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
League titles
- MLS Cup[1]
- MLS Supporters' Shield[1]
- MLS Eastern Conference postseason
- MLS Eastern Conference regular season
Cups
- U.S. Open Cup[1]
- ATX Pro Challenge
- Winners (1): 2015
- Carolina Challenge Cup
Player records
Appearances
Most appearances
- Competitive, professional matches only, appearances as substitutes in brackets.
# | Name | Years | MLS[2] | U.S. Open Cup | MLS Cup | CONCACAF | Total |
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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
Top goalscorers
- Key
- League = Major League Soccer regular season
- Cup = U.S. Open Cup
- Playoff = MLS Cup Playoffs
- Continental = CONCACAF Champions League, North American SuperLiga, Copa Interamericana and Copa Sudamericana
- Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.
# | Name | Years | League[3] | U.S. Open Cup[4] |
Playoff[5] | Continental | Total |
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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– | 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 |
- Regular season[3]
- Jaime Moreno (131)
- Christian Gomez (45)
- Raul Diaz Arce (44)
- Luciano Emilio (41)
- Roy Lassiter (36)
- Marco Etcheverry (34)
- Ben Olsen (29)
- Santino Quaranta (24)
- Alecko Eskandarian (20)
- Abdul Thompson Conteh (15)
- US Open Cup[4]
- Jaime Moreno (13)
- Abdul Thomspon Conten (5)
- Raul Diaz 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)
- MLS Cup Playoffs[5]
- Jaime Moreno (12)
- Raul Diaz 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)
- 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.[6]
5 times:
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
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Head coaching records
- See also: List of D.C. United head coaches
- First head coach and longest serving head coach: Bruce Arena (coached the team for 131 games, from January 1996 to October 1998)[7]
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.[8]
- First U.S. Open Cup match: D.C. United 2–0 Carolina Dynamo, quarterfinals, September 4, 1996.[9]
- First North American match: D.C. United 1–0 United Petrotrin, CONCACAF Champions' Cup, quarterfinals, August 12, 1997.[10]
- First MLS Cup match: MetroStars 3–2 D.C. United, conference semifinals, September 24, 1996.[8]
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[11]
- Record MLS Cup win:
Record defeats
- Record MLS regular season defeat:
- 1–6 against Kansas City Wizards, June 21, 1997[12]
- Record MLS Cup defeat:
- 0–4 against Chicago Fire, October 30, 2005[13]
- Record U.S. Open Cup defeat:
- 0–3 against Chicago Fire, September 3, 2006[14]
Domestic cup statistics
Record by season
Below is D.C. United's record in U.S. Open Cup competitions. United has won three open cup titles, and has reached the final on five occasions. United's score is listed first.
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.
- 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 |
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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 |
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 2 3 4 5 "History & Tradition". D.C. United. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ↑ "All-Time MLS Regular Season Appearances". D.C. United. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Statistics: Overall Regular Season Goals". Major League Soccer. DCUnited.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- 1 2 Hikala, Josh. "U.S. Open Cup Goalscoring Leaders". United States Soccer Federation. TheCup.us. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- 1 2 "Statistics: Overall Postseason Goals". Major League Soccer. DCUnited.com. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Award Winners & All-Stars". D.C. United. 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
- ↑ Blum, Ronald (1 June 2002). "Bruce Arena: America's funny, caustic World Cup coach". Associated Press. Enquirer. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- 1 2 Goodwin
- ↑ "1996 US Open Cup results". TheCup.us. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ↑ Torres
- ↑ "2001 Lamar Hunt United States Open Cup". U.S. Open Cup. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ↑ "1997 Schedule". D.C. United. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ↑ "2005 Postseason Schedule". D.C. United. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ↑ "Report: D.C. United 0-3 Chicago Fire". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ↑ D.C. United score is given first in each result.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 1997 Champions' Cup by winning the 1996 MLS Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 1998 Champions' Cup by winning the 1997 MLS Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 1998 Copa Interamericana by winning the 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 1999 Champions' Cup by finishing runners-up in the 1998 MLS Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2000 Champions' Cup by winning the 1999 MLS Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2001 Giants Cup having the highest average attendance during the 2001 MLS season.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2002 Champions' Cup by finishing runners-up in the CONCACAF Giants Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2005 Champions' Cup by winning the 2004 MLS Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United earned an invitation to play in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana by finishing in the semifinals of the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2007 Champions' Cup by winning the 2006 MLS Supporters' Shield.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2007 SuperLiga by invitation.
- ↑ D.C. United earned an invitation to play in the 2007 Copa Sudamericana by finishing in the semifinals of the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2008 Champions' Cup by winning the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2008 SuperLiga by winning the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2008 U.S. Open Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2013 U.S. Open Cup.
- ↑ D.C. United qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2015 Major League Soccer Eastern Conference.
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