1997 Major League Soccer season

Teams

Locations

Stadiums

Standings

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Overall standings

MLS Cup Playoffs

Bracket

• The ties were a best-of-three series.

  Conference Semi-finals

• D.C. United advance to the Conference Finals.

• Columbus Crew advance to the Conference Finals.

• Dallas Burn advance to the Conference Finals.

• Colorado Rapids advance to the Conference Finals.

  Conference finals

• Colorado Rapids advance to MLS Cup '97.

• D.C. United advance to MLS Cup '97.

  MLS Cup '97

• D.C. United and Colorado Rapids earn a berth to the 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

  Player awards

Weekly awards

Week	Player of the Week	Club
Week 1	Dave Salzwedel	San Jose Clash
Week 2	Giuseppe Galderisi	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 3	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 4	Raúl Díaz 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	Chiquinho Conde	New England Revolution
Week 10	Preki Radosavljević	Kansas City Wizards
Week 11	Eric Wynalda	San Jose Clash
Week 12	Preki Radosavljević	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	Antony de Ávila	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	Martín Vásquez	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 26	Marcelo Balboa	Colorado Rapids

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month	Club
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

End of season awards

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Preki Radosavljević	Kansas City Wizards
Scoring Champion	Preki Radosavljević	Kansas City Wizards
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

Player statistics

Top goal scorers

Goalkeeping leaders

No.	Player	Club	Games played	Minutes	Goals against	GA average	Wins	Loses
1	Brad Friedel	Columbus Crew	29	2,609	35	1.21	14	15
2	Walter Zenga	New England Revolution	22	1,980	28	1.27	15	7
3	Jorge Campos	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	1,661	24	1.30	12	6
4	Marcus Hahnemann	Colorado Rapids	25	2,157	37	1.54	13	10
5	Mike Ammann	Kansas City Wizards	29	2,597	45	1.56	21	8
6	Mark Dodd	Dallas Burn	30	2,700	48	1.60	14	16
7	Tony Meola	NY/NJ MetroStars	30	2,684	48	1.61	12	18
8	David Kramer*	San Jose Clash	21	1,831	33	1.62	7	14
9	Scott Garlick	D.C. United	14	1,171	22	1.69	9	5
10	Dave Salzwedel	San Jose Clash	20	1,679	35	1.88	7	11
11	Mark Dougherty	Tampa Bay Mutiny	25	2,143	45	1.89	15	10

Attendance

Coaches

Eastern Conference

• D.C. United: Bruce Arena
• New York/New Jersey MetroStars: Carlos Alberto Parreira

  Western Conference

• Dallas Burn: Dave Dir
• Kansas City Wiz: Ron Newman
• San Jose Clash: Brian Quinn