CHARLESTON ARRIVAL
After spending the long President’s day weekend in DC following a successful trip to Arizona, D.C. United began its finalphase of pre-season travel in Charleston, South Carolina. While here,United will play three preseason matches against the Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew andthe hometown Charleston Battery.
The team arrived in Charleston late Wednesday night,had a team dinner and got some well deserved rest before a full slate oftraining and meetings on Thursday.
The weather for training was a balmy 75-80 degreescompared to the low 40’s they trained in earlier in the week. United willtrain again on Friday in preparation for its game on Saturday (2/25)against the Chicago Fire at 5:00 p.m. Follow @DCUmatchday on Twitter for updates during the game or watch live streaming of the match on dcunited.com.
Ben Olsen will continue to prepare his team for the impending season and face theCharleston Battery on Wednesday (2/29) at 7:15 p.m. United will close out its preseason matches on Saturday (3/3) against the Columbus Crew beforeheading back to DC and finishing preparations for their home opener on 3/10against Sporting Kansas City.
NO ROSTER ADJUSTMENTS
There have been no changes to the roster thattrained earlier this the week in DC. Trialists Ryan Richter, Seth C’deBaca, Alfredo Martins, Andrew Dykstra,and Guilherme Alves da Costa, along with un-signed Supplemental Draft Pick Lance Rozeboom, all accompanied the team to Charleston on Wednesday. Further roster decisions are expected in the weeks ahead.
DYKSTRA ON FAMILIAR GROUND
Trialist Andrew Dykstra will perhaps be the most familiar with the city of Charleston, as the 26-year old goalkeeper spent 2011 playing for the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. The Virginia Commenwealth alum made 17 total appearances for the Battery last year, putting together a goals-against average of 0.98 and a record of 8-6-2. His performance over the season was good enough to earn the club's Betsy McAdams Newcomer of the Year Award.
INJURY UPDATE
Trialists Alfredo Martins (IT band syndrome) and Seth C’deBaca (hamstring strain) were both held out of full practice today with injuries. They'll be further evaluated in the days ahead.
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