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D.C. United Convinces VW to Pay Its Players

Yesterday, D.C. United announced a new five-year sponsorship deal with Volkswagen, which involves slapping a big VW logo on the Major League Soccer club's jerseys and trying to sell the Screaming Eagles on the joys of Touareg ownership. In turn, D.C. United will receive $14 million over the next five years.That's $2.8...

D.C. United Eases Into Champions Cup Semis

When D.C. United traveled to Kingston, Jamaica for the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal against Harbour View, it looked like a side clearly in preseason form. Much of their attack was of the hoof-and-hope variety, resulting in an unimpressive 1-1 draw.Clearly, that was not the case tonight in RFK...

D.C. United Faces Chivas Guadalajara in Second Leg of Copa Sudamericana

In case you missed it last week (like I did), D.C. United is currently playing in the Copa Nissan Sudamericana, and they're not doing too badly. Last week in the opening leg of their Round of 16 tie against Chivas Guadalajara, defender Marc Burch was sent off in the first half, and D.C. still managed to take a 2-1 lead in...

MLS Preview: Five Old Faces In Five New Places

The five most important transfers of the offseason.1. Freddie Adu, Real Salt Lake. "Old" might be stretching it but Adu's been around for three years now and is rapidly approaching the end of his tenure in MLS. If he's is going to fulfill the hype lavished upon him when he entered the league at 14 before bolting to Europe...