D.C. United is barely halfway through their fixture list for 2018, and they’re already facing Orlando City for the third time. Bizarrely, however, there’s no continuity between the games other than United taking a lead but not getting a win. In the opener, against a Jason Kreis-coached team, United were up a goal and a man only to get outplayed for the final 50 minutes and concede a last-gasp equalizer.
Kreis got fired by the time summer rolled around, and with interim coach Bobby Murphy on the sidelines at the SoccerPlex, United went up early, coughed up a goal soon thereafter, and couldn’t finish numerous chances before being eliminated on penalties.