DC United finally secured a win tonight in the nation's capitol, beating Toronto FC by a score of 3-2. Danny Dichio opened up the scoring for the Canucks in the 13th minute with a close range header. Later in the first half, Gonzalo Peralta headed in his first career MLS goal to level the score at 1 a piece. Then just when DC was feeling confident about tying the score, Dichio slots home his second of the night to put Toronto back in front.
During the second half DC was able to claw back to 2-2 on a Jaime Moreno penalty. Santino Quaranta was able to draw the spot kick after a rather stupid push from Marvell Wynne. Less than two minutes later, last year's MLS MVP and golden boot winner, Luciano Emilio, hustled to clean up a Sutton rebound and put DC in the lead at 3-2.
This was a much needed win for United as they have already lost 7 games, the same amount that they lost during all of last season. A very full fixture schedule in the preseason and first month or so of the season, Emilio's lack of form and key injuries to players like Ben Olsen have all played a role in DC's surprising tumble down the table. Tom Soehn can now breathe a bit easier as they managed to earn 3 points from a home and away series with Toronto during this past week. Hopefully DC will be able to build on tonight's performance and start to turn their season around.
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