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Regular Season - 26• 20 Sept 2026

DC United 1–2 Charlotte

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Match Recap

DC United's defense has never solved Charlotte, and this one followed the pattern. Charlotte struck first through A. Westwood in the 22nd minute, and although L. Bartlett leveled things for DC United right after the break in the 47th, A. Saint-Maximin restored the visitors' lead in the 71st to seal a 2-1 win in Major League Soccer. It's the third straight meeting DC United has lost to Charlotte without a single win or draw to show for it, and the league table tells the same story: Charlotte arrive in career-best form, riding a DWDWW run at fourth with 40 points, while DC United sit 11th on 29 with just one win in their last five. Two second-half punches from Saint-Maximin and Westwood settled a game DC United led into for less than a quarter hour. Watch how Saint-Maximin's 71st-minute strike unravels DC United's brief comeback in the highlights below.

Match Statistics

DC United
VS
Charlotte
43% Ball Possession 57%
2.73 Expected goals (xG) 0.83
28 Total Shots 10
10 Shots on target 7
12 Shots off target 3
6 Blocked Shots 0
13 Shots inside box 5
15 Shots outside box 5
3 Corner Kicks 3
3 Offsides 0
7 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 2
— Red Cards —
5 Goalkeeper Saves 9
397 Total passes 536
340 Accurate passes 474
86% Pass accuracy 88%
0.93 Goals prevented 0.93

Lineups

DC United
Rene Weiler 4-3-3
VS
Charlotte
Dean Smith 4-2-3-1

Substitutes — DC United

26Alex Bono 5Silvan Hefti 13Sean Nealis 27Nikola Markovic 12Conner Antley 77Hosei Kijima 4Matti Peltola 8Jared Stroud 22Nathan Ordaz