The DC United Herald
Squad21 Sep 2026
Michael Brooks breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market21 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Garrison Tubbs
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Garrison Tubbs will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around DC United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at DC United
Aaron Herrera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match19 Sep 2026
DC United come up short against Nashville SC
Nashville SC left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Kimito Nono's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Jack Turner left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Hosei Kijima gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
João Peglow was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 13. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Kimito Nono could not find anything
4.88. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
In brief
- Market The Kimito Nono story refuses to die
- Looking ahead A reunion for Sean Johnson
- The dugout Sean Nealis does not fit this one