Exciting times, people: it’s the last weekend for the next month that we won’t have World Cup football on our television screens. Of course, Major League Soccer — being one of the few FIFA-approved leagues in the world that operates on the spring-to-fall schedule rather than the customary fall-to-spring, is in full swing. But unlike past seasons, MLS will be taking a breather during the first couple weeks of the Cup which will allow the soccer-crazed among us to focus all energies entirely on the world’s biggest spectacle.

That said, it’s kind of a shame that D.C. United just now seems to be piecing things together, right before said break will keep them off the field for such a long period. United began last night’s game with a confidence that was pleasantly alien for the team we’ve seen all year. A pair of missed chances by midfielder Stephen King had United feeling like they missed a great chance to deliver a victory for the 15,328 who made their way out to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Sweatbox last night.

“[We’re] disappointed to not getting the three points, we played well enough,” said Onalfo. “We had some clear chances that we just need to put in the back of the net.”

But Onalfo did retain the optimistic tone that he has struck throughout the season.

“We’re making good progress and we’re going to build on it,” he said. “I look at the fans and the atmosphere tonight, and I’m just, ‘can we just get a goal at the end of the game to reward them?’ It didn’t happen tonight, but it’s going to happen.”

Santino Quaranta echoed his coach’s sentiments. “We had our chances to score and win the game,” said Quaranta. “I thought we played well early, we’ve been pushing forward as a team and getting through this.”