2010: Wooden Spoon recipients History of D.C. United







following club s failure qualify mls cup playoffs 2 consecutive seasons, tom soehn resigned head coaching duties. soehn became director of soccer operations then-second tier club, vancouver whitecaps. d.c. united hired former kansas city wizards head coach, curt onalfo replace soehn. onalfo, had played united in 1990s, became first former united player hired head coach. retired ben olsen hired assistant coach onalfo while steve sampson, assistant soehn, remained on coaching staff.


onalfo s tenure brief , unsuccessful. 2010 season marked poorest league finish club since 2002, , worst regular season record in franchise history. team managed win 6 regular season matches out of possible 30, while losing 20 games , drawing four. united scored 22 goals, lowest team total in mls regular season history, , lowest offensive production since toronto fc in 2007. united s attendance fell 14,500 fans game. onalfo fired before end of season, on august 4, 2010, , team assigned coaching duties ben olsen on interim basis. interim manager, olsen led team 3–6–1 record during final 10 games of regular season.


despite team s poor regular season performance, club had strong run in 2010 u.s. open cup, reached semifinals before falling eventual runners-up, columbus crew.







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