There isn’t much in the way of D.C. United news to note (we have posts coming up today though!). MLSsoccer has listed Rob Vincent as out with a meniscus problem in their game preview, but the league injury page does not mention the issue. Probably a “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” situation, unfortunately.
That’s it for United though, so let’s talk about distantly related clubs:
Yup. Michael Essien playing for Persib Bandung, the club Erick Thohir owns in Indonesia. And before you wonder why United can’t get big names like that, let’s remember that Essien is 34 and was last playing in Greece, where Panathinaikos did everything but chase him out the door.