D.C. United’s preferred mode of transportation for visits to the New York area is the train, with stops in Newark or Manhattan depending on whether the opponent is the New Jersey-anchored Red Bulls or Bronx-based New York City FC.
Over 10 days, United will have learned every bend, water-crossing and station on the three-hour ride. And on Sunday evening, when they board Amtrak home on the last of the four legs, the MLS club hopes to carry playoff-bearing points instead of more late-season baggage.
In the second of back-to-back rail excursions, United (7-9-11, 32 points) will face the surging Red Bulls (12-9-7, 43) on Sunday afternoon in Harrison, N.