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That guy in purple may or not be United's newest signing Pablo Hernandez - I know the Uruguayan team Defensor Sporting wears that color, and that's one of two photos that I found googling both Hernandez' and the team's name, so fuck.

D.C. United has signed Argentine forward Pablo Hernandez after an impressive trial with the club.The 23-year-old Hernandez is listed at 6-feet, 180-pounds and should provide a physical presence up top.

Goodbye, Luciano Emilio, whose last play for United will be the concussion he suffered v Richmond Wednesday night. What I'll remember most is in his first game for United, in CONCACAF Champions League play (goddamn fixture clusterfuck - United don't do that anymore, mofos) Emilio scored twice against the team he had just left and celebrated both humbly and respectfully.

More moves are on the horizon, with another designated player expected to be signed a possibility when the international transfer window opens on July 15. Forward Luciano Emilio's contract also runs out on that date.

If I'm Adam Cristman, I'm renting, not buying, in DC.

I'll be out of town Saturday night (more about that soon), and probably won't get to watch United v San Jose because, when I tried to watch the road game last week in Columbus on my computer, fucking MLSNET live feed, which I paid $40 for in the Spring, game me an error message. I sent them email:

I've paid for a year's worth of your service, I've watched games, I try to get tonight's Columbus - DC United game and I'm told

debug error code =4004

Why? And more importantly, why isn't there a live technician I can talk to in case this is a simple and common problem easily fixed? I can't tell you how much this is pissing me off. I counted on watching this game. This is Saturday 6/26/10. I'm guessing you respond to me in some sort of form letter in, what, two weeks?

They sent me a form receipt:

Your Ticket has been received and a member of our staff will review it and reply accordingly. Listed below are details of this Ticket. Please make sure the Ticket ID remains in the subject at all times.

   Ticket ID: OLL-562829
   Subject: You Owe Me Money
   Department: MLS
   Priority: Normal
   Status: Open

You can check the status of or reply to this Ticket online at: http://helpdesk.neulion.com/
 Please use the following credentials when accessing your account with us:

   Email:
   Password: 3609373a

Please do let us know if we can assist you any further,

To which I responded:

You said: Please do let us know if we can assist you any further. Yes, you can have a live human being at an 800 number to fix a product I paid for that's broken.

They've not responded since. There's nothing about the ticket at the helpdesk.

While FUCK MLS! is appropriate, this, in addition to United being thrilled to sign an Uruguayan league drop-out forward, is another reminder of just how rinkydink MLS in general and DC United in particular still are. 

O! And while I'm pissy, FUCK TYPEPAD too for sucking.