1996 Major League Soccer Stats

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Governing Country: United States us

Level: 1st Tier (See League Structure)

Gender: Male

Champion: D.C. United won league championship via league playoffs.

Most Goals: Roy Lassiter (Tampa Bay Mutiny) - 27

Most Assists: Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United) - 16

Most Clean Sheets: Tony Meola (NY/NJ MetroStars) - 9

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League Summary

Regular Season

Eastern Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Eastern Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	Tampa Bay	32	20	1	12	66	51	+15	58	1.81	Roy Lassiter - 27	Mark Dougherty	→ Conference Semifinals
2	D.C. United	32	16	1	16	62	56	+6	46	1.44	Raúl Díaz Arce - 23	Jeff Causey	→ Conference Semifinals
3	MetroStars	32	15	3	17	45	47	-2	39	1.22	Giovanni Savarese - 13	Tony Meola	→ Conference Semifinals
4	Columbus Crew	32	15	4	17	59	60	-1	37	1.16	Brian McBride - 17	Bo Oshoniyi	→ Conference Semifinals
5	NE Revolution	32	15	6	17	43	56	-13	33	1.03	Joe-Max Moore - 11	Aidan Heaney

Eastern Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	Tampa Bay		12		4	42	25	+17				8		8	24	26	-2
2	D.C. United		11		5	41	22	+19				5		11	21	34	-13
3	MetroStars		9		7	26	22	+4				6		10	19	25	-6
4	Columbus Crew		8		8	32	27	+5				7		9	27	33	-6
5	NE Revolution		10		6	25	20	+5				5		11	18	36	-18

Western Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Western Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	32	19	4	13	59	49	+10	49	1.53	Eduardo Hurtado - 21	Jorge Campos	→ Conference Semifinals
2	Dallas Burn	32	17	5	15	50	48	+2	41	1.28	Jason Kreis - 13	Mark Dodd	→ Conference Semifinals
3	KC Wiz	32	17	5	15	61	63	-2	41	1.28	Preki - 18	Garth Lagerwey	→ Conference Semifinals
4	San Jose	32	15	3	17	50	50	0	39	1.22	Paul Bravo - 13	Tom Liner	→ Conference Semifinals
5	Rapids	32	11	2	21	44	59	-15	29	0.91	Jean Harbor - 11	Chris Woods

Western Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	LA Galaxy		11		5	31	17	+14				8		8	28	32	-4
2	Dallas Burn		10		6	25	17	+8				7		9	25	31	-6
3	KC Wiz		11		5	40	28	+12				6		10	21	35	-14
4	San Jose		9		7	29	16	+13				6		10	21	34	-13
5	Rapids		8		8	30	24	+6				3		13	14	35	-21

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Matchups were best two out of three. Each match included a shootout if tied at end of normal time.

Semifinal EC-1

Semifinal EC-1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Tampa Bay	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	Columbus Crew	3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	3	1.00

Semifinal EC-2

Semifinal EC-2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	D.C. United	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	MetroStars	3	1	1	2	3	5	-2	1	0.33

Semifinal WC-1

Semifinal WC-1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	San Jose	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3	1.00

Semifinal WC-2

Semifinal WC-2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	KC Wiz	3	2	1	1	6	6	0	4	1.33	→ Conference Finals
2	Dallas Burn	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3	1.00

Conference Finals

Matchups were best two out of three. Each match included a shootout if tied at end of normal time.

Conference Final EC

Conference Final EC Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	D.C. United	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	3.00	→ MLS Cup '96
2	Tampa Bay	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0	0.00

Conference Final WC

Conference Final WC Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	2	2	1	0	3	2	+1	4	2.00	→ MLS Cup '96
2	KC Wiz	2	0	0	2	2	3	-1	0	0.00

MLS Cup '96

Final

^W-1

LA Galaxy

2–3

D.C. United

^E-2

D.C. United won match during extra time by golden goal (sudden-death).

Squad Standard Stats 1996 Major League Soccer

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Squad Standard Stats 1996 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
Columbus Crew	28	26.9		32	352	2,880	32.0	57	39	96	51	6	7	42	5	1.78	1.22	3.00	1.59	2.81
D.C. United	27	25.9		32	352	2,880	32.0	62	44	106	58	4	4	47	2	1.94	1.37	3.31	1.81	3.19
Dallas Burn	22	28.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	49	32	81	46	3	3	54	4	1.53	1.00	2.53	1.44	2.44
KC Wiz	21	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	38	97	52	7	8	35	3	1.84	1.19	3.03	1.62	2.81
LA Galaxy	21	26.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	36	95	55	4	6	57	1	1.84	1.13	2.97	1.72	2.84
MetroStars	36	27.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	44	35	79	42	2	3	62	4	1.37	1.09	2.47	1.31	2.41
NE Revolution	27	26.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	42	24	66	36	6	7	63	5	1.31	0.75	2.06	1.13	1.87
Rapids	22	27.9		32	352	2,880	32.0	43	32	75	40	3	3	48	2	1.34	1.00	2.34	1.25	2.25
San Jose	22	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	50	50	100	47	3	3	59	4	1.56	1.56	3.12	1.47	3.03
Tampa Bay	20	28.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	64	45	109	58	6	6	57	2	2.00	1.41	3.41	1.81	3.22

Squad Standard Stats 1996 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
vs Columbus Crew	28	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	62	121				62	6	1.84	1.94	3.78
vs D.C. United	27	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	54	46	100				63	1	1.69	1.44	3.12
vs Dallas Burn	22	27.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	48	45	93				47	3	1.50	1.41	2.91
vs KC Wiz	21	27.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	61	59	120				49	3	1.91	1.84	3.75
vs LA Galaxy	21	27.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	49	44	93				59	5	1.53	1.37	2.91
vs MetroStars	36	27.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	44	46	90				48	3	1.37	1.44	2.81
vs NE Revolution	27	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	56	48	104				47	2	1.75	1.50	3.25
vs Rapids	22	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	59	57	116				39	1	1.84	1.78	3.62
vs San Jose	22	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	49	51	100				56	4	1.53	1.59	3.12
vs Tampa Bay	20	26.9		32	352	2,880	32.0	50	45	95				52	2	1.56	1.41	2.97

Squad Goalkeeping 1996 Major League Soccer

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Squad Goalkeeping 1996 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
Columbus Crew	4	32	32	2,880	32.0	60	1.87	212	152	71.7	15		17	7	21.9
D.C. United	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	56	1.75	186	130	69.9	16		16	3	9.4
Dallas Burn	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	48	1.50	211	163	77.3	17		15	6	18.8
KC Wiz	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	63	1.97	202	139	68.8	17		15	3	9.4
LA Galaxy	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	49	1.53	216	167	77.3	19		13	5	15.6
MetroStars	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	47	1.47	208	161	77.4	15		17	9	28.1
NE Revolution	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	56	1.75	221	165	74.7	15		17	6	18.8
Rapids	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	59	1.84	204	145	71.1	11		21	4	12.5
San Jose	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	50	1.56	199	149	74.9	15		17	8	25.0
Tampa Bay	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	51	1.59	210	159	75.7	20		12	4	12.5

Squad Goalkeeping 1996 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
vs Columbus Crew	4	32	32		32.0						17		15	4	12.5
vs D.C. United	2	32	32		32.0						16		16	4	12.5
vs Dallas Burn	2	32	32		32.0						15		17	9	28.1
vs KC Wiz	3	32	32		32.0						15		17	6	18.8
vs LA Galaxy	2	32	32		32.0						13		19	3	9.4
vs MetroStars	2	32	32		32.0						17		15	9	28.1
vs NE Revolution	2	32	32		32.0						17		15	4	12.5
vs Rapids	2	32	32		32.0						21		11	8	25.0
vs San Jose	2	32	32		32.0						17		15	6	18.8
vs Tampa Bay	2	32	32		32.0						12		20	4	12.5

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Squad Shooting 1996 Major League Soccer

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Squad Shooting 1996 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
Columbus Crew	28	32.0	57		200			6.25		0.26		6	7
D.C. United	27	32.0	62		224			7.00		0.26		4	4
Dallas Burn	22	32.0	49		224			7.00		0.21		3	3
KC Wiz	21	32.0	59		250			7.81		0.21		7	8
LA Galaxy	21	32.0	59		224			7.00		0.25		4	6
MetroStars	36	32.0	44		204			6.37		0.21		2	3
NE Revolution	27	32.0	42		174			5.44		0.21		6	7
Rapids	22	32.0	43		201			6.28		0.20		3	3
San Jose	22	32.0	50		210			6.56		0.22		3	3
Tampa Bay	20	32.0	64		185			5.78		0.31		6	6

Squad Shooting 1996 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
vs Columbus Crew	28	32.0	59
vs D.C. United	27	32.0	54
vs Dallas Burn	22	32.0	48
vs KC Wiz	21	32.0	61
vs LA Galaxy	21	32.0	49
vs MetroStars	36	32.0	44
vs NE Revolution	27	32.0	56
vs Rapids	22	32.0	59
vs San Jose	22	32.0	49
vs Tampa Bay	20	32.0	50

Squad Playing Time 1996 Major League Soccer

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Squad Playing Time 1996 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
Columbus Crew	28	26.9	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			85	0	0	1.16	59	60	-1	-0.03
D.C. United	27	25.9	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			83	0	0	1.44	62	56	+6	+0.19
Dallas Burn	22	28.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			70	0	0	1.28	50	48	+2	+0.06
KC Wiz	21	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			77	0	0	1.28	61	63	-2	-0.06
LA Galaxy	21	26.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			83	0	0	1.53	59	49	+10	+0.31
MetroStars	36	27.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			88	0	0	1.22	45	47	-2	-0.06
NE Revolution	27	26.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			65	0	0	1.03	43	56	-13	-0.41
Rapids	22	27.9	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			50	0	0	0.91	44	59	-15	-0.47
San Jose	22	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			71	0	0	1.22	50	50	0	0.00
Tampa Bay	20	28.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			59	0	0	1.81	66	51	+15	+0.47

Squad Playing Time 1996 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
vs Columbus Crew	28	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			70	27		1.59	60	59	+1	+0.03
vs D.C. United	27	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			80	26		1.50	56	62	-6	-0.19
vs Dallas Burn	22	27.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			75	24		1.41	48	50	-2	-0.06
vs KC Wiz	21	27.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			69	26		1.41	63	61	+2	+0.06
vs LA Galaxy	21	27.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			74	24		1.22	49	59	-10	-0.31
vs MetroStars	36	27.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			77	24		1.59	47	45	+2	+0.06
vs NE Revolution	27	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			74	22		1.59	56	43	+13	+0.41
vs Rapids	22	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			74	24		1.97	59	44	+15	+0.47
vs San Jose	22	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			66	21		1.59	50	50	0	0.00
vs Tampa Bay	20	26.9	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			71	22		1.13	51	66	-15	-0.47

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1996 Major League Soccer

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Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1996 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
Columbus Crew	28	32.0	42	5		414
D.C. United	27	32.0	47	2		417
Dallas Burn	22	32.0	54	4		425
KC Wiz	21	32.0	35	3		411
LA Galaxy	21	32.0	57	1		460
MetroStars	36	32.0	62	4		429
NE Revolution	27	32.0	63	5		513
Rapids	22	32.0	48	2		391
San Jose	22	32.0	59	4		514
Tampa Bay	20	32.0	57	2		447

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1996 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
vs Columbus Crew	28	32.0	62	6	4									2
vs D.C. United	27	32.0	63	1	1									0
vs Dallas Burn	22	32.0	47	3	3									1
vs KC Wiz	21	32.0	49	3	1									2
vs LA Galaxy	21	32.0	59	5	1									0
vs MetroStars	36	32.0	48	3	1									1
vs NE Revolution	27	32.0	47	2	2									1
vs Rapids	22	32.0	39	1	0									1
vs San Jose	22	32.0	56	4	3									0
vs Tampa Bay	20	32.0	52	2	1									2

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