In the second preseason game of the season, KC once again took care of business, this time against their First Kick opponent DC United. What would be assumed to be the first team started the game again for Kansas City. It was the same lineup as KC put out against San Jose last weekend, with one exception.

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By THOMAS FLOYD

After D.C. United and the Chicago Fire had their fair share of defensive struggles throughout the 2011 MLS campaign, the two teams both had a notable silver lining to take away from their friendly Sunday: no goals allowed.

One of the best things about a highlight package after a 3-nil win is that the rare down moments don't exist. The beauty of the Seattle Sounders attack is featured. The passing, off-ball movement and penchant to threaten the keeper in Saturday's game was the team working at near perfection. Mauro Rosales and Fredy Montero were able to pick apart the DC United defense.

By JASON MITCHELL

SEATTLE, WA - Seattle answered any questions about whether last week's disappointing loss to Real Salt Lake would be more than a hiccup with a resounding 3-0 win over D.C. United Saturday.

In a clash of the old guard and the new rife with both playoff and Supporters' Shield implications, Seattle (14-6-9) unleashed their characteristic attacking, aesthetically-pleasing soccer in keeping the pressure on league-leading Los Angeles Galaxy.

Score three goals and shut out a likely playoff team and you should feel pretty good. Unfortunately for the Seattle Sounders, their 3-0 win over DC United was just about ruined when Mauro Rosales went down with an injury late. After the game, it was revealed Rosales sprained MCL and that he would at least miss Tuesday's CONCACAF Champions League match against Herediano.

Only a few months ago, Sporting KC was sitting around the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and the questions about the team were very loud. Now, after last night's 1-0 win over DC United, Kansas City now sits in second place in the East, 4 points behind first place Columbus, with the Crew still having to travel to KC.

With D.C. United playing twice on the road within a span of four days and their first game in Chicago being a fortunate draw, it was no surprise to see United wilt in the Kansas City heat and humidity as ...

Tomorrow's game against DC United is an incredibly big game for both KC and DC. Both teams are fighting to work their way into one of the 3 automatic playoff spots for the Eastern Conference as we head into the weekend. KC currently (as of this moment) holds the 3rd spot, but is only 2 points ahead of 6th place DC.

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D.C. United's rookie crop has turned in quite the season.

This past weekend it was goalkeeper Joe Willis' turn to answer the call, as he stepped in for the suspended Bill Hamid and delivered some top-notch saves against the Vancouver Whitecaps en route to a clean sheet in his MLS debut and earned SBI MLS Rookie of the Week honors.

D.C. United have registered a hat trick.

For the third consecutive week, a D.C. United attacker has claimed Player of the Week honors, as voted on by the North American Soccer Reporters. After two straight weeks of honors for Dwayne De Rosario, winger Chris Pontius got into the act this week.

D.C. United have registered a hat trick.

For the third consecutive week, a D.C. United attacker has claimed Player of the Week honors, as voted on by the North American Soccer Reporters. After two straight weeks of honors for Dwayne De Rosario, winger Chris Pontius got into the act this week.

A few quick reactions to tonight's matches.
D.C. United has the potential to be a very dangerous playoff team. With the addition of De Rosario working out so well, the team is extremely dangerous. Vancouver certainly isn't a powerful force in MLS, but the way in which United dictated play is certainly something to consider.

Chris Pontius scored on either side of halftime and rookie goalkeeper Joe Willis marked his MLS debut with a shutout to go along with two highlight reel saves to help D.C. United to a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps ...

Chris Pontius scored on either side of halftime and rookie goalkeeper Joe Willis marked his MLS debut with a shutout to go along with two highlight reel saves to help D.C. United to a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps ...

By THOMAS FLOYD

WASHINGTON - It may have taken a three-month wait until the league's worst team came to town, but D.C. United finally treated its fans to another win at RFK Stadium.

And considering the show the club put on Saturday, it was almost worth the wait for the D.

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The solution to D.C. United's goalkeeping problems appears to have been right in front of the club all along.

Goalkeeper coach Pat Onstad is coming out of retirement to compete for the club's starting keeper job in the aftermath of Steve Cronin breaking his wrist.

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D.C. United goalkeeper Steve Cronin is out "several weeks" after suffering a broken wrist in training, the team announced on Thursday.

Cronin, acquired in a December trade with the Portland Timbers for Troy Perkins, hurt his wrist during a training session on Tuesday.

By AVI CREDITOR

D.C. United has gone to great lengths to improve itself during the offseason, but after an injury to one of its acquisitions, the team currently is without a healthy goalkeeper on the official roster.

Steve Cronin, acquired in a trade with Portland for Troy Perkins, injured his wrist in training, and the team is awaiting MRI and X-ray results to determine the severity of the injury.

South Florida is a magnet for Soccer news and will continue to make headlines as Major League Soccer teams get ready for preseason training in our area.
D.C. United
The first team to pay a visit to our area will be D.C. United as they announced the club's preseason schedule this week.

The dust has settled and the equipment has been removed from the Baltimore Convention Center. The 2011 MLS Draft is in the book and let's turn to the experts to see how the other teams in the league did. For now we'll focus on the Eastern Conference.

Thomas Floyd of Fanhouse.com had D.C. United and New England Revolution in the 'winners' column.

United picked up midfielder/defender Perry Kitchen, fullback Chris Korb, and goalkeeper Joe Willis in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. There are a number of points I'm curious about in relation to these picks, but the most interesting tactical talking point seems to be what Olsen's going to do with all those central midfielders.

BY MIKE NASTRI

DC United got its man. In a turn of unexpected events, Perry Kitchen fell to United with the third overall pick. United followed up its selection of the current US U-20 captain with another Akron player, fullback Chris Korb. DC finished off its draft by trading into the third round to select goalkeeper Joe Willis of Denver.

The 2011 MLS Draft is set to kick off shortly and if you were wondering who the best players available were at each position, let us give you a guide.

Here is a rundown of the top players available by position. We'll be tweaking the board as we get closer to the start of the draft, but be sure to make this your place to see who is available.