D.C. United players love to read. The shots above are from a recent photo shoot conducted at RFK Stadium for United Reads, one of the signature programs of United for D.C. - the club's non-profit arm. The photos are going to be used for posters, flyers and the like to encourage reading at D.

Devon is very, very competitive. He probably made this kid cry (probably).

Remember when we told you last week that Devon McTavish and Joe Vide would be guest bartending at Jimmy's Old Town Taver in Herndon, VA to benefit United for D.C.? Well, now we have photographic evidence that the event did, in fact, take place.

At least according to Craig Stouffer at the Washington Examiner: Midfielder Joe Vide, who was recently released by San Jose, is set to sign with D.C. United this afternoon, according to a source. Vide, who is slated to earn $33,000 this season, for the moment takes United's 18th and final open senior roster spot.

For the third time this season, United has picked an ex-Red Bull off the MLS scrap heap, adding midfielder Joe Vide to the roster. Of course, Vide doesn't come to us direct from the Bulls, but in some ways that's even more disturbing. He was waved by the expansion Quakes after only five appearances for a club with a wafer-thin roster.

It's official according to this press release from the team, Vide is now a member of the Black N Red. Could this be the latest Red Bull New York reject to becomee a good player with United? We shall see.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2008) - D.C. United announced today the club has acquired the rights to midfielder Joe Vide.

We've just announce the club has acquired midfielder Joe Vide. 24-year old Vide was acquired in today's waiver draft after the San Jose Earthquakes waived him on July 14. He was drafted out of the University of Virginia by the MetroStars in 2006. For the official news go to www.dcunited.com.

Vide will be available for selection in next Tuesday's match against the Houston Dynamo.

DC United midfielder Joe Vide in his post-match commentary: It's nice when we're at home and we're expected to win. We want to be a team that makes it to the playoffs.What? Revised expectations or clear-headed realism? I've got three possible explanations for this line of thinking. Clearly, Joe didn't receive his kool-aid ration from the FO, and so doesn't realize that we've assembled a team

LET'S ENUMERATE THE SUCK: The news of Perralta and Gallardo needing to go out for hernia surgery does suck, as that injury seems to plague this team somehow. The news that Carvallo has been released moderately sucks, in that it indicates our lack of depth not just in defense but in the keeper position as well.

Vote for Joe.

According to this article in the Washington Examiner United looks to bolster their midfield depth before perhaps their last SuperLiga game against Houston.
"Midfielder Joe Vide, who was recently released by San Jose, is set to sign with D.C. United this afternoon, according to a source.

Devon McTavish is a busy fellow.

This afternoon (around 5 p.m.), he'll be on DC radio station Mix 107.3 taking part in a little promo called The Bachelor. Tomorrow, he and teammate Joe Vide will be guestbartending at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in Herndon, VA to benefit the club's non-profit arm, United for D.