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	340 !295 (45)	12	23	15	379
2	Olsen, BenBen Olsen	1998–2009	221 !221 (21)	?	22	?	221
3	Namoff, BryanBryan Namoff	2001–2010	195 !195 (?)	?	?	?	195
4	Etcheverry, MarcoMarco Etcheverry	1996–2003	191 !191 (11)	?	23	?	191
5	Simms, ClydeClyde Simms	2005–2012	171 !171 (?)	?	?	?	171
6	Williams, RichieRichie Williams	1996–2000, 2002	169 !169 (?)	?	?	?	169
7	Quaranta, SantinoSantino Quaranta	2001–2006, 2008–	148 !148 (?)	?	?	?	148
8	Pope, EddieEddie Pope	1996–2002	143 !143 (3)	?	23	?	143
9	Agoos, JeffJeff Agoos	1996–2000	135 !135 (4)	?	23	?	135
10	Gómez, ChristianChristian Gómez	2004–2007, 2009	124 !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

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

Head coaching records

Bruce Arena, first, and longest serving, head coach

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)^[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.

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.

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. 

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