In its final day in Bradenton, Florida, D.C. United battled to a 1-1 draw with the Kansas City Wizards on the strength of a late goal by defender Pat Carroll. The team's 13-day stay in Florida comes to a close with the result, as the team heads back to D.C. Tuesday evening.
Kansas City got on the scoreboard first when the referee awarded a penalty to the Wizards following what he deemed to be a foul on Carlos Marinelli in the 36th minute. KC's midfielder stepped up to the spot and drove the ball into the lower left corner as goalkeeper Zach Wells guessed incorrectly to his right.
Pat Carroll brought United level just three minutes from the final whistle when he made a long run from the back up the right flank. The West Virginia University product was fed a deep through ball from Ardalan Attar that put him well behind KC's back line. The Wizards goalkeeper came out of his box, but was not able to reach Carroll before he collected the ball. The defender struck a ball with his left foot from 25 yards that sailed over the retreating goalkeeper and into the far side netting.
Scoring Summary
KC - Carlos Marinelli (penalty) 36
DCU - Pat Carroll (Ardalan Attar) 87
Lineups.
DCU: Zach Wells (Jose Carvallo 45); Bryan Namoff (Tony Schmitz 60), Devon McTavish (Pat Carroll 60), Gonzalo Martinez (Grady Renfrow 60), Marc Burch (Jerson Monteiro 60); Domenic Mediate, Clyde Simms (Ardalan Attar 60), Marcelo Gallardo (Justin Moose 42), Fred (Ryan Cordeiro 60); Jaime Moreno (Jamil Walker 60), Luciano Emilio (Franco Niell 45)
KC: Kevin Hartman (Eric Kronberg 60); Jack Jewsbury (Jonathan Leathers 60), Jimmy Conrad (Matt Marquess 58), Tyson Wahl (Rauwshan McKenzie 78), Chance Myers (Ryan Raybouls 60), Kerry Zavagnin (Ryan McMahen 60), Carlos Marinelli (Lance Watson 60), Kurt Morsink (Amir Lowery 60), Michael Harrington (Roger Espinoza 46), Scott Sealy (Andrew DiCicco 60), Ryan Pore (Eloy Colombano 46)
Player notes
Rod Dyachenko and Guy-Roland Kpene were not available for selection, as each was held out for precautionary reasons... Gonzalo Peralta was not with the team having been released for personal reasons on Sunday... Dan Stratford, James Thorpe and Brandon Owens all left camp on Sunday to return to their respective Universities. They may very well join the team following completion of their studies... Jeff Carroll was not with the team, as he returned to D.C. to have an MRI done on his injured foot.
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