D.C. United defeats Swedish club in preseason friendly, 3-2

D.C. United built a three-goal lead Wednesday before settling for a 3-2 victory over Swedish club Jonkopings Sodra in a preseason friendly in Bradenton, Fla.

Marcelo Sarvas and Luciano Acosta scored in the first half and Sebastien Le Toux added a goal in the second half before Sodra narrowed the deficit at IMG Academy.

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United concluded the first phase of Florida training camp with two victories and a draw. It will return to Washington on Thursday for time off and a few workouts at RFK Stadium before returning to the Sunshine State in the middle of next week for a 12-day stay and three additional matches (Montreal Impact, USL’s St. Louis FC and Philadelphia Union).

Ben Olsen played two separate lineups in a 4-1-4-1 formation in each half Wednesday.

First: Travis Worra; Nick DeLeon, Sean Franklin, Steve Birnbaum, Taylor Kemp; Marcelo Sarvas; Lloyd Sam, Ian Harkes, Luciano Acosta, Patrick Nyarko; Patrick Mullins.

Second: Eric Klenofsky; Jalen Robinson, Bobby Boswell, Kofi Opare, Maxim Tissot*; Sebastien Le Toux, Jared Jeffrey, Julian Buescher (Chris Durkin), Lamar Neagle (Alhaji Kamara); Jose Guillermo Ortiz.

Did not play: Bill Hamid (injured), Charlie Horton*, Chris Odoi-Atsem, Jo Vetle Rimstad*, Matt Sanchez*, Kyle Porter*, Suli Dainkeh*.

*trialist

Sarvas’ goal:

Boom. @MarceloSarvas #DCUPreseason | United v. @JSodra 1-0 pic.twitter.com/oCYogatuFw
— D.C. United (@dcunited) February 8, 2017

Acosta’s goal:

That’s nice @LuchoAcosta94 👌#DCUPreseason | United v. @JSodra 2-0 pic.twitter.com/yOgx4qo9Z0
— D.C. United (@dcunited) February 8, 2017