2001 D.C. United season

March 2026 August 2023 D.C. United 1998 wordmark.svg D.C. United 2001 General manager Dave Kasper Head coach Thomas Rongen RFK Stadium MLS 10th MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Semifinals CONCACAF Giants Cup Runners-Up Abdul Thompson Conteh (14) _thinredborder _DCU_96h _thinredborder _DCU_96 _DCU_98h 000000 FFFFFF 000000 000000 000000 _adidasstripesonwhite _DCU_00a _adidasstripesonwhite _DCU_00a FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF _DCU_99t _DCU_99t _DCU_99t _DCU_99t _DCU_98h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 true 2000 2002 The 2001 D.C. United season was the clubs' seventh year of existence, as well as their sixth season in Major League Soccer. For the second-consecutive year in franchise history, United failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, previously winning in making the finals in the four tournaments beforehand. The club also played in the CONCACAF Giants Cup where they finished second to Club America of Mexico. United's MLS regular season was cut short after 26 matches due to the September 11 attacks, it would the last time a United game was suspended until the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Background 2000 D.C. United season The 2000 D.C. United season marked the first time in club history that the franchise failed to not only reach the MLS Cup final, but failed to make the MLS Cup Playoffs altogether. Throughout the club's fifth ever campaign, United posted a losing record of eight wins, eighteen losses and six ties; earning the eleventh best record in the twelve-team league. Despite the poor performance, Dutch manager, Thomas Rongen, remained at the helm of the club coaching staff. Competitions Major League Soccer 2001 Major League Soccer season Standings DCU DC Results summary 6 2 4 26 19 2 0 12 16 31 Results by round table b Round Stadium H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H Result W/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/W/L/D/L/L/W/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/W/L/C/C Home Away Cancelled green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss FBREF.com June 2011 Match results 1 April 7, 2001 D.C. United 3–2 https://fbref.com/en/matches/fcc6f1cf/DC-United-Kansas-City-Wizards-April-7-2001-Major-League-Soccer Kansas City Wizards Convey 33 Watson 51 Arce 65 pen. Talley 69 Lisi 88 Lassiter 18 McKeon 44 Garcia 0 64 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Tim Weyland W 2 April 14, 2001 Chicago Fire 2–0 https://fbref.com/en/matches/000275a4/Chicago-Fire-DC-United-April-14-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Evans 49 Wolff 57 Kovalenko 78, 90+1 Albright 39 Talley 56 Convey 66 Etcheverry 1 77 90+1 Soldier Field Chicago, Illinois Gerry Corrie L 3 April 21, 2001 D.C. United 2–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/5f0a49b8/DC-United-New-England-Revolution-April-21-2001-Major-League-Soccer New England Revolution Conteh 9 61 Okoh 49 Harkes 51 Torres 62 Pierce 89 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Michael Kennedy W 4 May 5, 2001 MetroStars 3–2 https://fbref.com/en/matches/976b8147/MetroStars-DC-United-May-5-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Perez 56 Mathis 79 Faria 88 Villegas 90 Moreno 33 p 52 Talley 38 Ziadie 40 Nelsen 45 Etcheverry 78 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey Tim Weyland L 5 May 9, 2001 D.C. United 5–0 https://fbref.com/en/matches/5f6f7713/DC-United-New-England-Revolution-May-9-2001-Major-League-Soccer New England Revolution Conteh 5 34 44 48 Talley 40 Nelsen 58 Torres 41 Franchino 48 Wolyniec 81 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Richard Heron W 6 May 12, 2001 D.C. United 2–3 https://fbref.com/en/matches/acd2be66/DC-United-San-Jose-Earthquakes-May-12-2001-Major-League-Soccer San Jose Earthquakes Convey 40 Talley 44 Denton 48 Etcheverry 50 Moreno 52 pen. Pope 90+2 Mulrooney 4 Russell 36 Lagos 54 90+1 Ekelund 71 Isben 0 79 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Noel Kenny L 7 May 19, 2001 Columbus Crew 2–1 yes https://fbref.com/en/matches/fd1be83f/Columbus-Crew-DC-United-May-19-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United McBride 25 Elcock 0 59 Bonseu 0 67 Cunningham 99 Etcheverry 39 Talley 40 Convey 65 Quaranta 69, 90 Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio Rich Grady L 8 May 30, 2001 Miami Fusion 2–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/eedbbda5/Miami-Fusion-DC-United-May-30-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Preki 11 pen. Bishop 12 McKinley 18 Mastroeni 52 Rooney 71 Ziadie 29 Denton 38 Nelsen 39 Albright 54 Moreno 58 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida Ricardo Valenzuela L 9 June 2, 2001 D.C. United 1–2 https://fbref.com/en/matches/5567c6c3/DC-United-Chicago-Fire-June-2-2001-Major-League-Soccer Chicago Fire Moreno 7, 80 Lisi 33 Ziadie 37 Pope 61 Wood 78 Ammann 90 Stoichkov 3 Curtin 0 59 Wynalda 76 Kovalenko 79 pen., 80 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Tim Weyland L 10 June 9, 2001 Dallas Burn 3–0 https://fbref.com/en/matches/6c1c84dc/Dallas-Burn-DC-United-June-9-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Rodríguez 18 Suarez 17 Rhine 29 Farrer 60 Martínez 73 Watson 8 Alegría 32 Convey 64 Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Alex Prus L 11 June 13, 2001 D.C. United 2–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/aff82d63/DC-United-MetroStars-June-13-2001-Major-League-Soccer MetroStars Namoff 13 Talley 52 Ziadie 55 Moreno 69 Conteh 78 Alegría 0 83 Faria 10 Semioli 19 Comas 45+3 Perez 90+1 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Gus St. Silva W 12 June 16, 2001 Kansas City Wizards 0–3 https://fbref.com/en/matches/e52cc325/Kansas-City-Wizards-DC-United-June-16-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Watson 21 Wood 46 Conteh 53 Quaranta 55 63 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri Richard Heron W 13 June 23, 2001 Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 https://fbref.com/en/matches/c0477319/Tampa-Bay-Mutiny-DC-United-June-23-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Ralston 8 Diallo 23 Anderson 38 Kotschau 39 Barclay 42 Quill 46 Trittschuh 54 Demmin 73 Moreno 52 Albright 82 Armstrong 90+1 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida Rich Grady L 14 June 30, 2001 D.C. United 1–1 yes https://fbref.com/en/matches/654f3d53/DC-United-Colorado-Rapids-June-30-2001-Major-League-Soccer Colorado Rapids Vermillion 45 Conteh 58 Baba 41, 81 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Gerry Corrie T 15 July 4, 2001 Colorado Rapids 3–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/acd79656/Colorado-Rapids-DC-United-July-4-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Spencer 1 59 81 Martinez 18 Dawes 84 Moreno 56 Mile High Stadium Denver, Colorado Peter Kokolski L 16 July 7, 2001 D.C. United 0–3 https://fbref.com/en/matches/1e70a8cb/DC-United-LA-Galaxy-July-7-2001-Major-League-Soccer Los Angeles Galaxy Albright 53 Ziadie 87 Caligiuri 37 Hendrickson 45+1 Jones 63, 84 Hernández 83 pen. RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Noel Kenny L 17 July 14, 2001 New England Revolution 1–3 https://fbref.com/en/matches/d097a1f6/New-England-Revolution-DC-United-July-14-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Asad 42 Williams 71 Sunsing 87 Quaranta 5 90+4 Talley 16 Vermillion 45+2 Pope 69 Moreno 71 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts Ricardo Valenzuela W 18 July 18, 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 https://fbref.com/en/matches/b3c3104a/San-Jose-Earthquakes-DC-United-July-18-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Lagos 37 53 Cerritos 49 56 p Albright 52 Armstrong 73 Spartan Stadium San Jose, California Alex Prus L 19 July 21, 2001 MetroStars 2–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/f87ffd9c/MetroStars-DC-United-July-21-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Walsh 6, 6 Petke 45+2 Talley 86 o.g. Perez 89 Talley 58 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey L 20 August 1, 2001 D.C. United 2–2 yes https://fbref.com/en/matches/bf546bd9/DC-United-Miami-Fusion-August-1-2001-Major-League-Soccer Miami Fusion Conteh 30 33 Moreno 37 Ziadie 90+3 Chacón 55 Serna 74 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Kevin Stott T 21 August 11, 2001 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 https://fbref.com/en/matches/895375c8/LA-Galaxy-DC-United-August-11-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Vanney 28 Vagenas 48 Hendrickson 72 Talley 33 Namoff 63 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Michael Kennedy L 22 August 15, 2001 D.C. United 1–2 https://fbref.com/en/matches/5acf778e/DC-United-MetroStars-August-15-2001-Major-League-Soccer MetroStars Lisi 87 Armstrong 90+2 Faria 10 Williams 23 Chung 41 Semioli 73 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Paul Tamberino L 23 August 18, 2001 New England Revolution 2–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/ed2db24f/New-England-Revolution-DC-United-August-18-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Chronopoulos 9 30 Heaps 12 Williams 33 Armstrong 32 Moreno 34 Pope 44 Conteh 58 Kamler 69 Nelsen 86 Talley 0 90+2 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts Terry Vaughn L 24 August 25, 2001 D.C. United 2–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/3331f955/DC-United-Columbus-Crew-August-25-2001-Major-League-Soccer Columbus Crew Conteh 54, 80 Etcheverry 58 Armstrong 69 Pope 76 Clark 14 Cunningham 25, 41 Oughton 52 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Kevin Stott W 25 September 1, 2001 D.C. United 5–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/dd5a2a68/DC-United-Tampa-Bay-Mutiny-September-1-2001-Major-League-Soccer Tampa Bay Mutiny Conteh 27 49 Namoff 34 Moreno 39 Lisi 47 Alegría 71 Demmin 15 Keller 35 Jair 61 Soñora 64 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Rich Grady W 26 September 8, 2001 Miami Fusion 3–1 https://fbref.com/en/matches/a31bce29/Miami-Fusion-DC-United-September-8-2001-Major-League-Soccer D.C. United Chacón 3 26 70 Rooney 45 Bishop 49 Albright 58 Etcheverry 59 Armstrong 62 Lisi 64 Talley 78 Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida L 27 September 12, 2001 D.C. United Dallas Burn RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. P Match cancelled due to the September 11 attacks. 28 September 15, 2001 D.C. United Miami Fusion RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. P Match cancelled due to the September 11 attacks. U.S. Open Cup 2001 U.S. Open Cup Second round June 27, 2001 19:30 UTC−5 D.C. United Washington, D.C. 8–0 New Jersey New Jersey Stallions Albright 20 Thompson Conteh 28 39 49 Pope 38 Etcheverry 45 Hennessy 56 o.g. Algeria 74 Maryland SoccerPlex Germantown, Maryland 3,200 Thomas Perry W Third round July 11, 2001 19:30 UTC−5 D.C. United Washington, D.C. 3–0 Report Pennsylvania Hershey Wildcats Albright 35 Moreno 70Quaranta 74 City Stadium Richmond, Virginia 5,288 Maryland Paul Tamberino W Quarterfinals July 24, 2001 19:30 UTC−5 D.C. United Washington, D.C. 2–1 Report Virginia Richmond Kickers Conteh 59 86 Jeffrey 88 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 8,439 New Jersey Terry Vaughn W Semifinals July 24, 2001 19:30 UTC−5 New England Revolution Massachusetts 2–0 Report Washington, D.C. D.C. United Williams 9 40 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 7,128 California Brian Hall L CONCACAF Giants Cup CONCACAF Giants Cup Quarterfinals April 4, 2001 19:30 UTC−5 Arnett Gardens JAM 0–3 Report USA D.C. United Díaz Arce 33 66 pen.Talley 59 Tony Spaulding Sports Complex Kingston, Jamaica W Quarterfinals April 11, 2001 15:00 UTC−5 D.C. United USA 2–1 5–1 Report JAM Arnett Gardens Talley 30 pen.Lisi 86 Earle 23 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C., United States W Semifinals August 3, 2001 22:00 UTC−5 D.C. United USA 2–1 GUA Comunicaciones Moreno 26 Lisi 89 Rivera 22 Rose Bowl Los Angeles, United States W Final August 5, 2001 22:00 UTC−5 América MEX 2–0 USA D.C. United Mendoza 52Váldez 70 Rose Bowl Los Angeles, United States 3,000 L Friendlies May 23, 2001 12:00 UTC−5 D.C. United 3–4 Bayer Leverkusen RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. L November 17, 2001 12:00 UTC−5 D.C. United 2–2 Olimpia RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. T See also D.C. United List of D.C. United seasons 2001 Dc United Dc United Category:2001 in sports in Washington, D.C.