Audi Field Opening Day Live Blog
Audi Field opens for its first game Saturday, July 14. WTOP is covering all the action on site.






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by D.C. United via twitter 7/14/2018 10:33:36 PM
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A couple hundred supporters from @Barra_Brava and @DistrictUltrasX are gathered at Canal Park, drumming and chanting. The march to Audi Field begins at 6:45 p.m.by Noah Frank via twitter 7/14/2018 10:35:34 PM
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#UnitedAtHome
We are live at @AudiField with ExtraTime Live driven by @continentaltire . pscp.tv/w/1rmGPNBEwkExN -
Crowd building as it wraps around Nats Park onto Potomac Ave https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGddXWVQAIZvby.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 7/14/2018 10:57:08 PM -
#DCUnited fans get their first look at Audi Field https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGew54W0AAjTNw.jpg
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#DCUnited fans pouring in for first game at Audi Field https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGf-a7X0AAUVgp.jpg
by jonwarner via twitter 7/14/2018 11:08:05 PM -
“We want tickets! #StadiumForAll !” -@Barra_Brava and @DistrictUltrasX outside of @AudiField . #dcu @dcunitedby porquejorge via twitter retweeted by DistrictUltrasX 7/14/2018 11:12:19 PM
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Protest looks like it’s going to stay at the corner of Potomac and Half Streets. Chants of “We Want Ti-ckets” and “#StadiumForAll ” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGhFT-VAAApTn1.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 7/14/2018 11:13:16 PM -
The first-ever XI at @AudiField .
#UnitedAtHome | #DCvVAN https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGdRneXcAAXSK0.jpgby D.C. United via twitter 7/14/2018 11:14:24 PM -
A pleasure hosting you and look 👀 forward to a return trek! twitter.com/krisaug5/statu…by ScreamingEagles via twitter 7/14/2018 11:15:04 PM
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Our inaugural tailgate @EarthCC Matthew Henson Center has ended and a huge thanks to all the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make it a massive success 🦅🐢🐟 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGjYATXcAA3Br9.jpg
by ScreamingEagles via twitter 7/14/2018 11:22:57 PM -
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If you were wondering about the sun issue, this is what it looks like from the press side at the original 7:30 kickoff time https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGlhQNVAAA6oPm.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 7/14/2018 11:32:39 PM -
Also, rode the press elevator with Bruce Arena. Someone asked him what he thought about the new stadium. “It’s better than RFK...I hope”by Noah Frank via twitter 7/14/2018 11:36:06 PM
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National Anthem at Audi Field https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGspuzXUAAAalN.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:03:46 AM -
In case you can’t see on the angle, Screaming Eagles’ tifo shows backdrop of the city with “OUR HOUSE” at the base https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGtRFzXcAEVaKu.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:06:48 AM -
Rooney won’t start. But I’d be stunned if we didn’t see him in the second halfby Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:07:39 AM
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And so a new era begins- Vamos @dcunited https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiGt2V8WAAEQnq8.jpg
by ScreamingEagles via twitter 7/15/2018 12:09:00 AM -
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There are fans yelling from the bar at Bruce Arena: “You ain’t s*** Bruce! Why didn’t you qualify? Why didn’t you qualify Bruce?”by Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:14:31 AM
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Two die-hard @dcunited fan groups protest what they say is an unfair deal with a third fan group. They marched to @AudiField in a #stadiumforall supporters march. @WTOP @DistrictUltrasX @Barra_Bravaby Liz Anderson via twitter 7/15/2018 12:16:08 AM
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Two die-hard @dcunited fan groups protest what they say is an unfair deal with a third fan group. They marched to @AudiField in a #stadiumforall supporters march. @WTOP @DistrictUltrasX @Barra_Brava READ MORE:
wtop.com/dc-united/2018…by Liz Anderson via twitter 7/15/2018 12:20:56 AM -
by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:21:18 AM
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by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:23:38 AM
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15' Another United chance early, who will score the first @AudiField goal for the ⚫️&🔴?
#UnitedAtHome | #DCvVAN t.coby D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:26:04 AM -
D.C. United has had the better of the chances in the opening 20 minutes, but no breakthrough yetby Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:28:16 AM
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by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:33:06 AM
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The first goal at Audi Field belongs to Yamil Asad, and it was a beauty. Curling one-timer over the outstretched hand of the keeper in the 27th minute. 1-0 Unitedby Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:36:28 AM
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by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:36:40 AM
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A goal that will go down in #DCU history. An absolute beauty from @YamilAsad11 .
#UnitedAtHome | #DCvVAN 1-0 t.coby D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:38:36 AM -
by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:39:26 AM
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Vancouver header off a free kick saved by the bar, keeps the home side in front as we move in the 33rd minuteby Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:41:00 AM
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by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:41:43 AM
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by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:46:46 AM
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So nice to be in a true home environment for the first time this year. 😆
#UnitedAtHome | #DCvVAN 1-0 t.coby D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:54:07 AM -
I’ll say this - outside of the moments when something is actually building on the field, the atmosphere is somewhere between subdued and stale. It’s a nice park, but it’s very quiet https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiG4vglUYAAM7mt.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 7/15/2018 12:56:43 AM -
by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 12:57:11 AM
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#dcu remember when we all agreed to name the supporters section after Chico?by je7f via twitter retweeted by DistrictUltrasX 7/15/2018 12:57:36 AM
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by D.C. United via twitter retweeted by DistrictUltrasX 7/15/2018 12:59:47 AM
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HALFTIME AT AUDI DIELD: #DCUnited leads Vancouver 1-0 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiG5v_rWsAAhMb-.jpg
by jonwarner via twitter 7/15/2018 1:00:44 AM -
The District's house.
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by D.C. United via twitter 7/15/2018 1:15:29 AM
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