The 2006 D.C. United

D.C. United

D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...

 season was the tenth season of the club's existence. It was highlighted by winning their first MLS Supporters' Shield

MLS Supporters' Shield

The Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system...

 title since 1999. The season saw United finish 2nd in the East and 3rd overall.

October and November

In the Conference Final, United lost 1–0 to New England off a fourth-minute goal from Taylor Twellman

Taylor Twellman

Taylor Twellman is a retired American soccer player who currently works as a television analyst for the Philadelphia Union and ESPN soccer.-Youth and College:Taylor was raised in St...

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Match results

Lists of matches, featuring result, attendance (where available) and scorers, grouped by competition (league, cup, other competition). Do not include friendly matches.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Win

Tie

Loss

MLS Cup

Round	Leg	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Goalscorers	Attendance	Ref
Conf. SF	1	October 21, 2005	New York Red Bulls	A	W	1–0	Gómez Christian Gómez Christian Gómez is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Nueva Chicago.-Argentina:Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the second division. He played with the team from 1991 to 1996, appearing in 155...	8,630
	2	October 29, 2006		H	T	1–1	Gómez Christian Gómez Christian Gómez is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Nueva Chicago.-Argentina:Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the second division. He played with the team from 1991 to 1996, appearing in 155...	21,455
Conf. F

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New England Revolution

The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...

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U.S. Open Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
October 11, 2019 – 19:30	First round	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	Away	1–2	Goleador	21,334

MLS

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United D.C. United D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55	2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2007 U.S. Open Cup 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup -Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-First round:-----Second round:-----Third round:...
2	FC Dallas FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...	32	16	12	4	48	44	+4	52	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2007 U.S. Open Cup 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup -Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-First round:-----Second round:-----Third round:...
3	New England Revolution New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48
4	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
5	Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...	32	11	8	13	44	40	+4	46
6	Chivas USA C.D. Chivas USA Club Deportivo Chivas USA is an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada....	32	10	9	13	45	42	+3	43
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league...	32	11	13	8	36	49	-13	41	2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
8	New York Red Bulls Red Bull New York The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The team competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
9	Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39
10	Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club based in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. They currently play their home games at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake won...	32	10	13	9	45	49	-4	39
11	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	-2	38
12	Columbus Crew Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...	32	8	15	9	30	42	-12	33

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

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2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

-Schedule:Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.-Qualifying round:Teams from USASA and PDL start.-----First round:Teams from USASA, PDL, and USL-2.----...

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|1
| Argentina
|10
|Christian Gómez

Christian Gómez

Christian Gómez is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Nueva Chicago.-Argentina:Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the second division. He played with the team from 1991 to 1996, appearing in 155...

|16
|14
|0
|2
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|2
| Bolivia
|99
|Jaime Moreno

Jaime Moreno

Jaime Moreno Morales is a former Bolivian footballer now serving as Youth Academy Technical Training Coach for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and as the head coach of D.C. United's U-23 side....

|12
|11
|1
|0
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|3
| United States
|11
|Alecko Eskandarian

Alecko Eskandarian

Alecko Eskandarian is a former American soccer player who last played for Los Angeles Galaxy. He currently is the youth technical director for Philadelphia Union.-High School and College:...

|7
|4
|0
|0
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|4
| United States
|4
|Joshua Gros
|4
|3
|1
|0
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|4
| United States
|17
|Jamil Walker

Jamil Walker

Jamil Walker is a retired American soccer forward and midfielder, who played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USL First Division.-College:...

|4
|1
|3
|0
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|6
| Argentina
|5
|Facundo Erpen

Facundo Erpen

Facundo Adrián Erpen is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Instituto in the Primera B Nacional.-Early career in South America:...

|3
|3
|0
|0
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|7
| United States
|9
|Freddy Adu

Freddy Adu

Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu is a Ghanaian-born American soccer player who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He plays primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he is also used as a winger or forward....

|2
|2
|0
|0
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|7
| United States
|14
|Ben Olsen

Ben Olsen

Benjamin Robert "Ben" Olsen is a former American professional soccer player and the current manager of D.C. United. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Olsen grew up playing for FC Delco, an elite club program near Philadelphia...

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|0
|0
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Awards

Only official awards regarding individuals associated with the club

• FA Premier League Player of the Month (January): Patrick Scorer
• FA Premier League Manager of the Month (January): Lucas Boss

See also

• 2006 in American soccer
  2006 in American soccer
  The 2006 season was the 94th year of competitive soccer in the United States.-National team:The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.-Tables:...
  
  
• 2006 Major League Soccer
• List of D.C. United seasons