1997 New York/New Jersey Metrostars Statistics

Major League Soccer (MLS)
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

1997 New York/New Jersey Metrostars Roster

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.

New York/New Jersey chalked up 45 goals and yielded 55. Giovanni Savarese scored 14 goals for the Metrostars, 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	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tony Meola	30	30	2683:00	12	18	5	48	1.61	4	6	204	149	.730
Zach Thornton	3	2	197:00	1	1	0	5	2.28	2	2	18	12	.667
Totals	33	32	2880:00	13	19	5	53	1.66	6	8	222	161	.725

1997 New York/New Jersey Metrostars Statistics

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