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2001 D.C. United season

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club	D.C. United
season	2001
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chairman	Dave Kasper
mgrtitle	Head coach
manager	Thomas Rongen
stadium	RFK Stadium
league	MLS
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cup1	MLS Cup
cup2	U.S. Open Cup
cup2 result	Semifinals
cup3	CONCACAF Giants Cup
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The 2001 D.C. United season was the clubs' seventh year of existence, as well as their sixth season in Major League Soccer.

For the second-consecutive year in franchise history, United failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, previously winning in making the finals in the four tournaments beforehand. The club also played in the CONCACAF Giants Cup where they finished second to Club America of Mexico.

United's MLS regular season was cut short after 26 matches due to the September 11 attacks, it would the last time a United game was suspended until the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Background

Main article: 2000 D.C. United season

The 2000 D.C. United season marked the first time in club history that the franchise failed to not only reach the MLS Cup final, but failed to make the MLS Cup Playoffs altogether. Throughout the club's fifth ever campaign, United posted a losing record of eight wins, eighteen losses and six ties; earning the eleventh best record in the twelve-team league. Despite the poor performance, Dutch manager, Thomas Rongen, remained at the helm of the club coaching staff.

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Convey
Watson
Arce
Talley
Lisi
Lassiter
McKeon
Garcia
Evans
Wolff
Kovalenko ,
Albright
Talley
Convey
Etcheverry
Conteh
Okoh
Harkes
Torres
Pierce
Perez
Mathis
Faria
Villegas
Moreno
Talley
Ziadie
Nelsen
Etcheverry
Conteh
Talley
Nelsen
Torres
Franchino
Wolyniec
Convey
Talley
Denton
Etcheverry
Moreno
Pope
Mulrooney
Russell
Lagos
Ekelund
Isben
McBride
Elcock
Bonseu
Cunningham
Etcheverry
Talley
Convey
Quaranta ,
Preki
Bishop
McKinley
Mastroeni
Rooney
Ziadie
Denton
Nelsen
Albright
Moreno
Moreno ,
Lisi
Ziadie
Pope
Wood
Ammann
Stoichkov
Curtin
Wynalda
Kovalenko ,
Rodríguez
Suarez
Rhine
Farrer
Martínez
Watson
Alegría
Convey
Namoff
Talley
Ziadie
Moreno
Conteh
Alegría
Faria
Semioli
Comas
Perez
Watson
Wood
Conteh
Quaranta
Ralston
Diallo
Anderson
Kotschau
Barclay
Quill
Trittschuh
Demmin
Moreno
Albright
Armstrong
Vermillion
Conteh
Baba ,
Spencer
Martinez
Dawes
Moreno
Albright
Ziadie
Caligiuri
Hendrickson
Jones ,
Hernández
Asad
Williams
Sunsing
Quaranta
Talley
Vermillion
Pope
Moreno
Lagos
Cerritos
Albright
Armstrong
Walsh ,
Petke
Talley
Perez
Talley
Conteh
Moreno
Ziadie
Chacón
Serna
Vanney
Vagenas
Hendrickson
Talley
Namoff
Lisi
Armstrong
Faria
Williams
Chung
Semioli
Chronopoulos
Heaps
Williams
Armstrong
Moreno
Pope
Conteh
Kamler
Nelsen
Talley
Conteh ,
Etcheverry
Armstrong
Pope
Clark
Cunningham ,
Oughton
Conteh
Namoff
Moreno
Lisi
Alegría
Demmin
Keller
Jair
Soñora
Chacón
Rooney
Bishop
Albright
Etcheverry
Armstrong
Lisi
Talley

U.S. Open Cup

Thompson Conteh Pope Etcheverry Hennessy
Algeria Moreno Quaranta

CONCACAF Giants Cup

Talley Lisi Lisi Váldez

Friendlies

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