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We're extremely excited that someone is going to spend money to see what can be done here.

We're extremely excited about this year's race, especially with more than 50 million devoted fans following the NASCAR Busch Series. This year, we've got a lot going on with Lisa Marie Presley serving as grand marshal, the return of the Sam's Town Challenge as well as the special PEANUTS car in anticipation for the holiday season. We're looking forward to a race weekend filled with events the fans can really enjoy.

We're extremely excited about this opportunity. We always try to make our schedule as tough as we can, and this is an added challenge.

We're going to make the best decision that doesn't put us at a competitive disadvantage with our sister institutions. I want to base it on what came here in 1999 when we were top 10 in the country. That's where we're headed. It's OK to have a demand that outweighs the supply. It's OK for us to not have enough seats to create a demand and excitement and people wanting to attend.

We're going to have to do it in phases. We're not sure about the acoustics yet, but we're just excited to have a wood floor.

We're going to have to do it in phases, ... We're not sure about the acoustics yet, but we're just excited to have a wood floor.

We're going to have the ball in our hands a lot on offense this season, because that defense of ours is as stout as any team's in this league. And I think that's part of the reason we're so excited and we've got so much confidence. This team works hard. We're just looking forward to getting the season started.

We're just very excited it's behind us. We're looking forward now and we're focused on the future.

United for D.C. is excited to begin the third annual United Community Grants cycle. Last year alone, United for D.C. distributed almost $85,000 in grants to six local organizations, assisting established groups expand their urban soccer programming and helping new organizations create inner-city programs. We look forward to receiving another round of quality applications this cycle.

We're extremely excited about all of our recruits, and particularly because they fill some holes that we really wanted to fill. We think they'll have an impact fairly quickly in their careers here.