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1997 New York/New Jersey Metrostars Statistics
Team Record: 11-17 (SO: 2-2) - 35 points
Finishing 5th in MLS's Eastern Conference
Coach: Carlos Alberto (11-17, SO: 2-2)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 270,388, Avg. 16,899 in 16 home dates
The New York/New Jersey Metrostars of Major League Soccer ended the 1997 season with a record of 11 wins and 17 losses, with a 2-2 showing in shootouts for 35 points finishing fifth in MLS's Eastern Conference.
The Metrostars chalked up 45 goals and yielded 55. Giovanni Savarese scored 14 goals for New York/New Jersey, while Antony De Avila netted five or more also. Miles Joseph contributed 10 assists. Tony Meola topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.07 goals against average, best among goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Carlos Alberto coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giovanni Savarese | F | 29 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 53 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 49 | 28.6 | 27 | 51.9 |
Antony De Avila | F | 23 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 66 | 13.6 | 35 | 25.7 |
Roberto Donadoni | M | 32 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 6.0 | 15 | 20.0 |
Miles Joseph | M | 29 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 6.9 | 15 | 13.3 |
Mike Sorber | M | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19.0 | 7 | 57.1 |
Tab Ramos | M | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 16.7 | 4 | 50.0 |
Brian Kelly | M | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 4.3 | 9 | 11.1 |
A.J. Wood | F | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 11.1 | 9 | 22.2 |
Mark Semioli | D | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | 3 | 66.7 |
Shaun Bartlett | F | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 8.3 | 12 | 16.7 |
Branco | D | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 6 | 16.7 |
Manny Lagos | M | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Brian Bliss | D | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |
Gerson Echeverry | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
Guido | M | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Cristian da Silva | D | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Braeden Cloutier | M | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Andrew Lewis | M | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rhett Harty | D | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Marco Rizi | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
Rob Johnson | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zach Thornton | GK | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Knowles | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Carlos Parra | M | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Joao Luiz | D | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Ezra Hendrickson | D | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
John DeBrito | D | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Jeff Zaun | D | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Kerry Zavagnin | M | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Tony Meola | GK | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 438 | 352 | 42 | 54 | 440 | 503 | 50 | 3 | 105 | 388 | 10.8 | 174 | 24.1 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Meola | 30 | 30 | 2683:00 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 1.61 | 4 | 6 | 204 | 149 | .730 |
Zach Thornton | 3 | 2 | 197:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.28 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | .667 |
Totals | 33 | 32 | 2880:00 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 1.66 | 6 | 8 | 222 | 161 | .725 |