0-0 draw keeps Charlotte five points ahead of DC United

A scoreless draw leaves Charlotte and DC United separated by five points

Charlotte and DC United finished 0-0 at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday, August 22, 2026, sharing the points in Major League Soccer’s Regular Season Round 21. The match began at 23:30 UTC in Charlotte and was recorded as finished, with neither side finding a goal.

There were no goal scorers to decide the contest. The final score also means there is no decisive attacking moment to separate the teams: Charlotte did not convert an opportunity into a breakthrough, while DC United likewise left the stadium without a finish that changed the result. With no events supplied beyond the scoreline, the defining feature of the match was its complete lack of goals.

Neither side able to break the deadlock

The 0-0 result points to a match in which the two Eastern Conference teams remained level through the final whistle. Charlotte entered the game sixth in the conference with 29 points from 20 matches, while DC United were ninth with 24 points from the same number of games. The draw preserves the five-point gap between them in the standings, although both teams move to 21 matches played.

Charlotte’s record before the match was eight wins, five draws and seven losses, with a goal difference of four. DC United had recorded five wins, nine draws and six losses, with a goal difference of minus six. The additional point takes Charlotte to 30 and DC United to 25, based on the listed standings before the fixture. The available information does not establish whether either club’s conference rank changed after the round.

Form lines continue with another draw

For Charlotte, the result adds a draw to a sequence that already included wins, losses and draws, with the team’s most recent listed result before this match also a draw. DC United also came into the fixture with a mixed record and had drawn its most recent listed match before facing Charlotte. Their latest meeting therefore extended the pattern of uneven results for both teams rather than producing a clear change in momentum.

No players are identified in the match information, so there are no individual performances to single out. No cards or other disciplinary incidents are recorded either. The final story from Charlotte is consequently a point apiece: Charlotte strengthens its total to 30, DC United reaches 25, and the teams remain separated in the Eastern Conference by five points after a goalless 21st-round fixture.