ORLANDO — About 10 minutes after D.C. United’s first away victory since early last season, a 2-1 decision Sunday at Orlando City, Coach Ben Olsen turned down the locker-room hallway and, in a comment dripping with sarcasm, said, “That was easy.”
It was everything but easy, with United pinned in its own end much of the last half-hour and Wayne Rooney’s first-half brilliance fast becoming a distant memory.
United survived the assault, riding Rooney’s goal and assist to its first away triumph since a trip to San Jose in May and its first road victory against an Eastern Conference foe in almost two years.