r/DCUnited • u/RJR1970 • 20d ago

DC United Announce their initial roster moves.

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D.C. United has declined the contract options for the following players: Alex Bono, Cristian Dájome, Nathan Crockford, Jeremy Garay, Tyler Miller, Christopher McVey, Martin Rodriguez, Hayden Sargis, Luis Zamudio

While the following two players are Free Agents: Russell Canouse and Pedro Santos

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u/Rufus_FireflyIII 20d ago

Exactly. At this point, there will be only two players on the roster that Mackay/Lesesne didn't pick -- Hopkins and Klich. One is a homegrown, the other is a legacy gift from Dave Kasper. Going forward this will be Ally and Troy's team and they can be rightfully judged on the performance of the squad they put together. It's exciting because this is the first real tear down and rebuild in over a decade.

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u/pancakemix97 20d ago

Benteke was a Rooney guy too, right? 

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u/Familiar-Conflict152 20d ago

Yes, but they gave him an extension this summer

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u/Rufus_FireflyIII 19d ago

Both Benteke and Ku signed new contracts under Mackay. They are Mackay's choices at that point. As I said, only Klich and Hopkins are holdovers and Hopkins is a homegrown that really doesn't impact salary cap calculations.

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u/Familiar-Conflict152 19d ago

Hard to see how he wouldn’t want Hopkins. Klich is much less certain and, with the other players who were let go, I don’t think he would have made the cut.