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===Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup (2000)===
In [[2000 Major League Soccer season|2000]], their first full season under [[Bob Gansler]], the Wizards opened the season on a 12-game unbeaten streak. Goalkeeper [[Tony Meola]] recorded an MLS record shutout streak at 681 minutes and 16 shutouts, and won MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and [[Major League Soccer MVP Award|MLS MVP]].<ref name="sportingkc.com">{{cite web|last1=Austin|first1=Kurt|title=Sporting Legends unveiled to honor club icons|url=https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2013/08/02/sporting-legends-unveiled-honor-club-icons|website=Sporting Kansas City|date=August 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011175151/http://www.sportingkc.com/post/2013/08/02/sporting-legends-unveiled-honor-club-icons|archive-date=October 11, 2016|access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref> [[Peter Vermes]] was named 2000 [[MLS Defender of the Year]]. The Wizards finished the 2000 regular season 16–7–9, the best record in the league, winning the [[MLS Supporters' Shield]].

In the 2000 playoffs, fell behind 4 to 1 to the LA Galaxy, but [[Miklos Molnar]] scored a penalty kick in game three to send the series into a tiebreaker, where he scored again to send the Wizards to their first [[2000 MLS Cup|MLS Cup]]. At [[RFK Stadium]] in Washington, D.C., the Wizards, with the league's best defense, faced the team with the league's best offense, the [[Chicago Fire Soccer Club|Chicago Fire]]. The Wizards took the lead on an 11th-minute goal by [[Miklos Molnar]]. The Fire put ten shots on goal, but Tony Meola and the defense held, and the Wizards claimed their first MLS Cup Championship. Tony Meola was named 2000 MLS Cup MVP.<ref name="sportingkc.com"/>