Joining you fans a bit late due to the friendly skies, but here is tonight’s starting RSL lineup:

GK - Seitz;
DF - Beltran, Olave, Horst, Wingert;
MF - Johnson, Beckerman, Morales, Cox;
FW - Escalada, Movsisyan

D.C. United’s lineup is as follows:

GK - Louis Crayton;

DF - Bryan Namoff, Marc Burch, Dejan Jakovic, Greg Janicki;

MF - Clyde Simms, Fred Carreiro, Santino Quaranta, Ben Olsen;

FW - Francis Doe, Luciano Emilio

For the full match details, take the jump…

10 minutes in, looks like D.C. is about to make a GK sub - Nic Platter in for Crayton

UPDATE: Crayton out with a strained left quad

17′ - Beckerman skies a 20-yard offering over the bar after nice combination play with Javi, Will Johnson and Yura Movsisyan

19′  - United’s Clyde Simms sends a low, hard shot just wide of the left post past a diving Chris Seitz; RSL has controlled most of the action so far, but passing is far from crisp on the bumpy Blackbaud Stadium pitch; Horst, Olave and Wingert squelching D.C. chances before they develop

22′ - Raphael Cox carries it deep into the left corner, laying it in to Luis Miguel Escalada, who is betrayed by his first touch

24′ - YELLOW CARD: RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman booked for a late charge in the center circle, taking down Namoff in a scrum

26′ - after Yura is fouled 40 yards from goal after receiving a shot to the back of the head from United debutant Greg Janicki, Olave is whistled for a foul after colliding with United’s backup ‘keeper Platter pursuing Morales’ free kick offering

31′ - Wingert gets knocked in his right knee on the sideline in front of the United bench, delaying the game

32′ - before Wingert can get back on the field, a United breakaway sees Emilio  onside and in alone on Horst, who forces the play over to Fred, who shanks the 15-yard shot wide left

33′ - on the shot, Fred pulls up lame, straining his right hamstring; #13 Chris Pontius enters the game (FYI - unlimited subs in the Carolina Challenge Cup!)

35′ - RED CARD! D.C. United defender Dejan Jakovic ejected after taking Wingert out just yards from his previous injury

FYI - United will play a man down for the remainder of the game, a departure from past iterations of the tourney, where 1st half red cards are “vacated” at halftime, with the offending team returning to full strength; also, Jakovic WILL be eligible for Wednesday’s game vs. Toronto

39′ - Movsisyan creating space for himself and unleashing a heavy ball from the corner of the box, parried wide for an RSL corner; Horst nearly gets his head on the ensuing corner, but the United ‘keeper grabs the cross

44′ - Beckerman plays it to Movsisyan at the top of the box, but Escalada wasn’t expecting the unlocking pass

HALFTIME - RSL 0:0 D.C.

HALFTIME SUBS (RSL) - Rimando IN, Seitz OUT

HALFTIME SUBS (DCU) - Ange N’Silu IN, Doe OUT; Domenic Mediate IN, Bryan Namoff OUT

47′ - hard work by Yura to create another free kick chance; Morales plays it square to Beckerman, whose 30-yard laser is snared by the United ‘keeper

49′ - RSL GOAL! Cox gets down the left side and rips a cross near post to Escalada, who heads it across face of goal and just inside the right post; RSL 1:0 DC

52′ - Centerback David Horst collects the ball at the top of his box and goes on one of his patented 70-yard runs, eventually playing wide to Escalada, who returns the favor; Horst’s shot from the top of the 18 is blocked, collected by Morales and flicked wide to Escalada, who shoots wide right

57′ - Yura down on the pitch again, battered down on the near sideline; Will Johnson’s inswinger headed out, back to Yura, whose pinpoint cross finds Olave, who crushed a United defender as he tries to get his head on the cross

63′ - not a lot happening, until the return of DCU midfielder Christian Gomez to the pitch against an MLS opponent, replacing Ben Olsen

65′ - Beltran streaking down the right side, sprung by a nice ball over-the-top by Beckerman; Beltran’s cross into Johnson is broken up by Quaranta, who is hurt on the play

66′ - DCU Sub: #22 Rodney Wallace in for Quaranta

69′ - Cox runs onto a muffed ball by the DC ‘keeper, but his shot from 12 yards out hits the left post!

70′ - RSL “shift change”: Mathis, Findley, Alexandre, Borchers, Grabavoy and Williams enter the game

Johnson, Olave, Morales, Escalada, Cox, and Beckerman out

71′ - DCU sub: #99 Jaime Moreno in for Emilio

73′ - Moreno nearly ties up the match, but Rimando snares his exquisite pass in the box as the game opens up

74′ - Jean Alexandre, D-II Player of the Year, introduces himself rather roughly to Moreno, MLS’ all-time leading scorer with a hard foul at midfield

76′ - RSL GOAL! Clint Mathis lofts a ball from 35 yards out and finds Yura Movsisyan, who strikes it with the outside of his right foot RSL 2:0 DC

78′ - RSL sub: guest player Michael Osci enters the game for Yura

81′ - DCU sub: Peters and Barkledge in for Burch and Janecki

86′ - Grabavoy looking spry in his RSL debut, getting into the attack nicely on the left side

88′ - Andy Williams thrilling the crowd with his exquisite ball skills in tight space

88′ - RED CARD! United defender Anthony Peters ejected for a “last-man” tackle on RSL’s Osci

89′ - RSL GOAL! on the resultant free kick, RSL’s lone remaining original, Andy Williams, curl a 22-yard free kick into the left upper 90 RSL 3:0 DCU

FINAL: RSL 3:0 DCU