Jaime Moreno completes succesful knee surgery

D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno underwent successful knee surgery Tuesday. Team physician Dr. Chris Annunziata performed arthroscopic surgery at Virginia Hospital Center to clean the articular cartilage and remove a meniscal defect.  Moreno will be ready for full participation in time for pre-season next year.

Moreno is Major League Soccer’s all-time leading goal-scorer with 122 career goals and is a single assist from becoming the first-ever member of the 100 goals-100 assists club.  He collected his 99th assist in United’s 2-1 win over the New England Revolution on Oct. 16.  With ten goals and ten assists during the 2008 season, United’s captain has achieved ten-plus goals and ten-plus assists for the fourth season in his career.  Only retired forward Jason Kreis has matched the feat and no other player in MLS history has achieved a ‘10 and 10’ season more than twice in a career.