2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Thursday, August 1, 2019, Event 1: First Cut
The snatch weight for the event was 185 pounds (84 kilograms) for men and 130 pounds (59 kilograms) for women. The event was won by both defending champions, Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Thursday, August 1, 2019, Event 2: Second Cut
As fast as possible, each competitor accumulated 800 meters on a rowing machine, then lifted two kettlebells from the shoulder to overhead for 66 repetitions, and then finished with 132 feet (40 meters) of handstand walking. The weight of each kettlebell was 16 kilograms (35 pounds) for the men and 12 kilograms (26 pounds) for the women. Fraser won the men's event again, while Danielle Brandon won the women's side.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, August 2, 2019, Event 3: Ruck
Competitors ran four laps around a 1,500-meter (4,900-foot) course carrying a weighted rucksack. The weight increased by 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) each lap, from 20 pounds on the first lap to 50 pounds on the last. Lukas Högberg and Emily Rolfe won the event. A bag fell out of Mat Fraser's rucksack near the end of the 6 km run without his being aware of it, which led to a penalty of 60 seconds, dropping his position from 6th to 17th.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, August 2, 2019, Event 4: Sprint Couplet
The competitors started the event by pushing a sled, then completing the required number of muscle-ups on a pull-up bar, and then finished with another sled push to the finish line. The event was won by Matt McLeod and Amanda Barnhart.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, August 2, 2019, Event 5: Mary
A traditional CrossFit workout, the competitors performed five handstand push-ups, then ten squats, followed by fifteen pull-ups. After the pull-ups, they started back at the handstand push-ups and repeated the order until the 20 minute mark. The event was won by Noah Ohlsen and Kari Pearce.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, August 3, 2019, Event 6: Sprint Course
Three-round bracket elimination sprint course. In heats of five, competitors ran through a course. The top ten in the first round advanced to the second round, and then the top five in the second round moved on to the final run. Saxon Panchick and Kristin Holte won the event.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, August 3, 2019, Event 6: Sprint Course
Following the event, only the final ten competitors participated in the remainder of the competition.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, August 3, 2019, Event 7: Split Triplet
The dumbbell weight was 80 pounds (36 kilograms) for the men 55 pounds (25 kilograms) for the women. Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey won the event.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, August 3, 2019, Event 8: Clean
The event consisted of progressively heavier weights that each competitor must clean. The men started at 315 pounds (143 kilograms) and the women started at 215 pounds (98 kilograms). If multiple athlete failed to complete a lift at the same weight, they went to a tie-breaker bar, where they then cleaned 295 pounds (134 kilograms) for men and 195 pounds (88 kilograms) for women five times. The time to complete the five lifts and run to a finish line was the tie-breaker score. The event was again won by defending champions Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey, with a 380-pound (170-kilogram) and 265-pound (120-kilogram) clean, respectively.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Sunday, August 4, 2019, Event 9: Swim Paddle
A 1,000-meter (3,300-foot) swim to a buoy in Lake Monona and back to shore, then immediately grabbing a paddleboard for a 1,000-meter paddle on the same course. The event was won by Matt McLeod and Tia-Clair Toomey.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Sunday, August 4, 2019, Events 10 and 11: Ringer 1 and 2
Ringer 1 and Ringer 2 were separately scored events, with Ringer 2 beginning seven minutes from the start of Ringer 1. In Ringer 1, the competitors alternated between riding an air-resistance stationary bicycle and repetitions of hanging from gymnastic rings and touching their toes to the rings. In Ringer 2, the athletes alternated between completing burpees and jumping up to touch the rings as a target and overhead squats with a barbell. The men's weight on the barbell was 135 pounds (61 kilograms) and the women's was 95 pounds (43 kilograms). Katrín Davíðsdóttir won both women's events, while James Newbury won Ringer 1 and Mat Fraser won Ringer 2 for the men.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual, Sunday, August 4, 2019, Event 12: The Standard
For the final event, a combination of three standard CrossFit workouts were done back-to-back-to-back: "Grace" (30 clean and jerks), muscle-ups, and "Isabel" (30 snatches). The weight for both barbell movements was 135 pounds (61 kilograms) and 95 pounds (43 kilograms) for the men and women, respectively. The event was won both Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey, who also both repeated as CrossFit Games champions.


2019 CrossFit Games, Team events
Teams were cut to 11 after Strongman's Fear, 9 after Sprint Relay, 7 after Big Chipper, 5 after Swim Paddle.


2019 Crossminton World Championships
The 2019 ICO Crossminton World Championships was a crossminton tournament, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, between 4th and 7th July 2019. With the 1st Crossminton World Championships being played in 2011 and the competition taking place every two years, the 2019 World Championships was the 5th Crossminton World Championships. 505 players from 23 countries participated at the event.


2019 Crossminton World Championships, Venue
The tournament, organised by the Hungarian Crossminton Association, was played in Budapest’s multi-purpose indoor arena Tüskecsarnok.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
The 2019 season was the 98th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence. Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro, the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Libertadores.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
After a strong start to the season – which included a 21-game unbeaten streak, a solid performance in the Copa Libertadores group stage and a Campeonato Mineiro title over city rivals Atlético Mineiro –, Cruzeiro were largely appointed as major contenders for the 2019 national and international competitions titles. However, the team had a sharp drop in yeld from May, causing them to fight against relegation since the early rounds of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
On 26 May, corruption and mismanagement scandals involving the Cruzeiro's board were revealed by the Rede Globo program Fantástico, causing huge repercussions inside and outside the club. Police investigations, financial difficulties and political unstability would be a constant throughout the year at Cruzeiro, leading to a devastating crisis that ended up affecting the team's performance on the pitch.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
On 30 July, Cruzeiro were knocked out of Copa Libertadores on penalties to River Plate in the round of 16 stage, after a 0–0 tie on aggregate.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
On 7 August, following a run of bad results – having the team won just 1 of 18 matches –, Cruzeiro announced the departure of manager Mano Menezes, ending a more than three years spell in the club. Four days later, Rogério Ceni was announced as the new team's manager.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
On 4 September, the club were eliminated by Internacional in the Copa do Brasil semi-finals, losing 4–0 on aggregate.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
Rogério Ceni was sacked on 26 September, after just 8 games in charge. Disagreements with squad members and lack of support from the club board were cited as the main causes for dismissal. On 27 September, Abel Braga was appointed as the new team's manager.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
Incapable of improving the team's performance, Abel Braga left Cruzeiro on 29 November, having achieved only 3 wins in 14 games. On the same day, Adilson Batista was announced as the manager for the last three rounds of the championship, taking the team in 17th position in the table.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
In financial, technical and political collapse, Cruzeiro were relegated to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B for the first time in their history on 8 December, after a 2–0 loss to Palmeiras at Mineirão.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Competitions, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
League play paused for one month between rounds 9 and 10 for the 2019 Copa América hosted in Brazil.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil
As Cruzeiro participated in the 2019 Copa Libertadores, the club entered the Copa do Brasil in the round of 16, whose draw was held on 2 May.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores
The group stage draw for the 2019 Copa Libertadores was made on 17 December 2018. Cruzeiro were drawn into Group B with Emelec, Huracán and Deportivo Lara.


2019 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores, Knockout stage
The draw for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores was held on 13 May.


2019 Cuban constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Cuba on 24 February 2019. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution passed by the National Assembly of People's Power in July 2018. The reforms were approved, with 90.61% of valid votes cast in favour. The new constitution came into force on 10 April 2019 after it was proclaimed in the Cuban National Assembly and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic.


2019 Cuban constitutional referendum
While the structure of Cuban society and its political system had not fundamentally changed, the 2010s saw the Cuban thaw and more openness with the constitutional referendum, which was described as a relatively open process. Some observers noted that even though the political system remained largely the same, civil liberties had recently increased, even if not enough.


2019 Cuban constitutional referendum
The referendum recognized both private property and foreign direct investment, among other things, such as removing obstacles to same-sex marriage and banning discrimination based on gender, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, the introduction of habeas corpus and restoration of a presumption of innocence in the justice system which was last provided for in the 1940 Constitution of Cuba, and other political reforms, such as presidential term and age limits, as checks on government power. The new constitution also omits the aim of building a communist society and instead works towards the construction of socialism.


2019 Cuban constitutional referendum, Constitutional changes
The new Constitution came into force after being proclaimed by the National Assembly on 10 April 2019. Laws which were passed to enforce the Constitution's reforms to the country's judicial system must be enacted within 18 months. An electoral law detailing the restructuring of government must also be passed within six months. A Cuban President must then be elected by the National Assembly in the following three months and then appoint Provincial Governors and a Prime Minister.


2019 Cuban constitutional referendum, Constitutional changes, Same-sex marriage
The new constitution also removes the requirement that marriage be "between one man and one woman". An earlier draft of the new constitution would have changed the language to "a union between two people" ... "with absolutely equal responsibilities". This language was removed due to backlash from the more conservative sectors of Cuban society, with the new constitution not specifically recognizing same-sex marriage, but still removing the constitutional obstacles to its recognition by specifically avoiding a definition of marriage.


2019 Cuban constitutional referendum, Constitutional changes, Same-sex marriage
Mariela Castro, a Cuban LGBT rights activist, daughter of Raúl Castro and director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education, has stated that this change is "not a setback" and that the issue would be addressed in the upcoming family code amendment. It is expected that same-sex marriage will be part of a new Cuban Family Code, which is due to be put to a new referendum within the next two years.


2019 Cup of China
The 2019 SHISEIDO Cup of China was the fourth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing, China from November 8–10. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.


2019 Cup of China, Entries
The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.


2019 Cup of Nations
The 2019 Cup of Nations was the inaugural edition of the Cup of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games. It was held in Australia from 28 February to 6 March 2019, and featured four teams.


2019 Cup of Nations
Australia won the tournament after winning all of its matches.


2019 Cup of Nations, Format
The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points will be decided by goal differential.


2019 Cup of Nations, Venues
Jubilee Oval was formerly the Sydney venue, but on 25 February 2019 it was changed to Leichhardt Oval due to poor pitch conditions.


2019 Cup of Nations, Standings
All times are local (AEDT in Sydney and Melbourne, AEST in Brisbane).


2019 Cup of Nations, Goalscorers
There have been 19 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.


2019 Cup of Nations squads
The 2019 Cup of Nations is the inaugural edition of the Cup of Nations, an international women's football tournament, consisting of a series of friendly games, that was held in Australia from 28 February to 6 March 2019. The four national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2019 Cup of Nations squads
The age listed for each player is on 28 February 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2019 Cup of Nations squads, Squads, Australia
The final squad was announced on 21 February 2019. On 26 February 2019, Chloe Logarzo was replaced by Amy Harrison, after the former didn't recover from an ankle injury.


2019 Cupa României
The 2019 Cupa României  was the 115th season of Romania`s national rugby union cup competition, reserved for club teams participating in the CEC Bank SuperLiga. Starting with this edition the number of participating teams has decreased to seven, due to CSM București dissolving before the start of the new season meaning all of CSM`s matches are to be cancelled.


2019 Cupa României Final
The 2019 Cupa României Final is the final match of the 2018–19 Cupa României and the 81st final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 25 May 2019 between Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanța.


2019 Cupa României Final
Astra Giurgiu reached their third cup final in the club's existence. The club from Giurgiu won the cup in 2014 and lost the final in 2017, when the match was played on the same Ilie Oană Stadium, the home ground of Astra's bitter rival, Petrolul Ploiești. It should be mentioned that Astra was a football club originally from Ploiești until it was relocated in 2012 to Giurgiu.


2019 Cupa României Final
On the other hand, this was the first Romanian Cup final for Viitorul. The champions of Romania in 2017, Hagi's Kids were in front of the second big achievement in the 10 years history of the club located on the seaside of the Black Sea.


2019 Cupa României Final
The winner qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. They also earned the right to play against 2018–19 Liga I champions for the 2019 Supercupa României.


2019 Cupa României Final
Viitorul Constanța won the game dramatically by scoring in the extra-time.


2019 Cupa României Final
The game was hosted by the Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football)
The 2019 Cupa României Final was the 16th Romanian football women's cup final, the final match of the 2018–19 Cupa României. It was played at Stadionul Trans-Sil in Târgu Mureș, on 31 May 2019, contested by Fortuna Becicherecu Mic and Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc. Vasas Femina won the match 5–0, with a hat-trick from Carolina Țabur and one goal from each Rita Mitri and Krisztina Benő in only the fourth time a team has scored five goals or won by at least a five-goal margin in a cup final. The win brought Vasas its first major trophy, making it only the 7th club to win the Romanian Women's Cup.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final
Both teams had a similar road to the finals, a clear 8–0 win in the quarterfinals, and a surprising win in the semifinals against opponents they severely lost to in league matches, at just a few days distance.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final, Fortuna Bechicherecu Mic
The first two matches for Fortuna Becicherecu Mic in the competition were plagued by the inability of the opponents to field enough players on matchday. Scheduled mid-week on 31 October and 21 November, the second and third rounds against Banat Girls Reșița and Juventus Timișoara respectively, were both stopped early in the game at 2–0 for Fortuna, and subsequently awarded 3–0.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final, Fortuna Bechicherecu Mic
The first full match played by Fortuna in the 2018–19 edition of the cup was the quarter final played at home on 24 March against Heniu Prundu Bârgăului and it finished at a clear and unprecedented 8–0 for Fortuna, although Fortuna were to lose against Heniu 0–1 in the Liga I match played at less than a month distance, on 20 April.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final, Fortuna Bechicherecu Mic
Fortuna met rivals U Olimpia Cluj in the semifinals. The match was played at home on 15 May and was won 2–0, due to the goals scored by Larisa Grigore. With this win, Fortuna became the only Romanian team to ever beat Olimpia twice in the same season, with the first time being on 10 March, in an away Liga I match. Still, Fortuna was to lose against Olimpia 0–7 just 4 days after the cup semifinal, in an away Liga I play-off match.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final, Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc
Vasas Femina did not play any of its cup matches at home in this edition.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final, Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc
Its first game was in the 2nd round on 28 October, where it met Csiksereda Miercurea Ciuc which it defeated with a clear 9–0. The third round match was played on 18 November against Navobi Iași and won 4–0, with a hat-trick from Rita Mitri and another goal by Carolina Țabur.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Route to the final, Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc
In the quarterfinals, it trashed Fair Play București 8–0 on 27 March, while in the semifinals, Vasas traveled to Galați to play against Universitatea on 15 May and won the game by 4–1, even though they just lost a Liga I match 0–4 against the same team and on the same pitch a week before, on 8 May.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Pre-game
Neither team had won a major trophy before. Vasas previously reached only the semifinals of the Cup in the previous season, while Fortuna's best result was reaching the last 16 in the 2016–17 season. In the league, Vasas were the standing vice-champions, while Fortuna finished the previous Liga I on the eight place, just above the relegation line.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Pre-game
In the Liga I regular season, Fortuna played Vasas earlier in May, at Odorheiu Secuiesc, with Vasas winning 4–1. However, after the end of the regular league season, Fortuna qualified for the Championship play-offs (places 1–3), while Vasas only qualified for the Lower table round (places 4–6).


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Pre-game
Both teams organized buses for the fans to attend the final in Târgu Mureș. Just before the kickoff, a ceremony was held, and the local municipal team CSM Târgu Mureș was awarded with the trophy for winning Liga III, Seria III.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Match, Team selection
Fortuna had a selection of footballers who spent most of their careers in the western part of Romania, notably at CFR Timișoara, who folded in early autumn, meaning that Fortuna had received at the start of the season an influx of new young players who played well with the already existing squad. A notable additional presence was former Romania national team member and top youth national team goalscorer Alexandra Lunca, who joined the team this season. An important absence for Fortuna was goalkeeper Mihaela Durlă, who defended Fortuna's goal for the first part of the season.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Match, Team selection
Youth national team player Bianca Ienovan was uncertain for the match due to a recent injury, but eventually she was benched for the final. Other available players on matchday, that could have been included were Rebeca Pavel (#17) who had been announced for the final, Andrada Rusu (#22) and Cristina Costa (#8), the latter having had injury problems this season.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Match, Team selection
Vasas had a core of 4 players from the Moldova women's national football team (Violeta Mițul, Nadejda Colesnicenco, Margarita Panova and Carolina Țabur), Romania national youth team star Ana Maria Vlădulescu, in addition to a large base of local homegrown players of Hungarian ethnicity, a lot of which have been previously selected for Romania's youth national squads. Coach Andrași did not field Mădălina Marinescu, who was previously announced for the final.


2019 Cupa României Final (women's football), Post-match
Vasas won its first major trophy after 7 years of existence, becoming the 7th team to win the Cupa României. However, the team finished the League in 6th place. On the other hand, after this severe defeat, Fortuna went on to also become league vice-champions.


2019 Cure Bowl
The 2019 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2019, in Orlando, Florida, with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. EST on CBS Sports Network. It was the fifth edition of the Cure Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. This was first Cure Bowl played at Exploria Stadium, as all prior editions were held at nearby Camping World Stadium. With FBC Mortgage as the title sponsor, the game was officially known as the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl. Liberty defeated Georgia Southern 23–16, to claim their first bowl win in program history.


2019 Cure Bowl, Teams
The game was played between the Liberty Flames and the Georgia Southern Eagles. Georgia Southern held a 3–0 record against Liberty in prior meetings.


2019 Cure Bowl, Teams, Liberty Flames
Liberty finished their regular season with a 7–5 record while competing as an independent. This was the Flames' first bowl game since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision, accomplished in their first season of being eligible to qualify for a bowl game.


2019 Cure Bowl, Teams, Georgia Southern Eagles
Georgia Southern finished their regular season with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference), in second place of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. This was the Eagles' third bowl game since moving to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2014; they had an undefeated record of 2–0 in prior bowls. Their 2018 team won that season's Camellia Bowl over Eastern Michigan, 23–21.


2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 11 to 14 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $44,000.


2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
In the final, Kerri Einarson of Gimli defeated Cheryl Bernard who was skipping Team Scheidegger 7–0 to claim the title.


2019 Currie Cup First Division
The 2019 Currie Cup First Division – known as the Currie Cup sponsored by DirectAxis Financial Services for sponsorship reasons – was the second tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. It was the 81st edition of the competition organised by the South African Rugby Union and was played between 6 July and 31 August 2019.


2019 Currie Cup First Division
The competition was won by the  Jaguares, who beat the  Griffons 27–13 in the final played on 31 August 2019.


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Competition rules and information
There were eight participating teams in the 2019 Currie Cup First Division. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Teams
The teams that competed in the 2019 Currie Cup First Division are:


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Regular season, Standings
The current standings in the 2019 Currie Cup First Division is:


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Regular season, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Regular season, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Currie Cup First Division:


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Honours
The honour roll for the 2019 Currie Cup First Division was:


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Players
The squads and player appearance and scoring statistics for the 2019 Currie Cup First Division are as follows:


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Players
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2019 Currie Cup First Division, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Currie Cup First Division:


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division
The 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 81st edition of the top tier of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa. DirectAxis Financial Services was the tournament sponsor. It was organised by the South African Rugby Union and ran from 12 July to 7 September 2019.


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division
The competition was won by the  Free State Cheetahs, who beat the  Golden Lions 31–28 in the final played on 7 September 2019.


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information
There were seven participating teams in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semi finals, which will be followed by a final.


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Teams
The teams that competed in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division are:


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Regular season, Standings
The current standings in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division is:


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Regular season, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Regular season, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Honours
The honour roll for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division was:


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players
The squads and player appearance and scoring statistics for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division are as follows:


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2019 Currie Cup Premier Division, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
The 2019 Cyprus Cup was the twelfth edition of the Cyprus Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took from 27 February to 6 March 2019.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
North Korea won their first title after a final win over Italy.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups to play a round-robin tournament.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage follow the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determine the higher place.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, Group stage, Ranking of teams for placement matches
The ranking of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed teams in each group to determine the placement matches:


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, Goalscorers
There were 85 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.54 goals per match.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, the 12th edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in Cyprus from 27 February to 6 March 2019. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup squads
The age listed for each player is on 27 February 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup squads, Group A, Czech Republic
The squad was announced on 13 February 2019. On 24 February 2019, it was announced that Ivana Pižlová, Andrea Jarchovská, and Kristýna Janků replaced Barbora Votíková, Petra Divišová, and Kateřina Svitková.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup squads, Group A, Finland
The squad was announced on 14 February 2019. Heidi Kollanen replaced Tia Hälinen on 20 February 2019. Iina Salmi replaced Emmi Alanen due to injury.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup squads, Group B, Mexico
A preliminary squad was named on 11 January 2019. The final squad was announced on 14 February 2019.


2019 Cyprus Women's Cup squads, Group C, Slovakia
The squad was announced on 11 February 2019. Jana Maslová was replaced by Monika Havranová before the beginning of the tournament.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case
The 2019 Cyprus rape allegation case was a high-profile case of alleged gang rape in Cyprus. In July 2019, a British woman on holiday in Ayia Napa alleged she had been gang raped by twelve Israeli tourists. The Israeli men were subsequently arrested and investigated over the allegation by the Cyprus Police, but they were subsequently released without charge and the woman was charged for making a false allegation. In January 2020, the woman was convicted of "public mischief" in a Cypriot court and received a suspended sentence. The woman has maintained that she was pressured to retract her statement, something contested by Cypriot authorities. The case triggered intense international scrutiny.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
During the 2019 summer break, the 19-year old British woman had traveled to Pambos Napa Rocks resort in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa on a working holiday organised by the British tourism company Summer Takeover. On 17 July 2019, the British teenager filed a report with the Cyprus Police in Ayia Napa claiming that she had been raped by several Israeli youths in her hotel room. The following day, the Cypriot authorities arrested 12 Israeli youths, aged between 15 and 22 years, for eight days. The police investigation was led by Detective Sergeant Marios Christou. Police questioned the suspects and took DNA samples from all twelve. Police found five used condoms and thirteen condom wrappers in the room.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
The woman was examined by Cypriot state pathologist Dr. Sophocles Sophocleus, who found no evidence of gang rape. He subsequently testified that he found a few light bruises on her thighs and scratches on her legs but in his opinion, they were not consistent with gang rape. He also examined the woman's vagina together with a gynecologist and reported finding no lesions or other injuries. However, private forensic pathologist Dr. Marios Matsakis, who was hired by her family to participate in the case, reported that there was clear evidence of gang rape.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
Later testifying for her defense at trial, he stated he found bruising across her legs, arms, and buttocks from photographs of her injuries shown in court, claiming that he identified 35 separate bruises, and that the injuries left "no doubt" of gang rape. He also criticised Sophocleus for allegedly improperly investigating her.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
On 25 July, five of the youths were released due to a lack of DNA evidence connecting them to the alleged incident. Seven remained detained. In addition to the allegation of gang rape, they were suspected of conspiracy to commit a crime, including those whose DNA was not found on the complainant. Following DNA testing, police linked three of the detained to the case and also found three more DNA samples not matching any of the accused.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
Police suspected that three Israelis had participated but had subsequently returned to Israel, and prepared to send a team to Israel to work in coordination with the Israel Police and Israeli travel agencies to identify them. On 27 July, it was reported that three of the suspects were set to be charged, with police likely to release at least two other suspects. There were conflicting reports over whether or not police would offer immunity from prosecution to one or two of the suspects in exchange for information on other suspects still being sought. Police said they had taken statements from 36 witnesses and that they were planning to interview 20 more.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
However, the investigation turned toward the British woman. According to an attorney for some of the Israelis, they were able to provide convincing evidence of their innocence. On 27 July, the British teenager visited a police station to give a statement but was instead accused of lying about allegations. The teenager’s defense claimed she had been subjected to eight hours of questioning without a lawyer. The claim however was not in line with the evidence. Furthermore, at all times the teenager was accompanied  by a welfare officer who testified that no pressure had been placed on the teenager to retract her statement. The woman signed a statement retracting her rape allegations:


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
The report I did on the 17th of July 2019 that I was raped at ayia napa was not the truth. The truth is that I wasnt raped and everything that happened in that appartment was with my consent. The reason I made the statement with the fake report is because I did not know they were recording & humiliating me that night I discovered them recording me doing sexual intercourse and I felt embarrassed as I want to appologise, and say I made a mistake.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Alleged crime and police investigation
The defence has contended that the defendant made the statement while under duress. Cypriot authorities charged her with "giving a false statement over an imaginary offence." On 28 July, the remaining Israeli suspects were released from custody. Cypriot Police claimed that the woman had got angry when her alleged attackers had filmed her having consensual sex with some of the alleged attackers and alleged she had been raped. Nir Yaslovitch, a lawyer representing several of the Israeli youths, said that his clients would seek legal damages against her for false rape allegations.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
On 30 July, the woman appeared at the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni, where she was charged with acts of "public mischief" and remanded into custody for eight days. On 6 August 2019, the defendant repudiated her retraction statement, claiming that she had been coerced into producing it by the Cypriot Police. Her lawyer Andreas Pittadjis resigned due to a "serious disagreement" with his client regarding her line of defence. The trial judge Tonia Antoniou adjourned the case until 19 August to give the woman time to find a new lawyer. He also remanded the defendant into custody. The defendant was supported by the legal aid group Justice Abroad, which supported her claims that she had been coerced into producing a retraction statement.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
On 27 August, the defendant pleaded not guilty to falsely claiming she was gang-raped and was bailed by a court on condition that she visited a police station in Nicosia three times a week before her trial. The woman was represented by British lawyer Lewis Power QC and two Cypriot lawyers, who were supported by Justice Abroad. The defendant had reportedly spent a month at the Central Jail of Nicosia, where she had reportedly shared a cramped cell with nine women. Michael Polak, the Director of Justice International and a member of the defence team, claimed that the defendant's interrogation violated the Constitution of Cyprus and European Union human rights legislation.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
On 2 October, the defendant's trial began. While the defence maintained that the woman had been raped and had been coerced into issuing a retraction, the prosecution insisted that the police had acted properly throughout the investigation. Judge Michalis Papathanasiou adjourned the defendant's trial by two weeks to allow the defence to produce new evidence including text messages and images circulated by the alleged attackers to support their contention that she had been raped. The defendant was also reportedly suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder due to her legal ordeal.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
The teenager's trial resumed on 15 October 2019. On 28 November, the trial judge Michalis Papathansidi rejected the defence's claim of a forced confession and defended the police investigators who had conducted investigation. He ruled the defendant an "unreliable witness", claiming that she had provided the police with "contradictory, inconsistent, exaggerated and inflated" versions of the night of the alleged crime.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
The judge also dismissed the defence witnesses as unreliable and rejected the testimony of expert witnesses from the UK, including a forensic linguistic expert's testimony that the woman's confession was unlikely to have been written by a native English speaker. The trial proceeded with the testimony of police officers who had spoken to her on the night she had reported the alleged sexual assaults.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
On 3 December 2019, the court heard the defendant's testimony, who maintained that she had been gang-raped by the Israeli youths and that she had been coerced by police into dropping the rape allegations. The case concluded on 6 December with testimony by defence witness, well-known pathologist Marios Matsakis. On 12 December, the defendant was told that she would have to remain in Cyprus over Christmas, with the final judgment expected on 30 December. On 30 December, the court found the defendant guilty of causing public mischief with her sentencing date set for 7 January 2020. In response, the defence said that they would appeal the verdict.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Legal proceedings
On 4 January 2020, the Famagusta District Court released their 70-page verdict defending their guilty verdict in response to criticism of the court's handling of the case from both Cyprus and abroad. On 7 January, Judge Papathanasiou sentenced the young woman to a four month suspended sentence, with the defendant being allowed to leave Cyprus. In response, the defence announced that they would be appealing the conviction at the Supreme Court of Cyprus, a process expected to take several years.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions
The Ayia Napa rape allegation case attracted considerable media coverage and commentary in the British and international news media.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Israeli youths
Following their release in late July, several of the Israeli teenagers were greeted by their cheering families at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. According to media reports, the boys were dressed in kippahs and they and their male relatives popped champagne, let off a confetti cannon and chanted "Am Yisrael Chai" ("the people of Israel lives") and "the Brit is a whore." This heroes' welcome was criticized by several Israeli journalists, social media users, and parents for engaging in unethical behaviour including filming their sexual encounter with their alleged victim, which is illegal under Israeli law banning "revenge porn."


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Defendant's parents and human rights activists
On 9 August 2019, the British teenager's parents established a GoFundMe campaign to raise £15,000 (US$18,000) to cover their daughter's legal fees following the resignation of her first lawyer Andreas Pittadjis. Aryeh Fraser, an Israeli man living in Miami, had donated £7,500 (US$9,000) to the GoFundMe campaign, describing it as a humanitarian donation. By 3 January 2020, the teenager's GoFundMe campaign had reach £120,000, exceeding its £105,000 target.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Defendant's parents and human rights activists
In October 2019, Michael Polak, the director of the legal aid organisation Justice Abroad and a member of the defence team, criticised the Cypriot Police's handling of the investigation into the rape allegations including allegedly coercing a retraction from the defendant without a lawyer present and not making any audio or video recordings of the defendant's interrogation. He also criticised the Cypriot Police for failing to download data from the alleged Israeli attackers' 11 mobile phones; the Police had downloaded videos from five of the Israeli youths' phones but had neglected to collect text messages and social media data.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Defendant's parents and human rights activists
On 14 October, several human rights and feminist groups urged the Cypriot attorney general Costas Clerides to dismiss the case against the British teenager. Susana Pavlou, the Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies, criticized the brutal ordeal experienced by the British teenager and her family. Several Cypriot and Israeli feminists and women's rights activists also picketed the sentencing of the defendant on 7 January 2020, criticizing Judge Papathanasiou for victim blaming and siding with the alleged rapists.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Governmental responses
The United Kingdom Government has also raised concerns about the fairness of the teenager's trial in Cyprus. In response to the British teenager's guilty verdict, a British Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson issued a statement on 30 December 2019 that "the UK is seriously concerned about the fair trial guarantees in this deeply distressing case and we will be raising the issue with the Cypriot authorities." The British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab also stated that the UK Government was examining guidelines for British tourists to Cyprus in light of the rape allegation case. Raab later welcomed the British teenager's suspended jail term sentence but ruled out revising British tourism guidelines to Cyprus.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Governmental responses
In early January 2020, there were media reports that the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades was considering pardoning the British teenager prior to her sentencing on 7 January.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Boycott Cyprus campaign
In January 2020, a campaign was launched on the social media platform Twitter with the hashtag #boycottcyprus. On 1 January, the British teenager's mother expressed support for a boycott campaign against Cyprus, stating that the country was unsafe for tourists and condemning her daughter's guilty verdict as a miscarriage of justice. On 6 January, protesters expressing support for the teenager picketed the Cypriot High Commission in London. In addition, solidarity protests with the teenager were also planned in Nicosia and Tel Aviv to time with the teenager's sentencing.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Boycott Cyprus campaign
On 3 January 2020, Summer Takeaways, the tour company behind the working holiday in which the British defendant had been allegedly gang raped, announced that the company would no longer provide services to Ayia Napa. The company removed all references to Ayia Napa on its website and offered refunds to customers who had booked for the upcoming 2020 summer tour to the destination.


2019 Cyprus rape allegation case, Reactions, Media commentary
The Independent's columnist Harriet Hall opined that the case reflected a long tradition of ignoring or punishing female rape victims.


2019 Czech Athletics Championships
The 2019 Czech Athletics Championships (Czech: Mistrovství České republiky v atletice 2019) was the 27th edition of the national outdoor track and field championships for the Czech Republic. It took place from 26 to 27 July 2019 at the stadium in the Pod Palackého Stadium in Brno, organized by the local club AC Moravská Slavia Brno.


2019 Czech Darts Open
The 2019 Czech Darts Open was the ninth of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the PVA Expo Praha, Prague, Czech Republic, from 28–30 June 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.


2019 Czech Darts Open
Jamie Hughes won his first PDC title with an 8–3 win over Stephen Bunting in the final.


2019 Czech Darts Open
Gerwyn Price hit the fourth nine-dart finish of the 2019 European Tour to beat Glen Durrant 6–4 in the second round. It was also the first of Price's career.


2019 Czech Darts Open
The tournament saw a new European tour record for the most seeded players losing their first match as 11 of 16 players including Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright lost in the second round. The previous record was set by the 2017 Dutch Darts Masters which involved 9 seeds being eliminated.


2019 Czech Darts Open
It was the first ever PDC tournament held in the Czech Republic.


2019 Czech Darts Open, Qualification and format
The top 16 entrants from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 11 June will automatically qualify for the event and will be seeded in the second round.


2019 Czech Darts Open, Qualification and format
The remaining 32 places will go to players from six qualifying events – 18 from the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 June), six from the European Tour Card Holder Qualifier (held on 21 June), two from the West & South European Associate Member Qualifier (held on 19 May), four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held on 27 June), one from the Nordic & Baltic Qualifier (held on 8 March), and one from the East European Qualifier (held on 27 June).


2019 Czech Darts Open, Qualification and format
From 2019, the Host Nation, Nordic & Baltic and East European Qualifiers will only be available to non-Tour Card holders. Any Tour Card holders from the applicable regions will have to play the main European Qualifier.


2019 Czech Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2019 Czech Indoor Athletics Championships (Czech: Halové mistrovství České republiky v atletice 2019) was the 27th edition of the national indoor track and field championships for the Czech Republic. It was held on 16 and 17 February at the Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava, the same venue as the annual Czech Indoor Gala.


2019 Czech Indoor Athletics Championships
The combined track and field events were held from 8–10 February in Prague.


2019 Czech Lion Awards
2019 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 7 March 2020. It will be moderated by Václav Kopta. Nominations were announced on 15 January 2020. Owners received highest number of nominations. The Painted Bird then won in 9 categories including the Best film.


2019 Czech Lion Awards, Winners and nominees
Nominations were announced on 15 January 2020. Owners received 12 nominations. The Painted Bird was nominated for 11 categories and won non-statutory award for the Best Poster. Old-Timers was third most successful film with 10 nominations.


2019 Czech Lion Awards, Winners and nominees
On 10 February 2020 nominations in television Categories were announced.


2019 Czech Lion Awards, Winners and nominees
Ceremony was held on 8 March 2020. The Painted Bird has won 9 Awards.


2019 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2019 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (Czech: MČR mixed doubles 2019) was held in Prague from February 1 to 3, 2019.


2019 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Six teams took part in the championship, with the top three teams promoted to the playoffs which involved a best of three semifinal and final.


2019 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The winners of the championship were team "Zbraslav H" (Zuzana Paulová / Tomáš Paul), who beat team "Savona 1" (Petra Vinšová / Lukáš Klíma) in the final. The bronze medal was won by team "Savona M" (Eva Miklíková / Dalibor Miklík).


2019 Czech Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The championship team represented the Czech Republic at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they finished fifth.


2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno on 4 August 2019.


2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, Moto2
Khairul Idham Pawi was replaced by Jonas Folger after the Friday practice sessions due to injury.


2019 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
A leadership election for the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was held on 1 March 2019. The incumbent leader Jan Hamáček was elected for second term when he received 433 votes while 57 delegates voted against him and 11 abstained.


2019 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Jan Hamáček was elected party's leader in 2018 after its heavy defeat in 2017 election when Social Democrats fell to 7%. The party then suffered losses in 2018 Senate and municipal elections. Party's deputy Leader in Hamáček's rival in 2018 leadership election resigned on his deputy leader seat which led to speculation he could run against Hamáček.


2019 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Hamáček received nomination from Hradec Králové regional organisation on 24 November 2018. Pardubice regional organisation gave him its nomination on the same day. Jiří Zimola received nomination from Ostrava organisation on 11 December 2018.


2019 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Prague organisation held its meeting on 11 January 2019. It decided not to nominate Jan Hamáček. Karlovy Vary organisation gave its nomination to Hamáček on 26 January 2019.


2019 Czech Women's Curling Championship
The 2019 Czech Women's Curling Championship (Czech: Finálový turnaj MČR 2018/19 – ženy) was held in Prague from April 4 to 8, 2019.


2019 Czech Women's Curling Championship
Four teams took part in the championship, with the top three promoted to the playoffs, which involved a best of three semifinal and final.


2019 Czech Women's Curling Championship
The winners of the championship were the "Liboc 3" team (skip Anna Kubešková), who beat the "Zbraslav W" team in the final (skip Zuzana Paulová). Team "Savona H" (skip Linda Klímová) won the bronze medal.


2019 Czech Women's Curling Championship
The championship team represented the Czech Republic at the 2019 European Curling Championships, where they finished in 6th place.


2019 Córdoba Open
The 2019 Córdoba Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the Córdoba Open (replacing the Ecuador Open Quito), and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba, Argentina, from 4 February through 10 February 2019. Unseeded Juan Ignacio Londero, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.


2019 Córdoba Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Córdoba Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Córdoba Open – Doubles
Roman Jebavý and Andrés Molteni won the title, defeating Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4).


2019 Córdoba Open – Singles
Juan Ignacio Londero won the title, defeating Guido Pella in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1. Notably, Londero had not won an ATP tour level match prior to the beginning of the tournament.


2019 Córdoba Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 D.C. United season
The 2019 D.C. United season was D.C. United's 24th season of existence, and their 24th in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The campaign was the club's first full season playing in Audi Field. Previously, United spent 2018 split between the Maryland SoccerPlex, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and Audi Field.


2019 D.C. United season
United finished the season in an upper-mid table position, finishing in 5th place out of 12 in the Eastern Conference, and 10th place out of 24 across the entire league. Outside of MLS, United competed in the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, where they were eliminated in the fifth round, and the 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, where they were eliminated in the first round.


2019 D.C. United season
The 2019 season was also team captain, Wayne Rooney's, final year for United, where he finished the campaign with 11 goals in MLS play and 13 goals across all competitions.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Off season
The off-season began with D.C. United announcing that they would not pick up options or renew a number of contracts for players on the 2018 roster, including striker Darren Mattocks, one of the team's leading scorers in 2018. Homegrown midfielder Ian Harkes was allowed to seek a spot with a club that would offer more playing time. Defender Taylor Kemp announced his retirement. The team let long-time defender Nick DeLeon go, and he found his way to Toronto FC. Despite interest in returning Yamil Asad, the club was unable to work out an extension of his loan, or a complete transfer. Veteran defender Kofi Opare moved on to a new club, Travis Worra retired, and David Ousted was released to free up cap space and in international roster spot.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Off season
In Asad's stead, the team made a loan deal for Lucas Rodriguez, a young attacker from Argentina. Rodriguez was joined by another Argentinean, Leonardo Jara, a right back, who also came on a loan from Boca Juniors. The 2019 MLS SuperDraft brought D.C. United a fullback from Creighton University, Akeem Ward. The team signed two homegrown players, defender Donovan Pines, and midfielder Antonio Bustamante. The club also added veteran depth in goal, with Chris Seitz and Earl Edwards, Jr.. As the pre-season neared an end, the team also was able to pick up some depth when Atlanta United F.C. released veteran Chris McCann to free up cap space. The final preseason move brought D.C. a back-up striker, MLS veteran Quincy Amarikwa.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Off season
The biggest news of the off-season was a move that did not happen. On the last day of the European transfer window, G.M. Dave Kasper flew to Paris along with Luciano Acosta, to try and complete a transfer to the leading Ligue 1 team, Paris St-Germain F.C.. Reportedly the sides were just too far apart on the money involved to consummate the deal. This meant that Acosta entered the season on the final year of his deal with D.C. United.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
D.C. United began the new season on a bright note in dismal weather. On a very cold and rainy night at Audi Field. United opened the season with a 2–0 victory over the defending MLS Cup champions, Atlanta United. Paul Arriola opened the scoring on the final kick of the half, assisted by Luciano Acosta on a corner kick by Wayne Rooney. In the second half, Lucho Acosta hit a knuckling shot that eluded Atlanta's goalkeeper, Brad Guzan. The team next traveled to New York City to play on NYCFC's famously small pitch. The goalkeeping for both teams was extraordinary with highlight-reel saves in a scoreless draw.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
If it looked as if the team hadn't quite found its stride offensively in the first two matches, any concerns evaporated when the team returned to Audi Field. The visitors were Real Salt Lake and former D.C. United goalkeeper, Nick Rimando, making a  farewell tour in his final M.L.S. season. United were merciless in a 5–0 thrashing of the visitors. Captain Wayne Rooney tallied his first-ever MLS hat-trick, putting United out in from 3–0. Rooney had a PK, and a chip over the goalie, in the first half with Leonardo Jara getting his first assist.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
In the second half, Rooney finished off a pretty combination, with Junior Moreno getting the assist. With RSL down to 9 men, United poured it on. A golazo by Lucas Rodriguez on a corner kick served by Rooney was the newcomer's first goal for the club, and Ulises Segura finished off the scoring. United topped the Eastern Conference, with 7 points from 3 games and not a single goal allowed. A bye week the following week was not totally uneventful, as United signed its 3rd Homegrown player of the year, 16-year old forward Griffin Yow.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
On the heels of a great performance by Toronto FC in the debut of their new Designated Player Alejandro Pozuelo, D.C. knew they had to get points in a road game in Orlando to maintain their top position in the Eastern Conference. Steven Birnbaum opened the scoring in the 6th minute heading in a Wayne Rooney corner kick. In the 30th minute, Rooney drew a foul in the opposite corner during the 30th minute. Facing a very sharp angle, Rooney nonetheless was able to bend the ball into the far corner to give the visitors a two-goal lead.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
D.C. would need that cushion to withstand a furious Orlando rally. Substitute Chris Mueller delivered a cross to the head of Dom Dwyer and Hamid was helpless to keep Dwyer's header out of the goal. It was the first goal D.C. had allowed in the 2019 season, coming 2/3 of the way through the 4th match. Mueller continued to shred the D.C. defense and nearly tied the match in the dying minutes when his header went off the post. The win left D.C. ahead of Columbus in the table, on goals, but with a game in hand on the Crew.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
However, Toronto trailed by only one point, with a game in hand themselves on D.C. Unfortunately, starting left back Joseph Mora suffered a first-half injury in a collision. Mora would undergo surgery later for a broken jaw, a loss which highlighted the team's lack of depth, including at the fullback position.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
A sellout crowd turned out n a Saturday afternoon match at Audi Field, expecting a thrilling, competitive match from the teams topping the Eastern and Western Conference tables, but LAFC quickly ran D.C. off the pitch. Despite Hamid saving an early penalty shot, the visitors took advantage of sloppy midfield play by D.C. to turn turnovers into 3 first-half goals. In the second half, things went from bad to worse as Rooney was red-carded for a rash challenge after turning the ball over.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
L.A. finished with the man advantage and a 4–0 victory on the strength of a hat-trick by Diego Rossi. It was a difficult start to a busy, taxing 3 games in 8 days stretch and losing Rooney to the red card promised to add additional stresses in the team's next match 3 days later, against Montreal Impact. United began the match against Montreal without More (injury) and Rooney (red card suspension), and finished the game in worse shape thanks to injuries suffered by the two fullbacks who had started the match, Chris McCann and Leonardo Jara.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
Without Mora, United seemed unable to attack down either wing, and without Rooney, every effort to try to pierce the center of the Montreal defense ended in futility. United was unable to put a single shot on goal, but still managed a scoreless draw thanks to more sterling goaltending by Hamid.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
D.C. fielded a new formation and three young Homegrown players making their first starts of the season for a road match in the altitude of Colorado Rapids home field. Things got off to a rough start as the Rapids' Benny Feilhaber was left unmarked on a corner kick and beat Hamid to put the home team in the lead. D.C. finally broke through with Acosta scoring on a blast from about 12 yards, assisted by a slight header touch-on by Donovan Pines getting his first minutes in an MLS match.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
That goal ended a 245-minute goal-scoring drought for D.C.U., and opened the floodgates. Three minutes later, Lucas Rodriguez set-up Chris Durkin for a blast across goalie Tim Howard and inside the far post. It was Durkin's first MLS goal, coming in his first start of the year. Five minutes later, "Titi" Rodriguez did the business all by himself, picking up a loose ball, charging through the Rapids' defense and then touching it past Howard to put the visitors up 3–1 before halftime.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
Colorado pulled one back in the 66th minute, as Feilhaber found the head of a poorly marked Kei Kamara. Frantically defending the last half-hour, United fended off a furious assault, requiring a headed stop on the line by Birnbaum. Despite recent struggles, the three points for the win moved D.C. United back to the top of the Eastern Conference table, though high-scoring Toronto F.C. was only 4 points back with 2 games in hand.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
An interesting phenomenon began to take shape, as United continued to struggle at home while getting results on the road. United never really threatened the NYCFC goal in a 2–0 home loss, but got the three points with their first win in over a decade in Columbus, a 1–0 victory, secured by a first-half free kick goal by Rooney. Thanks to inconsistent result by other Eastern Conference teams, D.C. remained atop the conference table, as they headed on the road, for the first-ever match in newly opened Allianz Field against Minnesota United.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
Early on, it appeared the run of good road play would continue. D.C. dominated the early play and appeared to take the lead on want would have been Donovan Pines' first MLS goal, heading in a Rooney service. However, video review resulted in the goal being disallowed, controversially, for a possible interference by Brillant. The home team turned the pitch their way in the second half, and Hamid was finally beaten in the 82nd minute when a cross into the box was directed past him.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
The goal secured Minnesota's historic first win in their new stadium and it continued to expose D.C.'s offensive shortcomings. Over a stretch of 6 games in 21 days, D.C. was shut out in 4 of the last 6 games, and in one of the two others, they got one goal on a Rooney free kick. During those 6 games, their only goals in the run of play were 3 goals in an 8-minute stretch in Colorado.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
As injuries continued to pile up for defenders, D.C. worked out a complicated exchange with F.C. Dallas to bring in fullback Marquinhos Pedroso, but Jara returned from a groin injury in time to start at home against Columbus Crew. The run of bad fortune seemed to be continuing when Acosta ran into the referee, and the resulting turnover sent the Crew on a fast break and an early goal. However, the goal was eventually wiped out after a check of the Video Assistant Replay (VAR).


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
Shortly after the game resumed, D.C, won a free kick, which produced their own goal as Acosta pounced on a loose ball in the box to give D.C. its first goal and lead in 3 games. A check of VAR confirmed the goal. Then, in the last minute of first half stoppage time, another check of VAR led to a handball call and a penalty kick for D.C. Rooney scored the PK to put D.C. up 2–0. In the 61st minute, Jara took the ball away from an opponent at midfield and sped toward the goal.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
He attempted a back heel to Arriola and, though Jara didn't make good contact, Arriola was able to beat the defense to the ball and shot to the far corner of the goal to put the home side up 3–0, with no need to resort to the video replay. In the 76th minute, the Crew spoiled the shutout for DC, or really, Hamid spoiled it for himself. A corner kick was curling in just under the crossbar, but Hamid had the attempt well covered. Nonetheless, he let the ball slip between his hands and into the goal.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Early season
United held on for a 3–1 win that might have been a too flattering scoreline, but still a welcome result for a team that had been shutout in the two preceding games. With a third of the season behind them, the team was tied with the Philadelphia Union for 1st place in the conference table, with Toronto F.C. 4 points behind but holding 3 games in hand.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
D.C. United went into the middle third of the season, still struggling with an ever-growing list of injured. Rookie Donovan Pines had been ruled out for a month due to a knee ligament injury suffered in the win over Columbus. Recent signing Marquinhos Pedroso was forced into the starting lineup at left back, as D.C. kicked off a stretch of 3 games in 7 days, beginning with a Sunday evening match against Sporting KC at Audi Field.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
The visitors were struggling through even more injuries than D.C., bringing only 13 field players, but fought D.C. to a standstill until Arriola broke through with a curler for the game's only goal in the 79th minute. The victory meant D.C. kept pace with the Philadelphia Union as the teams remained tied for first place in the Eastern Conference.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
Following the win over Sporting KC, United travelled for two road games to close the tough 3 games in seven days stretch, and the lineup was out under further pressure when Junior Moreno left to be with his Venezuelan family after the sudden passing of his father. Coach Olsen put together a midweek lineup that was a throwback to the good/bad old days of Bennyball, trying to rest as much of his best XI as possible. Akeem Ward made his first MLS appearance, starting at left back, while Jalen Robinson started on the other side.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
Durkin made a rare start before heading to join the United States Under-20 World Cup team, and Zoltan Stieber and Quincy Amarikwa led the attack, such as it was. Toronto F.C. allowed a couple of chances early on, but then launched an almost ceaseless assault on the D.C. goal. Hamid turned away 12 shots, and but only 2 of the 35 shots Toronto produced really threatened the goal. Hamid and Brillant together denied their former teammate Nick DeLeon and Jordan Hamilton put the rebound onto the crossbar. In the end, D.C. had to be quite pleased with a point in a scoreless draw.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
Playing on short rest, with a very short roster, and on the road at Houston, D.C. United probably shouldn't have expected a result, but hopes rose when the second half began with a quick goal by Rooney to put the visitors in the lead. After the game passed the hour mark, the match went sour for D.C., surrendering two goals in two minutes. To make matters worse, Arriola took a straight red card in the 85th minute, and faced a two-game ban.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
The following week D.C. hoped to get back on the winning track with a road game against a New England Revolution side which was between managers, with Bruce Arena preparing to take over. First, a midweek exhibition against Spanish side Real Betis provided playing time for younger players. Despite losing the exhibition, fans celebrated homegrown Griffin Yow's first goal for the senior side. On the weekend, United and the Revolution played an uneventful first half. The Revolution went down a man in the second half when goalie Matt Turner took a straight red for a reckless challenge against Rooney.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
However, United failed to take advantage, and 5 minutes later it was the Revolution that struck, with Juan Agudelo putting the short-handed home team in the lead. United's sputtering offense wasn't helped by the man advantage, but a VAR decision to award D.C. a penalty kick in stoppage time, enabled the team to salvage a point on Rooney's ensuing PK goal. D.C. continued to lead Philadelphia in the table, but the Union had a game-in-hand, trailing by just one point, with a suddenly charging New York Red Bulls just off the pace.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
Returning home for two games and missing a suspended Arriola, United made a couple of changes to the lineup, with Segura in Arriola's slot, and Chris Odoi-Atsem making his first start in a personal comeback from lymphoma. After Segura missed an early chance, the Chicago Fire responded with a free-kick goal by long-time D.C. nemesis C.J. Sapong on a terrific service from Nicolás Gaitán. The Fire went up 2–0 when a long-range shot was deflected by Moreno, leaving Hamid unable to stop it. Despite being badly outplayed, United seemed to have stunned the Fire with two quick goals before half-time.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
The first was a goal by a charging Segura set-up by Rooney. The second effort, coming in stoppage-time came when Acosta sent Rodriguez in on goal. Rodriguez' shot was stopped, but the ball seemed to pop back up to Rodriguez as he passed the goalie, and Rodriguez finished the play. However, the goal was disallowed for a handball after VAR review. Strong goalkeeping by Hamid kept DC in the game, and a long ball by Jara found Segura, who finished for his second goal of the game.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
United seemed to have completed the comeback when Acosta put the team in the lead, heading a Jara cross. However, the Fire salvaged a draw in stoppage time, when Bastian Schweinsteiger played the ball into the box with an overhead bicycle kick that found the head of Francisco Calvo, who deflected it past the onrushing Hamid. A draw was probably a fair result, but the referees' organization, PRO, later advised that VAR should have overruled the goal call for offside. The dropped points definitely deflated the emotions of the crowd and team after the impressive comeback seemed to have secured a win for the home team.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
In the final match before a two-week break for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, D.C. were bossed around the pitch for much of the first half. An early injury to Canouse forced a formation switch which the visiting San Jose Earthquakes kept exploiting until M.L.S. all-time leading scorer Chris Wondolowski headed a ball off the post to take a 1-0 lead. United were outshot 17–3 in the half, but really turned the match around in the second half, before finally evening the score when Acosta finished the rebound off a shot by Jara. A second consecutive home draw significantly impacted United's standing as they trailed 3 other Eastern Conference teams, at least in points per game.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
During the Gold Cup break, D.C. United opened its 2019 U.S. Open Cup campaign, playing its first-ever Open Cup match in Audi Field, against a familiar Cup foe, Philadelphia Union. Despite no upcoming MLS match, D.C. had to field a very makeshift lineup. Joseph Mora made his return from a broken jaw injury, but Jara was forced to play in defensive midfield for the first time, because the top 3 at the position were all unavailable, either for international duty, injury or card suspension.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
He was joined in the midfield by Antonio Bustamante, a homegrown signing getting his first action for D.C. United in a competitive match. The teams were scoreless through 90 minutes and the first overtime period. However, as rain had begun to pour down over the field, the visiting Union side broke through with what seemed a sure game-winner in the 113th minute. However, substitute Chris McCann drew United back even with a header off of a Rooney corner kick in the 118th minute, and Lucho Acosta drew a penalty in the box in the final minute. Rooney finished the penalty kick to win the match and send D.C. through to the next round, where they would host NYCFC.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
In their Round of 16 match in the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, D.C. missed a great chance when Rooney's shot hit the post in the first minute. The visitors dominated the next half-hour, but against the run of play, United struck when a long ball from Segura found Rooney, who took it off his chest and beat NYCFC's goalie to give D.C. a lead in the 32nd minute.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
The lead vanished six minutes later when the central defense lost track of the visitor's striker, Alexandru Mitriță, who collected a pass over the defense and beat United keeper, Chris Seitz to draw even. Two and half minutes later, Rodriguez was knocked over and dispossessed. With no foul called, the visitors went quickly on the attack and struck to take a lead they never gave back. D.C. went out of the Open Cup with a 2–1 home loss.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
After the short break for international play, MLS play resumed, with D.C. United having two home games in 4 nights. Due to ongoing tournaments, D.C. was still without two starting midfielders, Arriola and Moreno. In a midweek match versus Orlando City SC, D.C. didn't create a lot of chances, but gained 3 points with a 1–0 win, secured when Wayne Rooney caught Orlando goalkeeper Brian Rowe far off his line, and chipped for a goal from beyond the midfield stripe.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
An apparent second-half goal by Segura was ruled offside by VAR, but D.C. was able to keep yet another clean sheet. The win proved somewhat costly, as Mora's return to MLS play from his broken jaw was cut short because he suffered an ankle sprain likely to keep him out for weeks. Mora's absence created additional issues for Head Coach Ben Olsen, who didn't have a lot of great options at fullback and midfield. He chose to give Zoltan Stieber a start on the wing, despite speculation that he would soon be sold on in the summer window.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
McCann got the start at left back. Those moves proved fateful in the 19th minute, when Toronto FC midfielder Richie Laryea was able to get around Stieber along the end line and past McCann to set-up Nick DeLeon for an easy tap=in to give the visitors an early lead. It was an emphatic moment for DeLeon in his return to Audi Field, suiting up against his former D.C. United side for the first time. That goal nearly lasted to the final whistle, but VAR found a foul when Frédéric Brillant was tackled inside the box in the 90th minute. Rooney coolly scored the penalty kick to give United a 1–1 draw, and second place in the Eastern Conference table, one point off of Philadelphia Union's pace.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
The poor run of form continued in a July Fourth match on the road against FC Dallas. The home team opened the scoring in the 6th minute, and made it 2–0 in the 65th minute. That ended the scoring, but things went from bad to worse for D.C. United when Acosta picked up a red card as he clumsily attempted to step over a fallen opponent.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
Acosta had only come on as a sub in the 58th minute, and his absence in a home match the following weekend was going to make it hard for the team to find chances even on the home pitch. The schedule didn't do D.C. any favor, as former head coach Bruce Arena returned to D.C. unbeaten in 7 games since taking over the helm of New England Revolution. Playing a new formation in Acosta's absence, United was out of sorts defensively and fell behind 2–0, before Jara restored some order, finishing on a cross from Arriola just before halftime.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
It was Jara's first goal for the club. In the second half, United began to figure things out, and Rodriguez drew a foul that left the Revolution playing a man down for the remainder. D.C. gained a point with an 86th-minute equalizer, as Quincy Amarikwa also got his first goal for D.C., with an acrobatic volley to score on a Wayne Rooney free kick service.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
A compressed two-game road trip began against cellar-dwelling expansion side FC Cincinnati, and it proved to be a coming out party for Titi Rodriguez, who scored the team's first two goals and assisted Arriola on the fourth in a 4–1 drubbing of the home side, whose only goal came on penalty kick for a highly dubious handball call on the preceding free kick.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
The third goal was a masterwork engineered by Jara, who intercepted a pass, sidestepped a defender, and sent a long ball to Rooney that split the defense, and set up Rooney for an elegant finish that gave the team a two-goal lead, only 10 minutes after the team had lost their early lead. It was a convincing win, coming without Acosta who was still on suspension and without Hamid, who sat after violating a team rule. It was only the team's second win in a ten-game stretch, but a much-needed confidence boost going into a match in Atlanta, against a red hot Atlanta United F.C.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
D.C. went to Atlanta as big underdogs, and the task didn't get any easier as Rooney was left out of the lineup. Still, for nearly 90 minutes, it seemed United's bunkering strategy might earn a point. Atlanta had better than 70 percent of the possession, but United arguably had the better arguments for goals, failing to convert on several counter-attacking runs. Atlanta's best chance had come when Josef Martinez drew penalty call in the second half, but Martinez missed the penalty kick. Atlanta finally broke through in the 89th minute, with a tap-in header by Pity Martinez.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Midseason
Josef Martinez added a second goal on a breakaway in stoppage time. The loss meant D.C. slipped to 3rd place in the standings, behind Atlanta, but D.C also had fewer points per game than the two New York area teams, both of which had games in hand. New England and Toronto were rising quickly, and Montreal received good news as Ignacio Piatti played for the first time in 2 months. As D.C. United headed into the final third of its schedule, even a place in the top 7 and a playoff position hardly seemed a sure thing.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
United made a couple of personnel moves, signing former University of Maryland star Gordon Wild, and releasing their own top pick, Akeem Ward to make room. In addition, D.C. and Zoltan Stieber agreed on terms for a mutual release of his contract. With only 11 games left in the season, United didn't look like favorites to win many of the remaining games. A visit to the lowly Chicago Fire might have been the best chance to win on the road, and Olsen finally had his best XI available.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Still, he chose to continue to use the 3 centerback set he had been employing before out of need. Surprisingly, he left Mora on the bench, to start Rodriguez and Jara as wingbacks. The set-up never really threatened the Chicago goal. D.C. was only able to secure a road draw thanks to Hamid's usual strong goalkeeping and some surprising defensive brilliance from Brillant, whose interventions denied three certain goal-scoring opportunities. Meanwhile, Montreal, led by a healthy Piatti, posted a convincing 4–0 over Philadelphia, 4–1 win by New England, and some brilliance by a healthy Jozy Altidore led Toronto to a victory.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Although D.C. United still sat in third place, the week's results left the fan base wondering if the team would be able to qualify for the playoffs. The release of Steiber opened up an international player slot and perhaps some cap space to go abroad to find someone to boost the attack. The team was also giving a trial to former U.S.A. international, Jose Francisco Torres. Still, the team pondered its options, making no moves other than releasing McCann.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
With Canouse injured, the team was now down to central midfielders, neither of whom would finish the next match, at home against Philadelphia. United fell behind early thanks to Pines turnover that led to a Union goal by Alejandro Bedoya. Then Durkin went down with an injury. In the 40th minute, Moreno was issued a red card for a last man foul in the box. Though the Union failed to convert the spot kick, they did dd a goal just before halftime. The lead grew to 3–0 in the second half, before Brillant knocked in a loose ball to get United's only goal in a match that would end up a 5–1 drubbing by the conference-leading Philadelphia Union.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
With Durkin joining Canouse among the ranks of the injured, D.C. urgently needed mores midfield strength, along with a striker up top. In the end, D.C. made a flurry of moves at the transfer deadline, adding former Crew and Galaxy striker Ola Kamara and trading for long-time nemesis midfielder Felipe Martins and L.A. Galaxy winger Emmanuel Boateng. This all came on the heels of an announcement that Wayne Rooney would return to English football at the end of the MLS season.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Due to an illness, Rooney wasn't fit to make the pitch for the Sunday night home match against Zlatan Ibrahimovic and L.A. Galaxy. Olsen also kept Lucho Acosta out of the starting lineup, which left a sell-out crowd expecting another thrashing by a more potent visiting club. Ibrahimovic would set a league record for most shots by a player in one game, but he was unable to convert any of the shots into goals.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
D.C. surprised everyone, thanks to the usual great goaltending by Hamid, a goal line clearance by Rodriguez, good central midfield play by Martins and Jara filling in for the team's usual starters, and goals by Arriola and Rodriguez, sandwiching the lone Galaxy score. The surprising win left United clinging to 3rd place in the standings.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
United needed an injection of coincidence, which seemed to come with Rooney's return to the lineup. On a trip to Vancouver, United enjoyed the better of possession and the number of chances, but the team failed to convert, whereas Vancouver Whitecaps did finish a chance in the 18th minute and held on for a 1–0 win. A midweek rivalry match at home against New York Red Bulls didn't go much better. The visitors took the lead in the 6th minute after a defensive miscue.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Then, Rooney was shown a red card for an off-the-ball incident as players jockeyed for position as D.C. defended a corner kick. United caught a break when a NYRB was shown a second yellow for a foul just before halftime. Ola Kamara notched his first goal in a D.C. United uniform with a stunning curler in the 55th minute and momentum seemed to be heading in the home side's direction. However, a very dubious penalty was called against D.C. just 3 minutes later (and no video review was ordered).


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
The resulting successful spot kick was the difference in a crucial home loss against a team battling with D.C. for playoff position. Without Rooney in the lineup, D.C. lost its third straight match in a road match against Philadelphia Union. Once again, the Union simply ran D.C off the pitch, on the strength of 3 first-half goals. Acosta pulled one back in the second half, but the 3-1 loss left D.C. on the precipice of falling out of playoff position.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
With Rooney again out of the lineup, United didn't figure to feature much offense in a trip to Montreal, but the team showed unusual clinical finishing in a 3–0 road win. Kamara scored first as free kick deflected through the defensive wall and provided the new D.C. striker with a straightforward chance, with only a helpless goalie to beat. Arriola scored a few minutes later on a breakaway, when a Hamid kick deflected into his path. Finally, Kamara finished off a well-worked corner kick with a header, assisted by Brillant and Martins. The win left the team with a decent chance of securing a home playoff match over their final four matches.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
A week later, D.C. notched a second consecutive road win, with one of the more unlikely results of the season, a 1–0 win in Portland, over Portland Timbers. D.C. took the lead on an own goal coming on what seemed an otherwise harmless cross by Segura into the box, with no D.C. player in position to finish. D.C. probably deserved a second goal in the 38th minute, as a Rooney corner kick ricocheted off a pair of Timbers players including the goalie, and appeared to have crossed the line, before being cleared by former D.C. United academy player Eryk Williamson.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
A television replay appeared to show a goal, but VAR did not have that angle, and upheld the on-field no goal decision, relying on a different angle which was at best unclear if the entire ball had cleared the line. Portland controlled 2/3 of the possession, with most of the second half being played in D.C.'s defensive third, but were unable to find the tying goal, having struck the frame of the goal on several shots. With only 3 games left in their schedule, the result appeared to solidify D.C.'s playoff prospects. The team remained even with Toronto in a race for 4th place and the final home-field advantage spot in the opening round, but Toronto held a tie-breaking edge with a better goal differential.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Thanks to results for other teams on Saturday, United came into a Sunday night home match against Seattle Sounders knowing they had already qualified for the playoffs, but in a three-way struggle to gain home field in the opening round. Toronto had squandered a rare chance to gain a road win against the league-leading LAFC, surrendering a penalty kick in stoppage time. D.C. capitalize on the opportunity, playing perhaps their most complete match since their 5–0 rout of Real Salt Lake in the third match of the season, over six months earlier.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Titi Rodriguez gave D.C. an early lead when he collected a deflection in the 18-yard box and drilled a shot into the corner of the goal. In the second half, a Rooney free kick found Brillant, who tapped in for the clinching goal. The win left United in 4th place, just one point on top of New York Red Bulls, ahead of a crucial match in Red Bull Arena. Unsurprisingly, D.C. United was satisfied with a bunkering strategy against the Red Bulls.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Thanks to a goal-line clearance by Brillant and a spectacular save by Hamid, the team secured a scoreless draw and held on to the 4th spot in the Eastern Conference, heading into the final weekend. Unfortunately, Rooney would once again be sidelined in the final match, thanks to a suspension for yellow-card accumulation.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
On the final day of the regular season, United's position was boosted by Montreal Impact taking an early 2-0 lead over the Red Bulls, but when Toronto F.C. went ahead of Columbus Crew, D.C. still needed a win against the league's worst team FC Cincinnati to gain the home-field advantage in the opening playoff match. That result seemed all but inevitable when two Cincinnati players were ejected late in the first half. D.C. United apparently scored on the restart, but the goal was overturned by video review.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, Late season
Over the final 55 minutes of play, despite the two-man advantage, D.C. was unable to score. As a result, D.C. ended the season tied with Toronto in the table but moved into 5th place because Toronto had a +5 goal differential, one goal better than D.C's +4 goal differential, which served to highlight the significance of several officiating errors that had deprived D.C. of deserved goals.


2019 D.C. United season, Review, MLS Cup Playoffs
DC United traveled to Toronto for their opening round match in the 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs, where they seemed to destined to end their season and end the Wayne Rooney and Luciano Acosta era. D.C. did trail for an hour after surrendering a goal on the 35th minute, but a stoppage time goal by Titi Rodriguez in the second half stunned the home side, giving the visitors new life. The Extra Time period showed just how cruel the game can be though. D.C. United's defense suffered an epic collapse, surrendering 4 goals in the overtime period, ending the season with a 5-1 loss.


2019 D1 Grand Prix series
The 2019 D1 Grand Prix series is the nineteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series. The season began on June 29 at Tsukuba Circuit, and ended on November 3 at Autopolis.


2019 D1NZ season
The 2019 D1NZ season was the sixteenth D1NZ series; the premier drifting series of New Zealand. The season began at Trustpower Baypark Stadium on January 12 and concluded at Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon on April 27. Darren Kelly won the main championship, whilst Michael Thorley won the Pro-Sport class.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final
The 2019 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, the 76th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2019 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final
The match featured Bundesliga clubs RB Leipzig, playing in their first final, and Bayern Munich, the record winners of the competition.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final
Bayern Munich won the final 3–0 for their 19th DFB-Pokal title. With the win, Bayern completed their 12th domestic double, and therefore played away to 2018–19 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2019 DFL-Supercup in August 2019. Because Bayern qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2019–20 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's third second round spot went to the team in seventh, Eintracht Frankfurt.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
The match will be the first final for RB Leipzig, competing in their seventh season of the tournament. Their previous best performance in the competition was reaching the second round on three occasions (in 2011–12, 2015–16 and 2017–18). Leipzig became the 39th unique club to reach the final, and the first final debutant since Union Berlin in 2001, an achievement reached just short of ten years since the club's founding on 19 May 2009.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
They are also the first club from Saxony to reach the final since Dresdner SC's win in 1941, as well as the second club from Leipzig to reach the final, after VfB Leipzig won in 1936. A victory would see RB Leipzig win their first major honour, with the club only previously winning regional league and cup titles. They would also become the first team since Bayer Leverkusen in 1993 to win in their debut final.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
The final will be the last match for Ralf Rangnick as head coach of Leipzig, as he will return to his post as sporting director following the arrival of Julian Nagelsmann as coach for the 2019–20 season. Following the resignation of Ralph Hasenhüttl, Rangnick took over as head coach for the 2018–19 season, his second stint after leading the club to Bundesliga promotion in the 2015–16 season. While not serving as head coach, he has been the sporting director of the club since the 2012–13 season. The match will be the third DFB-Pokal final for Rangnick, having reached the final twice with Schalke 04 during his two stints at the club. He lost 1–2 to Bayern Munich in 2005, before winning the competition in 2011 with a 5–0 victory against MSV Duisburg.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
The match will be the 23rd final for Bayern Munich, extending their competition record. Of the previous finals, Bayern have won on 18 occasions, also a competition record, and lost four times. This is the second consecutive final for Bayern, having lost in the 2018 final to Eintracht Frankfurt, who were led by now-Bayern coach Niko Kovač. Bayern's last final victory was in 2016, where they won on penalties against Borussia Dortmund. Bayern are chasing a league and cup double, having won the 2018–19 Bundesliga on the final matchday, a week prior to the final. Bayern have previously completed the double on 11 occasions (in 2013 as part of a treble), a record in Germany, most recently in 2016.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
The final is the third consecutive for Bayern manager Niko Kovač, the fourth coach to do so after Hans Schmidt (with Schalke 04, losing in 1935 and 1936, winning in 1937), Udo Lattek (with Bayern Munich, winning in 1984 and 1986, losing in 1985) and Otto Rehhagel (with Werder Bremen, losing in 1989 and 1990, winning in 1991). However, Kovač is the first to accomplish this with multiple clubs in the streak. Kovač, who is in his first season with Bayern, reached the previous two finals with Eintracht Frankfurt.


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
In 2017, he lost 1–2 to Borussia Dortmund, before winning against future employers Bayern Munich in 2018. Kovač is the second manager to reach three DFB-Pokal finals in their first three attempts, following Hans Schmidt for Schalke 04 (between 1935 and 1937). He could also become the seventh coach to win consecutive DFB-Pokal titles, following Georg Köhler (Dresdner SC, 1940 and 1941), Zlatko Čajkovski (Bayern Munich, 1966 and 1967), Dietrich Weise (Eintracht Frankfurt, 1974 and 1975), Hennes Weisweiler (1. FC Köln, 1977 and 1978), Huub Stevens (Schalke 04, 2001 and 2002) and Felix Magath (Bayern Munich, 2005 and 2006).


2019 DFB-Pokal Final, Background
However, Kovač would be the first to accomplish this feat with a different club in each season. While in 2018 Kovač became the fifth person to win the DFB-Pokal as player and manager, this final could see him become the second person to accomplish this for the same club, having won the 2003 final with Bayern during his playing career. This was previously accomplished by Thomas Schaaf for Werder Bremen (player in 1991 and 1994, manager in 1999, 2004 and 2009). He would also become the second person to win multiple DFB-Pokal titles as manager after having previously won the competition as a player, also along with Schaaf.