With their chances of making the postseason finally dashed on Saturday night after a heartbreaking 2-2 draw in Kansas City, D.C. United’s focus moved from the inconsistency of their on-the-field performance to their arguably much more intriguing off-the-field affairs. Besides a potential coaching change and plenty of questions about a major shake-up in the front office, the more pertinent debate is perhaps the still-looming issue of finding a new home for the club.

Steve Goff had the chance to speak to club President Kevin Payne, who confirmed the latest chapter of the drama: that the team has engaged in “serious” discussions with a unnamed, outside-the-Beltway jurisdiction in Virginia regarding a new stadium. Payne was careful to cover his bases though: he called Baltimore’s recent interest in having the team relocate there as “very attractive” and noted that several locations in D.C. which have been tossed around over and over – building in the RFK parking lots, even revisiting Poplar Point again – are still technically on the table.

It bears repeating that plenty of MLS’s recently-built soccer-specific stadia – in L.A., Salt Lake, Colorado, Dallas, Chicago, and New York’s sparkly new digs in Harrison, New Jersey – are located the ‘burbs, although new developments in Philadelphia and Houston are firmly set in urban areas. But keep in mind that the last time the team asked the fans, they were firmly in the “stay in D.C.” camp.

Do most of you still feel that way, despite United’s lackluster performance this year?