1999 D.C. United season

The 1999 D.C. United season was the clubs' fifth year of existence, as well as their fourth season in Major League Soccer.

D.C. United

1999 season
General manager	Dave Kasper
Head coach	Thomas Rongen
Stadium	RFK Stadium
MLS	1st
MLS Cup	Champions
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: Roy Lassiter (18) All: Roy Lassiter (18)
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Following shortcomings in MLS Cup '98, United took winning the league championship as their top priority entering 1999. With Bruce Arena's departure to coach the United States men's national team, Dutch coach Thomas Rongen took the helm as United head coach. Rongen's maiden campaign with United proved by incredibly successful, as United earned their third MLS Cup title, and their second MLS Supporters Shield.

The success of the league double culminating two previous MLS Cups, a Supporters Shield and the CONCACAF Champions' Cup was considered the apex of being tie-free until the mid to late 2000s. Their dominance in the league was cut short the year following strict salary cap restrictions enforced by MLS to ensure parity amongst clubs. Consequently, it resulted in certain core United players becoming too expensive for the club to retain, weakening the squad.

With the subsequent changes to the 1999 season, United would not qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs again until 2003.

Background

Main article: 1998 D.C. United season

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United	32	17	6	9	65	43	+22	57	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Columbus Crew	32	13	6	13	48	39	+9	45
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	9	5	18	51	50	+1	32
4	Miami Fusion	32	8	5	19	42	59	−17	29
5	New England Revolution	32	7	5	20	38	53	−15	26
6	MetroStars	32	4	3	25	32	64	−32	15

Source: MLS

Overall Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United (C, S)	32	17	6	9	65	43	+22	57	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	17	3	12	49	29	+20	54
3	Dallas Burn	32	16	3	13	54	35	+19	51
4	Chicago Fire	32	15	3	14	51	36	+15	48
5	Colorado Rapids	32	14	6	12	38	39	−1	48

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Match results

Tampa Bay Mutiny v D.C. United

March 20, 1999 1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	2–5	D.C. United	Tampa, Florida
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MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference semifinals

D.C. United v Miami Fusion

October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16) Game 1	D.C. United	2–0	Miami Fusion	Washington, D.C.
	Moreno 34', 88'	Report		Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 18,011

Miami Fusion v D.C. United

October 24, 1999 (1999-10-24) Game 2	Miami Fusion	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 SO)	D.C. United	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	Marshall  8' Mastroeni  34'	Report	Presthus  72'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 8,446
	Shootout
	Mastroeni Heaps Rooney S. Martínez Vargas Marshal		Etcheverry Wood Agoos Soñora Aunger Lassiter

D.C. United win in the series 2–0.

Conference finals

D.C. United v Columbus Crew

October 31, 1999 (1999-10-31) Game 1	D.C. United	2–1	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
	Moreno 15' Olsen 72'		Cunningham 82'	Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 14,529

Columbus Crew v D.C. United

November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07) Game 2	Columbus Crew	5–1	D.C. United	Columbus, Ohio
	Elcock 20' Cunningham 41' John 48', 61', 84'		Lassiter 7'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,778

D.C. United v Columbus Crew

October 31, 1999 (1999-10-31) Game 3	D.C. United	4–0	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
	Moreno 17' Lassiter 34', 52' Etcheverry 86'			Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 21,451

D.C. United win in the series 2–1.

MLS Cup

Main article: MLS Cup 1999

LA Galaxy v D.C. United

November 21, 1999 (1999-11-21)	LA Galaxy	0–2	D.C. United	Foxborough, Massachusetts
			Moreno 19' Olsen 45+1'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 44,910

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Match results

D.C. United v Olimpia

September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29) Quarterfinals	D.C. United	1–0	Olimpia	Whitney, Nevada
	Moreno 68'			Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium Attendance: 7,127 Referee: Carlos Batres

D.C. United v Necaxa

October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01) Semifinals	D.C. United	1–3	Necaxa	Whitney, Nevada
	Talley 26'		Almaguer 40' Delgado 57' Oliva 68'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Carlos Batres

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup		MLS Cup		CONCACAF
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	USA	Carey Talley	31	5	16+13	4	0	0	0	0	2+0	1
5	DF	CAN	Geoff Aunger	26	3	24+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	USA	A. J. Wood	24	8	13+11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	BOL	Jaime Moreno	27	11	25+0	10	0	0	0	0	2+0	1
10	MF	BOL	Marco Etcheverry	22	4	22+0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	USA	Jeff Agoos	30	2	29+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	USA	Ben Olsen	28	5	26+2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	USA	Roy Lassiter	30	18	29+1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	USA	Richie Williams	23	2	23+0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	USA	John Maessner	11	3	9+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: January 31, 2020
• Source: D.C. United 1999 Player Statistics