Footy & Co.Season Explorer
1997 season.
The 1997 MLS season had 10 clubs, each playing 32 regular-season matches. D.C. United won the Supporters' Shield with 55 points. D.C. United won MLS Cup 1997, beating Colorado Rapids in the final. All 173 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
30 pts · 12-20-0 · −4 GD
Structure
Clubs10
Conferences2East · West
PointsShootoutNo draws · win 3 · shootout win 1
Matches per club32regular season
Notes
- Kansas City Wiz become the Wizards
Leading scorers
Who scored the goals.
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1997 scorers
Player statistics begin in 2013. Scoring charts for earlier seasons are coming.
Results · 173 matches
Every 1997 MLS match, by month.
Regular season, playoffs and MLS Cup. Open a month to see every result; each match has its own page.
March6 matches
April22 matches
- D.C. United 2–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Kansas City Wizards 3–2 LA Galaxy
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 2–1 San Jose Clash
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–0 New England Revolution
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 Kansas City Wizards
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–1 New England Revolution
- Colorado Rapids 2–5 D.C. United
- San Jose Clash 4–1 LA Galaxy
- Columbus Crew 2–1 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wizards 2–1 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 2–1 Colorado Rapids
- NY/NJ MetroStars 1–2 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 1–1 San Jose Clash
- Dallas Burn 4–1 Colorado Rapids
- New England Revolution 2–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Colorado Rapids 1–0 Dallas Burn
- NY/NJ MetroStars 2–1 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 1–1 Colorado Rapids
- D.C. United 2–2 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 1–1 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wizards 2–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
May27 matches
- D.C. United 2–0 LA Galaxy
- New England Revolution 2–1 Kansas City Wizards
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- San Jose Clash 1–3 Columbus Crew
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–0 LA Galaxy
- Dallas Burn 2–2 D.C. United
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–1 San Jose Clash
- New England Revolution 0–2 Columbus Crew
- D.C. United 2–2 Dallas Burn
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 Colorado Rapids
- Kansas City Wizards 1–0 LA Galaxy
- Columbus Crew 3–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 1–1 New England Revolution
- Dallas Burn 2–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Colorado Rapids 1–1 Columbus Crew
- NY/NJ MetroStars 1–0 Kansas City Wizards
- New England Revolution 0–0 D.C. United
- LA Galaxy 1–1 San Jose Clash
- D.C. United 3–1 San Jose Clash
- Kansas City Wizards 3–1 Columbus Crew
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–3 Dallas Burn
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 New England Revolution
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- LA Galaxy 1–0 Columbus Crew
- Columbus Crew 2–3 D.C. United
- New England Revolution 3–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 1–3 Kansas City Wizards
June23 matches
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 3–1 Dallas Burn
- San Jose Clash 2–3 D.C. United
- Dallas Burn 1–1 Kansas City Wizards
- D.C. United 5–0 Colorado Rapids
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 0–0 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 2–3 Kansas City Wizards
- NY/NJ MetroStars 1–3 Colorado Rapids
- New England Revolution 0–1 D.C. United
- Kansas City Wizards 1–3 San Jose Clash
- Columbus Crew 0–2 Colorado Rapids
- Dallas Burn 3–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 4–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 San Jose Clash
- Columbus Crew 2–1 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Kansas City Wizards 6–1 D.C. United
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 LA Galaxy
- New England Revolution 2–2 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wizards 2–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 LA Galaxy
- Colorado Rapids 3–3 Kansas City Wizards
- San Jose Clash 3–1 Dallas Burn
July28 matches
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 1–2 Kansas City Wizards
- Dallas Burn 2–3 D.C. United
- Colorado Rapids 3–1 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 2–0 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 3–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Kansas City Wizards 1–3 Dallas Burn
- San Jose Clash 3–2 New England Revolution
- New England Revolution 2–0 Kansas City Wizards
- LA Galaxy 3–1 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 1–2 Dallas Burn
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- NY/NJ MetroStars 4–1 Colorado Rapids
- New England Revolution 4–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Dallas Burn 3–1 San Jose Clash
- Kansas City Wizards 3–2 D.C. United
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–4 LA Galaxy
- Columbus Crew 1–0 New England Revolution
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 San Jose Clash
- Colorado Rapids 2–4 Dallas Burn
- D.C. United 1–1 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 0–3 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 1–2 Colorado Rapids
- Kansas City Wizards 0–0 New England Revolution
- Columbus Crew 0–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 LA Galaxy
- NY/NJ MetroStars 2–1 D.C. United
- D.C. United 4–2 Columbus Crew
August25 matches
- D.C. United 2–2 Colorado Rapids
- Dallas Burn 1–2 Kansas City Wizards
- LA Galaxy 1–2 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 1–5 San Jose Clash
- NY/NJ MetroStars 2–3 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- D.C. United 4–2 LA Galaxy
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–2 Kansas City Wizards
- Colorado Rapids 3–0 New England Revolution
- San Jose Clash 1–1 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 1–1 LA Galaxy
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 Dallas Burn
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 2–0 D.C. United
- Kansas City Wizards 3–3 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 2–3 San Jose Clash
- Columbus Crew 2–1 New England Revolution
- Dallas Burn 1–2 NY/NJ MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Kansas City Wizards
- D.C. United 3–2 New England Revolution
- Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Colorado Rapids
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–0 San Jose Clash
- Columbus Crew 2–0 LA Galaxy
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 4–0 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 2–0 Kansas City Wizards
- Dallas Burn 4–1 Colorado Rapids
September29 matches
- LA Galaxy 1–3 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Dallas Burn 3–0 Columbus Crew
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 Kansas City Wizards
- San Jose Clash 4–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 6–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- NY/NJ MetroStars 3–1 New England Revolution
- LA Galaxy 2–0 Colorado Rapids
- San Jose Clash 0–1 Dallas Burn
- New England Revolution 1–0 Columbus Crew
- Kansas City Wizards 0–0 NY/NJ MetroStars
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 4–0 Kansas City Wizards
- Dallas Burn 1–3 LA Galaxy
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–1 Dallas Burn
- D.C. United 2–2 New England Revolution
- Colorado Rapids 1–2 San Jose Clash
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 Columbus Crew
- LA Galaxy 2–1 Dallas Burn
- New England Revolution 3–2 NY/NJ MetroStars
- D.C. United 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- San Jose Clash 2–3 LA Galaxy
- NY/NJ MetroStars 0–1 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 1–2 New England Revolution
- Kansas City Wizards 5–2 Colorado Rapids
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–5 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 1–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- D.C. United 1–3 NY/NJ MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 2–0 Kansas City Wizards
- San Jose Clash 1–3 Colorado Rapids
October13 matches
- Kansas City Wizards 0–3 Colorado Rapids · Conference Semifinals
- D.C. United 4–1 New England Revolution · Conference Semifinals
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 Columbus Crew · Conference Semifinals
- LA Galaxy 0–0 Dallas Burn · Conference Semifinals
- New England Revolution 1–1 D.C. United · Conference Semifinals
- Columbus Crew 2–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny · Conference Semifinals
- Colorado Rapids 3–2 Kansas City Wizards · Conference Semifinals
- Dallas Burn 3–0 LA Galaxy · Conference Semifinals
- D.C. United 3–2 Columbus Crew · Conference Finals
- Dallas Burn 0–1 Colorado Rapids · Conference Finals
- Columbus Crew 0–1 D.C. United · Conference Finals
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 Dallas Burn · Conference Finals
- D.C. United 2–1 Colorado Rapids · MLS Cup