1997 Major League Soccer season
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Season | 1997 |
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MLS Cup | D.C. United (2nd title) |
Supporters' Shield | D.C. United (1st shield) |
Matches played | 160 |
Goals scored | 522 (3.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jaime Moreno (16 goals) |
Longest winning run | Kansas City Wizards Games: 7 (07/19 – 08/31) |
Longest losing run | New England Revolution Games: 9 (07/20 – 09/12) |
Highest attendance | New England Revolution Season: 342,762 Game Avg.: 21,423 |
Lowest attendance | Kansas City Wizards Season: 144,935 Game Avg.: 9,058 |
Total attendance | 2,339,019 |
Average attendance | 14,619 |
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D.C.
United
United
NY/NJ MetroStars
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew
New England Revolution
Colorado Rapids
Dallas
Burn
Burn
Los Angeles Galaxy
Kansas City Wizards
San Jose Clash
The 1997 Major League Soccer season was the second season of Major League Soccer.
Stadiums[]
Colorado Rapids | Columbus Crew | D.C. United | Dallas Burn | Kansas City Wizards |
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Mile High Stadium | Ohio Stadium | RFK Memorial Stadium | Cotton Bowl | Arrowhead Stadium |
Capacity: 76,273 | Capacity: 102,329 | Capacity: 46,000 | Capacity: 92,100 | Capacity: 81,425 |
Los Angeles Galaxy | New England Revolution | NY/NJ MetroStars | San Jose Clash | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
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Rose Bowl | Foxboro Stadium | Giants Stadium | Spartan Stadium | Houlihan's Stadium |
Capacity: 92,542 | Capacity: 60,292 | Capacity: 80,200 | Capacity: 30,456 | Capacity: 74,301 |
Standings[]
Eastern Conference[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SOW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D.C. United | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 55 | Playoffs |
2 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 45 | |
3 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 39 | |
4 | New England Revolution | 32 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 37 | |
5 | NY/NJ MetroStars | 32 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 35 |
Source: MLS
Western Conference[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SOW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kansas City Wizards | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 49 | Playoffs |
2 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 44 | |
3 | Dallas Burn | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 42 | |
4 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 38 | |
5 | San Jose Clash | 32 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 30 |
Source: MLS
Overall standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SOW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D.C. United (C, X) | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 55 | 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup[a] |
2 | Kansas City Wizards | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 49 | |
3 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 45 | |
4 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 44 | |
5 | Dallas Burn | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 42 | |
6 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 39 | |
7 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 38 | 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup[a] |
8 | New England Revolution | 32 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 37 | |
9 | NY/NJ MetroStars | 32 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 35 | |
10 | San Jose Clash | 32 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 30 |
MLS Cup Playoffs[]
Bracket[]
- The ties were a best-of-three series.
Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | MLS Cup '97 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | D.C. United | 4 | 1 (4) | x | |||||||||||||||
4 | New England Revolution | 1 | 1 (3) | x | |||||||||||||||
1 | D.C. United | 3 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||||
3 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 0 | x | |||||||||||||||
2 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 1 | 0 | x | |||||||||||||||
3 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||
1 | D.C. United | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Kansas City Wizards | 0 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||
4 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||
3 | Dallas Burn | 0 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||||
2 | LA Galaxy | 0 (0) | 0 | x | |||||||||||||||
3 | Dallas Burn | 0 (2) | 3 | x |
Conference Semi-finals[]
Eastern Conference
Game 1
D.C. United | 4–1 | New England Revolution |
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Game 2
New England Revolution | 1–1 | D.C. United |
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3–4 |
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Attendance: 16,233
- D.C. United advance to the Conference Finals.
Game 1
Tampa Bay Mutiny | 1–2 | Columbus Crew |
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Game 2
Columbus Crew | 2–0 | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
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- Columbus Crew advance to the Conference Finals.
Western Conference
Game 2
Dallas Burn | 3–0 | Los Angeles Galaxy |
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Washington 29', 69' Peinado 86' |
Report |
- Dallas Burn advance to the Conference Finals.
Game 1
Kansas City Wizards | 0–3 | Colorado Rapids |
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Report |
Game 2
Colorado Rapids | 3–2 | Kansas City Wizards |
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- Colorado Rapids advance to the Conference Finals.
Conference finals[]
Western Conference
Game 1
Dallas Burn | 0–1 | Colorado Rapids |
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Game 2
Colorado Rapids | 2–1 | Dallas Burn |
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- Colorado Rapids advance to MLS Cup '97.
Eastern Conference
Game 1
D.C. United | 3–2 | Columbus Crew |
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Report |
Game 2
Columbus Crew | 0–1 | D.C. United |
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- D.C. United advance to MLS Cup '97.
MLS Cup '97[]
MLS Cup 1997
D.C. United | 2–1 | Colorado Rapids |
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- D.C. United and Colorado Rapids earn a berth to the 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
Player awards[]
Weekly awards[]
Monthly awards[]
Month | Player of the Month | Club |
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April | Jaime Moreno | D.C. United |
May | Alain Sutter | Dallas Burn |
June | John Harkes | D.C. United |
July | Wélton | Los Angeles Galaxy |
August | Brad Friedel | Columbus Crew |
September | Walter Zenga | New England Revolution |
End-of-season awards[]
Award | Player | Club |
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Most Valuable Player | Preki Radosavljević | Kansas City Wizards |
Scoring Champion | Preki Radosavljević (41 Pts.) | Kansas City Wizards |
Defender of the Year | Eddie Pope | D.C. United |
Goalkeeper of the Year | Brad Friedel | Columbus Crew |
Rookie of the Year | Mike Duhaney | Tampa Bay Mutiny |
Coach of the Year | Bruce Arena | D.C. United |
Goal of the Year | Marco Etcheverry | D.C. United |
Fair Play Award | Mark Chung | Kansas City Wizards |
Player statistics[]
Top goal scorers[]
Position | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Jaime Moreno | D.C. United | 16 |
2 | Raúl Díaz Arce | D.C. United | 15 |
3 | Giovanni Savarese | NY/NJ MetroStars | 14 |
4 | Preki | Kansas City Wizards | 12 |
Ronald Cerritos | San Jose Clash | ||
Dante Washington | Dallas Burn | ||
7 | Damián | Dallas Burn | 11 |
Wélton | Los Angeles Galaxy | ||
9 | Jeff Baicher | San Jose Clash | 10 |
Mark Chung | Kansas City Wizards | ||
Roy Lassiter | Tampa Bay Mutiny | ||
Lawrence Lozzano | San Jose Clash |
Goalkeeping leaders[]
(Minimum 1,000 minutes)
No. | Player | Club | Games played |
Minutes | Goals against |
GA average |
Wins | Loses |
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1 | Brad Friedel | Columbus Crew | 29 | 2,609 | 35 | 1.21 | 14 | 15 |
2 | Walter Zenga | New England Revolution | 22 | 1,980 | 28 | 1.27 | 15 | 7 |
3 | Jorge Campos | Los Angeles Galaxy | 19 | 1,661 | 24 | 1.30 | 12 | 6 |
4 | Marcus Hahnemann | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 2,157 | 37 | 1.54 | 13 | 10 |
5 | Mike Ammann | Kansas City Wizards | 29 | 2,597 | 45 | 1.56 | 21 | 8 |
6 | Mark Dodd | Dallas Burn | 30 | 2,700 | 48 | 1.60 | 14 | 16 |
7 | Tony Meola | NY/NJ MetroStars | 30 | 2,684 | 48 | 1.61 | 12 | 18 |
8 | David Kramer* | San Jose Clash | 21 | 1,831 | 33 | 1.62 | 7 | 14 |
9 | Scott Garlick | D.C. United | 14 | 1,171 | 22 | 1.69 | 9 | 5 |
10 | Dave Salzwedel | San Jose Clash | 20 | 1,679 | 35 | 1.88 | 7 | 11 |
11 | Mark Dougherty | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 25 | 2,143 | 45 | 1.89 | 15 | 10 |
Played for more than one team – Most Recent Team Listed*
Attendance[]
Club | Games | Season Total | Game Average |
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New England Revolution | 16 | 342,762 | 21,423 |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 16 | 330,015 | 20,626 |
NY/NJ MetroStars | 16 | 270,388 | 16,899 |
D.C. United | 16 | 267,171 | 16,698 |
Columbus Crew | 16 | 240,680 | 15,043 |
San Jose Clash | 16 | 217,546 | 13,597 |
Colorado Rapids | 16 | 189,355 | 11,835 |
Tampa Bay Mutiny | 16 | 181,322 | 11,333 |
Dallas Burn | 16 | 154,845 | 9,678 |
Kansas City Wizards | 16 | 144,935 | 9,058 |
OVERALL | 160 | 2,339,019 | 14,619 |
Coaches[]
Eastern Conference[]
- D.C. United: Bruce Arena
- New York/New Jersey MetroStars: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Western Conference[]
- Dallas Burn: Dave Dir
- Kansas City Wiz: Ron Newman
- San Jose Clash: Brian Quinn
References[]
Categories:
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