{"id":119912,"date":"2025-06-21T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=119912"},"modified":"2025-06-21T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:12:25","slug":"birnbaum-proving-he-belongs-at-highest-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=119912","title":{"rendered":"Birnbaum proving he belongs at highest level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qR2Xq2hpbms?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In just three years in a D.C. United jersey, centerback Steve Birnbaum has earned the trust of the defensive backline through consistent hard work and an unwillingness to go easy on anyone at practice or in a game.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Like us on Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Add us to your circle on Google Plus:  https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/111490959184064683855\/posts <\/p>\n<p>For more information about MLS, log on to the league&#8217;s official website at http:\/\/www.MLSsoccer.com<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qR2Xq2hpbms\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just three years in a D.C. United jersey, centerback Steve Birnbaum has earned the trust of the defensive backline through consistent hard work and an unwillingness to go easy&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":119913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}