It's been a solid (not spectacular) start to D.C. United's season and one of the standouts through the first two matches has been Matti Peltola. Roche sits down with the DCU midfielder about his strong start, what he attributes it to, Finnish weather, set piece defending, Kurokawa's fitness, and Silvan Hefti's blatant copping of Matti's style.

Come for Matti's thoughts on the Black and Red's early season form, stay for Roche hopelessly trying to justify thinking Peltola was left footed.

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Was Roche thinking of not doing a D.C. United season preview? Yes.

But, this is a D.C. United podcast, so here we are. Roche is joined by Jason Anderson of the newly created Green Line Soccer, to discuss what we should be looking for as the Black and Red begin their 2026 season. Can the guys sell you on why being boring is better than being awful? Listen and find out. Also, where is Aaron Herrera and Gabi Pirani, who is going to play in central midfield, and why is there not a third DP?

Then, Roche joins David Gass on Soccerwise to discuss DCU's prospects for this year.

Finally, Jason rejoins the show to discuss Green Line Soccer and his vision for how he will cover soccer in the DMV.

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Another day, another change in leadership at D.C. United. Ally Mackay is out as Chief Soccer Officer of DCU and with rumors swirling of a new CSO already in place, it's a good time to reset (again) where the club stands as another disappointing season draws to a close. Pablo Maurer joins the pod to discuss where it all went wrong between the club and Mackay, what we know about the rumored replacement for him, and how the first month of Weiler ball has looked. Then, Roche laments the lack of an MLSNext Pro team and what it means for the club and the DMV.

Here is the full Fox5 interview with Kaplan and Levien.

Here is the conversation they had with The District Press.

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