COLUMBUS, Ohio — D.C. United is unequivocally ahead of schedule in resetting team culture and applying fresh tactics to an operation that had grown stale. The results have begun to follow, though not without missteps and missed opportunity.
Away matches have tested Coach Troy Lesesne’s project, but with each visit to places where points are hard to come by, United has come away with something valuable.
Saturday’s mission took United to central Ohio, where a wild second half yielded a lead and a man advantage and ultimately one point from a 1-1 draw with the reigning champion Columbus Crew.