D.C. United Coach Ben Olsen's affiliation with the MLS team dates to 1998 as a rookie midfielder. He was MLS's Rookie of the Year. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) ...

Ben Olsen, the former D.C. United player and coach who helped steer the Washington Spirit through turbulent times and to the National Women’s Soccer League championship last season, stepped down ...

Seeing Ben Olsen in orange has taken some getting used to. There are few figures in MLS who were more closely associated with a club than Olsen with D.C. United.

The Houston Dynamo will look to snap their six-game winless run in all competitions when they travel to face Austin FC.

But Olsen — fairly or not — also has the reputation of a manager who can do more with less but not more with more, whose tactics aren’t particularly progressive and who generally loses on ...

Ben Olsen blasted his team’s first-half performance in a 1-0 loss to Nashville SC Wednesday night, saying D.C. United were “a bunch of frauds,” in the opening 45 minutes.

WASHINGTON – Last week D.C. United head coach Ben Olsen and I had a wide-ranging, thought-provoking conversation about the suspended MLS season, the COVID-19 pandemic and other topics.

First-year Dynamo coach Ben Olsen and his staff have asked a lot from their players this season, preaching playoffs since the first practice session in January. Halfway through the MLS season, the ...

Ben Olsen left the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit on Monday after eight months as club president that included a championship. Olsen was hired by the Spirit in September ...

After a decade in charge, Olsen is out at D.C. United, bringing an end to a unique era for a coach who was a visible link to the club's proud past and whose value wasn't only measured by results.

Ben Olsen is the head coach of D.C. United and he would like to see his city the same way — united. Now is in his 10th full season in charge of the team he joined as player in 1998, Olsen, his ...