LivingSocial is an international online and mobile service for group or crowdsourced discounts. The company is represented in 580 markets across 25 countries and its deal categories include Daily Deals, Instant, Escapes, Adventures, and Families. LivingSocial released its first deal on July 27, 2009, for the restaurant Zengo in DC’s Chinatown. It has grown to over 46 million members. To date, LivingSocial members have purchased over 21 million deals.
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.