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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.

D.C. United
1999 season
General managerDave Kasper
Head coachThomas Rongen
StadiumRFK Stadium
MLS1st
MLS CupChampions
CONCACAF Champions CupThird place
Top goalscorerLeague: Roy Lassiter (18)[1]
All: Roy Lassiter (18)
← 1998
2000 →

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.

Background edit

Main article: 1998 D.C. United season

Review edit

Competitions edit

Major League Soccer edit

Standings edit

Eastern Conference edit
Pos Team
 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
3 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 9 5 18 51 50 +1 32
4 Miami Fusion 32 8 5 19 42 59 −17 29
5 New England Revolution 32 7 5 20 38 53 −15 26
6 MetroStars 32 4 3 25 32 64 −32 15
Source: MLS
Overall Table edit
Pos Team
 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
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
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary edit

Results by round edit

Match results edit

March 20, 1999 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–5 D.C. United Tampa, Florida
UTC-5 Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
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MLS Cup Playoffs edit

Conference semifinals edit

October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16) Game 1 D.C. United 2–0 Miami Fusion Washington, D.C.
  • Moreno   34', 88'
 Report Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 18,011
October 24, 1999 (1999-10-24) Game 2 Miami Fusion 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 SO)		 D.C. United Fort Lauderdale, Florida
 Report
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 8,446
Shootout

D.C. United win in the series 2–0.

Conference finals edit

October 31, 1999 (1999-10-31) Game 1 D.C. United 2–1 Columbus Crew Washington, D.C.
Moreno   15'
Olsen   72'		 Cunningham   82' Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 14,529
November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07) Game 2 Columbus Crew 5–1 D.C. United Columbus, Ohio
Elcock   20'
Cunningham   41'
John   48', 61', 84'		 Lassiter   7' Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 12,778
October 31, 1999 (1999-10-31) Game 3 D.C. United 4–0 Columbus Crew Washington, D.C.
Moreno   17'
Lassiter   34', 52'
Etcheverry   86'		 Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 21,451

D.C. United win in the series 2–1.

MLS Cup edit

Main article: MLS Cup 1999
November 21, 1999 (1999-11-21) LA Galaxy 0–2 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 44,910

CONCACAF Champions Cup edit

Match results edit

September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29) Quarterfinals D.C. United   1–0   Olimpia Whitney, Nevada
Moreno   68' Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium
Attendance: 7,127
Referee: Carlos Batres
October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01) Semifinals D.C. United   1–3   Necaxa Whitney, Nevada
Talley   26' Almaguer   40'
Delgado   57'
Oliva   68'		 Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium
Attendance: 8,163
Referee: Carlos Batres

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

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

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup CONCACAF
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

Transfers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Major League Soccer Season Statistics - D.C. United Players 1999 Season". D.C. United. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
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