The logo for Washington’s soccer team hadn’t been updated since 1997.

It had to happen eventually. After a 19-game home unbeaten run stretching back to last march, D.C. United finally lost a home game on Saturday afternoon.

It’s been a quiet off-season, but here’s a roundup of D.C. United news from the past few days.

D.C. United’s decisive Eastern Conference semifinal match was finally played on Thursday evening, and it couldn’t have ended better, as the black and red handed the New York Red Bulls a 1-0 loss en route to the conference finals.

Despite a largely positive performance, United paid the price for their lack of experience Saturday evening and could only muster a draw against their over-caffeinated rivals.

Playing a man down for the majority of the game, D.C. United was handed a humbling defeat at the hands of the Houston Dynamo yesterday.

Yesterday, D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid sent out a tweet simply stating, “Happiest day of my life.” Now we know why — the 20-year-old has been called up to the United States’ men’s national team by new manager Jurgen Klinsmann.

Let’s say you just finished a grueling ten-month project at your job with moderate success. Then imagine a manager from another department informing you that instead of joining his legendary team at a star-studded event which would present you with the opportunity to show your skills to the world and potentially earn a nice raise and a better position, you instead have been passed over and will trudge to the basement to complete some busy…