{"id":23605,"date":"2014-05-19T18:45:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T22:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=23605"},"modified":"2014-05-19T18:45:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T22:45:06","slug":"a-new-dc-united-home-may-be-near-and-not-a-moment-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/05\/a-new-dc-united-home-may-be-near-and-not-a-moment-too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"A new DC United home may be near (and not a moment too soon)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this before, but there may be a new stadium for D.C. United in our time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/digger\/wp\/2014\/05\/19\/sources-d-c-united-and-district-government-finalizing-stadium-deal\/\">Sources: D.C. United and District government finalizing stadium deal<\/a> &#8211; <em>The Post<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And not a moment too soon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X-Men: Days of Future Past | &quot;Stadium Levitation&quot; Clip [HD] | 20th Century FOX\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAApe_5Rewg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well done X-Men moviemakers, I guess. You just destroyed the most all-time beloved venue of sport in the nation&#8217;s capital. There&#8217;s no way RFK Stadium would have held up that well in real life too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all seriousness, I hope DCU finally gets a new home; I&#8217;m withholding any significant emotional investment until I know they&#8217;ll be here for the duration. I suppose the Baltimore\/Washington\/Chesapeake Bayhawks might be interested in that venue as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\/Ts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote twitter-tweet is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Is there a deal? Tell your Council member you support the stadium <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fIw3ZiSVC4\">http:\/\/t.co\/fIw3ZiSVC4<\/a><\/p><p>\u2014 Keep D.C. United (@KeepDCUnited) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeepDCUnited\/statuses\/468362055180115968\">May 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote twitter-tweet is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Here&#8217;s video of Magneto making RFK Stadium levitate <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/IzvZ2IZGK8\">http:\/\/t.co\/IzvZ2IZGK8<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/SUUGXTQV0g\">pic.twitter.com\/SUUGXTQV0g<\/a><\/p><p>\u2014 Dan Steinberg (@dcsportsbog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcsportsbog\/statuses\/468419755805003777\">May 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this before, but there may be a new stadium for D.C. 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