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D.C. United defender Steven Birnbaum out until June after ankle surgery Share this story Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Birnbaum, 30, missed the final eight games of the 2020 season due to ankle trouble, and he had an initial procedure on his ankle two months ago, with the aim of having him back at full fitness by the end of the preseason. However, citing a need “to decompress nerves and remove part of the talus bone with chronic inflammation,” Birnbaum underwent this second surgery in Green Bay, WI sometime last week. Unfortunately I had to have a second procedure on my ankle. Surge...

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images D.C. United announced their initial preseason roster for the 2021 season, with this morning marking the official start of training camp for most MLS teams. United has 26 players under contract at the moment, 25 of whom are in camp (Paul Arriola remains on loan with Swansea City until sometime in May). The club has also invited ex-United players Andy Najar and Rodney Wallace to camp on trial, while 2021 second round pick Logan Panchot is with United as they weigh whether to offer him an MLS deal or start him out with Loudoun United at the USL Championship le...

Nikita Taparia Hello, friends! A metric ton of news happened yesterday, so I’m helping Jason out by appearing to you on a Tuesday. Today starts a really excellent stretch of beautiful weather, so whenever possible I hope that you can get outside and enjoy it. Take your phone outside and read this! Go, now! To the links: We get our first taste of Hernán Losada’s style in training, where he emphasizes the collective over the individual, including eating breakfast and lunch all together.

Photo by Vincent Van Doornick/Isosport/MB Media/Getty Images D.C. United today announced the acquisition of defender Brendan Hines-Ike, who will join the Black-and-Red on a one-year loan from Belgian top-flight side KV Kortrijk. Further terms of the deal, including whether or not United holds a purchase clause, were not announced, but United does reportedly hold such an option to make the move permanent. Rumors of the move, first reported by Steven Goff of the Washington Post, came up over the past few weeks. In a recent piece, Goff noted that Hines-Ike has already arrived in D.C. to begin h...

D.C. United to open camp with a new coach and an unsettled roster Steven Goff, The Washington Post March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail D.C. United's Steve Birnbaum congratulates Ola Kamara after Kamara scored against the New England Revolution in August 2020.Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey Hernán Losada will arrive at Audi Field on Monday morning and open his first D.C. United training camp. He's been in the country all of four weeks. "Whatever you are going to ask, it's new for me," the smiling head coach said during a recent video interview. "It's an overload of information at cert...