# 1999 D.C. United season

The 1999 D.C. United season was the clubs' fifth year of existence, as well as their fourth season in Major League Soccer.
Following shortcomings in MLS Cup '98, United took winning the league championship as their top priority entering 1999. With Bruce Arena's departure to coach the United States men's national team, Dutch coach Thomas Rongen took the helm as United head coach. Rongen's maiden campaign with United proved by incredibly successful, as United earned their third MLS Cup title, and their second MLS Supporters Shield.
The success of the league double culminating two previous MLS Cups, a Supporters Shield and the CONCACAF Champions' Cup was considered the apex of being tie-free until the mid to late 2000s. Their dominance in the league was cut short the year following strict salary cap restrictions enforced by MLS to ensure parity amongst clubs. Consequently, it resulted in certain core United players becoming too expensive for the club to retain, weakening the squad.
With the subsequent changes to the 1999 season, United would not qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs again until 2003.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | SOW | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | D.C. United | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 57 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 32 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 4 | Miami Fusion | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 29 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 5 | New England Revolution | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 26 | |
| 6 | MetroStars | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 15 | |

##### Overall Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | SOW | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | D.C. United (C, S) | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 57 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 2 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 54 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 3 | Dallas Burn | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 51 | |
| 4 | Chicago Fire | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 48 | |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 48 | |

#### Match results
### MLS Cup Playoffs
#### Conference semifinals

D.C. United win in the series 2–0.

#### Conference finals

D.C. United win in the series 2–1.

#### MLS Cup
### CONCACAF Champions Cup
#### Match results
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | MLS Cup | MLS Cup | CONCACAF | CONCACAF |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | USA | Carey Talley | 31 | 5 | 16+13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Geoff Aunger | 26 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | USA | A. J. Wood | 24 | 8 | 13+11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BOL | Jaime Moreno | 27 | 11 | 25+0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | BOL | Marco Etcheverry | 22 | 4 | 22+0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Jeff Agoos | 30 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Ben Olsen | 28 | 5 | 26+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | USA | Roy Lassiter | 30 | 18 | 29+1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Richie Williams | 23 | 2 | 23+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | John Maessner | 11 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: January 31, 2020
* Source: D.C. United 1999 Player Statistics