D.C. United Takes Over First Place in MLS

The following is a press release from D.C. United:

Black-and-Red come from behind to defeat Orlando City, 2-1

Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2015) – D.C. United (6-1-3, 21 points) moved to the top of the Major League Soccer standings with a 2-1 win in its first-ever home game against expansion side Orlando City (2-5-3, 9 points). United extended its unbeaten streak overall to eight games, and its unbeaten streak at RFK Stadium to 18 straight games in all competitions, including 14 consecutive in league play dating back to June 2014.

Cyle Larin put the visitors in front in the 11^th minute before Kofi Opare tied the game in the 70^th minute and Chris Rolfe, with his team-leading third goal of the year, gave United the lead in the 79^th minute.

D.C. United returns to action on the road at the Philadelphia Union on Sunday, May 17 (FOX Sports 1, 7).

• D.C. United is unbeaten in eight straight matches has matched the franchise’s best start after 10 games. In 2006, United was also 6-1-3 (21 points) after 10 matches.
• United is unbeaten in 18 straight games in all competitions at RFK Stadium, including 14 straight in league play. The last loss came against Seattle in June 2014.
• D.C. United improved to 10-1-2 in inaugural home games against expansion or relocated MLS teams since 1998.
• D.C. United improved its record against Orlando City to 2-0-0.
• D.C. United improved to 2-1-0 in 2015 when conceding the first goal, and it improved to 1-1-0 when trailing at halftime.
• 13 different D.C. United players now have a goal or assist this season.
• Chris Rolfe recorded his team-leading third goal of 2015, the 57^th of his MLS career.
• Kofi Opare scored his first goal of 2015 and his first goal for D.C. United. It was the second goal of his MLS career.
• Taylor Kemp recorded his second assist of 2015, the fourth of his MLS career.
• Jairo Arrieta recorded his first assist of 2015, the 10^th of his MLS career.
• Davy Arnaud recorded his third assist of 2015, which is tied for the team lead. It was the 46^th assist of his career.
• Bobby Boswell made his 64^th consecutive regular season start. Boswell has 44 consecutive starts since his return to D.C. United in 2014.
• Bobby Boswell made his 301^st MLS appearance.
• Luis Silva made his first start of 2015.
• Head Coach Ben Olsen’s overall record is now 55-65-38. He is 2-0-0 vs. Orlando City.

 

Match photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oug7s2sp2y15vl5/Se_MDe4sFG

 

Highlights:

• Larin goal: http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-05-13-dc-united-vs-orlando-city-sc/details/video/38579
• Opare goal: http://www.dcunited.com/news/2015/05/goal-kofi-scores-first-of-season-to-tie-it-vs-orlando
• Rolfe goal: http://www.dcunited.com/news/2015/05/goal-rolfe-scores-game-winning-goal

 

Goals by Period:

Scoring Summary:

• ORL: Cyle Larin 3 11’ (Aurelien Collin 1)
• DC: Kofi Opare 1 70’ (Taylor Kemp 2)
• DC: Chris Rolfe 3 79’ (Jairo Arrieta 1, Davy Arnaud 3)

Misconduct Summary:

• ORL: Luke Boden (foul) 60’
• ORL: Eric Avila (not retreating) 63’
• DC: Taylor Kemp (foul) 90+4’

D.C. United lineup:

[team]
[player name=’G-Bill Hamid’][/player]
[player name=’D-Taylor Kemp’][/player]
[player name=’D-Kofi Opare’][/player]
[player name=’D-Bobby Boswell’][/player]
[player name=’D-Sean Franklin’][/player]
[player name=’Michael Farfan (Miguel Aguilar 66th Minute)’][/player]
[player name=’Davy Arnaud’][/player]
[player name=’Perry Kitchen’][/player]
[player name=’Nick DeLeon (Jairo Arrieta 77th Minute)’][/player]
[player name=’Chris Pontius’][/player]
[player name=’Luis Silva (Chris Rolfe 54th Minute)’][/player]
[/team]

Unused Substitutes: Andrew Dykstra, Markus Halsti, Steven Birnbaum, Chris Korb

Orlando City lineup:

[team]
[player name=’G-Donovan Ricketts’][/player]
[player name=’D-Rafael Ramos’][/player]
[player name=’D-Sean St. Ledger’][/player]
[player name=’D-Aurelien Collin (Tyler Turner 67th Minute)’][/player]
[player name=’D-Luke Boden’][/player]
[player name=’M-Eric Avila (Carlos Rivas 81st Minute)’][/player]
[player name=’M-Harrison Heath’][/player]
[player name=’M-Darwin Ceren’][/player]
[player name=’M-Brek Shea’][/player]
[player name=’F-Cyle Larin (Bryan Rochez 77th minute)’][/player]
[player name=’F- Ricardo Kaká’][/player]
[/team]

Unused Substitutes: Earl Edwards Jr., Seb Hines, Danny Mwanga

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Corey Parker

Fourth Official: Robert Sibiga