2016 was the year of the goalkeeper for D.C. United, as the Black-and-Red officially had five different keepers on their roster during the season. Bill Hamid’s surgery in January led to a rotating door of shot stoppers, including Charlie Horton, who joined the team at the beginning of the season, but never appeared in a game for United.
Horton officially joined United on March 3rd. He had previously spent all of his career in England, but had asked Leeds United to release him from his contract in November of 2015. Though he never actually joined the New England Revolution, United acquired Horton from the Revs for allocation money, after Horton was allocated to the Revolution upon his return to the States.