1997
United States
level 1
champion D.C. United
mvp Preki
golden boot Jaime Moreno
160 games
3.3 goals / game
14605.0 avg. attendance
GP W SOW SOL L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
D.C. United 32 17 4 4 7 55 70 53 1.72 1.32
Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 14 3 2 13 45 55 60 1.41 0.92
Columbus Crew 32 12 3 4 13 39 42 41 1.22 1.02
New England Revolution 32 11 4 4 13 37 40 53 1.16 0.75
New York Red Bulls 32 11 2 2 17 35 43 53 1.09 0.81
Sporting Kansas City 32 14 7 2 9 49 57 51 1.53 1.12
LA Galaxy 32 14 2 4 12 44 55 44 1.38 1.25
FC Dallas 32 13 3 2 14 42 55 49 1.31 1.12
Colorado Rapids 32 12 2 3 15 38 50 59 1.19 0.85
San Jose Earthquakes 32 9 3 6 14 30 55 59 0.94 0.93
Award Winner
Best XI Thomas Dooley
Best XI Jeff Agoos
Best XI Marco Etcheverry
Best XI Mark Chung
Best XI Preki
Best XI Richard Gough
Best XI Rónald Cerritos
Best XI Brad Friedel
Best XI Carlos Valderrama
Best XI Eddie Pope
Best XI Jaime Moreno
Coach of the Year Bruce Arena
Defender of the Year Eddie Pope
Fair Play Award Mark Chung
MVP Preki
Referee of the Year Esfandiar Baharmast
Rookie of the Year Mike Duhaney
Supporters' Shield D.C. United
complete stats
gp gs min g a sh
Mike Burns New England Revolution 32 32 2880 0 2 36
Mark Chung Sporting Kansas City 32 32 2871 10 8 62
Dan Calichman LA Galaxy 32 32 2848 0 0 8
Matt Kmosko Colorado Rapids 31 31 2760 0 3 5
Matt McKeon Sporting Kansas City 31 30 2737 4 1 15
Brian Maisonneuve Columbus Crew 32 30 2734 3 9 52
Robert Warzycha Columbus Crew 31 31 2722 3 11 92
Tony Meola New York Red Bulls 30 30 2700 0 0 0
Mark Dodd FC Dallas 30 30 2700 0 0 1
Roberto Donadoni New York Red Bulls 32 31 2699 3 9 50
Ted Chronopoulos New England Revolution 30 30 2624 2 1 30
Brad Friedel Columbus Crew 29 29 2609 0 1 0
Alexi Lalas New England Revolution 30 29 2607 2 3 24
Richie Williams D.C. United 30 29 2606 2 9 22
Mike Ammann Sporting Kansas City 29 29 2597 0 1 0
Ryan Tinsley Sporting Kansas City 31 29 2588 1 4 5
Steve Trittschuh Colorado Rapids 29 29 2566 5 1 25
Mo Johnston Sporting Kansas City 29 29 2564 6 9 56
Francis Okaroh New England Revolution 29 29 2528 0 0 1
Marcelo Balboa Colorado Rapids 28 28 2520 2 3 44
Eddie Pope D.C. United 29 29 2513 3 2 12
Chris Henderson Colorado Rapids 30 29 2508 7 13 62
Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny 29 29 2493 5 11 42
Mike Clark Columbus Crew 31 28 2484 1 2 7
Martin Vasquez Tampa Bay Mutiny 28 28 2475 4 3 43

all games

Sept. 28, 1997 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 - 0 Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles, CA 28912 2
Sept. 28, 1997 1997 Colorado Rapids 3 - 1 San Jose Clash Spartan Stadium 10926 2
Sept. 28, 1997 1997 Columbus Crew (SO) 1 - 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny Ohio Stadium 22259 2
Sept. 28, 1997 1997 D.C. United 1 - 3 New York/New Jersey MetroStars RFK Stadium 9686 2
Sept. 26, 1997 1997 Colorado Rapids 2 - 5 Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 12485 2
Sept. 26, 1997 1997 D.C. United 5 - 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Stadium 16326 2
Sept. 25, 1997 1997 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 New York/New Jersey MetroStars Giants Stadium 15570 2
Sept. 25, 1997 1997 Dallas Burn 1 - 2 New England Revolution Cotton Bowl 6897 2
Sept. 21, 1997 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy 3 - 2 San Jose Clash Spartan Stadium 20117 2
Sept. 21, 1997 1997 D.C. United 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny RFK Stadium 14586 2
Sept. 20, 1997 1997 New England Revolution 3 - 2 New York/New Jersey MetroStars Foxboro Stadium 36273 2
Sept. 19, 1997 1997 Dallas Burn 1 - 2 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles, CA 19421 2
Sept. 18, 1997 1997 Columbus Crew 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Stadium 6984 2
Sept. 17, 1997 1997 Colorado Rapids 1 - 2 San Jose Clash Mile High Stadium 6955 2
Sept. 16, 1997 1997 Dallas Burn 1 - 0 New York/New Jersey MetroStars Giants Stadium 11484 2
Sept. 16, 1997 1997 D.C. United (SO) 2 - 2 New England Revolution RFK Stadium 11607 2
Sept. 14, 1997 1997 Dallas Burn 1 - 3 Los Angeles Galaxy Cotton Bowl 9032 2
Sept. 14, 1997 1997 Columbus Crew 4 - 0 Kansas City Wizards Ohio Stadium 15132 2
Sept. 13, 1997 1997 D.C. United 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Stadium 14062 2
Sept. 12, 1997 1997 Columbus Crew 0 - 1 New England Revolution Foxboro Stadium 21619 2
Sept. 12, 1997 1997 New York/New Jersey MetroStars (SO) 0 - 0 Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 8761 2
Sept. 11, 1997 1997 Dallas Burn 1 - 0 San Jose Clash Spartan Stadium 7955 2
Sept. 10, 1997 1997 Colorado Rapids 0 - 2 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles, CA 7824 2
Sept. 9, 1997 1997 New England Revolution 1 - 3 New York/New Jersey MetroStars Giants Stadium 10510 2
Sept. 7, 1997 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 - 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny Los Angeles, CA 7482 2