It may have taken longer than they ever would have wanted, but D.C. United finally got a positive result on Wednesday night, overmatching the Kansas City Wizards on both sides of the ball to pick up a win by a score of 2-1 in front of 10,000 fans at RFK. A pair of goals from Danny Allsopp in the first half was enough to see out United’s first MLS victory of the season, decisively ending their early season five-game skid...

For the third time in their first four games this season, D.C. United was unable to draw up anything successful offensively, and for the second time in those first four games, United was punished for it in the final ten minutes...

D.C. United has been known to produce goal scorers such as Raul Diaz Arce, Marco Etcheverry and Jaime Moreno, MLS’s all-time goal scorer. But whenever Bryan Namoff’s name is bandied about in the locker room or on the street, the first thought that comes to mind is relentless and trusty defensive skills. He is rarely caught out of position and rarely commits mistakes on the pitch. However, not all humans are perfect and there is always that one bad moment that every player has endured; but the great thing about sports is that there is always a chance for redemption...

Losing on a questionable penalty kick in injury time can always leave a sour taste in any team’s mouth. It certainly does not help when a team is desperately trying to gain points on the road in a conference that is practically up for grabs at this point in the season, but this loss [to New England] was almost too hard to swallow for D.C. United...