Conner Antley

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5 Edition

The DC United Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

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.

Market

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 ratings

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.

Market

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.

Boardroom

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.

Match

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.

Match

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 terraces

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 dugout

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
Back issues
4 Edition

The DC United Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Cup progress for DC United

A 3‑1 win over Real Salt Lake, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Hosei Kijima 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.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Conner Antley delivers — 7.50

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Conner Antley scored, was marked 7.50, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Player ratings

Hosei Kijima pops up at the right end — 7.77

7.77, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market

The Minnesota United FC deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Conner Antley reports back to DC United with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Boardroom

DC United to lose Alex Bono for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Alex Bono 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Jackson Hopkins

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom

Noel Caliskan will join DC United for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Noel Caliskan has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means DC United have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Match

Tai Baribo the difference as DC United beat Atlanta United FC

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Tai Baribo. 2‑1 against Atlanta United FC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

3 Edition

The DC United Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Caden Clark sends DC United through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Caden Clark obliged against Colorado Rapids. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is DC United.

Transfer targets

DC United baulk at the price for Emeka Eneli

Real Salt Lake wanted more than $4.9M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for DC United — 7.32

1 for Conner Antley, marked 7.32, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Market

Jacob Murrell 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.

Market

The FC Dallas deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Jordan Farr reports back to DC United with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Boardroom

Garrison Tubbs 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.

Boardroom

Raheem Edwards will join DC United for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Raheem Edwards has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means DC United have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

The terraces

One of their own: Caden Clark

He is 23 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.

Match

Charlotte Football Club take the points off DC United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

2 Edition

The DC United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Conner Antley agrees terms with Minnesota United FC

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around DC United people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Transfer targets

An offer of $4.9M for Emeka Eneli

DC United have gone to Real Salt Lake with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad

Alex Bono keeps DC United in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Sean Nealis 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.

Market

So close: Hosei Kijima’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Philadelphia Union moved on, Hosei Kijima reports back to DC United, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Boardroom

DC United close the window on a squad of their own making

14 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

DC United say no — this time

The offer from New England Revolution for Jordan Farr was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

The window shuts on the Bernard Kamungo deal

DC United ran out of time with FC Dallas. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Boardroom

DC United go back to the board over Peyton Miller

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $650.8K — a club that wants Peyton Miller enough to be asked twice.

In brief