Loudoun United headed West in the hopes of starting a win streak and facing a team they hadn’t played before. The team, Orange County SC had been struggling in the midst of defending their USL Championship from 2021, and following a big moment by a local DMV player, shifted momentum en route to a 3-1 win over Loudoun at Championship Soccer Stadium.
D.C. United sent Gaoussou Samaké down for playing time, and Jacob Greene returned to the XI after being out last week. Fresh of his USL Team of the Week accomplishment, Abdellatif Aboukoura started in the lineup, with Kristian Fletcher on the bench, for Academy players.