2025 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2025 season
General managerAlly Mackay
Head coachTroy Lesesne
StadiumAudi Field
MLSConference: TBD
Overall: TBD
MLS CupTo be determined
U.S. Open CupTo be determined
Leagues CupTo be determined
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of November 1, 2024.

The 2025 season will be D.C. United's 30th in existence and its 30th consecutive season in the top division of American soccer, Major League Soccer. Pending announcements from the club, it is expected that the team will participate in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup and the 2025 Leagues Cup in addition to MLS play.

It will be Troy Lesesne's second season with the club and Ally Mackay's second season as general manager. The club finished 20th in the league and 10th in the Eastern Conference during the 2024 season. D.C. United has not qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs since 2019.

Background

Main article: 2024 D.C. United season

The 2024 D.C. United season saw the arrival of Ally Mackay as general manager following the dismissal of Dave Kasper, and Troy Lesesne as head coach following the sacking of Wayne Rooney. Entering the season, expectations among the media were low among the club, and most expected the team to finish at the bottom of the table, and possibly win the Wooden Spoon. The club vastly improved their attack thanks to a Golden Boot-winning season by Christian Benteke as well as acquisitions of players such as Aaron Herrera, Jared Stroud, and Lucas Bartlett. However, the club let in a record 70 goals, the third worst in the league, which offset the 52 goals they scored during the season.

Benteke and Herrera nevertheless were named All-Stars and the former won the MLS Golden Boot, becoming the first D.C. United player to win the boot since Dwayne De Rosario did so in 2011.

Club

Front office

Position Name
Chairman and Majority Owner Jason Levien
Co-Chairman Stephen Kaplan
Minority Owners Mark Ingram II
Mario Mims
Devin Talbott
President Danita Johnson
Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Franklin
Senior Vice President James Armold
Chief Financial Officer Dan Franceschini
Chief Communications Officer Zach Abaie

Team management and technical staff

Position Name
General Manager Ally Mackay
Assistant GM Caleb Shreve
Director of Player Personnel Clarens Cheridieu
Head coach Troy Lesesne
Assistant coach Alex Martínez
Assistant coach Zach Prince
Goalkeeping coach Cody Mizell

First-team roster

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals Assists Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Kim Jun-hong GK (2003-06-03) June 3, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Luis Barraza GK (1996-11-08) November 8, 1996 (age 28) 0 0 0 New York City FC
Jordan Farr GK (1994-10-05) October 5, 1994 (age 30) 0 0 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Defenders
3 Lucas Bartlett CB (1997-07-26) July 26, 1997 (age 27) 35 2 3 St. Louis City SC
4 Matti Peltola CB / DM (2002-07-03) July 3, 2002 (age 22) 34 0 0 HJK Helsinki
12 Conner Antley RB / CB (1995-03-22) March 22, 1995 (age 29) 7 0 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies
16 Garrison Tubbs CB (2002-02-17) February 17, 2002 (age 22) 16 0 1 Atlanta United FC
22 Aaron Herrera RB (1997-06-06) June 6, 1997 (age 27) 33 1 5 CF Montréal
28 David Schnegg LB (1998-09-29) September 29, 1998 (age 26) 5 1 0 Sturm Graz
Derek Dodson RB (1998-11-03) November 3, 1998 (age 26) 0 0 0 Minnesota United
Lukas MacNaughton CB (1995-03-08) March 8, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 0 Nashville SC
Kye Rowles CB (1998-06-24) June 24, 1998 (age 26) 0 0 0 Heart of Midlothian
Midfielders
5 Boris Enow CM (2000-03-30) March 30, 2000 (age 24) 8 0 0 Maccabi Netanya
8 Jared Stroud LW / RW (1996-07-10) July 10, 1996 (age 28) 36 5 9 St. Louis City SC
10 Gabriel Pirani AM (2002-04-12) April 12, 2002 (age 22) 46 7 1 Santos
21 Ted Ku-DiPietro AM / SS (2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 23) 70 8 8 Loudoun United
25 Jackson Hopkins AM / SS (2004-07-01) July 1, 2004 (age 20) 53 0 1 D.C. United Academy
Hosei Kijima CM (2002-07-01) July 1, 2002 (age 22) 0 0 0 San Diego FC
Randall Leal RM (1997-01-14) January 14, 1997 (age 28) 0 0 0 Nashville SC
Peglow LW / RW (2002-01-07) January 7, 2002 (age 23) 0 0 0 Radomiak Radom
Forwards
17 Jacob Murrell FW (2004-03-29) March 29, 2004 (age 20) 30 1 2 Georgetown Hoyas
20 Christian Benteke ST (1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 (age 34) 74 40 8 Crystal Palace
23 Dominique Badji CF (1992-10-16) October 16, 1992 (age 32) 11 1 1 Bandirmaspor
Hakim Karamoko FW (2005-11-01) November 1, 2005 (age 19) 0 0 0 NC State Wolfpack

Transfers

MLS SuperDraft picks

Main article: 2025 MLS SuperDraft
2025 D.C. United SuperDraft Picks
Round Selection Player Position College Status
1 10 Hakim Karamoko FW NC State Signed with first team
2 40 Daniel Ittycheria FW Princeton Returned to school
3 70 Jonah Biggar DF South Carolina
3 86 Grant Bailey DF Loyola (Chicago)

Transfers in

Date Position No. Name From Fee/notes Ref.
November 20, 2024 GK Jordan Farr Tampa Bay Rowdies
December 9, 2024 GK Luis Barraza New York City FC $50,000 GAM + incentives
December 12, 2024 MF Hosei Kijima San Diego FC $400,000 GAM
December 16, 2024 MF Peglow Radomiak Radom Signed through 2027, 2028 team option
December 18, 2024 DF Lukas MacNaughton Nashville SC $150,000 GAM + incentives
December 20, 2024 DF Derek Dodson Minnesota United 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft
January 8, 2025 FW Hakim Karamoko NC State Wolfpack 2025 MLS SuperDraft
January 9, 2025 GK 1 Kim Jun-hong Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Signed through 2027, 2028 Team Option
January 14, 2025 MF Randall Leal Nashville SC Claimed off waivers, 2026 Team Option
January 15, 2025 DF Kye Rowles Heart of Midlothian
  1. ^ Kijima last played for St. Louis City SC but was selected by San Diego FC in the 2024 MLS Expansion Draft before being traded to D.C. United.

Transfers out

Winter

First team
Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref.
October 25, 2024 GK 1 Tyler Miller TBD Released
FW 11 Cristian Dájome Santos Laguna Released
MF 14 Martín Rodríguez TBD Released
MF 18 Jeremy Garay TBD Released
GK 24 Alex Bono New England Revolution Released
GK 26 Nathan Crockford FC Cincinnati 2 Released
DF 30 Hayden Sargis TBD Released
GK 50 Luis Zamudio Charleston Battery Released
DF 97 Christopher McVey San Diego FC Released
December 20, 2024 MF 43 Mateusz Klich Atlanta United Trade
December 31, 2024 MF 6 Russell Canouse TBD Free
MF 7 Pedro Santos TBD Free
January 3, 2025 DF 45 Matai Akinmboni AFC Bournemouth Undisclosed fee (est. $1.25M-2.5M)


Academy
Summer
Date Position Name To Fee/notes Ref.
June 30, 2025 MF Michael Dessalegn Old Dominion Monarchs Signed NLI
July 1, 2025 MF Gleb Bogdanov Villanova Wildcats Signed NLI
July 15, 2025 MF Otu Bisong Virginia Cavaliers Signed NLI

Loans in

Loans out

First-team

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
August 30, 2024 FW Kristian Fletcher Nottingham Forest June 30, 2025

Preseason and friendlies

January 25 D.C. United 1–1 New York Red Bulls Bradenton, Florida
10:00 AM EST Stadium: IMG Academy
February 1 Charleston Battery 1–2 D.C. United Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
11:00 AM EST Stadium: The Gardens North County District Park
February 7 Colorado Rapids – D.C. United Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
11:00 AM EST Stadium: The Gardens North County District Park
February 12 D.C. United – Nashville SC Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
11:00 AM EST Stadium: The Gardens North County District Park
February 15 D.C. United – Houston Dynamo TBD
11:00 AM EST Stadium: TBD

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2025 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Charlotte FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for round one
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 CF Montréal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the wild-card round
First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. 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)
Overall table
Overall MLS standings table
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
7 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Houston Dynamo FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. 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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: November 1, 2024.
Source: MLS

Match results

February 22 1 D.C. United – Toronto FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Audi Field
March 1 2 Chicago Fire FC – D.C. United Chicago, Illinois
8:30 PM EST Stadium: Soldier Field
March 8 3 D.C. United – Sporting Kansas City Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Audi Field
March 15 4 D.C. United – CF Montréal Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
March 22 5 Orlando City SC – D.C. United Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
March 29 6 D.C. United – Columbus Crew Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
April 6 7 San Jose Earthquakes – D.C. United San Jose, California
5:00 PM EDT Stadium: PayPal Park
April 12 8 D.C. United – FC Cincinnati Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
April 19 9 New York Red Bulls – D.C. United Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium
April 26 10 Philadelphia Union – D.C. United Washington, D.C.
4:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
May 3 11 D.C. United – Colorado Rapids Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
May 10 12 Toronto FC – D.C. United Toronto, Ontario
4:30 PM EDT Stadium: BMO Field
May 14 13 D.C. United – New York City FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
May 17 14 Nashville SC – D.C. United Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 PM EDT Stadium: Geodis Park
May 24 15 D.C. United – New York Red Bulls Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
May 28 16 D.C. United – New England Revolution Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
May 31 17 FC Cincinnati – D.C. United Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
June 7 18 D.C. United – Chicago Fire FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
June 14 19 Real Salt Lake – D.C. United Sandy, Utah
9:30 PM EDT Stadium: America First Field
June 28 20 D.C. United – Nashville SC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
July 5 21 D.C. United – Atlanta United FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
July 12 22 LA Galaxy – D.C. United Carson, California
10:30 PM EDT Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
July 16 23 Charlotte FC – D.C. United Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
July 19 24 Columbus Crew – D.C. United Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Lower.com Field
July 26 25 D.C. United – Austin FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
August 9 26 New England Revolution – D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Gillette Stadium
August 16 27 CF Montréal – D.C. United Montreal, Quebec
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Saputo Stadium
August 23 28 D.C. United – Inter Miami CF Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
August 30 29 New York City FC – D.C. United New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Yankee Stadium
September 13 30 D.C. United – Orlando City SC Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
September 20 31 Inter Miami CF – D.C. United Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Chase Stadium
September 27 32 D.C. United – Philadelphia Union Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
October 4 33 D.C. United – Charlotte FC Washington, D.C.
2:30 PM EDT Stadium: Audi Field
October 18 34 Atlanta United FC – D.C. United Atlanta, Georgia
6:00 PM EDT Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF  USA Lucas Bartlett 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF  FIN Matti Peltola 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF  CMR Boris Enow 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF  USA Jared Stroud 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF  BRA Gabriel Pirani 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF  USA Conner Antley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF  USA Garrison Tubbs 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW  USA Jacob Murrell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW  BEL Christian Benteke 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF  USA Ted Ku-DiPietro 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF  GUA Aaron Herrera 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW  SEN Dominique Badji 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF  USA Jackson Hopkins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW  AUT David Schnegg 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 MF  POL Mateusz Klich 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 DF  LBR Matai Akinmboni 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Position No. Name MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last updated: November 3, 2024
  • Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank Position No. Name MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0
  • Last updated: November 3, 2024
  • Source: Team Stats

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Pos. Player MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total
         

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Contract option for the 2025 season was declined.
  2. ^ a b Contract expired, player became free agent.

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