We've known for a few days that Bill Hamid was going to miss some of D.C. United's early schedule. First it was a couple of weeks, then it was maybe going to last into April. That was bad enough. Now, though, we know the full truth: Hamid's surgery fixed a lateral meniscus tear, and he will be out for 4-6 months.
I don't think it takes a particularly sharp soccer mind to figure out that this is bad. Really bad. As we've said on the site many times, Hamid is United's Sebastian Giovinco, or Robbie Keane, or Kaka, or whichever elite player you can think of.