1997 in American soccer

The 1997 season was the 85th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

Contents

National team

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 4 5 1 17 9
1997 U.S. Cup 3 0 0 3 1 7
International Friendly 5 1 2 2 4 5
Total 18 5 7 6 22 21

Results

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is

in the right column.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Goalscorers

Player Goals
Eric Wynalda 4
Alexi Lalas 2
Brian McBride 2
Eddie Pope 2
Roy Lassiter 2
Roy Wegerle 2
Preki 1
Joe-Max Moore 1
Jovan Kirovski 1
Chris Henderson 1
Claudio Reyna 1
Ernie Stewart 1
Tab Ramos 1

League tables

Men

Major League Soccer

Main article: 1997 Major League Soccer season
Pos Club Pts GP W L SOW GF GA GD
1 D.C. United 55 32 17 11 4 70 53 +17
2 Tampa Bay Mutiny 45 32 14 15 3 55 60 −5
3 Columbus Crew 39 32 12 17 3 42 41 +1
4 New England Revolution 37 32 11 17 4 40 53 −13
5 New York/New Jersey MetroStars 35 32 11 19 2 43 53 −10
1997 MLS Cup Playoffs
Pos Club Pts GP W L SOW GF GA GD
1 Kansas City Wizards 49 32 14 11 7 57 51 +6
2 Los Angeles Galaxy 44 32 14 16 2 55 44 +11
3 Dallas Burn 42 32 13 16 3 55 49 +6
4 Colorado Rapids 38 32 12 18 2 50 59 −9
5 San Jose Clash 30 32 9 20 3 55 59 −4
1997 MLS Cup Playoffs
Playoffs
  Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup '97
                                       
  1  D.C. United (AET), (4-3, S.O.)* 4 2* x  
4  New England Revolution 1 1 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  
    E  D.C. United     2
  W  Colorado Rapids     1
  1  Kansas City Wizards 0 2 x  
4  Colorado Rapids 3 3 x  
  4  Colorado Rapids 1 2 x
[Western Conference]
  2  Dallas Burn 0 1 x  
3  Los Angeles Galaxy 0 0 x
  2  Dallas Burn (AET), (2-0, S.O.)* 1* 3 x  
MLS Cup
Main article: MLS Cup '97
October 26
 D.C. United 2 – 1 Colorado Rapids RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 57,431
Referee: Brian Hall
Moreno  37'
Sanneh  68'		 Paz  75'

A-League

Main article: 1997 A-League
Northeast Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Montreal Impact 28 20 1 1 6 58 19 +39 61
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 14 0 5 9 56 47 +9 42
3 Long Island Rough Riders 28 13 3 2 10 44 36 +8 42
4 Toronto Lynx 28 12 2 0 14 44 43 +1 38
5 Connecticut Wolves 28 8 4 1 15 31 45 -14 28
6 Worcester Wildfire 28 6 1 2 19 26 61 -35 19
Atlantic Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 Hershey Wildcats 28 18 1 1 8 56 33 +23 55
2 Carolina Dynamo 28 16 2 2 8 63 33 +30 50
3 Richmond Kickers 28 15 0 2 11 41 35 +6 45
4 Charleston Battery 28 10 2 3 13 39 50 -11 32
5 Raleigh Flyers 28 8 4 3 13 34 52 -18 28
6 Jacksonville Cyclones 28 4 1 1 23 28 73 -45 13
Central Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 28 13 3 2 10 45 42 +3 42
2 Nashville Metros 28 10 7 2 9 42 34 +8 37
3 Orlando Sundogs 28 12 0 4 12 39 40 -1 36
4 Milwaukee Rampage 28 11 3 2 12 33 36 -3 36
5 Minnesota Thunder 28 11 2 5 10 22 30 -8 35
6 Atlanta Ruckus 28 9 3 1 15 39 48 -9 30
Pacific Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA GD Points
1 California Jaguars 28 17 1 0 10 48 34 +14 52
2 Seattle Sounders 28 16 2 3 7 42 19 +33 50
3 Vancouver 86ers 28 15 1 1 11 50 29 +21 46
4 Colorado Foxes 28 15 1 2 10 55 49 +6 46
5 Orange County Zodiac 28 10 1 0 17 35 62 -27 31
6 El Paso Patriots 28 5 3 3 17 30 50 -20 18

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 1997 U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

  Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                               
   
   
  MLS  New England Revolution 3  
  A-L  Long Island Roughriders (ASDET) 4  
A-L  Long Island Roughriders 1
USASA  Bridgeport Italians 0  
  A-L  Long Island Roughriders 0  
  MLS  MetroStars (ASDET) 1  
A-L  Richmond Kickers 6  
D3P  Philadelphia Freedom 1  
  A-L  Richmond Kickers 0
  MLS  MetroStars 3  
 
   
  MLS  MetroStars 1  
  MLS  Dallas Burn (ASDET) 2  
D3P  Chicago Stingers 3  
A-L  Orlando Sundogs 0  
  D3P  Chicago Stingers 2
  MLS  Colorado Rapids 1  
 
   
  D3P  Chicago Stingers 1
  MLS  Dallas Burn 4  
D3P  Austin Lone Stars 0  
A-L  New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (ASDET) 1  
  A-L  New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 0
  MLS  Dallas Burn 3  
 
   
MLS  Dallas Burn (ASDET, PSO) 0 (5)
MLS  D.C. United 0 (3)
D3P  S.F. Bay Seals 1  
A-L  Seattle Sounders 0  
  D3P  S.F. Bay Seals 2  
  MLS  Kansas City Wizards 1  
 
   
  D3P  S.F. Bay Seals 2  
  MLS  San Jose Clash 1  
PDL  Central Coast Roadrunners (ASDET) 3  
A-L  California Jaguars 2  
  PDL  Central Coast Roadrunners 2
  MLS  San Jose Clash 5  
 
   
  D3P  S.F. Bay Seals 1
  MLS  D.C. United 2  
A-L  Hershey Wildcats 4  
D3P  Central Jersey Riptide 1  
  A-L  Hershey Wildcats 0 (2)
  MLS  D.C. United (ASDET, PSO) 0 (3)  
 
   
  MLS  D.C. United 2
  MLS  Tampa Bay Mutiny 0  
A-L  Rochester Rhinos (ASDET) 3  
PDL  Mid-Michigan Bucks 2  
  A-L  Rochester Rhinos 0
  MLS  Tampa Bay Mutiny 1  
 
   

Final

October 30
 Dallas Burn 0 – 0 (ASDET) D.C. United Carroll Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
Attendance: 9,766
Referee: Rich Grady

American clubs in international competitions

Club Competition Final round
Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
D.C. United CONCACAF Champions' Cup Third Place
Seattle Sounders 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final Group Stage

Los Angeles Galaxy

D.C. United

Seattle Sounders

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