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D.C. United 3, Toronto FC 1

Juan Agudelo , the promising American forward whose development has been stunted by injuries and lack of playing time with the New York Red Bulls, was traded Thursday to Chivas USA for veteran left back Heath Pearce and major financial considerations. Read full article > >

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Chivas USA acquires Juan Agudelo from New York Red Bulls, Danny Califf from Philadelphia Union

When the test results on his injured right knee arrived, D.C. United defensive midfielder Perry Kitchen braced for bad news. At the very least, he and club officials expected him to miss at least a few weeks and maybe require surgery. Read full article > >

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D.C. United news & notes: Perry Kitchen knee injury is not serious

Among the three injured D.C. United center backs, Dejan Jakovic appears the furthest along in his recovery. But the Canadian veteran, who has been sidelined since spraining his left ankle last month, isn’t sure he will be back in time for Saturday’s MLS away match against the Houston Dynamo. Read full article > >

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D.C. United’s Dejan Jakovic making progress in return from ankle injury

It wouldn’t be a D.C. United home match this spring without a cool setting and chance of rain . (We’ll have fond memories of these evenings when those four RFK Stadium games in oppressive August roll around.) No different tonight as United (3-2-3, 12 points) welcomes the Houston Dynamo (2-1-2, eight) in pursuit of a seventh consecutive result without a loss. Read full article > >

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D.C. United vs. Houston Dynamo

Greetings from RFK, where there’s still a bit of sunshine creeping through onto the upper bowl providing a last bit of warmth. The temperature should sit around 60 degrees tonight. United will look to carry over some momentum from last Friday’s 4-1 win over Dallas. If they win tonight, it will be the first time they’ve won back-to-back games since since June 4 and 13, 2009, a stretch of 84 games …

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D.C. United vs. Seattle Sounders

Major League Soccer’s disciplinary committee suspended D.C. United defender Brandon McDonald for one game and fined him for a “reckless challenge that endangered the safety of his opponent.” McDonald tackled FC Dallas striker Blas Pérez from behind a few yards over the midfield stripe in the 20th minute of United’s 4-1 win on Friday. McDonald was given a yellow card for the hard tackle. Read …

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D.C. United D Brandon McDonald suspended one game; MF Danny Cruz fined

Any novice lipreader who watches sports knows a good 10 percent of the words that come out of athletes’ mouths during competition are four letters long. And we’re so used to it that when microphones on the playing surface pick up the occasional profanity, we rarely flinch — and commentators rarely acknowledge it. Read full article > >

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Houston Dynamo’s Colin Clark apologizes for using gay slur toward ball boy

These are upbeat times for Canadian soccer. The Vancouver Whitecaps won their opener after a poor expansion season. The Montreal Impact will make their MLS home debut before more than 50,000 this weekend at Olympic Stadium. The women’s national team qualified for the Olympics and the junior women’s squad secured passage to the Under-20 World Cup. Heck, MLS’s reigning most valuable player …

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Last MLS club standing in CONCACAF Champions League: Toronto FC

Three days after scoring seven times in 53 minutes against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich posted seven in 70 minutes during a UEFA Champions League laugher against Basel on Tuesday. We’ve got video of the most recent seven-goal uprising in a two-minute package: Read full article > >

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Bayern Munich video: seven goals in UEFA Champions League match vs. Basel

If you look at D.C. United’s schedule , you’ll notice no TV designations for nine of the 34 regular season matches. That’s quite a few. Consider it a work in progress. It’s true, not every game will appear on your small screen this season. But by the end of the campaign, you will have been able to watch all but two or three, I’m told. Read full article > >

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Explaining D.C. United’s local TV deal with Comcast SportsNet

After a rainy-day training session Monday, D.C. United embraced abundant sunshine, soft coastal breezes and rising temperatures at The Citadel’s football stadium Tuesday. The highlight was Coach Ben Olsen ’s participation in a short-field scrimmage at the end of practice. The surgically repaired ankles held up just fine. Read full article > >

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D.C. United news & notes from Charleston

What are you going to watch? All times are Eastern FRIDAY Germany, Wolfsburg vs. Freiburg 2:30 p.m. ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com Read full article > >

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Weekend soccer TV & streaming video: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, USA women’s …

D.C. United and RFK Stadium are close to reaching agreement on a new lease deal that will allow the MLS club to continue playing at the 51-year-old facility, United President Kevin Payne said Monday. “We’re negotiating in good faith with Events D.C.,” the organization that operates the stadium on the city’s behalf, Payne said. “We hope to have something done shortly.” Read full article > >

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D.C. United close to lease agreement to continue playing at RFK Stadium

Editor’s note: Stand-up comedian, dedicated D.C. United supporter and former Box Seats blogger Jeff Maurer will be joining the Soccer Insider as an occasional contributor. He’ll offer a fan’s perspective to accompany Steven Goff’s reporting on MLS and international soccer. Read Jeff’s full bio here . Read full article > >

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Maurer’s Minute: A nose for D.C. United’s new faces

D.C. United opened its preseason schedule with a 0-0 draw against the Chicago Fire on Sunday at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla. Four players returning from injury missed the match — defender Ethan White , midfielders Chris Pontius and Nick DeLeon , and forward Josh Wolff . Midfielder Kurt Morsink returned to Washington after suffering an injury in training this past week …

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D.C. United plays 0-0 draw with Chicago Fire in MLS preseason opener

Robbie Russell came to Washington from Real Salt Lake to start at right back fro D.C. United. He also came to reunite with his wife, Tiana, an associate with a prominent Washington law firm. For the first time in their 12-year relationship, they are embracing careers in the same city. This is their story . Read full article > >

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Getting to know D.C. United’s Robbie Russell

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The Colorado Rapids announced Thursday that they have hired Oscar Pareja of FC Dallas to be their new head coach. He’ll replace Gary Smith, who was fired in November. Smith led the Rapids to their first MLS Cup in 2010 but they went 12-9-13 last season. Pareja is a native of Medellin, Colombia, who played for Dallas from 1998 to 2005. He joined the team as an assistant …

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Colo. Rapids hire FC Dallas’ Oscar Pareja as head coach; Columbia native replaces Gary Smith

With Oscar Pareja ’s expected appointment by the Colorado Rapids, the number of MLS head coaches who once played in the league would increase to 13 out of 19. (For what it’s worth, 20 of the 30 NBA head coaches are former NBA players.) Eastern Conference Chicago Fire : Frank Klopas, age 45 (played for Kansas City, Chicago) Read full article > >

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Another former MLS player (Oscar Pareja) expected to become an MLS coach (Colorado Rapids)