2022 D.C. United season

D.C. United
2022 season
General managerLucy Rushton
Head coachHernán Losada
(until April 21)
Chad Ashton (Interim)
(April 22 – July 30)
Wayne Rooney
(from July 31)
StadiumAudi Field
MLSConference: 14th
Overall: 28th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFourth round
Atlantic CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Fountas (12)
All: Fountas (12)
Highest home attendance19,325
(vs FC Cincinnati, October 9, MLS)
Lowest home attendance10,128
(vs Columbus Crew, July 13, MLS)
Average home league attendance16,256
Biggest win3–0, twice
Biggest defeat0–7
(vs Philadelphia (A), July 8, MLS)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 season was D.C. United's 27th in existence and their 27th consecutive season in the top division of American soccer, Major League Soccer. In addition to MLS, D.C. United participated in this season's editions of the U.S. Open Cup. United also participated in the Coachella Valley Invitational and the Capital Cup friendly tournaments. The season covered the period from 1 December 2021 to 30 November 2022.

During this season, United had a poor run of form, finishing in last place for the fourth time in franchise history, the third time with Dave Kasper as General Manager or President, and the second time with Jason Levien as owner. During the season, United broke their club record for the most goals conceded during a season (75), largest home loss (6 goals), and largest away loss (7 goals).

During the season, there were several notable departures from United including Paul Arriola, Julian Gressel, Kevin Paredes, and Frédéric Brillant. The club brought in David Ochoa, Christian Benteke, Taxiarchis Fountas, and Martín Rodríguez.

Club

Team management

Position Name
Chairman United States Jason Levien
Co-Chairman United States Stephen Kaplan
President of Soccer Operations United States Dave Kasper
General Manager England Lucy Rushton
Technical Director England Stewart Mairs
Head coach England Wayne Rooney
Assistant coach United States Chad Ashton
Assistant coach Argentina Nicolás Frutos
Assistant coach France Frédéric Brillant
Assistant coach England Pete Shuttleworth
Goalkeeping coach United States Diego Restrepo

Roster

As of August 5, 2022[1]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals Assists Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Rafael Romo Venezuela GK (1990-02-25) February 25, 1990 (age 34) 15 0 0 Belgium OH Leuven
21 Jon Kempin United States GK (1993-04-08) April 8, 1993 (age 31) 13 0 0 United States Columbus Crew
24 Bill Hamid United States GK (1990-11-25) November 25, 1990 (age 34) 297 0 0 Denmark Midtjylland
32 David Ochoa Mexico GK (2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 23) 9 0 0 United States Real Salt Lake
Defenders
2 Gaoussou Samaké Ivory Coast LB (1997-11-04) November 4, 1997 (age 27) 4 0 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
3 Chris Odoi-Atsem United States RB (1995-05-27) May 27, 1995 (age 29) 59 1 0 United States Maryland Terrapins
4 Brendan Hines-Ike United States CB (1994-11-30) November 30, 1994 (age 30) 33 1 0 Belgium Kortrijk
5 Brad Smith Australia LB (1994-04-09) April 9, 1994 (age 30) 16 0 1 United States Seattle Sounders FC
14 Andy Najar Honduras RB (1993-03-16) March 16, 1993 (age 31) 136 11 15 United States Los Angeles FC
15 Steve Birnbaum United States CB (1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 33) 247 13 6 United States California Golden Bears
23 Donovan Pines United States CB (1998-03-07) March 7, 1998 (age 26) 67 3 1 United States Maryland Terrapins
33 Jacob Greene United States LB / RB (2003-03-23) March 23, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 0 United States D.C. United Academy
45 Matai Akinmboni United States CB (2006-10-17) October 17, 2006 (age 18) 2 0 0 United States D.C. United Academy
93 Tony Alfaro Mexico CB (1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 31) 45 1 2 United States Reno 1868
97 Sami Guediri United States LB (1997-08-18) August 18, 1997 (age 27) 14 0 0 United States Loudoun United
Midfielders
6 Russell Canouse United States DM (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 (age 29) 113 5 5 Germany Hoffenheim
8 Chris Durkin United States DM (2000-02-08) February 8, 2000 (age 24) 71 2 4 Belgium Sint-Truiden
12 Drew Skundrich United States CM (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 29) 41 0 2 United States Loudoun United
13 Sofiane Djeffal France MF (1999-04-19) April 19, 1999 (age 25) 28 0 1 United States Oregon State Beavers
18 Jeremy Garay El Salvador MF (2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 0 United States D.C. United Academy
25 Jackson Hopkins United States AM / SS (2004-07-01) July 1, 2004 (age 20) 22 0 1 United States D.C. United Academy
35 Ted Ku-DiPietro United States MF (2002-01-28) January 28, 2002 (age 22) 12 0 0 United States Loudoun United
44 Victor Pálsson Iceland DM (1991-04-30) April 30, 1991 (age 33) 10 0 0 Germany Schalke 04
49 Ravel Morrison Jamaica MF (1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 (age 31) 14 2 0 England Derby County
77 Martín Rodríguez Chile MF / LW (1994-08-05) August 5, 1994 (age 30) 14 0 1 Turkey Altay SK
Forwards
9 Ola Kamara Norway ST (1989-10-15) October 15, 1989 (age 35) 87 37 6 China Shenzhen
11 Taxiarchis Fountas Greece SS (1995-09-04) September 4, 1995 (age 29) 21 12 1 Austria Rapid Wien
16 Adrien Perez United States FW (1995-10-13) October 13, 1995 (age 29) 19 0 2 United States Los Angeles FC
17 Kimarni Smith England LW (1998-03-14) March 14, 1998 (age 26) 22 1 1 United States Clemson Tigers
19 Nigel Robertha Curaçao FW (1998-03-13) March 13, 1998 (age 26) 36 6 4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
20 Christian Benteke Belgium ST (1990-12-03) December 3, 1990 (age 34) 7 1 0 England Crystal Palace
22 Miguel Berry Spain ST (1997-09-16) September 16, 1997 (age 27) 14 0 0 United States Columbus Crew

Non-competitive

Preseason exhibitions

January 29 Inter Miami CF 0–1 D.C. United Fort Lauderdale, FL
17:00 EST Hopkins 58' Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Attendance: Closed-door
February 19 LA Galaxy 2–2 D.C. United Carson, CA
18:00 EST Chicharito 26', 74'
Cabral Yellow card 42'		 Birnbaum 14'
Estrada 58'
Liadi Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

Coachella Valley Invitational

Main article: 2022 Coachella Valley Invitational
February 10 New York Red Bulls 1–1 D.C. United Indio, CA
19:00 EST Barlow 65' NYRB Tweet
DCU Tweet		 Flores 27' Stadium: Empire Polo Club
Attendance: 0
February 15 Los Angeles FC 0–2 D.C. United Indio, CA
19:00 EST Report 9' (pen.)
Skundrich 77'		 Stadium: Empire Polo Club
Attendance: 0

Midseason exhibitions

June 1 D.C. United United States 1–1 El Salvador Águila Washington, DC
19:30 EST Guediri 82' Stadium: Audi Field
June 7 D.C. United United States 1–0 Guatemala Xelajú Washington, DC
19:30 EST Houssou Yellow card 13'
Hope-Gund 16'		 Stadium: Audi Field
July 20 D.C. United United States 2–6 Germany Bayern Munich Washington, DC
Pines Yellow card 38'
Simonsen 54'
Durkin Yellow card 55'
Djeffal Yellow card 74'
Ku-DiPietro 83'		 Report Mané 5' (pen.)
Sabitzer 12'
Gnabry 44'
De Ligt 47', Yellow card 71'
Zirkzee 51'
Müller 90+2'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Matthew Franz

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
10 New England Revolution 34 10 12 12 47 50 −3 42
11 Atlanta United FC 34 10 14 10 48 54 −6 40
12 Chicago Fire FC 34 10 15 9 39 48 −9 39
13 Toronto FC[a] 34 9 18 7 49 66 −17 34
14 D.C. United 34 7 21 6 36 71 −35 27
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)
Notes:
  1. ^ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

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
34 7 6 21 23 37  −14 27 4 4 9 13 15  −2 3 2 12 10 22  −12

Last updated: July 12, 2022.
Source: MLS

Results by matchday

Game Week1234567
StadiumHAHAHHH
ResultWWLLLLW
Position (Conf.)224711149
Position (Ovr.)33713202518
Updated to match(es) played on March 2022. Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Weeks (GW); not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Results

February 26 1 D.C. United 3–0 Charlotte FC Washington, DC
18:00 EST Najar Yellow card 15'
Estrada 37' (pen.), 45+6'
Kamara 65'
Hines-Ike Yellow card 85'
Perez Yellow card 87'		 Report Ortiz Yellow card 27' Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 16,412
Referee: Victor Rivas
March 5 2 FC Cincinnati 0–1 D.C. United Cincinnati, OH
18:00 EST Blackett Yellow card 90+4' Report Nyeman Red card 80'
B. Smith Yellow card 90+1'
Kamara 90+8' (pen.)		 Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 22,183
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
March 12 3 D.C. United 0–2 Chicago Fire FC Washington, DC
19:30 EST Najar Yellow card 21'
Skundrich Yellow card 45'
Hines-Ike Yellow card 65'		 Report Ivanov 32'
Giménez Yellow card 45'
Sekulic Yellow card 48'
Bornstein 80'
Navarro Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 13,795
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
March 19 4 Toronto FC 2–1 D.C. United Toronto, ON
15:00 EDT Pozuelo 24' Yellow card 47'
Osorio 53' Yellow card 55'
O'Neill Yellow card 77'
MacNaughton Yellow card 82'		 Report Canouse 10'
Flores Yellow card 49'
Najar Yellow card 72'
Yow Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 21,501
Referee: Ramy Touchan
April 2 5 D.C. United 0–1 Atlanta United FC Washington, DC
19:30 EDT Canouse Yellow card 34'
Djeffal Yellow card 38'		 Report Campbell Yellow card 33'
Conway Yellow card 81'
Almada Yellow card 89'
Moreno 90+4'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 17,289
Referee: Armando Villarreal
April 16 6 D.C. United 2–3 Austin FC Washington, DC
19:30 EDT Kamara 26' 40' Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 45+7'
Robertha Yellow card 41'
Hopkins Yellow card 73'
Gressel Yellow card 78'
Samaké Yellow card 87'		 Report Ring Yellow card 35'
Cascante Yellow card 60'
Pereira Yellow card 70'
Hoesen 80'
Driussi 85'
Gabrielsen 90'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 16,840
Referee: Tori Penso
April 23 7 D.C. United 3–2 New England Revolution Washington, DC
19:30 EDT Fountas 26', 43'
Gressel Yellow card 33'
Estrada 39'		 Report Bye 6'
Jones Yellow card 65'
Buksa 86' Yellow card 87'
Kessler Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 17,131
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
April 30 8 Columbus Crew 3–0 D.C. United Columbus, OH
19:30 EDT Santos 28'
Etienne 43'
Nagbe 75'		 Report Hines-Ike Yellow card 36'
Birnbaum Yellow card 45+1'		 Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 19,402
Referee: Timothy Ford
May 7 9 D.C. United 2–0 Houston Dynamo FC Washington, DC
19:30 EDT Fountas 35', 43'
Canouse Yellow card 55'
Durkin Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Quintero Yellow card 45+4'
Carrasquilla Yellow card 87'
Rodríguez Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 15,194
Referee: Jon Freemon
May 14 10 Inter Miami CF 2–2 D.C. United Fort Lauderdale, FL
5:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
May 18 11 D.C. United 0–2 New York City FC Washington, DC
4:30 p.m. EDT Romo Yellow card 19' Report Callens 6'
Rodríguez Yellow card 36'
Castellanos 45+5' (pen.) Yellow card 63'
Zelalem Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 16,072
Referee: Chris Penso
May 21 12 D.C. United 2–2 Toronto FC Washington, DC
1:00 p.m. EDT Flores 7'
Hines-Ike Yellow card 16'
Alfaro Yellow card 23'
Estrada 56'
Smith Yellow card 84'
Durkin Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Salcedo Yellow card 10'
Akinola 36'
Jiménez Yellow card 45+1'
Osorio Yellow card 80' 89'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 18,320
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
May 28 13 New York Red Bulls 4–1 D.C. United Harrison, NJ
4:00 p.m. EDT Klimala Yellow card 50'
Luquinhas 54', 58'
Morgan 63'
Fernandez Yellow card 78'
Afaro 90' (o.g.)		 Report Hines-Ike Yellow card 27'
Djeffal Yellow card 42'
Kamara 87'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 13,678
Referee: Allen Chapman
June 18 14 Chicago Fire 1–0 D.C. United Chicago, IL
5:00 p.m. EDT F. Navarro Yellow card 30'
Herbers 78', Yellow card 87'		 Report Pines Yellow card 33'
Najar Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 17,650
Referee: Nima Saghafi
June 25 15 D.C. United 1–3 Nashville SC Washington, DC
2:00 p.m. EDT Najar Yellow card 21'
Fountas 59'
Birnbaum Yellow card 63'		 Report Lovitz 6' Yellow card 26'
Mukhtar 45+1' 50'
Zimmerman Yellow card 54'
Romney Yellow card 60'
Anunga Yellow card 84'
Haakenson Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 19,325
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 4 16 Orlando City SC 3–5 D.C. United Orlando, FL
4:00 p.m. EDT Schlegel Yellow card 50'
Torres 57'
Kara 66'
Silva 80' (pen.)		 Report Fountas 5' 8' 51'
Smith 74'
Robertha Yellow card 89' 90+6'		 Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 16
Referee: Allen Chapman
July 8 17 Philadelphia Union 7–0 D.C. United Chester, PA
4:30 p.m. EDT Bedoya 9', 37'
Carranza 22', 25', 72'
Uhre 45+2', 59'		 Report Birnbaum Yellow card 36'
Odoi-Atsem Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 19,007
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 13 18 D.C. United 2–2 Columbus Crew Washington, DC
5:00 p.m. EDT Odoi-Atsem Yellow card 22'
Skundrich Yellow card 45+3'
Fountas 80'
Kamara 90+2'		 Report Hernández 62', 81'
Room Yellow card 72'
Pedro Santos Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 10,128
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
July 16 19 Minnesota United FC 2–0 D.C. United Saint Paul, MN
5:00 p.m. EDT Reynoso 13' 50' Report Guediri Yellow card 79' Stadium: Allianz Field
Attendance: 19,718
Referee: Jair Marrufo
July 23 20 D.C. United 1–2 CF Montréal Washington, DC
5:00 p.m. EDT Hopkins Yellow card 45+4'
Odoi-Atsem Yellow card 49'
Birnbaum 56', Yellow card 81'		 Report Quioto 1', 35'
Corbo Yellow card 5'
Johnston Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 15,734
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
July 31 21 D.C. United 2–1 Orlando City Washington, DC
5:00 p.m. EDT Djeffal Yellow card 8'
Durkin 90+1'
Fountas 90+5'		 Report Urso 9'
Moutinho Yellow card 69'
Michel Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 15,805
Referee: Armando Villarreal
August 3 22 Charlotte FC 3–0 D.C. United Charlotte, NC
4:00 p.m. EDT Birnbaum 13' (o.g.)
Swiderski 64'
McNeill 67'		 Report Canouse Yellow card 27' Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
Attendance: 31,520
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
August 6 23 D.C. United 0–0 New York Red Bulls Washington, DC
4:30 p.m. EDT Fountas Yellow card 58' Report S. Nealis Yellow card 90+2' Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 16,258
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
August 13 24 New England Revolution 1–0 D.C. United Foxborough, MA
4:30 p.m. EDT Gil 18' Report Pálsson Yellow card 81'
Hopkins Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 24,240
Referee: Malik Badawi
August 16 25 Los Angeles FC 1–0 D.C. United Los Angeles, CA
7:30 p.m. EDT Opoku 67'
Escobar Yellow card 89'		 Report Hopkins Yellow card 28'
Najar Yellow card 43'
Morrison Yellow card 44'
Birnbaum Yellow card 50' Yellow-red card 60'
Ochoa Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,063
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 20 26 D.C. United 0–6 Philadelphia Union Washington, DC
4:30 p.m. EDT Report Uhre 37'
Gazdag 45+2' (pen.)
Carranza 47', 70', 74'
Burke 79'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 17,941
Referee: Ted Unkel
August 28 27 Atlanta United 3–2 D.C. United Atlanta, GA
1:00 p.m. EDT Purata Yellow card 18' 70'
Franco 49'
Martínez 62'		 Report Morrison 47'
Kamara 55'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 42,561
Referee: Nima Saghafi
August 31 28 New York City FC 1–2 D.C. United Harrison, NJ
20:00 EDT Héber 27'
Acevedo Yellow card 56'
Amundsen Yellow card 62'
Latinovich Yellow card 69'		 Report Odoi-Atsem Yellow card 22'
Kamara 24'
Rodríguez Yellow card 25'
Birnbaum 57'
Fletcher Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8,113
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Note: The match was originally scheduled for April 9 with the originally venue at Citi Field which was rescheduled to August 29 in order to allow NYCFC to prepare for the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals. The venue was also switched over to Red Bull Arena as it was the only venue available at the time.
September 4 29 D.C. United 0–0 Colorado Rapids Washington, DC
19:30 EDT Birnbaum Yellow card 57' Report Zardes Yellow card 74'
Rubio Yellow card 84'
Beitashour Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 16,502
Referee: Tori Penso
September 10 30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 D.C. United Sandy, UT
TBD EDT Silva Yellow card 66'
Herrera Yellow card 89'		 Report Durkin Yellow card 27'
Akinmboni Yellow card 40'
Ochoa Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,487
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 13 31 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 D.C. United Kansas City, KS
TBD EDT Espinoza Yellow card 29'
Shelton 34'
Voloder 70'
Sallói 87'		 Report Morrison Yellow card 31'
Benteke Yellow card 63'
Smith Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 15,106
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
September 18 32 D.C. United 2–3 Inter Miami Washington, DC
2:00 p.m. EDT Benteke 22'
Durkin Yellow card 43'
Fountas 58' Yellow card 62'		 Report Campana 39', 53'
Lowe Yellow card 62'
Gregore Yellow card 68'
Higuaín 90+4'
Vassilev Yellow card 90+9'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 14,284
Referee: Ismail Elfath
October 1 33 CF Montréal 1–0 D.C. United Montréal, QC
4:30 p.m. EDT Pines 41' (o.g.) Report Hopkins Yellow card 51'
Pines Red card 79'
Benteke Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 19,619
Referee: Ramy Touchan
October 9 34 D.C. United 2–5 FC Cincinnati Washington, DC
TBD EDT Morrison 26'
Birnbaum Yellow card 45+2'
Fletcher 47'		 Report Acosta 6'
Brenner 8', 24', 37'
Vazquez 53'
Barreal Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 19,325
Referee: Timothy Ford

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup
April 19 Third round Flower City Union (NISA) New York (state) 0–3 Washington, D.C. D.C. United (MLS) Rochester, NY
19:30 EDT Ortega Yellow card 85' Report Kamara 73', 86' (pen.)
Robertha 81'		 Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 556
Referee: Luis Arroyo
May 10 Fourth round D.C. United (MLS) Washington, D.C. 0–3 New Jersey New York Red Bulls (MLS) Washington, DC
19:30 EDT Smith Yellow card 42'
Alfaro Yellow card 46'
Skundrich Yellow card 77'		 Report Luquinhas 45+3'
Tolkin 48'
Yearwood Yellow card 58'
Ryan 68'
Pendant Yellow card 74'
Harper Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 8,920
Referee: Matthew Franz

Transfers

Further information: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2022

Transfers in

Date Position No. Name From Fee/notes Ref.
November 22, 2021 DF 2 Ivory Coast Gaoussou Samaké Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas Signed through 2023, team options for 2024-25 [2]
January 4, 2022 MF 4 United States Brendan Hines-Ike Belgium Kortrijk Loan option exercised [3]
January 13, 2022 MF 35 United States Ted Ku-DiPietro United States Loudoun United Homegrown contract through 2023, team options for 2024-2025 [4]
January 24, 2022 DF 20 United States Hayden Sargis United States Sacramento Republic Signed through 2024, team options for 2025-26
$25,000 to Sacramento, plus bonuses at certain benchmarks. 		[5]
January 27, 2022 DF 5 Australia Brad Smith United States Seattle Sounders FC $750,000 GAM, with 10% sell-on fee [6]
FW 11 Greece Taxiarchis Fountas Austria Rapid Wien Designated Player through 2024 with club option for 2025. [7]
February 25, 2022 MF 13 France Sofiane Djeffal United States Oregon State Beavers MLS SuperDraft Pick [8]
March 24, 2022 MF 8 United States Chris Durkin Belgium Sint-Truiden $600,000 fee to Sint-Truiden, $200,000 GAM to Houston Dynamo for MLS rights [9]
April 13, 2022 MF 25 United States Jackson Hopkins United States D.C. United Academy Homegrown Player [10]
April 27, 2022 GK 1 Venezuela Rafael Romo Belgium OH Leuven [11]
June 23, 2022 MF 77 Chile Martín Rodríguez Turkey Altay SK Signed through 2024, team option for 2025 [12]
July 13, 2022 DF 97 United States Sami Guediri United States Loudoun United [13]
July 20, 2022 FW 22 Spain Miguel Berry United States Columbus Crew [14]
July 21, 2022 MF 49 Jamaica Ravel Morrison England Derby County Signed through 2023, with 2024 team option [15]
July 21, 2022 MF 44 Iceland Victor Pálsson Germany Schalke 04 Designated Player, signed through 2024, club option for 2025 [16]
July 29, 2022 GK 32 Mexico David Ochoa United States Real Salt Lake $75,000 GAM, plus up to $300,000 GAM in 2023
25% sell-on fee for transfer outside MLS
Homegrown Player 		[17][18]
August 5, 2022 FW 20 Belgium Christian Benteke England Crystal Palace Designated Player, signed through 2024, club option for 2025 [19]
August 30, 2022 FW 26 United States Kristian Fletcher United States Loudoun United Precontract (effective January 1, 2023) through 2025, club option for 2026
Homegrown Player 		[20]
August 31, 2022 DF 45 United States Matai Akinmboni United States D.C. United Academy Homegrown Player, signed through 2025, club options for 2026-27 [21]

Transfers out

Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref.
November 29, 2021 FW 32 Argentina Ramón Ábila Argentina Boca Juniors End of loan [22]
FW 20 Venezuela Jovanny Bolívar Venezuela Deportivo La Guaira End of loan [22]
MF 11 Argentina Yamil Asad Chile Universidad Católica Option declined [22]
FW 29 Peru Yordy Reyna United States Charlotte FC Option declined [22]
DF 28 Costa Rica Joseph Mora United States Charlotte FC Option declined, selected in 2021 MLS Expansion Draft [22]
DF 35 United States Michael DeShields United States New England Revolution II Option declined [22]
GK 1 United States Chris Seitz N/A Option declined, retired [22]
MF 18 Brazil Felipe United States Austin FC End of contract [22]
DF 13 France Frédéric Brillant N/A End of contract, retired [22]
January 8, 2022 FW 50 Estonia Erik Sorga Sweden IFK Göteborg €450,000 [23]
January 26, 2022 MF 7 United States Paul Arriola United States FC Dallas $2,000,000 GAM [24]
January 28, 2022 DF 30 United States Kevin Paredes Germany Wolfsburg $7,350,000 [25]
February 22, 2022 MF 5 Venezuela Júnior Moreno United States FC Cincinnati $250,000 GAM, plus up to $175,000 GAM if benchmarks are hit [26]
June 23, 2022 FW 10 Peru Edison Flores Mexico Atlas Undisclosed [27]
July 4, 2022 FW 22 United States Griffin Yow Belgium Westerlo $100,000, 35% sell-on fee and additional cash [28][29]
July 15, 2022 MF 31 Germany Julian Gressel Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC $400,000 GAM (up to $900,000 through 2024) [30]
August 29, 2022 MF 27 United States Moses Nyeman Belgium Beveren $350,000, 25% sell-on fee [31]

Loan in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
7 FW Ecuador Michael Estrada Mexico Deportivo Toluca February 8, 2022 August 11, 2022 [32][33]
24 MF United States Azaad Liadi United States Loudoun United February 26, 2022 March 2, 2022 [34]

Loan out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Start End Source
21 GK United States Jon Kempin United States San Diego Loyal June 10, 2022 June 17, 2022 [35][36]
30 DF United States Hayden Sargis United States Phoenix Rising FC September 8, 2022 December 31, 2022 [37]

MLS SuperDraft picks

Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft
2022 D.C. United SuperDraft Picks
Round Selection Player Position College Status
2 36 France Sofiane Djeffal MF Oregon State Signed to First Team roster
2 41 United States Alex Nagy FW Vermont Returned to school
3 69 Norway Skage Simonsen MF SMU Signed with Loudoun United FC

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Venezuela VEN Rafael Romo 15 0 13+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Ivory Coast CIV Gaoussou Samaké 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF United States USA Chris Odoi-Atsem 20 0 8+12 0 0 0 0+0 0
4 DF United States USA Brendan Hines-Ike 20 0 20+0 0 0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Australia AUS Brad Smith 16 0 14+2 0 0 0 0+0 0
6 MF United States USA Russell Canouse 18 1 14+4 1 0 0 0+0 0
8 MF United States USA Chris Durkin 30 1 24+5 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Norway NOR Ola Kamara 31 11 15+15 9 1+0 2 0+0 0
11 MF Greece GRE Taxiarchis Fountas 21 12 17+4 12 0 0 0+0 0
12 MF United States USA Drew Skundrich 21 0 9+10 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF France FRA Sofiane Djeffal 28 0 19+9 0 0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Honduras HON Andy Najar 23 0 20+3 0 0 0 0+0 0
15 DF United States USA Steve Birnbaum 32 2 32+0 2 0 0 0+0 0
16 FW United States USA Adrien Perez 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England ENG Kimarni Smith 19 1 2+15 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
18 MF El Salvador SLV Jeremy Garay 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW Curaçao CUW Nigel Robertha 18 2 5+12 1 0+1 1 0+0 0
20 FW Belgium BEL Christian Benteke 7 1 6+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK United States USA Jon Kempin 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Spain ESP Miguel Berry 16 0 8+6 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF United States USA Donovan Pines 23 0 16+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
24 FW United States USA Azaad Liadi 2 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW United States USA Jackson Hopkins 22 0 11+10 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK United States USA Bill Hamid 10 0 10+0 0 0 0 0+0 0
30 DF United States USA Hayden Sargis 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
32 GK Mexico MEX David Ochoa 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF United States USA Jacob Greene 1 0 0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF United States USA Ted Ku-DiPietro 12 0 2+8 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
40 MF United States USA Tyler Freeman 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
44 MF Iceland ISL Victor Pálsson 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 DF United States USA Matai Akinmboni 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 MF Jamaica JAM Ravel Morrison 14 2 11+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
50 GK Mexico MEX Luis Zamudio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0
65 MF Ivory Coast CIV Nanan Houssou 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
77 MF Chile CHI Martín Rodríguez 14 0 10+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
87 DF United States USA Rio Hope-Gund 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
93 DF Mexico MEX Tony Alfaro 19 0 9+9 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
97 MF Algeria ALG Sami Guediri 14 0 10+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left during the season
7 FW Ecuador ECU Michael Estrada 17 4 11+5 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Peru PER Edison Flores 13 1 11+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF United States USA Griffin Yow 9 0 3+4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Liberia LBR Moses Nyeman 2 0 2+0 0 0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Germany GER Julian Gressel 17 0 16+1 0 0 0 0+0 0
Total 36 39 34 36 2 3 0 0
  • Last updated: November 1, 2022
  • Source: Team Stats

Top scorers

Rank Position No. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup Total
1 MF 11 Greece Taxiarchis Fountas 12 0 0 12
2 FW 9 Norway Ola Kamara 9 2 0 11
3 FW 7 Ecuador Michael Estrada 4 0 0 4
4 DF 15 United States Steve Birnbaum 2 0 0 2
MF 49 Jamaica Ravel Morrison 2 0 0 2
FW 19 Curaçao Nigel Robertha 1 1 0 2
7 FW 20 Belgium Christian Benteke 1 0 0 1
MF 6 United States Russell Canouse 1 0 0 1
MF 8 United States Chris Durkin 1 0 0 1
FW 26 United States Kristian Fletcher 1 0 0 1
MF 10 Peru Edison Flores 1 0 0 1
FW 17 England Kimarni Smith 1 0 0 1
Total 35 3 0 38
  • Last updated: October 10, 2022
  • Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank Position No. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup Total
1 MF 31 Germany Julian Gressel 7 0 0 7
2 MF 8 United States Chris Durkin 6 0 0 6
3 FW 7 Ecuador Michael Estrada 4 0 0 4
4 MF 11 Greece Taxiarchis Fountas 3 0 0 3
FW 19 Curaçao Nigel Robertha 3 0 0 3
FW 77 Chile Martín Rodríguez 3 0 0 3
FW 17 England Kimarni Smith 3 0 0 3
8 DF 14 Honduras Andy Najar 2 0 0 2
MF 12 United States Drew Skundrich 2 0 0 2
FW 9 Norway Ola Kamara 1 1 0 2
11 DF 93 Mexico Tony Alfaro 1 0 0 1
MF 6 United States Russell Canouse 1 0 0 1
MF 13 France Sofiane Djeffal 1 0 0 1
DF 4 United States Brendan Hines-Ike 1 0 0 1
MF 25 United States Jackson Hopkins 1 0 0 1
DF 23 United States Donovan Pines 1 0 0 1
DF 5 Australia Brad Smith 1 0 0 1
Total 40 1 0 41
  • Last updated: October 22, 2022
  • Source: Team Stats

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
4 DF United States Brendan Hines-Ike 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF Australia Brad Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 FW Ecuador Michael Estrada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 DF Honduras Andy Najar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 FW United States Adrien Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 MF Liberia Moses Nyeman 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1

Clean sheets

No. Name MLS US Open Cup MLS Cup Total Games
1 Rafael Romo 1 0 0 1 14
21 Jon Kempin 0 1 0 1 4
28 Bill Hamid 2 0 0 2 10
32 David Ochoa 2 0 0 2 9

See also

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