Jared Stroud

Central Midfielder - DC United
21 Aug 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Jared Stroud

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The DC United Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

DC United through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Colorado Rapids, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market

Luton Town join the queue for Tai Baribo

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

Boardroom

DC United to lose Jordan Farr for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Jordan Farr 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.

Squad

A falling-out at DC United

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

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.

The terraces

DC United supporters have found a favourite in Jacob Murrell

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Jacob Murrell has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Nathan Ordaz did the work nobody counts — 6.87

11 combined actions and 6.87. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

Player ratings

Nelson Quiñones was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.25. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Jared Stroud

A mark of 7.96, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief