D.C. United opened their preseason schedule today, playing two thirty minute halves against the US U-17 men’s national team, which sits in residency at Bradenton. United won the game 6-0, which is appropriate for a game pitting full professionals against 16 year olds. The game was not streamed, so there won’t be highlights, but we do have all of the tweets coalated below. There are a few nuggets we can glean, mostly from the lineups used in this first match.
The team that started the game was mostly the available starters or their appropriate backups. Of note, Jalen Robinson suited up next to Bobby Boswell ahead of Kofi Opare, Nick DeLeon started at left back, Ian Harkes played as the middle of the three midfielders ahead of Rob Vincent and next to Luciano Acosta, and Lamar Neagle started in front of Patrick Nyarko.