WASHINGTON – The mentality during the week was spot on, but the end product left something to be desired.
Traveling south to the nation’s capital to take on their long-standing rivals, the New York Red Bulls came out flat, dropping a disappointing 2-0 result to D.C. United.
In their second straight match on the road, head coach Jesse Marsch elected to make some changes to the side that battled to a 1-1 draw in Orlando a week prior, inserting Chris Duvall and Gonzalo Veron for Ronald Zubar and Lloyd Sam, respectively.
With Veron making his return to the starting lineup for the first time in nearly two months, the Red Bulls came out in the two-forward formation that had routinely been used throughout preseason and the early stages of the campaign.