D.C. United has had plenty of success in New York over theyears, and - with a weekend trip to Red Bull Arena looming – now is a good timeto look back at the Black-and-Red’s top five visiting performances in AtlanticCup.
May 30, 1996
D.C. United’s difficult start to the 1996 season is welldocumented, but a late May trip to Giants Stadium may have been the start of acup-winning turnaround. Steve Rammeland Tony Sanneh scored in a 2-1 win as Bruce Arena’s team moved into a tie forsecond place in the Eastern Conference in front of 25,322 fans
September 16, 1998
After an early ejection for MetroStars’ midfielder MarceloVega, United ruthlessly dispatched of the ten-man hosts in a 5-0 win. The victory clinched a second-straightEastern Conference crown for D.C. and sent New York/New Jersey to its sixstraight defeat. The Black-and-Redowned 61% of possession in a match Arena called ‘a little easier than weanticipated’. Within the week,MetroStars’ coach Alfonso Mondelo was relieved of his duties.
October 23, 2004
The month of October 2004 was perhaps the most prosperousAtlantic Cup stretch in United history. Between 10/2 and 10/30 the Black-and-Red beat the MetroStars four times,including a 2-0 road playoff win on October 23. After a scoreless first half, Earnie Stewart broke throughin the 67th minute on a goal New York fans still believe was offsides. Alecko Eskandarian sealed the victorywith an 88th minute strike.
October 21, 2006
Late in 2006, Christian Gomez was on a serious roll. The Argentine maintained his fine formby scoring the lone goal in D.C.’s playoff-opening win in New York. Only 8,630 fans were there to witnessit, but the give-and-go between Gomez and Jaime Moreno that set up the 77thminute strike was a thing of beauty. This victory was United's last in the postseason.
July 10, 2011
Less than two weeks after being traded from New York toD.C., Dwayne De Rosario got the ultimate revenge in a mid-summer clash at Red BullArena. His 61st minute tally wasthe difference in a 1-0 win that pulled United out of 1-1-6 slump, and was thefirst of thirteen goals he’d score in a D.C. uniform on the way to a league MVPtitle.
