Loudoun United FC

Loudoun United FC
Full name	Loudoun United Football Club
Founded	July 18, 2018; 5 years ago
Stadium	Segra Field; Leesburg, Virginia, U.S.
Capacity	5,000
Owners	Attain Sports and Entertainment (majority) ; D.C. United (minority)
Head coach	Ryan Martin
League	USL Championship
2023	11th, Eastern Conference; Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colors	Away colors
	Current season

Loudoun United FC is an American professional soccer team based in Leesburg, Virginia. The team was founded in 2018 as the reserve team of D.C. United and made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.^[1]

History

On July 18, 2018, the team was officially announced by USL and D.C. United as were the team's name, colors and crest. Loudoun United FC replaced Richmond Kickers as D.C. United's USL affiliate.^[1]

After the founding of MLS Next Pro in 2022 and the subsequent movement of MLS reserve teams to that league by 2023, Loudoun United remained the only MLS-affiliated reserve side in the USL system; due to a legal agreement for leasing Segra Field, United is required to play in the second division.

On February 2, 2023, Loudoun United FC was sold to Attain Sports and Entertainment, which owns minor league baseball teams Bowie Baysox and Frederick Keys.^[2] D.C. United will continue to own a minority stake in Loudoun United.^[3] Furthermore, the change of ownership also meant that Loudoun United was eligible to participate in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup.^[4]

Colors and badge

Loudoun United FC colors are black, red and white, the same as parent club D.C. United. The club's crest contains the red-and-white gyronny seen in the flag and coat of arms of Loudoun County, as well as a winged horse in homage to both D.C. United's eagle logo and the county's long association with equestrian sports.^[5]

Sponsorship

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2019–2021	Adidas	The National^[6]
2022		—
2023		Betfred USA^[7]
2024–present	Capelli Sport	CORAS^[8]

Stadium

The club plays at Segra Field, a new 5,000-seat stadium at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park in Leesburg. The stadium was built by D.C. United and the county government for $15 million.^[9]^[10] Construction began in 2018, and was completed in August 2019. After playing some initial home games at Audi Field, they debuted in their new stadium in a game against the Charlotte Independence that ended 3–3 in front of 5,015 spectators.^{[citation needed]}

Club culture

The main supporter group of Loudoun United is the Loudoun Stampede. The supporter group hosts tailgates, events, and watch parties.^[11]

Players and staff

Roster

As of 5 June 2024^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Dane Jacomen
2	DF	USA	Keegan Hughes (on loan from Columbus Crew)
3	DF	USA	Keegan Tingey
4	MF	USA	Tommy McCabe
5	DF	FRA	Yanis Leerman
6	DF	CAN	Kwame Awuah
7	FW	USA	Wesley Leggett
8	MF	FRA	Florian Valot
9	FW	USA	Tommy Williamson
10	FW	USA	Kalil ElMedkhar
11	FW	USA	Isaac Espinal
12	MF	USA	Drew Skundrich
13	MF	USA	Alex Nagy
14	FW	USA	Zach Ryan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	NZL	Riley Bidois
16	DF	USA	Cole Turner
17	MF	HAI	Christiano François
18	FW	SEN	Pape Amadou Wane
22	DF	USA	Robby Dambrot
23	GK	FRA	Hugo Fauroux
24	DF	USA	Jacob Erlandson
30	FW	EGY	Abdellatif Aboukoura (^[B])
31	DF	USA	Graham Jones (^[B])
36	DF	USA	Justin Melly (^[B])
40	MF	USA	Gavin Turner (^[B])
77	MF	HON	Alessandro Maldonado (^[B])
98	GK	USA	Luke Peacock (^[B])
—	MF	ETH	Surafel Dagnachew

^

Signed to first team contract with D.C. United.

^

D.C. United Academy player.

Staff

As of 10 March 2024^[13]

Executive
Executive Business Officer	Doug Raftery
Director of Soccer	Oliver Gage
Senior Analyst, Scouting	Patrick Mullins
Team Administrator	Kristi Beckman
Technical staff
Head Coach	Ryan Martin
Assistant Coach	Steve Coleman
Goalkeeping Coach	Jack Stefanowski
Head of Performance	Victor Lonchuk
Head Athletic Trainer	Drazan Vukovic
Equipment Manager	TJ Salzberg
Team Psychologist	Dr. Keith Kauffman

Team records

Year-by-year

As of 14 October 2023

Season	USL Championship								Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Avg. attendance	Top scorer¹
Season	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Avg. attendance	Player	Goals
2019	34	11	17	6	59	65	39	12th, Eastern	Did not qualify	Ineligible	1,381^[14]	Kyle Murphy	13
2020	13	1	9	3	10	28	6	5th, Eastern Group F	Did not qualify		495	Elvis Amoh	4
2021	32	4	25	3	31	78	15	16th, Eastern 8th, Atlantic	Did not qualify		639	Ted Ku-DiPietro	7
2022	34	8	22	4	36	74	28	11th, Eastern	Did not qualify		1,489	Tyler Freeman	8
2023	34	7	23	4	36	61	25	11th, Eastern	Did not qualify	R4	2,664	Zach Ryan	10

^ 1. Top scorer includes statistics from league matches only.

Head coaches

Includes USL regular season, USL playoffs, U.S. Open Cup. Excludes friendlies.

Coach	Nationality	Start	End	Record
Coach	Nationality	Start	End	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Richie Williams	United States	January 28, 2019	May 30, 2019	9	2	4	3	11	13	−2	022.22
Ryan Martin	United States	May 30, 2019	present	105	23	12	70	128	233	−105	021.90
Total				114	25	16	73	139	246	−107	021.93