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:—
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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 Lamar Hunt 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 DC 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 DC United a 2-1 lead in the second half, something the team had not had in MLS season play in awhile.

April

DC 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 DC 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, DC United played the second half of a doubleheader of soccer action in FedEx Field 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, DC United played a match in the fourth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt 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, DC 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

DC 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, DC 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. DC 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 DC 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 DC United reserves opened up the team's group play in the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League with a 1-0 home win against Jamiacan 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, DC United rebounded at home, riding goals by Silva and Espindola to a 2-0 win over New York Red Bulls, leaving DC United 4 points clear in the Eastern Conference race.

September

Before heading out on the road for a match against Vancouver Whitecaps, DC 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 DC United goals in a 2-1 win for the MLS team.

Next, DC 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, DC 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 DC 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 9th.

October

Pontius made his first MLS start of the year for a home match against Sporting Kansas City. The goalless draw was enough for DC United to clinch a playoff berth. The good news kept coming for DC 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 18th, DC 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 DC 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 DC United win. This win meant that DC 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 DC 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 DC 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 @ RFK, DC 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 DC Untied's fate. A late goal by Sean Franklin was not nearly enough to send the home-and-home series to overtime, as NYRB defeated DC United by an aggregate 3-2 score.

December

Awards season saw DC 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, DC 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 DC Untied player, Lewis Neal. Prior to the expansion draft, DC 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 Defender Parke, JeffJeff Parke      United States
3 Midfielder Estrada, DavidDavid Estrada      United States
4 Defender Attakora, NanaNana Attakora      Canada
5 Defender Franklin, SeanSean Franklin      United States
6 Defender Opare, KofiKofi Opare      United States
7 Forward Johnson, EddieEddie Johnson (DP)     United States
8 Midfielder Arnaud, DavyDavy Arnaud      United States
9 Forward Espíndola, FabiánFabián Espíndola      Argentina
11 Midfielder Silva, LuisLuis Silva      United States
12 Midfielder Caskey, AlexAlex Caskey      United States
13 Forward Pontius, ChrisChris Pontius      United States
14 Midfielder DeLeon, NickNick DeLeon      United States
15 Defender Birnbaum, SteveSteve Birnbaum      United States
17 Midfielder Shanosky, ConorConor Shanosky (HGP)     United States
18 Forward Rolfe, ChrisChris Rolfe      United States
19 Midfielder Porter, KyleKyle Porter      Canada
20 Defender Robinson, JalenJalen Robinson (HGP)     United States
21 Defender Inkoom, SamuelSamuel Inkoom      Ghana
22 Defender Korb, ChrisChris Korb      United States
23 Midfielder Kitchen, PerryPerry Kitchen      United States
24 Midfielder Neal, LewisLewis Neal      England
25 Midfielder Jeffrey, JaredJared Jeffrey      United States
27 Midfielder Martin, CollinCollin Martin (HGP)     United States
28 Goalkeeper Hamid, BillBill Hamid (HGP)     United States
29 Forward Seaton, MichaelMichael Seaton (HGP)     Jamaica
30 Forward Doyle, ConorConor Doyle      United States
31 Goalkeeper Willis, JoeJoe Willis      United States
32 Defender Boswell, BobbyBobby Boswell      United States
33 Defender Kemp, TaylorTaylor Kemp      United States
50 Goalkeeper Dykstra, AndrewAndrew Dykstra      United States

Competitions

Preseason

Florida training camp

Carolina Challenge Cup

Major League Soccer

Overall table

Pos
Team
 Pts
 GP
 W
 L
 T
 GF
 GA
 GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1) 64 34 20 10 4 65 50+15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 1 4
2 LA Galaxy 61 34 17 7 10 69 37+32 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 2
3 D.C. United (E1) 59 34 17 9 8 52 37+15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 3
4 Real Salt Lake 56 34 15 8 11 54 39+15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 5
5 New England Revolution 55 34 17 13 4 51 46+5  
6 FC Dallas 54 34 16 12 6 55 45+10
7 Columbus Crew 52 34 14 10 10 52 42+10
8 New York Red Bulls 50 34 13 10 11 55 50+5
9 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 50 34 12 8 14 42 40+2 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 6
10 Sporting Kansas City 49 34 14 13 7 48 41+7  
11 Portland Timbers 49 34 12 9 13 61 52+9
12 Philadelphia Union 42 34 10 12 12 51 510
13 Toronto FC 41 34 11 15 8 44 54−10
14 Houston Dynamo 39 34 11 17 6 39 58−19
15 Chicago Fire 36 34 6 10 18 41 51−10
16 Chivas USA 33 34 9 19 6 29 61−32
17 Colorado Rapids 32 34 8 18 8 43 62−19
18 San Jose Earthquakes 30 34 6 16 12 35 50−15
19 Montreal Impact 28 34 6 18 10 38 58−20 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 7

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner
(E1) = Eastern Conference champion
(W1) = Western Conference champion

1 The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

5 If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

6 For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.[2]

7 Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

Eastern Conference standings

Pos
Team
 Pts
 GP
 W
 L
 T
 GF
 GA
 GD
Qualification or relegation
1 D.C. United (E1) 59 34 17 9 8 52 37+15 2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 New England Revolution 55 34 17 13 4 51 46+5
3 Columbus Crew 52 34 14 10 10 52 42+10
4 New York Red Bulls 50 34 13 10 11 55 50+5 2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5 Sporting Kansas City 49 34 14 13 7 48 41+7
6 Philadelphia Union 42 34 10 12 12 51 510  
7 Toronto FC 41 34 11 15 8 44 54−10
8 Houston Dynamo 39 34 11 17 6 39 58−19
9 Chicago Fire 36 34 6 10 18 41 51−10
10 Montreal Impact 28 34 6 18 10 38 58−20

Updated to matches played on October 25, 2014 09:57 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHHAHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAAHAAHAAAHHAHA
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

Last updated: October 30, 2014.
Source: MLS Results & League table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference semifinals

CONCACAF Champions League

Group Stage

Knockout stage

Further information: 2015 D.C. United season

U.S. Open Cup

Midseason friendlies

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalMLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF United States Jeff Parke 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 MF United States David Estrada 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Canada Nana Attakora 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF United States Sean Franklin 20 2 17+1 1 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF United States Kofi Opare 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW United States Eddie Johnson 22 5 19+0 4 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
8 MF United States Davy Arnaud 24 2 21+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Argentina Fabián Espíndola 19 8 15+2 8 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW United States Luis Silva 19 7 13+5 7 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
12 MF United States Alex Caskey 10 0 1+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
13 FW United States Chris Pontius 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF United States Nick DeLeon 23 3 21+0 2 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF United States Steve Birnbaum 13 0 10+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF United States Conor Shanosky 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW United States Chris Rolfe 24 5 19+2 5 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 MF Canada Kyle Porter 5 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 DF United States Jalen Robinson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF Ghana Samuel Inkoom 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF United States Chris Korb 14 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF United States Perry Kitchen 23 3 21+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England Lewis Neal 23 0 6+14 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF United States Jared Jeffrey 9 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
27 MF United States Collin Martin 6 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
28 GK United States Bill Hamid 19 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW Jamaica Michael Seaton 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
30 FW United States Conor Doyle 18 0 1+16 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK United States Joe Willis 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 DF United States Bobby Boswell 26 1 23+0 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF United States Taylor Kemp 7 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
50 GK United States 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 Spain Christian 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW Haiti 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 U.S. Open Cup CCL Total
1 FW9Argentina Fabian Espindola 11 0 0 2 13
2 FW11United States Luis Silva 11 0 0 0 11
3 FW7United States Eddie Johnson 7 0 0 2 9
4 MF18United States Chris Rolfe 6 0 0 0 6
5 MF23United States Perry Kitchen 5 0 0 0 5
6 MF14United States Nick DeLeon 2 1 0 0 3
7 MF8United States Davy Arnaud 2 0 0 0 2
DF5United States Sean Franklin 1 1 0 0 2
FW13United States Chris Pontius 1 0 0 1 2
10 DF32United States Bobby Boswell 1 0 0 0 1
DF33United States Taylor Kemp 1 0 0 0 1
13 MF17United States Conor Shanosky 0 0 0 1 1

Top assists

Rank Pos No. Player MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup CCL Total
1 FW9Argentina Fabián Espíndola 9 0 0 0 9
2 MF18United States Chris Rolfe 6 0 0 0 6
3 MF14United States Nick DeLeon 5 0 0 0 5
4 FW11United States Luis Silva 4 0 0 0 4
MF23United States Perry Kitchen 4 0 0 0 4
DF5United States Sean Franklin 4 0 0 0 4
MF3United States David Estrada 2 0 0 2 4
8 DF32United States Bobby Boswell 3 0 0 0 3
DF22United States Chris Korb 3 0 0 0 3
FW7United States Eddie Johnson 3 0 0 0 3
DF33United States Taylor Kemp 2 1 0 0 3
DF21Ghana Samuel Inkoom 1 0 0 2 3
13 DF3Spain Christian 1 0 0 0 1
MF24England Lewis Neal 1 0 0 0 1
GK28United States Bill Hamid 1 0 0 0 1
DF15United States Steve Birnbaum 0 1 0 0 1

Transfers

In

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

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
26 FW Colombia Lionard Pajoy Colombia La Equidad Released October 30, 2013 [11]
20 FW Guatemala Carlos Ruiz Guatemala Municipal Released October 30, 2013 [11]
11 MF Brazil Marcelo Saragosa United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Released October 30, 2013 [11]
7 FW Canada Dwayne De Rosario Canada Toronto FC Released October 31, 2013 [12]
6 MF Indonesia Syamsir Alam Belgium Vise Loan expired, option declined November 1, 2013 [13]
2 DF United States James Riley United States LA Galaxy Option declined December 9, 2013 [14]
8 MF United States John Thorrington Retired Option declined, subsequently retired December 9, 2013
21 DF United States Daniel Woolard Option declined December 9, 2013
15 DF United States Ethan White United States Philadelphia Union Traded for Jeff Parke January 14, 2014 [4]
5 DF Canada Dejan Jakovic Japan Shimizu S-Pulse Undisclosed (~375K est.) January 14, 2014 [15]
40 MF United States Travis Golden United States Austin Aztex Released February 13, 2014 [16]
35 MF United States Zach Barnes United States Lane United Released February 13, 2014 [16]
16 FW United States Casey Townsend United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Waived February 19, 2014 [17]
34 MF Spain Victor Muñoz United States Sporting Kansas City Released March 3, 2014
3 DF Spain Christian Spain UD Las Palmas Mutually-terminated contract July 1, 2014 [18]
21 FW Haiti Christiano François United States Ironbound Soul Released August 8, 2014 [19]

Loan out

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

See also

References

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