MLS: Mainstream League Soccer (At least, in DC)

DCist runs an article on "alterna-sports," and if you read it close enough, there's a nice little tidbit to take away. Namely, the fact that DC United is not part of the focus of the article, but instead is lumped in with the Wizards, Skins, and Nats. So in the mind of at least one media source out there, MLS is part of the mainstream now. Progress. You can measure it by inches, but measure it none-the-less.