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.

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	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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