No One Can Do It Better: The Ben Olsen story

Goals

(More to be added later on)

5 MLS Cup Titles

CONCACAF Champions League champions

Make the American Hall of Fame

Make the North American Hall of Fame

Make World Hall of Fame

Get a job in Europe

Win European Domestic League

Win European Domestic League Cups

Qualify for Champions League

Qualify for Europa League

Win Champions League

Win Europa League

Become the number 1 club in the world

Become the best coach in the league as well as my nationality

BySteven Goff October 31 at 1:00 PM

United Head Coach Ben Olsen will be counting his lucky stars here at the end of the 2013 MLS campaign. Despite leading the club to their third US Open Cup title the Black and Red finished a league and club worst 16 points.

After the 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 suffer their worst season on record. 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 the team playing way under what was expected I still have faith in Ben and feel that this could have been a fluke as you can not control things like injuries. Even though we are giving him a shot he (Ben) is on an extremely short leash for the upcoming season."-Erick Thohir, Owner of D.C. United

In other news we also learned the club declined to pick up the option on captain Dwayne De Rosario. After three years with the club he will now be eligible for the Re-Entry Draft later this year. It is unknown why the club declined his option as the Canadian International was a key leader and motivator to the club in the past three years. Last season Dwayne was inactive for a decent amount of the season due to injury.

"We want to thank Dwayne for his contributions to our team over the past three seasons,” said D.C. United General Manager Dave Kasper. “He was instrumental in helping the club reach the 2013 Eastern Conference Championship Series, as well as winning this year's U.S. Open Cup. This was a difficult decision to make, but it was one that we felt was best for our team to move forward into next season and beyond. We wish Dwayne all the best with his future.”


The club will return to action in December as they will tour Indonesia. This mini tour was set up by Owner Erick Thohir to increase the D.C. brand in the South East Asian County.