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2009 D.C. United season

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image	D.C. United 1998 wordmark.svg
club	D.C. United
season	2009
chrtitle	Owner
chairman	D.C. United Holdings
mgrtitle	Coach
manager	Tom Soehn
highest attendance	24,175 vs. Chivas USA
(October 24)
average attendance	15,585
league	MLS
league result	10th
cup1	MLS Cup
cup1 result	Did not qualify
cup2	U.S. Open Cup
cup2 result	Runners-up
cup3	CONCACAF Champions League
cup3 result	Group stage
cup4	Carolina Challenge Cup
cup4 result	Runners-up
cup5	Atlantic Cup
cup5 result	Champions
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(October 24)

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.

Off-season

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

Draft

Main article: 2009 MLS SuperDraft

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.

Player	Position	Pick overall (round)	Previous club
Rodney Wallace	M	#6 (1st)	University of Maryland
Chris Pontius	M/F	#7 (1st)	UC Santa Barbara
Milos Kocic	GK	#21 (2nd)	Loyola College in Maryland
Lyle Adams	DF	#26 (2nd)	Wake Forest University
Central Florida Kraze
Brandon Barklage	M/F	#36 (3rd)	Saint Louis University
Chicago Fire Premier

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

Transactions

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Exchange
February 9	M	Christian Gomez
International roster spot
Salary cap considerations	Colorado Rapids	Iván Guerrero
Designated Player roster spot
2010 MLS SuperDraft second-round pick
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322133047/http://www.dcunited.com/news-stats/transactions	date=2009-03-22 }} D.C. United	GK	Josh Wicks	Los Angeles Galaxy	Conditional MLS SuperDraft pick
March 27	M	John DiRaimondo	Waivers from Colorado Rapids

Loaned

Date	Name	Team	Terms
January 22	Gonzalo Peralta	Unión de Santa Fe (Argentina B)	Undisclosed

Squad

First-team squad

As of August 25, 2009. For recent transfers, see List of transfers for the 2009 Major League Soccer season. -- Do NOT add new players before their signing is officially announced by the club -- and do NOT assign unreferenced jersey numbers as well. -- Do NOT create articles for new draft picks until they make either their MLS or U.S. Open Cup debut, and do not add red wikilinks to these players as it prevents the creation of articles by people who don't understand the WP:FOOTY notability guidelines -- Players with international caps should NOT be bolded - as per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football/Clubs -- This is Wikipedia, not a football gazette. -- Any unconfirmed and unsourced signing/transfer will be reverted at sight. -- Thanks in advance.

Season transactions

Date	Pos.	Name	Team

Trades

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Exchange
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428105031/http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/dc-united-signs-defender-avery-john	date=2009-04-28 }} D.C. United, 23 April 2009. Retrieved on 4 May 2009	DF	Avery John	New England Revolution	Conditional MLS SuperDraft pick

Waived

April 23 – Francis Doe

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee

Statistical leaders

Last updated 4 May 2009 ;Goals

Luciano Emilio – 10
Jaime Moreno – 9
Christian Gomez – 6

;Assists

Santino Quaranta – 6
Christian Gomez - 4
Bryan Namoff - 4

;Minutes

Clyde Simms – 2,457
Bryan Namoff – 2,326
Rodney Wallace – 2,265

;Fouls committed

Rodney Wallace – 52
Ben Olsen – 36
Marc Burch - 27

;Fouls suffered

Santino Quaranta – 40
Ben Olsen – 35
Chris Pontius – 35

Club

Management

Other information

Competitions

;Key

Overall

Preseason

Simms

Carolina Challenge Cup

Movsisyan Williams De Rosario Jacobson

Major League Soccer

Standings

;Eastern Conference ;Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

Donovan Pontius

Olsen Jakovic Burch

James Moreno

Wingert Borchers Olave Morales Gomez Burch McTavish

Olsen Thompson Joseph

Richards Richards Simms Jacobson Wallace Emilio Pontius

Cooper Moreno

Wolff
Watson
Espinoza Barklage
John

Fred Pontius Moreno Pontius Serioux De Rosario Brennan De Rosario

Lillingston Stepanovic Namoff Emilio Jakovic Quaranta

Heaps
Barnes
Ralston Fred
Wallace
Wicks
McTavish

Quaranta Emilio Emilio Moreno

Gomez Gomez Thorrington Pappa Conde Pause

Burch Montero Gomez Jakovic Marshall Namoff

Gibbs Cummings Clark Wallace

Moreno Ekpo Lenhart Olsen N'Silu

Moreno Namoff Emilio Mastroeni Casey

Johnson Glen Gomez Olsen Wallace

Ching
Holden
Davis Gomez Emilio
Pontius Fred

Robinson De Rosario Sanyang Brennan White Simms

Wallace Magee

Burch Fred Namoff Jakovic

Ferreira Torres van den Bergh McCarty Benitez Burch Moreno Burch Fred

Emilio John Wicks Besler Myers

Wallace Quaranta John Montero

Wallace Pontius Sanchez Johnson

James Olsen Pontius Padilla Cuesta

Emilio

Kamara Marquess Lopez Olsen James Fred

CONCACAF Champions League

Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
MEX Toluca	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13
HON Marathón	6	4	0	2	12	14	−2	12
USA D.C. United	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
TRI San Juan Jabloteh	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0

Preliminary round

J. Sánchez Merino Salazar C. Sánchez Szetela Olsen Burch Gómez

Group stage

Palacios Berrios Mancilla Moreno Fred Khumalo

U.S. Open Cup

Barklage Khumalo Barklage Fred Rojas , N'Silu Paterson Jacobson N'Silu Gómez Atieno Bertz Gómez John Khumalo Simms González Montero Vagenas Levesque

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Source
22		USA Maryland Terrapins	Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft
13		USA UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft
1		USA Loyola Greyhounds	Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft
		USA Wake Forest Demon Deacons
USA Central Florida Kraze	Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft
24		USA Saint Louis Billikens
USA Chicago Fire Premier	Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft
8		FRA Lorient	Selected in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft
19		SRB Red Star	Free	title=D.C. United sign defender Dejan Jakovic	url=http://www.dcunited.com/content/dc-united-sign-defender-dejan-jakovic	archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728151546/http://www.dcunited.com/content/dc-united-sign-defender-dejan-jakovic	url-status=dead	archive-date=July 28, 2012	publisher=DCUnited.com	access-date=April 8, 2012	date=February 27, 2009 }}

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
24			TBD	Option declined		last=Sheldon	first=Kyle	title=United players eligible for Stage 1 Re-Entry Draft	url=http://www.dcunited.com/news/2011/11/united-players-eligible-for-stage-1-re-entry-draft	work=D.C. United	publisher=DCUnited.com	access-date=December 1, 2011	date=November 29, 2011	archive-date=December 2, 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202194220/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2011/11/united-players-eligible-for-stage-1-re-entry-draft	url-status=dead}}

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source

References

"USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet.
[http://www.dcunited.com/news-stats/transactions Transactions] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-03-22 D.C. United)
Goff, Steven. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515222003/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/03/united_acquires_diraimondo.html United Acquires DiRaimondo], ''Washington Post'' 27 March 2009. Accessed 1 May 2009.
[http://www.dcunited.com/content/dc-united-loan-out-gonzalo-peralta D.C. United to loan out Gonzalo Peralta] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-06-15 , D.C. United. January 22, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009)
(June 14, 2009). "D.C. United Roster". [[Major League Soccer]].
[http://www.dcunited.com/press-release/dc-united-signs-defender-avery-john D.C. United signs defender Avery John] {{webarchive. link. (2009-04-28 D.C. United, 23 April 2009. Retrieved on 4 May 2009)
[http://www.dcunited.com/stats/overall/2009/reg] D.C. United
(February 27, 2009). "D.C. United sign defender Dejan Jakovic". DCUnited.com.
Sheldon, Kyle. (November 29, 2011). "United players eligible for Stage 1 Re-Entry Draft". DCUnited.com.

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