2006 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2006 season
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)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2005 2007 →

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	D.C. United	Getafe, Spain
12:00 UTC−5	Jajá 35' Güiza 59' Nano 78'	Report	Filomeno 10'	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 56'			Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 22, 2006 Group 2	D.C. United	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
20:15 UTC−5	J. Moreno 30' (pen.)		A. Moreno 28'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 25, 2006 Group 3	Charleston Battery	1–1	D.C. United	Charleston, South Carolina
18:00 UTC−5	Hollingsworth 67'		Moreno 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Midseason friendlies

July 12, 2006	D.C. United	4–0	Celtic	Washington, D.C.
17:00 UTC−5	Adu 44' Walker 57' Boswell 66' Metcalf 78' Stokes 78'	Report	Miller 65'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,223 Referee: Alex Prus

August 9, 2006	Real Madrid	1–1	D.C. United	Seattle
17:00 UTC−5	Cassano 22'	Report	Eskandarian 25'	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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

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 5' Eskandarian 55' Erpen 65'	Report	Djorkaeff 6' Buddle 17' Parke 34' Guevara 34' O'Rourke 81'	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 59', 91+'	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 25' Gomez 71'	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 17'	Report	O'Brien 41'	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 16' Olsen 26' 64' Carroll 49'	Report	Kamara 35' 45+1' Vasquez 72'	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 18' Pause 19' 51' Jaqua 29' Segares 73' Armas 74'	Report	Olsen 45+1' Boswell 45+2' Carroll 53' Gómez 61' Eskandarian 74' Namoff 76'	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 15' Talley 32' Cunningham 90' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.) Watson 90+5'	Report	Moreno 10' Wilson 90+5'	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 6' Magee 30' Guevara 63' Meola 81'	Report	Erpen 36' Namoff 80' Dyachenko 90'	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 6' Gómez 56' Eskandarian 84'	Report	Beckerman 32' Martins 61' Petke 90'	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 9' (o.g.) Erpen 69' Gros 74' Gómez 85' Boswell 87'	Report	Gordon 4' Ihemelu 16' Albright 47' Nagamura 51' Donovan 66' (pen.), 90+2' 88' Namoff 71' (o.g.)	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 32' (pen.) Hernandez 90+2' Panchito 90+3' Palencia 90+3'	Report	Gómez 3', 33' 30' Boswell 18' Eskandarian 23' Carroll 75' Gros 90+4'	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 45' Prideaux 61' Dyachenko 64' Olsen 65'	Report	Cunningham 62' Klein 65'	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 56'	Report	Gros 25'	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

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MLS Cup Playoffs

Round	Leg	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Goalscorers	Attendance	Ref
Conf. SF	1	October 21, 2006	New York Red Bulls	A	W	1–0	Gómez	8,630
Conf. SF	2	October 29, 2006	New York Red Bulls	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.)	Columbus Crew	Germantown, Maryland
19:30 UTC−5	Moreno 22' Boswell 75' Walker 93'	Report	González 15' Marshall 18' Moss 30'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,774 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 23, 2006 QF	D.C. United	3–1	New York Red Bulls	Washington, D.C.
19:30 UTC−5	Gros 37' Walker 61', 84'	Report	Guevara 41' Jolley 87'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 8,637 Referee: Alex Prus

September 6, 2006 SF	Chicago Fire	3–0	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:30 UTC−5	Mapp 58' Carr 76', 91+' Armas 77'	Report	Simms 68' Erpen 76' Olsen 85'	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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Troy Perkins	34	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	USA	David Stokes	5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
4	DF	USA	Brandon Prideaux	12	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
5	DF	ARG	Facundo Erpen	35	3	30+0	3	3+0	0	2+0	0
6	MF	USA	Domenic Mediate	9	0	2+6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ARG	Matías Donnet	9	1	7+1	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ARG	Lucio Filomeno	12	1	5+6	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	USA	Justin Moose	1	3	0+1	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	MF	USA	Freddy Adu	37	2	29+3	2	2+0	0	3+0	0
10	MF	ARG	Christian Gómez	35	16	28+2	14	2+0	0	3+0	2
11	FW	USA	Alecko Eskandarian	26	7	16+6	7	1+0	0	3+0	0
12	DF	USA	John Wilson	11	0	2+9	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	USA	Ben Olsen	26	2	18+2	2	1+2	0	3+0	0
15	MF	RUS	Rod Dyachenko	13	0	4+5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
16	MF	USA	Brian Carroll	37	0	31+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
17	DF	USA	Joshua Gros	35	4	29+0	3	3+0	1	2+1	0
18	GK	USA	Nick Rimando	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	USA	Clyde Simms	30	1	10+14	1	2+1	0	1+2	0
20	DF	USA	Matt Nickell	5	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
21	MF	JAM	Stephen deRoux	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
22	MF	USA	Devon McTavish	8	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	USA	Jamil Walker	23	4	3+16	1	2+1	3	0+1	0
24	MF	USA	Jeff Carroll	5	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
25	FW	USA	Santino Quaranta	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	USA	Bryan Namoff	32	0	25+1	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
31	FW	UGA	Robert Ssejjemba	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	USA	Bobby Boswell	36	1	30+0	1	3+0	0	3+0	0
99	FW	BOL	Jaime Moreno	37	12	31+1	11	1+1	1	3+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	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

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

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.

Further Information

The Year in American Soccer, 2006 – The American Soccer Archives Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
2006 Archived Schedule

[D.C._United_v_New_England_11-05-06-1] 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.

[apr_2_nyrb-2] 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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