1997 in American soccer

none August 2023 August 2024 the United States yes 1997 1996 1998 yes The 1997 season was the 85th year of competitive soccer in the United States. National team Record Competition GP Games playedWDL GF Goals for GA Goals against 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 4 5 1 17 9 1997 U.S. Cup 3 0 0 3 1 7 International Friendly 5 1 2 2 4 5 Total 18 5 7 6 22 21 Results The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column. #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA U.S. Cup January 17 USA 0 – 1 PER Carty 8 Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California 35,232 Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) L U.S. Cup January 19 USA 0 – 2 MEX Alves 3 Aspe 71 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 31,725 Kevin Skinner (Canada) L U.S. Cup January 22 USA 1 – 4 DEN Moore 45 Pedersen 16 26 45 55 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 17,342 L International Friendly January 29 CHN 2 – 1 USA Haidong 11 Tie 31 Wynalda 72 Tuodong Stadiuml Kunming, China 40,000 Jun Lu (China) L International Friendly February 2 CHN 1 – 1 USA Maozhen 32 Lalas 25 Tianhe Stadium Guangzhou, China 45,000 D World Cup qualifying March 2 JAM 0 – 0 USA National Stadium Kingston, Jamaica 35,246 José Ramírez Suazo (Honduras) D World Cup qualifying March 16 USA 3 – 0 CAN Wynalda 7 pen. Pope 14 Stewart 89 Stanford Stadium Stanford, California 28,896 Luis Oliveto (Argentina) W World Cup qualifying March 23 CRC 3 – 2 USA Medford 10 Solís 32 Gómez 76 Wynalda 25 Lassiter 67 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa San José, Costa Rica 22,000 Mario Escobar (Guatemala) L World Cup qualifying April 20 USA 2 – 2 MEX Pope 34 Ramírez 76 o.g. Hermosillo 1 Hernández 53 Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 57,877 Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) D International Friendly June 4 USA 0 – 0 PAR Anheuser-Busch Center Fenton, Missouri 7,016 Esfandiar Baharmast (United States) D International Friendly June 17 USA 2 – 1 ISR Lalas 26 Kirovski 68 Glam 83 Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, Florida 8,436 Zimmermann Boulos (United States) W World Cup qualifying June 29 SLV 1 – 1 USA Arce 60 Lassiter 57 Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador, El Salvador 29,000 René Ortube Betancourt (Bolivia) D International Friendly August 7 USA 0 – 1 ECU Sánchez 83 Memorial Stadium Baltimore, Maryland 13,629 L World Cup qualifying September 7 USA 1 – 0 CRC Ramos 79 Civic Stadium Portland, Oregon 27,396 Oscar Juan Ruiz Acosta (Colombia) W World Cup qualifying October 5 USA 1 – 1 JAM Wynalda 50 pen. Burton 51 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 51,528 Mario Sánchez (Chile) D World Cup qualifying November 2 MEX 0 – 0 USA Estadio Azteca Mexico City, Mexico 115,000 Javier Castrilli (Argentina) D World Cup qualifying November 11 CAN 0 – 3 USA Reyna 5 Wegerle 81 90+4 Swangard Stadium Burnaby, Canada 8,420 John Jairo Toro (Colombia) W World Cup qualifying November 16 USA 4 – 2 SLV McBride 22 28 Henderson 49 Preki 82 Nildeson 60 Arce 62 pen. Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 53,193 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) W Goalscorers Player Goals Eric Wynalda 4 Alexi Lalas 2 Brian McBride 2 Eddie Pope 2 Roy Lassiter 2 Roy Wegerle 2 Preki 1 Joe-Max Moore 1 Jovan Kirovski 1 Chris Henderson 1 Claudio Reyna 1 Ernie Stewart 1 Tab Ramos 1 Unofficial Results The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column. #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendly Game July 10 USA 1 – 4 report TUR Galatasaray New Jersey 0 L League tables Men Major League Soccer 1997 Major League Soccer season Playoffs Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup '97 Eastern Conference Western Conference 20px 260px 1 D.C. United (AET), (4-3, S.O.)* 4 2* x 4 New England Revolution 1 1 x 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny 1 0 x 3 Columbus Crew 2 2 x 1 Kansas City Wizards 0 2 x 4 Colorado Rapids 3 3 x 3 Los Angeles Galaxy 0 0 x 2 Dallas Burn (AET), (2-0, S.O.)* 1* 3 x 1 D.C. United 3 1 x 3 Columbus Crew 2 0 x 4 Colorado Rapids 1 2 x 2 Dallas Burn 0 1 x E D.C. United     2 W Colorado Rapids     1 Best of Three series winners will advance. MLS Cup MLS Cup '97 October 26 D.C. United 2 – 1 Colorado Rapids Moreno 37 Sanneh 68 Paz 75 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 57,431 Brian Hall A-League 1997 USISL A-League Northeast Division Northeast Division Atlantic Division Atlantic Division Central Division Central Division Pacific Division Pacific Division Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 1997 U.S. Open Cup Bracket Home teams listed on top of bracket Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals A-L Long Island Roughriders 1 USASA Bridgeport Italians 0 A-L Richmond Kickers 6 D3P Philadelphia Freedom 1 D3P Chicago Stingers 3 A-L Orlando Sundogs 0 D3P Austin Lone Stars 0 A-L New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (ASDET) 1 D3P S.F. Bay Seals 1 A-L Seattle Sounders 0 PDL Central Coast Roadrunners (ASDET) 3 A-L California Jaguars 2 A-L Hershey Wildcats 4 D3P Central Jersey Riptide 1 A-L Rochester Rhinos (ASDET) 3 PDL Mid-Michigan Bucks 2 MLS New England Revolution 3 A-L Long Island Roughriders (ASDET) 4 A-L Richmond Kickers 0 MLS MetroStars 3 D3P Chicago Stingers 2 MLS Colorado Rapids 1 A-L New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 0 MLS Dallas Burn 3 D3P S.F. Bay Seals 2 MLS Kansas City Wizards 1 PDL Central Coast Roadrunners 2 MLS San Jose Clash 5 A-L Hershey Wildcats 0 (2) MLS D.C. United (ASDET, PSO) 0 (3) A-L Rochester Rhinos 0 MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny 1 A-L Long Island Roughriders 0 MLS MetroStars (ASDET) 1 D3P Chicago Stingers 1 MLS Dallas Burn 4 D3P S.F. Bay Seals 2 MLS San Jose Clash 1 MLS D.C. United 2 MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny 0 MLS MetroStars 1 MLS Dallas Burn (ASDET) 2 D3P S.F. Bay Seals 1 MLS D.C. United 2 MLS Dallas Burn (ASDET, PSO) 0 (5) MLS D.C. United 0 (3) Final October 30 Dallas Burn 0 – 0 (ASDET) D.C. United Carroll Stadium, Indianapolis 9,766 Rich Grady Arcos Kreis Sutter Peinado Rodríguez 5 – 3 Etcheverry Arce Moreno Iroha American clubs in international competitions ClubCompetitionFinal round Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final D.C. United CONCACAF Champions' Cup Third Place Seattle Sounders 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final Group Stage Los Angeles Galaxy July 30 Preliminary round Los Angeles Galaxy 4 – 1 MEX Santos Laguna Hurtado 65 Cienfuegos 66 Machón 80 Wélton 85 Ramírez 71 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 10,271 W August 12 Champions' Cup Quarterfinal Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 0 SLV Firpo Wélton 45 Hurtado 78 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. W August 22 Champions' Cup Semifinal D.C. United 0 – 1 Los Angeles Galaxy Jones 10 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. W August 24 Champions' Cup Final Los Angeles Galaxy 3 – 5 MEX Cruz Azul Hurtado 8 14 Campos 78 Galindo 30 pen. Rodríguez 31 Adomaitis 36 Hermosillo 62 66 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. L D.C. United August 12 Champions' Cup Quarterfinal D.C. United 1 – 0 TRI United Petrotrin Etcheverry 78 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. W August 22 Champions' Cup Semifinal D.C. United 0 – 1 Los Angeles Galaxy Jones 10 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. W August 24 Champions' Cup Third Place D.C. United 2 – 2 MEX Guadalajara Arce 40 Iroha 89 Acosta 55 Sánchez 86 pen. RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. D Seattle Sounders June 17 Qualifying Round Seattle Sounders 10 – 0 SUR Transvaal Adair Gailey Barton Megson Galvezon Crothers Federal Way Memorial Stadium Federal Way, Washington 2,153 W July 15 Group Stage GUA C.S.D. Comunicaciones 2 – 0 Seattle Sounders Suazo 44 Fernández 83 Guatemala City, Guatemala L July 18 Group Stage Seattle Sounders 1 – 4 MEX Club Necaxa Hattrup 91 pen. Almaguer 32 Blanco 47 89 Vásquez 75 Guatemala City, Guatemala L July 20 Group Stage Seattle Sounders 0 – 11 MEX Cruz Azul Palencia 3 Hermosillo 13 32 49 Yegros 15 53 62 Adomaitis 34 Galindo 35 Barton 72 o.g. Ramírez 74 pen. Guatemala City, Guatemala L References American competitions at RSSSF American national team matches at RSSSF CONCACAF Champions' Cup at RSSSF 1997 Soccer