D.C. United falls 4-1 in Orlando as Griezmann runs the show

D.C. United left Orlando with nothing. A 4-1 loss to Orlando City SC on Saturday at Inter&Co Stadium was never close for long, and by the final whistle the Black-and-Red looked exactly like a team sitting at 7-12-10 on the season.

Orlando got going early. Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in the 15th minute, finishing a feed from Martin Ojeda with a right-footed shot from the center of the box. Seven minutes later the two combined again, this time with Griezmann threading a through ball to Ojeda, who buried it to the bottom left corner. Two goals, two assists between them before the half-hour mark. D.C. had no answer.

There was one brief moment. In second-half stoppage of the first half, Tai Baribo converted a penalty to make it 2-1 and give D.C. something to hold onto heading into the break. It lasted about five minutes.

Griezmann added his second in the 50th minute, a left-footed finish from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. That goal effectively ended whatever slim hope D.C. carried out of the locker room. Marco Pasalic added the fourth in the 90th minute on a fast-break, finishing a through ball from Justin Ellis to put a tidy number on a messy afternoon for the visitors.

Baribo led D.C. with seven total shots on the day. Andre Dozzell completed 50 accurate passes. Sean Nealis made 10 defensive interventions trying to keep things from getting worse than they did. On Orlando's side, Ivan Angulo led all players with four total shots, David Brekalo completed 78 accurate passes, and Iago Teodoro posted 15 defensive interventions.

Griezmann's two-goal, one-assist performance was the clearest explanation for the scoreline. D.C. never contained him, and Orlando never needed to push particularly hard after the 50th minute.

Baribo's penalty was D.C.'s lone moment of genuine quality, a low, clean strike to the bottom left corner that briefly made Inter&Co Stadium a little quieter.