ORLANDO — D.C. United’s season dawned Saturday with seven new starters, with the head coach watching from a suite, with two beneficial video reviews, a failed penalty kick and a man advantage for more than a half.
It also included a goal by the most promising recruit and a quality performance at times before a purple-punctuated capacity crowd of 25,527 under a full moon. Yamil Asad’s 32nd-minute goal stood up until second-half stoppage time when, despite losing Victor Giro to a red card, Orlando City scored a dramatic equalizer and claimed a 1-1 draw.
The closing moments seemed as if Orlando, not D.