D.C. United added another player to their collection of midfielders by acquiring Marcelo Saragosa. He should provide some nice depth behind Perry Kitchen, especially when he departs for the Olympic qualification and probably the Olympics.

MlSsoccer.com has been doing a bunch of these, and most of them seem to be about former United players. This one is about Gomito, along with this money quote:

"With Jaime [Moreno], Ben Olsen and other experienced players, we had control over that team," he recalls. "D.C. was a top team and we would go everywhere expecting to win. Teams would go to Washington covered in fear. They would line up with all their men playing defense because they had so much respect towards us."

What I remember about Danny Cruz from last season is that he struck me as a petulant little prick. Well, now he's our petulant little prick, and more midfield depth in preparation for Olympic/injury absences to the wings.

United gets pick #7 in this year's draft and 2 out of the 3 experts at mlssoccer.com think they are going to take Tyler Polak (left back) out of Creighton. I'm hoping United picks a striker that finish of plays set up by Wolff. What do you think Internet?

I don't think there's a place for him in DC United anymore, but this former MLS MVP and Golden Boot winner told an MLS writer he'd like another crack at playing in the league where he had his greatest success.

Article is only available in Spanish.

This is no longer a surprise development, but DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid is in Jurgen Klinsmann's January squad for a lengthy training camp and matches against Venezuela (January 21st) and Panama (January 25th).

New interview courtesy of DC 101...

One can only presume that with Simms anchored at CDM and Morsink slowly coming back, but FYI nonetheless.

So, um, we got that creative attacking midfielder we wanted. And now have two of Team Canada's starting XI, plus Pat Onstad as a coach.