With the injury list shrinking and a three-week break on the horizon, D.C. United figured to have a mostly healthy roster for the start of a heavy summer campaign.
But in an early season flooded with sprains, strains and various setbacks, two starters joined the injury brigade this week after getting hurt during a 1-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union on Sunday.
Attacker Edison Flores, who departed in the first minute with a hamstring strain, will miss at least six weeks, club officials said Wednesday. Drew Skundrich, a second-division midfielder who jetted into the lineup after a strong preseason, suffered a knee injury that might require meniscus surgery.