Footy & Co.Season Explorer
1996 season.
The 1996 MLS season had 10 clubs, each playing 32 regular-season matches. Tampa Bay Mutiny won the Supporters' Shield with 58 points. D.C. United won MLS Cup 1996, beating LA Galaxy in the final. All 177 of its matches are listed below, each with its own page.
Standings
Overall rank uses the modern MLS tiebreak (points, wins, GD, GF); exact at the top and bottom, best-effort in the middle for older seasons.
Honors
MLS Cup
Supporters’ Shield
Wooden SpoonRetroactive
29 pts · 11-21-0 · −15 GD
Structure
Clubs10
Conferences2East · West
PointsShootoutNo draws · win 3 · shootout win 1
Matches per club32regular season
Notes
- Inaugural season: 10 clubs, two conferences
- Tied matches decided by shootout; countdown clock
- First match: San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United, April 6
Leading scorers
Who scored the goals.
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1996 scorers
Player statistics begin in 2013. Scoring charts for earlier seasons are coming.
Results · 177 matches
Every 1996 MLS match, by month.
Regular season, playoffs and MLS Cup. Open a month to see every result; each match has its own page.
April16 matches
- San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution
- Columbus Crew 4–0 D.C. United
- Kansas City Wiz 3–0 Colorado Rapids
- LA Galaxy 2–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Dallas Burn 0–0 San Jose Clash
- Dallas Burn 3–0 Kansas City Wiz
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–1 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 1–2 LA Galaxy
- Columbus Crew 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Colorado Rapids 3–1 Dallas Burn
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Kansas City Wiz
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–2 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 1–1 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 2–1 San Jose Clash
May28 matches
- D.C. United 3–1 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wiz 6–4 Columbus Crew
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–3 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 1–2 San Jose Clash
- Dallas Burn 0–0 Columbus Crew
- Colorado Rapids 4–0 Kansas City Wiz
- LA Galaxy 3–1 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–0 Kansas City Wiz
- San Jose Clash 3–1 Colorado Rapids
- Columbus Crew 3–2 New England Revolution
- Kansas City Wiz 2–3 Dallas Burn
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- D.C. United 1–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 1–2 LA Galaxy
- D.C. United 5–2 Columbus Crew
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–0 Colorado Rapids
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 San Jose Clash
- Dallas Burn 3–2 D.C. United
- New England Revolution 2–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 2–4 Colorado Rapids
- LA Galaxy 2–0 Kansas City Wiz
- Kansas City Wiz 2–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Dallas Burn 0–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 2–2 Colorado Rapids
- LA Galaxy 3–2 Columbus Crew
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 Dallas Burn
- San Jose Clash 2–1 Kansas City Wiz
- NY/NJ MetroStars 1–2 D.C. United
June30 matches
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 LA Galaxy
- Kansas City Wiz 2–1 New England Revolution
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 0–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Colorado Rapids 2–2 D.C. United
- D.C. United 3–1 San Jose Clash
- Kansas City Wiz 1–3 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 2–2 LA Galaxy
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 Colorado Rapids
- Columbus Crew 3–3 Kansas City Wiz
- Dallas Burn 4–1 San Jose Clash
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–4 LA Galaxy
- New England Revolution 1–1 Kansas City Wiz
- Dallas Burn 1–1 Colorado Rapids
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–1 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 2–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–0 Dallas Burn
- Columbus Crew 2–2 Colorado Rapids
- Kansas City Wiz 5–1 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–3 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 1–4 Dallas Burn
- San Jose Clash 2–1 D.C. United
- NY/NJ MetroStars 2–0 Kansas City Wiz
- LA Galaxy 3–1 Colorado Rapids
- New England Revolution 1–1 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 0–1 Kansas City Wiz
- Columbus Crew 0–4 NY/NJ MetroStars
- D.C. United 3–1 New England Revolution
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 4–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
July31 matches
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–1 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 1–1 D.C. United
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 0–1 New England Revolution
- Kansas City Wiz 3–1 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 1–1 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 6–1 Dallas Burn
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 Columbus Crew
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–2 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wiz 2–0 Colorado Rapids
- Columbus Crew 1–1 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 1–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Dallas Burn 5–2 LA Galaxy
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 San Jose Clash
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 Kansas City Wiz
- New England Revolution 2–0 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 3–4 San Jose Clash
- Kansas City Wiz 1–2 Dallas Burn
- Colorado Rapids 1–3 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- LA Galaxy 3–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 New England Revolution
- San Jose Clash 0–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 1–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–3 LA Galaxy
- Kansas City Wiz 4–2 New England Revolution
- Dallas Burn 3–0 Colorado Rapids
- NY/NJ MetroStars 4–1 San Jose Clash
- D.C. United 2–0 Columbus Crew
- D.C. United 2–3 Kansas City Wiz
- New England Revolution 2–0 San Jose Clash
- Columbus Crew 1–2 Dallas Burn
August31 matches
- Colorado Rapids 2–2 LA Galaxy
- New England Revolution 1–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 Colorado Rapids
- D.C. United 2–4 Kansas City Wiz
- LA Galaxy 1–1 Columbus Crew
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–3 D.C. United
- Colorado Rapids 4–2 Kansas City Wiz
- LA Galaxy 1–0 New England Revolution
- Columbus Crew 3–2 D.C. United
- Dallas Burn 2–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Kansas City Wiz 2–2 LA Galaxy
- Colorado Rapids 0–2 NY/NJ MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 6–1 New England Revolution
- NY/NJ MetroStars 4–0 New England Revolution
- Dallas Burn 2–2 Columbus Crew
- Kansas City Wiz 4–1 San Jose Clash
- New England Revolution 2–0 Colorado Rapids
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 2–0 San Jose Clash
- D.C. United 2–1 LA Galaxy
- NY/NJ MetroStars 2–3 D.C. United
- New England Revolution 4–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- LA Galaxy 1–1 Kansas City Wiz
- San Jose Clash 0–0 Dallas Burn
- Columbus Crew 2–1 Kansas City Wiz
- D.C. United 3–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- San Jose Clash 1–0 Colorado Rapids
- LA Galaxy 2–3 Dallas Burn
- Columbus Crew 2–0 LA Galaxy
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 New England Revolution
September32 matches
- Kansas City Wiz 2–2 NY/NJ MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 1–1 LA Galaxy
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 2–1 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 0–0 Colorado Rapids
- D.C. United 1–2 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Kansas City Wiz 1–5 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 0–2 New England Revolution
- Colorado Rapids 1–3 San Jose Clash
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–1 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Dallas Burn
- New England Revolution 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–0 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 2–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 4–2 San Jose Clash
- D.C. United 3–2 New England Revolution
- NY/NJ MetroStars 1–0 Columbus Crew
- San Jose Clash 1–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Dallas Burn 1–2 LA Galaxy
- New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew
- D.C. United 3–1 Colorado Rapids
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Kansas City Wiz 0–0 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 2–1 Dallas Burn
- NY/NJ MetroStars 2–2 D.C. United · Conference Semifinals
- Columbus Crew 0–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny · Conference Semifinals
- San Jose Clash 1–0 LA Galaxy · Conference Semifinals
- Kansas City Wiz 3–2 Dallas Burn · Conference Semifinals
- D.C. United 1–0 NY/NJ MetroStars · Conference Semifinals
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 Columbus Crew · Conference Semifinals
- LA Galaxy 2–0 San Jose Clash · Conference Semifinals
- Dallas Burn 2–1 Kansas City Wiz · Conference Semifinals
October9 matches
- D.C. United 2–1 NY/NJ MetroStars · Conference Semifinals
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–1 Columbus Crew · Conference Semifinals
- LA Galaxy 2–0 San Jose Clash · Conference Semifinals
- Dallas Burn 2–2 Kansas City Wiz · Conference Semifinals
- LA Galaxy 2–1 Kansas City Wiz · Conference Finals
- D.C. United 4–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny · Conference Finals
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 D.C. United · Conference Finals
- Kansas City Wiz 1–1 LA Galaxy · Conference Finals
- D.C. United 3–2 LA Galaxy · MLS Cup