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MLS 1997 : Results, rankings and all statistics
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MLS1997

Season
Tier : 1
Type of clubs : A
Country : United States
GamesGames played : 173
Goals forGoals scored : 558 (3.23 goals per match )
Yellow cardsYellow cards : 499
Red cardsRed cards : 37

51%
Home victories

20%
Draws

29%
Away victories

Players age average : 27.03 years
Number of players participating : 236

MLS 1997's fixtures and results

MLS Cup - Final

October 26, 1997
15:30D.C. United2 1Colorado Rapids
  • 37'Jaime Moreno
  • 68'Tony Sanneh
  • 75'Adrian Paz

    • General rankingLast updated on 26/10/1997

    Latest transfers

    All transfers

    One match scorers

    Raul Diaz Arcehas scored 4 goals during the match Colorado Rapids 2-5 D.C. United (12/04/1997)
    Beto Navedahas scored 3 goals during the match New England 3-1 NY/NJ Metrostars (30/05/1997)
    Dante Washingtonhas scored 3 goals during the match Dallas Burn 3-1 San Jose Clash (18/07/1997)
    Eduardo Hurtadohas scored 3 goals during the match LA Galaxy 6-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny (07/09/1997)
    Jose Vasquezhas scored 3 goals during the match San Jose Clash 2-3 LA Galaxy (21/09/1997)

    Individual rankingsLast updated on 03/02/2026 at 20:38

    Player Goals pen. eff. Min.p. M.p. Start Home Away 1H 2H Team % Last goal
    Jaime Moreno 19 5 114 2158 25 25 15 4 9 10 24% 26/10/1997
    Raul Diaz Arce 17 2 123 2084 26 23 8 9 9 8 22% 15/10/1997
    Giovanni Savarese 14 0 148 2067 29 23 9 5 6 8 33% 28/09/1997
    Dante Washington 14 0 173 2428 34 28 12 2 6 8 24% 08/10/1997
    Preki 13 3 189 2462 29 28 6 7 2 11 22% 08/10/1997
    Ronald Cerritos 12 0 154 1843 22 22 6 6 7 5 22% 21/09/1997
    Damian Alvarez 12 4 148 1772 23 23 5 7 4 8 21% 15/10/1997
    Wélton Araújo Melo 11 0 130 1427 31 13 6 5 6 5 20% 19/09/1997
    Paul Bravo 11 0 256 2821 35 32 8 3 6 5 18% 08/10/1997
    Mark Chung 10 0 305 3050 34 34 8 2 3 7 17% 17/08/1997
    Jeff Baicher 10 0 203 2030 32 20 2 8 4 6 18% 24/08/1997
    Roy Lassiter 10 0 201 2011 26 24 7 3 5 5 18% 30/08/1997
    Lawrence Lozzano 10 0 210 2097 29 23 5 5 3 7 18% 06/09/1997
    Antony De Avila 9 0 213 1915 23 21 6 3 5 4 21% 20/09/1997
    G. Antônio Batista 9 0 161 1447 18 18 5 4 5 4 16% 05/10/1997

    Rankings

    1 Colorado RapidsVSan Jose Clash 1-3 28/09/1997VKansas City 0-3 04/10/1997V 3-2 Kansas City08/10/1997VDallas Burn 0-1 12/10/1997V 2-1 Dallas Burn15/10/1997LD.C. United 2-1 26/10/1997
    2 D.C. UnitedL 1-3 NY/NJ Metrostars28/09/1997V 4-1 New England05/10/1997DNew England 1-1 08/10/1997V 3-2 Columbus Crew12/10/1997VColumbus Crew 0-1 15/10/1997V 2-1 Colorado Rapids26/10/1997
    3 LA GalaxyVDallas Burn 1-3 14/09/1997V 2-1 Dallas Burn19/09/1997VSan Jose Clash 2-3 21/09/1997V 2-0 Kansas City28/09/1997D 0-0 Dallas Burn05/10/1997LDallas Burn 3-0 08/10/1997
    4 New EnglandV 1-0 Columbus Crew12/09/1997DD.C. United 2-2 16/09/1997V 3-2 NY/NJ Metrostars20/09/1997VDallas Burn 1-2 25/09/1997LD.C. United 4-1 05/10/1997D 1-1 D.C. United08/10/1997
    5 Columbus CrewVNY/NJ Metrostars 0-1 25/09/1997D 1-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny28/09/1997VTampa Bay Mutiny 1-2 05/10/1997V 2-0 Tampa Bay Mutiny08/10/1997LD.C. United 3-2 12/10/1997L 0-1 D.C. United15/10/1997
    6 NY/NJ MetrostarsV 3-1 New England09/09/1997DKansas City 0-0 12/09/1997L 0-1 Dallas Burn16/09/1997LNew England 3-2 20/09/1997L 0-1 Columbus Crew25/09/1997VD.C. United 1-3 28/09/1997
    7 Tampa Bay MutinyV 2-1 Columbus Crew18/09/1997VD.C. United 1-2 21/09/1997L 1-5 D.C. United26/09/1997DColumbus Crew 1-1 28/09/1997L 1-2 Columbus Crew05/10/1997LColumbus Crew 2-0 08/10/1997
    8 San Jose ClashLNY/NJ Metrostars 3-0 29/08/1997V 4-0 NY/NJ Metrostars06/09/1997L 0-1 Dallas Burn11/09/1997VColorado Rapids 1-2 17/09/1997L 2-3 LA Galaxy21/09/1997L 1-3 Colorado Rapids28/09/1997
    9 Dallas BurnLLA Galaxy 2-1 19/09/1997L 1-2 New England25/09/1997DLA Galaxy 0-0 05/10/1997V 3-0 LA Galaxy08/10/1997L 0-1 Colorado Rapids12/10/1997LColorado Rapids 2-1 15/10/1997
    10 Kansas CityD 0-0 NY/NJ Metrostars12/09/1997LColumbus Crew 4-0 14/09/1997V 5-2 Colorado Rapids26/09/1997LLA Galaxy 2-0 28/09/1997L 0-3 Colorado Rapids04/10/1997LColorado Rapids 3-2 08/10/1997

    Longest streaksLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 17:02

    Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 17:02

    Team \ Rd12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334

    Goals per quarterLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 17:02

    MinutesGoals
    0 - 1568
    Best scorer : Jaime Moreno - 4 Goals
    16 - 3073
    Best scorer : Raul Diaz Arce - 5 Goals
    31 - 45+89
    Best scorer : Jaime Moreno - 4 Goals
    46 - 6089
    Best scorer : Preki - 6 Goals
    61 - 75123
    Best scorer : Dante Washington - 5 Goals
    76 - 90+116
    Best scorer : Jaime Moreno - 6 Goals

    Most frequent scoresLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 17:02

    Score Frequence
    0 - 0 9 times
    1 - 0 16 times
    1 - 1 13 times
    2 - 0 17 times
    2 - 1 35 times
    2 - 2 11 times
    3 - 0 7 times
    3 - 1 24 times
    3 - 2 17 times
    Score Frequence
    3 - 3 2 times
    4 - 0 5 times
    4 - 1 6 times
    4 - 2 4 times
    5 - 0 1 times
    5 - 1 2 times
    5 - 2 2 times
    6 - 1 2 times

    Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 17:02

    General statistics by teamLast updated on 03/02/2026 at 20:38

    Team Participants Different First XI Different Scorers Best scorer
    NY/NJ Metrostars 30 31 11 Giovanni Savarese (14 goals)
    New England 28 29 14 Beto Naveda (7 goals)
    LA Galaxy 27 32 12 Wélton Araújo Melo (11 goals)
    Columbus Crew 26 32 16 Pete Marino (8 goals)
    San Jose Clash 25 29 13 Ronald Cerritos (12 goals)
    D.C. United 25 34 17 Jaime Moreno (19 goals)
    Dallas Burn 25 33 13 Dante Washington (14 goals)
    Tampa Bay Mutiny 25 31 15 Roy Lassiter (10 goals)
    Kansas City 22 26 11 Preki (13 goals)
    Colorado Rapids 22 28 12 Paul Bravo (11 goals)

    Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 05:37

    Team Average age Oldest player Youngest player
    LA Galaxy 25.5 Paul Caligiuri (32 years) Danny Pena (20 years)
    NY/NJ Metrostars 26.6 Roberto Donadoni (33 years) Carlos Parra (19 years)
    New England 26.9 Walter Zenga (36 years) Brian Dunseth (19 years)
    D.C. United 26.9 Roy Wegerle (32 years) Tom Presthus (21 years)
    Colorado Rapids 27 Roy Wegerle (32 years) Ross Paule (20 years)
    Columbus Crew 27 Tom Dooley (35 years) Ubusuku Abukusumo (19 years)
    Dallas Burn 27.1 Brian Haynes (34 years) Juan Sastoque (19 years)
    San Jose Clash 27.7 Christopher Sullivan (31 years) Esmundo Rodriguez (19 years)
    Tampa Bay Mutiny 27.8 Carlos Valderrama (35 years) Eric Quill (18 years)
    Kansas City 28 Richard Gough (34 years) Nino Da Silva (17 years)

    Countries statisticsLast updated on 05/02/2026 at 05:37

    Country Number of games played Number of players Number of goals scored
    United States 3276 168 316
    Argentina 194 10 16
    Mexico 119 7 22
    Nigeria 111 5 5
    Brazil 100 7 23
    El Salvador 98 4 39
    South Africa 82 4 10
    Italy 81 3 8
    Trinidad and Tobago 54 3 4
    Colombia 52 3 12
    Scotland 51 2 6
    Bolivia 49 2 22
    Poland 35 1 4
    Jamaica 33 2 6
    Guatemala 32 1 4
    Armenia 32 1 8
    Zimbabwe 30 1 9
    Canada 29 2 0
    Venezuela 29 1 14
    Uruguay 28 1 5

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