D.C. United 2025 soccer season
D.C. United 2025 soccer season
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.
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.
Position
Name
Chairman and Majority Owner
Jason Levien
Co-Chairman
Minority Owners
Mark Ingram II Mario Mims Devin Talbott
President
Chief Marketing Officer
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Communications Officer
Team management and technical staff [ edit ]
Squad No.
Name
Nationality
Position(s)
Date of birth (Age)
Apps
Goals
Assists
Signed from
Goalkeepers
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
45
Matai Akinmboni
CB
(2006-10-17 ) October 17, 2006 (age 18)
17
0
1
D.C. United Academy
Lukas MacNaughton
CB
(1995-03-08 ) March 8, 1995 (age 29)
0
0
0
Nashville SC
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 22)
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
Peglow
LW / RW
(2002-01-07 ) January 7, 2002 (age 22)
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
MLS SuperDraft picks [ edit ]
Date
Position
No.
Name
From
Fee/notes
Ref.
November 20, 2024 GK
Jordan Farr Tampa Bay Rowdies [ 1]
December 9, 2024 GK
Luis Barraza New York City FC $50,000 GAM + incentives
[ 2]
December 12, 2024 MF
Hosei Kijima San Diego FC [ note 1] $400,000 GAM
[ 3]
December 16, 2024 MF
Peglow Radomiak Radom Signed through 2027, 2028 team option
[ 4]
December 18, 2024 DF
Lukas MacNaughton Nashville SC $150,000 GAM + incentives
[ 5]
December 20, 2024 DF
Derek Dodson Minnesota United 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Preseason and friendlies [ edit ] Club friendlies will be announced in December 2024 or January 2025.
Major League Soccer [ edit ]
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)
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
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.MLS
Appearances and goals [ edit ] Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute .
Rank
Position
No.
Name
MLS
MLS Cup
U.S. Open Cup
Leagues Cup
Total
Total
0
0
0
0
0
Rank
Position
No.
Name
MLS
MLS Cup
U.S. Open Cup
Leagues Cup
Total
Total
0
0
0
0
0
Disciplinary record [ edit ]
Rank
No.
Pos.
Player
MLS
MLS Cup
U.S. Open Cup
Leagues Cup
Total
^ a b c d e f g h i Contract option for the 2025 season was declined.[ 6]
^ a b Contract expired, player became free agent .
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Jason Levien
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CF Montréal
Maccabi Netanya
Radomiak Radom
Crystal Palace
Bandirmaspor
TBD
Cristian Dájome
Santos Laguna
Martín Rodríguez
Jeremy Garay
Christopher McVey
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Gleb Bogdanov
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