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D.C. United welcomes back fans to Audi Field for socially distanced watch party

Had the 2020 MLS season unfolded as planned, D.C. United would have been hosting its 12th match of the year at Audi Field this weekend. Instead, the two-year-old venue showed understandable signs of its coronavirus-induced stagnation.

At the main gate, two banners highlighting club legends remained tangled in the wind, unseen by a game-day crowd since MLS halted its regular season in March after just two weeks. The north-end goal frame was not upright on the field, but stored on top of the first few rows of the supporters’ section. There, the congested safe-standing setup installed this past offseason — in which white streaks of paint mark off each fan’s compact personal space — felt like a relic.