I did most of this at 6:30am Sunday Morning in Delaware, so expect it to be without complaint and free of tax. Delaware!
Recaps of D.C. United's scoreless draw with the New England Revolution from us (with more from us here), the Washington Post (with more from Goff here), MLS (with more from them here) and UnitedMania. The Bent Musket looks at things from New England's side.
For D.C. United’s Lamar Neagle, the time has come: Goff profiles Lamar Neagle and his CCL Cup-tied, goal scoring self.
German rookies in MLS: An un-European career start - Goal.com: Looking at Julian Buescher and some other familiar names from this past SuperDraft.
Álvaro Saborío: ‘A mí también me extraña verme en el banco’: Simply put, Alvaro Saborio finds his bench riding vexing. This may be something to track as we get to the summer.
NWSL Players’ Fire Recovery Fund: Washington Spirit players Tori Huster, Tiffany Weimer and Britt Eckerstrom of the Western New York Flash were the unfortunate victims of a house fire that took most of their belongings. Click through, donate what you can, tell others to do the same.
Jurgen Klinsmann told Perry Kitchen to follow his Hearts: Perry Kitchen made his Heart of Midlothian F.C. debut Saturday, playing the last 18 minutes in a 1-0 win. This profile includes a comment which I felt was slightly just above the usual cliche and could be read into not at all: 'I think the club is top class with the fans, the stadium and the world-class facilities coming in.'
Plugged In: J. Todd Durbin, MLS - SportsBusiness Daily | SportsBusiness Journal | SportsBusiness Daily Global: The EVP of Competition and Player Relations was making the rounds over the last week or so, and had some thoughts on some things.
Inter Milan 2-1 Bologna: The race is on - The Offside Inter Milan: In partner club news, Inter Milan had goals from Ivan Perisic and Danilo D'Ambrosio, but lost Mauro Icardi to an early first half injury, as they beat Bologna 2-1. Icardi's status for this week's game with Roma remains to be seen, but Inter is 5th behind Fiorentina.
Finally, breaking the fourth wall in cinema is when the characters start talking to the camera and thus, yo, the viewer. Here are a whole bunch of those moments:
