Casey Townsend Rumors & News

The Richmond Kickers took on the Georgetown Hoyas this past Saturday, losing the game 1-0. Two D.C. United players started that game and they are the two players most likely to spend significant time in Richmond, barring injuries to multiple members of the first team: Conor Shanosky and Casey Townsend. Of note is the fact that Shanosky played in the midfield rather than playing in central defense. As Ben Olsen has indicated, the other two players that United is required to have at each Richmond Kickers game will rotate. My prediction is that Taylor Kemp will be a third candidate and th...

Today, for the first time in this countdown, we come to a number that's been assigned to a new face. And that face will be familiar to many D.C. United fans, as it belongs to University of Maryland alum and 2012 MLS SuperDraft fifth overall pick Casey Townsend, who will be wearing No. 16 for the Black-and-Red this year. I had expected Townsend to wear the No. 14 shirt, as he did at UMd and for Chivas USA last year, but I guess he wouldn't agree in advance to making his last action in a United shirt - at some undetermined point in the future - earning a red card by throwing a ball at a ...