2006 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2006 season
Owner D.C. United Holdings
Head Coach Piotr Nowak
MLS 1st
MLS Cup Conference Final
U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals
Atlantic Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
All: Gomez (16)
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2006 D.C. United season was the tenth season of the club's existence. It was highlighted by winning their first MLS Supporters' Shield title since 1999. The season saw United finish 2nd in the East and 3rd overall.

Contents

Review and events

See also: 2006 Major League Soccer season and 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

October and November

In the Conference Final, United lost 1–0 to New England off a fourth-minute goal from Taylor Twellman.[1]

Match results

Lists of matches, featuring result, attendance (where available) and scorers, grouped by competition (league, cup, other competition). Do not include friendly matches.

Legend

Win Draw Loss
Win Tie Loss

Major League Soccer

MLS Cup

Round Leg Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A		 Goalscorers Attendance Ref
Conf. SF 1 October 21, 2005 New York Red Bulls A W 1–0 Gómez 8,630
2 October 29, 2006 H T 1–1 Gómez 21,455
Conf. F [A] November 5, 2006 New England Revolution H L 0–1 19,552 [1]

U.S. Open Cup

U.S. Open Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result[2] Scorers Attendance
October 11, 2019 – 19:30 First round Reading Away 1–2 Goleador 21,334

MLS

See also: 2006 Major League Soccer season
Pos Club Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D.C. United 32 15 7 10 52 38 +14 55 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2007 U.S. Open Cup
2 FC Dallas 32 16 12 4 48 44 +4 52 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2007 U.S. Open Cup
3 New England Revolution 32 12 8 12 39 35 +4 48
4 Chicago Fire 32 13 11 8 43 41 +2 47
5 Houston Dynamo 32 11 8 13 44 40 +4 46
6 Chivas USA 32 10 9 13 45 42 +3 43
7 Colorado Rapids 32 11 13 8 36 49 -13 41 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
8 New York Red Bulls 32 9 11 12 41 41 0 39
9 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 11 15 6 37 37 0 39
10 Real Salt Lake 32 10 13 9 45 49 -4 39
11 Kansas City Wizards 32 10 14 8 43 45 -2 38
12 Columbus Crew 32 8 15 9 30 42 -12 33

Player details

Appearances and goals

No. Nat Pos Player Total Major League Soccer U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Troy Perkins 34 0 30+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF David Stokes 5 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
4 DF Brandon Prideaux 12 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
5 DF Facundo Erpen 35 3 30+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0
6 MF Domenic Mediate 9 0 2+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 DF Matías Donnet 9 1 7+1 1 0+1 0 0+0 0
7 MF Lucio Filomeno 12 1 5+6 1 0+0 0 0+1 0
8 MF Justin Moose 1 3 0+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 MF Freddy Adu 37 2 29+3 2 2+0 0 3+0 0
10 MF Christian Gómez 35 16 28+2 14 2+0 0 3+0 2
11 FW Alecko Eskandarian 26 7 16+6 7 1+0 0 3+0 0
12 DF John Wilson 11 0 2+9 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Ben Olsen 26 2 18+2 2 1+2 0 3+0 0
15 MF Rod Dyachenko 13 0 4+5 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
16 MF Brian Carroll 37 0 31+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
17 DF Joshua Gros 35 4 29+0 3 3+0 1 2+1 0
18 GK Nick Rimando 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF Clyde Simms 30 1 10+14 1 2+1 0 1+2 0
20 DF Matt Nickell 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
21 MF Stephen deRoux 5 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 MF Devon McTavish 8 0 3+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Jamil Walker 23 4 3+16 1 2+1 3 0+1 0
24 MF Jeff Carroll 5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
25 FW Santino Quaranta 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Bryan Namoff 32 0 25+1 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
31 FW Robert Ssejjemba 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Bobby Boswell 36 1 30+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 0
99 FW Jaime Moreno 37 12 31+1 11 1+1 1 3+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nation Number Name Total MLS Open Cup MLS Cup
1 10 Christian Gómez 16 14 0 2
2 99 Jaime Moreno 12 11 1 0
3 11 Alecko Eskandarian 7 4 0 0
4 4 Joshua Gros 4 3 1 0
4 17 Jamil Walker 4 1 3 0
6 5 Facundo Erpen 3 3 0 0
7 9 Freddy Adu 2 2 0 0
7 14 Ben Olsen 2 2 0 0

Last updated: November 8, 2011
Source: D.C. United

Transfers

In

Sourced list of players signed during the season

Out

Sourced list of players sold or loaned out during the season

Awards

Only official awards regarding individuals associated with the club

See also

References

Footnotes
A ^ : One-legged match.
Citations
  1. ^ a b Boehm, Charles (November 5, 2006). "Capital punishment: Revs oust D.C.". D.C. United. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070108062803/http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20061105&content_id=77821&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103. Retrieved October 7, 2011. 
  2. ^ Footy Town F.C.'s score written first
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