First Team

By the numbers: 2013 D.C. United pre-season

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3,620
When D.C. United players return to the nation’s capital on Feb. 25, they will have traveled 3,620 miles in the air during the 2013 pre-season.


38
Through five pre-season matches, 38 different players have logged minutes in a D.C. United kit.


6
United has scored six goals in five pre-season games (1-2-2).


8
Eight different players have contributed to DCU’s offensive output this pre-season, including trialists Joseph Nane and Kyle Porter, as well as 16-year-old Homegrown product Michael Seaton and 2013 MLS SuperDraft selection Taylor Kemp.


32
The Black-and-Red is in its 32nd day of pre-season training for 2013.


18
We’re eighteen days away from the home opener against Real Salt Lake on Saturday, March 9! And only 12 days separate us from the start of the season, with United taking on the Houston Dynamo on Saturday, March 2 at 8:00 p.m. EST (NBC Sports Network).