Decided at the last minute to take in my first DC United game of the year; great weather and a rare day game. (Not seeing any adjacent parking other than $80 for the lot south of the stadium— which it was still today, I had passed and ended up finding another option).
Plus, they featured “fan appreciation day”, so I thought I might have some interesting things associated with that. (They did have a good halftime focus on the retiring Bill Hamid and also Dave Johnson, who is moving on after Apple TV + takes over the MLS games next year)
In addition to finishing dead last in the league with room to spare (as a former season ticket holder, won’t get into the ownership situation other than one specific item), the Nats’ neighbor also seemed to have some issues with the basics today, like clearing the ball and not putting it in your own net.
The capper on “fan appreciation day” was the giveaway item selected for the occasion: two Tide pods and two individual Downy packets. Even heard the security near the stadium exits cracking jokes about it.
