D.C. United has fought through a bizarre schedule to seal a playoff berth, but they’re not the only team in MLS dealing with a calendar packed with oddities. Last weekend, the Black-and-Red faced an NYCFC side that hadn’t played in over three weeks. This week, they’ll play a Chicago Fire side that has played just once since coming to Audi Field and falling thanks to a brace from Wayne Rooney.
That’s the same Fire club that had three weeks off to end the summer, which just feels so foreign to anyone focused on United in 2018.