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 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. United was also the first club to win both the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup consecutively.

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.Torres 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.

Key Key to competitions

Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996. U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914. CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.

Key to colors and symbols 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third place Last Wooden Spoon ♦ MLS Golden Boot   Highest average attendanceItalics Ongoing competition

Key to league record Season = The year and article of the season Div = Division/level on pyramid League = League name Pld = Games played W = Games won L = Games lost D = Games drawn GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goal difference Pts = Points PPG = Points per game Conf. = Conference position Overall = League position

Key to cup record DNE = Did not enter DNQ = Did not qualify NH = Competition not held or canceled QR = Qualifying round PR = Preliminary round GS = Group stage R1 = First round R2 = Second round R3 = Third round R4 = Fourth round R5 = Fifth round Ro16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarterfinals SF = Semifinals F = Final RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Seasons SeasonLeaguePositionPlayoffsUSOCContinentalInter-continentalAverage attendanceTop goalscorer(s)PldWLDGFGAGDPtsPPGConf.OverallCCLLCOther(s)Name(s)Goals1996 32 16 16 0 62 56 +6 46 1.44 2nd 3rd W W DNE NH – DNQ 15,262 Raúl Díaz Arce 241997 32 21 11 0 70 53 +17 55 1.72 1st 1st W RU SF 16,698 Jaime Moreno 171998 32 24 8 0 74 48 +26 58 1.81 1st 2nd RU DNQ W Copa Interamericana (W) 16,077 Roy Lassiter 181999 32 23 9 0 65 43 +22 57 1.78 1st 1st W Ro16 3rd DNQ 17,419 Roy Lassiter 182000 32 8 18 6 44 63 30 0.94 4th 11th DNQ QF 4th 18,580 Jaime Moreno 122001 26 8 16 2 42 50 −8 26 1.00 4th 10th SF NH Giants Cup (RU) 21,518 Abdul Conteh 142002 28 9 14 5 31 40 −9 32 1.14 5th 10th DNQ Ro16 – 16,519 Ali Curtis Bobby Convey 52003 30 10 11 9 38 36 +2 39 1.30 4th 7th QF SF DNQ 15,565 Dema Kovalenko Marco Etcheverry 62004 30 11 10 9 43 42 +1 42 1.31 2nd 4th W Ro16 17,232 Alecko Eskandarian 142005 32 16 10 6 58 37 +21 54 1.69 2nd 3rd QF QF SF Copa Sudamericana (Ro16) 16,664 Jaime Moreno 172006 32 15 7 10 52 38 +14 55 1.72 1st 1st SF SF DNQ DNQ 18,251 Christian Gómez 162007 30 16 7 7 56 34 +22 55 1.83 1st 1st QF Ro16 SF SuperLiga (SF) Copa Sudamericana (Ro16) 20,967 Luciano Emilio 24♦2008 30 11 15 4 43 51 −8 37 1.23 6th 10th DNQ W SF SuperLiga (GS) DNQ 19,835 Luciano Emilio 162009 30 9 8 13 43 44 −1 40 1.33 4th 10th RU GS – 10,053 Luciano Emilio 132010 30 6 20 4 21 47 −26 22 0.73 8th 16th SF GS 14,532 Danny Allsopp 82011 34 9 13 12 49 52 −3 39 1.15 6th 13th QR2 DNQ 15,181 Dwayne De Rosario 13♦2012 34 17 10 7 53 43 +10 58 1.71 2nd 3rd SF Ro16 13,846 Chris Pontius 122013 34 3 24 7 22 59 −37 16 0.47 10th 19th DNQ W 13,646 Dwayne de Rosario 82014 34 17 9 8 52 37 +15 59 1.74 1st 3rd QF R3 17,030 Fabian Espindola 82015 34 15 13 6 43 45 −2 51 1.50 4th 8th QF Ro16 QF 19,371 Jairo Arrieta 92016 34 11 10 13 53 47 +6 46 1.35 4th 10th R1 Ro16 QF 17,081 Lamar Neagle 92017 34 9 20 5 31 60 −29 32 0.94 11th 21st DNQ Ro16 DNQ 17,904 Luciano Acosta 52018 34 14 11 9 60 50 +10 51 1.50 4th 9th R1 Ro16 17,635 Wayne Rooney 122019 34 13 11 10 42 38 +4 50 1.47 5th 10th R1 Ro16 DNE 17,744 Wayne Rooney 132020 23 5 12 6 25 41 −16 21 0.91 13th 24th DNQ NH Ro16 / NH 17,058 Ola Kamara 52021 34 14 15 5 56 54 +2 47 1.38 8th 16th NH DNQ 12,791 Ola Kamara 192022 34 7 21 6 36 71 −35 27 0.87 14th 28th R4 DNQ 16,256 Taxiarchis Fountas 122023 34 10 14 10 45 49 −4 40 1.18 12th 23rd R4 Ro32 17,540 Christian Benteke 142024 34 10 14 10 52 70 –18 40 1.18 10th 21st DNQ Ro32 18,137 Christian Benteke 25♦2025 34 5 18 11 30 66 –36 26 15th 30th QF DNQ 16,389 Christian Benteke 9 Total 362 394 201 1,391 1,464 + 1,251 Jaime Moreno 162

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General MLS statistics sourced to: U.S. Open Cup statistics sourced to: CONCACAF statistics sourced to: Top scorers sourced to: