The DC Defenders are a professional American football team based in Washington, D.C. The Defenders compete in the United Football League (UFL). The team was founded by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment and is owned and operated by Dwayne Johnson's Alpha Acquico and Fox Corporation. The Defenders play their home games at Audi Field. The Defenders have a regular season record of 12–3 (.800), the second-highest win percentage among UFL teams as of its 2024 season. They were also the top team in the 2023 XFL, boasting a 9–1 record and scoring 49 more points than the next closest team, the St. Louis Battlehawks.

Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in Buzzard Point in Washington, D.C. It is the home stadium for D.C. United of Major League Soccer, the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League, and the DC Defenders of the United Football League. The stadium seats 20,000 people.