Inside Audi Field’s Opening Night

Some views of D.C. United's Audi Field in Washington during the Major League Soccer team's first game there Saturday. (Tim Newcomb)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The gates opened 13 minutes late, but that didn’t stop 20,504 D.C. United fans from filling Audi Field in Washington for the first time to witness its first game Saturday.

A technical glitch kept fans from getting inside precisely at 6 p.m. — poor Wi-Fi and cell phone coverage persisted throughout the opening, ...