Things looked dour heading into Saturday’s game. D.C. United needed to beat the Philadelphia Union, or at the very least, show up on the scoresheet, to placate the natives. Thankfully, the Black-and-Red did both en route to a 2-1 win, extending the team’s unbeaten run over the Doopsters at RFK to six games.
Now for some GIFs from the game, starting with this interchange between Luciano Acosta and Patrick Nyarko. It started with a clearance from an encroaching Nick DeLeon (nice pass by Steve Birnbaum here, by the way), but Lucho’s selection in the area was a common thread for DCU attackers to this point:
Next up, speaking of Birnbaum, was his hustle back to clear the ball from a Union attack.