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2006 D.C. United season

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
2006 season
OwnerD.C. United Holdings
Head coachPiotr Nowak
MLSConference: 1st
Overall: 1st
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Final
U.S. Open CupSemifinals
Atlantic CupWinners
Carolina Challenge CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: C. Gomez (16)
← 2005
2007 →

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

v D.C. United
March 2, 2006 Getafe 3–1 D.C. United Getafe, Spain
12:00 UTC−5Jajá 35'
Güiza 59'
Nano 78'		ReportFilomeno 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−5Moreno 56'Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 22, 2006 Group 2 D.C. United 1–1 Houston Dynamo Charleston, South Carolina
20:15 UTC−5J. 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−5Hollingsworth 67'Moreno 19' (pen.)Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Midseason friendlies

v Celtic
July 12, 2006 D.C. United 4–0 Celtic Washington, D.C.
17:00 UTC−5Adu 44'
Walker 57'
Boswell 66'
Metcalf 78'
Stokes  78'		ReportMiller  65'Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 15,223
Referee: Alex Prus
v D.C. United
August 9, 2006 Real Madrid 1–1 D.C. United Seattle
17:00 UTC−5Cassano 22'ReportEskandarian 25'Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 66,830
August 30, 2006 Richmond Kickers 0–0 D.C. United Richmond, Virginia
ReportStadium: University of Richmond Stadium
Note: Match suspended in the 20th minute due to lightning.

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Standings

Conference

PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1D.C. United32157105238+1455MLS Cup Playoffs
2New England Revolution32128123935+448
3Chicago Fire32131184341+247
4New York Red Bulls32911124141039
5Kansas City Wizards32101484345−238
6Columbus Crew3281593042−1233
Source: MLS
Overall
PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
1D.C. United (S)32157105238+1455CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2FC Dallas32161244844+452North American SuperLiga
3New England Revolution32128123935+448
4Chicago Fire32131184341+247
5Houston Dynamo (C)32118134440+446CONCACAF Champions' Cup
6Chivas USA32109134542+343
7Colorado Rapids32111383649−1341
8New York Red Bulls32911124141039
9Los Angeles Galaxy32111563737039North American SuperLiga
10Real Salt Lake32101394549−439
11Kansas City Wizards32101484345−238
12Columbus Crew3281593042−1233
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−5Gros  5'
Eskandarian 55'
Erpen 65'		ReportDjorkaeff 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−5Moreno 59', 91+'ReportStadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 23,028
April 15, 2006 3 D.C. United 2–0 Houston Dynamo Washington, D.C.
19:30 UTC−5Gros 25'
Gomez 71'		ReportStadium: RFK Stadium
April 22, 2006 4 New York Red Bulls 1–4 D.C. United East Rutherford, New Jersey
16:00 UTC−5ReportStadium: Giants Stadium
April 29, 2006 5 D.C. United 1–1 FC Dallas Washington, D.C.
19:30 UTC−5Olsen 17'ReportO'Brien 41'Stadium: RFK Stadium
May 6, 2006 6 Colorado Rapids 2–1 D.C. United Denver, Colorado
21:00 UTC−5ReportStadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
May 13, 2006 7 D.C. United 2–1 Kansas City Wizards Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 18,345
May 20, 2006 8 Columbus Crew 1–1 D.C. United Columbus, Ohio
UTC−5Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 12,646
May 27, 2006 9 Kansas City Wizards 1–3 D.C. United Kansas City, Missouri
UTC−5Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 10,945
May 31, 2006 10 D.C. United 5–1 Columbus Crew Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 11,725
June 3, 2006 11 D.C. United 1–0 New England Revolution Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 22,686
June 11, 2006 12 LA Galaxy 1–1 D.C. United Carson, California
UTC−5Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 17,538
June 17, 2006 13 New England Revolution 1–1 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
UTC−5Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 16,209
June 21, 2006 14 D.C. United 1–0 Chicago Fire Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 12,385
June 24, 2006 15 D.C. United 1–0 Kansas City Wizards Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 13,834
June 28, 2006 16 Kansas City Wizards 2–3 D.C. United Kansas City, Missouri
UTC−5Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 8,710
July 4, 2006 17 FC Dallas 0–1 D.C. United Frisco, Texas
UTC−5Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
Attendance: 16,240
July 8, 2006 18 Columbus Crew 0–1 D.C. United Columbus, Ohio
UTC−5Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 14,134
July 15, 2006 19 D.C. United 3–2 Columbus Crew Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Gómez 16'
Olsen  26' 64'
Carroll 49'		ReportKamara  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−5Robinson  18'
Pause  19'   51'
Jaqua 29'
Segares  73'
Armas  74'		ReportOlsen  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−5Besagno  15'
Talley  32'
Cunningham 90' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.)
Watson  90+5'		ReportMoreno 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−5Mendes  6'
Magee  30'
Guevara  63'
Meola  81'		ReportErpen  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−5Carroll  6'
Gómez 56'
Eskandarian  84'		ReportBeckerman 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−5Albright 9' (o.g.)
Erpen 69'
Gros  74'
Gómez  85'
Boswell  87'		ReportGordon 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−5Suárez 32' (pen.)
Hernandez  90+2'
Panchito  90+3'
Palencia  90+3'		ReportGómez 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−5Adu 45'
Prideaux  61'
Dyachenko  64'
Olsen  65'		ReportCunningham  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−5Dempsey 56'ReportGros 25'Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 6,285
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
September 17, 2006 28 Chicago Fire 1–0 D.C. United Chicago, Illinois
UTC−5ReportStadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 16,713
September 23, 2006 29 D.C. United 4–3 New York Red Bulls Washington, D.C.
UTC−5Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 21,727
30 v
UTC−5
31 v
UTC−5
32 v
UTC−5

MLS Cup Playoffs

RoundLegDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		GoalscorersAttendanceRef
Conf. SF1October 21, 2006New York Red BullsAW1–0Gómez8,630
2October 29, 2006HT1–1Gómez21,455
Conf. F[A]November 5, 2006New England RevolutionHL0–119,552[1]

U.S. Open Cup

v Columbus Crew
August 1, 2006 4th Rd D.C. United 2–1 (a.e.t.) Columbus Crew Germantown, Maryland
19:30 UTC−5Moreno 22'
Boswell  75'
Walker 93'		ReportGonzález  15'
Marshall 18'
Moss  30'		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Terry Vaughn
v New York Red Bulls
August 23, 2006 QF D.C. United 3–1 New York Red Bulls Washington, D.C.
19:30 UTC−5Gros 37'
Walker 61', 84'		ReportGuevara 41'
Jolley  87'		Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 8,637
Referee: Alex Prus
v D.C. United
September 6, 2006 SF Chicago Fire 3–0 D.C. United Bridgeview, Illinois
20:30 UTC−5Mapp 58'
Carr 76', 91+'
Armas  77'		ReportSimms  68'
Erpen  76'
Olsen  85'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,153
Referee: Richard Heron

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.PosNatPlayerTotalMajor League SoccerU.S. Open CupMLS Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK  USATroy Perkins34030+001+003+00
2DF  USADavid Stokes501+200+100+10
4DF  USABrandon Prideaux1209+001+000+20
5DF  ARGFacundo Erpen35330+033+002+00
6MF  USADomenic Mediate902+601+000+00
7MF  ARGMatías Donnet917+110+100+00
7MF  ARGLucio Filomeno1215+610+000+10
8MF  USAJustin Moose130+130+000+00
9MF  USAFreddy Adu37229+322+003+00
10MF  ARGChristian Gómez351628+2142+003+02
11FW  USAAlecko Eskandarian26716+671+003+00
12DF  USAJohn Wilson1102+900+000+00
14MF  USABen Olsen26218+221+203+00
15MF  RUSRod Dyachenko1304+501+200+10
16MF  USABrian Carroll37031+003+003+00
17DF  USAJoshua Gros35429+033+012+10
18GK  USANick Rimando402+002+000+00
19MF  USAClyde Simms30110+1412+101+20
20DF  USAMatt Nickell500+300+200+00
21MF  JAMStephen deRoux502+200+100+00
22MF  USADevon McTavish803+500+000+00
23FW  USAJamil Walker2343+1612+130+10
24MF  USAJeff Carroll501+100+001+20
25FW  USASantino Quaranta404+000+000+00
26DF  USABryan Namoff32025+103+003+00
31FW  UGARobert Ssejjemba100+100+000+00
32DF  USABobby Boswell36130+013+003+00
99FW  BOLJaime Moreno371231+1111+113+00

Top scorers

RankNationNumberNameTotalMLSOpen CupMLS Cup
1 10Christian Gómez161402
2 99Jaime Moreno121110
3 11Alecko Eskandarian7400
4 4Joshua Gros4310
4 17Jamil Walker4130
6 5Facundo Erpen3300
7 9Freddy Adu2200
7 14Ben Olsen2200

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
Further Information
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