Tag: trades

  • Tradesplosion! McDonald, DeRo, and Dax

    Ben Olsen’s DC United has been anything but tame. Olsen shook things up in the offseason, and he has done it again today. On my drive home, I saw that United had traded allocation money for Brandon McDonald, a physical centerback from the SJ Earthquakes. I think it is a good move, giving United some…

  • Trading Perkins and Olsen’s Strategy

    On the surface, it doesn’t make much sense for DC United to trade the veteran Troy Perkins to Portland, handing the keys to 19 year old Bill Hamid.  Even after the year that Perkins’ had, he’s still a fringe international.  But, as anyone who’s been following DC United knows, its all about the youth movement…