1997 Major League Soccer season

Seasons

1996

1997

1998

Teams and Alignment

Conference	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Conference	Columbus Crew	Ohio Stadium	Columbus, Ohio
	D.C. United	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington
	New England Revolution	Foxboro Stadium	Norfolk County, Massachusetts
	NY/NJ MetroStars	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa Stadium	Tampa, Florida
Western Conference	Colorado Rapids	Mile High Stadium	Denver
	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl Stadium	Dallas
	Kansas City Wizards	GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	Kansas City, Missouri
	Los Angeles Galaxy	The Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California
	San Jose Clash	CEFCU Stadium	San José, California

Changes

• Kansas City Wiz renamed Kansas City Wizards.

Regular Season Results

Conference	Team	W	SOW	L	Pts
Eastern Conference	D.C. United	17	4	11	55
	Tampa Bay Mutiny	14	3	15	45
	Columbus Crew	12	3	17	39
	New England Revolution	11	4	17	37
	NY/NJ MetroStars	11	2	19	35
Western Conference	Kansas City Wizards	14	7	11	49
	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	2	16	44
	Dallas Burn	13	3	16	42
	Colorado Rapids	12	2	18	38
	San Jose Clash	9	3	20	30

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Single-Game)		Champions
D.C. United	2	D.C. United	2	D.C. United	2	D.C. United
New England Revolution	0
Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	Columbus Crew	0
Columbus Crew	2
Kansas City Wizards	0	Colorado Rapids	2	Colorado Rapids	1
Colorado Rapids	2
Los Angeles Galaxy	0	Dallas Burn	0
Dallas Burn	2

Special Event Results

Event	Home	Score	Road
MLS All-Star Game	Eastern Conference	5-4	Western Conference

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area	Boston, MA Metropolitan Division	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	Unincorporated	Foxboro Stadium	New England Revolution	16	One	17
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Franklin County, Ohio	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio Stadium	Columbus Crew	16	Two	18
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area	Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division	Dallas County, Texas	Dallas	Cotton Bowl Stadium	Dallas Burn	16	Two	18
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Mile High Stadium	Colorado Rapids	16	Two	18
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area	Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area		Jackson County, Missouri	Kansas City, Missouri	GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	Kansas City Wizards	16	One	17
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division	Los Angeles County, California	Pasadena, California	The Rose Bowl	Los Angeles Galaxy	16	One	17
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division	Bergen County, New Jersey	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Giants Stadium	NY/NJ MetroStars	16		16
						MLS All-Star Game			One
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Santa Clara County, California	San José, California	CEFCU Stadium	San Jose Clash	16		16
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area		Tampa, FL Metropolitan Division	Hillsborough County, Florida	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Stadium	Tampa Bay Mutiny	16	One	17
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area	Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division	District of Columbia		Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	D.C. United	16	Three	19
Total							160	13	174