D.C. United can’t seem to build a new stadium, fill its current RFK Stadium with fans, score goals or win matches (3-14-3 in league play). But its youth pipeline is brimming with prospects like midfielder Andy Najar and goalkeeper Bill Hamid.
Eighteen-year-old defensive midfielder Conor Shanosky is the latest to join this group, singing with United on Monday after a six-month stretch that has seen him vault from a regional prospect headed for George Mason to a central anchor for the U.S. under-20 team.
Faced with the potential of losing him abroad, United had to ink him even though the rules by which he signed won’t allow him to play this season.
With more prospects also coming through the ranks — it won’t be long before 16-year-old defender Jalen Robinson starts attracting attention — D.C. United is basking in its future. Good thing, because the present is simply unbearable.
