Soccer in the United States
Season1997
United States

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

National team

Record

Competition GPWDL 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

January 17 U.S. Cup United States  0 – 1  Peru San Diego, California
Carty 8' Stadium: Jack Murphy Stadium
Attendance: 35,232
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
January 19 U.S. Cup United States  0 – 2  Mexico Pasadena, California
Alves 3'
Aspe 71'		 Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 31,725
Referee: Kevin Skinner (Canada)
January 22 U.S. Cup United States  1 – 4  Denmark Pasadena, California
Moore 45' Pedersen 16', 26', 45', 55' Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 17,342
January 29 International Friendly China  2 – 1  United States Kunming, China
Haidong 11'
Tie 31'		 Wynalda 72' Stadium: Tuodong Stadiuml
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jun Lu (China)
February 2 International Friendly China  1 – 1  United States Guangzhou, China
Maozhen 32' Lalas 25' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
March 2 World Cup qualifying Jamaica  0 – 0  United States Kingston, Jamaica
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 35,246
Referee: José Ramírez Suazo (Honduras)
March 16 World Cup qualifying United States  3 – 0  Canada Stanford, California
Wynalda 7' (pen.)
Pope 14'
Stewart 89'		 Stadium: Stanford Stadium
Attendance: 28,896
Referee: Luis Oliveto (Argentina)
June 4 International Friendly United States  0 – 0  Paraguay Fenton, Missouri
Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Center
Attendance: 7,016
Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
June 17 International Friendly United States  2 – 1  Israel Jacksonville, Florida
Lalas 26'
Kirovski 68'		 Glam 83' Stadium: Alltel Stadium
Attendance: 8,436
Referee: Zimmermann Boulos (United States)
June 29 World Cup qualifying El Salvador  1 – 1  United States San Salvador, El Salvador
Arce 60' Lassiter 57' Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: René Ortube Betancourt (Bolivia)
September 7 World Cup qualifying United States  1 – 0  Costa Rica Portland, Oregon
Ramos 79' Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 27,396
Referee: Oscar Juan Ruiz Acosta (Colombia)
October 5 World Cup qualifying United States  1 – 1  Jamaica Washington, D.C.
Wynalda 50' (pen.) Burton 51' Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 51,528
Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)
November 2 World Cup qualifying Mexico  0 – 0  United States Mexico City, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 115,000
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
November 11 World Cup qualifying Canada  0 – 3  United States Burnaby, Canada
Reyna 5'
Wegerle 81', 90+4'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 8,420
Referee: John Jairo Toro (Colombia)

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

Unofficial 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

July 10 Friendly Game United States  1 – 4 Turkey Galatasaray New Jersey
report Attendance: 0

League tables

Men

Major League Soccer

Pos Team Pld W SOW L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D.C. United 32 17 4 11 70 53 +17 55 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 14 3 15 55 60 −5 45
3 Columbus Crew 32 12 3 17 42 41 +1 39
4 New England Revolution 32 11 4 17 40 53 −13 37
5 NY/NJ MetroStars 32 11 2 19 43 53 −10 35
Source: MLS
Pos Team Pld W SOW L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kansas City Wizards 32 14 7 11 57 51 +6 49 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 14 2 16 55 44 +11 44
3 Dallas Burn 32 13 3 16 55 49 +6 42
4 Colorado Rapids 32 12 2 18 50 59 −9 38
5 San Jose Clash 32 9 3 20 55 59 −4 30
Source: MLS
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
D.C. United2 – 1Colorado Rapids
Moreno 37'
Sanneh 68'		 Paz 75'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 57,431
Referee: Brian Hall

A-League

Northeast Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:
Atlantic Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
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 29 4 1 1 23 28 73 −45 13
Source:
Central Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:
Pacific Division
Pos Team Pld W SW SL L GF GA GD Pts
1 California Jaguars 28 17 1 0 10 48 34 +14 52
2 Seattle Sounders 28 16 2 3 7 42 19 +23 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
Source:

Lamar Hunt 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

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

August 24 Champions' Cup Final Los Angeles Galaxy 3 – 5 Mexico Cruz Azul Washington, D.C.
Hurtado 8', 14'
Campos 78'		 Galindo 30' (pen.)
Rodríguez 31'
Adomaitis 36'
Hermosillo 62', 66'		 Stadium: RFK Stadium

D.C. United

August 24 Champions' Cup Third Place D.C. United 2 – 2 Mexico Guadalajara Washington, D.C.
Arce 40'
Iroha 89'		 Acosta 55'
Sánchez 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: RFK Stadium

Seattle Sounders

References

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