D.C. United announced their contract decisions today, exercising the options on star attacking midfielder Luciano Acosta and homegrown defender Jalen Robinson. The bigger news is the list of players who are either out of contract or whose options were not picked up, which includes Darren Mattocks, Yamil Asad, Nick DeLeon, and Kofi Opare. United’s press release says they’re in talks to renegotiate “several” contracts, including the permanent transfer option on Asad’s loan contract with Velez Sarsfield.
Mattocks will not be back, per a report from the Washington Post’s Steve Goff.