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2nd season of Major League Soccer
Football league season
1997 Major League Soccer season
D.C. United (2nd title)
D.C. United (1st shield)
D.C. United Colorado Rapids
160
522 (3.26 per match)
Jaime Moreno
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution
57,407NE TB
4,120COL 1–0 DAL
2,336,889
14,606
Locations of teams for the 1997 Major League Soccer seasonWestern Conference Eastern Conference
The 1997 Major League Soccer season was the second season of Major League Soccer . It was also the 85th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 19th with a national first-division league.
Following the 1996 season, the Wiz changed names, becoming the Wizards, following legal action from electronics retailer The Wiz .
The regular season began on March 29, and concluded on September 28. The 1997 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 4, and concluded with MLS Cup 1997 on October 26. D.C. United won their first Supporters' Shield and defended their MLS Cup championship becoming the first team to win back-to-back cups.
Overview [ edit ]
Season format [ edit ]
The season began on March 22 and concluded with MLS Cup on October 26. The 10 teams were split evenly into two conferences. Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team in their conference four times, for a total of 16 games. The rest of the schedule consisted of three games against each team from the opposite conference, with four games against one designated team.
The top four teams from each conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs . The conference semifinals and finals were played as a best-of-three series, and the winners advanced to MLS Cup . In all rounds, draws were broken by penalty shootout if necessary. The away goals rule was not used in any round.
The team with the most points in the regular season was awarded the MLS Supporters' Shield . The winner of MLS Cup , and the runner-up, qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup .
Stadiums and locations [ edit ]
Mile High Stadium
76,273
Ohio Stadium
102,329
RFK Stadium
46,000
Cotton Bowl
92,100
Arrowhead Stadium
81,425
Rose Bowl
92,542
Foxboro Stadium
60,292
Giants Stadium
80,200
Spartan Stadium
30,456
Houlihan's Stadium
74,301
Personnel and sponsorships [ edit ]
Shirt sponsor
Glenn Myernick
Tom Fitzgerald
Marcelo Carrera
Snickers
Bruce Arena
MasterCard
Dave Dir
Ron Newman
—
Lothar Osiander
—
Thomas Rongen
—
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Tony Meola
Laurie Calloway
John Doyle
Honda
John Kowalski
Coaching changes [ edit ]
Date of vacancy
Incoming coach
Date of appointment
Lothar Osiander
Fired
June 10, 1997[1] [2]
Octavio Zambrano
June 10, 1997[1] [2]
Laurie Calloway
Fired
June 25, 1997
Brian Quinn
June 25, 1997
Standings [ edit ]
Eastern Conference [ edit ]
Pld
W
SOW
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
D.C. United
32
17
4
11
70
53
+17
55
MLS Cup Playoffs
Tampa Bay Mutiny
32
14
3
15
55
60
−5
45
Columbus Crew
32
12
3
17
42
41
+1
39
New England Revolution
32
11
4
17
40
53
−13
37
NY/NJ MetroStars
32
11
2
19
43
53
−10
35
Western Conference [ edit ]
Pld
W
SOW
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
Kansas City Wizards
32
14
7
11
57
51
+6
49
MLS Cup Playoffs
Los Angeles Galaxy
32
14
2
16
55
44
+11
44
Dallas Burn
32
13
3
16
55
49
+6
42
Colorado Rapids
32
12
2
18
50
59
−9
38
San Jose Clash
32
9
3
20
55
59
−4
30
Overall standings [ edit ]
Pld
W
SOW
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
D.C. United (C, S)
32
17
4
11
70
53
+17
55
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Kansas City Wizards
32
14
7
11
57
51
+6
49
Tampa Bay Mutiny
32
14
3
15
55
60
−5
45
Los Angeles Galaxy
32
14
2
16
55
44
+11
44
Dallas Burn
32
13
3
16
55
49
+6
42
Columbus Crew
32
12
3
17
42
41
+1
39
Colorado Rapids
32
12
2
18
50
59
−9
38
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
New England Revolution
32
11
4
17
40
53
−13
37
NY/NJ MetroStars
32
11
2
19
43
53
−10
35
San Jose Clash
32
9
3
20
55
59
−4
30
Source:
MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C ) Champions;
(S ) Supporters' Shield
MLS Cup Playoffs [ edit ]
Bracket [ edit ]
The ties were a best-of-three series.
Conference finals
MLS Cup
1
D.C. United
4
1 (4 )
x
4
New England Revolution
1
1 (3 )
x
1
D.C. United
3
1
x
Eastern Conference
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
Western Conference
3
Dallas Burn
0
1
x
2
LA Galaxy
0 (0)
0
x
3
Dallas Burn
0 (2 )
3
x
Conference semifinals [ edit ]
Eastern Conference
Report
Attendance: 12,540
Referee: Tim Weyland
Report
Galderisi
Naveda
Keegan
McKinley
3–4
Kelderman
Agoos
Iroha
Harkes
Llamosa
Attendance: 16,233
D.C. United advance to the Conference Finals.
Report
Attendance: 8,272
Referee: Noel Kenny
Report
Attendance: 13,102
Referee: Joshua Patlak
Columbus Crew advance to the Conference Finals.
Western Conference
Report
Vanney
0–2
Santel
Álvarez
Attendance: 18,921
Referee: Kevin Stott
Report
Attendance: 11,248
Referee: Esse Baharmast
Dallas Burn advance to the Conference Finals.
Report
Paule 75'
Attendance: 10,174
Referee: Brian Hall
Report
Attendance: 13,117
Referee: Paul Tamberino
Colorado Rapids advance to the Conference Finals.
Conference finals [ edit ]
Western Conference
Report
Attendance: 7,376
Referee: Kevin Stott
Report
Attendance: 18,452
Referee: Noel Kenny
Colorado Rapids advance to MLS Cup.
Eastern Conference
Report
Attendance: 11,820
Referee: Kevin Terry
Report
Attendance: 9,506
Referee: Arturo Angeles
D.C. United advance to MLS Cup.
MLS Cup [ edit ]
Report
Attendance: 57,431
Referee: Brian Hall
Player statistics [ edit ]
Goals
Jaime Moreno
D.C. United
16
Raúl Díaz Arce
D.C. United
15
Giovanni Savarese
NY/NJ MetroStars
14
Preki
Kansas City Wizards
12
San Jose Clash
Dallas Burn
Damián Álvarez
Dallas Burn
11
Los Angeles Galaxy
Jeff Baicher
San Jose Clash
10
Kansas City Wizards
Tampa Bay Mutiny
San Jose Clash
Hat-tricks [ edit ]
Result
Date
D.C. United
Colorado Rapids
5–2
April 12
New England Revolution
NY/NJ MetroStars
3–1
May 30
Dallas Burn
San Jose Clash
3–1
July 18
Los Angeles Galaxy
Tampa Bay Mutiny
6–1
September 7
Los Angeles Galaxy
San Jose Clash
3–2
September 21
Assists [ edit ]
Assists
Carlos Valderrama
Tampa Bay Mutiny
15
Preki
Kansas City Wizards
12
San Jose Clash
Chris Henderson
Colorado Rapids
9
Los Angeles Galaxy
Lawrence Lozzano
San Jose Clash
8
Tampa Bay Mutiny
San Jose Clash
Colorado Rapids
NY/NJ MetroStars
Clean sheets [ edit ]
Clean
Brad Friedel
Columbus Crew
7
Walter Zenga
New England Revolution
6
Mike Ammann
Kansas City Wizards
5
Colorado Rapids
NY/NJ MetroStars
Jorge Campos
Los Angeles Galaxy
4
Mark Dodd
Dallas Burn
3
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Los Angeles Galaxy
D.C. United
Individual awards [ edit ]
Preki
Kansas City Wizards
Eddie Pope
D.C. United
Brad Friedel
Columbus Crew
Bruce Arena
D.C. United
Mike Duhaney
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Preki
Kansas City Wizards
Marco Etcheverry
D.C. United
Mark Chung
Kansas City Wizards
Best XI [ edit ]
Forwards
Jeff Agoos , D.C. United Thomas Dooley , Columbus Richard Gough , Kansas City Eddie Pope , D.C. United
Mark Chung , Kansas City Marco Etcheverry , D.C. United Preki , Kansas City Carlos Valderrama , Tampa Bay
Ronald Cerritos , San Jose Jaime Moreno , D.C. United
Player of the Month [ edit ]
Jaime Moreno
D.C. United
Alain Sutter
Dallas Burn
John Harkes
D.C. United
Wélton
Los Angeles Galaxy
Brad Friedel
Columbus Crew
Walter Zenga
New England Revolution
Weekly awards [ edit ]
Player
Club
Dave Salzwedel
San Jose Clash
Giuseppe Galderisi
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Carlos Valderrama
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Raúl Díaz Arce
D.C. United
Dante Washington
Dallas Burn
Roberto Donadoni
NY/NJ MetroStars
Doctor Khumalo
Columbus Crew
Damian Alvarez
Dallas Burn
Chiquinho Conde
New England Revolution
Preki Radosavljević
Kansas City Wizards
Eric Wynalda
San Jose Clash
Preki Radosavljević
Kansas City Wizards
Gilmar
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Paul Bravo
Colorado Rapids
Tab Ramos
NY/NJ MetroStars
Dante Washington
Dallas Burn
Antony de Ávila
NY/NJ MetroStars
Gilmar
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Wolde Harris
Colorado Rapids
Thomas Dooley
Columbus Crew
Giovanni Savarese
NY/NJ MetroStars
Marco Etcheverry
D.C. United
Eduardo Hurtado
Los Angeles Galaxy
Cobi Jones
Los Angeles Galaxy
Martín Vásquez
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Marcelo Balboa
Colorado Rapids
Attendance [ edit ]
New England Revolution
16
340,762
57,407
10,242
21,298
Los Angeles Galaxy
16
330,015
53,147
7,232
20,626
NY/NJ MetroStars
16
270,288
26,322
10,510
16,893
D.C. United
16
267,171
28,749
9,675
16,698
Columbus Crew
16
240,650
22,259
10,662
15,041
San Jose Clash
16
217,546
23,501
7,955
13,597
Colorado Rapids
16
189,355
36,252
4,120
11,835
Tampa Bay Mutiny
16
181,322
18,070
6,984
11,333
Dallas Burn
16
154,845
16,089
4,451
9,678
Kansas City Wizards
16
144,935
12,485
6,272
9,058
160
2,336,889
57,407
4,120
14,606
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