2022 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2022 season
General manager	Dave Kasper
Head coach	Hernán Losada
Stadium	Audi Field
MLS	Conference: 2nd; Overall: 2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Kamara (2); All: Kamara (2)
Highest home attendance	16,412 vs. Charlotte
Lowest home attendance	16,412 vs. Charlotte
Average home league attendance	16,412
Biggest win	DC 3–0 CLT (2/26)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2021 →

The 2022 D.C. United season will be the club's 27th season of existence, and their 27th consecutive season playing in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The regular season will begin on February 26 and conclude on October 9.

Club[]

Team management[]

Position	Name
Chairman	Jason Levien
Co-Chairman	Stephen Kaplan
President of Soccer Operations	Dave Kasper
General Manager	Lucy Rushton
Technical Director	Stewart Mairs
Head coach	Hernán Losada
Assistant coach	Nicolás Frutos
Goalkeeping coach	Diego Restrepo

Roster[]

As of January 14, 2022^[1]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals	Assists	Signed from
Goalkeepers
21	Jon Kempin	GK	(1993-04-08) April 8, 1993 (age 28)	10	0	0	Columbus Crew
24	Bill Hamid	GK	(1990-11-25) November 25, 1990 (age 31)	266	0	0	Midtjylland
Defenders
2	Gaoussou Samaké	LB	(1997-11-04) November 4, 1997 (age 24)	0	0	0	ASEC Mimosas
3	Chris Odoi-Atsem	RB	(1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 (age 26)	39	1	0	Maryland Terrapins
4	Brendan Hines-Ike	CB	(1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 (age 27)	13	1	0	Kortrijk
5	Brad Smith	RB	(1994-04-09) April 9, 1994 (age 27)	0	0	0	Seattle Sounders
14	Andy Najar	RB	(1993-03-16) March 16, 1993 (age 29)	113	11	14	Los Angeles FC
15	Steve Birnbaum	CB	(1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 31)	215	11	6	California Golden Bears
20	Hayden Sargis	CB	(2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 19)	0	0	0	Sacramento Republic
23	Donovan Pines	CB	(1998-03-07) March 7, 1998 (age 24)	44	3	1	Maryland Terrapins
33	Jacob Greene	LB / RB	(2003-03-23) March 23, 2003 (age 19)	0	0	0	D.C. United Academy
93	Tony Alfaro	CB	(1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 28)	25	1	1	Reno 1868
Midfielders
6	Russell Canouse	DM	(1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 (age 26)	94	4	4	Hoffenheim
10	Edison Flores	AM / LW	(1994-05-14) May 14, 1994 (age 27)	29	2	8	Morelia
12	Drew Skundrich	CM	(1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 26)	20	0	1	Loudoun United
13	Sofiane Djeffal	MF	(1999-04-19) April 19, 1999 (age 22)	0	0	0	Oregon State Beavers
18	Jeremy Garay	MF	(2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 18)	0	0	0	D.C. United Academy
27	Moses Nyeman	CM	(2003-11-05) November 5, 2003 (age 18)	30	0	1	D.C. United Academy
31	Julian Gressel	RM	(1993-12-16) December 16, 1993 (age 28)	56	4	12	Atlanta United
35	Ted Ku-DiPietro	MF	(2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 20)	0	0	0	Loudoun United
Forwards
7	Michael Estrada	FW	(1996-04-07) April 7, 1996 (age 25)	0	0	0	Deportivo Toluca (loan)
9	Ola Kamara	ST	(1989-10-15) October 15, 1989 (age 32)	56	26	4	Shenzhen
16	Adrien Perez	FW	(1995-10-13) October 13, 1995 (age 26)	16	0	2	Los Angeles FC
17	Kimarni Smith	FW	(1998-03-14) March 14, 1998 (age 24)	3	0	0	Clemson Tigers
19	Nigel Robertha	FW	(1998-03-13) March 13, 1998 (age 24)	18	4	1	Levski Sofia
22	Griffin Yow	FW	(2002-09-25) September 25, 2002 (age 19)	24	3	1	D.C. United Academy

Non-competitive[]

Preseason exhibitions[]

January 29	Inter Miami	0–1	D.C. United	Fort Lauderdale, FL
17:00 EST			Hopkins 58'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: Closed-door

February 19	LA Galaxy	2–2	D.C. United	Carson, CA
18:00 EST	Chicharito 26', 74' Cabral 42'		Birnbaum 14' Estrada 58' Liadi 77'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

Coachella Valley Invitational[]

February 10	New York Red Bulls	1–1	D.C. United	Indio, CA
19:00 EST	Barlow 65'	NYRB Tweet DCU Tweet	Flores 27'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club Attendance: 0

February 15	Los Angeles FC	0–2	D.C. United	Indio, CA
19:00 EST		Report	9' (pen.) Skundrich 77'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club Attendance: 0

Midseason exhibitions[]

To be announced.

Competitive[]

Major League Soccer[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Orlando City SC	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7	Qualification for the Playoffs first round
6	Atlanta United FC	4	2	1	1	8	8	0	7
7	D.C. United	4	2	2	0	5	4	+1	6
8	FC Cincinnati	4	2	2	0	5	8	−3	6
9	New York City FC	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4

Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	1	0	1	3	2	+1	1	0	0	1	0	+1

Last updated: March 17, 2022.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday[]

Game Week	1	2	3
Stadium	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L
Position (Conf.)	2	2	4
Position (Ovr.)	3	3	7

Updated to match(es) played on March 2022. Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW); not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Results[]

February 26 1	D.C. United	3–0	Charlotte FC	Washington, DC
18:00 EST	Najar 15' Estrada 37' (pen.), 45+6' Kamara 65' Hines-Ike 85' Perez 87'	Report	Ortiz 27'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Victor Rivas

March 5 2	FC Cincinnati	0–1	D.C. United	Cincinnati, OH
18:00 EST	Blackett 90+4'	Report	Nyeman 80' B. Smith 90+1' Kamara 90+8' (pen.)	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 22,183 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

March 12 3	D.C. United	0–2	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
19:30 EST	Najar 21' Skundrich 45' Hines-Ike 65'	Report	Ivanov 32' 45' Sekulic 48' Bornstein 80' Navarro 86'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 13,795 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

March 19 4	Toronto FC	2–1	D.C. United	Toronto, ON
15:00 EDT	Pozuelo 24' 47' Osorio 53' 55' O'Neill 77' MacNaughton 82'	Report	Canouse 10' Flores 49' Najar 72' Yow 83'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 21,501 Referee: Ramy Touchan

April 2 5	D.C. United	v	Atlanta United	Washington, D.C.
19:30 EDT				Stadium: Audi Field

April 16 7	D.C. United	v	Austin FC	Washington, D.C.
19:30 EDT				Stadium: Audi Field

April 23 8	D.C. United	v	New England Revolution	Washington, D.C.
19:30 EDT				Stadium: Audi Field

April 30 9	Columbus Crew	v	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
19:30 EDT				Stadium: Lower.com Field

May 7 10	D.C. United	v	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
19:30 EDT				Stadium: Audi Field

August 31	New York City FC	v	D.C. United	Harrison, New Jersey
20:00 EDT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Note: The match was originally scheduled for April 9 with the originally venue at Citi Field which was rescheduled to August 29 in order to allow NYCFC to prepare for the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals. The venue was also switched over to Red Bull Arena as it was the only venue available at the time.

October 9 34		v
TBD EDT

U.S. Open Cup[]

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee/Notes	Ref.
November 22, 2021	DF	2	Gaoussou Samaké	ASEC Mimosas	Signed through 2023, team options for 2024-25	^[2]
January 4, 2022	MF	4	Brendan Hines-Ike	Kortrijk	Loan option exercised	^[3]
January 13, 2022	MF	35	Ted Ku-DiPietro	Loudoun United	Homegrown contract through 2023, team options for 2024-2025	^[4]
January 24, 2022	DF	20	Hayden Sargis	Sacramento Republic	Signed through 2024, team options for 2025-26 $25,000 to Sacramento, plus bonuses at certain benchmarks.	^[5]
January 27, 2022	DF	5	Brad Smith	Seattle Sounders	$750,000 GAM, with 10% sell-on fee	^[6]
January 27, 2022	FW		Taxiarchis Fountas	Rapid Wien	Designated Player precontract: begins July 2022, ends June 30, 2025 with extension option for rest of 2025.	^[7]
February 25, 2022	MF	13	Sofiane Djeffal	Oregon State Beavers	MLS SuperDraft Pick	^[8]

Transfers out[]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee/Notes	Ref.
November 29, 2021	FW	32	Ramón Ábila	Boca Juniors	End of loan	^[9]
	FW	20	Jovanny Bolívar	Deportivo La Guaira	End of loan	^[9]
	MF	11	Yamil Asad	Universidad Católica	Option declined	^[9]
	FW	29	Yordy Reyna	Charlotte FC	Option declined	^[9]
	DF	28	Joseph Mora	Charlotte FC	Option declined, selected in 2021 MLS Expansion Draft	^[9]
	DF	35	Michael DeShields	New England Revolution II	Option declined	^[9]
	GK	1	Chris Seitz	N/A	Option declined, retired	^[9]
	MF	18	Felipe	Austin FC	End of contract	^[9]
	DF	13	Frédéric Brillant	N/A	End of contract, retired	^[9]
January 8, 2022	FW	50	Erik Sorga	IFK Göteborg	€450,000	^[10]
January 26, 2022	MF	7	Paul Arriola	FC Dallas	$2,000,000 GAM	^[11]
January 28, 2022	DF	30	Kevin Paredes	Wolfsburg	$7,350,000	^[12]
February 22, 2022	MF	5	Júnior Moreno	FC Cincinnati	$250,000 GAM, plus up to $175,000 GAM if benchmarks are hit	^[13]

Loan in[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
7	FW	Michael Estrada	Deportivo Toluca	February 8, 2022	December 31, 2022
24	MF	Azaad Liadi	Loudoun United	February 26, 2022	March 2, 2022	^[14]

Loan out[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End
17	FW	Kimarni Smith	Loudoun United	March 1, 2022	October 31, 2022
20	DF	Hayden Sargis	Loudoun United	March 1, 2022	October 31, 2022
33	MF	Jacob Greene	Loudoun United	March 1, 2022	October 31, 2022
35	MF	Ted Ku-DiPietro	Loudoun United	March 1, 2022	October 31, 2022

MLS SuperDraft picks[]

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
2022 D.C. United SuperDraft Picks
2	36	Sofiane Djeffal	MF	Oregon State	Signed to First Team roster
2	41	Alex Nagy	FW	Vermont	Returned to school
3	69	Skage Simonson	MF	Southern Methodist University	Signed with Loudoun United FC

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	CIV	Gaoussou Samaké	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	USA	Chris Odoi-Atsem	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	USA	Brendan Hines-Ike	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	AUS	Brad Smith	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	USA	Russell Canouse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ECU	Michael Estrada	2	2	2+0	2	0	0	0	0
9	FW	NOR	Ola Kamara	2	2	0+2	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF	PER	Edison Flores	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	USA	Drew Skundrich	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	FRA	Sofiane Djeffal	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	HON	Andy Najar	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	USA	Steve Birnbaum	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	USA	Adrien Perez	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Kimarni Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	NED	Nigel Robertha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	USA	Hayden Sargis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	USA	Jon Kempin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	USA	Griffin Yow	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	USA	Donovan Pines	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	USA	Azaad Liadi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	LBR	Moses Nyeman	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	USA	Bill Hamid	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	GER	Julian Gressel	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	USA	Jacob Greene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	USA	Ted Ku-DiPietro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	DF	MEX	Tony Alfaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	SLV	Jeremy Garay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				2	4	2	4	0	0	0	0

Last updated: March 6, 2022
Source: Team Stats

Top scorers[]

Rank	Position	No.	Name	MLS	Total
1	FW	11	Michael Estrada	2	2
1	FW	9	Ola Kamara	2	2
Total				4	4

Last updated: March 6, 2022
Source: Team Stats

Top assists[]

Rank	Position	No.	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	MLS Cup	Total
Total				0	0	0

Source: Team Stats

Disciplinary record[]

No.	Pos.	Player
No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			U.S. Open Cup			MLS Cup			Total
4	DF	Brendan Hines-Ike	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Brad Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW	Michael Estrada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	DF	Andy Najar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	FW	Adrien Perez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF	Moses Nyeman	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1

Last updated: March 6, 2022
Source: Team Stats

Clean sheets[]

No.	Name	MLS	US Open Cup	MLS Cup	Total	Games
28	Bill Hamid	2	0	0	2	2

Last updated: March 6, 2022
Source: Team Stats

References[]

^ "Players". D.C. United. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^ "D.C. United Acquire Defender Gaoussou Samaké from ASEC Mimosas". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
^ "D.C. United Sign Defender Brendan Hines-Ike on a Permanent Transfer from K.V. Kortrijk". DCUnited.com. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
^ "D.C. United Sign Midfielder Ted Ku-DiPietro to Homegrown Deal". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ Anderson, Jason (January 24, 2022). "Official: DCU signs Hayden Sargis from Sacramento Republic". Black And Red United. SB Nation. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ "D.C. United Acquire Seattle Sounders FC Defender Brad Smith". DC United. MLS. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "D.C. United have signed SK Rapid Wien (Rapid Vienna) and Greek National Team forward Taxiarchis "Taxi" Fountas to a pre-contract". DC United. MLS. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "D.C. United Sign Midfielder Sofiane Djeffal". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Keefer, Ryan (November 29, 2021). "D.C. United announce end-of-season roster moves". Black And Red United. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ "D.C. United Announce the Permanent Transfer of Erik Sorga to IFK Göteborg | DC United". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "Official: FC Dallas acquire Paul Arriola in MLS-record trade from DC United | MLS". MLS website. Major League Soccer. January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ "Official: DC United transfer Kevin Paredes to Wolfsburg in club-record deal | MLS". MLS website. Major League Soccer. January 28, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
^ Goff, Steven (February 22, 2022). "MLS is 'bullish' on Las Vegas for expansion; D.C. United trades Júnior Moreno's rights". Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
^ "D.C. United acquire Loudoun United winger Azaad Liadi on loan". D.C. United. February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.

External links[]

D.C. United

[1] "Players". D.C. United. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[2] "D.C. United Acquire Defender Gaoussou Samaké from ASEC Mimosas". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.

[3] "D.C. United Sign Defender Brendan Hines-Ike on a Permanent Transfer from K.V. Kortrijk". DCUnited.com. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.

[4] "D.C. United Sign Midfielder Ted Ku-DiPietro to Homegrown Deal". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

[5] Anderson, Jason (January 24, 2022). "Official: DCU signs Hayden Sargis from Sacramento Republic". Black And Red United. SB Nation. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

[6] "D.C. United Acquire Seattle Sounders FC Defender Brad Smith". DC United. MLS. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[7] "D.C. United have signed SK Rapid Wien (Rapid Vienna) and Greek National Team forward Taxiarchis "Taxi" Fountas to a pre-contract". DC United. MLS. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[8] "D.C. United Sign Midfielder Sofiane Djeffal". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[EndOfYear-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Keefer, Ryan (November 29, 2021). "D.C. United announce end-of-season roster moves". Black And Red United. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

[10] "D.C. United Announce the Permanent Transfer of Erik Sorga to IFK Göteborg | DC United". D.C. United. Major League Soccer. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[11] "Official: FC Dallas acquire Paul Arriola in MLS-record trade from DC United | MLS". MLS website. Major League Soccer. January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[12] "Official: DC United transfer Kevin Paredes to Wolfsburg in club-record deal | MLS". MLS website. Major League Soccer. January 28, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.

[13] Goff, Steven (February 22, 2022). "MLS is 'bullish' on Las Vegas for expansion; D.C. United trades Júnior Moreno's rights". Washington Post. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[14] "D.C. United acquire Loudoun United winger Azaad Liadi on loan". D.C. United. February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.

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