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And 4 (i think?) of those 11 have been in the 90+ time frame. Seems like Kijima, Murrell or Clark (who seems to be coming in now) could add *something*

Weiler really doesn't seem to like making a lot of subs

I like Pirani, but he really needs to be a second half sub kind of guy. Hopefully LOUIS gets healthy and can start soon

From what the rest of the roster breakdowns look like, the U22s should not be an issue. Miami, Charlotte, and Orlando are all listed as having more U22s than they're allowed, but all have at least 1 out on loan. Joon/Kim shouldn't impact us signing 1 DP and 1 U22

I'll be interested to see what Herrera can do at RM when he's healthy

You know, when this first got announced I actually checked if DC had a game that weekend and saw they were away. Didn't even think about it impacting the Spirit, but yeah that would make sense

...compassionate?

Seems to say a lot that he's come in for every game too. When was the last time we even saw this much playing time this quickly for a draft pick

Somehow, it still looks better than most of last year

Broadcast has shown WAY more DC fans in the stands compared to what I was expecting at least

Gotta imagine if Barraza/Kim are in goal there, we've let one in at this point. So progress there at least

I remain dumbfounded that ANYONE had Montréal finishing above DC in the preseason predictions and power rankings and whatnot. Charlotte and Atlanta at least have potential on paper. Montreal... not so much

I had it last week, but haven't been able to watch any games today to know if it's still happening

Yeah I did some more digging on that, and Charlotte, Miami, and Orlando all have more U22s than they're allowed, with one guy for each being on loan. So they must just keep it there regardless if they're actually occupying the spot or not

I think they have to actually be on loan to go into slot 31. And we haven't heard of anyone (officially) being loaned out yet. If we send someone like Avilez to our MLS NP partner (that totally exists!) then they'd go into slot 31, but I don't think we have that yet

It also has Kim using an international spot, which seems odd.
Hopkins is also now on the senior roster, though we still have a 11/10 supplemental problem

It goes as far to say he's number 20, and occupies one of the supplemental 25-28 slots, which we now have 5 guys in for 4 spots.
Overall, we're now looking at 18/20 senior spots filled, with 1/1 or 0/2 DP/U22 spots and 1 international spot open

Quick #DCU roster update now that the season has started. According to the league site, Hopkins has been moved to the Senior Roster. That would fix our 11/10 supplemental issue...if it didn't already list Grant Leveille as being fully signed.

@jasondcsoccer.bsky.social Sandstorm at the Duke/Michigan game happening at Capital One Arena across town. Right as DC kicks off

I feel like Baribo specifically will be motivated to score against them. But any sign of progress would be good, even if it's a loss

Feeling 3-1, with a Baribo goal. Not great, but much better than last year

As a UMBC alum, I was really hoping DC would take him in last year's draft. Dude can certainly play. He should have a decent place on KC's depth chart with their 6 other players

Tubbs has been doing better at RB than I would have expected

Here's hoping for another camera 4 low battery so we get more side commentary

If the mls store is to be believed, it looks like they'll be black. We need Pablo to peer pressure them into red shorts again

3 is for the DC flag though, I'm guessing

For sure, but for every exciting one, there's another boring one. Nashville's just looks yellow from a distance, Charlotte is just blue. DC at least has a history of "just a black shirt with red accents"

It's not flashy, but the home jersey never really has been. It's solid. Seems similar to the 2016 (i think??) jersey. Hoping the pair it with red shorts though

A bit surprised to not see either Pirani or Herrera. I wonder if that's due to them having knocks, coach's choice, or if they're being shopped or something

Markovic came on for Bartlett too apparently. Murrel came on for Munteanu, and I think turner was for Baribo