1996 Major League Soccer season

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The 1996 Major League Soccer season was the inaugural season of Major League Soccer. It was the 84th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 18th with a national first-division league.

Overview

Preparation for first season

Major League Soccer had originally intended to begin competitive action in 1995. Various difficulties forced the league to postpone its first season until 1996. In preparation for its first season, the league began signing what it called marquee players, [1] beginning with Tab Ramos on January 3, 1995.[2] Beginning in October 1995, the league apportioned the marquee players in the MLS Inaugural Allocations.[3] Each team received two national team and two foreign players in the allocation.[4] The league then invited about 250 players to a tryout the second week of January 1996 on the campus of UC Irvine.[5] On February 6 and 7, 1996, the league held its 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft in which the ten teams selected 160 players over sixteen rounds. The Columbus Crew selected Brian McBride with the first pick of the draft. On March 4, 1996, the league then held the 1996 MLS College Draft followed by the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft later that day. Despite the numerous drafts, the teams were not obligated to sign only players from the drafts.[6]

Preseason

The preseason began the first week of March. The teams reduced their rosters to twenty-two players by March 25 and had to make a final roster reduction to eighteen by April 15.[7] The teams had a $1,200,000 salary cap with no player allowed to receive more than $192,500. In order to promote American players, teams were limited to five foreigners on the roster.[8]

Season

Each of the 10 MLS teams played 32 games. A regulation win was worth three points, a shootout win one point, and zero points for a loss in any manner. Fear of alienating fans with tied games had led the league to adopting the shootout when games ended even. The league also adopted a countdown clock instead of running clock, unlike IFAB's standards. The league also divided the teams equally into two conferences – Eastern and Western.

The league began its first season on Saturday, April 6, 1996, when the San Jose Clash hosted D.C. United at Spartan Stadium. ESPN carried the game live which the Clash won on a goal by Eric Wynalda. That goal was selected as the Goal of the Year. The regular season ended on September 22. The playoffs began two days later.[9]

Stadiums and locations

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Team Stadium Capacity
Colorado Rapids Mile High Stadium 76,273
Columbus Crew Ohio Stadium 102,329
D.C. United RFK Stadium 46,000
Dallas Burn Cotton Bowl 92,100
Kansas City Wiz Arrowhead Stadium 81,425
Los Angeles Galaxy Rose Bowl 92,542
New England Revolution Foxboro Stadium 60,292
NY/NJ MetroStars Giants Stadium 80,200
San Jose Clash Spartan Stadium 30,456
Tampa Bay Mutiny Houlihan's Stadium 74,301

Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor
Colorado Rapids Template:Flagicon Roy Wegerle Budweiser
Columbus Crew Template:Flagicon Tom Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Doctor Khumalo Snickers
D.C. United Template:Flagicon Bruce Arena MasterCard
Dallas Burn Template:Flagicon Dave Dir AT&T
Kansas City Wiz Template:Flagicon Ron Newman AT&T
Los Angeles Galaxy Template:Flagicon Lothar Osiander Budweiser
New England Revolution Template:Flagicon Frank Stapleton BIC
NY/NJ MetroStars Template:Flagicon Carlos Queiroz Template:Flagicon Peter Vermes Fujifilm
San Jose Clash Template:Flagicon Laurie Calloway Template:Flagicon John Doyle Honda
Tampa Bay Mutiny Template:Flagicon Thomas Rongen Bandai

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
NY/NJ MetroStars Template:Flagicon Eddie Firmani Fired May 24, 1996 Template:Flagicon Carlos Queiroz May 30, 1996
Columbus Crew Template:Flagicon Timo Liekoski Resigned August 2, 1996 Template:Flagicon Tom Fitzgerald August 2, 1996
Colorado Rapids Template:Flagicon Bob Houghton Fired September 10, 1996 Template:Flagicon Roy Wegerle September 13, 1996

Standings

Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Overall standings

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MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

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  • Best of Three series winners will advance.

Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

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  • D.C. United wins series 2–1, advances to Conference finals.

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  • Tampa Bay Mutiny wins series 2–1, advances to Conference finals.

Western Conference

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  • Kansas City Wiz wins series 2–1, advances to Conference finals.

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  • Los Angeles Galaxy wins series 2–1, advances to Conference finals.

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

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  • D.C. United wins series 2–0, advances to MLS Cup.

Western Conference

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  • Los Angeles Galaxy wins series 2–0, advances to MLS Cup.

MLS Cup

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Player statistics

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny 27
2 Template:Flagicon Raúl Díaz Arce D.C. United 23
3 Template:Flagicon Eduardo Hurtado Los Angeles Galaxy 21
4 Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wiz 18
5 Template:Flagicon Brian McBride Columbus Crew 17
6 Template:Flagicon Steve Rammel D.C. United 14
7 Template:Flagicon Paul Bravo San Jose Clash 13
Template:Flagicon Jason Kreis Dallas Burn
Template:Flagicon Giovanni Savarese NY/NJ MetroStars
Template:Flagicon Vitalis Takawira Kansas City Wiz

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Template:Flagicon Steve Rammel D.C. United Columbus Crew 5–2 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Giovanni Savarese NY/NJ MetroStars Colorado Rapids 3–0 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Eduardo Hurtado Los Angeles Galaxy NY/NJ MetroStars 4–0 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Eduardo Hurtado Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids 3–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Raúl Díaz Arce4 D.C. United Dallas Burn 6–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Cobi Jones Los Angeles Galaxy Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–4 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny Colorado Rapids 3–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Brian Maisonneuve Columbus Crew Kansas City Wiz 5–1 Template:Dts

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry D.C. United 16
2 Template:Flagicon Eric Wynalda San Jose Clash 11
Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny
4 Template:Flagicon Mauricio Cienfuegos Los Angeles Galaxy 10
5 Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wiz 9
Template:Flagicon Mark Chung Kansas City Wiz
Template:Flagicon Tab Ramos NY/NJ Metrostars
8 Template:Flagicon Adrián Paz Columbus Crew 8
Template:Flagicon Roberto Donadoni NY/NJ MetroStars
Template:Flagicon John Harkes D.C. United

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Template:Flagicon Tony Meola NY/NJ Metrostars 9
2 Template:Flagicon Mark Dodd Dallas Burn 6
3 Template:Flagicon Jorge Campos Los Angeles Galaxy 4
Template:Flagicon Brad Friedel Columbus Crew
Template:Flagicon Aidan Heaney New England Revolution
Template:Flagicon Tom Liner San Jose Clash
Template:Flagicon Dave Salzwedel San Jose Clash
8 Template:Flagicon Mark Dougherty Tampa Bay Mutiny 3
Template:Flagicon Garth Lagerway Kansas City Wiz
Template:Flagicon Mark Simpson D.C. United

Awards

Individual awards

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny
Defender of the Year Template:Flagicon John Doyle San Jose Clash
Goalkeeper of the Year Template:Flagicon Mark Dodd Dallas Burn
Coach of the Year Template:Flagicon Thomas Rongen Tampa Bay Mutiny
Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny
Scoring Champion Template:Flagicon Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny
Goal of the Year Template:Flagicon Eric Wynalda San Jose Clash

Best XI

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Template:Flagicon Mark Dodd, Dallas Template:Flagicon Leonel Álvarez, Dallas
Template:Flagicon John Doyle, San Jose
Template:Flagicon Robin Fraser, LA Galaxy 		Template:Flagicon Mauricio Cienfuegos, LA Galaxy
Template:Flagicon Roberto Donadoni, MetroStars
Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
Template:Flagicon Preki, Kansas City
Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay 		Template:Flagicon Eduardo Hurtado, LA Galaxy
Template:Flagicon Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay

Player of the Month

Month Player Club Stats
April Template:Flagicon Mauricio Cienfuegos Los Angeles Galaxy 2G
May Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny 2G, 4A
June Template:Flagicon Eduardo Hurtado Los Angeles Galaxy 7G, 1A
July Template:Flagicon Jason Kreis Dallas Burn 5G
August Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry D.C. United 1G, 8A
September Template:Flagicon Brad Friedel Columbus Crew 2GA

Weekly awards

Attendance

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1 Los Angeles Galaxy 16 462,650 92,216 8,561 28,916
2 NY/NJ Metrostars 16 382,360 53,250 14,007 23,898
3 New England Revolution 16 304,392 38,633 11,009 19,025
4 Columbus Crew 16 303,202 31,550 12,832 18,950
5 San Jose Clash 16 275,712 31,728 10,894 17,232
6 Dallas Burn 16 256,173 35,250 7,338 16,011
7 D.C. United 16 244,199 35,032 7,360 15,262
8 Kansas City Wiz 16 206,044 21,141 8,062 12,878
9 Tampa Bay Mutiny 16 186,856 26,473 6,281 11,679
10 Colorado Rapids 16 163,413 21,711 6,013 10,213
Total 160 2,785,001 92,216 6,013 17,406

References

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  5. ↑ Pro Soccer Combine Begins Today at UC Irvine
  6. ↑ 1996 draft - latimes.com
  7. ↑ RAPIDS RELEASE THREE PLAYERS
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External links

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