List of D.C. United records and statistics

D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C.. The club was founded in 1995 as an inaugural Major League Soccer franchise, and began play in 1996. The club currently plays in MLS.

This list encompasses the major honors won by D.C. United, records set by the franchise, their head coaches and their players, and details the club's North American performances. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by United players on the international stage. Attendance records at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the club's home stadium since 1995, are also included in the list.

Honors

D.C. United has won honors both domestically and in CONCACAF competitions. The team has won the MLS Cup and the MLS Supporters' Shield four times, the most championships and premierships, respectively, of any Major League Soccer franchise. Additionally, in domestic play, United has won two U.S. Open Cup titles. United is one of only two MLS sides to win a CONCACAF competition, winning the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1998. The last major title the club won was the Open Cup in 2013. In terms of league play, their last league premiership was in 2007, and their last league championship was in 2004.^[1]

Continental

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup^[1]
  • Winners (1): 1998
• CONCACAF Giants Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

Domestic

• MLS Cup^[1]
  • Winners (4): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
  • Runners-up (1): 1998
• MLS Supporters' Shield^[1]
  • Winners (4): 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007
  • Runners-up (1): 1998

Cups

• U.S. Open Cup^[1]
  • Winners (3): 1996, 2008, 2013
  • Runners-up (2): 1997, 2009

Player records

Appearances

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitutes in brackets.

#	Name	Years	MLS[2]	U.S. Open Cup	MLS Cup	CON­CACAF	Total
1	Jaime Moreno	1996–2002; 2004–2010	329 (41)	30 (7)	32 (1)	36 (3)	427
2	Ben Olsen	1998–2009	221 (21)	11 (4)	22	29 (2)	283
3	Bryan Namoff	2001–2010	195 (16)	22 (6)	12	31 (7)	260
4	Bill Hamid	2010–2017, 2018–	228	6	10	1	245
5	Marco Etcheverry	1996–2003	191 (11)	11	23	16 (1)	241
6	Clyde Simms	2005–2012	182 (35)	16 (7)	5 (3)	26 (6)	229
7	Bobby Boswell	2005–2007; 2014–2017	188 (4)	8 (1)	10 (1)	16 (1)	222
8	Richie Williams	1996–2000, 2002	169 (5)	8 (1)	22	14	213
9	Nick DeLeon	2012–2018	180 (19)	8 (2)	10	4	202
10	Santino Quaranta	2001–2006; 2008–2012	159 (39)	16 (3)	6 (3)	20 (8)	201

Goalscorers

#	Name	Years	MLS Regular Season[3]	U.S. Open Cup[4]	Playoffs[5]	CON­CACAF [6]	Total
1	Jaime Moreno	1996–2002; 2004–2010	131	13	12	6	162
2	Christian Gómez	2004–2007; 2009	45	4	3	10	62
3	Raúl Díaz Arce	1996–1997; 2000–2001	44	5	8	3	60
4	Luciano Emilio	2007–2009	41	4	0	11	56
5	Roy Lassiter	1998–1999; 2002	36	0	7	6	49
6	Marco Etcheverry	1996–2002	34	1	3	2	40
7	Chris Pontius	2009–2015	31	3	0	3	37
8	Ben Olsen	1998–2009	29	0	2	4	35
t9	Dwayne de Rosario	2011–2013	23	5	0	0	28
t9	Santino Quaranta	2001–2006; 2008–2012	24	4	0	0	28

Player award winners

MLS Best XI

The MLS Best XI is an acknowledgment of the best eleven players in the league in a given season for Major League Soccer.^[7]

5 times:

• Jaime Moreno: (1997), (1999), (2004), (2005), (2006)

4 times:

• Marco Etcheverry: (1996), (1997), (1998), (1999)

3 times:

• Christian Gómez: (2005), (2006), (2007)

2 times:

• Jeff Agoos: (1997), (1999)
• Eddie Pope: (1997), (1998)
• Ryan Nelsen: (2003), (2004)
• Bobby Boswell: (2006), (2014)

1 time:

• Troy Perkins: (2006)
• Ben Olsen: (2007)
• Luciano Emilio: (2007)
• Dwayne De Rosario: (2011)
• Chris Pontius: (2012)
• Bill Hamid: (2014)
• Luciano Acosta: (2018)
• Wayne Rooney: (2018)

Other awards

Head coaching records

• First head coach: Bruce Arena (coached the team for 131 games, from January 1996 to October 1998)^[8]

Club match records

Firsts

• First match and first league match: San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United, the opening match of the 1996 Major League Soccer season, April 6, 1996.^[9]
• First U.S. Open Cup match: D.C. United 2–0 Carolina Dynamo, quarterfinals, September 4, 1996.^[10]
• First North American match: D.C. United 1–0 United Petrotrin, CONCACAF Champions' Cup, quarterfinals, August 12, 1997.^[11]
• First MLS Cup match: MetroStars 3–2 D.C. United, conference semifinals, September 24, 1996.^[9]

Record wins

• Record U.S. Open Cup win: 8–0 against New Jersey Stallions, Second round, June 27, 2001^[12]

Record defeats

• Record MLS regular season defeat:
  • 0-7 against Philadelphia Union, July 8, 2022 ^[13]
• Record MLS Cup defeat:
  • 0–4 against Chicago Fire, October 30, 2005^[14]
• Record U.S. Open Cup defeat:
  • 0–3 against Chicago Fire, September 3, 2006^[15]

U.S. Open Cup

Below is D.C. United's record in U.S. Open Cup competitions. United has won three open cup titles (1996, 2008, and 2013), and has reached the final on five occasions. United's score is listed first.

Season	Round	Opponent	Result
1996	Quarterfinal	Carolina Dynamo	W 2–0
	Semifinal	Dallas Burn	W 2–0
	Final	Rochester Rhinos	W 3–0
1997	Third round	Hershey Wildcats	T 0–0 (a.e.t.) (W 3–2 pen.)
	Quarterfinal	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2–0
	Semifinal	San Francisco Seals	W 2–1
	Final	Dallas Burn	T 0–0 (a.e.t.) (L 3–5 pen.)
1999	Third round	Charleston Battery	L 3–4
2000	Second round	Charleston Battery	W 4–0
	Third round	Rochester Rhinos	W 3–0
	Quarterfinals	Miami Fusion	L 2–3
2001	Second round	New Jersey Stallions	W 8–0
	Third round	Hershey Wildcats	W 3–0
	Quarterfinals	Richmond Kickers	W 2–1
	Semifinals	New England Revolution	L 0–2
2003	Third round	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	W 2–1
	Fourth round	Virginia Beach Mariners	W 1–0 (a.e.t.)
	Quarterfinals	Wilmington Hammerheads	W 1–0
	Semifinals	MetroStars	L 2–3
2004	Fourth round	Richmond Kickers	L 1–2
2005	Fourth round	Richmond Kickers	W 3–1
	Quarterfinals	FC Dallas	T 1–1 (a.e.t.) (L 1–4 pen.)
2006	Fourth round	Columbus Crew	W 2–1 (a.e.t.)
	Quarterfinals	New York Red Bulls	W 3–1
	Semifinals	Chicago Fire	L 0–3
2007	Third round	Harrisburg City Islanders	L 0–1
2008	Third round	Rochester Rhinos	W 2–0
	Quarterfinals	Chicago Fire	W 2–1 (a.e.t.)
	Semifinals	New England Revolution	W 3–1
	Final	Charleston Battery	W 2–1
2009	Third round	Ocean City Barons	W 2–0
	Quarterfinals	Harrisburg City Islanders	W 2–1
	Semifinals	Rochester Rhinos	W 2–1
	Final	Seattle Sounders FC	L 1–2
2010	Third round	Richmond Kickers	W 2–0
	Quarterfinals	Harrisburg City Islanders	W 2–0
	Semifinals	Columbus Crew	L 1–2 (a.e.t.)
2012	Third round	Richmond Kickers	W 2–1 (a.e.t.)
	Quarterfinals	Philadelphia Union	L 1–2 (a.e.t.)
2013	Third round	Richmond Kickers	T 0–0 (a.e.t.) (W 4–2 pen.)
	Fourth round	Philadelphia Union	W 3–1
	Quarterfinals	New England Revolution	W 3–1
	Semifinals	Chicago Fire	W 2–0
	Final	Real Salt Lake	W 1–0
2014	Fourth round	Rochester Rhinos	L 0–1
2015	Fourth round	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	W 3–1 (a.e.t.)
	Fifth round	Philadelphia Union	L 1–2
2016	Fourth round	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	T 0–0 (a.e.t.) (L 3–4 pen.)
2017	Fourth round	Christos FC	W 4–1
	Round of 16	New England Revolution	L 1–2
2018	Fourth round	North Carolina FC	T 1–1 (a.e.t.) (W 4–3 pen.)
	Quarterfinals	Orlando City SC	T 1–1 (a.e.t.) (L 2–4 pen.)

Continental statistics

Record by season

Below is D.C. United's record in North American and South American competitions. United is one of three U.S.-based clubs to compete in a South American competition.

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home result[16]	Away result	Notes
1997	Champions' Cup	QF		United Petrotrin	1–0	[A]	[17]
		SF		LA Galaxy	0–1	[A]
		CM		Guadalajara	2–2	[A]
1998	Champions' Cup	QF		Joe Public	8–0	[A]	[18]
		SF		León	2–0	[A]
		F		Toluca	1–0	[A]
	Copa Interamericana	F		Vasco da Gama	0–1	2–0	[19]
1999	Champions' Cup	QF		Olimpia	1–0	[A]	[20]
		SF		Necaxa	1–3	[A]
		CM		Chicago Fire	2–2	[A]
2000	Champions' Cup	QF		Alajuelense	2–1	[A]	[21]
		SF		LA Galaxy	1–1 (2–4 pen.)	[A]
		CM		Pachuca	1–2	[A]
2001	Giants Cup	QF		Arnett Gardens	2–1	3–0	[22]
		SF		Comunicaciones	2–1	[A]
		F		América	0–2	[A]
2002	Champions' Cup	R16		Comunicaciones	2–1	0–4	[23]
2005	Champions' Cup	QF		Harbour View	2–1	2–1	[24]
		SF		UNAM	1–1	0–5
2005	Copa Sudamericana	R16		Universidad Católica	1–1	2–3	[25]
2007	Champions' Cup	QF		Olimpia	3–2	4–1	[26]
		SF		Guadalajara	1–1	1–2
2007	SuperLiga	GS		Monarcas Morelia	1–1	[A]	[27]
		GS		América	1–0	[A]
		GS		Houston Dynamo	0–1	[A]
		SF		LA Galaxy	0–2	[A]
	Copa Sudamericana	R16		Guadalajara	2–1	0–1	[28]
2008	Champions' Cup	QF		Harbour View	1–1	5–0	[29]
		SF		Pachuca	2–1	0–2
	SuperLiga	GS		Guadalajara	1–2	[A]	[30]
		GS		Atlante	2–3	[A]
		GS		Houston Dynamo	1–3	[A]
2008–09	CONCACAF Champions League	GS		Cruz Azul	0–1	0–2	[31]
				Marathón	2–4	0–2
				Saprissa	0–2	2–2
2009–10		PR		Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	[32]
		GS		Marathón	3–0	1–3
				San Juan Jabloteh	5–1	1–0
				Toluca	1–3	1–1
2014–15		GS		Waterhouse	1–0	2–1	[33]
				Tauro	2–0	1–0
		QF		Alajuelense	2–1	2–5
2015–16		GS		Montego Bay United	3–0	3–3	[34]
				Árabe Unido	2–0	1–0
		QF		Querétaro	1–1	0–2

Key

• PR = Preliminary Round
• GS = Group Stage
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarterfinals
• SF = Semifinals
• CM = Consolation Match
• F = Final

Notes

A ^ : Played in a one-leg series

Record by competition

Matches that went into a penalty kick shootout are counted as draws in this table.

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	26	13	6	7	46	35
CONCACAF Champions League	24	11	5	8	28	26
CONCACAF Giants Cup	4	3	0	1	7	4
Copa Interamericana	2	1	0	1	2	1
Copa Sudamericana	4	1	1	2	5	6
North American SuperLiga	7	1	1	5	6	12
Total	62	26	13	23	94	84

Record by club

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Petrotrin	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
LA Galaxy	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
Guadalajara	7	1	2	4	7	9	−2
Joe Public	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
León	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Toluca	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Vasco da Gama	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Olimpia	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5
Necaxa	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Chicago Fire	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Alajuelense	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1
Pachuca	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
Arnett Gardens	2	2	0	0	5	1	−4
Comunicaciones	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2
Club América	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2
UNAM	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
Universidad Católica	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
Monarcas Morelia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Houston Dynamo	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Atlante	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Cruz Azul	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Marathón	4	1	0	3	6	9	−3
Harbour View	4	3	1	0	10	3	−7
Saprissa	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2
Luis Ángel Firpo	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
San Juan Jabloteh	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Waterhouse	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Tauro	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Montego Bay United	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3
Árabe Unido	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Querétaro	2	0	1	1	1	3	+3

International Friendlies

Drafts

The following table shows D.C. United's first-round picks in the MLS SuperDraft:

Draft	Pick	Player	Position	From	Notes
2014	2	Steve Birnbaum	Defender	California Orange County Blue Star	[R1 trade 1]
2015	17	Miguel Aguilar	Forward	San Francisco Portland Timbers U23s
2016	11	Julian Büscher (GA)	Midfielder	Syracuse K-W United FC	[R1 trade 2]

References

General

• CONCACAF Champions League and Champions Cup results sourced to: Torres, Steven. "CONCACAF Champions Cup and Champions League History" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
• CONCACAF Champions League player statistics sourced to:
  • "Match Statistics: 2008–09 Group A" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  • "2009–10 Match Statistics". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
• D.C. United player statistics prior to 2009 sourced to:
  • "D.C. United All-Time Leaders". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
• Major League Soccer statistics sourced to: Goodwin, Jeremy. "USA 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
• North American SuperLiga statistics sourced to: "SuperLiga Statistics". Soccer United Marketing. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011.

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