2009 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2009 season
Owner D.C. United Holdings
Coach Tom Soehn
MLS 10th
MLS Cup Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Runners-up
CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage
Carolina Challenge Cup Runners-up
Atlantic Cup Champions
Highest home attendance 24,175 vs. Chivas USA
(October 24)
Average home attendance 15,585[1]
Home colors
Away colors

The 2009 D.C. United season was the fourteenth season of the team's existence. It began on March 22, 2009 with a 2-2 draw at the Los Angeles Galaxy and ended on October 22, 2009 at the Kansas City Wizards by the same 2-2 scoreline.

Contents

Off-season

D.C. United was involved in the following off-season activity:[2]

Draft

The 2009 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2009. With draft order determined by regular and post-season record, United received the sixth pick in each round. Additionally, United acquired the Colorado Rapids' first-round pick (#7 overall) and Houston Dynamo's second-round (#26 overall). United's fourth-round (#51 overall) pick went to Colorado.

Player Position Pick overall (round) Previous club
Rodney Wallace M #6 (1st) University of Maryland
Chris Pontius M/F #7 (1st) UC Santa Barbara
Milos Kocic GK #21 (2nd) Loyola College in Maryland
Lyle Adams DF #26 (2nd) Wake Forest University
Central Florida Kraze
Brandon Barklage M/F #36 (3rd) Saint Louis University
Chicago Fire Premier

Re-signings

Signings

Released

Waived

Transactions

Date Pos. Name From Exchange
February 9 M Christian Gomez
International roster spot
Salary cap considerations
Colorado Rapids Ivan Guerrero
Designated Player roster spot
2010 MLS SuperDraft second-round pick
March 10[2] GK Josh Wicks Los Angeles Galaxy Conditional MLS SuperDraft pick
March 27[3] M John DiRaimondo Waivers from Colorado Rapids

Loaned

Date Name Team Terms
January 22 Gonzalo Peralta Unión de Santa Fe (Argentina B) Undisclosed[4]

Squad

First-team squad

As of August 25, 2009.[5] For recent transfers, see List of transfers for the 2009 Major League Soccer season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Miloš Kočić
2 DF Julius James
3 DF Avery John
4 DF Marc Burch
5 DF Dejan Jakovic
6 MF John DiRaimondo
7 MF Fred
8 MF Andrew Jacobson
9 FW Ange N'Silu
10 MF Christian Gómez
11 FW Luciano Emilio
12 MF Danny Szetela
13 FW Chris Pontius
14 MF Ben Olsen
No. Position Player
16 DF Greg Janicki
17 FW Thabiso Khumalo
18 DF Devon McTavish
19 MF Clyde Simms
20 MF Ely Allen
21 MF Tiyiselani Shipalane (on loan from Harrisburg)
22 MF Rodney Wallace
23 DF David Habarugira
24 MF Brandon Barklage
25 MF Santino Quaranta
26 DF Bryan Namoff
28 GK Bill Hamid
31 GK Josh Wicks
99 FW Jaime Moreno (captain)

Season transactions

Trades

Date Pos. Name From Exchange
April 23[6] DF Avery John New England Revolution Conditional MLS SuperDraft pick

Waived

Statistical leaders

Last updated 4 May 2009[7]

Goals
Assists
Minutes
Fouls committed
Fouls suffered
  • Santino Quaranta – 40
  • Ben Olsen – 35
  • Chris Pontius – 35

Club

Management

Position Staff
General Manager Dave Kasper
Manager Tom Soehn
Assistant manager Mark Simpson
Assistant manager Chad Ashton
Athletic trainer Brian Goodstein
Equipment manager David Brauzer

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: D.C. United

Other information

Owner D.C. United Holdings
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (56,692 / N/A)

Source: D.C. United

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
MLS March 21, 2009
USOC Third Round Runner-up June 30, 2009 September 2, 2009
CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10 Preliminary Round July 28, 2009

Last updated: October 18, 2008
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 Columbus Crew 49 30 13 7 10 41 31 +10
2 Chicago Fire 45 30 11 7 12 39 34 +5
3 New England Revolution 42 30 11 10 9 33 37 −4
4 D.C. United 40 30 9 8 13 43 44 −1
5 Toronto FC 39 30 10 11 9 37 46 −9
6 Kansas City Wizards 33 30 8 14 9 33 42 −9
7 New York Red Bulls 21 30 5 19 6 27 47 −20
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 Columbus Crew (E1) 49 30 13 7 10 41 31 +10
2 Los Angeles Galaxy2 (W1) 48 30 12 6 12 36 31 +5
3 Houston Dynamo3 (W2) 48 30 13 8 9 39 29 +10
4 Seattle Sounders FC2 47 30 12 7 11 38 29 +9
5 Chicago Fire3 (E2) 45 30 11 7 12 39 34 +5
6 Chivas USA3 45 30 13 11 6 34 31 +3
7 New England Revolution3 42 30 11 10 9 33 37 −4
8 Real Salt Lake2 40 30 11 12 7 43 35 +8
9 Colorado Rapids 40 30 10 10 10 42 38 +4
10 D.C. United 40 30 9 8 13 43 44 −1
11 FC Dallas 39 30 11 13 6 50 47 +4
12 Toronto FC1 39 30 10 11 9 37 46 −9
13 Kansas City Wizards 33 30 8 13 9 33 42 −9
14 San Jose Earthquakes 30 30 7 14 9 36 50 −14
15 New York Red Bulls 21 30 5 19 6 27 47 −20
MLS Supporters' Shield, 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2010 U.S. Open Cup, 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League2
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2010 U.S. Open Cup
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
30 40 9 8 13 43 44 −1 7 3 5 19 14 +5 2 5 8 24 30 −6

Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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
Ground A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A A A H A A A H A A H H H H H A
Result T T W L T W W T T T T L W W T L T W T L L T W T W L L L W T

Last updated: October 25, 2009.
Source: D.C. United
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Tie       Loss

Pre-season



Carolina Challenge Cup

MLS

CONCACAF Champions League

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Toluca 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13
Marathón 6 4 0 2 12 14 −2 12
D.C. United 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
San Juan Jabloteh 6 0 0 6 4 17 −13 0

DCU participated in CCL. They finished 3rd.

U.S. Open Cup

References

  1. ^ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance?league=usa.1&year=2009&seasontype=1&cc=3888. Retrieved April 28, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b Transactions D.C. United
  3. ^ Goff, Steven. United Acquires DiRaimondo, Washington Post 27 March 2009. Accessed 1 May 2009.
  4. ^ D.C. United to loan out Gonzalo Peralta, D.C. United. January 22, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009
  5. ^ "D.C. United Roster". Major League Soccer. June 14, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t103. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  6. ^ a b D.C. United signs defender Avery John D.C. United, 23 April 2009. Retrieved on 4 May 2009
  7. ^ [1] D.C. United

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