2014 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2014 season
General manager	Dave Kasper
Head coach	Ben Olsen
Stadium	RFK Stadium
MLS	Eastern Conference: 1st; Overall: 3rd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
Atlantic Cup	Winners
Carolina Challenge Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	53,267 vs. Columbus
Lowest home attendance	1,904 vs. Tauro
Average home league attendance	Regular season: 17,030 ; Playoffs:—
Home colors	Away colors
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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. Unfortunately, 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. Unfortunately, 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.^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
2	DF	Jeff Parke	United States
3	MF	David Estrada	United States
4	DF	Nana Attakora	Canada
5	DF	Sean Franklin	United States
6	DF	Kofi Opare	United States
7	FW	Eddie Johnson (DP)	United States
8	MF	Davy Arnaud	United States
9	FW	Fabián Espíndola	Argentina
11	MF	Luis Silva	United States
12	MF	Alex Caskey	United States
13	FW	Chris Pontius	United States
14	MF	Nick DeLeon	United States
15	DF	Steve Birnbaum	United States
17	MF	Conor Shanosky (HGP)	United States
18	FW	Chris Rolfe	United States
19	MF	Kyle Porter	Canada
20	DF	Jalen Robinson (HGP)	United States
21	DF	Samuel Inkoom	Ghana
22	DF	Chris Korb	United States
23	MF	Perry Kitchen	United States
24	MF	Lewis Neal	England
25	MF	Jared Jeffrey	United States
27	MF	Collin Martin (HGP)	United States
28	GK	Bill Hamid (HGP)	United States
29	FW	Michael Seaton (HGP)	Jamaica
30	FW	Conor Doyle	United States
31	GK	Joe Willis	United States
32	DF	Bobby Boswell	United States
33	DF	Taylor Kemp	United States
50	GK	Andrew Dykstra	United States

Competitions

Preseason

Florida training camp

February 5	D.C. United	0–1	Toronto FC	Bradenton, Florida
19:00 UTC-5		Report	Dike 85'	Stadium: IMG Academy

February 8	D.C. United	0–2	Chicago Fire	Bradenton, Florida
19:00 UTC-5	Arnaud 39' Doyle 86'	Report	Shipp 48' Ward 80'	Stadium: IMG Academy

February 12	D.C. United	0–1	Chicago Fire	Bradenton, Florida
10:00 UTC-5			Joya 75' Ward 85'	Stadium: IMG Academy Attendance: 247

Carolina Challenge Cup

February 22 1	Houston Dynamo	0–2	D.C. United	Charleston, South Carolina
17:00 EDT			Horst 21' (o.g.) Seaton 88'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,331

February 26 2	Charleston Battery	1–1	D.C. United	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EDT	Ruggles 90+'		Silva 72'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,066

March 1 3	D.C. United	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Charleston, South Carolina
17:00 EDT	Espíndola 8' (pen.) Kitchen 53'	Report	Cooper 24' Pappa 63'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,457

Major League Soccer

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Sounders FC (S)	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	64	CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy (C)	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	61
3	D.C. United	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	59
4	Real Salt Lake	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	56
5	New England Revolution	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5	55
6	FC Dallas	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	54
7	Columbus Crew	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10	52
8	New York Red Bulls	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	50
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2	50	CONCACAF Champions League
10	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7	49
11	Portland Timbers	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9	49
12	Philadelphia Union	34	10	12	12	51	51	0	42
13	Toronto FC	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10	41
14	Houston Dynamo	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19	39
15	Chicago Fire	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10	36
16	Chivas USA	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32	33
17	Colorado Rapids	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19	32
18	San Jose Earthquakes	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15	30
19	Montreal Impact	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20	28

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

Eastern Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	59	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	New England Revolution	34	17	13	4	51	37	+14	55
3	Columbus Crew SC	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10	52
4	New York Red Bulls	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	50	MLS Cup Knockout round
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7	49	MLS Cup Knockout round
6	Philadelphia Union	34	10	12	12	51	51	0	42
7	Toronto FC	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10	41
8	Houston Dynamo	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19	39
9	Chicago Fire	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10	36
10	Montreal Impact	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20	28

Source: MLS

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	8	9	52	37	+15	59	11	4	2	28	12	+16	6	4	7	24	25	−1

Last updated: October 30, 2014.
Source: Match results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
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

Updated to match(es) played on October 30, 2014. Source: MLS Results and League table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

March 8 1	D.C. United	0–3	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EST	Neal 67'	Report	Arrieta 18' Higuaín 27' (pen.), 90' 63' Tchani 39' Trapp 43' Francis 76'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,840 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

March 22 2	Toronto FC	1–0	D.C. United	Toronto, Ontario
16:30 EDT	Jackson 50' Defoe 60'	Report	Arnaud 55'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,591 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

March 29 3	D.C. United	2–2	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
16:00 EDT	DeLeon 22' Espíndola 35' Parke 56' Kitchen 73'	Report	Hurtado 27' Cochrane 58' Amarikwa 83'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 9,445 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 5 4	D.C. United	2–0	New England Revolution	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	Neal 4' Gonçalves 43' (o.g.) Doyle 90+2' Rolfe 90+3'	Report	Dorman 36' Davies 88'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 10,526 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

April 12 5	D.C. United	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	Arnaud 4' Christian 16' Kitchen 71' Jeffrey 90'	Report	Alexander 14' Miller 30'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,364 Referee: Allen Chapman

April 19 6	Columbus Crew	1–1	D.C. United	Columbus, Ohio
19:30 EDT	Oduro 18' González 73' Anõr 81' Jiménez 89'	Report	Espíndola 31' Kitchen 67'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,437

April 26 7	D.C. United	4–1	FC Dallas	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	Espíndola 45+5', 69' Boswell 60' Franklin 64'	Report	Loyd 10' 39' Díaz 13' Seitz 48' Hedges 74' Michel 89'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,172 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 3 8	Portland Timbers	3–2	D.C. United	Portland, Oregon
22:30 EDT	Fernández 1' Danso 38' Urruti 90+4'		Arnaud 21' Danso 78' (o.g.) Espíndola 86'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,814

May 10 9	Philadelphia Union	0–1	D.C. United	Chester, Pennsylvania
16:30 EDT			Rolfe 6' Kitchen 33' Korb 67' Arnaud 78'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,522

May 17 10	D.C. United	1–1	Montreal Impact	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	DeLeon 77' Johnson 84' Neal 85'		McInerney 56' Bernardello 67' Bernier 90+2'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 14,106

May 21 11	D.C. United	2–0	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	Rolfe 28' Arnaud 36' Neal 56' Espíndola 63' 72'		Barnes 65' Ownby 90+2'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 8,224 Referee: Alan Kelly

May 24 12	New England Revolution	2–1	D.C. United	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT	Mullins 55' Bunbury 64' Fagúndez 67' 77'	Report	Korb 39' Kitchen 42' Arnaud 67' Espíndola 73' Johnson 82'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,589

May 31 13	D.C. United	1–0	Sporting Kansas City	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	Espíndola 28' 76' Christian 62' Kitchen 82' Caskey 90+4'	Report	Palmer-Brown 72' Toni 85'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 18,522

June 7 14	D.C. United	0–0	Columbus Crew	Landover, Maryland
19:00 EDT	Boswell 42' Christian 78'	Report	Meram 88' Anor 90+4'	Stadium: FedExField Attendance: 53,267 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Note: Doubleheader following Spain–El Salvador friendly match

June 11 15	Montreal Impact	2–4	D.C. United	Montreal, Quebec
19.30 EDT	McInerney 12' Romero 21' 25' Lefevre 81'	Report	Silva 6', 39', 45+5' (pen.) DeLeon 23' Arnaud 87'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 14,135 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

June 28 16	D.C. United	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT		Report	Alonso 20' Barrett 39' Pineda 87'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 16,922 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

July 5 17	Toronto FC	1–2	D.C. United	Toronto, Ontario
19:00 EDT	Moore 60' Hagglund 88'	Report	DeLeon 54' Kitchen 69'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,591 Referee: David Gantar

July 11 18	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	D.C. United	Santa Clara, California
23:00 EDT	Wondolowski 39' Gordon 90+2'	Report	Johnson 12' (pen.) 87' Silva 25' Kitchen 71'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Jair Marrufo

July 20 19	D.C. United	3–1	Chivas USA	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Johnson 25' (pen.) Kitchen 31' 59' Silva 70' 71'	Report	Torres 84' (pen.)	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,732 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

July 30 20	D.C. United	3–0	Toronto FC	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDT	Johnson 8' 90' Arnaud 42' Korb 54' Rolfe 59' Hagglund 67' (o.g.)	Report	Warner 36' Bradley 68'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Chris Penso

August 3 21	Houston Dynamo	1–0	D.C. United	Houston, Texas
20:00 EDT	Bruin 90+1'	Report	Kemp 5' Kitchen 72'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,061 Referee: Edwin Jurisevic

August 9 22	Real Salt Lake	3–0	D.C. United	Sandy, Utah
22:00 EDT	Plata 11' Schuler 13', 24' Mansally 85'	Report	Jeffrey 5' Johnson 30'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,452 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

August 17 23	D.C. United	4–2	Colorado Rapids	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Silva 12', 67' Arnaud 68' Kitchen 72' Rolfe 81' Espíndola 86'	Report	LaBrocca 3' Klute 43' Serna 52' Brown 90+1'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,814 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 23 24	Sporting KC	0–3	D.C. United	Kansas City, Kansas
20:30 EDT	Julião 83'	Report	Espíndola 24' Rolfe 28' Kitchen 31' Kemp 61'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,963 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 27 25	LA Galaxy	4–1	D.C. United	Carson, California
22:30 EDT	Gordon 2' Donovan 18' 75' (pen.) González 25' Husidic 45+1'	Report	Silva 21' Leonardo 58' (o.g.) Espíndola 81'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 16,044 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 31 26	D.C. United	2–0	New York Red Bulls	Washington, D.C.
14:30 EDT	Silva 57' Johnson 90+1'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 19,453 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 6 27	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	D.C. United	Vancouver, British Columbia
22:00 EDT		Report	Boswell 18'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,116 Referee: Drew Fisher

September 10 28	New York Red Bulls	1–0	D.C. United	Harrison, New Jersey
20:00 EDT	Sam 90' Miller 38' Armando 39'	Report	Espíndola 32'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14,953 Referee: Mark Geiger

September 20 29	Chicago Fire	3–3	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:30 EDT	Amarikwa 16' Larentowicz 32' (pen.) Cocis 45' Watson 78' Palmer 90+1'	Report	Kitchen 31' Silva 39' (pen.), 54' DeLeon 65' Boswell 68'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,279 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 27 30	D.C. United	1–0	Philadelphia Union	Washington, D.C.
15:00 EDT	Silva 10' Kitchen 86'	Report	Edu 90'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 19,478 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 3 31	D.C. United	0–0	Sporting Kansas City	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Arnaud 45+1'	Report	Sinovic 30' Nagamura 52' Dwyer 55'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 19,308 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

October 12 32	Houston Dynamo	1–3	D.C. United	Houston, Texas
15:00 EDT	Barnes 83' (pen.)	Report	Kemp 41' Espíndola 64' Hamid 70' Johnson 87'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,689 Referee: Ismail Elfath

October 18 33	D.C. United	2–1	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Pontius 31' Johnson 53'	Report	Shipp 67' Ritter 90+2'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 20,162 Referee: Armando Villarreal

October 25 34	Montreal Impact	1–1	D.C. United	Montreal, Quebec
16:00 EDT	Di Vaio 26' Mallace 40'	Report	Espíndola 86'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 15,242 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference semifinals

November 2 First leg	New York Red Bulls	2–0	D.C. United	Harrison, New Jersey
16:00 EST	Wright-Phillips 40' McCarty 43' Luyindula 73' Bitolo 82' Miller 84'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 18,054 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

November 8 Second leg	D.C. United	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	New York Red Bulls	Washington, D.C.
14:30 EST	DeLeon 37' Espindola 58' 90+6' Kemp 85' Franklin 90+1'	Report	Miller 42' 78' Luyindula 57' Wright-Phillips 89'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 20,187 Referee: Ismail Elfath

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

August 20 1	D.C. United	1–0	Waterhouse	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Johnson 5' Attakora 23'	Report Box Score		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

September 16 2	Waterhouse	1–2	D.C. United	Kingston
20:00 EDT	Anderson 41' Gray 71' Finlayson 90+1'	Report Box Score	Espíndola 38', 50' Kemp 22' 70' Hamid 81'	Stadium: Independence Park Attendance: 554 Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

September 24 3	D.C. United	2–0	Tauro	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Pontius 48' Johnson 56'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 1,904 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

October 21 4	Tauro	0–1	D.C. United	Panama City
20:00 EDT			Shanosky 24' Opare 84' Korb 87'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

Knockout stage

U.S. Open Cup

June 17 Fourth round	Rochester Rhinos	1–0	D.C. United	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT	Rolfe 27'	Report Box Score	Birnbaum 50' 60'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Midseason friendlies

May 14	D.C. United	1–0	D.C. United U-23	Arlington, Virginia
19:30 EST	Seaton 37'	Report		Stadium: Long Bridge Park Attendance: 200

July 26	D.C. United	0–3	Fulham	Jacksonville, Florida
18:00 EDT		Report	Dembélé 22', 44', 75'	Stadium: EverBank Field Attendance: 52,961

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	USA	Jeff Parke	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	MF	USA	David Estrada	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	CAN	Nana Attakora	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	USA	Sean Franklin	20	2	17+1	1	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	USA	Kofi Opare	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	USA	Eddie Johnson	22	5	19+0	4	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
8	MF	USA	Davy Arnaud	24	2	21+1	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ARG	Fabián Espíndola	19	8	15+2	8	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	USA	Luis Silva	19	7	13+5	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
12	MF	USA	Alex Caskey	10	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	FW	USA	Chris Pontius	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	USA	Nick DeLeon	23	3	21+0	2	2+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	USA	Steve Birnbaum	13	0	10+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	USA	Conor Shanosky	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	FW	USA	Chris Rolfe	24	6	19+2	6	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	CAN	Kyle Porter	5	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
20	DF	USA	Jalen Robinson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	GHA	Samuel Inkoom	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	USA	Chris Korb	14	0	12+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen	23	3	21+0	3	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Lewis Neal	23	0	6+14	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF	USA	Jared Jeffrey	9	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
27	MF	USA	Collin Martin	6	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
28	GK	USA	Bill Hamid	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	JAM	Michael Seaton	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
30	FW	USA	Conor Doyle	18	0	1+16	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	USA	Joe Willis	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
32	DF	USA	Bobby Boswell	26	1	23+0	1	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
33	DF	USA	Taylor Kemp	7	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
50	GK	USA	Andrew Dykstra	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2014 season
3	DF	ESP	Christian	15	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW	HAI	Christiano François	0	0	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	Pos	No.	Player	MLS	MLS Cup Playoffs	CCL	Total
1	FW	9	Fabian Espindola	11	0	2	13
2	FW	11	Luis Silva	11	0	0	11
3	FW	7	Eddie Johnson	7	0	2	9
4	MF	18	Chris Rolfe	6	0	0	6
5	MF	23	Perry Kitchen	5	0	0	5
6	MF	14	Nick DeLeon	2	1	0	3
7	MF	8	Davy Arnaud	2	0	0	2
	DF	5	Sean Franklin	1	1	0	2
	FW	13	Chris Pontius	1	0	1	2
10	DF	32	Bobby Boswell	1	0	0	1
10	DF	33	Taylor Kemp	1	0	0	1
13	MF	17	Conor Shanosky	0	0	1	1

Top assists

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	MLS	MLS Cup Playoffs	CCL	Total
1	FW	9	Fabián Espíndola	9	0	0	9
2	MF	18	Chris Rolfe	6	0	0	6
3	MF	14	Nick DeLeon	5	0	0	5
4	FW	11	Luis Silva	4	0	0	4
	MF	23	Perry Kitchen	4	0	0	4
	DF	5	Sean Franklin	4	0	0	4
	MF	3	David Estrada	2	0	2	4
8	DF	32	Bobby Boswell	3	0	0	3
	DF	22	Chris Korb	3	0	0	3
	FW	7	Eddie Johnson	3	0	0	3
	DF	33	Taylor Kemp	2	1	0	3
	DF	21	Samuel Inkoom	1	0	2	3
13	DF	3	Christian	1	0	0	1
	MF	24	Lewis Neal	1	0	0	1
	GK	28	Bill Hamid	1	0	0	1
	DF	15	Steve Birnbaum	0	1	0	1

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Davy Arnaud	Montreal Impact	Traded for international roster spot	December 10, 2013
5	DF	Sean Franklin	Los Angeles Galaxy	Selected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage One	December 12, 2013
32	DF	Bobby Boswell	Houston Dynamo	Selected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage One	December 12, 2013
7	FW	Eddie Johnson	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed	December 17, 2013	^[2]
9	FW	Fabián Espíndola	New York Red Bulls	Selected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage Two	December 18, 2013
4	DF	Nana Attakora	San Jose Earthquakes	Selected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage Two	December 18, 2013
20	MF	Jalen Robinson	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Signed a HGP contract	January 6, 2014
2	DF	Jeff Parke	Philadelphia Union	Traded for Ethan White	January 14, 2014	^[3]
15	DF	Steve Birnbaum	California Golden Bears Orange County Blue Star	Selected in the first round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	January 16, 2014
34	MF	Victor Muñoz	UCLA Bruins OC Blues Strikers	Selected in the second round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	January 16, 2014
35	MF	Zach Barnes	Creighton Bluejays Portland Timbers U23s	Selected in the third round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	January 21, 2014
40	DF	Travis Golden	Campbell Camels Austin Aztex	Selected in the fourth round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	January 21, 2014
21	FW	Christiano Francois	Maryland Terrapins	Waiver Draft	January 24, 2014	^[4]
3	DF	Christian	Almería	Free	February 7, 2014	^[5]
12	MF	Alex Caskey	Seattle Sounders FC	Traded for 2016 MLS SuperDraft third round pick	March 4, 2014	^[6]
18	MF	Chris Rolfe	Chicago Fire	Undisclosed	April 2, 2014
6	DF	Kofi Opare	Los Angeles Galaxy	Swapped allocation ranking with the LA Galaxy	July 29, 2014	^[7]
3	M/F	David Estrada	Seattle Sounders FC	Traded for the third pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft	August 7, 2014	^[8]
21	D/M	Samuel Inkoom	Platanias		September 5, 2014	^[9]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
26	FW	Lionard Pajoy	La Equidad	Released	October 30, 2013	^[10]
20	FW	Carlos Ruiz	Municipal	Released	October 30, 2013	^[10]
11	MF	Marcelo Saragosa	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Released	October 30, 2013	^[10]
7	FW	Dwayne De Rosario	Toronto FC	Released	October 31, 2013	^[11]
6	MF	Syamsir Alam	Vise	Loan expired, option declined	November 1, 2013	^[12]
2	DF	James Riley	LA Galaxy	Option declined	December 9, 2013	^[13]
8	MF	John Thorrington	Retired	Option declined, subsequently retired	December 9, 2013
21	DF	Daniel Woolard	Retired	Option declined	December 9, 2013
15	DF	Ethan White	Philadelphia Union	Traded for Jeff Parke	January 14, 2014	^[3]
5	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Shimizu S-Pulse	Undisclosed (~375K est.)	January 14, 2014	^[14]
40	MF	Travis Golden	Austin Aztex	Released	February 13, 2014	^[15]
35	MF	Zach Barnes	Lane United	Released	February 13, 2014	^[15]
16	FW	Casey Townsend	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Waived	February 19, 2014	^[16]
34	MF	Victor Muñoz	Sporting Kansas City	Released	March 3, 2014
3	DF	Christian	UD Las Palmas	Mutually-terminated contract	July 1, 2014	^[17]
21	FW	Christiano François	Ironbound Soul	Released	August 8, 2014	^[18]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
31	GK	Joe Willis	Richmond Kickers	February 26, 2014		^[19]
21	FW	Christiano François	Richmond Kickers	February 26, 2014	August 8, 2014	^[19]
24	MF	Collin Martin	Richmond Kickers	February 26, 2014		^[19]
15	DF	Steve Birnbaum	Richmond Kickers	March 22, 2014
29	FW	Michael Seaton	Richmond Kickers	March 22, 2014
19	MF	Kyle Porter	Richmond Kickers	April 4, 2014		^[20]

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[eddie_johnson-2] "D.C. United acquires Eddie Johnson". D.C. United. DCUnited.com. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

[white-parke-3] Goff, Steven (January 14, 2013). "D.C. United acquires Jeff Parke for Ethan White, swaps allocation slots". The Washington Post. WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[4] "Christiano Francois claimed in a Waiver Draft". DCUnited.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

[5] "D.C. United signs defender Cristian Fernandez Salas". DCUnited.com.

[caskey_in-6] "D.C. United trades for midfielder Alex Caskey". D.C. United. DCUnited.com. March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

[Opare_Transfer-7] "D.C. United acquires Kofi Opare from LA Galaxy". Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[Estrada_Transfer-8] "D.C. United acquires David Estrada from Seattle Sounders FC". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

[Inkoom_Transfer-9] "D.C. United signs midfielder/defender Samuel Inkoom". Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[oct_30_out_transfer-10] "D.C. United declines options on three players". D.C. United. DCUnited.com. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

[De_Rosario_out_transfer-11] "D.C. United declines option on Captain Dwayne De Rosario". D.C. United. DCUnited.com. October 31, 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.

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[riley_out-13] Serrano, Adam (February 25, 2014). "LA Galaxy bolster their defense with the addition of veteran outside back James Riley". LA Galaxy. LAGalaxy.com. Retrieved March 5, 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[14] "DC United transfer Canadian international Dejan Jakovic to J. League club Shimizu S-Pulse". Major League Soccer. MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

[barnes,_golden_release-15] Bromley, Ben. "Travis Golden and Zach Barnes released from D.C. United's camp". SB Nation. BlackandRedUnited.com. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

[townsend_waived-16] "D.C. United waives Casey Townsend". D.C. United. DCUnited.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.

[Christian_released-17] "D.C. United and Cristian Fernandez mutually agree on termination of contract". July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

[estrada,_francois-18] Goff, Steven. "D.C. United acquires David Estrada from Seattle, loses Michael Seaton for month". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 8, 2014.

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