CHESTER, Pa. — The Leagues Cup has been touted as a clash of MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX, with every club from both circuits competing in the month-long tournament and North American bragging rights at stake. But the knockout round served D.C. United the most familiar of regional feuds — a trip up Interstate 95 to face the Philadelphia Union — and a most familiar outcome.
With a loss in the Leagues Cup round of 32 on Thursday night, 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw, United exited the tournament and failed to snap a nearly decade-long skid at Subaru Park, where it is 0-10-2 since 2014.