First Team

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QUICK FACTS:

  • The Carolina Challenge Cup is a four team round-robin tournament
  • The tournament was founded in 2004
  • D.C. United has competed in the Carolina Challenge Cup seven times (2004-2006, 2009-2012)
  • United has finished in first place on two occasions (2010, 2011) and second place three times (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • Jamie Moreno is United's all-time leading scorer with 10 goals (four via penalty kicks)
  • Freddy Adu scored United's first Carolina Challenge Cup goal - March 20, 2004 (56th minute, assist by Dema Kovalenko)


OVERALL TOURNAMENT RECORD

  • 12 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses
  • 28 goals, 17 against


DATEOPPONENTSCOREDC GOAL SCORERS
2/29/12CharlestonW 3-1M. Santos 13', Richter 31', Salihi 88'
LINEUP: Joe Willis (Andrew Dykstra 61'); Chris Korb, Brandon McDonald (Dejan Jakovic 46'), Emiliano Dudar (Ethan White 46'), José Burciaga [trialist] (Andy Najar 46'); Danny Cruz (Daniel Woolard 78'), Branko Boskovic (Stephen King 46'), Lance Rozeboom [trialist] (Conor Shanosky 61'), Nick DeLeon (Chris Pontius 71'); Ryan Richter [trialist] (Josh Wolff 61'), Maicon Santos (Hamdi Salihi 71')
2/25/12ChicagoW 1-0Salihi 65'
LINEUP:Joe Willis; Robbie Russell (Chris Kord 78'), Brandon McDonald (Ethan White 46'), Dejan Jakovic (Emiliano Dudar 46'), Daniel Woolard (Guilherme [trialist 75']); Andy Najar (Danny Cruz 78'), Stephen King (Ryan Richter [trialist] 88'), Marcelo Saragosa (Lance Rozeboom 46'), Chris Pontius (Nick DeLeon 71'); Dwayne DeRosario (Conor Shanosky 58'), Hamdi Salihi (Maicon Santos 68')
3/12/11TFCD 2-2Davies 12', Ngwenya 62'
LINEUP: Onstad; Woolard (Burch 46'), Kitchen (Brasesco 46'), Jakovic (White 46'), Zayner (Korb 46'); Pontius (King 46'), McCarty (Morsink 46') Boskovic (Shanoksy 71'), Najar (Quaranta 46'); Davies (Brettschneider 46'), Ngwenya (Barklage 65')
3/9/11ChicagoW 1-0Brettschneider 10'
LINEUP: Onstad (Willis 46'); Burch, Brasesco, White, Barklage; Fred (Shanosky 68'), Morsink (Kitchen 79'), King, Quaranta (Najar 79'); Davies, Brettschneider
3/5/11CharlestonW 2-1Pontius 4', Ngwenya 71'
LINEUP: Onstad; Zayner, Jakovic (Brasesco 73'), Kitchen, Woolard; Pontius (Boskovic 80'), Simms (Morsink 46'), McCarty (C) (Fred 82'), Najar (Quaranta 80'); Wolff (Davies 78'), Ngwenya
3/20/10CharlestonW 2-0Moreno 33', Moreno 45' (pen)
LINEUP: Bill Hamid; Andy Najar, Juan Manuel Pena (Barry Rice 73'), Dejan Jakovic, Rodney Wallace; Boyzzz Khumalo (Brandon Barklage 61'), Kurt Morsink, Santino Quaranta, Christian Castillo (Graye 73'); Jaime Moreno (Danny Allsopp (46'), Chris Pontius (Adam Cristman 61')
3/17/10TFCW 1-0Moreno 62'
LINEUP: Troy Perkins; Lyle Adams (Rodney Wallace 46'), Barry Rice (Dejan Jakovic 46'), Julius James, Daniel Woolard (Jordan Graye 22', Juan Manuel Pena 46'); Tiyi Shipalane (Christian Castillo 46'), John DiRaimondo (Kurt Morsink 46'), Drew Yates (Santino Quaranta 46'), Boyzzz Khumalo (Brandon Barklage 74'); Adam Cristman (Jaime Moreno 46'), Danny Allsopp
3/13/10RSLW 2-1Moreno 77', Moreno 80'
LINEUP: Troy Perkins; Devon McTavish, Dejan Jakovic, Juan Manuel Pena (Julius James 62’), Rodney Wallace; Brandon Barklage (Andy Najar 45'), Kurt Morsink, Santino Quaranta, Christian Castillo (Thabiso Khumalo 79’); Danny Allsopp (Adam Cristman 69’), Jamie Moreno
3/14/09CharlestonW 2-0Emilio 57', Jacobson 81'
LINEUP: Milos Kocic (Josh Wicks 45); Dejan Jakovic, Greg Janicki (Anthony Peters 80), Marc Burch (Brandon Barklage 73); Boyzzz Khumalo (Andrew Jacobson 45), Clyde Simms, Devon McTavish, Christian Gomez, Rodney Wallace; Luciano Emilio (Domenic Mediate 86), Ange N’Silu
3/11/09TFCL 1-2Pontius 48'
LINEUP: Milos Kocic; Domenic Mediate (Marc Burch 45), Greg Janicki, Dejan Jakovic, Rodney Wallace; Ben Olsen (Boyzzz Khumalo 45), Clyde Simms (Andrew Jacobson 45), Christian Gomez (Devon McTavish 45), Chris Pontius; Luciano Emilio (Francis Doe 62), Jaime Moreno (Ange N’Silu 45)
3/7/09RSLL 0-3
LINEUP: Louis Crayton (Nic Platter 11); Bryan Namoff (Domenic Mediate 45), Greg Janicki (Anthony Peters 81), Dejan Jakovic, Marc Burch (Brandon Barklage 81); Ben Olsen (Christian Gomez 63), Clyde Simms (Andrew Jacobson 77), Fred (Chris Pontius 34), Santino Quaranta (Rodney Wallace 65); Luciano Emilio (Jaime Moreno 72), Francis Doe (Ange N’Silu 45 [Devon McTavish 89])
3/25/06CharlestonD 1-1Moreno 19' (pen)
3/22/06HoustonD 1-1Moreno 30' (pen)
3/18/06New YorkW 1-0Moreno 56'
3/25/05ColumbusW 3-0Gomez 4', Gomez 21', Moreno 50'
3/23/05CharlestonD 2-2Moreno 7', Quintanilla 85'
3/19/05San JoseL 0-2
3/27/04ColumbusD 0-0
3/24/04WilmingtonW 1-0Moreno 13' (pen)
LINEUP: Nick Rimando; Bryan Namoff, Mike Petke, Brandon Prideaux; Earnie Stewart (Junuz Coralic 71), Ben Olsen (Kevin Ara 46), Brian Carroll (David Stokes 46), Dema Kovalenko, Bobby Convey (Freddy Adu 71); Jaime Moreno (Ronald Cerritos 46), Alecko Eskandarian (Sergei Skachenko 46)
3/20/04CharlestonW 2-1Adu 56', Convey 83'
LINEUP: Doug Warren, Mike Petke, Ryan Nelsen, Bryan Namoff (Brandon Prideaux 55), Ben Olsen (David Stokes 85), Brian Carroll, Dema Kovalenko, Bobby Connvey, Joshua Gros, Jaime Moreno (Sergei Skachenko 64), Ronald Cerritos (Freddy Adu 45)