2014 D.C. United season

March 2026 August 2023 D.C. United 1998 wordmark.svg D.C. United 2014 MLS General manager Dave Kasper Head coach Ben Olsen RFK Stadium Regular season: 17,030 Playoffs:— Eastern Conference: 1stOverall: 3rd MLS Cup Playoffs Conference semifinals U.S. Open Cup Fourth round CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals Atlantic Cup Winners Carolina Challenge Cup Winners 53,267 vs. Columbus 1,904 vs. Tauro _DCU_14h _PHOENIX_1112s _DCU_14h _DCU_14h _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 _DCU_12a _DCU_12a _DCU_12a _DCU_12a _redtop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF true 2013 2015 The 2014 D.C. United season was the club's nineteenth season of existence, and their nineteenth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. Outside of MLS regular season play, the club is going to be participating in the 2014 U.S. Open Cup, in which they are the defending champions, as well as the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. It is United's first appearance in the Champions League since the 2009–10 campaign. Ahead of the MLS regular season campaign, United will participate in the 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup. Background Pre-season After an abysmal 2013 campaign that saw the team break several negative MLS records, the team swapped out over half of its roster. Several starters from 2013 were released or simply let go, including starters like Lionard Pajoy, Dwayne De Rosario, and James Riley among others. In their place, the team gathered several players from other teams, including Davy Arnaud from Montreal, Bobby Boswell from Houston, and Eddie Johnson from Seattle. Ben Olsen and Dave Kasper were allowed to stay on as Head Coach and General Manager (respectively) of the team. By the time the first match of the MLS season came around, only 4 of the starting 11 had stayed with the team from last year. Prospective starting midfielder Chris Pontius suffered a serious hamstring injury and was pronounced out for most of the season. His spot was given to fellow midfielder Perry Kitchen. March The season started on a bad note, with a relatively new Columbus Crew beating a disorganized D.C. United side at home 3–0, and then a 1–0 loss to a surprisingly hot Toronto FC side. However, the team began showing signs of life in a home game against the Chicago Fire. Though the game ended in a 2–2 draw, the newly signed Fabian Espindola and the promoted Kitchen helped to give D.C. United a 2–1 lead in the second half, something the team had not had in MLS season play in a while. April D.C. United went on a roll, adding a 3–0–1 tally throughout the month. Former Chicago Fire midfielder Chris Rolfe, signed to shore up the midfield in the absence of Pontius, made an immediate impact in his first game with the team. In a game against the New England Revolution, he scored a brace in the closing seconds of stoppage time, contributing to the team's 2–0 victory. DC then tacked on another victory against the New York Red Bulls, as the team's defense–--combined with some lucky breaks---managed to hold on to a one-goal lead for most of the match. DC almost won a third straight match at Columbus in a rematch against the Crew, but for a mistake by Espindola which led to a goal by Crew forward Hector Jiménez that allowed them to tie the match near the end of the second half. DC ended up settling for a draw. Back at home, DC would get a crushing victory after an early red card on an FC Dallas player allowed the team, led by Espindola, to rack up a 4–1 victory. May Poor marking on defense and an anemic offense allowed the struggling Portland Timbers to sneak away with a 3–2 victory in the dying seconds of the match. It was a familiar tune that would repeat itself over the next few games as D.C. United barely held on to a 1–0 victory in Philadelphia, and managed to salvage a 1–1 draw against the cellar-dwelling Montreal Impact thanks to DC forward Eddie Johnson scoring his first goal on the season. The team did much better in their following match against Houston, getting a 2–0 victory at home. Then they fell apart in the second half of a match against the Revolution in Foxboro, losing both the game 2–1 and Johnson to a red card suspension. Back home against Sporting KC, the team held on to an Espindola goal to win the match 1–0, but starting defender Jeff Parke left the game due to a foot injury. He would be replaced by rookie defender Steve Birnbaum. June After a friendly between Spain and El Salvador, D.C. United played the second half of a doubleheader of soccer action in FedExField in Landover, against the Columbus Crew. The game ended in a 0–0 draw, with Espindola chipping a penalty kick right into the opposing goalkeeper's hands in the final minutes of play. A few days later, the team travelled to Montreal and beat the Impact 4–2, with Luis Silva earning his first-ever hat trick for the team. Espindola suffered an MCL sprain during this match, and would be sidelined for at least 8 weeks. Following this game, the entire league took two weeks off for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as many of its star players were busy playing for their respective national teams in the Cup. During this break, D.C. United played a match in the fourth round of the 2014 U.S. Open Cup against the Rochester Rhinos, but unlike last year, Ben Olsen downplayed the significance of the tournament and fielded a team of mostly reserve players. The team was eliminated in a quiet 1–0 defeat, the only highlight of the match for DC was Birnbaum being sent off in the 60th minute. On the 28th, D.C. United resumed league play against the Seattle Sounders, where they lost 1–0 at home. July At the start of the month, Christian mutually terminated his contract with the team, claiming that he did not feel comfortable playing in Washington and wished to go back to Spain. His spot on the starting lineup was taken by Chris Korb. Four days later, DC travelled to Toronto and won 2–1, thanks to a pair of stylish goals from midfielders Perry Kitchen and Nick DeLeon. Afterwards, the team travelled to San Jose to face the Earthquakes, and managed to win 2–1 thanks to a combination of a successful Eddie Johnson penalty kick and Bill Hamid making miraculous saves in the dying minutes of the match. The team travelled back home to Washington to face the surging Chivas USA, and defeated them 3–1. Johnson scored his third goal of the season (and second from a penalty kick) in that match. During this time, Parke recovered from his foot injury, but immediately suffered painful migraine headaches that kept him on the sidelines. On the 26th, the team travelled to Jacksonville to play a friendly against Fulham F.C., as an opening act for the newly expanded EverBank Field. While fielding a team of reserves, DC lost 3–0 as Moussa Dembélé scored a hat trick on the team and DC goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra tore his Achilles tendon, ending his season prematurely. Kyle Porter and Alex Caskey also left the game with injuries. A few days later, DC acquired Kofi Opare from the LA Galaxy in a trade and defeated Toronto 3–0 at home. August D.C. United began August with a pair of road losses, but the team recovered to post some strong results and finished the month on top of the Eastern Conference standings. With Chris Korb out, Taylor Kemp made his first start at left back. Despite an early yellow card on Kemp, D.C. United seemed poised to take a rare point in Houston, when Will Bruin beat Kemp and Birnbaum to get on the end of a long pass in added time and scored the lone goal in a 1–0 win for the Dynamo. D.C. United next traveled to Utah to play Real Salt Lake. Although Espindola returned to action in the second half after a prolonged injury absence, RSL scored 3 times in the first half to hand DC its second straight loss. Eddie Johnson received a red card and so would miss the next MLS match. A Sunday night match at RFK saw D.C. United break out of a scoring slump, with 4 goals against the Colorado Rapids. Luis Silva scored twice, including one off Kemp's first MLS assist. Rolfe and Espindola had the other goals. Three nights later, a lineup that featured Eddie Johnson and 10 D.C. United reserves opened up the team's group play in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League with a 1–0 home win against Jamaican side Waterhouse FC on an early goal by Johnson. United went on the road for a game 3 nights later against division-leading Sporting Kansas City. With first-half goals by Espindola, Rolfe and Kitchen, DC surprised SKC by a 3–0 score to take over the top spot in the MLS Eastern Conference. Coach Ben Olsen rested several starters on a road match in Los Angeles, and the team suffered a hard loss, losing 4–1 to the LA Galaxy. 4 days later, D.C. United rebounded at home, riding goals by Silva and Espindola to a 2–0 win over New York Red Bulls, leaving D.C. United 4 points clear in the Eastern Conference race. September Before heading out on the road for a match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, D.C. United added a Ghana international, Samuel Inkoom. Once again, DC started the month slowly, with a draw in Vancouver, followed four days later by a heartbreaking road loss to New York Red Bulls. United lost Chris Rolfe to a broken arm injury suffered in practice prior to the game against NYRB. Despite playing a man down for most of the match after Espindola was red-carded, United seemed destined to hold on for a draw until Lloyd Sam's stoppage-time goal won the night for the Red Bulls. The game marked the first MLS action of the season for Pontius, who came on as a second-half substitute. With Espindola forced to miss the next MLS match, Olsen started Espindola in the return match against Waterhouse FC in Jamaica in CONCACAF group play. Espindola had both D.C. United goals in a 2–1 win for the MLS team. Next, D.C. United traveled to Chicago to play the Chicago Fire, and the DC team rallied from a 2–0 deficit to get a point in a 3–3 draw. DC went ahead 3–2 on a pair of goals by Silva and a goal by Boswell before the team once again lost points on a late goal by the Fire. The team returned to RFK for another CONCACAF Champions League match, this time facing struggling Panamanian side Tauro FC. With goals by Johnson and Pontius, and an assist by Inkoom, D.C. United earned a 2–0 win over Tauro, and clinched the top spot in the group and a place in the quarterfinals. When the team resumed MLS action four days after the Tauro match, DC fans turned out in big numbers, with the biggest home crowd in nearly two years. 19,478 fans watched D.C. United defeat the Philadelphia Union on a header for a goal by Silva. The assist went to Korb, who was playing in his first MLS match since injuring his hamstring on August 9. October Pontius made his first MLS start of the year for a home match against Sporting Kansas City. The goalless draw was enough for D.C. United to clinch a playoff berth. The good news kept coming for D.C. United, as the team next won for the first time ever in Houston, defeating the Dynamo 3–1 on goals by Kemp, Espindola and Johnson. The one sour note for DC was a hamstring injury suffered by Silva after play had resumed following a lengthy rain delay. On October 18, D.C. United completed its worst-to-first turnaround. A 2–1 home win before a sellout crowd at RFK clinched first place and the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Pontius scored his first league goal in over a year, and Johnson capped off the scoring for D.C. United. Three days later, a team of reserves traveled to Panama. A fluke goal on a ball that ricocheted off Conor Shanosky's head was enough for a 1–0 D.C. United win. This win meant that D.C. United earned the full 12 points, the only team in group play to do so. As a result, United gained the top seed heading into the quarterfinal round of CONCACAF Champions League play in February 2015. The final match of the regular season took United across the northern border, where the team fell behind to the Montreal Impact on a goal by Marco Di Vaio in his final game. A late goal by Espindola got a point for D.C. United, closing out the regular season as the first place team in the Eastern Conference and in third-place overall in the MLS Supporters Shield race. United completed the largest turnaround in points from one MLS season to the next. November An injury-depleted D.C. United squad traveled to Red Bull Arena for a playoff match against New York Red Bulls. United fell 2–0 on goals by Bradley Wright-Phillips and Peguy Luyindola. Needing at least two goals in the return match at RFK, D.C. United got a first half goal from Nick DeLeon to set the stage for an improbable comeback. However, another goal by Luyindula, on an assist by Thierry Henry, sealed D.C. United's fate. A late goal by Sean Franklin was not nearly enough to send the home-and-home series to overtime, as NYRB defeated D.C. United by an aggregate 3–2 score. December Awards season saw D.C. United get several honors. Bobby Boswell was named MLS Defender of the Year. Bill Hamid was MLS Goalie of the Year and Ben Olsen was named MLS Coach of the Year. In roster moves, D.C. United added Thomas McNamara in the dispersal draft that allocated players from disbanded Chivas USA. However, McNamara was selected by New York City in the subsequent MLS expansion draft. Orlando City SC also took a D.C. United player, Lewis Neal. Prior to the expansion draft, D.C. United traded Joe Willis and Inkoom to Houston in exchange for Andrew Driver, a move that allowed the team to protect an additional domestic player in the expansion draft. Squad As of October 2, 2014.http://www.dcunited.com/players Players D.C. United August 12, 2014 No.PositionNationPlayer2 USA DF Jeff Parke 3 USA MF David Estrada David_Estrada_(soccer) 4 CAN DF Nana Attakora 5 USA DF Sean Franklin 6 USA DF Kofi Opare 7 USA FW Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson (American soccer) DP 8 USA MF Davy Arnaud 9 ARG FW Fabián Espíndola 11 USA MF Luis Silva Luis Silva (Mexican footballer) 12 USA MF Alex Caskey 13 USA FW Chris Pontius Chris Pontius (soccer) 14 USA MF Nick DeLeon 15 USA DF Steve Birnbaum 17 USA MF Conor Shanosky HGP 18 USA FW Chris Rolfe 19 CAN MF Kyle Porter 20 USA DF Jalen Robinson HGP 21 GHA DF Samuel Inkoom 22 USA DF Chris Korb 23 USA MF Perry Kitchen 24 ENG MF Lewis Neal 25 USA MF Jared Jeffrey 27 USA MF Collin Martin HGP 28 USA GK Bill Hamid HGP 29 JAM FW Michael Seaton Michael Seaton (footballer) HGP 30 USA FW Conor Doyle 31 USA GK Joe Willis Joe Willis (American soccer) 32 USA DF Bobby Boswell 33 USA DF Taylor Kemp 50 USA GK Andrew Dykstra Competitions Preseason Florida training camp February 5 19:00 UTC-5 D.C. United 0–1 Report Toronto FC Dike 85 IMG Academy Bradenton, Florida L February 8 19:00 UTC-5 D.C. United 0–2 Report Chicago Fire Arnaud 39Doyle 86 Shipp 48Ward 80 IMG Academy Bradenton, Florida L February 12 10:00 UTC-5 D.C. United 0–1 Chicago Fire Joya 75Ward 85 IMG Academy Bradenton, Florida 247 L Carolina Challenge Cup 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup 1 February 22 17:00 EDT Houston Dynamo 0–2 D.C. United Horst 21 o.g.Seaton 88 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 2,331 W 2 February 26 19:30 EDT Charleston Battery 1–1 D.C. United Ruggles 90+ Silva 72 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 3,066 D 3 March 1 17:00 EDT D.C. United 2–2 Report Seattle Sounders FC Espíndola 8 pen.Kitchen 53 Cooper 24Pappa 63 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 2,457 D Major League Soccer 2014 Major League Soccer season Overall table Eastern Conference standings Results summary 11 4 2 28 12 6 4 7 24 25 October 30, 2014 Match results June 2014 Results by round table b Round Stadium H /A /H /H /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /A /H /H /A /H/A /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /A /H /A /A /A /H /H /A /H /A Result L /L /D /W /W /D /W /L /W /D /W /L /W /D /W /L /W/W /W /W /L /L /W /W /L /W /D /L /D /W /D /W /W /D Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss October 30, 2014 MLS Results and League table March 2013 Match results 1 March 8 19:00 EST D.C. United 0–3 Report Columbus Crew Neal 67 Arrieta 18Higuaín 27 pen. 90 63Tchani 39Trapp 43Francis 76 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 13,840 Andres Pfefferkorn L 2 March 22 16:30 EDT Toronto FC 1–0 Report D.C. United Jackson 50Defoe 60 Arnaud 55 BMO Field Toronto, Ontario 22,591 Silviu Petrescu L 3 March 29 16:00 EDT D.C. United 2–2 Report Chicago Fire DeLeon 22Espíndola 35Parke 56Kitchen 73 Hurtado 27Cochrane 58Amarikwa 83 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 9,445 Jair Marrufo D 4 April 5 19:00 EDT D.C. United 2–0 Report New England Revolution Neal 4Gonçalves 43 o.g.Doyle 90+2Rolfe 90+3 Dorman 36Davies 88 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 10,526 Jorge Gonzalez W 5 April 12 19:00 EDT D.C. United 1–0 Report New York Red Bulls Arnaud 4Christian 16Kitchen 71Jeffrey 90 Alexander 14Miller 30 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 12,364 Allen Chapman W 6 April 19 19:30 EDT Columbus Crew 1–1 Report D.C. United Oduro 18González 73Anõr 0 81Jiménez 89 Espíndola 31Kitchen 67 Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio 11,437 D 7 April 26 19:00 EDT D.C. United 4–1 Report FC Dallas Espíndola 45+5 69Boswell 60Franklin 64 Loyd 2 10 39Díaz 13Seitz 48Hedges 74Michel 0 89 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 11,172 Fotis Bazakos W 8 May 3 22:30 EDT Portland Timbers 3–2 D.C. United Fernández 1 Danso 38 Urruti 90+4 Arnaud 21 Danso 78 o.g. Espíndola 86 Providence Park Portland, Oregon 20,814 L 9 May 10 16:30 EDT Philadelphia Union 0–1 D.C. United Rolfe 6 Kitchen 33 Korb 67 Arnaud 78 PPL Park Chester, Pennsylvania 18,522 W 10 May 17 19:00 EDT D.C. United 1–1 Montreal Impact DeLeon 77 Johnson 84 Neal 85 McInerney 56 Bernardello 67 Bernier 90+2 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 14,106 D 11 May 21 19:00 EDT D.C. United 2–0 Houston Dynamo Rolfe 28 Arnaud36 Neal 56 Espíndola 63 72 Barnes 65 Ownby 0 90+2 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 8,224 Alan Kelly W 12 May 24 19:30 EDT New England Revolution 2–1 Report D.C. United Mullins 55Bunbury 64Fagúndez 67 77 Korb 39Kitchen 42Arnaud 67Espíndola 73Johnson 0 82 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 13,589 L 13 May 31 19:00 EDT D.C. United 1–0 Report Sporting Kansas City Espíndola 28 76Christian 62<br/ >Kitchen 82Caskey 0 90+4 Palmer-Brown 72Toni 85 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 18,522 W 14 June 7 19:00 EDT D.C. United 0–0 Report Columbus Crew Boswell 42Christian 78 Meram 88Anor 90+4 FedExField Landover, Maryland 53,267 Hilario Grajeda D Doubleheader following Spain–El Salvador friendly match 15 June 11 19.30 EDT Montreal Impact 2–4 Report D.C. United McInerney 12Romero 21 25Lefevre 81 Silva 6 39 45+5 pen.DeLeon 23Arnaud 87 Stade Saputo Montreal, Quebec 14,135 Mark Kadlecik W 16 June 28 19:00 EDT D.C. United 0–1 Report Seattle Sounders FC Alonso 20Barrett 39Pineda 87 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 16,922 CAN Silviu Petrescu L 17 July 5 19:00 EDT Toronto FC 1–2 Report D.C. United Moore 60Hagglund 0 88 DeLeon 54Kitchen 69 BMO Field Toronto, Ontario 22,591 David Gantar W 18 July 11 23:00 EDT San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Report D.C. United Wondolowski 39Gordon 90+2 Johnson 12 pen. 87Silva 25Kitchen 71 Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, California 10,525 Jair Marrufo W 19 July 20 20:00 EDT D.C. United 3–1 Report Chivas USA Johnson 25 pen.Kitchen 31 59Silva 70 71 Torres 84 pen. RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 13,732 Fotis Bazakos W 20 July 30 19:00 EDT D.C. United 3–0 Report Toronto FC Johnson 8 90 Arnaud 42 Korb 54 Rolfe 59 Hagglund 67 o.g. Warner 36 Bradley 68 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 16,171 Chris Penso W 21 August 3 20:00 EDT Houston Dynamo 1–0 Report D.C. United Bruin 90+1 Kemp 5Kitchen 72 BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, Texas 20,061 USA Edwin Jurisevic L 22 August 9 22:00 EDT Real Salt Lake 3–0 Report D.C. United Plata 11 Schuler 13 24 Mansally 85 Jeffrey 5 Johnson 30 Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy, Utah 20,452 Hilario Grajeda L 23 August 17 20:00 EDT D.C. United 4–2 Report Colorado Rapids Silva 12 67 Arnaud 68 Kitchen 72 Rolfe 81 Espíndola 86 LaBrocca 3 Klute 43 Serna 52 Brown 90+1 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 12,814 Allen Chapman W 24 August 23 20:30 EDT Sporting KC 0–3 Report D.C. United Julião 83 Espíndola 24 Rolfe 28 Kitchen 31 Kemp 61 Sporting Park Kansas City, Kansas 19,963 Alan Kelly W 25 August 27 22:30 EDT LA Galaxy 4–1 Report D.C. United Gordon 2 Donovan 18 75 pen. González 25 Husidic 45+1 Silva 21 Leonardo 58 o.g. Espíndola 81 StubHub Center Carson, California 16,044 Kevin Stott L 26 August 31 14:30 EDT D.C. United 2–0 Report New York Red Bulls Silva 57Johnson 90+1 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 19,453 Jair Marrufo W 27 September 6 22:00 EDT Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Report D.C. United Boswell 18 BC Place Vancouver, British Columbia 18,116 Drew Fisher D 28 September 10 20:00 EDT New York Red Bulls 1–0 Report D.C. United Sam 90Miller 38Armando 39 Espíndola 0 32 Red Bull Arena Harrison, New Jersey 14,953 Mark Geiger L 29 September 20 20:30 EDT Chicago Fire 3–3 Report D.C. United Amarikwa 16 Larentowicz 32 pen. Cocis 45 Watson 78 Palmer 90+1 Kitchen 31 Silva 39 pen. 54 DeLeon 65 Boswell 68 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 17,279 Fotis Bazakos D 30 September 27 15:00 EDT D.C. United 1–0 Report Philadelphia Union Silva 10Kitchen 86 Edu 90 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 19,478 Silviu Petrescu W 31 October 3 20:00 EDT D.C. United 0–0 Report Sporting Kansas City Arnaud 45+1 Sinovic 30Nagamura 52Dwyer 55 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 19,308 Hilario Grajeda D 32 October 12 15:00 EDT Houston Dynamo 1–3 Report D.C. United Barnes 83 pen. Kemp 41 Espíndola 64 Hamid 70 Johnson 87 BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, Texas 21,689 Ismail Elfath W 33 October 18 20:00 EDT D.C. United 2–1 Report Chicago Fire Pontius 31 Johnson 53 Shipp 67 Ritter 90+2 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 20,162 Armando Villarreal W 34 October 25 16:00 EDT Montreal Impact 1–1 Report D.C. United Di Vaio 26Mallace 40 Espíndola 86 Saputo Stadium Montreal, Quebec 15,242 Silviu Petrescu D MLS Cup Playoffs 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs Conference semifinals First leg November 2 16:00 EST New York Red Bulls 2–0 Report D.C. United Wright-Phillips 40 McCarty 43 Luyindula 73 Bitolo 82 Miller 84 Red Bull Arena Harrison, New Jersey 18,054 Hilario Grajeda L Second leg November 8 14:30 EST D.C. United 2–1 Report 2–3 New York Red Bulls DeLeon 37 Espindola 58 0 90+6 Kemp 85 Franklin 90+1 Miller 42 0 78 Luyindula 57Wright-Phillips 89 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 20,187 Ismail Elfath W CONCACAF Champions League 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League Group stage August 20 1 20:00 EDT D.C. United USA 1–0 ReportBox Score JAM Waterhouse Johnson 5Attakora 23 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 3,300 Armando Castro (Honduras) W September 16 2 20:00 EDT Waterhouse JAM 1–2 ReportBox Score USA D.C. United Anderson 41Gray 71Finlayson 90+1 Espíndola 38 50Kemp 2 22 70Hamid 81 Independence Park Kingston 554 Adrian Skeete (Barbados) W September 24 3 20:00 EDT D.C. United USA 2–0 Report PAN Tauro Pontius 48Johnson 56 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 1,904 Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica) W October 21 4 20:00 EDT Tauro PAN 0–1 USA D.C. United Shanosky 24Opare 84Korb 87 Estadio Rommel Fernández Panama City W Knockout stage 2015 D.C. United season U.S. Open Cup 2014 U.S. Open Cup June 17 Fourth round 19:00 EDT Rochester Rhinos New York 1–0 ReportBox Score Washington, D.C. D.C. United Rolfe 27 Birnbaum 2 50 60 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York L Midseason friendlies May 14 19:30 EST D.C. United 1–0 Report D.C. United U-23 Seaton 37 Long Bridge Park Arlington, Virginia 200 W July 26 18:00 EDT D.C. United USA 0–3 Report ENG Fulham Dembélé 22 44 75 EverBank Field Jacksonville, Florida 52,961 L Statistics Appearances and goals MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Champions League 2 Jeff Parke DF USA 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3 David Estrada MF USA 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4 Nana Attakora DF CAN 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 5 Sean Franklin DF USA 17+1 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 6 Kofi Opare DF USA 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 7 Eddie Johnson FW USA 19+0 4 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 8 Davy Arnaud MF USA 21+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9 Fabián Espíndola FW ARG 15+2 8 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 11 Luis Silva FW USA 13+5 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 12 Alex Caskey MF USA 1+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 13 Chris Pontius FW USA 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 14 Nick DeLeon MF USA 21+0 2 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 15 Steve Birnbaum DF USA 10+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 17 Conor Shanosky MF USA 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 18 Chris Rolfe FW USA 19+2 6 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 19 Kyle Porter MF CAN 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 20 Jalen Robinson DF USA 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 21 Samuel Inkoom DF GHA 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 22 Chris Korb DF USA 12+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 23 Perry Kitchen MF USA 21+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 24 Lewis Neal MF ENG 6+14 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 25 Jared Jeffrey MF USA 1+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 27 Collin Martin MF USA 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 28 Bill Hamid GK USA 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 29 Michael Seaton FW JAM 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 30 Conor Doyle FW USA 1+16 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 31 Joe Willis GK USA 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 32 Bobby Boswell DF USA 23+0 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 33 Taylor Kemp DF USA 2+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 50 Andrew Dykstra GK USA 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan=14|Players who left the club during the 2014 season |- 3 Christian DF ESP 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- 21 Christiano François FW HAI 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Statistics current as of August 20, 2014 Sources: D.C. United Season Statistics; DC United Squad - ESPN FC Top scorers Rank Ranking Pos Position No. Roster Number PlayerMLSMLS Cup PlayoffsU.S. Open CupCCLTotal1FW9ARG Fabian Espindola 11 0 0 2 13 2FW11USA Luis Silva 11 0 0 0 11 3FW7USA Eddie Johnson 7 0 0 2 9 4MF18USA Chris Rolfe 6 0 0 0 6 5MF23USA Perry Kitchen 5 0 0 0 56MF14USA Nick DeLeon 2 1 0 0 37MF8USA Davy Arnaud 2 0 0 0 2 DF5USA Sean Franklin 1 1 0 0 2FW13USA Chris Pontius 1 0 0 1 2 10DF32USA Bobby Boswell 1 0 0 0 1 DF33USA Taylor Kemp 1 0 0 0 113MF17USA Conor Shanosky 0 0 0 1 1 Top assists Rank Ranking Pos Position No. Roster Number PlayerMLSMLS Cup PlayoffsU.S. Open CupCCLTotal1FW9ARG Fabián Espíndola 9 0 0 0 9 2MF18USA Chris Rolfe 6 0 0 0 6 3MF14USA Nick DeLeon 5 0 0 0 54FW11USA Luis Silva 4 0 0 0 4MF23USA Perry Kitchen 4 0 0 0 4 DF5USA Sean Franklin 4 0 0 0 4MF3USA David Estrada 2 0 0 2 48DF32USA Bobby Boswell 3 0 0 0 3 DF22USA Chris Korb 3 0 0 0 3 FW7USA Eddie Johnson 3 0 0 0 3DF33USA Taylor Kemp 2 1 0 0 3DF21GHA Samuel Inkoom 1 0 0 2 313DF3ESP Christian 1 0 0 0 1 MF24ENG Lewis Neal 1 0 0 0 1GK28USA Bill Hamid 1 0 0 0 1DF15USA Steve Birnbaum 0 1 0 0 1 Transfers In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource83 MFArnaud, Davy USA Davy ArnaudCAN Montreal ImpactTraded for international roster spotDecember 10, 201352 DFFranklin, Sean USA Sean FranklinUSA Los Angeles GalaxySelected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage OneDecember 12, 2013322 DFBoswell, Bobby USA Bobby BoswellUSA Houston DynamoSelected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage OneDecember 12, 201374 FWJohnson, Eddie USA Eddie JohnsonUSA Seattle Sounders FCUndisclosedDecember 17, 2013D.C. United acquires Eddie Johnson http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/12/dc-united-acquires-eddie-johnson D.C. United DCUnited.com December 17, 2013 94 FWEspíndola, Fabián ARG Fabián EspíndolaUSA New York Red BullsSelected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage TwoDecember 18, 201342 DFAttakora, Nana CAN Nana AttakoraUSA San Jose EarthquakesSelected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage TwoDecember 18, 2013203 MFRobinson, Jalen USA Jalen RobinsonUSA Wake Forest Demon DeaconsSigned a HGP contractJanuary 6, 201422 DFParke, Jeff USA Jeff ParkeUSA Philadelphia UnionTraded for Ethan WhiteJanuary 14, 2014Goff Steven D.C. United acquires Jeff Parke for Ethan White, swaps allocation slots https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2014/01/14/d-c-united-acquires-jeff-parke-for-ethan-white-swaps-allocation-slots/ The Washington Post WashingtonPost.com January 15, 2013 January 14, 2013 152 DFBirnbaum, Steve USA Steve BirnbaumUSA California Golden BearsUSA Orange County Blue StarSelected in the first round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraftJanuary 16, 2014343 MFMunoz, Victor ESP Victor MuñozUSA UCLA BruinsUSA OC Blues StrikersSelected in the second round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraftJanuary 16, 2014353 MFBarnes, Zach USA Zach BarnesUSA Creighton BluejaysUSA Portland Timbers U23sSelected in the third round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraftJanuary 21, 2014402 DFGolden, Travis USA Travis GoldenUSA Campbell CamelsUSA Austin AztexSelected in the fourth round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraftJanuary 21, 2014214 FWFrancois, Christiano HAI Christiano FrancoisUSA Maryland TerrapinsWaiver DraftJanuary 24, 2014Christiano Francois claimed in a Waiver Draft http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/01/christiano-francois-claimed-in-a-waiver-draft DCUnited.com 2014-01-25 2014-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114048/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/01/christiano-francois-claimed-in-a-waiver-draft dead32 DFFernández Salas, Christian ESP ChristianESP AlmeríaFreeFebruary 7, 2014D.C. United signs defender Cristian Fernandez Salas http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/02/dc-united-signs-defender-christian-fernandez-salas DCUnited.com February 8, 2014 February 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140215102148/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/02/dc-united-signs-defender-christian-fernandez-salas dead 123 MFCaskey, Alex USA Alex CaskeyUSA Seattle Sounders FCTraded for 2016 MLS SuperDraft third round pickMarch 4, 2014D.C. United trades for midfielder Alex Caskey http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/03/dc-united-trades-for-midfielder-alex-caskey D.C. United DCUnited.com March 5, 2014 March 4, 2014 March 18, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140318181434/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/03/dc-united-trades-for-midfielder-alex-caskey dead 183 MFRolfe, Chris USA Chris RolfeUSA Chicago FireUndisclosedApril 2, 201463 DFOpare, Kofi GHA Kofi OpareUSA Los Angeles GalaxySwapped allocation ranking with the LA GalaxyJuly 29, 2014D.C. United acquires Kofi Opare from LA Galaxy http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/07/dc-united-acquires-kofi-opare-from-la-galaxy 2014-08-01 2015-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20150405033150/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/07/dc-united-acquires-kofi-opare-from-la-galaxy dead33 M/FEstrada, David MEX David EstradaUSA Seattle Sounders FCTraded for the third pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraftAugust 7, 2014D.C. United acquires David Estrada from Seattle Sounders FC http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/08/dc-united-acquire-david-estrada-from-seattle-sounders-fc 2014-08-12 2014-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808115319/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/08/dc-united-acquire-david-estrada-from-seattle-sounders-fc dead213 D/MInkoom, Samuel GHA Samuel InkoomGRE PlataniasSeptember 5, 2014D.C. United signs midfielder/defender Samuel Inkoom http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/09/dc-united-signs-midfielderdefender-samuel-inkoom 2014-09-05 2014-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20141208093628/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/09/dc-united-signs-midfielderdefender-samuel-inkoom dead Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource264 FWPajoy, Lionard COL Lionard PajoyCOL La EquidadReleasedOctober 30, 2013D.C. United declines options on three players http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/10/dc-united-declines-options-on-three-players D.C. United DCUnited.com October 30, 2013 October 30, 2013 November 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131102015230/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/10/dc-united-declines-options-on-three-players dead204 FWRuiz, Carlos GUA Carlos RuizGUA MunicipalReleasedOctober 30, 2013113 MFSaragosa, Marcelo BRA Marcelo SaragosaUSA Tampa Bay RowdiesReleasedOctober 30, 201374 FWDe Rosario, Dwayne CAN Dwayne De RosarioCAN Toronto FCReleasedOctober 31, 2013D.C. United declines option on Captain Dwayne De Rosario http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/10/dc-united-declines-option-on-captain-dwayne-de-rosario D.C. United DCUnited.com October 31, 2013 October 31, 2013 November 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104053923/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/10/dc-united-declines-option-on-captain-dwayne-de-rosario dead63 MFAlam, Syamsir IDN Syamsir AlamBEL ViseLoan expired, option declinedNovember 1, 2013D.C. United declines their option on Syamsir Alam http://www.blackandredunited.com/offseason-of-our-discontent/2013/11/1/5054576/dc-united-syamsir-alam-released-cut-waived-indonesia-cs-vise Black and Red United SBNation.com November 1, 2013 November 1, 201322 DFRiley, James USA James RileyUSA LA GalaxyOption declinedDecember 9, 2013Serrano Adam LA Galaxy bolster their defense with the addition of veteran outside back James Riley http://www.lagalaxy.com/blog/beat/2014/02/25/la-galaxy-bolster-their-defense-addition-veteran-outside-back-james-riley https://archive.today/20140226002927/http://www.lagalaxy.com/blog/beat/2014/02/25/la-galaxy-bolster-their-defense-addition-veteran-outside-back-james-riley dead February 26, 2014 LA Galaxy LAGalaxy.com March 5, 2014 February 25, 2014 83 MFThorrington, John USA John ThorringtonRetiredOption declined, subsequently retiredDecember 9, 2013212 DFWoolard, Daniel USA Daniel WoolardRetiredOption declinedDecember 9, 2013152 DFWhite, Ethan USA Ethan WhiteUSA Philadelphia UnionTraded for Jeff ParkeJanuary 14, 201452 DFJakovic, Dejan CAN Dejan JakovicJPN Shimizu S-PulseUndisclosed (~375K est.)January 14, 2014DC United transfer Canadian international Dejan Jakovic to J. League club Shimizu S-Pulse http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/14/dc-united-transfer-canadian-international-dejan-jakovic-j-league-club-shumiz Major League Soccer MLSSoccer.com January 15, 2013 January 16, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140116003821/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/14/dc-united-transfer-canadian-international-dejan-jakovic-j-league-club-shumiz dead 403 MFGolden, Travis USA Travis GoldenUSA Austin AztexReleasedFebruary 13, 2014Bromley Ben Travis Golden and Zach Barnes released from D.C. United's camp http://www.blackandredunited.com/2014/2/13/5409960/travis-golden-released-dc-united-preseason-camp SB Nation BlackandRedUnited.com February 14, 2014 353 MFBarnes, Zach USA Zach BarnesUSA Lane UnitedReleasedFebruary 13, 2014164 FWTownsend, Casey USA Casey TownsendUSA Tampa Bay RowdiesWaivedFebruary 19, 2014D.C. United waives Casey Townsend http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/02/dc-united-waives-casey-townsend D.C. United DCUnited.com February 19, 2014 343 MFMunoz, Victor ESP Victor MuñozUSA Sporting Kansas City ReleasedMarch 3, 201432 DFChristian ESP ChristianESP UD Las PalmasMutually-terminated contractJuly 1, 2014D.C. United and Cristian Fernandez mutually agree on termination of contract http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/07/dc-united-and-cristian-fernandez-mutually-agree-on-termination-of-contract July 1, 2014 July 1, 2014214 FWChristian HAI Christiano FrançoisUSA Ironbound SoulReleasedAugust 8, 2014Goff Steven D.C. United acquires David Estrada from Seattle, loses Michael Seaton for month https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/wp/2014/08/07/d-c-united-acquires-david-estrada-from-seattle-loses-michael-seaton-for-month/ The Washington Post 8 August 2014 Loan out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toStartEndSource31GKWillis, Joe USA Joe WillisUSA Richmond KickersFebruary 26, 2014Payne Rebecca Willis, Martin, Francois are first to report to Richmond http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/02/willis-martin-francois-are-first-to-report-to-richmond D.C. Unite DCUnited.com March 1, 2014 February 26, 2014 February 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140228055512/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2014/02/willis-martin-francois-are-first-to-report-to-richmond dead 21FWFrancois, Christiano HAI Christiano FrançoisUSA Richmond KickersFebruary 26, 2014August 8, 201424MFMartin, Collin USA Collin MartinUSA Richmond KickersFebruary 26, 201415DFBirnbaum, Steve USA Steve BirnbaumUSA Richmond KickersMarch 22, 201429FWSeaton, Michael JAM Michael SeatonUSA Richmond KickersMarch 22, 201419MFPorter, Kyle CAN Kyle PorterUSA Richmond KickersApril 4, 2014Bromley Ben Steve Birnbaum and Kyle Porter to be loaned to the Richmond Kickers http://www.blackandredunited.com/dc-united-reserves-richmond-kickers/2014/4/4/5581570/steve-birnbaum-kyle-porter-loan-richmond-kickers Black and Red United May 3, 2014 See also D.C. United List of D.C. 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