D.C. United returns to MLS play, hoping its scoring returns, too

Alvaro Saborio, right, United’s leading goal scorer, is expected back from Copa America duty. (John McDonnell / The Washington Post)As its chances mounted and the second half bled into overtime on Wednesday night, D.C. United seemed bound to break through with a go-ahead goal Wednesday night. Rob Vincent’s clean one-timer zipped just wide of the far post. Luciano Acosta’s near-post bid met a diving save. Alhaji Kamara saw his 89th-minute shot cleared off the line by a defender, then endured a similar sequence in the first overtime session.

The breakthrough never came as the game ended scoreless, and United paid for it with a 4-3 defeat in penalties to the second-tier Fort Lauderdale Strikers…