D.C. United conceded early against Orlando City, and then spent the rest of the match trying a variety of methods to break through and get level, only for none of them to quite work out. Losing 1-0 at home never feels good, but after a couple of years where it felt like the Black-and-Red could just pack up and go home if they give up an early goal, there was real tension as United really worried Orlando as the game wore on.
However, you don’t get points for simply worrying your opponents, so we can’t pretend that the positives outweigh the fact that this one went down as a loss.