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2009 D.C. United season

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Owner
  
D.C. United Holdings

MLS
  
10th

U.S. Open Cup
  
Runners-up

Coach
  
Tom Soehn

MLS Cup
  
Did not qualify

CONCACAF Champions League
  
Group Stage

The 2009 D.C. United season was the fourteenth season of the team's existence. It began on March 22, 2009 with a 2-2 draw at the Los Angeles Galaxy and ended on October 22, 2009 at the Kansas City Wizards by the same 2-2 scoreline.

Contents

Off-season

D.C. United was involved in the following off-season activity:

Draft

The 2009 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2009. With draft order determined by regular and post-season record, United received the sixth pick in each round. Additionally, United acquired the Colorado Rapids' first-round pick (#7 overall) and Houston Dynamo's second-round (#26 overall). United's fourth-round (#51 overall) pick went to Colorado.

Re-signings

  • Santino Quaranta – January 6, 2009
  • Bryan Namoff – January 6
  • Marc Burch – January 7
  • Francis Doe – January 21
  • Devon McTavish – January 28

    • Signings

  • Andrew Jacobson – February 10
  • Dejan Jakovic – February 27
  • Brandon Barklage – March 3
  • Anthony Peters – March 3
  • Milos Kocic – March 12

    • Released

  • Marcelo Gallardo – January 30

    • Waived

  • Ryan Miller – March 25

    • First-team squad

    As of August 25, 2009. For recent transfers, see List of transfers for the 2009 Major League Soccer season.

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Waived

  • April 23 – Francis Doe

    • Statistical leaders

    Last updated 4 May 2009

    Other information

    Source: D.C. United

    Competitions

    Key

      Win   Tie   Loss

    Overall

    Last updated: October 18, 2008
    Source: Competitions

    Standings

    Eastern Conference
    Overall table
  • ^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team. If they qualify for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified will be given a berth. Similarly, they cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship. If they qualify for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified will qualify.
  • ^Note 2 - The winner of the 2009 MLS Supporters' Shield (Columbus Crew) and the winner of MLS Cup 2009 (Real Salt Lake) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2009 (Los Angeles Galaxy) and the winner of the 2009 U.S. Open Cup (Seattle Sounders) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.
  • ^Note 3 - SuperLiga 2010 berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for Champions League (Houston, Chicago, Chivas USA and New England).

    • Results summary

    Last updated: October 25, 2009
    Source: Major League Soccer
    Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

    Results by round

    Last updated: October 25, 2009.
    Source: D.C. United
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    References

    2009 D.C. United season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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