Sam Wright

Central Defender - DC United U20
3 Aug 2031
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Marked for Sam Wright

257 Edition

The DC United Herald

30 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market30 Jun 2031

Ajani Fortune has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around DC United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

The dugout30 Jun 2031

Sam Wright keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” DC United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Andrew Privett out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Andrew Privett, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match28 Jun 2031

Whatever happens, DC United do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Words at DC United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Mosquera is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad30 Jun 2031

A falling-out at DC United

John Nelson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match28 Jun 2031

DC United get the job done against New York City

A 2‑1 win over New York City, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout30 Jun 2031

Matt Adams frozen out at DC United

This is not rotation. Matt Adams has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at DC United is pretending otherwise.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Thomas Hasal reaches 100 appearances

100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

In brief

Back issues
255 Edition

The DC United Herald

16 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Jun 2031

Tempers go at DC United

Jack Harrison 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.

The dugout16 Jun 2031

John Nelson 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.

Squad16 Jun 2031

Eddy Davis named player of the week

One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Eddy Davis has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.

Market16 Jun 2031

Sam Wright told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sam Wright has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at DC United.

The dugout16 Jun 2031

Justin Reynolds has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at DC United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout16 Jun 2031

Donovan Pines knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Donovan Pines trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout16 Jun 2031

A door opens for Abdallah Hassan

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Boardroom16 Jun 2031

The DC United production line keeps running

50 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

Looking ahead16 Jun 2031

DC United travel to Inter Miami CF

Next up on the road: Inter Miami CF, position 4. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.

In brief

250 Edition

The DC United Herald

12 May 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 May 2031

A one-man rearguard from Thomas Hasal

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market12 May 2031

Sam Wright hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what DC United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad12 May 2031

A row about effort at DC United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Mosquera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad12 May 2031

Words exchanged at DC United

John Nelson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match10 May 2031

David Brooks the difference as DC United beat Philadelphia Union

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: David Brooks. 2‑1 against Philadelphia Union, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces12 May 2031

The crowd has taken to David Brooks

At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings12 May 2031

One of those days for Onni Valakari

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Boardroom12 May 2031

96% of the income goes out in wages at DC United

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

The dugout12 May 2031

Interim Coach: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑1, already talking about the next one.

In brief

237 Edition

The DC United Herald

10 Feb 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 Feb 2031

Jack Pulisic breaks a bone — 42 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 42 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market10 Feb 2031

Ajani Fortune 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.

Squad10 Feb 2031

Timothy Tillman in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at DC United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Feb 2031

Ajani Fortune told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ajani Fortune has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at DC United.

The dugout10 Feb 2031

Ajani Fortune 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.

Squad10 Feb 2031

Sam Acosta is a square peg at DC United

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

In brief

186 Edition

The DC United Herald

18 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market18 Feb 2030

Máximo Carrizo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at DC United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets18 Feb 2030

LA Galaxy tell DC United: Dor Turgeman is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Transfer targets18 Feb 2030

DC United make their move for Jalen Hawkins

$1.6M on the table at Charlotte Football Club. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market18 Feb 2030

Eddy Davis attracts admirers

The name of Eddy Davis has come up in conversations DC United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Boardroom18 Feb 2030

DC United go back to the board over Jalen Hawkins

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.9M — a club that wants Jalen Hawkins enough to be asked twice.

Squad18 Feb 2030

A falling-out at DC United

Jack Harrison and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market18 Feb 2030

No place for Louis Munteanu in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Louis Munteanu has his answer from DC United; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Transfer targets18 Feb 2030

DC United ask about Drew Baiera

A loan enquiry to Real Salt Lake: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout18 Feb 2030

Brandon Servania knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Brandon Servania trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief