Through its 18th season, Major League Soccer has had nine expansion years. With the announcement of New York City FC, the 20th team to join MLS, we take a look back at how D.C. United has performed against expansion clubs in their inaugural MLS regular seasons.
The Black-and-Red has outperformed expansion clubs with a 17-8-3 regular-season record. United swept the opening-season series against four different clubs: the Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC. Below are the year-by-year regular season records between D.C. United and expansion sides:
1998
- vs Chicago Fire - 2-0
- vs Miami Fusion - 2-2
2004
- vs Chivas USA - 2-0
- vs Real Salt Lake - 2-0
2006
- vs Houston Dynamo - 1-1
2007
- vs Toronto FC - 3-0
2008
- vs San Jose Earthquakes - 1-1
2009
- vs Seattle Sounders - 0-1-1
2010
- vs Philadelphia Union - 1-1
2011
- vs Portland Timbers - 1-0-1
- vs Vancouver Whitecaps - 1-1
2012
- vs Montreal Impact - 1-1-1
This weekend, D.C. United hosts the Portland Timbers. D.C. remains undefeated against the Timbers with an all-time record of 1-0-2. Portland has not visited RFK since October 19, 2011 when a goal from Dwayne De Rosario helped the Black-and-Red earn a draw. Match tickets for Saturday are still available ONLINE
