Analyzing Taylor Twellman’s comments about D.C. United and Wayne Rooney

Over the past couple of years, as D.C. United has waxed and waned between a playoff contender and one of the worst teams in the league, the team has been a quiet presence within MLS. With all the new exciting expansion teams entering the league, and United’s insistence upon prudence, cobbling together teams while paying rent at RFK Stadium waiting for Audi Field to become a reality, United has slipped into anonymity for the most part.

That seemingly changed in the course of an afternoon last Tuesday, when Steven Goff first reported that United was in talks to sign Wayne Rooney, who would be by a wide margin the most famous player to suit up for the Black-and-Red. Since then, Alexi Lalas…