The cards were stacked heavily against D.C. United, as they faced off against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Black-and-Red could only field 15 players in their squad, thanks to international absences and an injury bug currently ravaging the team. One of four substitutes was Kevin Ellis, who was officially added to the team yesterday, and surely had little time to get to know names of everyone on the team, let alone get acquainted on the field with his new teammates.
And Yankee Stadium has never been kind to D.