Hyperbole, but better to have said, "most embarrassing thing seen in MLS" as the league itself didn't do this
I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed. I was hoping things would start to get better after their media blitz last week.
So you're saying DCU should play their matches at midnight before a crowd high on acid? Might make season tickets more desireable.
I don't want to dive into the history because I might cry, but isn't this the earliest that the season has ended since 2001?
We won't update the season threads until 2026. There will be an offseason thread that opens up after the last match.
There is always the optimism thread... maybe we should start corollary "tradition" thread? Just kidding.
Doyle wraps up the season: D.C. United 2025 in a nutshell The players never seemed entirely bought in to Troy Lesesne’s blueprint, and Christian Benteke was neither as healthy nor as outstanding as he’d been in 2024 when he almost single-handedly made the whole thing work. So it all fell apart pretty quickly. They changed coaches, then changed general managers, and it seems pretty likely that they'll change over as much of the roster as possible pretty soon. What comes next? We get to see what new chief soccer officer Erkut Sogut can do. "Sometimes the best opportunity is staring right at you and you don't see it," D.C. co-owner Steve Kaplan told MLSsoccer.com when Sogut was hired last month. “Jason [Levien] and I, it's almost like we had the same idea at the same time. "It's like, this is maybe the smartest guy in football we've been around, and hardest-working. Would he consider it? Would it be possible? And that's how the discussion started." Sogut is a sports lawyer and former agent who first helped them find René Weiler (Lesesne’s replacement) and then was consulting to help find the replacement for Ally Mackay. And, well, he did in fact do that. What to watch for this winter Here’s Weiler’s own words from 10 days ago: "The team is not only struggling at home. We are down in the table, so we are struggling all time. It’s very simple. The team is too weak. That is the result. The table don’t lie, and I can’t do magic, so we need the players. They have to bring in the quality to be more competitive.” Watch for all of it. Player I’m excited for By default, I’m going with 21-year-old homegrown Jackson Hopkins, the one marginally bright spot this year. He’s carved out a starting role as an all-action central midfielder whose box arrival makes him a legitimate goalscoring threat. Notes They have a very big option decision to make on Benteke, who is the only DP on the roster. I’m not sure what to expect. There was reportedly interest in U22 attacker Gabriel Pirani this summer. Got to think if that gets rekindled this winter, they will be very open to working something out – though it’s worth noting that, as of now, there’s no reporting that they’ve exercised Pirani’s 2026 contract option.
So.... over on the DCU sub/reddit, someone posted that the "discount" folks chose at the beginning of 2025 if DCU failed to make the playoffs obligated them to purchase 2026 season tickets -- in other words they renewed very early. Since I no longer owner season tickets - and never will so long as the two schmucks own this team -- I don't know if it's true. But if true, this is a new low even for those scumbags.
If my memory serves, this was explicitly outlined as part of the offer and the primary factor in me not pursuing it. Say what you will about ownership and the current FO, but anyone griping about that deal only has themselves to blame.
That was 100% part of the deal. Renew early and get the "discount". If people on Reddit are surprised by it, they weren't paying attention when the deal was offered. aka what @Th4119 said. However, by this time last year, I had already made two payments towards my 2025 tickets, and I've heard bupkis this year, so they are very much delayed in releasing renewal information/pricing for next year.
This. I've been wondering when it will come out, and somewhat cautious about the FO setting a comically-short timeframe to act when it does.
DC is going back to the Coachella Valley Invitational for preseason next year, February 7-21, as per Goff reporting.