1997 MLS Season

160 regular-season games · 8 playoff teams

Final

Champion

DC United

2nd Title

Last Title: 1996

Runner-Up

Colorado Rapids

1st Appearance

Biggest Overachiever

DC United

10.69 points above expected

55 points · 44.31 expected points

Biggest Disappointment

San Jose Clash

11.50 points below expected

30 points · 41.50 expected points

Final Standings

Final regular season records. The vsSim column shows actual points minus the simulation's mean points - positive values indicate the team overachieved, negative values mean they underperformed.

#	Team	W	SOW	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	DC United Conference	17	4	11	55	.573	70	53	+17	44.31	+10.69
2	Tampa Bay Mutiny Playoffs	16	1	15	49	.510	57	60	-3	42.85	+6.15
3	Columbus Crew Playoffs	12	3	17	39	.406	42	42	0	41.29	-2.29
4	New England Revolution Playoffs	11	4	17	37	.385	40	53	-13	40.10	-3.10
5	MetroStars	11	2	19	35	.365	43	53	-10	40.36	-5.36

#	Team	W	SOW	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	Kansas City Wizards Conference	14	7	11	49	.510	57	52	+5	41.67	+7.33
2	Los Angeles Galaxy Playoffs	14	2	16	44	.458	55	44	+11	42.81	+1.19
3	Dallas Burn Playoffs	13	3	16	42	.438	55	49	+6	41.98	+0.02
4	Colorado Rapids Playoffs	12	2	18	38	.396	50	59	-9	40.13	-2.13
5	San Jose Clash	9	3	20	30	.312	55	59	-4	41.50	-11.50

Playoff Bracket

Eastern Conference

Conference Semifinals

DC United 2

New England Revolution 0

2 games · Oct 5–Oct 8

Columbus Crew 2

Tampa Bay Mutiny 0

2 games · Oct 5–Oct 8

Conference Final

DC United 2

Columbus Crew 0

2 games · Oct 12–Oct 15

Western Conference

Conference Semifinals

Colorado Rapids 2

Kansas City Wizards 0

2 games · Oct 4–Oct 8

Dallas Burn 2

Los Angeles Galaxy 0

2 games · Oct 5–Oct 8

Conference Final

Colorado Rapids 2

Dallas Burn 0

2 games · Oct 12–Oct 15

MLS Cup

DC United 2

Colorado Rapids 1

Oct 26

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals. Click on any column header to sort. Luck is the team's actual total minus the simulation's mean. Positive values indicate the team outperformed the expected total; negative values indicate the team was unluckier than expected. Percentile represents where their actual result fell in the simulated distribution.

Team	Conference	Elo	Points	Avg. Pts.	Luck	Percentile	Min	5th	Q1	Median	Q3	95th	Max
DC United	Eastern	1525	55	44.31	+10.69	92.11%	11	31	39	44	50	57	78
Los Angeles Galaxy	Western	1522	44	42.81	+1.19	58.83%	12	30	37	43	48	56	74
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Eastern	1504	49	42.85	+6.15	80.01%	11	30	37	43	48	56	76
Dallas Burn	Western	1503	42	41.98	+0.02	52.96%	11	29	37	42	47	55	74
Kansas City Wizards	Western	1502	49	41.67	+7.33	84.17%	11	29	36	42	47	55	78
Columbus Crew	Eastern	1499	39	41.29	-2.29	41.25%	9	29	36	41	47	54	77
San Jose Clash	Western	1495	30	41.50	-11.50	7.86%	10	29	36	41	47	54	75
Colorado Rapids	Western	1485	38	40.13	-2.13	42.15%	8	27	35	40	45	53	72
MetroStars	Eastern	1485	35	40.36	-5.36	27.14%	12	28	35	40	46	53	80
New England Revolution	Eastern	1480	37	40.10	-3.10	37.41%	10	27	35	40	45	53	74

Head-to-Head

Cells show the number of points earned against each opponent with the expected points from the simulation below. Gold-tinted cells indicate the team beat the model's expectations by more than one point while navy-tinted cells indicate they fell short by more than one point. The first table covers within-division games while the second covers games against teams outside the division.

Beat expectations Fell short Within expectations

Within Eastern

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Revolution	Mutiny
Columbus Crew	—	3 (4.5 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)	9 (5.0 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)
DC United	9 (5.2 exp.)	—	6 (5.2 exp.)	12 (5.4 exp.)	9 (5.1 exp.)
MetroStars	3 (4.7 exp.)	6 (4.4 exp.)	—	6 (4.9 exp.)	3 (4.5 exp.)
New England Revolution	3 (4.7 exp.)	0 (4.3 exp.)	6 (4.7 exp.)	—	6 (4.5 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	9 (4.9 exp.)	3 (4.6 exp.)	9 (5.1 exp.)	6 (5.1 exp.)	—

Eastern vs. Outside Teams

Team	Rapids	Burn	Wizards	Galaxy	Clash
Columbus Crew	3 (5.0 exp.)	3 (3.9 exp.)	3 (3.9 exp.)	6 (3.1 exp.)	6 (3.3 exp.)
DC United	6 (4.2 exp.)	3 (3.5 exp.)	3 (3.5 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)	6 (4.1 exp.)
MetroStars	3 (3.9 exp.)	3 (3.1 exp.)	6 (3.1 exp.)	6 (3.7 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)
New England Revolution	6 (3.3 exp.)	12 (4.6 exp.)	6 (3.8 exp.)	3 (3.7 exp.)	3 (3.2 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	3 (3.6 exp.)	3 (4.0 exp.)	6 (5.0 exp.)	3 (3.4 exp.)	9 (4.0 exp.)

Within Western

Team	Rapids	Burn	Wizards	Galaxy	Clash
Colorado Rapids	—	3 (4.6 exp.)	0 (4.6 exp.)	3 (4.5 exp.)	9 (4.7 exp.)
Dallas Burn	9 (5.0 exp.)	—	3 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)
Kansas City Wizards	12 (5.0 exp.)	9 (4.8 exp.)	—	9 (4.7 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	9 (5.1 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)	3 (5.0 exp.)	—	6 (5.0 exp.)
San Jose Clash	3 (5.0 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	6 (4.6 exp.)	—

Western vs. Outside Teams

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Revolution	Mutiny
Colorado Rapids	9 (4.6 exp.)	3 (3.0 exp.)	6 (3.3 exp.)	3 (3.9 exp.)	6 (3.6 exp.)
Dallas Burn	6 (3.4 exp.)	6 (3.7 exp.)	6 (4.1 exp.)	0 (5.0 exp.)	6 (3.2 exp.)
Kansas City Wizards	6 (3.3 exp.)	6 (3.7 exp.)	3 (4.1 exp.)	3 (3.4 exp.)	6 (4.7 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (4.1 exp.)	3 (4.7 exp.)	3 (3.5 exp.)	6 (3.5 exp.)	6 (3.9 exp.)
San Jose Clash	3 (4.0 exp.)	3 (3.1 exp.)	9 (4.9 exp.)	6 (4.0 exp.)	0 (3.2 exp.)

Scoreline Distribution

Cells represent the percentage of games that ended with a team's goals in the row and its opponent's goals in the column. Cells below the diagonal are wins (gold), and cells above are losses (blue). Totals along the edges show the marginal percentages for that row or column.

Win Loss Same range

View:

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	4.38%	4.69%	5.00%	1.56%	1.56%	0.31%	17.50%
1	4.69%	7.50%	10.00%	7.50%	1.56%	1.25%	32.50%
2	5.00%	10.00%	6.25%	5.00%	1.25%	0.62%	28.12%
3	1.56%	7.50%	5.00%	1.25%	—	—	15.31%
4	1.56%	1.56%	1.25%	—	—	—	4.38%
5+	0.31%	1.25%	0.62%	—	—	—	2.19%
Total	17.50%	32.50%	28.12%	15.31%	4.38%	2.19%	100%

Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.64	1.64	+0.00
SD	1.21	1.21	1.83
CV	0.74	0.74	—
Max	6	6	+5
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 160

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	9.38%
1	3.12%	9.38%	18.75%	—	9.38%	—	40.62%
2	15.62%	6.25%	3.12%	—	3.12%	6.25%	34.38%
3	3.12%	9.38%	—	3.12%	—	—	15.62%
4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21.88%	28.12%	25.00%	3.12%	12.50%	9.38%	100%

Colorado Rapids — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.56	1.84	-0.28
SD	0.88	1.61	2.02
CV	0.56	0.87	—
Max	3	5	+3
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	9.38%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	18.75%
1	6.25%	18.75%	12.50%	6.25%	—	—	43.75%
2	9.38%	12.50%	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	28.12%
3	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
4	3.12%	—	—	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21.88%	43.75%	18.75%	12.50%	3.12%	—	100%

Columbus Crew — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.31	1.31	+0.00
SD	0.97	1.06	1.65
CV	0.74	0.81	—
Max	4	4	+4
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	6.25%	—	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
1	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	6.25%	—	3.12%	21.88%
2	6.25%	9.38%	15.62%	3.12%	—	—	34.38%
3	—	3.12%	15.62%	—	—	—	18.75%
4	—	—	6.25%	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
Total	18.75%	18.75%	50.00%	9.38%	—	3.12%	100%

DC United — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.19	1.66	+0.53
SD	1.38	1.21	1.88
CV	0.63	0.73	—
Max	5	6	+5
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	—	3.12%	—	—	9.38%
1	6.25%	6.25%	21.88%	9.38%	—	—	43.75%
2	3.12%	6.25%	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	21.88%
3	3.12%	12.50%	—	—	—	—	15.62%
4	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	37.50%	34.38%	15.62%	—	—	100%

Dallas Burn — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.72	1.53	+0.19
SD	1.14	0.92	1.65
CV	0.66	0.60	—
Max	4	3	+3
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	6.25%	3.12%	9.38%	—	3.12%	—	21.88%
1	6.25%	3.12%	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
2	3.12%	12.50%	9.38%	3.12%	—	—	28.12%
3	—	6.25%	9.38%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5+	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
Total	15.62%	28.12%	37.50%	15.62%	3.12%	—	100%

Kansas City Wizards — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.78	1.62	+0.16
SD	1.45	1.04	1.74
CV	0.82	0.64	—
Max	6	4	+5
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	9.38%	3.12%	6.25%	—	—	—	18.75%
1	3.12%	9.38%	6.25%	6.25%	3.12%	—	28.12%
2	9.38%	9.38%	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	31.25%
3	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	12.50%
4	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	28.12%	34.38%	15.62%	15.62%	6.25%	—	100%

Los Angeles Galaxy — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.72	1.38	+0.34
SD	1.37	1.24	1.93
CV	0.80	0.90	—
Max	6	4	+5
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	9.38%	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	—	34.38%
1	3.12%	—	12.50%	9.38%	—	—	25.00%
2	—	9.38%	—	6.25%	—	—	15.62%
3	3.12%	12.50%	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	21.88%
4	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	15.62%	37.50%	18.75%	21.88%	6.25%	—	100%

MetroStars — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.34	1.66	-0.31
SD	1.26	1.18	1.82
CV	0.94	0.71	—
Max	4	4	+3
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	9.38%	6.25%	6.25%	3.12%	6.25%	—	31.25%
1	6.25%	9.38%	3.12%	6.25%	—	3.12%	28.12%
2	3.12%	12.50%	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	28.12%
3	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
4	—	—	3.12%	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	18.75%	34.38%	21.88%	15.62%	6.25%	3.12%	100%

New England Revolution — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.25	1.66	-0.41
SD	1.11	1.31	1.76
CV	0.89	0.79	—
Max	4	5	+2
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	3.12%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	9.38%
1	3.12%	12.50%	6.25%	21.88%	—	—	43.75%
2	—	3.12%	12.50%	9.38%	—	—	25.00%
3	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	—	12.50%
4	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	9.38%	31.25%	25.00%	34.38%	—	—	100%

San Jose Clash — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.72	1.84	-0.12
SD	1.20	1.02	1.76
CV	0.70	0.55	—
Max	5	3	+4
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	—	12.50%	—	—	—	12.50%
1	6.25%	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	28.12%
2	—	18.75%	6.25%	6.25%	3.12%	—	34.38%
3	—	9.38%	9.38%	—	—	—	18.75%
4	6.25%	—	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	31.25%	34.38%	9.38%	6.25%	6.25%	100%

Tampa Bay Mutiny — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.78	1.88	-0.09
SD	1.10	1.41	2.07
CV	0.62	0.75	—
Max	4	6	+4
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

Points vs. Goals Scored, Allowed, and Differential

Points plotted against goals scored, allowed, and differential. Use the buttons to switch views; hover a team for exact values. The table gives each fit's R² and slope (the change in points per 10 goals).

Fit Metrics

	R²	Slope
Scored	0.51	+6.0
Allowed	0.01	-1.2
Differential	0.52	+5.6

Home-Field Advantage Edge

A measure of how well each team has taken advantage of home-field advantage during the season. For each team, sum the win probabilities for home games and compare against the team's actual performance at home. Repeat for games on the road. Positive values indicate the team has played comparatively better at home than on the road. Negative values indicate the team is not utilizing home field advantage.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	DC United	55	44.31	+10.69
2	Kansas City Wizards	49	41.67	+7.33
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	49	42.85	+6.15
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	44	42.81	+1.19
5	Dallas Burn	42	41.98	+0.02

Biggest Disappointments

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	San Jose Clash	30	41.50	-11.50
2	MetroStars	35	40.36	-5.36
3	New England Revolution	37	40.10	-3.10
4	Columbus Crew	39	41.29	-2.29
5	Colorado Rapids	38	40.13	-2.13

Top Streaks

The most unlikely streaks achieved by teams throughout the season according to the model's probabilities. Calculated by using the pregame win/loss probabilities for all the games in each team's streak.

Most Unlikely Winning Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Kansas City Wizards	7	Jul 19 – Aug 28	1 in 556
2	DC United	6	May 18 – Jun 14	1 in 307
3	Dallas Burn	5	Apr 26 – May 23	1 in 185
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	6	Sep 7 – Sep 28	1 in 140
5	MetroStars	3	Aug 23 – Sep 4	1 in 28

Most Unlikely Losing Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	New England Revolution	9	Jul 20 – Sep 9	1 in 951
2	Columbus Crew	6	May 17 – Jun 15	1 in 183
3	San Jose Clash	5	May 16 – Jun 8	1 in 134
4	Colorado Rapids	6	Aug 28 – Sep 26	1 in 134
5	Dallas Burn	4	Jul 25 – Aug 23	1 in 80

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position in the simulation.

Team	1	2	3	4	5
DC United	29.79%	23.00%	19.24%	15.83%	12.13%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	23.28%	21.96%	20.13%	18.50%	16.13%
Columbus Crew	17.85%	19.44%	20.62%	20.92%	21.17%
MetroStars	14.94%	18.07%	20.16%	22.07%	24.77%
New England Revolution	14.13%	17.53%	19.85%	22.68%	25.81%

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Los Angeles Galaxy	24.29%	21.98%	19.76%	18.00%	15.97%
Dallas Burn	21.28%	20.44%	20.06%	19.67%	18.55%
Kansas City Wizards	19.98%	19.99%	20.32%	20.06%	19.65%
San Jose Clash	19.41%	20.01%	20.12%	20.25%	20.20%
Colorado Rapids	15.04%	17.58%	19.74%	22.01%	25.63%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
DC United	16.34%	13.50%	12.01%	11.00%	9.86%	9.21%	8.38%	7.55%	6.54%	5.60%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	12.25%	11.67%	11.03%	10.76%	9.99%	9.61%	9.63%	9.04%	8.41%	7.62%
Los Angeles Galaxy	12.20%	11.46%	11.02%	10.72%	10.38%	9.84%	9.40%	8.83%	8.40%	7.76%
Dallas Burn	10.32%	10.29%	10.41%	10.17%	10.13%	10.22%	9.95%	9.71%	9.63%	9.18%
Kansas City Wizards	9.55%	9.93%	10.16%	9.98%	10.25%	10.16%	10.05%	10.14%	10.19%	9.59%
San Jose Clash	9.32%	9.64%	9.94%	10.11%	10.11%	10.07%	10.27%	10.24%	10.29%	10.02%
Columbus Crew	8.97%	9.41%	9.54%	9.91%	10.11%	10.32%	10.21%	10.49%	10.46%	10.59%
MetroStars	7.31%	8.24%	8.90%	9.30%	9.70%	10.17%	10.60%	11.16%	11.82%	12.81%
Colorado Rapids	6.91%	7.92%	8.52%	9.04%	9.81%	10.20%	10.64%	11.43%	12.14%	13.40%
New England Revolution	6.83%	7.94%	8.49%	9.03%	9.66%	10.18%	10.88%	11.42%	12.12%	13.44%

Win Totals in Context

How each team's actual results compared to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Click a division name in the legend to toggle it on or off.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team earned a given playoff seed in the simulation. Teams are sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed. Teams that missed the playoffs more often sit toward the bottom.

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
DC United	29.79%	23.00%	19.24%	15.83%	12.13%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	23.28%	21.96%	20.13%	18.50%	16.13%
Columbus Crew	17.85%	19.44%	20.62%	20.92%	21.17%
MetroStars	14.94%	18.07%	20.16%	22.07%	24.77%
New England Revolution	14.13%	17.53%	19.85%	22.68%	25.81%

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Galaxy	24.29%	21.98%	19.76%	18.00%	15.97%
Dallas Burn	21.28%	20.44%	20.06%	19.67%	18.55%
Kansas City Wizards	19.98%	19.99%	20.32%	20.06%	19.65%
San Jose Clash	19.41%	20.01%	20.12%	20.25%	20.20%
Colorado Rapids	15.04%	17.58%	19.74%	22.01%	25.63%

Points Required to Clinch Each Seed

The empirical cumulative distribution that shows the probability that a team earning that seed finished the regular season with at most a given number of points. The point where each line passes through 50% is roughly the median points for that seed.

Edges & Scoring

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Home Edge: Percentage of games won by the home team - percentage of games won by the away team
No Edge: under 2% · Slight Edge: 2% to 6% · Clear Edge: 6% to 10% · Fortress: 10% and up.
Elo Value: Number of Elo rating points that 1 goal is worth. A team this many Elo ratings points better than another would be expected to defeat their opponent by 1 goal at a neutral location.
Scoring Tilt: Average home goals - average away goals per game. The gold line represents the expected home goals edge according to the scoring value of a point of Elo and the number of Elo rating points home advantage is worth.
Road-Tilted: under -0.8 · Lean Road: -0.8 to 0 · Lean Home: 0 to 0.8 · Home-Tilted: 0.8 and up.

Home Edge

HomeAway

+23.75%

Fortress

61.88%38.12%

Elo Value

Home Edge

147 Elo

0.007 goals per Elo point

072.70400

Scoring Tilt

Expected

+0.50 goals

Lean Home

-2+0.50+2

Title Race

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Title-Race Openness: Effective number of preseason title contenders. Calculated by taking 1 divided by the sum of squared preseason title odds. Higher numbers indicate more parity in the league while 1 indicates that the preseason favorite is a near-lock.
Front-Runner: under 2 · Few Contenders: 2 to 4 · Open Race: 4 to 8 · Wide Open: 8 and up.
Champion Preseason Odds: Preseason probability that the eventual champion would win the title based on the simulated results. Location of the dot marks their rank across all teams, ranging from longshot to favorite.
Preseason Favorite: 1st · Among the Favorites: 2nd · Middle of the Pack: 3rd to 5th · Longshot: 6th or lower.
Title Run Odds: Given that actual playoff bracket, the probability that the champion would win the exact series/games they faced in reality. The gold line represents their odds of winning if every series/game was a toss-up.
Long Shot: under 6.25% · Tough Road: 6.25% to 12.5% · Favored: 12.5% to 25% · Heavy Favorite: 25% and up.

Title-Race Openness

9.3

Wide Open

124810

Champion Preseason Odds

16%

DC United, 1st of 10

LongshotFavorite

Title Run Odds

Coin-flip

25.5%

Heavy Favorite

012.50%40%

Simulation-Based Surprises

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Luck Spread: Average standard deviation of the difference between each team's actual points total and their simulated average points total. The gold line is the standard deviation the model expected from random chance alone.
Subdued: under 6.26 · As Expected: 6.26 to 8.61 · Elevated: 8.61 to 11.74 · High Variance: 11.74 and up.
Average Finish Error: Average gap in the rank of the final standings between where each team finished in the standings and where the model projected them to finish.
Pinpoint: under 2.54 · Close: 2.54 to 3.43 · Off Target: 3.43 to 4.48 · Well Off Target: 4.48 and up.
Biggest Overachiever: The team whose record finished in the highest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the top team in a league of 10 teams typically lands.
Biggest Underachiever: The team whose record finished in the lowest percentile within its own simulated range of outcomes. The gold line indicates where the bottom team in a league of 10 teams typically lands.
Season Outliers: Number of teams that finished either above the 95th percentile or below the 5th percentile. Even with a well-calibrated model, 10% of teams are expected to land in the extremes of their distributions.
Minimal Outliers: under 0.5 · As Expected: 0.5 to 1.2 · Several Outliers: 1.2 to 2.2 · Many Outliers: 2.2 and up.
Unexpected Playoff Teams: Number of teams that actually made the playoffs but were not in the model's projected field.The gold line represents how many playoff teams the simulation missed on average.
Fewer Than Expected: under 1.11 · As Expected: 1.11 to 1.86 · More Than Expected: 1.86 to 2.97 · Far More Than Expected: 2.97 and up.

Luck Spread

Expected

6.23 points

Subdued

07.8320

Average Finish Error

Expected

1.50

Pinpoint

02.986

Biggest Overachiever

Expected 95.00%

92.11%

DC United

50100

Biggest Underachiever

Expected 5.00%

7.86%

San Jose Clash

050

Season Outliers

Expected

0 of 10

Minimal Outliers

01.010

Unexpected Playoff Teams

Expected

2 of 8

More Than Expected

01.58

Parity

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Gini Index: Measures how evenly points were distributed across the league. Lower scores indicate there was less variability across the actual point totals .Higher scores are an indication of more imbalance in the league with a few unusually strong or unusually weak teams.
Highly Balanced: under 0.08 · Balanced: 0.08 to 0.15 · Top-Heavy: 0.15 to 0.24 · Concentrated: 0.24 and up.
Noll-Scully: Measures how more times spread out the final standings were in reality compared to standings that were generated by flipping a coin for each game. The gold line at 1 indicates as much variability in the standings as s coin flip. Above it, talent gaps in team composition stretched the standings more than the variability produced by luck alone. Below it, the league was more competitive than coin flips alone would yield.
Compressed: under 0.9 · Coin-Flip Spread: 0.9 to 1.15 · Moderate Separation: 1.15 to 1.45 · Stratified: 1.45 and up.
Interquartile Edge: The probability that the team in the 75th percentile of the league's Elo ratings would defeat the team in the 25th percentile at a neutral site. The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league.
Even: under 58% · Competitive: 58% to 65% · Tilted: 65% to 73% · Lopsided: 73% and up.
Best vs. Worst: The probability that the team with the highest Elo rating would defeat the team with the lowest Elo rating at a neutral site.The higher the probability, the larger the gap between the top teams and bottom teams in the league. The gold line represents how high this probability is expected to be in a league of this size. A blue dot to the right indicates an unusually dominant team or an unusually weak team.
Tight: under 65% · Clear Edge: 65% to 78% · Lopsided: 78% to 88% · No Contest: 88% and up.
Close Games: Actual percentage of games decided by 1 goal or fewer. The gold line indicates the proportion of close games you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Mostly Decisive: under 25% · Some Drama: 25% to 38% · Often Close: 38% to 50% · Nail-Biters: 50% and up.
Blowouts: Actual percentage of games decided by 3 goals or more. The gold line indicates the proportion of blowouts you would expect after considering the Elo ratings of the involved teams and the scoring value of a single Elo point.
Rare: under 10% · Occasional: 10% to 20% · Frequent: 20% to 30% · Routine: 30% and up.

Gini Index

0.10

Balanced

00.080.150.240.5

Noll-Scully

Coin-flip

0.94

Coin-Flip Spread

01.003

Interquartile Edge

52%

Even

50%58%65%73%100%

Best vs. Worst

Baseline

56%

Tight

50%57%100%

Close Games

Expected

59%

Nail-Biters

0%59%100%

Blowouts

Expected

14%

Occasional

0%17%100%

Predictability

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Brier Score: How close the pregame win probabilities aligned with the actual game result, averaged over the entire season. Picks that were both confident and correct are rewarded the most, while incorrect predictions and/or uncertain predictions are penalized more. Lower scores are better. 0 indicates every game was perfectly predicted with maximum confidence. For sports with where wins and losses are the only outcomes, Brier scores less than 0.25 indicate the model did better than random predictions. For sports where ties are possible, 0.67 is the cutoff for which the Brier score must be lower to beat random predictions. The lower the Brier score, the easier and more accurately the games were to predict.
Highly Predictable: under 0.56 · Predictable: 0.56 to 0.62 · Hard to Predict: 0.62 to 0.66 · Coin-Flip: 0.66 and up.
Matchup Imbalance: How lopsided the matchups were on paper, calculated by averaging the difference in the win probabilities divided by the sum of the win probabilities. Lower scores indicate more parity in the league. 0 indicates that every game was a 50-50 toss-up between evenly matched teams. 1 means every game pitted a heavy favorite against a huge underdog.
Evenly Matched: under 0.12 · Slight Separation: 0.12 to 0.22 · Wide Gaps: 0.22 to 0.34 · Lopsided: 0.34 and up.
Strangeness: How extreme the actual final standings were compared to what the model expected. A value of 0 would indicate that the simulated results perfectly matched the actual standings. A score of 1 indicates that the actual results were scattered around the projections by exactly the variance the model predicted. (i.e. The projections missed the actual standings by 1 standard deviation on average. Scores larger than 1 mean the season was wilder to forecast with more overperforming and underperforming teams than expected. Scores less than 1 indicate the season was more predictable.
Tighter Than Modeled: under 0.85 · As Expected: 0.85 to 1.15 · Volatile: 1.15 to 1.5 · Chaotic: 1.5 and up.
Repeatability: How closely the order of the final standings aligned with the ranked preseason Elo ratings as calculated by the Spearman rank correlation. Larger values indicate that the preseason Elo ratings were a strong predictor of the team's final rank in the standings while values near 0 mean.
Reshuffled: under 0.3 · Weak Alignment: 0.3 to 0.6 · Strong Alignment: 0.6 to 0.85 · Closely Aligned: 0.85 and up.
Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality. The gold line measures how often the model expected the underdog to win when considering the outcome probabilities. A blue dot to the right of the gold line means upsets were more prevalent than left. A dot to the left indicates that favorites won more often than expected.
Chalk Held: under 30% · As Expected: 30% to 40% · Upset-Prone: 40% to 46% · Bedlam: 46% and up.
Clear Favorite Upset Rate: The percentage of the time the underdog won the game in reality, but only including games with a clear favorite, one at least 60% likely to win once a draw is set aside. This metrics ignores games that could be considered toss-ups. The gold line is how often the model expected these heavy favorites to lose. A dot to the right means the big favorites were upset more than expected; to the left means they took care of business.
Favorites Held: under 22% · As Expected: 22% to 32% · Shaky Favorites: 32% to 42% · Bedlam: 42% and up.

Brier Score

Expected

0.62

Predictable

00.622

Matchup Imbalance

0.25

Wide Gaps

00.120.220.340.5

Strangeness

Expected

0.63

Tighter Than Modeled

01.002

Repeatability

0.49

Weak Alignment

00.30.60.851

Upset Rate

Expected

38%

As Expected

0%30%50%

Clear Favorite Upset Rate

Expected

37%

Shaky Favorites

0%30%50%

Calibration

How these are measured

The navy dot is the actual value, the gold line and key are the model's reference where one applies, and the slate ticks are the cutoffs between read labels listed under each metric.

Probability calibration: An all-in-one chi-square test of the model's probabilities. Games are sorted into bins according to how confident the model was. Within each bin, the predicted number of wins, losses, and ties are compared against the actual counts. The p-value of this test is plotted below. Values above 0.05 indicate that the model's probabilities are well-calibrated for the season.
Clear Misfit: under 0.01 · Misfit: 0.01 to 0.05 · Borderline: 0.05 to 0.1 · Well Calibrated: 0.1 and up.
Calibration slope: Checks whether the spread of the model's probabilities is correct. Each probability is turned into their log-odds. A line is fit that predicts the actual results from the log-odds. The slope of this line is the calibration slope.A slope of 1.00 is perfect, indicating that the model's confidence matches the actual outcomes of the games. Slopes less than 1.00 indicate overconfidence. The model assigned higher probabilities to the favorites than was appropriate given the matchup, causing more losses by favored teams. Slopes greater than 1.00 indicate under-confidence. The model is more uncertain about too many results, assigning them lower probabilities when in reality the favorites should have had higher probabilities.
Overconfident: under 0.85 · Calibrated: 0.85 to 1.15 · Underconfident: 1.15 and up.
Calibration error (ECE): Calibration error (ECE) checks whether the model's probabilities mean what they say. ECE is calculated as the average weighted gap between the model's stated chances and how often the predicted outcome actually occurred. The smaller the ECE, the more confident we are about the model's probabilities. The gold line represents the noise ceiling, which is the amount of error that luck can produce on its own even if the probabilities are perfectly calibrated. Values below the noise ceiling indicate that the model's error is no larger than chance alone would produce. Values above the noice ceiling point to a genuine calibration issue since the error is larger than luck could explain.
Well Within Noise: under 0.04 · Within Noise: 0.04 to 0.09 · Above Noise: 0.09 to 0.17 · Well Above Noise: 0.17 and up.

Probability calibration

0.88

Well Calibrated

0.010.050.11

Calibration slope

Ideal

1.78

Underconfident

01.002.01358

Calibration error (ECE)

Noise ceiling

0.020

Well Within Noise

00.0860.2

Season Trends

How each metric evolved across the season - Elo rating, actual points, simulated final points, playoff probability, and division-title probability - day by day. Select a division to see all five charts for its teams.

Elo Through the Playoffs

How each playoff team's Elo rating evolved as the postseason unfolded. Elo Progression traces each team's game-by-game Elo rating through their playoff run. Net Elo Change summarizes the difference in Elo rating between the beginning and end of the playoffs for each team.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

How we would have expected the postseason to play out at the beginning of the season according to the simulation. The table summarizes each team's chances of advancing to each round. Individual matchup heat maps for each round are displayed using the subsequent buttons. The top percentage in each cell represents each team's winning percentage against the corresponding opponent. The bottom percentage represents how often that specific matchup occurred during that round in the simulation.

Team	Made Playoffs	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup
DC United	87.87%	50.68%	29.09%	15.81%
Los Angeles Galaxy	84.03%	46.81%	25.88%	13.80%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	83.87%	42.98%	21.65%	11.01%
Dallas Burn	81.45%	41.06%	20.56%	10.21%
Kansas City Wizards	80.35%	40.28%	19.96%	9.93%
Columbus Crew	78.83%	39.15%	19.37%	9.49%
San Jose Clash	79.80%	38.16%	18.38%	8.94%
MetroStars	75.23%	34.33%	15.40%	7.08%
Colorado Rapids	74.37%	33.69%	15.22%	7.03%
New England Revolution	74.19%	32.86%	14.50%	6.71%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		43.8%22.23%	52.9%17.84%	54.3%17.41%	49.3%21.35%
DC United	56.2%22.23%		59.3%21.40%	60.7%21.02%	54.8%23.21%
MetroStars	47.1%17.84%	40.7%21.40%		50.7%16.22%	45.4%19.77%
New England Revolution	45.7%17.41%	39.3%21.02%	49.3%16.22%		44.3%19.54%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	50.7%21.35%	45.2%23.21%	54.6%19.77%	55.7%19.54%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Clash
Colorado Rapids		45.6%18.71%	46.3%18.02%	41.6%19.70%	47.9%17.94%
Dallas Burn	54.4%18.71%		50.4%20.57%	45.9%21.50%	51.6%20.67%
Kansas City Wizards	53.7%18.02%	49.6%20.57%		46.1%21.70%	51.8%20.06%
Los Angeles Galaxy	58.4%19.70%	54.1%21.50%	53.9%21.70%		56.7%21.13%
San Jose Clash	52.1%17.94%	48.4%20.67%	48.2%20.06%	43.3%21.13%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		44.5%13.37%	54.3%7.89%	54.3%7.58%	48.7%10.31%
DC United	55.5%13.37%		60.1%11.20%	60.4%10.74%	54.9%15.38%
MetroStars	45.7%7.89%	39.9%11.20%		51.0%6.24%	46.0%9.00%
New England Revolution	45.7%7.58%	39.6%10.74%	49.0%6.24%		44.9%8.30%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	51.3%10.31%	45.1%15.38%	54.0%9.00%	55.1%8.30%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Clash
Colorado Rapids		45.9%8.18%	46.1%8.11%	42.1%9.94%	47.3%7.46%
Dallas Burn	54.1%8.18%		50.3%10.38%	46.0%12.82%	51.8%9.69%
Kansas City Wizards	53.9%8.11%	49.7%10.38%		45.5%12.42%	51.1%9.37%
Los Angeles Galaxy	57.9%9.94%	54.0%12.82%	54.5%12.42%		55.3%11.63%
San Jose Clash	52.7%7.46%	48.2%9.69%	48.9%9.37%	44.7%11.63%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Clash	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew	52.3%2.91%	49.0%4.02%	49.1%3.86%	46.8%5.00%	49.2%3.57%
DC United	58.0%4.41%	54.4%5.96%	54.8%5.81%	51.3%7.49%	55.1%5.42%
MetroStars	50.1%2.35%	46.2%3.17%	46.5%3.17%	41.4%3.94%	48.2%2.76%
New England Revolution	48.2%2.20%	47.6%2.95%	46.9%2.88%	42.9%3.80%	47.2%2.67%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	56.0%3.34%	50.9%4.46%	50.1%4.24%	46.6%5.65%	53.1%3.95%
Colorado Rapids						47.7%2.91%	42.0%4.41%	49.9%2.35%	51.8%2.20%	44.0%3.34%
Dallas Burn						51.0%4.02%	45.6%5.96%	53.8%3.17%	52.4%2.95%	49.1%4.46%
Kansas City Wizards						50.9%3.86%	45.2%5.81%	53.5%3.17%	53.1%2.88%	49.9%4.24%
Los Angeles Galaxy						53.2%5.00%	48.7%7.49%	58.6%3.94%	57.1%3.80%	53.4%5.65%
San Jose Clash						50.8%3.57%	44.9%5.42%	51.8%2.76%	52.8%2.67%	46.9%3.95%

Actual Bracket Simulation

Team	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup	Actual Outcome
DC United	64.45%	38.60%	24.48%	Won MLS Cup
Los Angeles Galaxy	59.29%	32.46%	15.58%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Tampa Bay Mutiny	56.66%	26.93%	15.42%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Kansas City Wizards	59.18%	31.23%	15.08%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Dallas Burn	40.71%	20.53%	9.52%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
Columbus Crew	43.34%	20.19%	8.47%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
Colorado Rapids	40.82%	15.78%	6.26%	Eliminated in MLS Cup
New England Revolution	35.55%	14.28%	5.20%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew				43.3%100.00%
DC United			64.5%100.00%
New England Revolution		35.5%100.00%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	56.7%100.00%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy
Colorado Rapids			40.8%100.00%
Dallas Burn				40.7%100.00%
Kansas City Wizards	59.2%100.00%
Los Angeles Galaxy		59.3%100.00%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		39.5%27.86%	59.4%15.48%
DC United	60.5%27.86%			59.4%36.59%
New England Revolution	40.6%15.48%			39.8%20.06%
Tampa Bay Mutiny		40.6%36.59%	60.2%20.06%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy
Colorado Rapids		41.3%16.71%		36.9%24.12%
Dallas Burn	58.7%16.71%		44.6%24.01%
Kansas City Wizards		55.4%24.01%		51.0%35.17%
Los Angeles Galaxy	63.1%24.12%		49.0%35.17%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew	62.7%3.17%	37.6%4.17%	39.9%6.38%	36.5%6.48%
DC United	65.3%6.09%	63.7%7.81%	64.1%12.08%	61.7%12.61%
New England Revolution	38.8%2.18%	35.4%3.03%	38.4%4.49%	34.0%4.57%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	62.5%4.34%	61.5%5.52%	49.9%8.28%	58.9%8.80%
Colorado Rapids					37.3%3.17%	34.7%6.09%	61.2%2.18%	37.5%4.34%
Dallas Burn					62.4%4.17%	36.3%7.81%	64.6%3.03%	38.5%5.52%
Kansas City Wizards					60.1%6.38%	35.9%12.08%	61.6%4.49%	50.1%8.28%
Los Angeles Galaxy					63.5%6.48%	38.3%12.61%	66.0%4.57%	41.1%8.80%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

DC United 24.48% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. New England Revolution

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

64.45%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

56.31%

Win Prob

59.40%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

31.77%

Win Prob

61.67%

Los Angeles Galaxy 15.58% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Dallas Burn

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

59.29%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

53.09%

Win Prob

48.99%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

31.02%

Win Prob

38.33%

Tampa Bay Mutiny 15.42% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Columbus Crew

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

56.66%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

55.16%

Win Prob

40.60%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

33.59%

Win Prob

58.85%

Kansas City Wizards 15.08% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Colorado Rapids

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

59.18%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

57.45%

Win Prob

51.01%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

28.77%

Win Prob

35.91%

Dallas Burn 9.52% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

40.71%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

52.21%

Win Prob

44.64%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

29.77%

Win Prob

36.27%

Columbus Crew 8.47% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

43.34%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

54.45%

Win Prob

39.46%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

30.05%

Win Prob

39.89%

Colorado Rapids 6.26% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

40.82%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

56.31%

Win Prob

36.85%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

33.79%

Win Prob

34.68%

New England Revolution 5.20% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. DC United

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

35.55%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

55.95%

Win Prob

39.81%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

33.22%

Win Prob

38.43%

Regular Season Games

Summary of every regular-season game played this season.

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Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Points
1997-03-29	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-1	1489.78	1498.15	28.94%	19.53%	51.52%	+0.18	0
1997-04-05	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1489.96	1497.97	49.28%	19.89%	30.84%	+2.25	3
1997-04-12	DC United	L 2-5	1492.21	1508.10	48.19%	20.03%	31.78%	-3.46	3
1997-04-18	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1488.75	1504.89	28.09%	19.34%	52.57%	-1.03	3
1997-04-20	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-4	1487.72	1496.90	28.85%	19.51%	51.63%	-2.59	3
1997-04-23	Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1485.13	1499.50	48.40%	20.00%	31.60%	+1.22	6
1997-04-26	@ New England Revolution	L 1-1	1486.35	1490.91	29.38%	19.62%	51.00%	+0.17	6
1997-05-03	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1486.52	1515.00	46.42%	20.23%	33.35%	+2.41	9
1997-05-10	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1488.93	1512.60	27.28%	19.15%	53.58%	-1.01	9
1997-05-17	Columbus Crew	W 1-1	1487.92	1504.97	48.02%	20.05%	31.93%	-0.12	12
1997-05-24	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1487.80	1488.59	50.27%	19.74%	29.99%	-1.69	12
1997-06-01	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1486.11	1507.21	47.46%	20.12%	32.42%	+2.35	15
1997-06-07	@ DC United	L 0-5	1488.46	1520.12	26.44%	18.92%	54.64%	-4.56	15
1997-06-13	@ MetroStars	W 3-1	1483.90	1492.59	28.91%	19.53%	51.56%	+2.98	18
1997-06-15	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1486.88	1498.56	28.58%	19.45%	51.97%	+3.47	21
1997-06-21	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1490.35	1503.51	48.56%	19.98%	31.45%	+1.14	24
1997-06-28	Kansas City Wizards	L 3-3	1491.49	1503.38	48.74%	19.96%	31.30%	-0.08	24
1997-07-04	San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1491.41	1498.34	49.43%	19.86%	30.71%	+1.94	27
1997-07-13	@ MetroStars	L 1-4	1493.35	1485.65	30.80%	19.88%	49.32%	-2.75	27
1997-07-20	Dallas Burn	L 2-4	1490.60	1506.58	48.17%	20.03%	31.80%	-2.53	27
1997-07-25	@ San Jose Clash	W 2-1	1488.07	1493.63	29.26%	19.60%	51.14%	+1.71	30
1997-07-27	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1489.78	1516.53	46.67%	20.20%	33.13%	-1.58	30
1997-08-02	@ DC United	W 2-2	1488.20	1521.13	26.31%	18.89%	54.81%	+0.17	33
1997-08-09	New England Revolution	W 3-0	1488.37	1486.88	50.58%	19.69%	29.73%	+3.16	36
1997-08-15	MetroStars	W 2-0	1491.53	1481.97	51.68%	19.51%	28.81%	+2.12	39
1997-08-28	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1493.65	1505.91	28.51%	19.44%	52.05%	-1.11	39
1997-08-31	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-4	1492.54	1499.67	29.08%	19.56%	51.35%	-2.62	39
1997-09-06	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1489.92	1504.94	48.31%	20.01%	31.68%	-1.63	39
1997-09-10	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1488.29	1511.98	27.27%	19.15%	53.58%	-2.01	39
1997-09-17	San Jose Clash	L 1-2	1486.28	1497.56	48.83%	19.95%	31.23%	-1.64	39
1997-09-26	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-5	1484.64	1502.01	27.95%	19.31%	52.74%	-2.18	39
1997-09-28	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1482.46	1497.68	28.19%	19.37%	52.45%	+3.02	42
1997-03-29	Colorado Rapids	W 1-1	1498.15	1489.78	51.52%	19.53%	28.94%	-0.18	3
1997-04-05	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1497.97	1489.96	30.84%	19.89%	49.28%	-2.25	3
1997-04-13	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1495.72	1499.11	49.92%	19.79%	30.29%	+1.11	6
1997-04-19	San Jose Clash	W 1-1	1496.83	1501.10	49.79%	19.81%	30.40%	-0.16	9
1997-04-26	@ MetroStars	L 1-2	1496.67	1496.21	29.95%	19.73%	50.32%	-1.09	9
1997-05-03	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1495.58	1501.39	29.23%	19.59%	51.17%	+2.96	12
1997-05-09	@ New England Revolution	W 2-0	1498.54	1491.85	30.68%	19.86%	49.46%	+3.33	15
1997-05-11	MetroStars	W 3-0	1501.87	1495.35	51.27%	19.58%	29.15%	+3.10	18
1997-05-17	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-1	1504.97	1487.92	31.93%	20.05%	48.02%	+0.13	18
1997-05-22	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-3	1505.10	1495.13	31.07%	19.92%	49.01%	-1.96	18
1997-05-25	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-1	1503.14	1502.42	29.98%	19.74%	50.28%	-1.17	18
1997-05-29	DC United	L 2-3	1501.97	1517.04	48.30%	20.02%	31.68%	-1.54	18
1997-06-07	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1500.43	1504.86	29.39%	19.62%	50.99%	-1.87	18
1997-06-15	Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1498.56	1486.88	51.97%	19.45%	28.58%	-3.46	18
1997-06-21	MetroStars	W 2-1	1495.10	1487.79	51.38%	19.56%	29.06%	+1.06	21
1997-07-04	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1496.16	1503.46	49.38%	19.87%	30.75%	-1.66	21
1997-07-13	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1494.50	1503.07	49.20%	19.90%	30.90%	-1.66	21
1997-07-20	New England Revolution	W 1-0	1492.84	1493.18	50.33%	19.73%	29.94%	+1.17	24
1997-07-25	@ DC United	L 1-1	1494.01	1521.05	26.92%	19.05%	54.03%	+0.22	24
1997-07-27	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1494.23	1507.23	48.59%	19.98%	31.43%	-1.74	24
1997-07-30	@ DC United	L 2-4	1492.49	1519.59	26.91%	19.05%	54.04%	-1.54	24
1997-08-02	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1490.95	1518.12	26.91%	19.05%	54.04%	+1.79	27
1997-08-09	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-1	1492.74	1497.27	29.38%	19.62%	51.00%	+0.17	27
1997-08-16	DC United	W 2-0	1492.91	1522.62	46.25%	20.24%	33.51%	+2.42	30
1997-08-23	New England Revolution	W 2-1	1495.33	1483.62	51.97%	19.45%	28.57%	+1.05	33
1997-08-30	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-0	1496.38	1513.09	48.07%	20.04%	31.88%	+2.32	36
1997-09-06	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1498.70	1502.28	29.49%	19.64%	50.87%	-3.14	36
1997-09-12	@ New England Revolution	L 0-1	1495.56	1476.04	32.23%	20.09%	47.68%	-1.24	36
1997-09-14	Kansas City Wizards	W 4-0	1494.32	1506.34	48.72%	19.96%	31.32%	+4.33	39
1997-09-18	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1498.65	1505.96	29.06%	19.56%	51.38%	-1.07	39
1997-09-25	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1497.58	1483.47	31.57%	20.00%	48.43%	+1.73	42
1997-09-28	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 1-1	1499.31	1503.61	49.79%	19.81%	30.40%	-0.15	45
1997-03-29	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 0-0	1506.85	1508.93	29.66%	19.68%	50.66%	+0.19	3
1997-04-05	MetroStars	W 2-1	1507.04	1497.03	51.74%	19.49%	28.76%	+1.06	6
1997-04-12	@ Colorado Rapids	W 5-2	1508.10	1492.21	31.78%	20.03%	48.19%	+3.45	9
1997-04-19	@ MetroStars	W 2-1	1511.55	1497.84	31.52%	19.99%	48.49%	+1.63	12
1997-04-26	San Jose Clash	L 2-2	1513.18	1501.25	52.00%	19.45%	28.55%	-0.14	12
1997-05-02	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-0	1513.04	1505.74	51.38%	19.56%	29.07%	+2.14	15
1997-05-04	@ Dallas Burn	L 2-2	1515.18	1498.46	31.89%	20.04%	48.07%	+0.09	15
1997-05-10	Dallas Burn	L 2-2	1515.27	1498.36	52.67%	19.32%	28.00%	-0.15	15
1997-05-18	@ New England Revolution	W 0-0	1515.12	1488.71	33.09%	20.20%	46.72%	+0.12	18
1997-05-22	San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1515.24	1500.20	52.42%	19.37%	28.21%	+1.80	21
1997-05-29	@ Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1517.04	1501.97	31.68%	20.02%	48.30%	+1.55	24
1997-06-01	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-2	1518.59	1498.40	32.31%	20.10%	47.59%	+1.53	27
1997-06-07	Colorado Rapids	W 5-0	1520.12	1488.46	54.64%	18.92%	26.44%	+4.56	30
1997-06-14	@ New England Revolution	W 1-0	1524.68	1494.01	33.63%	20.26%	46.12%	+1.66	33
1997-06-21	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-6	1526.34	1498.84	33.23%	20.21%	46.56%	-4.65	33
1997-07-04	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1521.69	1501.65	32.29%	20.10%	47.61%	+1.53	36
1997-07-06	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1523.22	1508.07	52.44%	19.37%	28.19%	+0.99	39
1997-07-12	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1524.21	1503.46	32.38%	20.11%	47.51%	-2.04	39
1997-07-19	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1522.17	1499.88	32.57%	20.13%	47.29%	-1.12	39
1997-07-25	Columbus Crew	W 1-1	1521.05	1494.01	54.03%	19.05%	26.92%	-0.22	42
1997-07-27	@ MetroStars	L 1-2	1520.83	1482.24	34.65%	20.35%	45.00%	-1.24	42
1997-07-30	Columbus Crew	W 4-2	1519.59	1492.49	54.04%	19.05%	26.91%	+1.54	45
1997-08-02	Colorado Rapids	L 2-2	1521.13	1488.20	54.81%	18.89%	26.31%	-0.18	45
1997-08-09	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 4-2	1520.95	1516.33	51.01%	19.62%	29.37%	+1.67	48
1997-08-16	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1522.62	1492.91	33.51%	20.24%	46.25%	-2.42	48
1997-08-27	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1520.20	1482.57	55.42%	18.75%	25.83%	+0.91	51
1997-08-31	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1521.11	1507.02	52.29%	19.40%	28.31%	+2.08	54
1997-09-13	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1523.19	1507.59	31.75%	20.02%	48.23%	+1.63	57
1997-09-16	New England Revolution	W 2-2	1524.82	1477.28	56.71%	18.44%	24.85%	-0.19	60
1997-09-21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1524.63	1507.03	52.77%	19.31%	27.93%	-1.76	60
1997-09-26	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 5-1	1522.87	1508.78	31.56%	20.00%	48.44%	+5.17	63
1997-09-28	MetroStars	L 1-3	1528.04	1481.74	56.55%	18.48%	24.97%	-3.22	63
1997-03-29	New England Revolution	L 0-1	1499.82	1493.72	51.21%	19.59%	29.20%	-1.81	0
1997-04-05	San Jose Clash	W 2-1	1498.01	1499.43	50.19%	19.75%	30.06%	+1.10	3
1997-04-13	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1499.11	1495.72	30.29%	19.79%	49.92%	-1.11	3
1997-04-18	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1498.00	1496.67	30.05%	19.75%	50.20%	-1.10	3
1997-04-20	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1496.90	1487.72	51.63%	19.51%	28.85%	+2.60	6
1997-04-23	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-1	1499.50	1485.13	31.60%	20.00%	48.40%	-1.22	6
1997-04-26	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-1	1498.28	1505.92	29.03%	19.55%	51.42%	+0.18	9
1997-05-04	DC United	W 2-2	1498.46	1515.18	48.07%	20.04%	31.89%	-0.10	12
1997-05-10	@ DC United	W 2-2	1498.36	1515.27	28.00%	19.32%	52.67%	+0.15	15
1997-05-17	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1498.51	1513.60	48.30%	20.02%	31.69%	+2.30	18
1997-05-23	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-1	1500.81	1511.30	28.71%	19.48%	51.81%	+3.00	21
1997-06-01	@ New England Revolution	L 1-3	1503.81	1492.20	31.27%	19.95%	48.78%	-1.98	21
1997-06-06	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-1	1501.83	1500.06	50.62%	19.68%	29.69%	-0.16	21
1997-06-15	MetroStars	W 3-1	1501.67	1489.61	52.02%	19.44%	28.53%	+1.81	24
1997-06-22	@ New England Revolution	L 2-2	1503.48	1492.34	31.21%	19.94%	48.85%	+0.11	24
1997-06-28	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-3	1503.59	1496.40	30.74%	19.87%	49.39%	-1.94	24
1997-07-04	DC United	L 2-3	1501.65	1521.69	47.61%	20.10%	32.29%	-1.53	24
1997-07-06	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-1	1500.12	1505.12	29.32%	19.61%	51.06%	+2.95	27
1997-07-13	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1503.07	1494.50	30.90%	19.90%	49.20%	+1.66	30
1997-07-18	San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1504.73	1497.31	51.39%	19.56%	29.05%	+1.85	33
1997-07-20	@ Colorado Rapids	W 4-2	1506.58	1490.60	31.80%	20.03%	48.17%	+2.52	36
1997-07-25	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-3	1509.10	1511.65	50.03%	19.78%	30.19%	-4.88	36
1997-08-02	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1504.22	1500.79	50.85%	19.65%	29.50%	-1.70	36
1997-08-15	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1502.52	1507.04	29.38%	19.62%	51.00%	-1.08	36
1997-08-23	MetroStars	L 1-2	1501.44	1479.99	53.28%	19.21%	27.51%	-1.77	36
1997-08-31	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1499.67	1492.54	51.35%	19.56%	29.08%	+2.61	39
1997-09-06	Columbus Crew	W 3-0	1502.28	1498.70	50.87%	19.64%	29.49%	+3.14	42
1997-09-11	@ San Jose Clash	W 1-0	1505.42	1499.33	30.61%	19.85%	49.54%	+1.77	45
1997-09-14	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1507.19	1513.99	49.45%	19.86%	30.69%	-2.88	45
1997-09-16	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1504.31	1486.26	32.05%	20.07%	47.88%	+1.72	48
1997-09-19	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1506.03	1516.87	28.67%	19.47%	51.86%	-1.06	48
1997-09-25	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1504.97	1478.54	53.95%	19.07%	26.98%	-1.78	48
1997-03-29	San Jose Clash	W 2-2	1496.74	1499.32	50.03%	19.78%	30.20%	-0.12	3
1997-04-05	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1496.62	1508.74	48.71%	19.96%	31.33%	+1.08	6
1997-04-12	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1497.70	1513.62	28.11%	19.35%	52.54%	-1.03	6
1997-04-18	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1496.67	1498.00	50.20%	19.75%	30.05%	+1.10	9
1997-04-27	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1497.77	1513.46	48.21%	20.03%	31.76%	-1.55	9
1997-05-03	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1496.22	1490.74	30.54%	19.84%	49.63%	-1.11	9
1997-05-10	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1495.11	1503.78	49.19%	19.90%	30.91%	+1.19	12
1997-05-18	@ MetroStars	L 0-1	1496.30	1492.24	30.37%	19.81%	49.82%	-1.17	12
1997-05-22	Columbus Crew	W 3-1	1495.13	1505.10	49.01%	19.92%	31.07%	+1.96	15
1997-05-30	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1497.09	1503.58	29.16%	19.58%	51.27%	+2.97	18
1997-06-06	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-1	1500.06	1501.83	29.69%	19.68%	50.62%	+0.16	21
1997-06-08	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-2	1500.22	1496.87	30.29%	19.79%	49.92%	+1.59	24
1997-06-15	San Jose Clash	L 1-3	1501.81	1495.28	51.27%	19.58%	29.15%	-2.97	24
1997-06-21	DC United	W 6-1	1498.84	1526.34	46.56%	20.21%	33.23%	+4.65	27
1997-06-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-2	1503.49	1505.85	50.06%	19.77%	30.17%	-0.11	30
1997-06-28	@ Colorado Rapids	W 3-3	1503.38	1491.49	31.30%	19.96%	48.74%	+0.08	33
1997-07-04	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1503.46	1496.16	30.75%	19.87%	49.38%	+1.66	36
1997-07-06	Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1505.12	1500.12	51.06%	19.61%	29.32%	-2.96	36
1997-07-12	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1502.16	1489.10	31.44%	19.98%	48.58%	-2.28	36
1997-07-19	DC United	W 3-2	1499.88	1522.17	47.29%	20.13%	32.57%	+1.12	39
1997-07-26	New England Revolution	W 0-0	1501.00	1492.02	51.60%	19.52%	28.88%	-0.21	42
1997-08-02	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1500.79	1504.22	29.50%	19.65%	50.85%	+1.70	45
1997-08-09	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1502.49	1510.48	28.99%	19.54%	51.47%	+3.44	48
1997-08-17	MetroStars	W 3-3	1505.93	1479.86	53.90%	19.08%	27.02%	-0.13	51
1997-08-24	@ San Jose Clash	W 2-2	1505.80	1498.76	30.72%	19.87%	49.41%	+0.11	54
1997-08-28	Colorado Rapids	W 1-0	1505.91	1493.65	52.05%	19.44%	28.51%	+1.11	57
1997-08-31	@ DC United	L 0-2	1507.02	1521.11	28.31%	19.40%	52.29%	-2.08	57
1997-09-06	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1504.94	1489.92	31.68%	20.01%	48.31%	+1.63	60
1997-09-12	MetroStars	L 0-0	1506.57	1486.03	53.16%	19.23%	27.61%	-0.23	60
1997-09-14	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-4	1506.34	1494.32	31.32%	19.96%	48.72%	-4.33	60
1997-09-26	Colorado Rapids	W 5-2	1502.01	1484.64	52.74%	19.31%	27.95%	+2.19	63
1997-09-28	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1504.20	1519.46	28.18%	19.37%	52.45%	-2.08	63
1997-03-29	DC United	L 0-0	1508.93	1506.85	50.66%	19.68%	29.66%	-0.19	0
1997-04-05	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1508.74	1496.62	31.33%	19.96%	48.71%	-1.08	0
1997-04-12	@ San Jose Clash	L 1-4	1507.66	1498.33	30.99%	19.91%	49.10%	-2.77	0
1997-04-18	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1504.89	1488.75	52.57%	19.34%	28.09%	+1.03	3
1997-04-26	Dallas Burn	L 1-1	1505.92	1498.28	51.42%	19.55%	29.03%	-0.18	3
1997-05-02	@ DC United	L 0-2	1505.74	1513.04	29.07%	19.56%	51.38%	-2.13	3
1997-05-04	@ MetroStars	L 0-0	1503.61	1497.30	30.64%	19.85%	49.51%	+0.17	3
1997-05-10	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1503.78	1495.11	30.91%	19.90%	49.19%	-1.20	3
1997-05-18	San Jose Clash	W 1-1	1502.58	1500.03	50.73%	19.67%	29.60%	-0.16	6
1997-05-25	Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1502.42	1503.14	50.28%	19.74%	29.98%	+1.16	9
1997-05-30	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-3	1503.58	1497.09	51.27%	19.58%	29.16%	-2.97	9
1997-06-08	@ New England Revolution	L 0-0	1500.61	1494.17	30.65%	19.85%	49.50%	+0.17	9
1997-06-15	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-1	1500.78	1506.72	49.56%	19.84%	30.59%	+2.73	12
1997-06-21	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1503.51	1490.35	31.45%	19.98%	48.56%	-1.14	12
1997-06-28	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1502.37	1505.96	29.49%	19.64%	50.87%	-1.03	12
1997-07-04	New England Revolution	W 2-0	1501.34	1492.24	51.62%	19.52%	28.86%	+2.12	15
1997-07-12	DC United	W 3-1	1503.46	1524.21	47.51%	20.11%	32.38%	+2.04	18
1997-07-20	@ MetroStars	W 4-0	1505.50	1488.40	31.93%	20.05%	48.02%	+6.15	21
1997-07-25	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-0	1511.65	1509.10	30.19%	19.78%	50.03%	+4.88	24
1997-07-27	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1516.53	1489.78	33.13%	20.20%	46.67%	+1.59	27
1997-08-02	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1518.12	1490.95	54.04%	19.05%	26.91%	-1.79	27
1997-08-09	@ DC United	L 2-4	1516.33	1520.95	29.37%	19.62%	51.01%	-1.67	27
1997-08-14	@ New England Revolution	W 1-1	1514.66	1483.72	33.66%	20.26%	46.08%	+0.10	30
1997-08-17	San Jose Clash	L 2-3	1514.76	1497.09	52.78%	19.30%	27.92%	-1.67	30
1997-08-30	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1513.09	1496.38	31.88%	20.04%	48.07%	-2.32	30
1997-09-04	MetroStars	L 1-3	1510.77	1485.13	53.84%	19.09%	27.07%	-3.09	30
1997-09-07	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 6-1	1507.68	1511.89	49.80%	19.81%	30.39%	+4.30	33
1997-09-10	Colorado Rapids	W 2-0	1511.98	1488.29	53.58%	19.15%	27.27%	+2.01	36
1997-09-14	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1513.99	1507.19	30.69%	19.86%	49.45%	+2.88	39
1997-09-19	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1516.87	1506.03	51.86%	19.47%	28.67%	+1.05	42
1997-09-21	@ San Jose Clash	W 3-2	1517.92	1499.21	32.13%	20.08%	47.79%	+1.54	45
1997-09-28	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1519.46	1504.20	52.45%	19.37%	28.18%	+2.07	48
1997-03-22	@ San Jose Clash	L 0-0	1497.90	1499.50	29.71%	19.69%	50.60%	+0.19	0
1997-03-29	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1498.09	1508.61	28.70%	19.48%	51.81%	-1.06	0
1997-04-05	@ DC United	L 1-2	1497.03	1507.04	28.76%	19.49%	51.74%	-1.05	0
1997-04-12	New England Revolution	W 3-1	1495.98	1491.58	50.98%	19.63%	29.39%	+1.86	3
1997-04-19	DC United	L 1-2	1497.84	1511.55	48.49%	19.99%	31.52%	-1.63	3
1997-04-26	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1496.21	1496.67	50.32%	19.73%	29.95%	+1.09	6
1997-05-04	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 0-0	1497.30	1503.61	49.51%	19.85%	30.64%	-0.17	9
1997-05-09	San Jose Clash	L 0-1	1497.13	1498.43	50.20%	19.75%	30.05%	-1.78	9
1997-05-11	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-3	1495.35	1501.87	29.15%	19.58%	51.27%	-3.11	9
1997-05-18	Kansas City Wizards	W 1-0	1492.24	1496.30	49.82%	19.81%	30.37%	+1.18	12
1997-05-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1493.42	1508.30	48.33%	20.01%	31.66%	+1.09	15
1997-05-30	@ New England Revolution	L 1-3	1494.51	1490.28	30.39%	19.81%	49.80%	-1.92	15
1997-06-13	Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1492.59	1483.90	51.56%	19.53%	28.91%	-2.98	15
1997-06-15	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1489.61	1501.67	28.53%	19.44%	52.02%	-1.82	15
1997-06-21	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1487.79	1495.10	29.06%	19.56%	51.38%	-1.07	15
1997-07-04	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1486.72	1506.99	27.64%	19.24%	53.12%	-1.07	15
1997-07-13	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1485.65	1493.35	49.32%	19.88%	30.80%	+2.75	18
1997-07-20	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-4	1488.40	1505.50	48.02%	20.05%	31.93%	-6.16	18
1997-07-27	DC United	W 2-1	1482.24	1520.83	45.00%	20.35%	34.65%	+1.24	21
1997-08-03	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1483.48	1508.97	46.85%	20.18%	32.97%	-1.51	21
1997-08-15	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1481.97	1491.53	28.81%	19.51%	51.68%	-2.11	21
1997-08-17	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 3-3	1479.86	1505.93	27.02%	19.08%	53.90%	+0.13	21
1997-08-23	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1479.99	1501.44	27.51%	19.21%	53.28%	+1.77	24
1997-08-29	San Jose Clash	W 3-0	1481.76	1498.65	48.05%	20.05%	31.91%	+3.37	27
1997-09-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1485.13	1510.77	27.07%	19.09%	53.84%	+3.09	30
1997-09-06	@ San Jose Clash	L 0-4	1488.22	1495.28	29.09%	19.56%	51.34%	-4.05	30
1997-09-09	New England Revolution	W 3-1	1484.17	1477.89	51.24%	19.58%	29.18%	+1.86	33
1997-09-12	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 0-0	1486.03	1506.57	27.61%	19.23%	53.16%	+0.23	36
1997-09-16	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1486.26	1504.31	47.88%	20.07%	32.05%	-1.72	36
1997-09-20	@ New England Revolution	L 2-3	1484.54	1477.47	30.72%	19.87%	49.41%	-1.07	36
1997-09-25	Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1483.47	1497.58	48.43%	20.00%	31.57%	-1.73	36
1997-09-28	@ DC United	W 3-1	1481.74	1528.04	24.97%	18.48%	56.55%	+3.22	39
1997-03-29	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1493.72	1499.82	29.20%	19.59%	51.21%	+1.81	3
1997-04-06	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-4	1495.53	1509.67	28.30%	19.39%	52.30%	-3.95	3
1997-04-12	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1491.58	1495.98	29.39%	19.63%	50.98%	-1.86	3
1997-04-20	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1489.72	1514.65	46.92%	20.17%	32.90%	+1.19	6
1997-04-26	Colorado Rapids	W 1-1	1490.91	1486.35	51.00%	19.62%	29.38%	-0.17	9
1997-05-03	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1490.74	1496.22	49.63%	19.84%	30.54%	+1.11	12
1997-05-09	Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1491.85	1498.54	49.46%	19.86%	30.68%	-3.32	12
1997-05-16	@ San Jose Clash	W 1-1	1488.53	1500.22	28.57%	19.45%	51.97%	+0.18	15
1997-05-18	DC United	L 0-0	1488.71	1515.12	46.72%	20.20%	33.09%	-0.12	15
1997-05-24	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1488.59	1487.80	29.99%	19.74%	50.27%	+1.69	18
1997-05-30	MetroStars	W 3-1	1490.28	1494.51	49.80%	19.81%	30.39%	+1.92	21
1997-06-01	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1492.20	1503.81	48.78%	19.95%	31.27%	+1.97	24
1997-06-08	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 0-0	1494.17	1500.61	49.50%	19.85%	30.65%	-0.16	27
1997-06-14	DC United	L 0-1	1494.01	1524.68	46.12%	20.26%	33.63%	-1.67	27
1997-06-22	Dallas Burn	W 2-2	1492.34	1503.48	48.85%	19.94%	31.21%	-0.10	30
1997-07-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1492.24	1501.34	28.86%	19.52%	51.62%	-2.12	30
1997-07-06	@ San Jose Clash	L 2-3	1490.12	1496.40	29.18%	19.58%	51.24%	-1.02	30
1997-07-12	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1489.10	1502.16	48.58%	19.98%	31.44%	+2.29	33
1997-07-18	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-2	1491.39	1507.19	48.20%	20.03%	31.77%	+1.79	36
1997-07-20	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1493.18	1492.84	29.94%	19.73%	50.33%	-1.16	36
1997-07-26	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-0	1492.02	1501.00	28.88%	19.52%	51.60%	+0.20	36
1997-08-03	San Jose Clash	L 1-5	1492.22	1491.92	50.42%	19.72%	29.86%	-5.34	36
1997-08-09	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-3	1486.88	1488.37	29.73%	19.69%	50.58%	-3.16	36
1997-08-14	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-1	1483.72	1514.66	46.08%	20.26%	33.66%	-0.10	36
1997-08-23	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1483.62	1495.33	28.57%	19.45%	51.97%	-1.05	36
1997-08-27	@ DC United	L 2-3	1482.57	1520.20	25.83%	18.75%	55.42%	-0.90	36
1997-08-30	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-4	1481.67	1508.12	26.98%	19.07%	53.95%	-3.78	36
1997-09-09	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1477.89	1484.17	29.18%	19.58%	51.24%	-1.85	36
1997-09-12	Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1476.04	1495.56	47.68%	20.09%	32.23%	+1.24	39
1997-09-16	@ DC United	L 2-2	1477.28	1524.82	24.85%	18.44%	56.71%	+0.19	39
1997-09-20	MetroStars	W 3-2	1477.47	1484.54	49.41%	19.87%	30.72%	+1.07	42
1997-09-25	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1478.54	1504.97	26.98%	19.07%	53.95%	+1.78	45
1997-03-22	MetroStars	W 0-0	1499.50	1497.90	50.60%	19.69%	29.71%	-0.18	3
1997-03-29	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-2	1499.32	1496.74	30.20%	19.78%	50.03%	+0.11	3
1997-04-05	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1499.43	1498.01	30.06%	19.75%	50.19%	-1.10	3
1997-04-12	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 4-1	1498.33	1507.66	49.10%	19.91%	30.99%	+2.77	6
1997-04-19	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-1	1501.10	1496.83	30.40%	19.81%	49.79%	+0.15	6
1997-04-26	@ DC United	W 2-2	1501.25	1513.18	28.55%	19.45%	52.00%	+0.14	9
1997-05-03	Columbus Crew	L 1-3	1501.39	1495.58	51.17%	19.59%	29.23%	-2.96	9
1997-05-09	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1498.43	1497.13	30.05%	19.75%	50.20%	+1.79	12
1997-05-16	New England Revolution	L 1-1	1500.22	1488.53	51.97%	19.45%	28.57%	-0.19	12
1997-05-18	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-1	1500.03	1502.58	29.60%	19.67%	50.73%	+0.17	12
1997-05-22	@ DC United	L 1-3	1500.20	1515.24	28.21%	19.37%	52.42%	-1.80	12
1997-06-01	DC United	L 2-3	1498.40	1518.59	47.59%	20.10%	32.31%	-1.53	12
1997-06-08	Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1496.87	1500.22	49.92%	19.79%	30.29%	-1.59	12
1997-06-15	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-1	1495.28	1501.81	29.15%	19.58%	51.27%	+2.97	15
1997-06-21	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1498.25	1503.99	29.24%	19.59%	51.16%	-1.85	15
1997-06-28	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1496.40	1503.59	49.39%	19.87%	30.74%	+1.94	18
1997-07-04	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1498.34	1491.41	30.71%	19.86%	49.43%	-1.94	18
1997-07-06	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1496.40	1490.12	51.24%	19.58%	29.18%	+1.01	21
1997-07-13	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-2	1497.41	1507.08	49.05%	19.92%	31.03%	-0.10	21
1997-07-18	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1497.31	1504.73	29.05%	19.56%	51.39%	-1.85	21
1997-07-20	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1495.46	1505.40	28.77%	19.50%	51.73%	-1.83	21
1997-07-25	Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1493.63	1488.07	51.14%	19.60%	29.26%	-1.71	21
1997-08-03	@ New England Revolution	W 5-1	1491.92	1492.22	29.86%	19.72%	50.42%	+5.35	24
1997-08-09	Columbus Crew	W 1-1	1497.27	1492.74	51.00%	19.62%	29.38%	-0.18	27
1997-08-17	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1497.09	1514.76	27.92%	19.30%	52.78%	+1.67	30
1997-08-24	Kansas City Wizards	L 2-2	1498.76	1505.80	49.41%	19.87%	30.72%	-0.11	30
1997-08-29	@ MetroStars	L 0-3	1498.65	1481.76	31.91%	20.05%	48.05%	-3.37	30
1997-09-06	MetroStars	W 4-0	1495.28	1488.22	51.34%	19.56%	29.09%	+4.05	33
1997-09-11	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1499.33	1505.42	49.54%	19.85%	30.61%	-1.77	33
1997-09-17	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1497.56	1486.28	31.23%	19.95%	48.83%	+1.65	36
1997-09-21	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1499.21	1517.92	47.79%	20.08%	32.13%	-1.53	36
1997-09-28	Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1497.68	1482.46	52.45%	19.37%	28.19%	-3.03	36
1997-03-29	MetroStars	W 2-1	1508.61	1498.09	51.81%	19.48%	28.70%	+1.06	3
1997-04-06	New England Revolution	W 4-0	1509.67	1495.53	52.30%	19.39%	28.30%	+3.95	6
1997-04-12	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1513.62	1497.70	52.54%	19.35%	28.11%	+1.03	9
1997-04-20	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1514.65	1489.72	32.90%	20.17%	46.92%	-1.19	9
1997-04-27	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-2	1513.46	1497.77	31.76%	20.03%	48.21%	+1.54	12
1997-05-03	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1515.00	1486.52	33.35%	20.23%	46.42%	-2.40	12
1997-05-10	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1512.60	1488.93	53.58%	19.15%	27.28%	+1.00	15
1997-05-17	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-2	1513.60	1498.51	31.69%	20.02%	48.30%	-2.30	15
1997-05-23	Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1511.30	1500.81	51.81%	19.48%	28.71%	-3.00	15
1997-05-25	@ MetroStars	L 2-3	1508.30	1493.42	31.66%	20.01%	48.33%	-1.09	15
1997-06-01	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1507.21	1486.11	32.42%	20.12%	47.46%	-2.35	15
1997-06-07	Columbus Crew	W 3-1	1504.86	1500.43	50.99%	19.62%	29.39%	+1.86	18
1997-06-15	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-4	1506.72	1500.78	30.59%	19.84%	49.56%	-2.73	18
1997-06-21	San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1503.99	1498.25	51.16%	19.59%	29.24%	+1.86	21
1997-06-25	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-2	1505.85	1503.49	30.17%	19.77%	50.06%	+0.11	21
1997-06-28	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1505.96	1502.37	50.87%	19.64%	29.49%	+1.03	24
1997-07-04	MetroStars	W 1-0	1506.99	1486.72	53.12%	19.24%	27.64%	+1.08	27
1997-07-06	@ DC United	L 2-3	1508.07	1523.22	28.19%	19.37%	52.44%	-0.99	27
1997-07-13	@ San Jose Clash	W 2-2	1507.08	1497.41	31.03%	19.92%	49.05%	+0.11	30
1997-07-18	@ New England Revolution	L 2-4	1507.19	1491.39	31.77%	20.03%	48.20%	-1.79	30
1997-07-20	San Jose Clash	W 3-1	1505.40	1495.46	51.73%	19.50%	28.77%	+1.83	33
1997-07-27	@ Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1507.23	1494.23	31.43%	19.98%	48.59%	+1.74	36
1997-08-03	@ MetroStars	W 3-2	1508.97	1483.48	32.97%	20.18%	46.85%	+1.51	39
1997-08-09	Kansas City Wizards	L 0-2	1510.48	1502.49	51.47%	19.54%	28.99%	-3.44	39
1997-08-15	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1507.04	1502.52	51.00%	19.62%	29.38%	+1.08	42
1997-08-30	New England Revolution	W 4-0	1508.12	1481.67	53.95%	19.07%	26.98%	+3.77	45
1997-09-07	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-6	1511.89	1507.68	30.39%	19.81%	49.80%	-4.30	45
1997-09-13	DC United	L 1-2	1507.59	1523.19	48.23%	20.02%	31.75%	-1.63	45
1997-09-18	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1505.96	1498.65	51.38%	19.56%	29.06%	+1.07	48
1997-09-21	@ DC United	W 2-1	1507.03	1524.63	27.93%	19.31%	52.77%	+1.75	51
1997-09-26	DC United	L 1-5	1508.78	1522.87	48.44%	20.00%	31.56%	-5.17	51
1997-09-28	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-1	1503.61	1499.31	30.40%	19.81%	49.79%	+0.16	51

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from the selected team's perspective.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1997-10-04	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-0	1485.48	1502.12	37.05%	0.00%	62.95%	+5.09	1-0
1997-10-08	Kansas City Wizards	W 3-2	1490.57	1497.03	59.80%	0.00%	40.20%	+1.06	2-0
1997-10-12	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1491.63	1508.39	37.03%	0.00%	62.97%	+1.86	3-0
1997-10-15	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1493.49	1506.53	58.89%	0.00%	41.11%	+1.14	4-0
1997-10-26	@ DC United	L 1-2	1494.63	1531.22	34.41%	0.00%	65.59%	-0.95	4-1
1997-10-05	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1499.16	1503.77	38.68%	0.00%	61.32%	+1.71	1-0
1997-10-08	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1500.87	1502.06	60.53%	0.00%	39.47%	+2.19	2-0
1997-10-12	@ DC United	L 2-3	1503.06	1528.59	35.86%	0.00%	64.14%	-0.94	2-1
1997-10-15	DC United	L 0-1	1502.12	1529.54	56.87%	0.00%	43.13%	-1.68	2-2
1997-10-05	New England Revolution	W 4-1	1524.82	1480.32	66.61%	0.00%	33.39%	+2.27	1-0
1997-10-08	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1527.09	1478.05	46.21%	0.00%	53.79%	+1.50	2-0
1997-10-12	Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1528.59	1503.06	64.14%	0.00%	35.86%	+0.95	3-0
1997-10-15	@ Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1529.54	1502.12	43.13%	0.00%	56.87%	+1.68	4-0
1997-10-26	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1531.22	1494.63	65.59%	0.00%	34.41%	+0.95	5-0
1997-10-05	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1503.19	1521.53	36.82%	0.00%	63.18%	+1.86	1-0
1997-10-08	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-0	1505.05	1519.66	58.67%	0.00%	41.33%	+3.34	2-0
1997-10-12	Colorado Rapids	L 0-1	1508.39	1491.63	62.97%	0.00%	37.03%	-1.86	2-1
1997-10-15	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1506.53	1493.49	41.11%	0.00%	58.89%	-1.14	2-2
1997-10-04	Colorado Rapids	L 0-3	1502.12	1485.48	62.95%	0.00%	37.05%	-5.09	0-1
1997-10-08	@ Colorado Rapids	L 2-3	1497.03	1490.57	40.20%	0.00%	59.80%	-1.06	0-2
1997-10-05	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1521.53	1503.19	63.18%	0.00%	36.82%	-1.87	0-1
1997-10-08	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1519.66	1505.05	41.33%	0.00%	58.67%	-3.34	0-2
1997-10-05	@ DC United	L 1-4	1480.32	1524.82	33.39%	0.00%	66.61%	-2.27	0-1
1997-10-08	DC United	L 1-2	1478.05	1527.09	53.79%	0.00%	46.21%	-1.50	0-2
1997-10-05	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1503.77	1499.16	61.32%	0.00%	38.68%	-1.71	0-1
1997-10-08	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1502.06	1500.87	39.47%	0.00%	60.53%	-2.20	0-2

Biggest Upsets

The 25 biggest upsets of the seasons, ranked by lowest pregame win probability. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Underdog Win %	Winning Team			Losing Team
#	Date	Underdog Win %	Team	Elo	Score	Team	Elo	Score
1	1997-09-28	24.97%	MetroStars	1481.74	3	@ DC United	1528.04	1
2	1997-08-02	26.31%	Colorado Rapids	1488.20	2	@ DC United	1521.13	2
3	1997-08-02	26.91%	Columbus Crew	1490.95	2	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1518.12	1
4	1997-09-25	26.98%	New England Revolution	1478.54	2	@ Dallas Burn	1504.97	1
5	1997-09-04	27.07%	MetroStars	1485.13	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1510.77	1
6	1997-08-23	27.51%	MetroStars	1479.99	2	@ Dallas Burn	1501.44	1
7	1997-09-12	27.61%	MetroStars	1486.03	0	@ Kansas City Wizards	1506.57	0
8	1997-08-17	27.92%	San Jose Clash	1497.09	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1514.76	2
9	1997-09-21	27.93%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1507.03	2	@ DC United	1524.63	1
10	1997-05-10	28.00%	Dallas Burn	1498.36	2	@ DC United	1515.27	2
11	1997-09-28	28.19%	Colorado Rapids	1482.46	3	@ San Jose Clash	1497.68	1
12	1997-04-26	28.55%	San Jose Clash	1501.25	2	@ DC United	1513.18	2
13	1997-05-16	28.57%	New England Revolution	1488.53	1	@ San Jose Clash	1500.22	1
14	1997-06-15	28.58%	Colorado Rapids	1486.88	2	@ Columbus Crew	1498.56	0
15	1997-05-23	28.71%	Dallas Burn	1500.81	3	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1511.30	1
16	1997-06-13	28.91%	Colorado Rapids	1483.90	3	@ MetroStars	1492.59	1
17	1997-08-09	28.99%	Kansas City Wizards	1502.49	2	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1510.48	0
18	1997-04-26	29.03%	Dallas Burn	1498.28	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1505.92	1
19	1997-06-15	29.15%	San Jose Clash	1495.28	3	@ Kansas City Wizards	1501.81	1
20	1997-05-30	29.16%	Kansas City Wizards	1497.09	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1503.58	1
21	1997-03-29	29.20%	New England Revolution	1493.72	1	@ Dallas Burn	1499.82	0
22	1997-05-03	29.23%	Columbus Crew	1495.58	3	@ San Jose Clash	1501.39	1
23	1997-07-25	29.26%	Colorado Rapids	1488.07	2	@ San Jose Clash	1493.63	1
24	1997-07-06	29.32%	Dallas Burn	1500.12	3	@ Kansas City Wizards	1505.12	1
25	1997-08-02	29.50%	Kansas City Wizards	1500.79	2	@ Dallas Burn	1504.22	1

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Elo Δ	Winning Team				Losing Team				Tie %
#	Date	Elo Δ	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Tie %
1	1997-07-20	6.16	Los Angeles Galaxy	4	1505.50	31.93%	@ MetroStars	0	1488.40	48.02%	20.05%
2	1997-08-03	5.35	San Jose Clash	5	1491.92	29.86%	@ New England Revolution	1	1492.22	50.42%	19.72%
3	1997-09-26	5.17	DC United	5	1522.87	31.56%	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1	1508.78	48.44%	20.00%
4	1997-10-04 *	5.09	Colorado Rapids	3	1485.48	37.05%	@ Kansas City Wizards	0	1502.12	62.95%	0.00%
5	1997-07-25	4.88	Los Angeles Galaxy	3	1511.65	30.19%	@ Dallas Burn	0	1509.10	50.03%	19.78%
6	1997-06-21	4.65	@ Kansas City Wizards	6	1498.84	46.56%	DC United	1	1526.34	33.23%	20.21%
7	1997-06-07	4.56	@ DC United	5	1520.12	54.64%	Colorado Rapids	0	1488.46	26.44%	18.92%
8	1997-09-14	4.33	@ Columbus Crew	4	1494.32	48.72%	Kansas City Wizards	0	1506.34	31.32%	19.96%
9	1997-09-07	4.30	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	6	1507.68	49.80%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1	1511.89	30.39%	19.81%
10	1997-09-06	4.05	@ San Jose Clash	4	1495.28	51.34%	MetroStars	0	1488.22	29.09%	19.56%
11	1997-04-06	3.95	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	4	1509.67	52.30%	New England Revolution	0	1495.53	28.30%	19.39%
12	1997-08-30	3.78	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	4	1508.12	53.95%	New England Revolution	0	1481.67	26.98%	19.07%
13	1997-06-15	3.47	Colorado Rapids	2	1486.88	28.58%	@ Columbus Crew	0	1498.56	51.97%	19.45%
14	1997-04-12	3.46	DC United	5	1508.10	31.78%	@ Colorado Rapids	2	1492.21	48.19%	20.03%
15	1997-08-09	3.44	Kansas City Wizards	2	1502.49	28.99%	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	1510.48	51.47%	19.54%
16	1997-08-29	3.37	@ MetroStars	3	1481.76	48.05%	San Jose Clash	0	1498.65	31.91%	20.05%
17	1997-10-08 *	3.34	@ Dallas Burn	3	1505.05	58.67%	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1519.66	41.33%	0.00%
18	1997-05-09	3.33	Columbus Crew	2	1498.54	30.68%	@ New England Revolution	0	1491.85	49.46%	19.86%
19	1997-09-28	3.22	MetroStars	3	1481.74	24.97%	@ DC United	1	1528.04	56.55%	18.48%
20	1997-08-09	3.16	@ Colorado Rapids	3	1488.37	50.58%	New England Revolution	0	1486.88	29.73%	19.69%
21	1997-09-06	3.14	@ Dallas Burn	3	1502.28	50.87%	Columbus Crew	0	1498.70	29.49%	19.64%
22	1997-05-11	3.11	@ Columbus Crew	3	1501.87	51.27%	MetroStars	0	1495.35	29.15%	19.58%
23	1997-09-04	3.09	MetroStars	3	1485.13	27.07%	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1	1510.77	53.84%	19.09%
24	1997-09-28	3.03	Colorado Rapids	3	1482.46	28.19%	@ San Jose Clash	1	1497.68	52.45%	19.37%
25	1997-05-23	3.00	Dallas Burn	3	1500.81	28.71%	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1	1511.30	51.81%	19.48%