Like any other team in MLS, D.C. United’s journey through 2020 has been nothing if not strange. Today, however, a win over the Montreal Impact may allow them to write the most bizarre chapter of this story yet: a playoff spot for a team that spent nearly two months at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
If this feels like deja vu...well, it is. United and Montreal faced off at MLS is Back with a spot in the knockout round on the line, and the Black-and-Red came up short. In 2018, these clubs met near the end of the season, and United’s 5-0 home win was a huge factor in the Impact missing out on the playoffs.