It was not much of a surprise an hour before kickoff on Sunday, with D.C. United visiting New York City FC, that Luciano Acosta was once again missing from the gameday squad. Head coach Ben Olsen had said throughout the week the playmaker was day-to-day with an ankle injury, and as of Tuesday Acosta had not returned to the practice field.
So maybe it wasn’t much of a surprise that United again went scoreless on Sunday, making it two league games without a goal to start the season. But after a solid defensive performance in Week 1 against Sporting Kansas City, United spent too much time looking lost at Yankee Stadium, ending up with a 4-0 defeat to NYCFC.