For the fifth time in the last six years, D.C. United qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs, doing so by finishing the regular season in fifth spot in the Eastern Conference. However, in their third successive trip to the postseason, the side from the capital was knocked out at the first stage of the playoff phase.
The four-time MLS Cup Champions have now gone 15 years since their last title, and five years since the last time they topped the Eastern Conference standings at the end of the regular season.
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