After two straight disappointing home results, D.C. United had two objectives against NYCFC yesterday: to win, obviously, but also to put in the kind of performance the Black-and-Red are demanding of themselves this year. Instead, United were on the end of a disheartening 2-0 loss in which they offered very little in the way of an attacking threat.
In a quiet locker room after the match, defender Steve Birnbaum was concise in summing up the team’s thoughts on the game: “It wasn’t good enough.”
“I think we tried to go too fast today.