Photo by Paul Frederiksen.

Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) made a lot of soccer fans really excited today when he said on The Kojo Nnamdi Show that city and team officials are in “final negotiations” over a stadium at Buzzard Point. Evans also said that the team would pay for the stadium—unlike the Washington Nationals—and D.C. would pick up the tab for infrastructure upgrades.

Evans seems to have jumped a little ahead of himself, though, telling the Soccer Insider after the show that conversations between the team and city are merely “ongoing.” United CEO and President Kevin Payne echoed that, saying in a statement, “We appreciate Councilman Evans’ unswerving support and are continuing what we hope will be fruitful discussions with the District.”

D.C. United has remained in RFK since it started playing in D.C. in 1996. Over the years it has welcomed proposals from various juridictions around D.C. to build the team a stadium, most recently Baltimore. Only recently did D.C. and team officials agree to keep the team in the city, with a 24,000-seat multi-use stadium that would cost $157 million to build.