special stage for cars, with 5,007 kilometres (3,111 mi) for bikes and quads and 4,457 kilometres (2,769 mi) for trucks. Of the thirteen stages, six were in Argentina, five in Chile with two stages cross-country.


2011 Dakar Rally, Stage results, Motorcycles
KTM's Cyril Despres won the first two stages of the rally, to take an early lead of over two minutes on fellow KTM rider Marc Coma. Coma closed the gap to just fourteen seconds after his win on the third stage, and took the overall lead on stage four with his second stage win as Despres lost over ten minutes on the stage, dropping him to second in the standings. Coma maintained his lead overall until the end of the race, taking further stage wins in stages eight, ten and twelve en route to his third victory in the event.


2011 Dakar Rally, Stage results, Motorcycles
Despres, a three-time winner himself, won stage eleven but ended the rally fifteen minutes behind Coma in second place. Aprilia's Francisco López moved into third position after the fourth stage, and having won the seventh stage, had been set to complete the podium behind Coma and Despres. However, on the final stage, López suffered a mechanical failure 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the finish line and lost over an hour to his rivals. His misfortune allowed Hélder Rodrigues, riding a Yamaha to take third place. López took fourth position, almost half an hour behind Rodrigues.


2011 Dakar Rally, Deaths
A total of four people were killed in Dakar-related incidents during the rally. A 28-year-old female spectator was killed when a competitor lost control of his vehicle in the first stage, while two mechanics were killed in separate electrical incidents and a driver lost his life in a collision with a rally competitor following the tenth stage.


2011 Dalbandin earthquake
The 2011 Dalbandin earthquake occurred on 19 January at 01:23 AM local time with a moment magnitude of Mw 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very Strong). The shock occurred in a sparsely populated area of Balochistan, caused moderate damage, three deaths and some injuries.


2011 Dalbandin earthquake, Earthquake
The tectonic environment of this region is dominated by the motions of the Arabian Plate, the Indian Plate, and the Eurasian Plate. This earthquake occurred as a result of normal faulting within the lithosphere of the subducted Arabian Plate.


2011 Dalbandin earthquake, Damage
About 200 mud houses, including some government offices, were reported damaged in the Dalbandin area of Pakistan. Two women died of heart attacks in Quetta after the earthquake, about 330 km northeast of the epicenter, where the Mercalli intensity was IV (Light).


2011 Dalbandin earthquake, Intensity
Tremors after the earthquake reached neighboring countries including Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It was felt with a Mercali intensity of IV (Light) in Islamabad, Karachi, Muscat, Delhi, and III (Weak) in Kabul, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.


2011 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season
The 2011 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season is the second season in club history, and the 1st season to compete in China League One.


2011 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season, Overview
Dalian Aerbin officially signed their technical adviser Aleksandar Stankov in last season, and won the league title to gain promotion to the Chinese Super League.


2011 Dalian Aerbin F.C. season, Players
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2011 Dalian Shide F.C. season
The 2011 Dalian Shide F.C. season was Dalian's 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Chinese football.


2011 Dalian Shide F.C. season, Overview
South Korean manager Park Sung-hwa remained at the beginning of the season. He wanted to build his team style by trusting South Korean players and put team captain Zhang Yaokun to the reserve team, while made many changes to the technical staff. This caused many conflict between him and the rest of the team. In May, after losing 3 goals to Shandong Luneng Taishan, Dalian Shide fired Park, and brought Portuguese Nelo Vingada instead. They merely escaped from relegation, ended up 12th in the league.


2011 Dalian Shide F.C. season, Players
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2011 Dallas Cowboys season
The 2011 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 52nd season in the National Football League, the third playing their home games at Cowboys Stadium and the first full season under head coach Jason Garrett. The team improved on their 6–10 record from 2010, but missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season due to their week 17 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, 2011 draft class
Notes  The Cowboys forfeited its original seventh-round selection after selecting defensive tackle Josh Brent in the 2010 Supplemental Draft.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Preseason
The Cowboys' preseason schedule was announced on April 12, 2011.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Detroit Lions
With their second loss to the Lions at home in five years, the Cowboys fell to 2–2.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at New England Patriots
The Cowboys' blue uniforms returned after a 1-year hiatus, and they blew a 3-point fourth quarter lead, and lost to the 2011 AFC champion New England Patriots.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Miami Dolphins
Coming off their thrilling overtime road win over the Redskins, the Cowboys went home, donned their throwback uniforms, and played a Week 12 interconference duel with the Miami Dolphins in the annual Thanksgiving game. Dallas trailed early in the first quarter with Dolphins kicker Shayne Graham getting a 26-yard field goal, yet the Cowboys would answer in the second quarter with a 26-yard field goal from kicker Dan Bailey, followed by quarterback Tony Romo finding wide receiver Laurent Robinson on a 5-yard touchdown pass. Miami would close out the half with Graham making a 28-yard field goal.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins retook the lead in the third quarter with Graham booting a 27-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Matt Moore completing a 35-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Marshall. Afterwards, Dallas regained the lead in the fourth quarter with Romo connecting with Robinson again on an 18-yard touchdown pass. Miami struck back with Graham making a 23-yard field goal, but Bailey rescued the Cowboys by nailing the winning 28-yard field goal.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Miami Dolphins
Bailey (2/2 on field goal, including game-winning 28-yarder) and linebacker DeMarcus Ware (1 assist & a fumble recovery) were named NFL on CBS' All-Iron Award winners.


2011 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Giants
With the loss, the Cowboys finished at 8–8 and missed the playoffs for a second consecutive year.


2011 Dallas Cup
The 2011 Dallas Cup was the 32nd since its establishment. 16 teams participated in the tournament. The competition was sponsored by Dr Pepper.


2011 Dallas Cup, Championship
Due to inclement weather, the game was called off in the 65th minute and the two teams declared co-champions.


2011 Dallas Vigilantes season
The 2011 Dallas Vigilantes season was the second season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Clint Dolezel and played their home games at the American Airlines Center. The Vigilantes finished the regular season 11–7, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. As the 3rd seed in the National Conference, they lost to the Chicago Rush in the conference semifinals, 51–54.


2011 Dallas Vigilantes season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated July 27, 201127 Active, 6 Inactive


2011 Dallas Vigilantes season, Schedule, Regular season
The Vigilantes began the season at home against the Kansas City Command on March 12. Their final game of the regular season was on July 23, when they hosted the Arizona Rattlers.


2011 Dallas mayoral election
The Dallas mayoral election of 2011 took place on May 14, 2011, to elect the successor to incumbent Mayor Tom Leppert. Leppert decided not to run for a second term, deciding to instead run for United States Senate in 2012. The race is officially nonpartisan. After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates – Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle – faced each other in a runoff election on June 18, 2011 in which Rawlings prevailed.


2011 Dallas mayoral election, Summary
On January 16, 2011, Mayor Tom Leppert announced that he would not run for reelection. Republican City Councilman Ron Natinsky was the first major candidate to announce his candidacy, on January 19, 2011. Democratic former Police Chief David Kunkle announced his candidacy on January 31, 2011. Democratic former CEO of Pizza Hut Mike Rawlings was the last major candidate to announce his candidacy, on February 11, 2011. Republican Edward Okpa entered the race last around the filing period.


2011 Dallas mayoral election, Summary
For the general elections, Rawlings raised over $1.5 million, while Natinsky raised about $400,000, Kunkle raised just under $200,000, and Okpa raised just over $100,000. Rawlings was endorsed by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as well as city council members Tennell Atkins, Vonciel Jones Hill, and Carolyn Davis. Kunkle was endorsed by former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller. Natinsky was endorsed by acting mayor and councilman Dwaine Caraway, and council members Jerry Allen, Delia Jasso, Sheffie Kadane, Linda Koop, and Dave Neumann.


2011 Dallas mayoral election, Summary
The runoff between Rawlings and Kunkle ensured that Dallas' mayor would be a Democrat after Republican Tom Leppert had run city hall for four years. During the runoff, Rawlings continued to dominate in fund-raising as he had in the general election. Rawlings was endorsed by both defeated general election candidates – Ron Natinsky and Edward Okpa. Rawlings was also endorsed by several council members who had originally backed Natinsky, such as Jerry Allen, Delia Jasso, Sheffie Kadane, and Linda Koop as well as Ann Margolin, Pauline Medrano, and Steve Salazar, who all three had stayed neutral in the original general election.


2011 Dally M Awards
The 2011 Dally M Awards were presented on Tuesday 6 September 2011 at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney and broadcast on Fox Sports.


2011 Dally M Awards, Dally M Medal
The Dally M Medallion was presented by Australian former rugby league footballer, Robert Laurie.


2011 Dally M Awards, Dally M Awards
The Dally M Awards were, as usual, conducted at the close of the regular season and hence do not take games played in the finals series into account. The Dally M Medal is for the official player of the year while the Provan-Summons Medal is for the fans' of "people's choice" player of the year.


2011 Damallsvenskan
The 2011 Damallsvenskan was the 39th edition of the premier women's football championship in Sweden, and the 24th season of the Damallsvenskan era. Contested by twelve teams, it ran from 9 April to 15 October 2011. Defending champion LdB FC Malmö won its sixth title with a one-point advantage over Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, which also repeated as the runner-up, qualifying too for the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League. Umeå IK, Tyresö FF and KIF Örebro followed in the table within a ten points distance. On the other hand, 1985 champion Hammarby IF and newly promoted Dalsjöfors GoIF were relegated as the two bottom teams. With 16 goals Malmö's Manon Melis's repeated as the season's top scorer, ex-aequo with 7th-placed Kristianstads DFF's Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir.


2011 Damascus bombings
On 23 December 2011, two seemingly coordinated bombings occurred in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The alleged suicide car bombs exploded outside Syrian military intelligence agency buildings, killing 44 people and injuring 166. According to Syrian state media, most of the dead were civilians. The attacks took place during the Syrian uprising. The Syrian government blamed Islamist militants, while the Syrian opposition accused the government of staging the attacks to justify its crackdown on the uprising.


2011 Damascus bombings, Background
On the same day as the attacks, an Arab League team of observers arrived in Syria to monitor the government's activities and push towards a solution of the nine-month uprising against the government. Officials from the visiting team later visited the sites of both explosions. Government officials escorted the team to the scene of the explosions and re-iterated their longtime claims that the uprising is not a popular one but the work of terrorists.


2011 Damascus bombings, Bombings
The bombings were in the Kfar Sousa neighbourhood, south-west of Damascus city center. The state-owned news channel, al-Ikhbariya al-Suriya, said the first car bomb exploded outside the offices of an unspecified security agency. When guards at a nearby General Security Directorate compound went to inspect the first blast, the driver of another vehicle rammed the main gates and detonated the bomb it was carrying. According to a Syrian journalist who lives in Kfar Sousa, gunfire was heard immediately following the blasts and windows up to 200 m (670 ft) away were shattered.


2011 Damascus bombings, Bombings
The bombings killed 44 people and injured 166. Syrian state media reported that most of the casualties were civilians.


2011 Damascus bombings, Perpetrators, Al-Qaeda
Immediately, the Syrian government claimed that al-Qaeda was behind these attacks. That Syrian claim was dismissed within a day by Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird as propaganda. Also the Syrian National Council dismissed it, as Syrian attempt to stoke Western fears for Islamist and extremist elements in the Syrian uprising.


2011 Damascus bombings, Perpetrators, Al-Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra
In January 2013, commentator Jamie Dettmer for website The Daily Beast stated that the Al-Nusra Front perpetrated the attack, and that the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center assumed it to be carried out by two female suicide bombers from Iraq.


2011 Damascus bombings, Perpetrators, Syrian government
Syrian opposition leaders accused the government of staging the attacks to justify its crackdown on the uprising. Also former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri claimed the bombings were "engineered" by the Syrian government. The Free Syrian Army (FSA), the main anti-regime paramilitary group, accused the government of perpetrating the attack to gain sympathy from the Arab League and its observers, who had arrived just before the bombings. The Syrian National Council said "the Syrian regime, alone, bears all the direct responsibility for the two terrorist explosions", adding that the government wanted to create the impression "that it faces danger coming from abroad and not a popular revolution demanding freedom and dignity".


2011 Damascus bombings, Perpetrators, Syrian government
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an affiliate of al Qaeda in Iraq that operates throughout the Middle East, on 28 December 2011 denied all involvement in the suicide attacks, and called the regime's blame on al-Qaeda an attempt to deflect attention from its own brutal crackdown on protesters: "The only truly responsible for them is he who is benefiting from them (…) the regime of al Assad and his intelligence agencies".


2011 Damascus bombings, Perpetrators, Syrian government, Syrian intelligence
Mohammed Tayfour – the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's 'Deputy Guide'—told Al Arabiya television that Syrian intelligence created a fake MB website and published a fake statement. He also said that, according to sources close to the Brotherhood, Syrian intelligence was behind the bombings.


2011 Danish Cup Final
The 2011 Danish Cup Final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2010–11 Danish Cup. It was played on 22 May 2011 at 18:45 CEST, between FC Nordsjælland and FC Midtjylland, the same two teams who competed in last year's final, with FC Nordsjælland emerging victorious once again, 3–2.


2011 Danish Cup Final, Route to the final
As both teams had finished between 5th and 10th in the previous season's Superliga, both teams entered in the second round of the competition.


2011 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match
Traditionally, the Danish Cup Final is played on Ascension Day, a public holiday in Denmark, but the date 2 June was occupied by an international match date. Furthermore, the new match date of 22 May, set by the Danish FA and accepted by the Superliga clubs, coincided with the 2011 Copenhagen Marathon which meant that the area surrounding Parken was closed until 15:00, forcing the later starting time of 18:00.


2011 Danish Cup Final, Pre-match
For the first time in Danish Cup history, the same two teams were to play the final two years in a row, Nordsjælland beat Midtjylland 2–0 after extra time in last year's final.


2011 Danish Cup Final, Match
The match was originally scheduled for 18:00 CEST, but 30 minutes prior to kick-off the match was postponed 45 minutes because of a risk of lightning.


2011 Danish Cup Final, Match, Match details
FC Nordsjælland was the designated home team for the match.


2011 Danish Figure Skating Championships
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2011 Danish Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 Danish Figure Skating Championships (Danish: Danske Mesterskaber 2011) was held in Aarhus from December 2 through 5, 2010. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice levels of debs, springs, and cubs. The results were used to choose the teams to the 2011 World Championships, the 2011 European Championships, the 2011 Nordic Championships, and the 2011 World Junior Championships.


2011 Danish Individual Speedway Championship
The 2011 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2011 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was staged over two rounds, at Slangerup and Esbjerg, and was won by Nicki Pedersen. It was Pedersen's seventh national title, taking him clear of Hans Nielsen in second place on the all-time list. Only Ole Olsen has won more titles.


2011 Danish Individual Speedway Championship, Event format
The competition started with two quarter finals, with five progressing to the semi-final from each. The top nine then officially qualified from the semi-final, joining six seeded riders and a wild card in the final series. The final series was held over two rounds, with the top four scorers from the two rounds then competing in a Grand Final. The points from the Grand Final were then added to the total score and the overall winner was the rider with the most total points.


2011 Danish general election
General elections were held in Denmark on 15 September 2011 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. Of those 179, 175 members were elected in Denmark, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland.


2011 Danish general election
The incumbent centre-right coalition led by Venstre lost power to a centre-left coalition led by the Social Democrats making Helle Thorning-Schmidt the country's first female Prime Minister. The Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party became part of the three-party government. The new parliament convened on 4 October, the first Tuesday of the month.


2011 Danish general election, Background
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who had been re-elected Prime Minister following the 2007 parliamentary election, resigned on 5 April 2009 to become the Secretary General of NATO in August. Polls indicated a preference for early elections over simply having Finance Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen take over as PM; the Social Democrats' Helle Thorning-Schmidt was also suggested as the preferred candidate for PM. However, Pia Kjærsgaard, the leader of the Danish People's Party, had reiterated the DPP's continued support for the government, previously avoiding a new election and making Rasmussen the PM within the existing parliament. However, when Rasmussen resigned that support became moot.


2011 Danish general election, Date
According to the Danish Constitution, the election had to take place no later than 12 November 2011 since the last Danish election was held on 13 November 2007. The prime minister can call the election at any date, provided it is no later than four years from the previous election. Danish media and political commentators speculated about the timing of the election since Rasmussen took office as Prime Minister in April 2009. The election was called on 26 August 2011, after heavy media speculation.


2011 Danish general election, MPs not seeking re-election
The following had as of March 2010 announced that they would not seek re-election.


2011 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions
The former Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, led a centre-right minority government consisting of the Liberal Party and the Conservative People's Party. This coalition government worked with regular parliamentary support from the national conservative Danish People's Party and often gained the necessary 90th seat for a majority in the Folketing through negotiations with the sole MP from the Christian Democrats Ørum-Jørgensen and independent MP Christmas Møller, both elected in 2007 as conservative MPs and since having defected.


2011 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions
Since the 2007 election, the Liberal Alliance (previously Ny Alliance) had gained momentum in opinion polls, and since early 2010, the governing coalition had not been able to gather a majority in the polls without the support of the Alliance. The continuing rise in the polls was to an extent the result of the internal crisis in the Conservative People's Party over the leadership Lene Espersen and the continuing debate over a lack of true liberal/conservative ideology in government policy.


2011 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions
On 13 January, the continuing turmoil within the Conservative group in the Folketing caused Lene Espersen to resign as political leader of the party and focus on her role as Minister of Foreign Affairs. A leadership election between Brian Mikkelsen, the Minister of Economic and Business Affairs and Lars Barfoed, the Justice Minister, was widely expected, but on 14 January the Conservative group in the Folketing unanimously elected Barfoed as their new political leader. He was formally elected as chairman of the party at a party convention within a few weeks.


2011 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions
The Social Democrats, under the leadership of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, had enjoyed continuing majorities in opinion polls since late 2009 and hoped to form a centre-left government coalition consisting of the Socialist People's Party and the Social Liberal Party with parliamentary support from the small Red-Green Alliance.


2011 Danish general election, Contesting parties, Coalitions
Both Margrethe Vestager (Social Liberal Party) and Villy Søvndal (Socialist People's Party) pledged their support to Thorning-Schmidt before the election. But there has been considerable debate about the future politics of this coalition, mainly because the Social Liberal Party demands a more liberal economic agenda. Also on immigration issues there are political differences between the three coalition parties. This led some observers to believe that the Social Liberal Party would not join a government coalition but instead opt to be a part of the parliamentary support of a new, centre-left government. In the event the Social Liberals did join the new three-party coalition government formed on 3 October.


2011 Danish general election, Reactions
Helle Thorning-Schmidt told a group of supporters: "We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there’s a change of guards in Denmark." Incumbent Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen congratulated Thorning-Schmidt after conceding defeat: "So tonight I hand over the keys to the prime minister’s office to Helle Thorning-Schmidt. And dear Helle, take good care of them. You’re only borrowing them."


2011 Danish general election, Reactions
The Copenhagen Stock Exchange did not react adversely despite a fear of increased public spending and higher taxes because the election result was largely expected.


2011 Danish general election, Analysis
The result was seen as leading to a possible roll back of some austerity programmes initiated by the previous government amidst the European sovereign debt crisis. The new majority for the leftist block deprived the Danish People's Party of the kingmaker role it held under the previous government and used to tighten Danish immigrations policy. However, fundamental changes were not expected, as the Danish political consensus would maintain the welfare system in Denmark that is financed by high taxes. The state of the economy was also seen as a key factor for the anti-incumbent vote.


2011 Danish general election, Analysis
Danish newspapers such as Berlingske also asked if a Red Bloc coalition could survive its tenure with the "sharp differences between [the] parties." It wrote that "with a parliamentary basis consisting of parties in deep mutual dispute over the most important questions in society, the election victory last night could turn out to be a short-lived triumph for Thorning-Schmidt."


2011 Danish general election, Government formation
Though the Liberal Party remained the single largest party with the addition of one seat and the Social Democrats lost a seat, a three-party coalition of opposition parties together with the supporting Red-Green Alliance had a larger share of seats than the incumbent liberal-conservative coalition with support of the Danish People's Party. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen then tendered the cabinet's resignation to Queen Margrethe II on 16 September, following which she met with the various parties and tasked Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt with the formation of a new government.


2011 Danish general election, Government formation
Rasmussen's cabinet would remain in office as a caretaker government until 3 October, when Thorning-Schmidt's cabinet, announced on 2 October, would be sworn in making her the country's first ever female Prime Minister. The Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party also became a part of the governing coalition. The new parliament, by law, convened on the first Tuesday in October.


2011 Danmark Rundt
The 2011 Danmark Rundt was a men's road bicycle race held from 3 to 7 August 2011. It was the 21st edition of the men's stage race to be held, which was established in 1985. Australian rider Simon Gerrans of Team Sky captured the overall title. This was the 2nd Australian Post Danmark Rundt victory.


2011 Danmark Rundt, Teams
16 teams were invited to the 2011 Danmark Rundt: 6 teams from the UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams, 3 UCI Continental Teams along with the Danish national team under the Team Post Danmark name.


2011 Danmark Rundt, Stages, Stage 1
3 August 2011 – Esbjerg to Esbjerg, 171.1 km (106.3 mi)


2011 Danmark Rundt, Stages, Stage 2
4 August 2011 – Grindsted to Aarhus, 189.1 km (117.5 mi)


2011 Danmark Rundt, Stages, Stage 3
5 August 2011 – Aarhus to Vejle, 181.3 km (112.7 mi)


2011 Danmark Rundt, Stages, Stage 4
6 August 2011 – Sorø to Frederiksværk, 112.2 km (69.7 mi)


2011 Danmark Rundt, Stages, Stage 5
6 August 2011 – Helsingør to Helsingør, 13.2 km (8.2 mi) individual time trial (ITT)


2011 Danmark Rundt, Stages, Stage 6
7 August 2011 – Hillerød to Frederiksberg, 159 km (99 mi)


2011 Dar es Salaam explosions
The 2011 Dar es Salaam explosions were a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that killed 20–32 people. According to officials at the base, the first explosion was at 8:30 pm local time. Being the second explosion in two years of an ammunition depot near a populated area, several groups questioned the locations of these centers and requested they be moved. Reports indicate that 23 military structures, two homes and a school were destroyed.


2011 Dar es Salaam explosions
The first of several reported explosions was at around 10 pm local time, and eyewitnesses reported that intermittent explosions occurred during the following hour for two minutes at a time. Media reports said that between 20 and 32 people were killed by the blasts and that 300 more were injured as homes were flattened and debris fell from the sky. The deaths were either directly from the explosions or from the effects of high blood pressure. Debris was reported as far as 15 km (9.3 mi) away from the base. At least 200 children were reported to be missing their parents as well; it was unknown whether their parents were missing from the explosions or were separated during the evacuation.


2011 Dar es Salaam explosions
Immediately following the incident, officials in the city ordered all residents within a 10 km (6.2 mi) radius of the military base to evacuate. An estimated 4,000 residents fled their homes. Residents in the city began calling for the resignation of Defence and National Service minister, Hussein Mwinyi, and the Chief of Defence Forces, General Davis Mwamunyange. On February 17, an investigation was launched to find the cause of the explosions.


2011 Dar es Salaam explosions
The country's main airport, the Julius Nyerere International Airport, was also temporarily shut down. A similar incident occurred in April 2009 at the Mbagala ward of the city.


2011 Dartford Borough Council election
The 2011 Dartford Borough Council Election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 5 May 2011. The whole council (44 seats) was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


2011 Dartford Borough Council election
The Conservatives won seats from both the Labour Party and the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association, as well as retaining all their gains at the previous election.


2011 Dartford Borough Council election, Ward results
In multi-member wards, "majority" is taken as the difference in votes between the lowest of the elected and the highest of the not elected.


2011 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The 2011 Dartmouth Big Green football team represented Dartmouth College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Big Green were led by head coach Buddy Teevens in his seventh straight year and 12th overall and played their home games at Memorial Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to tie for second place.


2011 Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic
The 2011 Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic was held from December 2 to 5 at the Parkland Recreation Complex in Dauphin, Manitoba as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$30,000, and the winner, Brent Gedak, received CAD$8,000. The event was held in a triple knockout format.


2011 Daventry District Council election
Elections to Daventry District Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. One third of the council (13 seats) was up for election. The previous elections produced a majority for the Conservative Party.


2011 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Swiss Indoors.


2011 Davidson Wildcats football team
The 2011 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by seventh-year head coach Tripp Merritt and played their home games at Richardson Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2011 Davis County windstorm
A high wind storm which began early in the morning of 1 December 2011 reached wind speeds as high as 102 miles per hour (164 km/h) in Centerville, Utah, United States and surrounding cities. Damage was reported throughout Davis County, and extending into Weber and Salt Lake counties, ranging from Ogden down to Salt Lake City. That morning Mayor Ron Russell of Centerville declared a local state of emergency. Due to the extensive damage, Davis County declared a state of emergency later that evening. The windstorm extended throughout the Western United States, with power outages and structural damage also reported in California and Nevada.


2011 Davis County windstorm, Impact
The storm occurred late in the fall season, so most of the trees damaged in the storm were evergreens. More than 400 trees were down at the Davis Golf course alone due to the winds. Thousands of residences were without power throughout the day and into the evening. At one point, as many as 54,000 residences were without power. Calls flooded into Rocky Mountain Power that day from customers trying to get updates on when their power would be restored.


2011 Davis County windstorm, Impact
Many residences of the area had difficulties attempting to call friends and families with their cell phones because of the surge in communications in the area. The Utah Transit Authority shut down the FrontRunner commuter rail service between Layton and Salt Lake City due to damaged train stations, debris on the train tracks, and power outages. A "bus bridge" was used to ferry passengers between the Layton and Salt Lake Central stations while repairs were made. Even though FrontRunner service resumed by mid-afternoon, the Farmington Station remained closed through the weekend while repairs to the station were completed.


2011 Davis County windstorm, Impact
Many schools in Davis School District were closed for the safety of the children and because many of the facilities were without power and damage to other schools in the district. Weber State University (WSU) also cancelled daytime classes at both its Ogden and Davis County campuses, with the Davis County campus remaining closed through the next day.


2011 Davis County windstorm, Impact
Overall damages from the storm were estimated to be $20 million. The estimated cost of the cleanup from the storm was $8 million for Centerville alone. Some citizens were left without power for days, caused by winds uprooting trees and sending them crashing down into power lines.


2011 Davis County windstorm, Impact
While no major injuries were reported due to the winds within Davis County, WSU reported that three of their students sustained minor injuries from being blown off their feet in parking lots or being hit by a door that was blown by the winds. The Utah Highway Patrol also reported several truck drivers suffered minor injuries as a result of their semi-trucks being blown over along the freeways. In addition there were injuries that resulted from the cleanup and repair efforts, including individuals who fell off roofs and broke arms and legs. One individual in Kaysville fell through a carport roof, broke several ribs and punctured a lung.


2011 Davis Cup
The 2011 Davis Cup (also known as the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Spain was the championship team, winning the final over Argentina, 3–1.


2011 Davis Cup
The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.


2011 Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group Play-offs for spots in the 2012 World Group.


2011 Davis Cup, Americas Zone, Group III
Honduras and Jamaica finished in the relegation places. However, in 2012 Groups III and IV were merged, so no demotion occurred.


2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were three different groups in which teams competed against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
The Division III tournament was held in the Week commencing 4 July 2011 at the Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt playing on outdoor clay courts.


2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III, Format
It was held on 4–9 July 2011 at the Smash Tennis Academy in Cairo, Egypt on outdoor clay courts.


2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III, Format
The ten nations were split into two pools and played in a round robin format. The group winners played one playoff game against each other to decide which team will be promoted.


2011 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III, Playoffs, 9th to 10th Play-off, Rwanda vs. Kenya
This match was scratched and Kenya were awarded ninth place as Rwanda withdrew from the tournament.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone
There are four groups in the American Zone of the Davis Cup. The two winners of Group I advances to the World Group play-offs while the last placed team will be relegated to Group II the following year. The winner of Group II gets promoted to Group I next year, the two last placed teams get relegated to Group III. The top two teams of Group III gets promoted to Group II while the two weakest teams gets relegated to Group IV. In Group IV no team can get relegated, the best two will get promoted to Group III.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
The Division III tournament was held in the Week commencing 13 June 2011 at Santa Cruz, Bolivia


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Format
The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, where the two top teams will be promoted to the Americas Zone Group II in 2012. The last two placed teams of each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, where the two bottom teams will be relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2012.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Format
It was played on 15–18 June 2011 at the Club de Tenis Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on outdoor clay courts.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Promotion pool
Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Relegation pool
Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
The Division IV tournament was held in the Week commencing 13 June 2011 at Santa Cruz, Bolivia


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV, Format
The three teams played a round-robin. The top two teams will be promoted to the Americas Zone Group III for 2012.


2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV, Format
It was played on 16–18 June 2011 at the Club de Tenis Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on outdoor clay courts.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
There are four groups in the Asia/Oceania Zone of the Davis Cup. The two winners of Group I advances to the World Group play-offs while the last placed team will be relegated to Group II the following year. The winner of Group II gets promoted to Group I next year, the two last placed teams get relegated to Group III. The top two teams of Group III gets promoted to Group II while the two weakest teams gets relegated to Group IV. In Group IV no team can get relegated, the best two will get promoted to Group III.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Format
The eight teams were split into two groups and played round-robin. The top two teams advanced to the promotion pool where the two top teams will be promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II for 2012. The last two placed teams from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool and the two bottom teams will be relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV for 2012.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Format
It was played on clay on 15–18 June 2011 and the venue was the Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka and it was played on outdoor hard.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Promotion pool
Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Relegation pool
Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, Format
The eight teams were split in two groups and played in a round-robin format. The group winners played the runners-up from the other group, and the winning teams were promoted to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2012.


2011 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, Format
It was played on 13–16 April 2011 at the National Tennis Complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
In the Europe/Africa Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
The Division III tournament was held in the Week commencing 9 May 2011 at Skopje, Macedonia.


2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III, Format
The twelve teams were split into four pools. The winner of a pool played against another group winner to decide which team gets promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2012.


2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III, Format
It was held at 11–14 May 2011 at Tennis Club Jug-Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia on outdoor clay.


2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
There are four groups in the Europe/Africa Zone of the Davis Cup. The four winners of Group I advance to the World Group play-offs while the last placed teams will be relegated to Group II the following year. The winners of Group II gets promoted to Group I next year, the four last placed teams get relegated to Group III. The top two teams of the Europe Group III gets promoted to Group II. The top two teams of the Africa Group III gets promoted to Group II.


2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The Europe and Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
In the Europe and Africa Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.


2011 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2011 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2011. The first round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs and the winners progress to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2012. The competition was won by Spain who defeated Argentina in the final.


2011 Davis Cup World Group, Draw
The draw for the World Group was made in Brussels in September 2010.


2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The 2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs were held from September 16 to 18. They were the main play-offs of 2011 Davis Cup. Winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2012 World Group, and losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.


2011 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Teams
Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2012 Davis Cup World Group.


2011 Dayton Dutch Lions season
The 2011 Dayton Dutch Lions season was the club's second season of existence, and their first season in USL Pro, the third division of American soccer.


2011 Dayton Dutch Lions season, Background
The Dutch Lions' inaugural season was spent playing in the Premier Development League, the fourth-tier of the American soccer pyramid. During their campaign, the Lions finished in third place in the Great Lakes Division and in the Central Conference.


2011 Dayton Dutch Lions season, Background
In spite of their third-place finish, the Dutch Lions' 29 points and 8-3-5 record was not enough to qualify for the PDL Playoffs, falling short to Forest City London by six points.


2011 Dayton Dutch Lions season, Roster, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Dayton Flyers football team
The 2011 Dayton Flyers football team represented the University of Dayton in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Flyers were led by fourth-year head coach Rick Chamberlin and played their home games at Welcome Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in fifth place. The team was awarded White-Allen Most Valuable Player Trophy.


2011 Dayton Silverbacks season
The 2011 Dayton Silverbacks season was the sixth season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. In 2011, the Silverbacks saw several changes. They changed the franchise name from the "Miami Valley Silverbacks" to the "Dayton Silverbacks" and found a home arena in Hara Arena in Trotwood, Ohio. The Silverbacks brought back Derrick Shepard to coach the team after Brian Wells took a job with the Commandos. The Silverbacks continued their success from the following season, finished with a franchise best .500 winning percentage, and a second consecutive playoff appearance. They would go on to lose in the Semi-finals to the Marion Blue Racers.


2011 Daytona 500
The 2011 Daytona 500, the 53rd running of the event, was held on February 20, 2011 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the first race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Trevor Bayne, driving for Wood Brothers Racing, won the race becoming the youngest Daytona 500 winner. Carl Edwards finished second, while David Gilliland, Bobby Labonte, and Kurt Busch rounded out the Top 5. Bayne had taken the lead shortly before the final restart and maintained it to win his first Cup Series race and Wood Brothers' fifth Daytona 500.


2011 Daytona 500
During the race there were 16 caution periods. There were 74 lead changes among 22 different drivers. Following the race, Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 42 points, one ahead of Gilliland and Labonte. Ford led the Manufacturers' Championship with nine points, three ahead of Toyota and five ahead of Dodge. A total of 182,000 people attended the race, while 15.6 million watched it on television.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The layout which is used for the Daytona 500 is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. Jamie McMurray was the defending race winner.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Background
For the race, NASCAR held several test sessions on January 20–22, 2011 for teams to test the newer pavement at Daytona. Also in the sessions, the opening of the restrictor plate was reduced from the 30⁄32-inch (24 mm) plate used in tire testing to 29⁄32-inch (23 mm). NASCAR vice president for competition Robin Pemberton stated, "We'll have to get back and talk to the teams and look at the speeds from the last two days of testing. I think we have some high-water marks at 197-and-a-half [miles per hour (318 km/h)] which, depending on where they pulled up in the draft, it may be a little quick, but it's hard to say."


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Background
Every test session began in the morning at 09:00 local time (UTC-05:00), was paused for lunch from 12:00 – 13:00 local time (UTC-05:00), and concluded in the evening at 17:00 local time (UTC-05:00). During the first session on the morning of January 20, 2011, thirty-three drivers participated, and Clint Bowyer was quickest with a speed of 184.216 mph (296.467 km/h) while David Reutimann had the highest speed of 195.780 mph (315.077 km/h) during the second session in the afternoon. The third test session, scheduled for the morning of January 21, was cancelled because of wet weather.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Background
During the fourth session, held during the afternoon, 34 drivers participated with Denny Hamlin being quickest with a speed of 196.868 mph (316.828 km/h). Several drivers decided to leave after the session, which included Reutimann, Martin Truex, Jr., Jimmie Johnson, and Bowyer. During the fifth session, held on the morning of January 22, 29 drivers participated, and Joey Logano was quickest with a speed of 197.516 mph (317.871 km/h). Brad Keselowski was quickest with a speed of 198.605 mph (319.624 km/h) in the final session.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Background
After the two-car draft style dominated the 2011 Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR reduced the front grille opening to 50 square inches (320 cm2) and the overflow valve for the cooling system would be supplied by NASCAR and set at 33 pounds per square inch (230 kPa; 2.3 bar). Also, high speeds in the race caused NASCAR to reduce the size of the restrictor plate by 1⁄64 inch (0.40 mm), with the expectations of cutting 10 horsepower from the engines.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Background
This race also marked the tenth anniversary of the death of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt in 2001. As such, several tributes took place during the race. All of the cars fielded by Earnhardt's former team, Richard Childress Racing, and the team he started, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, carried No. 3 decals. During the race itself, NASCAR held a "silent lap" on Lap 3, a practice that was first used in memory of Earnhardt during the 2001 season.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Seven practice sessions were held before the race. The first two on February 12 ran 120 minutes and 105 minutes each. The next two on February 16 were for shortened 90 minutes and 55 minutes long after rain delays. Two days later, two more practice sessions were scheduled, which ran 60 and 85 minutes long. The final practice session was held on February 19. Mark Martin was quickest with a time of 48.681 seconds in the first session, less than one-tenth of a second faster than Jeff Gordon.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Paul Menard was just off Gordon's pace, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, and Bill Elliott. Johnson was seventh, still within a second of Martin's time. In the second practice session, Martin remained fastest with a time of 48.567 seconds, less than one-tenth of a second quicker than second-placed Johnson. Burton took third place, ahead of Trevor Bayne, Menard and Gordon. Also in the second practice session, McMurray collided into the wall after his tire failed, and had to move to his back-up car.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Forty-nine cars were entered for qualifying, but only 43 raced per NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Unlike most races during the season, the qualifying session only determined the first two positions, while the rest of the drivers qualified by the 2011 Gatorade Duels. Earnhardt clinched his 10th pole position during his career, with a time of 48.364 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Jeff Gordon. Once the qualifying session completed, Earnhardt commented, "The main thing [the pole] does for me is take the pressure off Thursday's race. I can go out and have fun and not worry about where I finish or getting a good starting spot for the Daytona 500."


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Kyle Busch was quickest in the rain-delayed third practice with 44.943 seconds, followed by Greg Biffle, Earnhardt, Johnson, and Juan Pablo Montoya. Earnhardt and Truex collided and hit the wall, both needing to use their back-up cars which meant Earnhardt forfeited pole position. Kasey Kahne led fourth practice with 44.985 seconds, only one-thousandth of a second faster than Joey Logano. Gordon was third ahead of David Ragan and Kyle Busch. Kurt Busch and Burton were the winners of the Gatorade Duels. The qualifying grid was finalized with Busch in third and Burton fourth. Regan Smith qualified fifth ahead of Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Waltrip, Matt Kenseth, and Kyle Busch. Drivers who failed to qualify were 1990 winner Derrike Cope, Kevin Conway, Todd Bodine, Michael McDowell and Casey Mears.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Burton was fastest in fifth practice with a 45.767 seconds lap, ahead of Menard, Ragan, Marcos Ambrose and Hamlin. Martin led the sixth session ahead of Johnson and Kahne. Brian Vickers was next with a  46.225 seconds lap ahead of  Biffle with 46.426 seconds. Burton's 44.929 seconds topped the final practice session, followed by Bowyer and Keselowski. Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five drivers, claiming the fourth and fifth positions respectively.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Race
The race began at 13:00 local time (UTC-05:00), and was televised live in the United States on Fox. The conditions on the grid were dry before the race with the air temperature at 71 °F (22 °C). Rev. Dr. L. Ronald Durham, senior pastor of the Greater Friendship Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, Florida, began pre-race ceremonies by giving the invocation. Country music artist Martina McBride performed the national anthem, and Josh Duhamel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and movie director Michael Bay of the upcoming film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, gave the command for the drivers to start their engines.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Race
During the pace laps, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.; David Ragan, Joey Logano, and David Reutimann had to move to the rear of the grid due to changing to their back-up car. Transformers themed vehicles painted in the color schemes of Earnhardt, Jr.'s, Juan Pablo Montoya's, and Jimmie Johnson's cars led the field during the pace laps as well.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Race
Kurt Busch retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by outside polesitter Jeff Gordon. On the following lap, Smith began to assist Busch by drafting. On lap 3, NASCAR held a moment of silence to honor Dale Earnhardt, who died ten years ago in the 2001 race. On lap 4, A. J. Allmendinger and Mark Martin moved to the first and second positions. A lap later, the first caution was flown when Kyle Busch got turned sideways.


2011 Daytona 500, Report, Race
Under caution, he made a pit stop to have his car's toe plate checked and to have the front end aligned. When the race restarted on lap 8, Kevin Harvick led but after one lap, Martin and Allmendinger passed him. Three laps later, the second caution came out when J. J. Yeley had an engine failure. Most of the drivers made pit stops under the caution, except for Brad Keselowski. At the restart, he would lead and Bobby Labonte passed him for the lead on the next lap.