Report: D.C. United interested in Joao Plata

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY SportsThe news outlet Ecuagol from Ecuador is claiming that D.C. United is interested in Joao Plata, the winger/forward who recently had his option declined by Real Salt Lake. The report doesn’t mention much in the way of detail, other than he’d be good with D.C. which, thanks for the news!

Plata has been a mainstay with RSL since coming over in 2013 from Toronto FC and while he’s potentially going into his tenth season in MLS, he does not turn 28 until the day after D.C. United’s opening game of 2020. If you’d like a primer on Plata, Jason covered him as a potential Re-Entry Draft target for D.C. last week so I’ll avoid treading the same ground and recommend his linked…