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1997 Major League Soccer season

Season	1997
MLS Cup	D.C. United
Supporters' Shield	D.C. United
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Major League Soccer season was the 2nd season of the league. That season marked the first time any team won both The Supporters Shield and the MLS Cup.

Contents 1 Final standings 2 Playoffs 3 Conference Semi-finals 4 Conference finals 5 MLS Cup '97 6 Player of the Week 7 Player of the Month 8 Team Awards 9 Individual awards

[edit] Final standings

Place	Eastern Conference	P	W	(so)	L	(so)	F	A	GD	Points
1	D.C. United	32	21	(4)	11	(4)	70	53	+17	55
2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	17	(3)	15	(2)	55	60	-5	45
3	Columbus Crew	32	15	(3)	17	(4)	42	41	+1	39
4	New England Revolution	32	15	(4)	17	(4)	40	53	-13	37
5	NY/NJ MetroStars	32	13	(2)	19	(2)	43	53	-10	35
Place	Western Conference	P	W	(so)	L	(so)	F	A	GD	Points
1	Kansas City Wizards	32	21	(7)	11	(2)	57	51	+6	49
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	16	(2)	16	(4)	55	44	+11	44
3	Dallas Burn	32	16	(3)	16	(2)	55	49	+6	42
4	Colorado Rapids	32	14	(2)	18	(3)	50	59	-9	38
5	San Jose Clash	32	12	(3)	20	(6)	55	59	-4	30

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Conference Semi-finals

October 4, 1997	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 3	Colorado Rapids	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Attendance: 10,174 Referee: Brian Hall
			Henderson  25' Bravo  67' Paule  75'

October 8, 1997	Colorado Rapids	3 – 2	Kansas City Wizards	Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado Attendance: 13,117 Referee: Paul Tamberino
	Bravo  16' Bravo  68' Harris  83'		Takawira  9' Preki  88'

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October 5, 1997	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1 – 2	Columbus Crew	Houlihan's Stadium, Tampa, Florida Attendance: 8,272 Referee: Noel Kenny
	Gilmar  35'		Farrell  11' Wood  83'

October 8, 1997	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Joshua Patlak
	McBride  43' Warzycha  73'

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October 5, 1997	Los Angeles Galaxy	0 – 1 0 – 2 (SO)	Dallas Burn	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Attendance: 18,921 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 8, 1997	Dallas Burn	3 – 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Attendance: 11,248 Referee: Esse Baharmast
	Washington  29' Washington  69' Peinado  86'

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October 5, 1997	D.C. United	4 – 1	New England Revolution	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 12,540 Referee: Tim Weyland
	Wegerle  13' Wegerle  56' Moreno  65' Moreno  76'		Burns  89'

October 8, 1997	New England Revolution	2 – 1 3 – 4	D.C. United	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 16,233

[edit] Conference finals

October 12, 1997	Dallas Burn	0 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas Attendance: 7,376 Referee: Kevin Stott
			Henderson  42'

October 15, 1997	Colorado Rapids	2 – 1	Dallas Burn	Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado Attendance: 18,452 Referee: Noel Kenny
	Patiño  2' Henderson  87'		Damian  5'

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October 12, 1997	D.C. United	3 – 2	Columbus Crew	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 11,820 Referee: Kevin Terry
	Sanneh  9' Diaz Arce  29' Sanneh  45'		Farrell  57' Dooley  73'

October 15, 1997	Columbus Crew	0 – 1	D.C. United	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 9,506 Referee: Arturo Angeles
			Diaz Arce  47'

[edit] MLS Cup '97

October 26, 1997	D.C. United	2 – 1	Colorado Rapids	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 57,431 Referee: Brian Hall
	Moreno  37' Sanneh  68'		Paz  75'

[edit] Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Team
Week 1	Dave Salzwedel	San Jose Clash
Week 2	Giuseppe Galderisi	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 3	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 4	Raul Diaz Arce	D.C. United
Week 5	Dante Washington	Dallas Burn
Week 6	Roberto Donadoni	MetroStars
Week 7	Doctor Khumalo	Columbus Crew
Week 8	Damian Alvarez	Dallas Burn
Week 9	Chinquinho Conde	New England Revolution
Week 10	Preki	Kansas City Wizards
Week 11	Eric Wynalda	San Jose Clash
Week 12	Preki	Kansas City Wizards
Week 13	Gilmar	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 14	Paul Bravo	Colorado Rapids
Week 15	Tab Ramos	MetroStars
Week 16	Dante Washington	Dallas Burn
Week 17	Anthony De Avila	MetroStars
Week 18	Gilmar	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 19	Wolde Harris	Colorado Rapids
Week 20	Thomas Dooley	Columbus Crew
Week 21	Giovanni Savarese	MetroStars
Week 22	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
Week 23	Eduardo Hurtado	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 24	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 25	Jose Vasquez	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 26	Marcelo Balboa	Colorado Rapids

[edit] Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month	Team
April	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United
May	Alain Sutter	Dallas Burn
June	John Harkes	D.C. United
July	Wélton	Los Angeles Galaxy
August	Brad Friedel	Columbus Crew
September	Walter Zenga	New England Revolution

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - D.C. United
• U.S. Open Cup - Dallas Burn
• MLS Supporters' Shield - D.C. United

[edit] Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Preki, Kansas City Wizards
• Scoring Champion: Preki, Kansas City Wizards (41)
• Defender of the Year: Eddie Pope, D.C. United
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Brad Friedel, Columbus Crew
• Rookie of the Year: Mike Duhaney, Tampa Bay Mutiny
• Coach of the Year: Bruce Arena, D.C. United
• Goal of the Year: Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
• Fair Play Award: Mark Chung, Kansas City Wizards

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