Teacher:In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: The 2012 D.C. United season was the club 's seventeenth season of existence , and their seventeenth consecutive season of playing in Major League Soccer , the top division of American soccer .
Student:
The 2012 D.C. United is the seventeenth season for D.C. United playing in Major League Soccer .