1997 Major League Soccer season

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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

Season format

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

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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 Wizards 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 Glenn Myernick
Columbus Crew Template:Flagicon Tom Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Marcelo Carrera Snickers
D.C. United Template:Flagicon Bruce Arena MasterCard
Dallas Burn Template:Flagicon Dave Dir
Kansas City Wizards Template:Flagicon Ron Newman —
Los Angeles Galaxy Template:Flagicon Octavio Zambrano —
New England Revolution Template:Flagicon Thomas Rongen —
NY/NJ MetroStars Template:Flagicon Carlos Alberto Parreira Template:Flagicon Tony Meola
San Jose Clash Template:Flagicon Brian Quinn Template:Flagicon John Doyle Honda
Tampa Bay Mutiny Template:Flagicon John Kowalski

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
Los Angeles Galaxy Template:Flagicon Lothar Osiander Fired June 10, 1997[1][2] Template:Flagicon Octavio Zambrano June 10, 1997[1][2]
San Jose Clash Template:Flagicon Laurie Calloway Fired June 25, 1997 Template:Flagicon Brian Quinn June 25, 1997

Standings

Eastern Conference

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Western Conference

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Overall standings

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MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

  • The ties were a best-of-three series.

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Conference semifinals

Eastern Conference

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  • D.C. United advance to the Conference Finals.

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  • Columbus Crew advance to the Conference Finals.

Western Conference

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  • Dallas Burn advance to the Conference Finals.

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  • Colorado Rapids advance to the Conference Finals.

Conference finals

Western Conference

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  • Colorado Rapids advance to MLS Cup.

Eastern Conference

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  • D.C. United advance to MLS Cup.

MLS Cup

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Player statistics

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Jaime Moreno D.C. United 16
2 Template:Flagicon Raúl Díaz Arce D.C. United 15
3 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Savarese NY/NJ MetroStars 14
4 Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wizards 12
Template:Flagicon Ronald Cerritos San Jose Clash
Template:Flagicon Dante Washington Dallas Burn
7 Template:Flagicon Damián Álvarez Dallas Burn 11
Template:Flagicon Wélton Los Angeles Galaxy
9 Template:Flagicon Jeff Baicher San Jose Clash 10
Template:Flagicon Mark Chung Kansas City Wizards
Template:Flagicon Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny
Template:Flagicon Lawrence Lozzano San Jose Clash

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Template:Flagicon Raúl Díaz Arce4 D.C. United Colorado Rapids 5–2 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Alberto Naveda New England Revolution NY/NJ MetroStars 3–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Dante Washington Dallas Burn San Jose Clash 3–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Eduardo Hurtado Los Angeles Galaxy Tampa Bay Mutiny 6–1 Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Jose Vasquez Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Clash 3–2 Template:Dts

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny 15
2 Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wizards 12
Template:Flagicon Eddie Lewis San Jose Clash
4 Template:Flagicon Chris Henderson Colorado Rapids 9
Template:Flagicon Mauricio Cienfuegos Los Angeles Galaxy
6 Template:Flagicon Lawrence Lozzano San Jose Clash 8
Template:Flagicon Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny
Template:Flagicon Eric Wynalda San Jose Clash
Template:Flagicon Adrián Paz Colorado Rapids
Template:Flagicon Miles Joseph NY/NJ MetroStars

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Template:Flagicon Brad Friedel Columbus Crew 7
2 Template:Flagicon Walter Zenga New England Revolution 6
3 Template:Flagicon Mike Ammann Kansas City Wizards 5
Template:Flagicon Marcus Hahnemann Colorado Rapids
Template:Flagicon Tony Meola NY/NJ MetroStars
6 Template:Flagicon Jorge Campos Los Angeles Galaxy 4
7 Template:Flagicon Mark Dodd Dallas Burn 3
Template:Flagicon Mark Dougherty Tampa Bay Mutiny
Template:Flagicon Kevin Hartman Los Angeles Galaxy
Template:Flagicon Mark Simpson D.C. United

Awards

Individual awards

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wizards
Defender of the Year Template:Flagicon Eddie Pope D.C. United
Goalkeeper of the Year Template:Flagicon Brad Friedel Columbus Crew
Coach of the Year Template:Flagicon Bruce Arena D.C. United
Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon Mike Duhaney Tampa Bay Mutiny
Scoring Champion Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wizards
Goal of the Year Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry D.C. United
Fair Play Award Template:Flagicon Mark Chung Kansas City Wizards

Best XI

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Template:Flagicon Brad Friedel, Columbus Template:Flagicon Jeff Agoos, D.C. United
Template:Flagicon Thomas Dooley, Columbus
Template:Flagicon Richard Gough, Kansas City
Template:Flagicon Eddie Pope, D.C. United 		Template:Flagicon Mark Chung, Kansas City
Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
Template:Flagicon Preki, Kansas City
Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay 		Template:Flagicon Ronald Cerritos, San Jose
Template:Flagicon Jaime Moreno, D.C. United

Player of the Month

Month Player Club
April Template:Flagicon Jaime Moreno D.C. United
May Template:Flagicon Alain Sutter Dallas Burn
June Template:Flagicon John Harkes D.C. United
July Template:Flagicon Wélton Los Angeles Galaxy
August Template:Flagicon Brad Friedel Columbus Crew
September Template:Flagicon Walter Zenga New England Revolution

Weekly awards

Attendance

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1 New England Revolution 16 340,762 57,407 10,242 21,298
2 Los Angeles Galaxy 16 330,015 53,147 7,232 20,626
3 NY/NJ MetroStars 16 270,288 26,322 10,510 16,893
4 D.C. United 16 267,171 28,749 9,675 16,698
5 Columbus Crew 16 240,650 22,259 10,662 15,041
6 San Jose Clash 16 217,546 23,501 7,955 13,597
7 Colorado Rapids 16 189,355 36,252 4,120 11,835
8 Tampa Bay Mutiny 16 181,322 18,070 6,984 11,333
9 Dallas Burn 16 154,845 16,089 4,451 9,678
10 Kansas City Wizards 16 144,935 12,485 6,272 9,058
Total 160 2,336,889 57,407 4,120 14,606

References

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External links

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