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Struggling with crumbling RFK Stadium, D.C. United is desperate for a new home<\/a> – The Post<\/em>
\nWashington’s most successful team over the last two decades, DC United, plays in its worst facility. Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, home of 312 United matches (and by my calculation approximately 810 Senators games, 243 Nationals games and 255 Redskins games and that’s just regular season and I did not take in account the Federals of the USFL and Diplomats of the NASL), will be 50 years old this fall and is falling apart<\/a> DC Sports Bog, The Post<\/em>. The cockroaches and raccoons don’t seem to mind though.<\/p>\n

DCU thought they would be in their own stadium at Poplar Point by now, but then Mayor Adrian Fenty<\/strong> nixed the redevelopment deal. An attempt to move to Prince George’s County, Md.<\/a> also fell through. DC United says it is eying locations in the District, but Baltimore is openly trying to poach them<\/a>. I hope that United finds away to stay in this area and I think they have certainly tried. I am inclined to go to a game or two a season, but who knows, maybe my son will really like soccer — I’d really like there to be a team around in case he does.<\/p>\n

If United does move to Baltimore, they are dead to me and they better leave the name and colors behind. I don’t mind Baltimore having a soccer team, so long as it does not come at the expense of Washington’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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