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