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Unitedmania looks at the MLS Eastern Conference for 2010 and makes their predictions for the season.

Deservedly or not, since becoming majority owner of DC United before 2007, Will Chang has presided over maybe the greatest run of underachievement in DC United history and considering DC’s underwhelming roster decisions in preparation for the 2010 season, that string of mediocrity seems sure to continue.

Unitedmania looks at the MLS Western Conference for 2010 and takes its usual blind stabs at how the teams will shake out by the end of the season.

Notoriously cavalier about the MLS draft, DC United pretty much avoided the whole thing completely this time around having traded away all their picks in order to land veteran players, but past history has shown that you shun the draft at your own peril.

The first draft of the Onalfo era is upon us, and since United is still paying the price for trading away picks, they really only have one decent pick in a draft that is not expected to be anywhere near as deep as last year’s bonanza, so United’s braintrust better make that seventh overall pick count and hope for a diamond in the rough with those later picks in the third and fourth rounds.

Another draft day in MLS is upon us and DC United’s brainstaff has to come together pretty quickly if they are maximize their limited picks. Unfortunately, it appears that although United has a new coach in place with Onalfo, the same old front office thinking might hamper his ability to create the team he wants in to get DC United back to its rightful place in the universe.

Today we learned that Luciano Emilio will not be back for the 2010 MLS Season. United and “Lucigol” have parted ways.

With the close of the 00’s, it’s a good time to reflect on DC’s season and see how such a promising and initially successful team could collapse so badly down the stretch, and maybe make some resolutions for the new year.

It's a sad day for many at the Washington Times who are losing their jobs as part of that paper's massive restructuring. While I wish the paper's ownership would, as my dad likes to say, "take a long walk on a short pier," we should all lament the loss of its sports section.  In particular, [...]

With all the bloodhounds clearly dragging their jowls and wheezing heavily as they stepped on their tongues staggering back to the kennel, DC has finally called off the search for a new coach by finding one right in their own backyard.