1999 D.C. United season

March 2026 August 2023 D.C. United 1998 wordmark.svg D.C. United 1999 General manager Dave Kasper Head coach Thomas Rongen RFK Stadium MLS 1st MLS Cup Champions CONCACAF Champions Cup Third place Roy Lassiter (18)Major League Soccer Season Statistics - D.C. United Players 1999 Season https://www.dcunited.com/stats/season?year=1999&season_type=REG&group=goals&op=Search&form_build_id=form-86ULCR7oUMEGNyr97nRhr353ih3Trgt13s9xHaPKEm0&form_id=mp7_stats_hub_build_filter_form D.C. United February 7, 2020 Roy Lassiter (18) _thinredborder _DCU_96h _thinredborder _DCU_96 _DCU_98h 000000 FFFFFF 000000 000000 000000 _DCU_98a _DCU_98a _DCU_98a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _DCU_99t _DCU_99t _DCU_99t _DCU_99t _DCU_98h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 true 1998 2000 The 1999 D.C. United season was the clubs' fifth year of existence, as well as their fourth season in Major League Soccer. Following shortcomings in MLS Cup '98, United took winning the league championship as their top priority entering 1999. With Bruce Arena's departure to coach the United States men's national team, Dutch coach Thomas Rongen took the helm as United head coach. Rongen's maiden campaign with United proved by incredibly successful, as United earned their third MLS Cup title, and their second MLS Supporters Shield. The success of the league double culminating two previous MLS Cups, a Supporters Shield and the CONCACAF Champions' Cup was considered the apex of being tie-free until the mid to late 2000s. Their dominance in the league was cut short the year following strict salary cap restrictions enforced by MLS to ensure parity amongst clubs. Consequently, it resulted in certain core United players becoming too expensive for the club to retain, weakening the squad. With the subsequent changes to the 1999 season, United would not qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs again until 2003. Background 1998 D.C. United season Competitions Major League Soccer Standings Eastern Conference DCU Overall Table DCU 5 Results summary Results by round Match results 1 March 20, 1999 UTC-5 Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–5 D.C. United Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida W 2 UTC-5 3 UTC-5 4 UTC-5 5 UTC-5 6 UTC-5 7 UTC-5 8 UTC-5 9 UTC-5 10 UTC-5 11 UTC-5 12 UTC-5 13 UTC-5 14 UTC-5 15 UTC-5 16 UTC-5 17 UTC-5 18 UTC-5 19 UTC-5 20 UTC-5 21 UTC-5 22 UTC-5 23 UTC-5 24 UTC-5 25 UTC-5 26 UTC-5 27 UTC-5 28 UTC-5 29 UTC-5 30 UTC-5 31 UTC-5 32 UTC-5 MLS Cup Playoffs Conference semifinals 1999 10 16 Game 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20021218222204/http://www.mlsnet.com/games/1016miadc.html D.C. United 2–0 Miami Fusion Moreno 34 88 RFK Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. 18,011 W 1999 10 24 Game 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20021226073344/http://www.mlsnet.com/games/1024dcmia.html Miami Fusion 0–0 yes 2–3 D.C. United Marshall 8 Mastroeni 34 Presthus 72 Mastroeni Heaps Rooney S. Martínez Vargas Marshal Etcheverry Wood Agoos Soñora Aunger Lassiter Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida 8,446 SW D.C. United win in the series 2–0. Conference finals 1999 10 31 Game 1 D.C. United 2–1 Columbus Crew Moreno 15 Olsen 72 Cunningham 82 RFK Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. 14,529 W 1999 11 7 Game 2 Columbus Crew 5–1 D.C. United Elcock 20 Cunningham 41 John 48 61 84 Lassiter 7 Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio 12,778 L 1999 10 31 Game 3 D.C. United 4–0 Columbus Crew Moreno 17 Lassiter 34 52 Etcheverry 86 RFK Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. 21,451 W D.C. United win in the series 2–1. MLS Cup MLS Cup 1999 1999 11 21 LA Galaxy 0–2 D.C. United Moreno 19 Olsen 45+1 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 44,910 W CONCACAF Champions Cup Match results 1999 09 29 Quarterfinals D.C. United USA 1–0 HON Olimpia Moreno 68 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada 7,127 Carlos Batres W 1999 10 01 Semifinals D.C. United USA 1–3 MEX Necaxa Talley 26 Almaguer 40Delgado 57Oliva 68 Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada 8,163 Carlos Batres L Statistics Appearances and goals Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute. MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup CONCACAF 3 Carey Talley DF USA 16+13 4 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 5 Geoff Aunger DF CAN 24+2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 A. J. Wood FW USA 13+11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jaime Moreno FW BOL 25+0 10 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 10 Marco Etcheverry MF BOL 22+0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jeff Agoos DF USA 29+1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Ben Olsen MF USA 26+2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Roy Lassiter FW USA 29+1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Richie Williams MF USA 23+0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 John Maessner MF USA 9+2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 January 31, 2020 D.C. United 1999 Player Statistics August 2023 References 1999 Dc United Dc United D.C. United Category:MLS Cup champion seasons Category:MLS Eastern Conference champion seasons Category:Supporters' Shield winning seasons