D.C. United begins a crucial three-game road swing tonight with their first-ever trip to Nippert Stadium, where they’ll face expansion side FC Cincinnati. Last Friday, United went into halftime looking like a team in crisis. They were trailing at home again, and if not for some bad goalkeeping the score could have been 2-0 rather than 2-1. A loss would have made it two straight defeats. United desperately needed something to change.
We may have finally seen something shake loose, as an invigorated Black-and-Red lifted the tempo to a pace that this team hasn’t been able to play at in months.