Sean Johnson

Goalkeeper - DC United
29 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Sean Johnson

4 Edition

The DC United Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

DC United turn down NK Celje for Gabe Segal

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

No end in sight to DC United's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at DC United has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Alex Bono 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.

Squad

Louis Munteanu 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.

Squad

Words at DC United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Silvan Hefti 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.

Boardroom

Benji Kikanović will join DC United for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Benji Kikanović 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

A bad afternoon for DC United against Philadelphia Union

1‑2 to Philadelphia Union, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Silvan Hefti 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 ratings

Ninety minutes of Louis Munteanu at his very best

Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at DC United.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The DC United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Louis Munteanu signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Louis Munteanu and DC United agree another 5 years.

Squad

Tempers go at DC United

Louis Munteanu 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.

Market

No place for Sean Johnson in the plan

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brandon Servania

“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.

Market

Nobody at DC United has picked up the phone to Brandon Servania

48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Match

Honours even between DC United and Charlotte Football Club

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Louis Munteanu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Experience through the door at DC United

Rossi arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Market

DC United bring in an old head

Ernest Nungaray is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

In brief

1 Edition

The DC United Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Sean Johnson 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.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market

Everton join the queue for Tai Baribo

Add another name to the list: Everton have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Tai Baribo. The answer from DC United has not changed — yet.

Squad

Sean Johnson signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sean Johnson commits to DC United for another 2 years.

Squad

Louis Munteanu 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.

Squad

Words at DC United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tai Baribo 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.

Market

No place for Tai Baribo in the plan

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

Match

A bad afternoon for DC United against New England Revolution

0‑1 to New England Revolution, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Nobody at DC United has picked up the phone to Silvan Hefti

49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief