List of D.C. United seasons

D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996. Over the club's history, D.C. United has been considered to be the flagship franchise of MLS winning 13 international and domestic titles. Domestically, United has won the U.S. Open Cup thrice, and holds an MLS record for most MLS Cup and MLS Supporters' Shields apiece, winning each honor four times.[1] United was also the first club to win both the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup consecutively.[2]

United played at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., from 1996 through the 2017 season. The stadium is pictured in 2004.

On the international stage, D.C. United has competed in both the CONCACAF Champions League and its predecessor the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The club is also the only American soccer club to ever compete in a CONMEBOL competition, participating in the 2005 and 2007 editions of the Copa Sudamericana. In 1998, the club won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[3][4] Subsequently, United won the now-defunct Copa Interamericana, a competition between the CONCACAF on CONMEBOL champion that year to determine the best soccer club in the Americas. In the 1998, and final edition of the Copa Interamericana, D.C. United defeated Vasco da Gama of Brazil to take the title.[5]

Key
Key to competitions

Seasons
Season League Position Playoffs USOC Continental / Other Average
attendance		 Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Conf. Overall Name(s) Goals
1996 1 MLS 32 16 16 0 62 56 +6 46 1.44 2nd 3rd W W DNE 15,262 Raúl Díaz Arce 24
1997 MLS 32 21 11 0 70 53 +17 55 1.72 1st 1st W RU CONCACAF Champions' Cup SF 16,698 Jamie Moreno 17
1998 MLS 32 24 8 0 74 48 +26 58 1.81 1st 2nd RU DNQ CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa Interamericana
W
W
 16,077 Roy Lassiter 18
1999 MLS 32 23 9 0 65 43 +22 57 1.78 1st 1st W Ro16 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3rd 17,419 Roy Lassiter 18
2000 MLS 32 8 18 6 44 63 –19 30 0.94 4th 11th DNQ QF CONCACAF Champions' Cup 4th 18,580 Jamie Moreno 12
2001 MLS 26 8 16 2 42 50 –8 26 1.00 4th 10th SF CONCACAF Giants Cup RU 21,518 Abdul Conteh 14
2002 MLS 28 9 14 5 31 40 –9 32 1.14 5th 10th DNQ CONCACAF Champions' Cup Ro16 16,519 Ali Curtis
Bobby Convey		 5
2003 MLS 30 10 11 9 38 36 +2 39 1.30 4th 7th QF SF DNQ 15,565 Dema Kovalenko
Marco Etcheverry		 6
2004 MLS 30 11 10 9 43 42 +1 42 1.31 2nd 4th W Ro16 17,232 Alecko Eskandarian 14
2005 MLS 32 16 10 6 58 37 +21 54 1.69 2nd 3rd QF QF CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa Sudamericana		 SF
Ro16		 16,664 Jamie Moreno 17
2006 MLS 32 15 7 10 52 38 +14 55 1.72 1st 1st SF SF DNQ 18,251 Christian Gómez 16
2007 MLS 30 16 7 7 56 34 +22 55 1.83 1st 1st QF Ro16 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Copa Sudamericana
North American SuperLiga		 SF
Ro16
SF		 20,967 Luciano Emilio 24♦[6]
2008 MLS 30 11 15 4 43 51 –8 37 1.23 6th 10th DNQ W CONCACAF Champions' Cup
CONCACAF Champions League
North American SuperLiga		 SF
GS
GS		 19,835 Luciano Emilio 16
2009 MLS 30 9 8 13 43 44 –1 40 1.33 4th 10th RU CONCACAF Champions League GS 10,053 Luciano Emilio 13
2010 MLS 30 6 20 4 21 47 –26 22 0.73 8th 16th SF DNQ 14,532 Danny Allsopp 8
2011 MLS 34 9 13 12 49 52 –3 39 1.15 6th 13th QR2 15,181 Dwayne De Rosario 13♦[7]
2012 MLS 34 17 10 7 53 43 +10 58 1.71 2nd 3rd SF Ro16 13,846 Chris Pontius 12
2013 MLS 34 3 24 7 22 59 –37 16 0.47 10th 19th DNQ W 13,646 Dwayne de Rosario 8
2014 MLS 34 17 9 8 52 37 +15 59 1.74 1st 3rd QF R3 CONCACAF Champions League QF 17,030 Fabian Espindola 8
2015 MLS 34 15 13 6 43 45 –2 51 1.50 4th 8th QF Ro16 CONCACAF Champions League QF 19,371 Jairo Arrieta 9
2016 MLS 34 11 10 13 53 47 +6 46 1.35 4th 10th R1 Ro16 DNQ 17,081 Lamar Neagle 9
2017 MLS 34 9 20 5 31 60 –29 32 0.94 11th 21st DNQ Ro16 17,904 Luciano Acosta 5
2018 MLS 34 14 11 9 60 50 +10 51 1.50 4th 9th R1 Ro16 17,635 Wayne Rooney 12
2019 MLS 34 13 11 10 42 38 +4 50 1.47 5th 10th R1 Ro16 17,744 Wayne Rooney 13
2020 MLS 23 5 12 6 25 41 –16 21 0.91 13th 24th DNQ NH Leagues Cup
MLS is Back Tournament		 NH
GS		 17,058 Ola Kamara 5
Total – – 789 316 313 158 1172 1154 +18 1070 1.36 – – – – — – Jamie Moreno 162

^ 1. Avg. Attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top Goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.

References
  1. https://fbref.com/en/squads/44117292/history/DC-United-Stats-and-History
  2. "History & Tradition". D.C. United. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  3. "SOCCER -- CONCACAF CUP; D.C. United Wins Tournament". The New York Times. August 17, 1998. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  4. Torres
  5. "D.C. United downs Vasco da Gama to take InterAmerican Cup". CNN/SI. December 7, 1998. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
  6. Emilio won the MLS Golden Boot (20 goals)
  7. De Rosario won the MLS Golden Boot (1 goal for Toronto, 2 goals for Red Bulls, 13 goals for D.C.)
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