In the midst of the team’s worst losing streak this season, a piece of long-standing speculation has been upgraded to rumor, and this time from the pages of one of America’s most trusted newspapers. Michael de la Merced and Andrew Sorkin of the New York Times are reporting that Jason Levien and Erick Thohir are looking at selling part or all of D.C. United.
Initially, Thohir and Levien were interested in selling the 35% of the team formerly owned by Will Chang, D.C. United’s previous majority owner; after selling his majority stake in 2013, Chang sold the rest of his interest in the team to Thohir and Levien in October 2016.