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 have 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
• MLS Eastern Conference postseason
  • Winners (5): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004
  • Runners-up (2): 2006, 2012
• MLS Eastern Conference regular season
  • Winners (6): 1997 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2014
  • Runners-up (4): 1996, 2004, 2005, 2012

Cups

• U.S. Open Cup^[1]
  • Winners (3): 1996, 2008, 2013
  • Runners-up (2): 1997, 2009
• ATX Pro Challenge
  • Winners (1): 2015
• Carolina Challenge Cup
  • Winners (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

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	Moreno, JaimeJaime Moreno	1996–2002 2004–10	295 (45)	12	23	15	379
2	Olsen, BenBen Olsen	1998–2009	221 (21)	?	22	?	221
3	Namoff, BryanBryan Namoff	2001–2010	195 (?)	?	?	?	195
4	Etcheverry, MarcoMarco Etcheverry	1996–2003	191 (11)	?	23	?	191
5	Simms, ClydeClyde Simms	2005–2012	171 (?)	?	?	?	171
6	Williams, RichieRichie Williams	1996–2000, 2002	169 (?)	?	?	?	169
7	Quaranta, SantinoSantino Quaranta	2001–2006, 2008–	148 (?)	?	?	?	148
8	Pope, EddieEddie Pope	1996–2002	143 (3)	?	23	?	143
9	Agoos, JeffJeff Agoos	1996–2000	135 (4)	?	23	?	135
10	Gómez, ChristianChristian Gómez	2004–2007, 2009	124 (11)	?	11	?	124

Goalscorers

#	Name	Years	MLS Regular Season [3]	U.S. Open Cup[4]	Playoffs[5]	CONCACAF [6]	Total
1	Moreno, JaimeJaime Moreno	1996–2002; 2004–10	131	13	12	6	162
2	Gómez, ChristianChristian Gómez	2004–07; 2009	45	4	3	9	61
3	Díaz Arce, RaúlRaúl Díaz Arce	1996–97; 2000–01	44	5	8	1	58
4	Emilio, LucianoLuciano Emilio	2007–09	41	3	0	11	55
5	Lassiter, RoyRoy Lassiter	1998–99; 2002	36	0	7	7	50
6	Etcheverry, MarcoMarco Etcheverry	1996–2002	34	1	3	2	40
7	Olsen, BenBen Olsen	1998–2009	29	0	2	3	34
8	Pontius, ChrisChris Pontius	2009–2015	28	1	0	2	31
9	Quaranta, SantinoSantino Quaranta	2001–06; 2008–12	24	3	0	0	27
10	Eskandarian, AleckoAlecko Eskandarian	2003–06	20	0	4	1	24
11	Sanneh, TonyTony Sanneh	1996–98	14	0	6	1	21

MLS Cup Playoffs[5] Jaime Moreno (12) Raúl Díaz Arce (8) Roy Lassiter (7) Tony Sanneh (6) Alecko Eskandarian (4) Marco Etcheverry (3) Christian Gomez (3) Ben Olsen (2) Roy Wegerle (2) Richie Williams (2) Steve Rammel (2)

US Open Cup[4] Jaime Moreno (13) Abdul Thomspon Conten (5) Raúl Díaz Arce (5) Christian Gomez (4) Eddie Pope (4) Chris Albright (4) Thabiso Khumalo (4) Jamil Walker (3) Branko Boskovic (3) Luciano Emilio (3) Fred (3) Santino Quaranta (3)

CONCACAF Champions League & Continental competitions Luciano Emilio (9) Christian Gomez (8) Roy Lassiter (7) Jamie Moreno (6) AJ Wood (3) Eddie Pope (2) Fred (2) Rod Dyachenko (2) Francis Doe (2) Marco Etcheverry (2) Chris Pontius (2)

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]

D.C. United players, including Ben Olsen and Luciano Emilio, look for a corner kick against Real Madrid

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)

Other awards

Most Valuable Player: Marco Etcheverry (1998), Christian Gomez (2006), Luciano Emilio (2007), Dwayne De Rosario (2011) Golden Boot: Jaime Moreno (1997), Luciano Emilio (2007), Dwayne De Rosario (2011) Defender of the Year: Eddie Pope (1997), Bobby Boswell (2006)

Coach of the Year: Bruce Arena (1997), Ben Olsen (2014) Goalkeeper of the Year: Troy Perkins (2006), Bill Hamid (2014) Newcomer of the Year: Luciano Emilio (2007) Rookie of the Year: Ben Olsen (1998), Andy Najar (2010)

Head coaching records

Bruce Arena, first, and longest serving, head coach

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

Club records

Matches

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

Record defeats

• Record MLS regular season defeat:
  • 1–6 against Kansas City Wizards, June 21, 1997^[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.)
2007	Third round	Harrisburg City Islanders	L 0–1
2008	Final	Charleston Battery	W 2–1

Continental statistics

Record by season

Below is D.C. United's record in North American and South American competitions. United is the only U.S.-based club to ever 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	Mar 2016	Feb 2016

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

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. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
• CONCACAF Champions League player statistics sourced to:
  • "Match Statistics: 2008–09 Group A" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  • "2009–10 Match Statistics". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 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 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
• Major League Soccer statistics sourced to: Goodwin, Jeremy. "USA 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
• North American SuperLiga statistics soucred to: "SuperLiga Statistics". Soccer United Marketing. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

Notes

1. "History & Tradition". D.C. United. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
2. "All-Time MLS Regular Season Appearances". D.C. United. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
3. "Statistics: Overall Regular Season Goals". Major League Soccer. DCUnited.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
4. Hikala, Josh. "U.S. Open Cup Goalscoring Leaders". United States Soccer Federation. TheCup.us. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
5. "Statistics: Overall Postseason Goals". Major League Soccer. DCUnited.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
6. CONCACAF includes CONCACAF Champions League, North American SuperLiga, Copa Interamericana and Copa Sudamericana
7. "Award Winners & All-Stars". D.C. United. 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
8. Blum, Ronald (1 June 2002). "Bruce Arena: America's funny, caustic World Cup coach". Enquirer. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
9. Goodwin
10. "1996 US Open Cup results". TheCup.us. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
11. Torres
12. "2001 Lamar Hunt United States Open Cup". U.S. Open Cup. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
13. "1997 Schedule". D.C. United. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
14. "2005 Postseason Schedule". D.C. United. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
15. "Report: D.C. United 0-3 Chicago Fire". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
16. D.C. United score is given first in each result.
17. D.C. United qualified for the 1997 Champions' Cup by winning the 1996 MLS Cup.
18. D.C. United qualified for the 1998 Champions' Cup by winning the 1997 MLS Cup.
19. D.C. United qualified for the 1998 Copa Interamericana by winning the 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
20. D.C. United qualified for the 1999 Champions' Cup by finishing runners-up in the 1998 MLS Cup.
21. D.C. United qualified for the 2000 Champions' Cup by winning the 1999 MLS Cup.
22. D.C. United qualified for the 2001 Giants Cup having the highest average attendance during the 2001 MLS season.
23. D.C. United qualified for the 2002 Champions' Cup by finishing runners-up in the CONCACAF Giants Cup.
24. D.C. United qualified for the 2005 Champions' Cup by winning the 2004 MLS Cup.
25. D.C. United earned an invitation to play in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana by finishing in the semifinals of the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
26. D.C. United qualified for the 2007 Champions' Cup by winning the 2006 MLS Supporters' Shield.
27. D.C. United qualified for the 2007 SuperLiga by invitation.
28. D.C. United earned an invitation to play in the 2007 Copa Sudamericana by finishing in the semifinals of the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
29. D.C. United qualified for the 2008 Champions' Cup by winning the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield.
30. D.C. United qualified for the 2008 SuperLiga by winning the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield.
31. D.C. United qualified for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield.
32. D.C. United qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2008 U.S. Open Cup.
33. D.C. United qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2013 U.S. Open Cup.
34. D.C. United qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2015 Major League Soccer Eastern Conference.
35. "D.C. United selects Steven Birnbaum with 2nd overall pick in 2014 MLS SuperDraft" (Press release). DCUnited.com. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
36. "Philadelphia Union trade Gabriel Farfan to Chivas USA" (Press release). Philadelphia Union Communications. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-05-15.

1. #2: Chivas USA → Philadelphia Union → D.C. United. January 16, 2014: D.C. United acquired the #2 overall selection in the 2014 SuperDraft and allocation money from Philadelphia Union in exchange for the #1 overall selection in the 2014 SuperDraft.^[35] On May 14, 2013, Philadelphia Union had acquired this first-round selection in the 2014 SuperDraft and allocation money from Chivas USA in exchange for midfielder Gabriel Farfan.^[36]
2. #11: Sporting Kansas City → D.C. United. January 14, 2016: D.C. United acquired a first-round selection in the 2016 SuperDraft from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for targeted allocation money.^{[ref 1]}