There has been a lot of recent praise for D.C. United, as the club navigated a maze from last place to hosting tomorrow’s knockout round playoff game against the Columbus Crew. In doing so, United recently ran off a streak of five wins, amidst a current 10 game unbeaten streak to end the regular season. The Black-and-Red haven’t had streaks of that sort since 2007, the last time they collected the Supporters’ Shield as the best team during the MLS season.
None of that matters now though, as United will look to advance to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2015.