2023 D.C. United season

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D.C. United
2023 season
Sporting director Dave Kasper
Head coach Wayne Rooney[lower-alpha 1]
Stadium Audi Field
MLS Conference: 12th
Overall: 23rd
MLS Cup Playoffs Did not qualify
Leagues Cup Round of 32
U.S. Open Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League: Christian Benteke (14)
All: Christian Benteke (14)
Highest home attendance 19,215[lower-alpha 2]
Lowest home attendance 8,686 vs. Richmond Kickers
April 26, 2023
(U.S. Open Cup)
Average home league attendance 17,540
Biggest win 4–0 vs. Chicago Fire
(Home)
September 2, 2023
(Major League Soccer)
Biggest defeat 0–4 vs. New England Revolution
(Away)
July 15, 2023
(Major League Soccer)
Home colors
Away colors
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 season is D.C. United's 28th in existence and its 28th consecutive season in the top division of American soccer, Major League Soccer. In addition to MLS, D.C. United participated in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup and 2023 Leagues Cup, the latter their first international club tournament since 2016. The season is the first full season with Wayne Rooney as head coach. The season covers the period from November 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023.

This is the first season since 2008 where long-time United goalkeeper, Bill Hamid, is not on the roster.

Background

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Main article: 2022 D.C. United season

The 2022 season was a tumultuous season for United. The club finished at the bottom of the MLS table and saw the firing of then-head coach Hernán Losada early in the season, followed by their interim manager, Chad Ashton being removed from interim duties halfway through the season, prior to Wayne Rooney's arrival. The club set a record in the number of goals conceded (75) and the largest losses in club history, both to Philadelphia Union, a six-goal home loss, and a seven-goal away loss. Midseason acquisition, Taxiarchis Fountas lead United in goals during the season, scoring 12 goals in 21 appearances, being United's lone player selected for the 2022 MLS All-Star Game. Outside of MLS, United were eliminated in the fourth round proper of the U.S. Open Cup by their longtime rivals, the New York Red Bulls.

The offseason saw Lucy Rushton fired as general manager. Head coach Wayne Rooney and sporting director Dave Kasper retained their roles.

Club

Team management

Position Name
Chairman United States Jason Levien
Co-Chairman United States Stephen Kaplan
Sporting Director United States Dave Kasper
General Manager Vacant
Technical Director United States Stewart Mairs
Head coach England Wayne Rooney
Assistant coach France Frédéric Brillant
Assistant coach Wales Carl Robinson
Assistant coach England Pete Shuttleworth
Goalkeeping coach United States Diego Restrepo

Roster

As of July 16, 2023 [1]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals Assists Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Tyler Miller GK (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 (age 31) 22 0 0 United States Minnesota United
24 Alex Bono GK (1994-04-25) April 25, 1994 (age 30) 3 0 0 Canada Toronto FC
50 Luis Zamudio GK (1998-06-24) June 24, 1998 (age 25) 0 0 0 United States Loudoun United
Defenders
2 Ruan RB (1995-05-29) May 29, 1995 (age 29) 16 0 4 United States Orlando City SC
3 Derrick Williams CB (1993-01-17) January 17, 1993 (age 31) 17 1 0 United States LA Galaxy
4 Brendan Hines-Ike CB (1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 (age 29) 39 1 0 Belgium Kortrijk
5 Mohanad Jeahze LB (1997-04-10) April 10, 1997 (age 27) 6 0 1 Sweden Hammarby IF
14 Andy Najar RB (1993-03-16) March 16, 1993 (age 31) 150 11 15 United States Los Angeles FC
15 Steve Birnbaum CB (1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 33) 262 14 6 United States California Golden Bears
23 Donovan Pines CB (1998-03-07) March 7, 1998 (age 26) 86 6 1 United States Maryland Terrapins
30 Hayden Sargis CB (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 22) 5 0 0 United States Sacramento Republic
31 Eric Davis LB (1991-03-31) March 31, 1991 (age 33) 1 0 0 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda
33 Jacob Greene LB / RB (2003-03-23) March 23, 2003 (age 21) 14 1 0 United States D.C. United Academy
45 Matai Akinmboni CB (2006-10-17) October 17, 2006 (age 17) 6 0 0 United States D.C. United Academy
72 Gaoussou Samaké LB (1997-11-04) November 4, 1997 (age 26) 9 0 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Midfielders
6 Russell Canouse DM (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 (age 28) 130 5 6 Germany Hoffenheim
7 Pedro Santos MF / RW (1988-04-22) April 22, 1988 (age 36) 15 1 1 United States Columbus Crew
8 Chris Durkin DM / RM (2000-02-08) February 8, 2000 (age 24) 95 4 5 Belgium Sint-Truiden
10 Gabriel Pirani AM (2002-04-12) April 12, 2002 (age 22) 0 0 0 Brazil Santos FC (on loan)
18 Jeremy Garay MF (2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 0 United States D.C. United Academy
21 Ted Ku-DiPietro AM (2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 22) 29 3 1 United States Loudoun United
22 Yamil Asad AM / LW (1994-07-27) July 27, 1994 (age 29) 88 15 8 Chile Universidad Católica
25 Jackson Hopkins AM / SS (2004-07-01) July 1, 2004 (age 19) 29 0 1 United States D.C. United Academy
43 Mateusz Klich CM (1990-06-30) June 30, 1990 (age 33) 24 2 5 England Leeds United
49 Ravel Morrison[note 1] MF (1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 (age 31) 14 2 0 England Derby County
77 Martín Rodríguez[note 2] MF / LW (1994-08-05) August 5, 1994 (age 29) 14 0 1 Turkey Altay SK
Forwards
9 Erik Hurtado CF (1990-11-15) November 15, 1990 (age 33) 4 0 0 United States San Antonio FC
12 Cristian Dájome LW (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994 (age 30) 13 2 1 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
19 Nigel Robertha CF (1998-03-13) March 13, 1998 (age 26) 43 7 4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
20 Christian Benteke ST (1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 (age 33) 28 9 2 England Crystal Palace
26 Kristian Fletcher FW (2004-10-16) October 16, 2004 (age 19) 14 1 1 United States Loudoun United
84 José Fajardo ST (1993-08-18) August 18, 1993 (age 30) 0 0 0 Peru Cusco FC
  1. ↑ Though still under contract with the club for 2023, Morrison was left off the official roster and is ineligible to play with the team in MLS competition.
  2. ↑ Added to Season-Ending Injury List.

Non-competitive

Friendlies

Midseason exhibitions

Competitive

Major League Soccer

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Main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Updated to match(es) played on September 3, 2023. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

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
3 1 1 1 4 5  −1 4 1 1 0 4 3  +1 0 0 1 0 2  −2

Last updated: March 17, 2023.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday

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Match results

U.S. Open Cup

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Main article: 2023 U.S. Open Cup

Leagues Cup

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Main article: 2023 Leagues Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts
Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position No. Name From Fee/notes Ref.
October 17, 2022 GK 50 United States Luis Zamudio United States Loudoun United Signed through 2024, with 2025 team option. [3]
November 10, 2022 DF 3 Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams United States LA Galaxy $180,000 in 2024 GAM to LA [4]
November 21, 2022 MF 7 Portugal Pedro Santos United States Columbus Crew Free Transfer, signed through 2024 [5]
November 24, 2022 GK 1 United States Tyler Miller United States Minnesota United Free Transfer, signed through 2024 [6]
December 7, 2022 DF 5 Iraq Mohanad Jeahze Sweden Hammarby IF Signed through 2025, with 2026 team option [7]
December 14, 2022 GK 24 United States Alex Bono Canada Toronto FC Free Transfer, signed through 2024 with 2025 team option [8]
December 21, 2022 DF 2 Brazil Ruan United States Orlando City SC Traded for #2 overall pick in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft [9]
January 12, 2023 MF 43 Poland Mateusz Klich England Leeds United Free Transfer, signed through 2024 with 2025 team option [10]
March 2, 2023 MF 22 Argentina Yamil Asad Chile Universidad Católica Signed through 2023 with 2024-25 team options [11]
April 24, 2023 FW 12 Colombia Cristian Dájome Canada Vancouver Whitecaps $350,000 GAM to Vancouver [12]
April 29, 2023 FW 9 United States Erik Hurtado United States San Antonio FC $10,000 to San Antonio, 2024 team option [13]
August 2, 2023 FW 84 Panama José Fajardo Peru Cusco FC Free Transfer [14]
DF 31 Panama Eric Davis Slovakia DAC Dunajska Streda Free Transfer [14]

Transfers out

Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref.
November 14, 2022 FW 9 Norway Ola Kamara Sweden Häcken Out of contract [15]
GK 28 United States Bill Hamid United States Memphis 901 Out of contract [15]
DF 93 Mexico Tony Alfaro United States New York City FC Option declined [15]
MF 13 France Sofiane Djeffal United States Austin FC Option declined, 2022 MLS Re-Entry Draft [15]
DF 97 United States Sami Guediri Algeria ES Sétif Option declined [15]
GK 21 United States Jon Kempin N/A Option declined, retired [15]
DF 3 United States Chris Odoi-Atsem United States Alexandria Reds Option declined [15]
FW 16 United States Adrien Perez United States San Diego Loyal Option declined [15]
DF 5 Australia Brad Smith United States Houston Dynamo Option declined [15]
FW 17 England Kimarni Smith United States San Antonio FC Option declined [15]
MF 12 United States Drew Skundrich United States Colorado Springs Switchbacks Option declined [15]
November 23, 2022 GK 32 Mexico David Ochoa Mexico Atlético San Luis Free Transfer
January 19, 2023 GK 1 Venezuela Rafael Romo Ecuador Universidad Católica Mutual Termination [16]
February 19, 2023 FW 22 Spain Miguel Berry United States Atlanta United $250,000 GAM [17]
July 28, 2023 MF 44 Iceland Victor Pálsson Belgium KAS Eupen Undisclosed fee [18]
August 10, 2023 FW 11 Greece Taxiarchis Fountas Turkey Trabzonspor Mutual termination [19]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
17 MF England Lewis O'Brien England Nottingham Forest March 20, 2023 July 16, 2023 [20]
10 MF Brazil Gabriel Pirani Brazil Santos FC July 27, 2023 December 31, 2023 [21]

Loan out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Start End Source
18 MF El Salvador Jeremy Garay United States Loudoun United March 10, 2023 November 30, 2023 [22]
72 DF Ivory Coast Gaoussou Samaké United States Loudoun United March 10, 2023 May 12, 2023 [22] [23]
30 DF United States Hayden Sargis United States Loudoun United May 12, 2023 November 30, 2023 [23]
25 MF United States Jackson Hopkins United States Loudoun United May 20, 2023 July 25, 2023 [24]
45 DF United States Matai Akinmboni United States Loudoun United June 2, 2023 November 30, 2023
50 GK United States Luis Zamudio United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds June 16, 2023 July 17, 2023

MLS SuperDraft picks

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Main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft
2023 D.C. United SuperDraft Picks
Round Selection Player Position College Status
2 31 United States Ben Stitz MF Penn Signed with FC Cincinnati 2
3 60 United States Aidan Rocha MF Georgetown Signed with Loudoun United FC

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK United States Tyler Miller 25 0 25+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 MF Brazil Ruan 28 0 15+9 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams 27 1 21+3 1 0+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF United States Brendan Hines-Ike 16 0 9+3 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF Iraq Mohanad Jeahze 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF United States Russell Canouse 27 0 27+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 DF Portugal Pedro Santos 23 1 16+5 1 0+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF United States Chris Durkin 36 3 24+7 3 2+0 0 3+0 0
9 FW United States Erik Hurtado 10 1 1+6 0 1+0 0 0+2 1
10 MF Brazil Gabriel Pirani 10 1 10+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW Colombia Cristian Dájome 23 2 7+12 2 1+0 0 3+0 0
14 DF Honduras Andy Najar 22 0 12+9 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF United States Steve Birnbaum 22 1 20+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF El Salvador Jeremy Garay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Curaçao Nigel Robertha 11 1 3+7 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 FW Belgium Christian Benteke 34 14 31+0 14 0+0 0 2+1 0
21 MF United States Ted Ku-DiPietro 27 5 12+14 5 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Argentina Yamil Asad 26 1 5+16 0 2+0 1 2+1 0
23 DF United States Donovan Pines 26 3 21+1 3 0+1 0 3+0 0
24 GK United States Alex Bono 15 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
25 FW United States Jackson Hopkins 12 0 2+5 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
26 FW United States Kristian Fletcher 12 0 1+9 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF United States Hayden Sargis 4 0 0+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF Panama Eric Davis Grajales 3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF United States Jacob Greene 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 MF Poland Mateusz Klich 36 4 31+1 4 0+1 0 3+0 0
45 DF United States Matai Akinmboni 5 0 2+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
49 MF Jamaica Ravel Morrison 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
50 GK United States Luis Zamudio 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
72 DF Ivory Coast Gaoussou Samaké 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
77 MF Chile Martín Rodríguez 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
84 FW Panama José Fajardo 7 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left during the season
11 MF Greece Taxiarchis Fountas 17 6 12+5 6 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF England Lewis O'Brien 19 1 17+0 1 0+2 0 0+0 0
44 MF Iceland Victor Pálsson 18 0 17+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Total 39 47 34 45 2 1 3 1
  • Last updated: October 8, 2023
  • Source: Team Stats

Top scorers

Rank Position No. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total
1 FW 20 Belgium Christian Benteke 14 0 0 14
2 FW 11 Greece Taxiarchis Fountas 6 0 0 6
3 MF 21 United States Ted Ku-DiPietro 5 0 0 5
4 MF 43 Poland Mateusz Klich 4 0 0 4
5 DF 23 United States Donovan Pines 3 0 0 3
MF 8 United States Chris Durkin 3 0 0 3
7 FW 12 Colombia Cristian Dájome 2 0 0 2
8 9 players with 1 goal
Total 44 1 1 46

Top assists

Rank Position No. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total
1 MF 43 Poland Mateusz Klich 7 0 0 7
2 DF 2 Brazil Ruan 5 0 0 5
3 FW 20 Belgium Christian Benteke 3 0 0 3
MF 21 United States Ted Ku-DiPietro 3 0 0 3
5 MF 8 United States Chris Durkin 2 0 0 2
MF 44 Iceland Victor Pálsson 2 0 0 2
7 6 players with 1 assist
Total 28 0 0 28

Notes

  1. ↑ Relieved of coaching duties after the final game of the D.C. United season, but prior to the final game of the entire regular season.
  2. ↑ Sellout crowd that occurred on seven different occasions: April 29 vs. Charlotte FC; May 13 vs. Nashville SC; May 20 vs. LA Galaxy; June 17 vs. Real Salt Lake; July 8 vs. Inter Miami; August 26 vs. Philadelphia Union; and, October 7 vs. New York City FC.

References

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  21. ↑ https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-sign-brazilian-midfielder-gabriel-pirani-on-loan
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