1997 Major League Soccer Stats

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Governing Country: United States us

Level: 1st Tier (See League Structure)

Gender: Male

Champion: D.C. United won league championship via league playoffs.

Most Goals: Jaime Moreno (D.C. United) - 16

Most Assists: Carlos Valderrama (Tampa Bay Mutiny) - 15

Most Clean Sheets: Brad Friedel (Columbus Crew) - 7

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League Summary

Regular Season

Eastern Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Eastern Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	D.C. United	32	21	4	11	70	53	+17	55	1.72	Jaime Moreno - 16	Scott Garlick	→ Conference Semifinals
2	Tampa Bay	32	17	3	15	55	60	-5	45	1.41	Roy Lassiter - 10	Mark Dougherty	→ Conference Semifinals
3	Columbus Crew	32	15	3	17	42	41	+1	39	1.22	Pete Marino - 8	Brad Friedel	→ Conference Semifinals
4	New England	32	15	4	17	40	53	-13	37	1.16	Imad Baba, Beto Naveda - 7	Walter Zenga	→ Conference Semifinals
5	MetroStars	32	13	2	19	43	53	-10	35	1.09	Giovanni Savarese - 14	Tony Meola

Eastern Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	D.C. United		11		5	39	24	+15				10		6	31	29	+2
2	Tampa Bay		12		4	34	22	+12				5		11	21	38	-17
3	Columbus Crew		11		5	25	15	+10				4		12	17	26	-9
4	New England		11		5	25	20	+5				4		12	15	33	-18
5	MetroStars		9		7	25	22	+3				4		12	18	31	-13

Western Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Western Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	KC Wizards	32	21	7	11	57	51	+6	49	1.53	Preki - 12	Mike Ammann	→ Conference Semifinals
2	LA Galaxy	32	16	2	16	55	44	+11	44	1.38	Wélton - 11	Jorge Campos	→ Conference Semifinals
3	Dallas Burn	32	16	3	16	55	49	+6	42	1.31	Dante Washington - 12	Mark Dodd	→ Conference Semifinals
4	Colorado Rapids	32	14	2	18	50	59	-9	38	1.19	Paul Bravo - 8	Marcus Hahnemann	→ Conference Semifinals
5	San Jose	32	12	3	20	55	59	-4	30	0.94	Ronald Cerritos - 12	Dave Salzwedel

Western Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	KC Wizards		12		4	35	24	+11				9		7	22	27	-5
2	LA Galaxy		10		6	31	18	+13				6		10	24	26	-2
3	Dallas Burn		8		8	30	24	+6				8		8	25	25	0
4	Colorado Rapids		9		7	29	23	+6				5		11	21	36	-15
5	San Jose		6		10	29	28	+1				6		10	26	31	-5

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Matchups were best two out of three. Each match included a shootout if tied at end of normal time.

Semifinal EC-1

Semifinal EC-1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	D.C. United	2	2	1	0	5	2	+3	4	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	New England	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0	0.00

Semifinal EC-2

Semifinal EC-2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Columbus Crew	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	3.00	→ Conference Finals
2	Tampa Bay	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0	0.00

Semifinal WC-1

Semifinal WC-1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Colorado Rapids	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	3.00	→ Conference Finals
2	KC Wizards	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0	0.00

Semifinal WC-2

Semifinal WC-2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Dallas Burn	2	2	1	0	3	0	+3	4	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	LA Galaxy	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0	0.00

Conference Finals

Matchups were best two out of three. Each match included a shootout if tied at end of normal time.

Conference Final EC

Conference Final EC Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	D.C. United	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	3.00	→ MLS Cup '97
2	Columbus Crew	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0	0.00

Conference Final WC

Conference Final WC Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Colorado Rapids	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	3.00	→ MLS Cup '97
2	Dallas Burn	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0	0.00

MLS Cup '97

Final

^E-1

D.C. United

2–1

Colorado Rapids

^W-4

D.C. United won match in normal time.

Squad Standard Stats 1997 Major League Soccer

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Squad Standard Stats 1997 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
Colorado Rapids	22	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	50	42	92	46	4	5	43	2	1.56	1.31	2.87	1.44	2.75
Columbus Crew	26	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	42	35	77	39	3	5	33	3	1.31	1.09	2.41	1.22	2.31
D.C. United	25	26.8		32	352	2,880	32.0	68	63	131	60	8	9	36	2	2.12	1.97	4.09	1.87	3.84
Dallas Burn	25	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	54	42	96	46	8	10	44	4	1.69	1.31	3.00	1.44	2.75
KC Wizards	22	28.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	56	41	97	53	3	6	49	3	1.75	1.28	3.03	1.66	2.94
LA Galaxy	27	26.5		32	352	2,880	32.0	55	42	97	51	4	4	52	5	1.72	1.31	3.03	1.59	2.91
MetroStars	30	27.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	42	38	80	41	1	4	50	2	1.31	1.19	2.50	1.28	2.47
New England	28	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	39	25	64	36	3	5	49	3	1.22	0.78	2.00	1.13	1.91
San Jose	25	27.6		32	352	2,880	32.0	55	50	105	53	2	3	43	4	1.72	1.56	3.28	1.66	3.22
Tampa Bay	25	28.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	55	49	104	54	1	3	63	7	1.72	1.53	3.25	1.69	3.22

Squad Standard Stats 1997 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
vs Colorado Rapids	22	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	69	128				43	3	1.84	2.16	4.00
vs Columbus Crew	26	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	41	52	93				52	3	1.28	1.62	2.91
vs D.C. United	25	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	52	62	114				49	1	1.62	1.94	3.56
vs Dallas Burn	25	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	47	50	97				42	2	1.47	1.56	3.03
vs KC Wizards	22	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	51	60	111				42	7	1.59	1.87	3.47
vs LA Galaxy	27	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	43	45	88				51	7	1.34	1.41	2.75
vs MetroStars	30	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	53	68	121				48	5	1.66	2.12	3.78
vs New England	28	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	52	68	120				36	2	1.62	2.12	3.75
vs San Jose	25	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	72	131				54	3	1.84	2.25	4.09
vs Tampa Bay	25	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	73	132				41	4	1.84	2.28	4.12

Squad Goalkeeping 1997 Major League Soccer

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Squad Goalkeeping 1997 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
Colorado Rapids	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	59	1.84	217	158	72.8	14		18	6	18.8
Columbus Crew	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	41	1.28	193	152	78.8	15		17	7	21.9
D.C. United	4	32	32	2,880	32.0	53	1.66	211	158	74.9	21		11	6	18.8
Dallas Burn	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	49	1.53	228	179	78.5	16		16	4	12.5
KC Wizards	2	32	32	2,879	32.0	51	1.59	180	129	71.7	21		11	5	15.6
LA Galaxy	3	32	32	2,881	32.0	44	1.37	165	121	73.3	16		16	9	28.1
MetroStars	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	53	1.66	222	169	76.1	13		19	6	18.8
New England	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	53	1.66	185	132	71.4	15		17	7	21.9
San Jose	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	59	1.84	203	144	70.9	12		20	3	9.4
Tampa Bay	2	32	32	2,894	32.0	60	1.87	218	158	72.5	17		15	4	12.5

Squad Goalkeeping 1997 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
vs Colorado Rapids	2	32	32		32.0						18		14	3	9.4
vs Columbus Crew	2	32	32		32.0						17		15	6	18.8
vs D.C. United	4	32	32		32.0						11		21	3	9.4
vs Dallas Burn	2	32	32		32.0						16		16	3	9.4
vs KC Wizards	2	32	32		32.0						11		21	7	21.9
vs LA Galaxy	3	32	32		32.0						16		16	6	18.8
vs MetroStars	2	32	32		32.0						19		13	11	34.4
vs New England	3	32	32		32.0						17		15	10	31.3
vs San Jose	3	32	32		32.0						20		12	3	9.4
vs Tampa Bay	2	32	32		32.0						15		17	5	15.6

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Squad Shooting 1997 Major League Soccer

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Squad Shooting 1997 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	50		185			5.78		0.25		4	5
Columbus Crew	26	32.0	42		180			5.63		0.22		3	5
D.C. United	25	32.0	68		239			7.47		0.25		8	9
Dallas Burn	25	32.0	54		230			7.19		0.20		8	10
KC Wizards	22	32.0	56		222			6.94		0.24		3	6
LA Galaxy	27	32.0	55		235			7.34		0.22		4	4
MetroStars	30	32.0	42		175			5.47		0.23		1	4
New England	28	32.0	39		196			6.12		0.18		3	5
San Jose	25	32.0	55		205			6.41		0.26		2	3
Tampa Bay	25	32.0	55		189			5.91		0.29		1	3

Squad Shooting 1997 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
vs Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	59
vs Columbus Crew	26	32.0	41
vs D.C. United	25	32.0	52
vs Dallas Burn	25	32.0	47
vs KC Wizards	22	32.0	51
vs LA Galaxy	27	32.0	43
vs MetroStars	30	32.0	53
vs New England	28	32.0	52
vs San Jose	25	32.0	59
vs Tampa Bay	25	32.0	59

Squad Playing Time 1997 Major League Soccer

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Squad Playing Time 1997 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
Colorado Rapids	22	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			81	0	0	1.19	50	59	-9	-0.28
Columbus Crew	26	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			88	0	0	1.22	42	41	+1	+0.03
D.C. United	25	26.8	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			82	0	0	1.72	70	53	+17	+0.53
Dallas Burn	25	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			85	0	0	1.31	55	49	+6	+0.19
KC Wizards	22	28.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			59	0	0	1.53	57	51	+6	+0.19
LA Galaxy	27	26.5	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			83	0	0	1.38	55	44	+11	+0.34
MetroStars	30	27.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			86	0	0	1.09	43	53	-10	-0.31
New England	28	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			80	0	0	1.16	40	53	-13	-0.41
San Jose	25	27.6	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			86	0	0	0.94	55	59	-4	-0.12
Tampa Bay	25	28.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			78	0	0	1.41	55	60	-5	-0.16

Squad Playing Time 1997 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
vs Colorado Rapids	22	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			85	24		1.69	59	50	+9	+0.28
vs Columbus Crew	26	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			82	24		1.59	41	42	-1	-0.03
vs D.C. United	25	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			82	24		1.03	53	70	-17	-0.53
vs Dallas Burn	25	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			76	23		1.50	49	55	-6	-0.19
vs KC Wizards	22	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			79	24		1.03	51	57	-6	-0.19
vs LA Galaxy	27	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			78	28		1.50	44	55	-11	-0.34
vs MetroStars	30	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			83	24		1.78	53	43	+10	+0.31
vs New England	28	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			79	24		1.59	53	40	+13	+0.41
vs San Jose	25	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			78	23		1.88	59	55	+4	+0.12
vs Tampa Bay	25	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			86	28		1.41	60	55	+5	+0.16

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1997 Major League Soccer

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Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1997 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	43	2		473
Columbus Crew	26	32.0	33	3		438
D.C. United	25	32.0	36	2		396
Dallas Burn	25	32.0	44	4		476
KC Wizards	22	32.0	49	3		480
LA Galaxy	27	32.0	52	5		463
MetroStars	30	32.0	50	2		439
New England	28	32.0	49	3		533
San Jose	25	32.0	43	4		457
Tampa Bay	25	32.0	63	7		417

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1997 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
vs Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	43	3	1									0
vs Columbus Crew	26	32.0	52	3	0									0
vs D.C. United	25	32.0	49	1	0									2
vs Dallas Burn	25	32.0	42	2	0									1
vs KC Wizards	22	32.0	42	7	0									1
vs LA Galaxy	27	32.0	51	7	3									0
vs MetroStars	30	32.0	48	5	3									1
vs New England	28	32.0	36	2	0									1
vs San Jose	25	32.0	54	3	1									0
vs Tampa Bay	25	32.0	41	4	1									0

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