D.C. United breaks through the last barrier at Buzzard Point groundbreaking ceremony

Throughout the years, D.C. United fans have always cast skepticism when it comes to talk about a new stadium for the team. That skepticism was well deserved, as promises from city mayors came and went. Plans flamed out at Poplar Point and in Prince George’s County, and the team teetered on having to leave the area all together. So when fans trotted out the phrase, “I’ll believe it when shovels hit the ground,” they meant it.

After Monday afternoon, there is no more room for that skepticism. The shovels hit the ground - okay, a box of dirt set up for the occasion - in the team’s groundbreaking ceremony for Audi Field at Buzzard Point. D.C. United’s stadium is now a reality, and sometime in…