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REPORT Steve Birnbaum signs new deal with D.C. United

That's one American staying home.

ESPN's Marc Stein reports that D.C. United re-signed United States national team defender Steve Birnbaum to a four-year contract.

One from the footy universe: ESPN sources say @dcunited has come to terms on a new four-year deal to re-sign #USMNT defender Steven Birnbaum

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) November 30, 2016

Birnbaum, 25, had been linked to moves away from MLS, with locations including Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League and Swansea.

According to Steven Goff of The Washington Post, Birnbaum was under contract until the end of the 2017 season.