Both teams have now played 30 regular season games, and are currently ranked 12th in the West with 31 points, and there is still a 12-point gap between them and the 7th playoff ranking in the West; for Union, they are ranked at the bottom of the East with 27 points, and there is a 14-point gap behind the 7th place in the East, so it's clear that both teams won't be able to make it to the playoffs, and the next game is a task of completing the regular season games.
In the past 3 league matches, under the coaching of Wayne Rooney, the team signed several European players, including expansion center forward Benteke, Schalke back Parson and Derbyshire midfielder Sam, etc. The team slowly found a sense of defense, 3 matches undefeated and only conceded 1 goal. But at the same time, the team's offense has not improved, two consecutive rounds and the opponent 0-0 handshake, objectively speaking, did not create too many scoring opportunities. In the last round of the league, Parson's change to play center back was a good performance, and it is expected that D.C. United will do the same in this round. In this match, D.C. United continues to lack the main center back Ike and main left back Smith, and the striker Fengtas who scored 11 goals for the team this season is also unable to play in this round of matches.
Athletic Kansas City has a certain advantage at home against D.C. United, the past three home games are also good results, beating the Galaxy, and San Jose, consecutively, on the offensive line, Roussel and Sauroy is undoubtedly the team's key players, the two have combined to score 18 goals this season, a good performance; the back line, the main central defender Ford released from the ban to return to the game, in addition to the old injuries of Jindahl and Prideaux, the left defender Ndembe due to the cold! Unable to play.
D.C. United has conceded 59 goals this season, which is the 2nd worst defense in the East-West division. In consecutive fixtures, D.C. United's performance is never good enough, and the odds are stacked against Athletic Kansas City in this match.
