Good afternoon! D.C. United was in the news on multiple fronts yesterday, the Washington Spirit lost a fixture of their squad to the NWSL Expansion Draft, and Trinity Rodman was recognized for being really friggin’ good. Let’s talk about it:
We start with United pouring a 5 gallon bucket of cold water on those Paul Arriola-to-LA Galaxy rumors. Beyond Arriola’s California links, the proposal didn’t really make a lot of sense, with Arriola stylistically much more of a Hernán Losada sort of player than a Greg Vanney player.