D.C. United were at their most brilliant on Saturday night, flying past a very respectable Real Salt Lake side with five unanswered goals. Wayne Rooney and his hat-trick, the first of his MLS career, will rightly grab the headlines, but this was a complete performance from one of the best attacking units in the league.
For Salt Lake, the disaster was unfortunate. Sometimes, when things don’t go your way, it can spiral out of control. That is precisely what happened here.
Here are three things we learned from the 5-0 victory for D.