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2003 D.C. United season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | D.C. United 1998 wordmark.svg |
| club | D.C. United |
| season | 2003 |
| league | MLS |
| league result | 7th |
| chrtitle | Owner |
| chairman | D.C. United Holdings |
| mgrtitle | Head coach |
| manager | Ray Hudson |
| cup1 | MLS Cup |
| cup1 result | Conference Semifinals |
| cup2 | U.S. Open Cup |
| cup2 result | Semifinals |
| cup3 | Atlantic Cup |
| cup3 result | Runners-up |
| season topscorer | Kovalenko |
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| prevseason | 2002 |
| nextseason | 2004 |
Etcheverry (06)
The 2003 D.C. United season was the clubs' ninth year of existence, as well as their seventh season in Major League Soccer.
Led by Ray Hudson, D.C. United's 2003 campaign was highlighted by the club's return to the MLS Cup Playoffs, their first postseason appearance since 1999. In the playoffs, United who didn't qualify for the playoffs until the final day of the regular season, took on the Eastern Conference regular season champions, Chicago Fire. The Fire defeated United 4–0 on aggregates in the conference semifinals, winning each leg by a 2–0 margin of victory.
Background
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Apps | Goals | Assists | Signed from | Goalkeepers | Wingers | Strikers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug Warren | GK | |||||||||
| 18 | Nick Rimando | GK | |||||||||
| 28 | Clint Baumstark | GK | |||||||||
| 8 | Hristo Stoichkov | ||||||||||
| 11 | Alecko Eskandarian | ||||||||||
| 17 | Ali Curtis | ||||||||||
| 19 | Devin Barclay | ||||||||||
| 27 | Ronald Cerritos | ||||||||||
| 29 | Thiago Martins |
Review
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
On November 1, 2003, D.C. United played their first playoff match in nearly four years, entering the 2003 MLS Cup Playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. In the Conference semifinals, United faced the Eastern Conference regular season champions, Chicago Fire. The two-match, aggregate series was first contested at United's RFK Stadium. The match ended in a 2–0 defeat thanks to goals from the Fire's Andy Williams and Ante Razov in the 4th and 94th minutes, respectively.
A week later, on November 9, 2003, the second leg was played at Chicago Fire's Soldier Field, where the Fire defeated United by the same 2–0 scoreline, thus ultimately winning the series 4–0 on aggregate, and advancing to the Eastern Conference championship. The defeat ended United's playoff campaign and their season altogether.
Non-competitive
Preseason exhibitions
Kovalenko Mediros Kovalenko Stoitchkov Garbee Baum Etcheverry Eskandarian Olsen Quintanilla
Midseason exhibitions
Stoitchkov Cole Neill Etcheverry Curtis Quintanilla Olsen Prideaux Kovalenko Ostenstad Danns Taylor Gallagher Todd Johansson Etcheverry Olsen Geddes Velásquez Meraz
Competitive
Overall
Major League Soccer
Main article: 2003 Major League Soccer season
Standings
;Eastern Conference ;Overall table
Results summary
Results by round
Match results
Klein Brown Quaranta
MLS Cup Playoffs
Main article: 2003 MLS Cup Playoffs
Razov
U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2003 U.S. Open Cup
Kovalenko Tripoli Villar Martins Chulis Quintanilla Eskandarian Stokes Stoitchkov Washington Bilyk Wolyniec Warren Cerritos
Club
Warren, Doug 1 6-0 197 GK Mar. 18, 1981 Palatine, IL WAR-en Clemson University Stokes, David 2 6-3 203 DEF May 28, 1982 Dumfries, VA STOKES University N. Carolina Ivanov, Galin 3 6-1 172 DEF June 4, 1975 Dobrich, Bulgaria e-VAHN-ov CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria/1) Prideaux, Brandon 4 6-0 170 DEF Aug. 18, 1976 Renton, WA pruh-DOH Kansas City (MLS) Reyes, Milton 5 5-10 166 DEF May 2, 1974 Jocon Yoro, Honduras Ray-ez CD Motagua (Honduras/1) Nelsen, Ryan 7 6-1 196 DEF Oct. 18, 1977 Christchurch New Zealand NEL-sun Stanford University Stoitchkov, Hristo 8 5-9 181 FWD Feb. 8, 1966 Plodiv, Bulgaria STOYCH-kov Chicago (MLS) Stewart, Earnie 9 5-9 162 MID/FWD March 28, 1969 Veghel, Holland STU-ert NAC Breda (HOL/1) Etcheverry, Marco 10 5-9 190 MID Sept. 26, 1970 Santa Cruz, Bolivia ETCH-uh-VARE-ee CD America (COL/1) Eskandarian, Alecko 11 5-9 165 FWD July 9, 1982 Montvale, NJ es-can-DARE-ee-un University of Virginia Petke, Mike 12 6-2 199 DEF Jan. 30, 1976 Bohemia, NY PET-kee MetroStars (MLS) Alegria, Jose 13 5-8 155 MID Oct. 5, 1980 Lima, Peru ah-leh-GREE-uh Wash. Diplomats (USYSA) Olsen, Ben 14 5-8 156 MID May 3, 1977 Harrisburg, PA OLE-sen University of Virginia Convey, Bobby 15 5-9 160 MID May 27, 1983 Philadelphia, PA CON-vay US U17 National Team Carroll, Brian 16 5-10 152 MID July 20, 1981 Springfield, VA CARE-uhl Wake Forest University Rimando, Nick 18 5-10 201 GK June 17, 1979 Montclair, CA REE-mann-do Fusion F.C. (MLS) Barclay, Devin 19 5-11 165 FWD April 9, 1983 Annapolis, MD BAR-clee San Jose (MLS) Quintanilla, Eliseo 20 5-6 155 FWD Feb. 5, 1983 La Libertad, El Salvador KIN-tah-KNEE-ya CD Aguila (El Salvador) Kovalenko, Dema 21 5-8 160 MID Aug. 28, 1977 Kiev, Ukraine kov-a-LAINE-ko Chicago (MLS) Perea, Trevor 24 5-3 135 MID Aug. 19, 1981 Dallas, TX PER-eh-ah Columbus (MLS) Quaranta, Santino 25 6-1 185 FWD Oct. 14, 1984 Baltimore, MD qwa-RAHN-ta US U17 National Team Namoff, Bryan 26 5-10 176 MID May 28, 1979 Carson City, NV NAME-off Bradley University Cerritos, Ronald 27 5-9 155 FWD Jan. 3, 1975 San Salvador, El Salvador sir-EEE-toze Dallas (MLS) Baumstark, Clint 28 6-1 200 GK Jan. 9, 1983 Thornton, CO BAHM-stark US U20 National Team Martins, Thiago 29 6-0 185 FWD Sept. 4, 1976 Sao Paulo, Brazil MAR-tins Pittsburgh (A-League)
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
Transfers
MLS SuperDraft picks
Main article: 2003 MLS SuperDraft
D.C. United made a total of seven selections in the 2003 MLS Draft. Five of the draft picks were ultimately signed for the 2003 season.
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | USA Alecko Eskandarian | FW | Virginia | Signed to first team |
| 1 | 5 | USA David Stokes | DF | North Carolina | Signed to first team |
| 2 | 11 | USA Brian Carroll | MF | Wake Forest | Signed with first team |
| 2 | 14 | USA Doug Warren | GK | Clemson | Signed with first team |
| 4 | 31 | USA Hayden Woodworth | MF | Messiah | Did not sign |
| 5 | 41 | USA John Swann | DF | Indiana | Did not sign |
| 6 | 51 | USA Michael Behonick | GK | American | Signed with first team |
References
References
- (November 1, 2003). "Recap: Chicago Fire 2, D.C. United 0". DCUnited.com.
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