D.C. United U-23 is an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C.. The team currently plays in the fourth-division Premier Development League and represents the most senior age group within parent club D.C. United's academy system. The club was founded in 2011 and spent 2012 playing a string of exhibition matches against various PDL and NPSL clubs, before debuting in the National Premier Soccer League in 2013. The club's first coach was former D.C.