D.C. United is a professional soccer club located in Washington, D.C. that participates in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier soccer league. Considered the most successful club in American soccer, the club has won the U.S. Open Cup and holds the record for most MLS Cups and MLS Supporters' Shields DC United Tickets with four apiece. Furthermore, D.C. United is the only club to be awarded the MLS Supporters' Shield back-to-back (2006 and 2007) and the first club to win back-to-back MLS Cups (1996 and 1997). In 1998 D.C. United became the first American club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the DC United Tickets Copa Interamericana, defeating Club Toluca of Mexico 1-0 and Vasco da Gama of Brazil on 2-1 aggregate.
The team's home field is the 56,692-seat Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, owned by the District of Columbia and located on East Capitol Street. However, the team has proposed building a 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium DC United Tickets near Poplar Point on the east side of the Anacostia River, directly across from Nationals Park. With negotiations with the D.C. government stalled, the team is considering nearby sites in Maryland.
D.C. United has one of the strongest fan bases in the league and country, with three supporters' clubs (La Barra Brava, the Screaming Eagles, and La Norte) and one of the highest attendance averages in Major League Soccer. The club's official nickname is the "Black-and-Red" and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red. The team's name derives from Washington, D.C. being the capital of the United States[citation needed], and is also an allusion to "United" commonly being part of the names of soccer teams in the United Kingdom and elsewhere[8], for example Manchester United or Leeds United.
Internationally, D.C. United is already scheduled this year to play in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the CONCACAF DC United Tickets Champions League, and SuperLiga.
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