Monday Freedom Kicks: Jumping for Joy (and Jalen)

Amber Searls-USA TODAY SportsFirst things first: if you haven't, stop by the player ratings post and vote. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Second, Jay Heaps said after the game last weekend that he wasn't prepared for Alvaro Saborio and Fabian Espindola to return to the lineup. So that means two things to me; either he doesn't read the tweets of our own Steven Streff (and if you don't, you need to fix that). Or he's kind of dumb for a Duke guy. I thought Duke guys were supposed to be smart.

Recaps of D.C. United's win over the New England Revolution by us (with more from us here), MLS (with more from them here) and the Washington Post. The Bent Musket covers things from the…