2026 D.C. United season

The 2026 season will be D.C. United's 31st in existence and its 31st consecutive season in the top division of American soccer, Major League Soccer. The season will be the first full season with René Weiler leading the club as manager. The MLS regular season will begin on February 21 and conclude on November 7.

Background

Management and squad Front office Position Name Co-chairman and CEO Jason Levien Co-chairman Stephen Kaplan Minority Owners Romie Chaudhari Charlie Chasin Adam Gerry Robert Hernreich Mark Ingram II Mario Mims Devin Talbott President, Business Ops Danita Johnson Senior Vice President, Revenue James Armold Chief Financial Officer Dan Franceschini

Technical staff Position Name General Manager Erik Sogut Head Coach René Weiler Assistant Coach Thomas Binggeli Assistant Coach Alex Martínez Goalkeeping Coach Cody Mizell Director of Player Personnel Clarens Cheridieu Head Performance Coach Matt Challoner

First-team roster Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals Assists Signed from Goalkeepers1Sean Johnson GK000 Toronto FC20 Grant LeveilleGK000 D.C. United Academy26Alex Bono GK3000 New England Revolution Defenders2Kimito NonoRB / RM000 Kashima Antlers3 Lucas BartlettCB6723 St. Louis City SC 4Matti PeltolaCB / DM6301 HJK Helsinki 5Silvan HeftiRB000 Hamburger SV6Keisuke KurokawaLB000 Gamba Osaka12Conner AntleyRB / CB3212 Tampa Bay Rowdies13 Sean NealisCB000 New York Red Bulls15 Kye RowlesCB3400 Heart of Midlothian27Nikola MarkovicCB000 NC State Wolfpack Midfielders8 Jared StroudLW / RW6869 St. Louis City SC21Andre DozzellCM000 Portsmouth23Brandon ServaniaCM3303 Toronto FC 25Jackson HopkinsAM / SS7241 D.C. United Academy 40Kamil CastilloMF000 D.C. United Academy 48Gavin TurnerAM / LW100 D.C. United Academy77Hosei KijimaCM3120 San Diego FC Forwards7PeglowLW / RW2634 Radomiak Radom9Tai BariboST000 Philadelphia Union11Louis MunteanuST000 CFR Cluj14 Gabriel SegalCF000 Houston Dynamo22Nathan OrdazFW000 Los Angeles FC32Oscar AvilezFW000 D.C. United Academy

Transfers

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round Selection Player Position College Status 1 1 Nikola Markovic DF NC State Signed to first-team (GA) 1 8 Richie Aman MF Washington Signed to first-team (pre-signed senior) 2 31 Isaac Emojong MF Utah Valley Returned to college (Portland) 3 61 Stephane Njike FW Maryland Returned to college (Indiana) 3 85 Lasse Kelp DF Maryland Signed with Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Transfers in PlayerTransferred fromFee/NotesDateSourceFW Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union$4,000,000DF Nikola Markovic NC State WolfpackDraftedMF Richie Aman Washington HuskiesDraftedDF Sean Nealis New York Red Bulls$350,000GK Sean Johnson Toronto FCFreeDF Keisuke Kurokawa Gamba OsakaFreeFW Gabriel Segal Houston DynamoFreeFW Louis Munteanu CFR Cluj$7,000,000GK Alex Bono New England Revolution$50,000DF Silvan Hefti Hamburger SVGK Grant Leveille D.C. United AcademyHomegrown signingMF Andre Dozzell PortsmouthFree MF Nathan Ordaz Los Angeles FC$2,375,000DF Kimito Nono Kashima AntlersMF Kamil Castillo D.C. United AcademyHomegrown signing

Transfers out PlayerTransferred ToFee/NotesDateSource GK Inter Miami CF End of contract FW Al Wahda Option Declined FW FW FC Cincinnati MF Herediano DF St. Louis City SC DF Egaleo MF Beitar Jerusalem Undisclosed FW Phoenix RisingWaivedJanuary 12, 2026DF Charlotte FC GK Suwon Samsung Bluewings Bought off loan DF Waived MF Gabriel Pirani San Diego FC$350K GAMFW Jacob Murrell FalkirkMF Caden Clark Seattle SoundersSecond-round pick in the 2028 MLS SuperDraft

Loans out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. January 20, 2026 GK Kim Joon-hong Suwon Samsung Bluewings June 4, 2026 March 4, 2026 MF Richie Aman Loudoun United December 30, 2026 March 13, 2026 DF Garrison Tubbs Orange County SC December 30, 2026 May 27, 2026 FW Hakim Karamoko Forward Madison FC December 30, 2026 June 5, 2026 GK Jordan Farr Loudoun United June 29, 2026 August 7, 2026 DF Conner Antley Tampa Bay Rowdies September 14, 2026 September 3, 2026 GK Jordan Farr Loudoun United December 30, 2026

Transfer notes

Non-competitive Preseason friendlies

Midseason friendlies

Competitive Major League Soccer

Table Eastern Conference

Overall

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

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

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:35px;" scope="col"|Rank ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:35px;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:35px;" scope="col"|No. ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:75px;" scope="col"|Total |- | 1 || FW || 9 || align="left" | Tai Baribo || 14 || 0 || 14 |- | 2 || FW || 11 || align="left" | Louis Munteanu ||6 || 0 || 6 |- | rowspan=4|3 || MF || 3 || align="left" | Lucas Bartlett || 2 || 0 || 2 |- | MF || 25 || align="left" | Jackson Hopkins || 2 || 0 || 2 |- | FW || 7 || align="left" | Peglow || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | MF || 4 || align="left" | Matti Peltola || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | rowspan=4|6 || DF || 27 || align="left" | Nikola Markovic || 0 || 1 || 1 |- | DF || 15 || align="left" | Kye Rowles || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | DF || 8 || align="left" | Silvan Hefti || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | MF || 8 || align="left" | Jared Stroud || 1 || 0 || 1 |- !colspan="4"|Total !29||3||32

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:35px;" scope="col"|Rank ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:35px;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:35px;" scope="col"|No. ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #E32526; width:75px;" scope="col"|Total |- | 1 || DF || 5 ||align="left"| Silvan Hefti || 3 || 1|| 4 |- |rowspan="3"| 2 || DF || 6 ||align="left"| Keisuke Kurokawa || 3 || 0|| 3 |- || MF || 7 ||align="left"| Peglow || 3 || 0 || 3 |- || MF || 23 ||align="left"| Brandon Servania || 2 || 1|| 3 |- | 5 || colspan=6|9 players with 1 assist |- !colspan="4"|Total !19||3||22

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | Player ! colspan="3" style="width:100px;" |MLS ! colspan="3" style="width:100px;" |U.S. Open Cup ! colspan="3" style="width:100px;" |Total |- ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |- | 1 || GK || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 3 || DF || ||align="left"| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 4 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 4 || DF || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 5 || DF || ||align="left"| || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 3 !! 1 !! 0 |- | 6 || DF || ||align="left"| || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 7 || FW || ||align="left"| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 4 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 8 || FW || ||align="left"||| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 9 || FW || ||align="left"||| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 10 || MF || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 11 || FW || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 12 || DF || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 13 || DF || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 14 || FW || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 15 || DF || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 17 || FW || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 20 || GK || ||align="left"|Grant Leveille || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 22 || DF || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 23 || MF || ||align="left"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 24 || GK || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 25 || MF || ||align="left"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 26 || MF || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 27 || DF || ||align="left"|Nikola Markovic || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 30 || MF || ||align="left"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 32 || FW || ||align="left"|Oscar Avilez || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 48 || MF || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |- | 77 || MF || ||align="left"| || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ! 0 !! 0 !! 0

Player awards MLS Team of the Matchday Week Player(s) Opponent(s)1 Bench: Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union4 Bench: Matti Peltola Chicago Fire FC8 Bench: Sean Johnson Philadelphia Union9 XI: Tai Baribo New York Red Bulls10 XI: Kye Rowles Orlando City SC11 XI: Louis Munteanu New York City FC14 Bench: João Peglow St. Louis City SC

Notes

References

External links D.C. United