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1996 New York/New Jersey MetroStars season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | New York/New Jersey MetroStars |
| image | MetroStars wordmark 1996.png |
| season | 1996 |
| manager | ITA Eddie Firmani (until May 24) |
| POR Carlos Queiroz (after May 28) | |
| chairman | USA John Kluge |
| USA Stuart Subotnick | |
| league | MLS |
| league result | Conference: 3rd |
| Overall: 7th | |
| cup1 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| cup1 result | Conference Semifinals |
| league topscorer | Giovanni Savarese (14) |
| season topscorer | Giovanni Savarese (14) |
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| nextseason | 1997 |
POR Carlos Queiroz (after May 28) USA Stuart Subotnick Overall: 7th
The 1996 season was the first season in New York/New Jersey MetroStars's existence, in the first season of American Major League Soccer. They played their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team played 38 matches in the season including 35 Major League Soccer games and 3 friendlies. Eddie Firmani coached the team for their first eight games before being replaced by Carlos Queiroz.
The team is now known as the New York Red Bulls; the entire organization is known as Red Bull New York.
Players
These totals come from 32 league matches and 3 playoff played in 1996. Only displaying players who capped 5 games or more.
| Player | Position | GP (GS) | Minutes | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Rhett Harty | Defender | 34 (34) | 2845 | 1 | 1 |
| USA Peter Vermes | Midfielder | 33 (33) | 2970 | 1 | 1 |
| USA Tony Meola | Goalkeeper | 32 (32) | 2880 | 0 | 0 |
| VEN Giovanni Savarese | Striker | 29 (16) | 1702 | 14 | 1 |
| USA Tab Ramos | Midfielder | 28 (28) | 2428 | 3 | 10 |
| ITA Nicola Caricola | Defender | 28 (28) | 2357 | 2 | 0 |
| USA Miles Joseph | Midfielder | 27 (26) | 2197 | 4 | 5 |
| USA Jeff Zaun | Defender | 24 (22) | 1795 | 0 | 0 |
| USA Matt Knowles | Midfielder | 24 (17) | 1767 | 0 | 0 |
| USA A.J. Wood | Striker | 23 (15) | 1232 | 5 | 2 |
| ARG Cristian da Silva | Midfielder | 22 (13) | 1268 | 0 | 0 |
| USA Rob Johnson | Striker | 21 (12) | 1236 | 4 | 3 |
| ITA Roberto Donadoni | Midfielder | 20 (20) | 1800 | 3 | 10 |
| USA Damian Silvera | Midfielder | 17 (9) | 953 | 0 | 1 |
| USA Chris Unger | Midfielder | 16 (12) | 1029 | 1 | 1 |
| USA Ted Gillen | Defender | 16 (10) | 852 | 0 | 0 |
| COL Antony de Ávila | Striker | 11 (10) | 920 | 8 | 3 |
| USA Mickey Kydes | Midfielder | 11 (7) | 556 | 0 | 0 |
| MEX Edmundo Rodriguez | Striker | 11 (5) | 473 | 0 | 1 |
| COL Rubén Darío Hernández | Striker | 10 (9) | 836 | 0 | 3 |
| IRE Kieron O'Brien | Midfielder | 8 (4) | 311 | 1 | 1 |
| USA Manny Lagos | Midfielder | 6 (6) | 483 | 0 | 2 |
| USA Andrew Restrepo | Defender | 5 (4) | 343 | 0 | 0 |
| USA Chris Brauchle | Midfielder | 5 (3) | 323 | 0 | 0 |
Source:
Results
Regular season
- Jones
- Armas
- Noamouz
- Kydes
- Silvera
- Savarese
- Harty
- Vermes
- Burns
- Caricola
- Knowles
- Zaun
- Vermes
- Bliss ,
- Thompson
- Kydes
- Kooiman
- Savarese
- Viera
- Valderrama
- Lassiter
- Vermes
- Hernández
- Savarese
- Ramos
- Vásquez
- Pittman
- Valderrama
- Lassiter
- McKinley
- Harkes
- Huwiler
- Peay
- Restrepo
- Ramos
- Knowles
- Savarese
- Agoos
- Medved
- Crawley
- Díaz Arce
- Harkes
- Savarese
- Vermes
- Caricola
- Hernandez
- Donadoni
- Savarese
- Joseph
- Harty
- Butterworth
- Harbor
- Ukrop
- Naveda
- Paul Keegan ,
- Wélton
- Aunger
- Caricola
- Harty
- Prampin
- Preki
- Caricola
- Savarese
- da Silva
- Ramos
- Vermes
- Kydes
- Wood
- Knowles
- Rammel
- Gori
- Sanneh
- Williams
- Rodriguez
- Vermes
- Wood
- Caricola
- Knowles
- Hurtado
- Razov
- Baba
- Vermes
- Baicher
- Iroha
- Álvarez
- Lozzano
- Knowles
- Lagos
- Joseph
- Haynes
- Lozzano
- Santel
- Soñora
- Savarese
- Ramos
- Gutiérrez
- Cozier
- Caricola
- Ramos ,
- Vermes
- Harty
- Savarese
- Unger
- Kinnear
- Caricola
- Trittschuh
- Ramos
- Harty
- Caricola
- Savarese
- Johnson
- Ramos
- Meola
- Álvarez ,
- Kreis
- Sánchez ,
- Vanney
- Motajo
- Hurtado
- Cienfuegos ,
- Karapetyan
- Ramos
- Caricola
- Rodas
- Zaun
- Johnson
- Savarese
- Johnson
- Caricola
- Vermes
- Wood
- Harty
- Emenalo
- Wynalda
- Doyle
- Lewis
- Moore
- Naveda
- Wylie
- Ramos
- Zaun
- Donadoni ,
- Johnson
- Joseph
- Moore
- Aunger
- Naveda
- Sawatzky
- Joseph
- Knowles
- Donadoni
- Wood
- Vermes
- Bartlett
- Donadoni
- Zaun
- Joseph
- Wood
- Johnson
- Ramos
- de Ávila
- Lips
- Naveda
- Lassiter
- Kooiman
- Knowles
- Joseph
- Donadoni
- de Avila
- Ramos
- Harty
- Zaun
- Agoos
- Williams
- Etcheverry ,
- Díaz Arce ,
- Pope
- Silvera
- Takawira
- Hennessy
- Wood
- Ramos
- Chung
- Johnston
- Preki
- Sorber
- Ramos
- Harty
- Donadoni
- Wood
- Hejduk
- Dougherty
- Lassiter
- Sanneh ,
- Agoos
- Rammel
- Vermes
- de Ávila ,
- Joseph
- Caricola
- da Silva
- Ramos
- Joseph
- Harty
- de Ávila
- Onalfo
- Moyajo
- Vanney
- McBride
- Carrera
- Yeagley
- Caricola
- Vermes
- de Ávila
- Ramos
- Silvera
- Iribarren
- Warzycha
- Lassiter
- Diffley
- Viera
- Galderisi
- da Silva
Playoffs
Conference semifinals
- de Ávila
- Savarese
- Díaz Arce
- Williams
- Moreno
- de Ávila
- Donadoni
- Ramos
- Joseph
- Knowles
- Silvera
- Savarese
- Zaun
- Meola
- Johnson
- Vermes
- Agoos
- Etcheverry
- Moreno
- Díaz Arce
- Sanneh
- Harkes
- Gori
- Williams
- Peay
- Pope
- Causey
- Etcheverry ,
- Moreno
- Zaun
- Caricola
- Peay
- Rammel
- Díaz Arce
- Caricola
- Joseph
- de Ávila
- Meola
Friendlies
| Date | Home | Away | Score | Metro Goal(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24 | MetroStars | Fiorentina | 0–4 | |
| June 5 | MetroStars | Sporting CP | 1–1 | Wood |
| November 15 | Pennsylvania Natives | MetroStars | 1–2 | Savarese 2 |
Source:
Final standings
| Place | Eastern Conference | P | W | (so) | L | (so) | F | A | GD | Points | Place | Western Conference | P | W | (so) | L | (so) | F | A | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 32 | 20 | (1) | 12 | (3) | 66 | 51 | +15 | 58 | |||||||||||
| 2 | D.C. United | 32 | 16 | (1) | 16 | (3) | 62 | 56 | +6 | 46 | |||||||||||
| 3 | NY/NJ MetroStars | 32 | 15 | (3) | 17 | (2) | 45 | 47 | -2 | 39 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 32 | 15 | (4) | 17 | (5) | 59 | 60 | -1 | 37 | |||||||||||
| 5 | New England Revolution | 32 | 15 | (6) | 17 | (2) | 43 | 56 | -13 | 33 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 32 | 19 | (4) | 13 | (4) | 59 | 49 | +10 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Dallas Burn | 32 | 17 | (5) | 15 | (3) | 50 | 48 | +2 | 41 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Kansas City Wiz | 32 | 17 | (5) | 15 | (2) | 61 | 63 | -2 | 41 | |||||||||||
| 4 | San Jose Clash | 32 | 15 | (3) | 17 | (6) | 50 | 50 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 11 | (2) | 21 | (4) | 44 | 59 | -15 | 29 |
References
References
- [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF994812934C2D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Queiroz takes over the MetroStars]
- [http://www.metrofanatic.com/team/stats.jsp?YEAR=1996 Statistics]
- [http://www.metrofanatic.com/team/schedule.jsp?YEAR=1996 Schedule]
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