{"id":247285,"date":"2026-04-26T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:34:21","slug":"d-c-united-scores-two-late-goals-to-rally-past-orlando-city-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247285\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. United scores two late goals to rally past Orlando City – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kye Rowles scored on a header in the 90th minute as D.C. United overcame its home-field jinx, rallying for a 3-2 win over injury-riddled Orlando City SC Saturday on a chilly night in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Jackson Hopkins and Louis Munteanu also scored for D.C. (3-4-3, 12 points), which snapped a six-game winless run in all competitions and won for just the second time in its last 15 MLS matches at home.<\/p>\n

Sean Johnson added five saves as D.C. United won without their top scorer Tai Baribo, who was out with a thigh injury after scoring a hat trick in a 4-4 draw Wednesday at the New York Red Bulls.<\/p>\n

After entering the week with an MLS-low four goals, D.C. put up seven in a four-day span.<\/p>\n

The winning goal came off a corner kick to the opposite post by Keisuke Kurokawa. Jacob Murrell headed the ball to the middle of the box to a cutting Rowles, who scored for the first time in his two seasons as a starting defender for D.C.<\/p>\n

Justin Ellis and Tyrese Spicer scored second-half goals to provide a 2-1 lead for Orlando City (2-7-1, 7 points), which is winless in five road games having been outscored 20-3.<\/p>\n

Maxime Crepeau had five saves as the Lions were without three injured starters including dangerous threat Marco Pasalic, who missed his third straight MLS match, also with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n

Hopkins scored the only goal of the first half when he took a pass from Kurokawa just outside the penalty arc, turned and fired a left-footed laser into the bottom right corner in the 10th minute.<\/p>\n

In the 57th minute, the 18-year-old Ellis scored the first goal of his professional career, notching the equalizer on a right-footed shot from the middle of the box. Ellis\u2019 goal came as he cleaned up a rebound from close range after Johnson stopped a header by Griffin Dorsey.<\/p>\n

Ten minutes later, Spicer put Orlando in front when he ran down a long pass from Adrian Marin. Spicer\u2019s shot from a tough angle deep on the left wing caromed off the inside of the top left post and into the net.<\/p>\n

In the 84th minute, Munteanu tied it back up, 2-2, scoring his first-ever goal for D.C. when his right-footed shot from outside the box was deflected by a defender and bounced just inside the left post.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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