The DC United Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
95 days out for Sean Johnson after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. DC United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Alex Bono keeps DC United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market14 Sep 2026
Hosei Kijima is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at DC United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match12 Sep 2026
DC United cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
DC United to lose Hosei Kijima for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Hosei Kijima has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at DC United
Louis Munteanu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Silvan Hefti falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match12 Sep 2026
DC United see off Chicago Fire
Three points for DC United, 2‑0 the final word against Chicago Fire in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: DeAndre Weah joins the DC United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. DeAndre Weah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Tim Morris joins the DC United first team
- Player ratings Sean Nealis shuts the door
- Player ratings Lucas Bartlett was immovable