Freedom Kicks: D.C. United news and links for April 23, 2013

Happy Tuesday, ladies and gentlemen. Your Freedom Kicks are late because I have some kind of demon virus. It turns out I didn't exactly miss anything, since the D.C. United media took Monday off so that they could properly sulk and cry. They'll probably be back to work today and tomorrow. We have literally no United-related links to present to you today, but I hope you'll live.

Seriously, this site produces half of the D.C. United-related content available on the internet.

Washington Spirit players living at Rockville retirement community | Washington Post

This is nuts.

Canadian Championship: Absences force Vancouver Whitecaps to get creative with lineup at Edmonton | Major League Soccer

I would like the Caps to make the CCL, so I would like them to sort this out.

MLS ranked seventh best soccer league globally...can it break into the top five? | Pro Soccer Talk

France is ninth? What the hell?

Gulati's new role | ESPN FC

Ballin' like Jack Warner, y'all.

Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona: An all-Pep affair fit for a final | SB Nation

The StoryStream for today's big game at dot-com. We have a couple of previews, a handful of previews, some stuff from our team blogs, and will have live and post-game coverage right here.