The only true question mark for D.C. heading into 2000 is off the field. United's investor group, which includes billionaire financier George Soros, has been shopping the team's rights for more than a year. Shortly after capturing MLS Cup last year, D.C. said goodbye to the all-time leading scorer in MLS, Roy Lassiter, and starting right defender Diego Sonora. In preseason it traded the No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, left-sided midfielder Jason Moore, to Colorado for a future pick. Leaders Stat No.
Funny thing is, no one appears to be overly concerned with the losses.
They're going neck and neck right now. Saying that, we probably won't have Jaime there for the first game anyway, so they'll probably both start. Aside from Lassiter, who led the team in scoring last year with 18 goals, Rongen's first 11 will be the same unit that won the championship last year. The Convey factor When United selected Convey with the No. 10 pick overall in February's SuperDraft, it was because the team already had the depth to wait for Convey to develop. They may not have to wait very long for Convey, who played with the U.S. team at the Under-17 World Cup last November.