2015 was a good one for D.C. United's Chris Rolfe. Coming over from the Chicago Fire for allocation money, he led the team in goals scored with 10, a personal best for Rolfe, to go with similar bests in starts (30), minutes played (2455) and near bests in shots (64) and shots on goal (29). He signed a contract extension in September of 2015 to last through 2017, with a club option for 2018 (he was listed as making $257,500 base salary in 2016, with $272,500 in guaranteed compensation).
Like the team, Rolfe got off to a slow start offensively, registering one assist in 9 games, then an April game against his old Fire teammates, Rolfe said about this ".