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The 2013 D.C. United season was the club's eighteenth, and their eighteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of American soccer. The regular season began on March 2 and concluded on October 27.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dcunited.com/schedule )〕 Outside of MLS play, the club competed in the U.S. Open Cup. Also, for the first time in their history, they played in the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, a preseason tournament to be held in February, after participating in the Carolina Challenge Cup for the past five seasons. After a promising 2012 campaign, United's form took a sharp turn downward as injuries, underachievement from offseason acquisitions, and a loss of form caused the team to record the worst season in MLS history. The extremely poor season came as universal shock to fans and media, who thought United would be one of the top contenders in the Eastern Conference, and a potential candidate for the MLS Cup title. Despite their poor league play, United qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on 1 October. That marked their 12th major honor, tied for the most in North American soccer history. == Background: 2012 Season == (詳細はreturned to the playoffs by finishing second in the Eastern Conference, and third in the overall tables, amassing a total of 58 points from a record of 17–7–10 (wins, losses, draws). In their return to the playoffs, D.C. United defeated their Atlantic Cup rivals, New York Red Bulls, 2–1 on aggregate. In the Eastern Conference Finals, D.C. United fell to Houston Dynamo 4–2 on aggregate, making it the furthest D.C. United went in the MLS Cup Playoffs since 2006. Since neither the San Jose Earthquakes nor Sporting Kansas City reached MLS Cup 2012, D.C. United narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League,〔San Jose Earthquakes qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League by winning the Supporters' Shield, which is the trophy for the best regular season record. Sporting Kansas City, who had the second best regular season record, won the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, which earned themselves a berth into the Champions League. United, having the third best regular season record, would have qualified for the Champions League if either of the two clubs reached the MLS Cup final, since the two finalists are allocated additional Champions League berths.〕 which would have been United's third appearance in the newly revamped Champions League, their thirteenth overall CONCACAF club tournament, and their first since the 2009–10 season. Elsewhere, United competed in the U.S. Open Cup, where they fell in the fourth round proper to Philadelphia Union in a penalty shoot-out. During the preseason, United won their third-straight Carolina Challenge Cup. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 D.C. United season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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