It was wild and wacky, and D.C. United showed plenty of character, but Sunday’s 4-3 loss at New England was not helpful as far as the club’s scramble for a playoff spot goes. United went from tied for the final spot and only outside the playoff picture based on tiebreakers, to one point out (which, thanks to those same tiebreakers, is effectively two points). FiveThirtyEight rates United’s chances of getting in at 17%, which is...not high.
The results elsewhere on Saturday, while not as helpful as Wednesday’s virtually perfect out-of-town scores, still kept the door open.