Good morning! I spent much of yesterday away from the internet, which is in some ways healthy and in some ways made me feel disconnected and unfamiliar with the goings-on in the soccer world. But, that doesn’t mean I’m showing up here with nothing to talk about. Let’s go!
Four things from D.C. United not quite breaking through against Orlando City | Black and Red United
Let’s start the day off with our thoughts on D.C. United’s defeat on Sunday night.
(also this article will go live at 8am, so if you’re an early bird and it just directs you to the site’s front page, come back in a little while)
OL Reign add Rose Lavelle for the 2021 season | Sounder at Heart
I think the Washington Spirit have largely made very smart moves on and off the field over the past two-plus years, but trading Rose Lavelle’s NWSL rights felt like a move that would come back to haunt them at the time, and so it has.