# 2009 D.C. United season

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

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 |
| March 10 | 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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Miloš Kočić |
| 2 | DF | TRI | Julius James |
| 3 | DF | TRI | Avery John |
| 4 | DF | USA | Marc Burch |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Dejan Jakovic |
| 6 | MF | USA | John DiRaimondo |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Fred |
| 8 | MF | USA | Andrew Jacobson |
| 9 | FW | COD | Ange N'Silu |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Christian Gómez |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luciano Emilio |
| 12 | MF | USA | Danny Szetela |
| 13 | FW | USA | Chris Pontius |
| 14 | MF | USA | Ben Olsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | USA | Greg Janicki |
| 17 | FW | RSA | Thabiso Khumalo |
| 18 | DF | USA | Devon McTavish |
| 19 | MF | USA | Clyde Simms |
| 20 | MF | USA | Ely Allen |
| 21 | MF | RSA | Tiyiselani Shipalane (on loan from Harrisburg) |
| 22 | MF | CRC | Rodney Wallace |
| 23 | DF | BDI | David Habarugira |
| 24 | MF | USA | Brandon Barklage |
| 25 | MF | USA | Santino Quaranta |
| 26 | DF | USA | Bryan Namoff |
| 28 | GK | USA | Bill Hamid |
| 31 | GK | USA | Josh Wicks |
| 99 | FW | BOL | Jaime Moreno (captain) |

## Season transactions
### Trades

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Exchange |
| April 23 | DF | Avery John | New England Revolution | Conditional MLS SuperDraft pick |

### Waived

* April 23 – Francis Doe

## Statistical leaders

Last updated 4 May 2009

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| General Manager | Dave Kasper |
| Manager | Tom Soehn |
| Assistant manager | Mark Simpson |
| Assistant manager | Chad Ashton |
| Athletic trainer | Brian Goodstein |
| Equipment manager | David Brauzer |
Last updated: April 18, 2009 Source: D.C. United

### Other information

| Owner | D.C. United Holdings |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (56,692 / N/A) |
Source: D.C. United

## Competitions
### Key

Win  Tie  Loss

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| MLS | — | — | | March 21, 2009 | |
| USOC | Third round | — | Runner-up | June 30, 2009 | September 2, 2009 |
| CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10 | Preliminary round | — | | July 28, 2009 | |
Updated to match played October 18, 2008 Source: Competitions

### Major League Soccer
#### Standings
##### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 49 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 3 | New England Revolution | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 42 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 4 | D.C. United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 5 | Toronto FC | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 39 | |
| 6 | Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 33 | |
| 7 | New York Red Bulls | 30 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 21 | |

##### Overall table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Columbus Crew (S) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 49 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 48 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | North American SuperLiga |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 47 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | North American SuperLiga |
| 6 | Chivas USA | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | North American SuperLiga |
| 7 | New England Revolution | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 42 | North American SuperLiga |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake (C) | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 40 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
| 10 | D.C. United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 11 | FC Dallas | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 39 | |
| 12 | Toronto FC | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 39 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 13 | Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 33 | |
| 14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30 | |
| 15 | New York Red Bulls | 30 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 21 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 40 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 |
Last updated: October 25, 2009 Source: Major League Soccer Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | T | W | W | L | T | W | W | T | T | T | T | L | W | W | T | L | T | W | T | L | L | T | W | T | W | L | L | L | W | T |

### CONCACAF Champions League
#### Group standings

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

#### Group stage
### U.S. Open Cup
## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 22 | MF | Rodney Wallace | Maryland Terrapins | Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2009 |
| 13 | MF | Chris Pontius | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2009 |
| 1 | GK | Miloš Kocić | Loyola Greyhounds | Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2009 |
| | DF | Lyle Adams | Wake Forest Demon Deacons Central Florida Kraze | Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2009 |
| 24 | MF | Brandon Barklage | Saint Louis Billikens Chicago Fire Premier | Selected in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2009 |
| 8 | MF | Andrew Jacobson | Lorient | Selected in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft | February 10, 2009 |
| 19 | DF | Dejan Jakovic | Red Star | Free | February 27, 2009 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 24 | FW | Brandon Barklage | TBD | Option declined | November 29, 2011 | |

### Loan in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Start | End | Source |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Start | End | Source |