1997 D.C. United season

D.C. United

1997 season
General Manager	Dave Kasper
Head Coach	Bruce Arena
Stadium	RFK Stadium
MLS	Conference: 1st Overall: 1st
MLS Cup	Champions
U.S. Open Cup	Runners-Up
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: All: Jaime Moreno (16)
Home colors Away colors Third colors
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 D.C. United season was the clubs' third year of existence, as well as their second season in Major League Soccer. The United successfully defending their MLS Cup title, becoming the first and only club to consecutively win the MLS Cup, until Houston Dynamo in 2007. Additionally, United won their first ever MLS Supporters' Shield in 1997, earning their first league "double" by winning the regular season and the playoffs.

Background

The 1996 Major League Soccer season was both Major League Soccer and D.C. United's debut season, which resulted in United winning the inaugural MLS Cup championship match.

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Eastern Conference standings

Eastern Conference
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

Overall standings

Major League Soccer
Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	SOW	GF	GA	GD
1	D.C. United1 (E1)	55	32	17	11	4	70	53	+17
2	Kansas City Wizards (W1)	49	32	14	11	7	57	51	+6
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny (E2)	45	32	14	15	3	55	60	−5
4	Los Angeles Galaxy (W2)	44	32	14	16	2	55	44	+11
5	Dallas Burn	42	32	13	16	3	55	49	+6
6	Columbus Crew	39	32	12	17	3	42	41	+1
7	Colorado Rapids1	38	32	12	18	2	50	59	−9
8	New England Revolution	37	32	11	17	4	40	53	−13
9	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	35	32	11	19	2	43	53	−10
10	San Jose Clash	30	32	9	20	3	55	59	−4

	MLS Supporters' Shield
	1997 MLS Cup Playoffs

• ^Note 1 - CONCACAF Champions League berths will be awarded to the participants of MLS Cup 1997 (D.C. and Colorado)

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MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Quarterfinals August 19, 1997 (1997-08-19)	D.C. United	2–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Washington, D.C., United States
	Etcheverry  84'			Stadium: RFK Stadium

Semifinals September 3, 1997 (1997-09-03)	San Francisco Bay Seals	1–2	D.C. United	Stockton, California
	White  84'		Moreno  2' (pen.) Díaz Arce  62'	Stadium: Stagg Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,470

Final October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)	Dallas Burn	0–0 (aet) (5–3 p)	D.C. United	Indianapolis, Indiana
19:00 EDT				Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 9,766 Referee: Rich Grady
		Penalties
	Damián Kreis Sutter Peinado Rodríguez		Etcheverry Díaz Arce Moreno Iroha	|

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		D.C. United	1
		United Petrotrin	0
							D.C. United	0
							LA Galaxy	1
		LA Galaxy	2
		Luis Ángel Firpo	0
												LA Galaxy	3
												Cruz Azul	5
		Guadalajara	1
		Cartaginés	0
							Guadalajara	2
							Cruz Azul	3
		Cruz Azul	5
		Comunicaciones	0

Match results

Quarterfinals August 12, 1997 (1997-08-12)	D.C. United	1–0	United Petrotrin	Washington, D.C., United States
	Etcheverry  84'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium

Semifinals August 22, 1997 (1997-08-22)	D.C. United	0–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Washington, D.C., United States
		Report	Jones  10'	Stadium: RFK Stadium

Consolation match April 30, 2005 (2005-04-30)	D.C. United	2–2	Guadalajara	Washington, D.C., United States
	Díaz Arce  40' Iroha  89'	Report	Acosta  55' Sánchez  86' (pen.)	Stadium: RFK Stadium
Note: Match stood as a draw

See also

• 1997 in American soccer
• 1997 Major League Soccer season
• List of D.C. United seasons

D.C. United seasons 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015