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| June 9 2025 | The Silber family announced the sale of the Fredericksburg Nationals to Diamond Baseball Holdings, which now owns the team alongside the Harrisburg Senators minor league baseball affiliate. |
| May 22 2025 | As of the current date, Loudoun United FC is positioned 2nd in the Eastern Conference, with Abdellatif Aboukoura as the top scorer with 8 goals and having reached the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. |
| April 17 2025 | Announcement of Loudoun United FC's merger with the Virginia Revolution Soccer Club, a youth and pre-professional soccer club with teams in MLS Next and the United Premier Soccer League. |
| March 22 2025 | Currently in 1st place in the Eastern Conference early in the season, with New Zealand's Riley Bidois as top scorer with 3 goals, and having reached the 2nd round of the U.S. Open Cup. |
| 2024 | Finished 11th in Eastern Conference and reached Round 5 of the U.S. Open Cup. Zach Ryan repeated as top scorer with 10 goals. |
| 2024 | Capelli Sport became the kit manufacturer, and CORAS became the shirt sponsor for the club. |
| 2024 |
Washington Metro
Red Line's evening headways improve from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes. Green and Yellow Lines run every 8 minutes during evenings. Sunday service frequencies significantly improved across all lines.
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| December 15 2024 |
Washington Metro
ATO (Automatic Train Operation) resumed on the Red Line, with a maximum speed of 75 mph.
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| September 18 2024 | The Fredericksburg Nationals won their first Carolina League championship by defeating the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 3-0 in the third game of a 3-game series at their home stadium. |
| June 30 2024 |
Washington Metro
Fare hike implemented, with weekday rail fares ranging from $2.25 to $6.75 and weekend/late-night rates changing from a flat $2.00 to $2.25-$2.50 based on distance.
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| June 24 2024 |
Washington Metro
WMATA announced a fare hike effective June 30, 2024, with a general increase of 12.5% to most services, including changes to rail fare rates.
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| May 10 2024 |
Washington Metro
All 2000-series cars retired.
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| 2023 | Fredericksburg Nationals completed their season with a 65-63 overall record, placing third in the Carolina League's North Division during both the first and second halves of the season. |
| 2023 | Betfred USA became the shirt sponsor for Loudoun United FC. |
| 2023 | Finished 11th in Eastern Conference and reached Round 4 of the U.S. Open Cup. Zach Ryan was the top scorer with 10 goals. |
| 2023 |
Washington Metro
Yellow and Green Lines begin running every 6 minutes during rush hours for the first time since 2017 service cuts.
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| October 2023 |
Washington Metro
Automatic train door opening was restored to a limited number of trains on the Red Line, with operators still required to manually close doors.
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| September 2023 |
Washington Metro
Metro announced a delay in re-automation plans, pushing the timeline to 2024.
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| July 2023 |
Washington Metro
Final design for the proposed metro line extensions and loop configuration was published.
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| May 19 2023 |
Washington Metro
Most recent system expansion occurred with the opening of a new station serving Potomac Yard, which also involved altering an existing line.
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| May 19 2023 |
Washington Metro stations
An additional infill station opened on the Yellow and Blue Lines.
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| May 7 2023 |
Washington Metro
Yellow Line reopened following major maintenance work, reinstating the Mount Vernon Square turnback at all times, a practice not seen since 2006.
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| March 2023 |
Washington Metro
Metro announced plans to re-automate the train system by December 2023.
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| February 2 2023 | Loudoun United FC was sold to Attain Sports and Entertainment, with D.C. United retaining a minority stake. This ownership change made the team eligible to participate in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup. |
| January 23 2023 |
Washington Metro
Student Claire Aguayo broke the previous record by traveling through 97 Metro stations in 8 hours and 36 minutes.
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| 2022 | Fredericksburg Nationals finished the regular season with a 75-55 overall record, winning first place in the Carolina League's North Division. |
| 2022 | Stadium renamed Virginia Credit Union Stadium under a 10-year naming rights deal. |
| 2022 | In the Carolina League playoffs, the Fredericksburg Nationals lost to Lynchburg in a best-of-three series first-round playoff match, despite being the first-place team in both halves of the season. |
| 2022 | The Low-A East league renamed itself as the Carolina League and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit, reorganizing into two six-team divisions instead of three four-team divisions. |
| 2022 | MLS Next Pro was founded, leading to the movement of MLS reserve teams to the new league by 2023. Loudoun United remained the only MLS-affiliated reserve side in the USL system due to a legal agreement for leasing Segra Field. |
| 2022 | Finished 11th in Eastern Conference. Tyler Freeman was the top scorer with 8 goals. |
| 2022 | The club had no shirt sponsor for this season. |
| 2022 |
Washington Metro
Six new stations opened with redundant elevator designs, and WMATA's main sales office at Metro Center was closed.
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| 2022 |
Washington Metro stations
The Silver Line opened its second phase, adding six additional stations.
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| December 2022 |
Washington Metro
NBC4 Washington reported on the proposed metro loop, highlighting the crowding problem at Rosslyn station as a key motivation for the expansion.
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| November 2022 |
Washington Metro
Washington Metro began returning 7000-series trains to service after extensive safety reviews and modifications, following the 2021 derailment incident.
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| November 16 2022 |
Washington Metro
Travel blogger Lucas Wall set a record of traveling through 97 Metro stations in 8 hours and 54 minutes on the first full day of Phase 2 of the Silver Line's passenger operation.
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| November 15 2022 |
Washington Metro
Silver Line extended to Wiehle–Reston East, adding 6 stations along the route.
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| November 15 2022 |
Washington Metro
Metro reached Loudoun County with the second phase of the Dulles Airport extension, opening stations to Ashburn.
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| 2021 | Completed their inaugural season with a 44-76 win-loss record, finishing fourth (last) in the North Division of the Low-A East League, while achieving the highest total attendance of 199,071 in their division. |
| 2021 | Finished 16th in Eastern Conference and 8th in Atlantic Division. Ted Ku-DiPietro emerged as the top scorer with 7 goals. |
| 2021 | Fortune 500 rankings published, highlighting major corporations headquartered in Northern Virginia, including companies like AES Corporation, Boeing, Capital One Financial, and Northrop Grumman. |
| 2021 | Loudoun County expected to have significant additional data center space, solidifying its position as the world's largest data center market by capacity. |
| 2021 | Department of State Police published 'Crime in Virginia 2021' report, detailing homicide rates across Northern Virginia jurisdictions. |
| October 19 2021 |
Washington Metro
7000-series train derailment near Arlington Cemetery results in removal of all 7000-series cars from service, causing significant service reduction with headways lengthened to every 15 minutes on the Red Line and every 30 minutes on all other lines.
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| October 16 2021 |
Washington Metro
A 7000-series train derailed near Rockville, Maryland, resulting in a tragic accident that caused multiple fatalities and led to a temporary suspension of the entire 7000-series train fleet for safety inspections.
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| October 12 2021 |
Washington Metro
A 7000-series Blue Line train derailed outside Arlington Cemetery station, forcing evacuation of 187 passengers. The incident led to the sidelining of the entire 7000-series fleet for inspection due to a wheel defect, reducing WMATA's train capacity through November 15, 2021.
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| October 12 2021 |
Washington Metro
Washington Metro 7000-series train derailment occurred, causing significant disruption to the transit system and raising safety concerns.
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| September 2021 |
Washington Metro
A report proposed four alternative extensions for the Blue/Orange/Silver lines, including converting the Blue Line into a circle line and exploring new route configurations through Georgetown and other areas.
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| May 11 2021 | The team played their first home game at FredNats Ballpark, losing to the Delmarva Shorebirds 7-5, with an attendance of 2,065 people. |
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