 Dallas would go on to reach the MLS Cup 2010, where they lost 2–1 to the Colorado Rapids.He played the entire 120 minutes of the match in what would be his final game for Dallas.On November 24, 2010, McCarty was selected by the Portland Timbers as their first pick in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, and then immediately traded with allocation money to D.C. United for Rodney Wallace and a fourth-round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.