COLORADO

Offseason moves paid dividends for the Rapids, who made the playoffs after missing out in ’96. Five of their six leading scorers were players picked up in the offseason, while leader Chris Henderson doubled his ’96 point total.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
19 Chris Henderson 30 29 2501 7 14 28
8 Paul Bravo 30 27 2443 8 6 22
11 Adrian Paz 25 24 2064 4 11 19
2 Peter Vermes 26 25 2207 6 4 16
6 David Patino 23 22 1733 5 6 16
23 Wolde Harris 27 15 1486 5 5 15
4 Steve Trittschuh 29 29 2566 5 1 11
20 Ross Paule 19 7 863 2 3 7
17 Marcelo Balboa 28 28 2520 2 2 6
3 Sean Henderson 25 19 1648 3 0 6
– *Roy Wegerle 14 13 992 2 1 5
– *Sean Bartlett 10 5 579 1 2 4
21 Tote Castaneda 24 18 1645 0 3 3
10 Steve Rammel 10 2 361 0 0 0
Totals 21 11 1137 1 1 3
12 Matt Kmosko 31 31 2760 0 2 2
15 Tahj Jakins 19 12 1133 0 2 2
1 Marcus Hahnemann 25 24 2157 0 1 1
14 Chris Martinez 8 3 332 0 1 1
7 Rafael Amaya 7 3 238 0 1 1
18 Paul Grafer 9 8 723 0 0 0
16 Brian Bates 11 7 537 0 0 0
– *Scott Benedetti 3 1 133 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
1 Marcus Hahnemann 25 2157 37 1.54 13 11 6
18 Paul Grafer 9 723 22 2.74 1 7 1

COLUMBUS

The Crew’s scoring slipped badly, but it made up for the lack of punch with strong play in goal again from Brad Friedel, the ’97 MLS goals-against average leader. Over two seasons, he has 12 shutouts in 36 games, or one every three games.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. GA G A P
12 Pete Marino 28 7 1239 8 4 20
20 Brian McBride 13 13 1069 6 6 18
19 Robert Warzycha 31 31 2720 3 11 17
8 A.J. Wood 16 16 1272 3 3 9
Totals 29 21 1833 5 4 14
10 Brian Maisonneuve 32 30 2734 3 7 13
5 Thomas Dooley 15 15 1309 4 1 9
7 Jorge Salcedo 28 26 2240 1 6 8
15 Doctor Khumalo 18 18 1318 2 4 8
22 Marcelo Carrera 20 14 1226 3 2 8
11 Jason Farrell 18 10 1026 2 3 7
6 Todd Yeagley 27 22 1996 2 1 5
3 Mike Clark 31 28 2484 1 2 4
11 Mike Lapper 20 20 1785 1 2 4
9 Billy Thompson 6 4 296 1 1 3
2 Ansil Elcock 26 21 1856 1 0 2
24 Sergio Miguez 17 16 1361 0 2 2
– *Brian Bliss 12 10 846 1 0 2
1 Brad Friedel 29 29 2609 0 1 1
16 Rob Smith 25 8 1112 0 0 0
4 Janusz Michallik 10 6 447 0 0 0
18 David Winner 4 3 271 0 0 0
– *Silvio Rudman 6 2 190 0 0 0
– *Rob Jachym 3 1 95 0 0 0
17 Todd Miller 3 1 81 0 0 0
– *Freddie Butler 1 1 45 0 0 0
25 Ubusuku Abukusumo 1 0 20 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
1 Brad Friedel 29 2609 35 1.21 14 15 8
18 David Winner 4 271 6 2.00 1 2 0

DALLAS

For the second straight year, it’s an American who’s led the Burn in scoring. Last year it was Jason Kreis. This year it’s Dante Washington, who went from one goal last year in Columbus and Dallas to 12 for the Burn.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
10 Dante Washington 30 25 2161 12 6 30
11 Damian Alvarez 19 19 1475 11 7 29
15 Jason Kreis 32 21 2204 8 6 22
8 Gerell Elliott 28 15 1503 7 5 19
66 Alain Sutter 21 21 1800 2 8 12
7 Mark Santel 31 26 2471 2 6 10
17 Jorge Rodriguez 24 21 1872 4 1 9
22 Daniel Peinado 25 22 1869 2 4 8
12 Ted Eck 30 22 1837 1 4 6
3 Wade Webber 18 18 1588 2 1 5
16 Temoc Suarez 19 6 721 1 3 5
4 Diego Sonora 16 16 1421 1 2 4
5 Jorge Flores 12 8 667 1 1 3
6 Tom Soehn 25 21 1953 0 2 2
Own goal – – – 1 – –
12 Brandon Pollard 21 16 1526 0 1 1
– *Peter Hattrup 7 2 225 0 1 1
1 Mark Dodd 30 30 2700 0 0 0
24 Joey Martinez 19 19 1502 0 0 0
2 Eric Dade 15 14 1305 0 0 0
18 Richard Farrer 8 6 503 0 0 0
30 Garth Lagerwey 2 2 180 0 0 0
13 Brian Haynes 1 1 69 0 0 0
– *Dan Stebbins 1 1 38 0 0 0
25 Juan Sastoque 2 0 23 0 0 0
– *Gabe Jones 1 0 7 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
1 Mark Dodd 30 2700 48 1.60 14 16 3
30 Garth Lagerwey 2 180 1 0.50 2 0 1

D.C. UNITED

Jaime Moreno was beaten out for MLS scoring title by Preki on the last week of the season, but his 1.72 points a game average over two years leads all players.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP Min. G A P
9 Jaime Moreno 20 20 1725 16 8 40
21 Raul Diaz Arce 22 20 1789 15 6 36
20 Tony Sanneh 29 28 2271 5 11 21
6 John Harkes 25 23 2067 5 9 19
10 Marco Etcheverry 20 19 1696 3 11 17
17 Roy Wegerle 17 10 940 3 3 9
Totals 31 23 1932 5 4 14
16 Richie Williams 30 29 2604 2 9 13
19 John Maessner 32 20 2012 2 9 13
5 Ben Iroha 17 15 1102 4 5 13
Totals 21 18 1389 4 5 13
15 Jesse Marsch 11 1 233 3 3 9
23 Eddie Pope 29 29 2513 3 2 8
7 Kris Kelderman 24 9 913 2 4 8
12 Jeff Agoos 29 27 2413 1 3 5
– *Steve Rammel 11 9 776 1 1 3
Own goals – – – 2 – –
24 David Vaudreuil 25 19 1789 0 2 2
4 Clint Peay 13 8 813 1 0 2
11 Mario Gori 8 8 606 1 0 2
8 Brian Kamler 5 1 163 1 0 2
1 Scott Garlick 14 13 1171 0 1 1
– *Arnold Cruz 5 5 450 0 1 1
18 Carlos Llamosa 25 20 1817 0 0 0
26 Tom Presthus 7 7 629 0 0 0
2 Mark Simpson 7 7 629 0 0 0
– *Jeff Causey 6 5 451 0 0 0
22 Joey Theiman 3 0 58 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
1 Scott Garlick 14 1170 22 1.69 9 5 2
26 Tom Presthus 7 630 13 1.86 3 2 0
2 Mark Simpson 7 629 7 1.00 4 2 3
– *Jeff Causey 6 451 11 2.20 4 2 1

KANSAS CITY

While Preki, MLS’s leading scorer in ’97 (41) and over the first two seasons (90), gets all the attention, his teammate, Mark Chung, also holds an MLS record. He is the only player to start every game for the two seasons (64).

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
11 Preki 27 27 2330 12 17 41
13 Mark Chung 32 32 2871 10 8 28
10 Mo Johnston 29 29 2564 6 10 22
12 Vitalis Takawira 28 23 2153 8 6 22
14 Frank Klopas 27 24 1964 5 7 17
3 Paul Wright 30 18 1647 5 4 14
21 Matt McKeon 31 30 2736 4 1 9
9 Ryan Tinsley 31 29 2581 1 4 6
6 Sean Bowers 26 24 2014 3 0 6
17 Edmundo Rodriguez 16 4 551 1 3 5
00 Mike Ammann 29 29 2597 0 3 3
20 Uche Okafor 27 27 2385 0 3 3
22 Brian Johnson 14 10 953 1 1 3
Own goal – – – 1 – –
4 Richard Gough 17 17 1456 0 1 1
2 Steve Pittman 26 23 2068 0 0 0
27 John DeBrito 2 0 53 0 0 0
Totals 10 8 621 0 0 0
18 Chris Snitko 5 3 282 0 0 0
8 Damian Silvera 3 1 166 0 0 0
– *John Diffley 6 2 148 0 0 0
19 Jake Dancy 3 0 119 0 0 0
8 Jamel Mitchell 1 0 17 0 0 0
23 Nino DaSilva 1 0 13 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
00 Mike Ammann 29 2597 45 1.56 21 8 5
18 Chris Snitko 5 283 6 1.91 0 3 0

LOS ANGELES

The Galaxy’s ’97 season was the complete opposite of its inaugural campaign. It opened 1-7 this season, costing Lothar Osiander his job, but finished a strong 15-9. Last year, the Galaxy got off to a 12-0 start but then slumped to 7-13 the rest of the way.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
19 Welton 29 12 1324 11 4 26
10 Mauricio Cienfuegos 22 22 1980 6 12 24
13 Cobi Jones 26 25 2227 7 8 22
11 Harut Karapetyan 30 23 1763 8 4 20
29 Eduardo Hurtado 22 21 1767 8 3 19
5 Martin Machon 30 27 2435 4 7 15
14 Chris Armas 28 28 2306 3 4 10
2 Danny Pena 27 26 2229 2 3 7
27 Jose Vasquez 5 2 249 3 0 6
18 Greg Vanney 28 27 2318 1 3 5
21 Paul Caligiuri 16 16 1403 1 3 5
9 Jorge Campos 19 19 1686 0 2 2
16 Bryan Taylor 11 5 415 1 0 2
12 Guillermo Jara 15 2 358 0 2 2
15 Steve Jolley 12 10 882 0 1 1
17 Ezra Hendrickson 6 2 337 0 1 1
Totals 14 6 801 0 1 1
8 Jose Botello 7 0 154 0 1 1
6 Dan Calichman 32 32 2847 0 0 0
4 Robin Fraser 24 24 2020 0 0 0
– *Mark Semioli 12 11 993 0 0 0
– *David Kramer 9 9 810 0 0 0
22 Kevin Hartman 8 4 486 0 0 0
– *Brad Wilson 3 3 221 0 0 0
21 Gerardo Laterza 4 1 131 0 0 0
– *John Jones 5 0 91 0 0 0
– *Ante Razov 3 0 80 0 0 0
3 Peter Lak 2 1 33 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
9 Jorge Campos 19 1584 23 1.31 12 5 4
– *David Kramer 9 810 13 1.44 2 7 2
22 Kevin Hartman 8 484 8 1.49 2 4 3

METROSTARS

The revolving door the MetroStars installed at the Meadowlands looks like a permanent fixture. The NY/NJ club again used more players (30) than any in MLS.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
17 Giovanni Savarese 29 23 2069 14 4 32
11 Antony De Avila 23 21 1915 9 9 27
7 Roberto Donadoni 32 31 2696 3 9 15
19 Miles Joseph 29 15 1771 2 10 14
6 Mike Sorber 22 22 1888 4 0 8
– *A.J. Wood 13 5 561 2 1 5
12 Shaun Bartlett 13 10 852 2 0 4
Totals 23 15 1431 3 2 8
10 Tab Ramos 13 13 955 2 4 8
20 Brian Kelly 21 14 1354 1 4 6
22 Mark Semioli 17 17 1384 2 1 5
Totals 29 28 2377 2 1 5
8 Brian Bliss 16 14 1198 0 3 3
Totals 28 24 2044 1 3 5
4 Branco 11 11 885 1 2 4
9 Manuel Lagos 15 15 1213 0 2 2
Own goal – – – 1 – –
15 Rhett Harty 26 26 2278 0 1 1
24 Andrew Lewis 19 15 1422 0 1 1
14 Braeden Cloutier 17 11 923 0 1 1
– *Guido 9 9 791 0 1 1
16 Cristian da Silva 14 6 596 0 1 1
– *Gerson Echeverry 1 1 74 0 1 1
1 Tony Meola 30 30 2700 0 0 0
21 Kerry Zavagnin 22 12 1146 0 0 0
4 Joao Luiz 7 7 585 0 0 0
2 Jeff Zaun 10 6 570 0 0 0
– *John DeBrito 8 8 568 0 0 0
– *Ezra Henrickson 8 4 464 0 0 0
25 Carlos Parra 4 3 273 0 0 0
18 Zach Thornton 3 2 197 0 0 0
3 Matt Knowles 4 2 175 0 0 0
– *Marco Rizi 1 0 33 0 0 0
– *Rob Johnson 2 0 29 0 0 0

Final Goalie Statistics

No. Player GP Min. GA GAA W L Sho
1 Tony Meola 30 2683 48 1.61 12 18 5
18 Zach Thornton 3 197 5 2.28 1 1 0

NEW ENGLAND

Revs’ supporters are making the case for Walter Zenga as MLS’s MVP. New England went 15-7 with the Italian keeper in the nets, but it was 0-10 when he was out injured in the second half of the season.

Final Player Statistics

No. Player GP GS Min. G A P
10 Alberto Naveda 29 28 2391 7 7 21
8 Imad Baba 29 28 2389 7 5 19
– *Chiquinho Conde 17 17 1500 6 5 17
33 Giuseppe Galderisi 7 7 511 0 2 2
Totals 23 22 1722 5 8 18
14 Ivan McKinley 7 7 630 4 1 9
Totals 26 21 1982 5 4 14
12 Joe-Max Moore 13 12 986 4 2 10
9 John Kerr 19 14 1136 2 5 9
22 Alexi Lalas 30 29 2607 2

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