1997 in American soccer

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

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

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Main article: 1997 Major League Soccer season
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
Western Conference
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  
  • Best of Three series winners will advance.
MLS Cup

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Main article: MLS Cup '97

October 26
D.C. United 2 – 1 Colorado Rapids
Moreno Goal 37'
Sanneh Goal 68'		 Paz Goal 75'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 57,431
Referee: Brian Hall

A-League

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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

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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

References

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