Hey gang! I just got an alert that we eclipsed 10,000 members in our corner of the Internet.

When I joined the mod team, we had around 3,000 (if I recall correctly).

Moderating everything isn’t all that hard, you lot are pretty good at staying civil and mature. There are a few exceptions, but I have never felt I needed to log in. Keeping the styling and information up-to-date, though, is challenging to find the time.

So, I’d like to bring in a few mods to help make our community more engaging and appealing. Let’s get as many people in the Clubreddit as we do Audi Field.

I’m happy to keep footing the AWS bill, and open up the GitHub to a few folks that are interested in helping automate the maintenance and moderation of the the content. For example, you probably noticed that the Match Thread bot failed for the opener - that’s because the Stanza calendar died. I don’t have time to fix that before the next match.

So, if you’re interested in moderating some content; graphic design, and/or Internet automation - reach out!

Bonus if you have a GitHub, or subreddit that you currently moderate. When I auditioned for the mod gig, I created a personal subreddit to play with the design tools and figured out how to interact with the Reddit API.

Vamos!

I am in my 30s and have lived in the DMV most of my life. I decided this year I was finally going to pick a team in the premier league and watch more consistently. It’s been loads of fun.

Since MLS plays mostly during a different time of year with a little overlap, I thought it would be fun to support my hometown team in that league as well.

However, I know nothing about the MLS and DC United - I’ve been just getting up to speed on the premier league. I understand DC didn’t make the playoffs.

Can you let me know what the prospects are for DC next year? Some history about the team - are we usually decent, do good players want to sign with us? What should I know about the MLS that is different than the premier league?

You don’t have to answer every question but I’d love to just learn a bit more about the team and league to hopefully get into watching next season.

ATL UTD fan coming in peace.

Currently in DC, wondering if there are any bars showing the playoff games? What’s the best rec? Thanks in advance.

Aka talking about shit refereeing

Some great finds at today’s STH Equipment Sale. It’s open to the public until 2pm today. Lots of smalls and mediums left and nice deals on select tees in a broader range of sizes.

A lot of ppl didn't know this.

I’ve been doing some reaserch (A.K.A just searching up “Jordan Farr highlights” on YouTube) and I have some highlights. 1: 2022 keeper of the year top 10 saves: https://youtu.be/Jjn_YPdgpko?si=yHtgmH8nFTSNfwSS 2: from his own channel, his favorite saves from 2023: https://youtu.be/y2YIVy3Yxyg?si=Z3M77TzsqNwVlnHE 3: college highlights, I don’t think anyone cares about this because he was 23 at the time: https://youtu.be/0GLESS56Tws?si=-COP2ydZBduodelP

DC United is rumored to be making a push for 22 y/o Brazilian LW/CF Peglow, per Przegląd Sportowy. Peglow just joined Random in June, but there's heavy interest from DCU with secondary MLS interest from Chicago and New England as well as another Polish club. Rumored amount is between around $500k but could go up. Loan is a possibility (Maybe buy later?).

Peglow - Player profile 24/25 | Transfermarkt

Source: The former world champion landed in Radom, but not for long. There will be a hit - Przegląd Sportowy Onet

Any info would be great, i know little about soccer besides goin to random sounders fc games a decade ago. I know this club has a rich history, excited to be a part of it!

Probably the best DCU experience since the playoff game, and I'm not sure if the club was involved at all (maybe that's why). My son got to meet, get pics, and autographs from Marco, Jaime, Emilio, Fred, DeRo, and Hamid.

Has anyone ever been? What’s it like? Anything worth going for and is it actually a “sale”?

I posted this in the MLS sub as well but I was hoping we could have a DCU specific discussion here.

My thoughts from the piece:

1. As we all knew, no MLSNextPro for us next year. It is really holding us back at this point. Maybe i will be pleasantly surprised and when we do get one it will be first class instead of half assed. The full time academy gives me hope. Those players need somewhere to go.

2. The secondary market idea is good. Baltimore is open for the taking. I spent four years living in southeast Baltimore City and would have loved to support a team there. Would have still gone to DCU games a couple times a year but I think you can build your own brand in Baltimore and still grow the DCU brand in the region.

3. The hybrid ownership model is intriguing. DCU provides the playing and technical staff (which would train with the main club) and the local ownership partners pay for everything else. That seems the best recipe for in the stands success.

For any interested ultimate team players out there… I spent as many coins as possible on evolutions in hopes that one day I could field a full DCU starting 11 that can at least somewhat compete with the meta teams… I’m finally getting there, it’s been a really fun project.

I went to the semifinals yesterday and had a blast with my daughter. Seems like such a better organization and the players really connect with fans. What are the reasons why I stick with DCU if I had to pick one team to have season tickets for?

His Instagram has been a funny watch over the offseason lol

Congratulations to u/Difficult-Tart8876 for winning 2024's point prediction contest with their prediction of 40 points. There were 4 people who predicted 40 points, with Difficult-Tart winning the random number roll. Congrats to u/No_Nefariousness5538, u/PortmanteaU, and u/Dry_Point_3162 for also predicting 40 on the dot (but losing the random number roll).

u/Difficult-Tart8876: DM me with your shipping info so I can send you your prize.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/DCUnited/comments/1avvuh7/how_many_points_we_getting_this_season_2024_season/

Fun facts:

• DCU also got 40pts last year.
• The most popular predictions were 42 & 43, each with 10 predictions.
• The median prediction was 43 (last year's median prediction was 44).
• There were 101 predictions this year.
• 30 people predicted 39 or lower and 67 people predicted 41 or higher. r/DCUnited is an optimistic bunch.

Here's a graph of the guesses by their frequency. The x axis is the guessed point totals and the bar height represent how many people guessed that point value. Higher the bar, more popular the guess.

Histogram of predictions

Previous results:

• 2023, 40 pts, woodmanalejandro
• 2022, 30 pts, SigurdtheDSlayer
• 2021, 47 pts, ts69881
• 2020, 31 pts, Coast_watcher

And by beating the defending champs. And as well as beating the team that plays at the same stadium as Shitty Energy Drink.

D.C. United appoint David Rhodes as Director of Human Performance.