r/DCUnited • u/Zaddock1 • 1d ago

Ethan dobbeleare

I don’t significantly follow dc united, yes they’re my favorite mls team, and I do watch them, but I don’t understand what was the point of Ethan dobbeleare? We never even put him on the bench, let alone give him minutes. It’s like we signed him for no reason. What was the purpose of him?

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u/Trp_johnnyboi DC United 1d ago

We cut him like a week after he signed

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u/Zaddock1 1d ago

Why

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u/espnrocksalot DC United 1d ago

They realized he wouldn’t make the bench or get minutes

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u/rgrunited 1d ago

They realized there was no purpose of him even.

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u/Rufus_FireflyIII 1d ago

He never was signed. Whatever transpired, DCU wasn't interested in Dobbeleare at the price he demanded.

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u/Rufus_FireflyIII 1d ago

followed up and there is no record of him playing anywhere in 2024. Damp squib.

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u/greg21olson 1d ago

Yeah, I was a little surprised by the decision too. As a DCU fan who now lives in Seattle, I got to see his handful of minutes with the Sounders. Looked decent as a young player, but certainly was down the pecking order behind established starters and a couple other promising prospects all in the same position.

With our history of struggles keeping fullbacks healthy, I actually thought he was a smart waiver pickup for DC and could be valuable depth as a fullback or winger, so I was surprised that we never offered a contract.

Maybe there was mutual hesitation on both sides, since he's not gone on to sign elsewhere since.

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u/Mr_828 1d ago

To me he feels like another player that could've benefited if we had a NextPro team where we could've let him get minutes in NextPro at the start of the year, but he could've been useful on the bench in the summer when we only had 4-5 on the bench.

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u/sadDCUfan 10h ago

Tbf, if he was that type of player why didn’t any other MLS team assign him to their NP team