The DC United Herald
Match26 Aug 2026
DC United bow out of the cup
Chicago Fire go through and DC United go home, 2‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market31 Aug 2026
Aaron Herrera asks to leave DC United
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Sean Davis, 33, rolls back the years — 7.85
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.85 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market31 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Alex Bono
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alex Bono will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around DC United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Conner Antley has agreed to leave DC United for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Match26 Aug 2026
Nobody could stop scoring
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about DC United and Chicago Fire in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match29 Aug 2026
DC United come up short against Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
One of their own: Jackson Hopkins
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Sean Johnson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Jackson Hopkins was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad 5 DC United players away with their countries
- Squad 13 new faces, and DC United are still learning each other