Are you saying that Brookland is closer to you or DC Soccer Club is closer?
DCSC (formerly DC Stoddert) are a much, much bigger club and have been around for a long, long time. Brookland is/was a small club focused on NE DC and trying to grow that base into something bigger. The merger gives Brookland kids an easier pathway to the DCSC 1st teams which is a much higher level than Brookland. At least that's my take.
Here's the article -
https://www.dcsoccerclub.org/news_article/show/1274425