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D.C. United is an American football club from the capital Washington D.C. DC United was founded in 1996. The club played its home games at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium until 2018. Since 2018, Audi Field has been the club's home ground. The club colors are black and red.

DC United is a successful MLS club with four league titles. The club is also successful internationally. In 1998 DC United won both the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the Copa Interamericana. In the final of the Champions Cup, the Mexican Club Toluca won 1-0. The Copa Interamericana was won at the expense of Brazil's Vasco da Gama. DC United lost 1-0 in Rio de Janeiro, but won 2-0 at home.

The main rival of DC United is the Red Bull New York. Each year, both teams compete for the Atlantic Cup, a prize set by the boards of the two clubs. The team that scores the most points in the mutual matches during the season will receive the Atlantic Cup.

In 2005, DC United was invited by CONMEBOL to participate in the Copa Sudamericana. It marked the first time that an American club participated in one of the major South American tournaments.