2006 D.C. United season
2006 season | |||
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Owner | D.C. United Holdings | ||
Head coach | Piotr Nowak | ||
MLS | Conference: 1st Overall: 1st | ||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Conference Final | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Semifinals | ||
Atlantic Cup | Winners | ||
Carolina Challenge Cup | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: All: C. Gomez (16) | ||
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The 2006 season was D.C. United's eleventh season of soccer, its eleventh consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. The club also played in the U.S. Open Cup, the United States' domestic knockout cup competition. The reserve team played for their second season in the MLS Reserve League.
D.C. United earned their third ever Supporters' Shield, and their first since 1999 by defeating their longtime rivals, the New York Red Bulls 4–3 on September 23. The Shield, which is given to the MLS club with the best regular season record, was United's third ever shield, becoming the first MLS franchise achieve three or more Supporters' Shields, a feat that would not be achieve by a different top division team until 2009. By finishing first in the Eastern Conference, United earned a top seed in the MLS Cup Playoffs, where they won a two-match aggregate series against the Red Bulls, 2–1. United's postseason ended in the Eastern Conference Final on November 5, when they were defeated 1–0 by the New England Revolution.
In the U.S. Open Cup, United reached the semifinal proper of the competition, their best run in the tournament since 2003. United opened their first two rounds of the competition against MLS opposition posting an extra time victory over Columbus Crew, and a 3–1 victory over the Red Bulls in the quarterfinal proper. United was ultimately defeated by a resounding 3–0 scoreline against eventual Open Cup champions, Chicago Fire on September 1.
Background
D.C. United came off a 2005 campaign that saw the club improve in league play, but fail to defend the MLS Cup championship in postseason playing, bowing out in the conference playoff semifinals. In league play, United saw an uptick in their performance, accumulating the third best regular season record in the entire league, and the second strongest record in the Eastern Conference.
Beyond Major League Soccer, United participated in both the CONCACAF Champions' Cup (now known as the Champions League) and the U.S. Open Cup, in which United were eliminated in the semifinal and quarterfinal rounds, respectively. United was eliminated from the Champions' Cup on April 13, 2005, by Mexican club, UNAM Pumas, while they were eliminated in the Open Cup by FC Dallas through a penalty shootout on August 24, 2005.
Review
October and November
In the Conference Final, United lost 1–0 to New England off a fourth-minute goal from Taylor Twellman.[1]
Non-competitive
Preseason exhibitions
March 2, 2006 | Getafe | 3–1 | | Getafe, Spain |
12:00 UTC−5 | Jajá Güiza Nano |
Report | Filomeno |
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez |
Carolina Challenge Cup
March 18, 2006 Group 1 | D.C. United | 1–0 | New York Red Bulls | Charleston, South Carolina |
20:15 UTC−5 | Moreno |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
March 22, 2006 Group 2 | D.C. United | 1–1 | Houston Dynamo | Charleston, South Carolina |
20:15 UTC−5 | J. Moreno |
A. Moreno |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
March 25, 2006 Group 3 | Charleston Battery | 1–1 | D.C. United | Charleston, South Carolina |
18:00 UTC−5 | Hollingsworth |
Moreno |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
Midseason friendlies
July 12, 2006 | D.C. United | 4–0 | | Washington, D.C. |
17:00 UTC−5 | Adu Walker Boswell Metcalf Stokes |
Report | Miller |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,223 Referee: Alex Prus |
August 9, 2006 | Real Madrid | 1–1 | | Seattle |
17:00 UTC−5 | Cassano |
Report | Eskandarian |
Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 66,830 |
August 30, 2006 | Richmond Kickers | 0–0 | D.C. United | Richmond, Virginia |
Report | Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium | |||
Note: Match suspended in the 20th minute due to lightning. |
Competitive
Major League Soccer
Standings
Conference
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D.C. United | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 55 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
2 | New England Revolution | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 48 | |
3 | Chicago Fire | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 47 | |
4 | New York Red Bulls | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 39 | |
5 | Kansas City Wizards | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 38 | |
6 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 33 |
Overall
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D.C. United (S) | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 55 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
2 | FC Dallas | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 52 | North American SuperLiga |
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 (C) | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 46 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
6 | Chivas USA | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 43 | |
7 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 41 | |
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 | North American SuperLiga |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield
Results summary
Results by round
Game reports
April 2, 2006 1 | D.C. United | 2–2 | New York Red Bulls | Washington, D.C. |
17:00 UTC−5 | Gros Eskandarian Erpen |
Report | Djorkaeff Buddle Parke Guevara O'Rourke |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 23,028[2] Referee: Brian Hall |
April 8, 2006 2 | D.C. United | 2–0 | Chivas USA | Washington, D.C. |
16:00 UTC−5 | Moreno |
Report | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 23,028 |
April 15, 2006 3 | D.C. United | 2–0 | Houston Dynamo | Washington, D.C. |
19:30 UTC−5 | Gros Gomez |
Report | Stadium: RFK Stadium |
April 22, 2006 4 | New York Red Bulls | 1–4 | D.C. United | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
16:00 UTC−5 | Report | Stadium: Giants Stadium |
April 29, 2006 5 | D.C. United | 1–1 | FC Dallas | Washington, D.C. |
19:30 UTC−5 | Olsen |
Report | O'Brien |
Stadium: RFK Stadium |
May 6, 2006 6 | Colorado Rapids | 2–1 | D.C. United | Denver, Colorado |
21:00 UTC−5 | Report | Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High |
May 13, 2006 7 | D.C. United | 2–1 | Kansas City Wizards | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 18,345 |
May 20, 2006 8 | Columbus Crew | 1–1 | D.C. United | Columbus, Ohio |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,646 |
May 27, 2006 9 | Kansas City Wizards | 1–3 | D.C. United | Kansas City, Missouri |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 10,945 |
May 31, 2006 10 | D.C. United | 5–1 | Columbus Crew | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,725 |
June 3, 2006 11 | D.C. United | 1–0 | New England Revolution | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 22,686 |
June 11, 2006 12 | LA Galaxy | 1–1 | D.C. United | Carson, California |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 17,538 |
June 17, 2006 13 | New England Revolution | 1–1 | D.C. United | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,209 |
June 21, 2006 14 | D.C. United | 1–0 | Chicago Fire | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,385 |
June 24, 2006 15 | D.C. United | 1–0 | Kansas City Wizards | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,834 |
June 28, 2006 16 | Kansas City Wizards | 2–3 | D.C. United | Kansas City, Missouri |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 8,710 |
July 4, 2006 17 | FC Dallas | 0–1 | D.C. United | Frisco, Texas |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 16,240 |
July 8, 2006 18 | Columbus Crew | 0–1 | D.C. United | Columbus, Ohio |
UTC−5 | Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,134 |
July 15, 2006 19 | D.C. United | 3–2 | Columbus Crew | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Gómez Olsen Carroll |
Report | Kamara Vasquez |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 20,227 Referee: Michael Kennedy |
July 22, 2006 20 | Chicago Fire | 1–1 | D.C. United | Bridgeview, Illinois |
20:00 UTC−5 | Robinson Pause Jaqua Segares Armas |
Report | Olsen Boswell Carroll Gómez Eskandarian Namoff |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,094 Referee: Kevin Stott |
July 29, 2006 21 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | D.C. United | Salt Lake City, Utah |
21:00 UTC−5 | Besagno Talley Cunningham Watson |
Report | Moreno Wilson |
Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Attendance: 20,027 Referee: Abbey Okulaja |
August 16, 2006 22 | New York Red Bulls | 0–0 | D.C. United | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
UTC−5 | Mendes Magee Guevara Meola |
Report | Erpen Namoff Dyachenko |
Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 11,230 Referee: Mauricio Navarro |
August 19, 2006 23 | D.C. United | 1–1 | Colorado Rapids | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Carroll Gómez Eskandarian |
Report | Beckerman Martins Petke |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 18,006 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
August 26, 2006 24 | D.C. United | 2–5 | LA Galaxy | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Albright Erpen Gros Gómez Boswell |
Report | Gordon Ihemelu Albright Nagamura Donovan Namoff |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 24,159 Referee: Mark Geiger |
September 3, 2006 25 | Chivas USA | 1–2 | D.C. United | Carson, California |
UTC−5 | Suárez Hernandez Panchito Palencia |
Report | Gómez Boswell Eskandarian Carroll Gros |
Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,588 Referee: Kevin Stott |
September 9, 2006 26 | D.C. United | 1–1 | Real Salt Lake | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Adu Prideaux Dyachenko Olsen |
Report | Cunningham Klein |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 19,812 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
September 13, 2006 27 | New England Revolution | 1–1 | D.C. United | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
UTC−5 | Dempsey |
Report | Gros |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 6,285 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
September 17, 2006 28 | Chicago Fire | 1–0 | D.C. United | Chicago, Illinois |
UTC−5 | Report | Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 16,713 |
September 23, 2006 29 | D.C. United | 4–3 | New York Red Bulls | Washington, D.C. |
UTC−5 | Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 21,727 |
30 | v | |||
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31 | v | |||
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32 | v | |||
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MLS Cup Playoffs
Round | Leg | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A |
Goalscorers | Attendance | Ref |
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Conf. SF | 1 | October 21, 2006 | 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
August 1, 2006 4th Rd | D.C. United | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | | Germantown, Maryland |
19:30 UTC−5 | Moreno Boswell Walker |
Report | González Marshall Moss |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,774 Referee: Terry Vaughn |
August 23, 2006 QF | D.C. United | 3–1 | | Washington, D.C. |
19:30 UTC−5 | Gros Walker |
Report | Guevara Jolley |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 8,637 Referee: Alex Prus |
September 6, 2006 SF | Chicago Fire | 3–0 | | Bridgeview, Illinois |
20:30 UTC−5 | Mapp Carr Armas |
Report | Simms Erpen Olsen |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,153 Referee: Richard Heron |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Major League Soccer | U.S. Open Cup | MLS Cup | ||||
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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 | MF | 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 |
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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 |
Updated to match played 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
See also
References
- Footnotes
- A ^ : One-legged match.
- Citations
- ^ a b Boehm, Charles (November 5, 2006). "Capital punishment: Revs oust D.C." D.C. United. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ Boehm, Charles (April 2, 2006). "Eskandarian, Erpen save tie in opener". D.C. United. MLSnet.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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