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

See also: All-time D.C. United roster

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	Steven Birnbaum	2014–2024	254 (13)	6	8	8 (1)	276
4	Bryan Namoff	2001–2010	195 (16)	22 (6)	12	31 (7)	260
5	Bill Hamid	2010–2017, 2018–	228	6	10	1	245
6	Marco Etcheverry	1996–2003	191 (11)	11	23	16 (1)	241
7	Clyde Simms	2005–2012	182 (35)	16 (7)	5 (3)	26 (6)	229
8	Bobby Boswell	2005–2007; 2014–2017	188 (4)	8 (1)	10 (1)	16 (1)	222
9	Richie Williams	1996–2000, 2002	169 (5)	8 (1)	22	14	213
10	Nick DeLeon	2012–2018	180 (19)	8 (2)	10	4	202
11	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

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 Thompson 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) Jaime Moreno (6) AJ Wood (3) Eddie Pope (2) Fred (2) Rod Dyachenko (2) Francis Doe (2) Marco Etcheverry (2) Chris Pontius (2)

Player award winners

MLS MVP Most Valuable Player: Marco Etcheverry (1998), Christian Gomez (2006), Luciano Emilio (2007), Dwayne De Rosario (2011)

MLS Golden Boot Golden Boot: Luciano Emilio (2007), Dwayne De Rosario (2011), Christian Benteke (2024),

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)
• Luciano Acosta: (2018)
• Wayne Rooney: (2018)

Other awards

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 head coach

See also: List of D.C. United head coaches

• 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

See also: D.C. United in International Competitions and Lamar Hunt 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

See also: D.C. United in International Competitions

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

D.C. United v Bayer Leverkusen

May 23, 2001	D.C. United	3–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Washington, D.C.
12:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Stadium

D.C. United v Olimpia

November 17, 2001	D.C. United	2–2	Olimpia	Washington, D.C.
12:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Stadium

D.C. United v Boca Juniors

June 23, 2002	D.C. United	0–0	Boca Juniors	Washington, D.C., United States
16:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur v D.C. United

October 17, 2002	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	D.C. United	London, England
00:00 UTC−5				Stadium: White Hart Lane

D.C. United v Águila

October 26, 2002	D.C. United	4–0	Águila	Washington, D.C., United States
16:00 UTC−5				Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium

D.C. United v Tottenham Hotspur

May 14, 2003	D.C. United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Washington, D.C. United States
		Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium

D.C. United v Blackburn Rovers

July 23, 2003	D.C. United	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Washington, D.C. United States
		Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium

D.C. United v El Salvador

August 31, 2003	D.C. United	3–1	El Salvador	Washington, D.C. United States
		Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium

Getafe v D.C. United

March 2, 2006	Getafe	3–1	D.C. United	Getafe, Spain
12:00 UTC−5	Jajá 35' Güiza 59' Nano 78'	Report	Filomeno 10'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

D.C. United v Celtic

July 12, 2006	D.C. United	4–0	Celtic	Washington, D.C.
17:00 UTC−5	Adu 44' Walker 57' Boswell 66' Metcalf 78' Stokes  78'	Report	Miller  65'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,223 Referee: Alex Prus

Real Madrid v D.C. United

August 9, 2006	Real Madrid	1–1	D.C. United	Seattle
17:00 UTC−5	Cassano 22'	Report	Eskandarian 25'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 66,830

D.C. United v Vejle Boldklub

February 5, 2009	D.C. United	1–4	Vejle Boldklub	Washington, D.C. USA
	N'Silu 49'	Report	17' 33' 44' 80'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Puerto Rico Islanders v D.C. United

February 21, 2009	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–2	D.C. United	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
	Arrieta	Report (in Spanish)	Gómez 58' Simms 65'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Santos Laguna v D.C. United

March 10, 2010	Santos Laguna	2–3	D.C. United	Torreón, Mexico
7:30 pm	Torres 54' Quintero 63'		23' Pontius 35' Moreno 70' Khumalo	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 30,050

D.C. United v Milan

May 28, 2010	D.C. United	3–2	Milan	Washington, D.C., USA
19:30	Emilio 20' Pontius 30' Allsopp 61' Barklage  66'	Report	Oddo 67', 71'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 30,367

D.C. United v El Salvador

June 19, 2010	D.C. United	1–0	El Salvador	Washington, D.C., USA
19:30	Cristman 51'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 10,240 Referee: Michael Donovan

D.C. United v Portsmouth

July 24, 2010	D.C. United	4–0	Portsmouth	Washington, D.C., USA
19:30	Allsopp 21', 31', 65' Quaranta  54' Hernández 56' James  89'	Report	Mullins  54'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 8,891

D.C. United v Ajax

May 22, 2011	D.C. United	1–2	Ajax	Washington, D.C., USA
19:30 EDT	Brettschneider 58'	Report	10' Sulejmani  69' Ebecilio 87' Anita	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 10,278 Referee: Mark Geiger

D.C. United v Everton

July 23, 2011	D.C. United	1–3	Everton	Washington, D.C., USA
19:30 EDT	Pontius 47'	Report (D.C.) Report (Everton)	4' Anichebe 16' Bilyaletdinov  27' Cahill 87' Gueye	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,789

D.C. United v Malmö

February 2, 2012	D.C. United	1–1	Malmö	Bradenton, Florida
10:30 UTC-5	Kitchen  32' Richter 54'	Report	Friberg 14'	Stadium: IMG Academy

D.C. United v PSG

July 28, 2012	D.C. United	1–1	PSG	Washington, D.C.
19:30 UTC-5	De Rosario 33' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahimović 3'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,176 Referee: John McCloskey
Note: Replaced Juventus on June 27, 2012.[35]

D.C. United v Malmö FF

February 1, 2013	D.C. United	1–1	Malmö FF	Bradenton, Florida
11:00 UTC-5	White  55' Nane 78'	Report	Friberg 28'	Stadium: IMG Academy

D.C. United v C.D. Guadalajara

July 12, 2013	D.C. United	1–1	C.D. Guadalajara	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Ruiz 73'	Report	Coronado 90'	Stadium: RFK Stadium

Persib Bandung v D.C. United

December 6, 2013	Persib Bandung	2–1	D.C. United	Bandung
5:30 EST	Konaté 38' Firman 70'		Seaton 20'	Stadium: Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium

Arema v D.C. United

December 8, 2013	Arema	2–1	D.C. United	Malang
6:00 EST				Stadium: Kanjuruhan Stadium

D.C. United v Fulham

July 26, 2014	D.C. United	0–3	Fulham	Jacksonville, Florida
18:00 EDT		Report	Dembélé 22', 44', 75'	Stadium: EverBank Field

D.C. United v Jönköpings Södra IF

February 3, 2015	D.C. United	0–0	Jönköpings Södra IF	Bradenton, Florida
1:00p.m. EST	Arnaud  39' Metzger  58',	Report	34'	Stadium: IMG Academy

D.C. United v Malmö FF

February 6, 2015	D.C. United	0–1	Malmö FF	Bradenton, Florida
12:00p.m. EST	Driver  65' Arrieta  88'		Berget 45'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Elfsborg v D.C. United

January 29, 2016	Elfsborg	1–0	D.C. United	Bradenton
19:00 EDT	Claesson 4'	Report		Stadium: IMG Academy

J-Södra v D.C. United

February 2, 2016	J-Södra	2–2	D.C. United	Bradenton
15:00 EDT	Cibicki 48' Siwe 58'		Espíndola 4' (pen.) Aguilar 61'	Stadium: IMG Academy

D.C. United v Jönköpings Södra IF

February 8, 2016	D.C. United	3–2	Jönköpings Södra IF	Bradenton
16:00 EST	Birnbaum  22' Sarvas 28' Franklin  37' Acosta 43' Le Toux 76'	Report	Aasmundsen 81', 90'	Stadium: IMG Academy

D.C. United v Malmö FF

February 8, 2018	D.C. United	1–2	Malmö FF	Bradenton, Florida
	Mattocks 56'	Report	Strandberg 85', 87'	Stadium: IMG Academy

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]