Teams · Eastern Conference · since 1996 · Washington, D.C.

D.C. United

MLS Cups: 4; 1996 1997 1999 2004
Supporters' Shields: 4; 1997 1999 2006 2007
Playoff appearances: 15; 1996–2019
Seasons: 31; Audi Field · 20,000

2026 · right now13th in the East33 pts7-14-12 · 33 played · 1.00 PPG · −21 GD

Playoff picture · updated Nov 1, 6:03 AM EST

D.C. United is a Major League Soccer club from Washington, D.C., in the league since 1996. It has won MLS Cup four times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004), the Supporters' Shield four times (1997, 1999, 2006, 2007), the U.S. Open Cup three times (1996, 2008, 2013), the Concacaf Champions Cup in 1998 and the Interamerican Cup in 1998. It has reached the MLS Cup Playoffs 15 times in 31 seasons. In 2026 it is 13th in the Eastern Conference with 33 points from 33 matches (7 wins, 14 losses, 12 draws). In 2025 it finished 15th in the Eastern Conference with 26 points and missed the playoffs. Its head coach is René Weiler. It plays its home games at Audi Field.

Trophy case · 13 trophies

Every final, won and lost.

4
MLS Cup
- 1996beat LA Galaxy
- 1997beat Colorado Rapids
- 1999beat LA Galaxy
- 2004beat Kansas City Wizards
Lost the final: 1998 to Chicago Fire
4
Supporters' Shield
- 1997
- 1999
- 2006
- 2007
3
U.S. Open Cup
- 1996beat Rochester Raging Rhinos
- 2008beat Charleston Battery
- 2013beat Real Salt Lake
Lost the final: 1997 to Dallas Burn, 2009 to Seattle Sounders FC
Not played in 2020 or 2021.
1
Concacaf Champions Cup
- 1998beat Toluca
Played as the Champions League from 2008–09 to 2023.
1
Interamerican Cup
- 1998beat Vasco da Gama
Last played in 1998.

Season by season · 1996–2026

Every regular season, one row each.

D.C. United season by season
	Conf	W-L-D						Playoffs	Coach
2026	East	7-14-12	33	1.00	39–60 (−21)	27th of 30	13th	In progress	René Weiler
2025	East	5-18-11	26	0.76	30–66 (−36)	30th of 30	15th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Troy Lesesne / Kevin Flanagan / René Weiler
2024	East	10-14-10	40	1.18	52–70 (−18)	21st of 29	10th	Missed playoffs	Troy Lesesne
2023	East	10-14-10	40	1.18	45–49 (−4)	23rd of 29	12th	Missed playoffs	Wayne Rooney
2022	East	7-21-6	27	0.79	36–71 (−35)	28th of 28	14th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Hernán Losada / Chad Ashton / Wayne Rooney
2021	East	14-15-5	47	1.38	56–54 (+2)	16th of 27	8th	Missed playoffs	Hernán Losada
2020	East	5-12-6	21	0.91	25–41 (−16)	24th of 26	13th	Missed playoffs	Ben Olsen / Chad Ashton
2019	East	13-10-11	50	1.47	42–38 (+4)	10th of 24	5th	Out in round one	Ben Olsen
2018	East	14-11-9	51	1.50	60–50 (+10)	9th of 23	4th	Out in knockout round	Ben Olsen
2017	East	9-20-5	32	0.94	31–60 (−29)	21st of 22	11th	Missed playoffs	Ben Olsen
2016	East	11-10-13	46	1.35	53–47 (+6)	10th of 20	4th	Out in knockout round	Ben Olsen
2015	East	15-13-6	51	1.50	43–45 (−2)	8th of 20	4th	Out in conference semifinals	Ben Olsen
2014	East	17-9-8	59	1.74	52–37 (+15)	3rd of 19	1st	Out in conference semifinals	Ben Olsen
2013	East	3-24-7	16	0.47	22–59 (−37)	19th of 19	10th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Ben Olsen
2012	East	17-10-7	58	1.71	53–43 (+10)	3rd of 19	2nd	Out in conference finals	Ben Olsen
2011	East	9-13-12	39	1.15	49–52 (−3)	13th of 18	7th	Missed playoffs	Ben Olsen
2010	East	6-20-4	22	0.73	21–47 (−26)	16th of 16	8th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Curt Onalfo / Ben Olsen
2009	East	9-8-13	40	1.33	43–44 (−1)	10th of 15	4th	Missed playoffs	Tom Soehn
2008	East	11-15-4	37	1.23	43–51 (−8)	10th of 14	6th	Missed playoffs	Tom Soehn
2007	East	16-7-7	55	1.83	56–34 (+22)	1st of 13	1st	ShieldOut in conference semifinals	Tom Soehn
2006	East	15-7-10	55	1.72	52–38 (+14)	1st of 12	1st	ShieldOut in conference finals	Peter Nowak
2005	East	16-10-6	54	1.69	58–37 (+21)	3rd of 12	2nd	Out in conference semifinals	Peter Nowak
2004	East	11-10-9	42	1.40	43–42 (+1)	4th of 10	2nd	CupBracket	Peter Nowak
2003	East	10-11-9	39	1.30	38–36 (+2)	7th of 10	4th	Out in conference semifinals	Ray Hudson
2002	East	9-14-5	32	1.14	31–40 (−9)	10th of 10	5th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Ray Hudson
2001	East	8-16-2	26	1.00	42–50 (−8)	10th of 12	4th	Missed playoffs	Thomas Rongen
2000	East	8-18-6	30	0.94	44–63 (−19)	11th of 12	4th	Missed playoffs	Thomas Rongen
1999	East	23-9 (6 SOW)	57	1.78	65–43 (+22)	1st of 12	1st	CupShieldBracket	Thomas Rongen
1998	East	24-8 (7 SOW)	58	1.81	74–48 (+26)	2nd of 12	1st	MLS Cup runner-up	Bruce Arena
1997	East	21-11 (4 SOW)	55	1.72	70–53 (+17)	1st of 10	1st	CupShieldBracket	Bruce Arena
1996	East	16-16 (1 SOW)	46	1.44	62–56 (+6)	3rd of 10	2nd	CupBracket	Bruce Arena

Head coaches · 13

Everyone who has picked the team.

Regular-season record in every match in charge, playoffs alongside. A season shared by two coaches is split between them.

D.C. United head coaches
			W-L-D		Playoffs
René WeilerNow	2025–2026	34	7-11-16	1.09	—	—
Troy Lesesne	2024–2025	55	14-24-17	1.07	—	—
Kevin Flanagan	2025	5	0-5-0	0.00	—	—
Wayne Rooney	2022–2023	53	13-26-14	1.00	—	—
Hernán Losada	2021–2022	40	16-19-5	1.33	—	—
Chad Ashton	2020–2022 · 2 spells	16	5-8-3	1.13	—	—
Ben Olsen	2010–2020	334	113-137-84	1.27	3-6-3	—
Curt Onalfo	2010	18	3-12-3	0.67	—	—
Tom Soehn	2007–2009	90	36-30-24	1.47	0-1-1	—
Peter Nowak	2004–2006	94	42-27-25	1.61	4-2-3	2004
Ray Hudson	2002–2003	58	19-25-14	1.22	0-2-0	—
Thomas Rongen	1999–2001	90	39-43-8	1.26	5-1-0	1999
Bruce Arena	1996–1998	96	61-35-0	1.66	14-3-0	1996, 1997

Home grounds · 2

Where the home games were.

1996–2017RFK Stadium · Washington45,596 seats
2018–Audi Field · Washington20,000 seats

Season

Position

Players used21

Average age26.6

Goals33

Most minutes

Sean Johnson

5,282 min · GK

D.C. United 2026 roster
#		Pos		Nat
1	Sean Johnson	GK	37	USA	5,282	0	0	0.1	1	1
2	Keisuke Kurokawa	D	29	Japan	2,618	0	5	0.6	6	1
3	Lucas Bartlett	D	29	USA	2,534	4	0	4.0	24	3
4	Silvan Hefti	D	29	Switzerland	2,206	1	2	0.4	9	1
5	Peglow	M	24	Brazil	2,128	1	4	3.4	39	2
6	Matti Peltola	M	24	Finland	2,118	1	0	0.6	20	3
7	Brandon Servania	M	27	USA	2,032	0	0	0.9	23	2
8	Kye Rowles	D	28	Australia	2,017	1	0	2.2	12	2
9	Jackson Hopkins	M	22	USA	1,846	2	1	5.7	33	5
10	Tai Baribo	F	28	Israel	1,819	14	0	12.0	45	1
11	Louis Munteanu	F	24	Romania	1,618	6	2	7.7	65	1
12	Andre Dozzell	M	27	England	1,073	0	0	0.4	9	1
13	Kimito Nono	M	24	Japan	727	2	2	2.7	15	1
14	Jared Stroud	M	30	USA	613	1	0	0.8	10	3
15	Nikola Markovic	M	22	Canada	552	0	1	0.2	5	1
16	Aaron Herrera	D	29	USA	433	0	0	1.0	8	3
17	Sean Nealis	D	29	USA	376	0	0	0.0	0	1
18	Hosei Kijima	M	24	Japan	304	0	1	0.5	6	2
19	Jacob Murrell	F	22	USA	135	0	0	0.0	0	3
20	Conner Antley	D	31	USA	74	0	0	0.0	0	3
21	Gavin Turner	F	19	USA	55	0	0	0.1	1	2

Everyone who played a minute for the club in 2026, regular season and playoffs combined. Age is during the season, by birth year.

All-time · 1996–2026

The club's leaders.

Goals

1Jaime Moreno1996–2010142
2Raul Diaz Arce1996–200152
3Christian Gomez2004–200949
4Christian BentekeF · 2022–202547
5Roy Lassiter1998–200243
6Luciano Emilio2007–201041
7Marco Etcheverry1996–200337
8Ola KamaraF · 2019–202235
9Ben Olsen1998–200932
10Chris PontiusM · 2009–201531

Assists

1Marco Etcheverry1996–2003106
2Jaime Moreno1996–201098
3Ben Olsen1998–200939
4Christian Gomez2004–200934
5Richie Williams1996–200231
6John Harkes1996–199928
7Tony Sanneh1996–199828
8Luciano AcostaM · 2016–201927
9Santino Quaranta2001–201126
10Jeff Agoos1996–200021

Minutes

1Bill HamidGK · 2010–202249,950
2Jaime Moreno1996–201027,999
3Steven BirnbaumD · 2014–202424,647
4Ben Olsen1998–200918,908
5Marco Etcheverry1996–200318,124
6Bobby BoswellD · 2005–201617,245
7Bryan Namoff2001–200917,000
8Richie Williams1996–200216,497
9Nick DeLeonM · 2012–201816,053
10Perry KitchenM · 2011–201515,433

Expected goals

1Christian BentekeF · 2022–202555.6
2Ola KamaraF · 2019–202233.0
3Wayne RooneyF · 2018–201922.4
4Luciano AcostaM · 2016–201920.0
5Fabian EspindolaF · 2014–201618.6
6Paul ArriolaM · 2017–202117.1
7Steven BirnbaumD · 2014–202416.4
8Nick DeLeonM · 2013–201814.3
9Gabriel PiraniM · 2023–202512.4
10Tai BariboF · 202612.0

Saves

1Bill HamidGK · 2013–2022825
2Alex BonoGK · 2023–2024103
3Sean JohnsonGK · 202691
4Luis BarrazaGK · 202583
5Tyler MillerGK · 2023–202477
6Rafael RomoGK · 202249
7Andrew DykstraGK · 2014–201649
8David OustedGK · 201848
9Travis WorraGK · 2015–201746
10Chris SeitzGK · 2019–202135

Seasons at the club

1Jaime Moreno1996–201014
2Bill HamidGK · 2010–202213
3Steven BirnbaumD · 2014–202411
4Ben Olsen1998–200911
5Santino Quaranta2001–201110
6own goal1997–201010
7Bryan Namoff2001–20099
8Marco Etcheverry1996–20038
9Russell CanouseM · 2017–20248
10Nick DeLeonM · 2012–20187

Club records

Best season (PPG)

1.83 · 2007

16-7-7 · 55 pts · Out in conference semifinals

Worst season (PPG)

0.47 · 2013

3-24-7 · 16 pts

Longest win streak

6 matches

2007 · since 1996

Biggest win

7–1 vs Toronto

Sat, Jul 3 2021

Heaviest defeat

0–7 at Philadelphia

Fri, Jul 8 2022

Biggest home crowd

72,026

1–2 vs Miami · Sat, Mar 7 2026

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