1996 Dallas Burn Statistics

Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 12-12 (SO: 5-3) - 41 points
Finishing 2nd in MLS's Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Dave Dir (12-12, SO: 5-3)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 256,173, Avg. 16,011 in 16 home dates

1996 Dallas Burn Roster

The Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer ended the 1996 season with a record of 12 wins and 12 losses, with a 5-3 showing in shootouts for 41 points finishing second in MLS's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Dallas chalked up 55 goals and allowed 51. Jason Kreis scored 13 goals for the Burn, while Gerell Elliott and Hugo Sanchez netted five or more, too. Mark Dodd topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 0.97 goals against average, best among goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave Dir coached the team. The 1996 Dallas Burn lost in the Conference Semifinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	R	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Jason Kreis	M	31	29	13	5	38	48	4	0	7	90	14.4	41	31.7
Gerell Elliott	F	20	16	5	7	15	25	0	0	20	43	11.6	24	20.8
Hugo Sanchez	F	23	21	6	3	27	36	6	1	9	40	15.0	23	26.1
Brian Haynes	M	26	23	4	3	26	40	1	0	3	29	13.8	16	25.0
Leonel Alvarez	M	22	22	3	5	35	32	14	2	3	22	13.6	14	21.4
Diego Sonora	M-D	31	31	2	7	46	49	5	0	7	23	8.7	13	15.4
Washington Rodriguez	M-F	14	9	4	2	16	18	2	1	7	28	14.3	16	25.0
Ted Eck	M-F	26	16	2	6	34	37	3	0	18	24	8.3	15	13.3
John Kerr	F	12	10	3	1	8	14	0	0	6	18	16.7	10	30.0
Lawrence Lozzano	M	31	31	2	1	50	55	3	0	7	25	8.0	15	13.3
Mark Santel	M	30	28	1	2	28	20	5	0	4	13	7.7	8	12.5
Dante Washington	F	6	2	1	0	5	10	0	0	2	10	10.0	5	20.0
Zak Ibsen	M	16	14	1	0	22	17	1	0	1	7	14.3	6	16.7
Chad Ashton	M	23	10	1	0	11	12	1	0	0	23	4.3	8	12.5
Richard Farrer	D	31	31	1	0	35	29	2	0	1	3	33.3	2	50.0
Jeff Cassar	GK	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0
Rene Ortiz	D	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0
Jorge Flores	M	8	3	0	0	5	4	2	0	0	3	0.0	2	0.0
Jimmy Glenn	F	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	5	0.0	4	0.0
Brandon Pollard	D	10	9	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	0.0
Ed Puskarich	D	18	14	0	0	12	14	2	0	1	2	0.0	1	0.0
Mark Dodd	GK	31	31	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		0
Totals		422	352	49	42	425	472	53	4	98	411	11.9	224	21.9

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Mark Dodd	31	31	2776:00	17	14	6	45	1.46	5	5	235	160	.681
Jeff Cassar	2	1	104:00	0	1	0	3	2.60	0	0	9	6	.667
Totals	33	32	2880:00	17	15	6	48	1.50	5	5	244	166	.680

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Jason Kreis	M	2	2	1	0	3	4	1	0	3	33.3	3	33.3
Gerell Elliott	F	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	100.0	2	100.0
Hugo Sanchez	F	2	2	1	2	6	3	1	1	3	33.3	3	33.3
Brian Haynes	M	3	1	0	0	2	4	1	2	3	0.0	1	0.0
Leonel Alvarez	M	3	3	0	0	7	4	1	0	0		0
Diego Sonora	M-D	3	3	0	0	7	5	1	0	1	0.0	0
Ted Eck	M-F	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0		0
Lawrence Lozzano	M	3	3	0	1	5	3	0	0	2	0.0	1	0.0
Mark Santel	M	3	3	0	1	4	5	0	0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Dante Washington	F	3	3	1	0	5	3	0	4	7	14.3	4	25.0
Zak Ibsen	M	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	0.0	1	0.0
Chad Ashton	M	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	50.0	2	50.0
Richard Farrer	D	3	3	0	0	4	2	2	0	0		0
Brandon Pollard	D	3	3	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Mark Dodd	GK	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0
Totals		41	33	6	5	55	43	7	10	27	22.2	19	31.6

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Mark Dodd	3	3	270:00	1	2	0	0	6	2.00	0	0	29	19	.655
Totals	3	3	270:00	1	2	0	0	6	2.00	0	0	29	19	.655