MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (1st Division) GP W WS LS L GF GA Pts Eastern Conference DC United 32 17 4 4 7 70 53 55 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 14 3 2 13 55 60 45 Columbus Crew 32 12 3 4 13 42 41 39 New England Revolution 32 11 4 4 13 40 53 37 NY/NJ MetroStars 32 11 2 2 17 43 53 35 Western Conference Kansas City Wizards 32 14 7 2 9 57 51 49 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 14 2 4 12 55 44 44 Dallas Burn 32 13 3 2 14 55 49 42 Colorado Rapids 32 12 2 3 15 50 59 38 San Jose Clash 32 9 3 6 14 55 59 30 Conference Semifinals: D. C. United defeated New England, 4-1, 2-1(SO) Columbus defeated Tampa Bay 2-1, 1-0 Colorado defeated Kansas City, 3-0, 3-2 Dallas defeated Los Angeles, 1-0(SO), 3-0 Conference Finals: D. C. United defeated Columbus, 3-2, 1-0 Colorado defeated Dallas, 1-0, 2-1 MLS CUP '97 D. C. United defeated Colorado, 2-1 A-LEAGUE (2nd Division) GP W SW SL L GF GA Pts Northeast Division Montreal Impact 28 20 1 1 6 58 19 61 Rochester Raging Rhinos 28 14 0 5 9 56 47 42 Long Island Rough Riders 28 13 3 2 10 44 36 42 Toronto Lynx 28 12 2 0 14 44 43 38 Connecticut Wolves 28 8 4 1 15 31 45 28 Worcester Wildfire 28 6 1 2 19 26 61 19 Atlantic Division Hershey Wildcats 28 18 1 1 8 56 33 55 Carolina Dynamo 28 16 2 2 8 63 33 50 Richmond Kickers 28 15 0 2 11 41 35 45 Charleston Battery 28 10 2 3 13 39 50 32 Raleigh Flyers 28 8 4 3 13 34 52 28 Jacksonville Cyclones 28 4 1 1 23 28 73 131 Central Division New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 28 13 3 2 10 45 42 42 Nashville Metros 28 10 7 2 9 42 34 37 Orlando Sundogs 28 12 0 4 12 39 40 36 Milwaukee Rampage 28 11 3 2 12 33 36 36 Minnesota Thunder 28 11 2 5 10 22 30 35 Atlanta Ruckus 28 9 3 1 15 39 48 30 Pacific Division California Jaguars 28 17 1 0 10 48 34 52 Seattle Sounders 28 16 2 3 7 42 19 50 Vancouver 86ers 28 15 1 1 11 50 29 46 Colorado Foxes 28 15 1 2 10 55 49 46 Orange County Zodiac 28 10 1 0 17 35 62 31 El Paso Patriots 28 5 3 3 17 30 50 18 Division Semi-finals: Long Island defeated Rochester 1-0 (SO), 2-1 (SO) Montreal defeated Toronto 2-1, 4-0 Carolina defeated Richmond 2-1, 1-4, 1-0(MG-SO) Charleston defeated Hershey 2-1(SO), 1-2(SO),1-0(MG-SO) New Orleans defeated Orlando, 2-1, 6-2 Milwaukee defeated Nashville, 2-1, 3-0 Seattle defeated Colorado, 3-0, 2-0 Vancouver defeated California, 4-1, 3-2(SO) Division Finals: Long Island defeated Montreal 2-1, 0-2, 1-0(MG-SO) Carolina defeated Charleston 3-4 (SO), 2-1, 1-0(MG-SO) Milwaukee defeated New Orleans, 2-1 (OT), 4-3 Vancouver defeated Seattle, 3-0, 0-1(SO), 2-1 (MG-SO) Conference Finals: Carolina defeated Long Island 2-1, 2-0 Milwaukee defeated Vancouver 3-1, 0-1, 1-0(MG-SO) CHAMPIONSHIP: Milwaukee defeated Carolina 2-1(SO) D3PRO LEAGUE (3rd Division) GP W SW SL L GF GA Pts Northeast Division North Jersey Imperials 18 10 1 0 7 39 23 31 Rhode Island Stingrays 18 10 1 1 6 32 25 31 Phantoms of New Hampshire 18 9 2 2 5 36 27 29 Central Jersey Riptide 18 8 2 3 5 26 24 26 Vermont Wanderers 18 6 1 1 10 21 39 19 N.Y.Capital Dist. Alleycats18 6 0 1 11 25 38 18 Cape Cod Crusaders 18 4 1 0 13 19 32 13 Mid-Atlantic Division Reading Rage 18 13 1 0 4 46 22 40 Philadelphia Freedom 18 10 1 0 7 29 32 31 Baltimore Bays 18 8 0 2 8 30 34 24 New Jersey Stallions 18 7 2 1 8 25 26 23 Delaware Wizards 18 7 0 2 9 23 32 21 South Jersey Barons 18 4 1 3 10 22 28 13 South Atlantic Division Myrtle Beach Seadawgs 18 14 1 0 3 40 19 43 South Carolina Shamrocks 18 11 2 0 5 37 27 35 Charlotte Eagles 18 10 2 1 5 38 21 32 Florida Strikers 18 10 0 0 8 51 34 30 Wilmington Hammerheads 18 8 1 1 8 37 24 25 Mobile Revelers 18 4 0 0 14 25 54 12 Daytona Tigers 18 3 0 1 14 14 61 9 North Central Division Chicago Stingers 18 12 1 0 5 32 19 37 Indiana Blast 18 7 1 1 9 28 31 22 Cleveland Caps 18 6 3 0 9 28 32 21 Rockford Raptors 18 6 2 2 8 32 33 20 South Central Division Albuquerque Geckos* 18 13 2 1 2 51 15 41 Austin Lone Stars 18 11 1 0 6 38 28 34 Houston Hurricanes 18 9 0 2 7 35 30 27 Tulsa Roughnecks 18 9 0 0 9 36 40 27 San Antonio Pumas 18 5 0 2 11 23 45 15 Dallas Toros 18 2 0 0 16 22 53 6 *Albuquerque gets a bye to the national semifinal as hosts. West Division San Francisco Bay Seals 18 13 2 0 3 41 16 41 Sacramento Scorpions 18 11 0 0 7 39 36 33 Chico Rooks 18 9 3 3 3 38 28 30 San Fern. Val. Gldn Eagles 18 9 2 0 7 30 31 29 Stanislaus County Cruisers 18 8 0 3 7 31 27 24 Arizona Sahuaros 18 6 1 1 10 39 40 19 Hawaii Tsunamii 16 4 1 1 10 24 29 13 Reno Rattlers 16 4 0 0 12 17 34 12 Los Angeles Fireballs 18 3 0 2 13 22 40 9 Division Semi-finals: Central Jersey defeated North Jersey 2-1 (SO) New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island 2-1 (OT) Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 2-1 New Jersey defeated Reading, 2-1 Myrtle Beach defeated Florida, 5-1 Charlotte defeated South Carolina 3-2 Indiana defeated Cleveland 3-2 San Antonio defeated Austin, 4-2 Houston defeated Tulsa, 4-1 San Francisco Bay defeated San Gabriel Valley, 5-0 Chico defeated Sacramento, 6-1 Division Finals: New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 2-0 Baltimore defeated New Jersey, 3-0 Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 3-3 (SO) Indiana defeated Chicago, 1-0 Houston defeated San Antonio, 2-0 San Francisco defeated Chico, 2-0 Quarterfinals: San Francisco Bay defeated Houston, 3-0 New Hampshire defeated Baltimore 1-0 (OT) Charlotte defeated Indiana, 6-0 Semifinals: Charlotte defeated San Francisco Bay, 4-2 Albuquerque defeated New Hampshire 2-1 (OT) CHAMPIONSHIP: Albuquerque defeated Charlotte, 4-1 PREMIER DEVELOPMENT SOCCER LEAGUE ("4TH Division") GP W SW SL L GF GA Pts Mid-South Division Cincinnati Riverhawks 15 10 0 0 5 48 28 30 Jackson Chargers 16 10 1 0 6 50 25 28 Lexington Bluegrass Bandits 16 10 2 3 6 45 22 26 Alabama Saints 16 5 0 1 11 31 34 15 Chattanooga Express 16 5 1 1 11 18 54 13 Southeast Division Cocoa Expos 16 12 1 2 4 46 23 34 South Florida Future 16 11 1 0 5 42 22 31 West Florida Fury 16 10 2 1 6 32 23 26 Miami Breakers 16 8 0 1 8 41 24 24 Southwest Florida Manatees 16 0 0 0 16 9 74 0 North Central Division Mid-Michigan Bucks 16 12 0 1 4 41 24 36 Detroit Dynamite 16 10 1 2 6 41 20 28 Kalamazoo Kingdom 16 10 2 1 6 32 25 26 Grand Rapids Explosion 16 8 1 1 8 35 27 22 Michigan Madness 16 1 1 0 15 11 66 1 Central Division Lincoln Brigade 16 12 2 0 4 34 23 32 Omaha Flames 16 9 0 1 7 39 28 27 Sioux City Breeze 16 8 0 0 8 26 38 24 Des Moines Menace 16 7 1 0 9 29 27 19 Colorado Springs Stampede 16 6 0 1 10 23 33 18 Twin Cities Tornado 16 5 2 1 11 29 39 11 Southwest Division San Gabriel Val. Highlanders16 12 0 0 4 43 20 36 Central Coast Roadrunners* 16 11 1 2 5 34 17 31 Tucson Amigos 16 6 1 0 9 18 41 16 Southern California Chivas 16 4 1 0 16 16 32 10 Northwest Division Spokane Shadow 16 14 0 0 2 37 16 42 Yakima Reds 16 7 0 1 9 31 31 21 Cascade Surge 16 8 2 1 8 28 23 20 Bellingham Orcas 16 6 0 1 10 26 40 18 Puget Sound BigFoot 16 5 1 0 11 27 39 13 Division Semi-finals: Cocoa defeated Miami 5-2 West Florida defeated South Florida 4-0 Cincinnati defeated Alabama 7-4 Jackson defeated Lexington 1-0 (OT) Des Moines defeated Lincoln, 4-0 Omaha defeated Sioux City, 5-3 Kalamazoo defeated Detroit, 1-0 (OT) Mid-Michigan defeated Grand Rapids, 4-3 Spokane defeated Bellingham 5-4 (SO) Yakima defeated Cascade 1-0 Division Finals: Cocoa defeated West Florida 3-1 Jackson defeated Cincinnati 3-0 Des Moines defeated Omaha, 6-0 Mid-Michigan defeated 1-0 (SO) San Gabriel Valley defeated Tucson, 2-1 Spokane defeated Yakima 2-0 Quarterfinals: Cocoa defeated Jackson, 2-1 Mid-Michigan defeated Des Moines 3-0 San Gabriel Valley defeated Spokane 1-0 Semifinals: Central Coast defeated Mid-Michigan, 2-0 Cocoa defeated San Gabriel Valley 1-0 (SO) Consolation: San Gabriel Valley defeated Mid-Michigan 3-2 CHAMPIONSHIP: Central Coast defeated Cocoa, 2-1 CONTINENTAL INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE GP W L Pct. GF GA GB Eastern Division Monterrey La Raza 28 20 8 .714 190 166 --- Indiana Twisters 28 17 11 .607 194 177 3.0 Houston Hotshots 28 17 11 .607 199 157 3.0 Dallas Sidekicks 28 13 15 .464 165 160 7.0 Washington Warthogs 28 12 16 .429 170 178 8.0 Detroit Safari 28 3 25 .107 134 217 17.0 Western Division Seattle SeaDogs 28 21 7 .750 170 128 --- Anaheim Splash 28 16 12 .571 165 134 5.0 Sacramento Knights 28 14 14 .500 146 148 7.0 Portland Pride 28 13 15 .464 144 158 8.0 Arizona Sandsharks 28 8 20 .286 135 189 13.0 First Round Series: Seattle defeated Portland, 8-2, 6-5 Houston defeated Indiana, ?-?, 4-7, 2-1 (MG) Second round series: Monterrey defeated Dallas, 7-3, 5-10, 2-1 (MG) Sacramento defeated Anaheim, 7-3, 6-3 Seattle defeated Sacramento, ?-?, 4-3 Monterrey defeated Houston, 7-6, 2-3, 4-3 (MG) CHAMPIONSHIP: Seattle defeated Houston, 6-5, 7-1 W-LEAGUE (Women) GP W SW SL L GF GA Pts Northeast Division Long Island Lady Riders 10 9 1 1 1 19 5 25 Rochester Ravens 9 7 0 0 2 20 10 21 Boston Renegades 9 6 0 0 3 21 13 18 Connecticut Lady Wolves 9 4 0 0 5 26 17 12 New York Magic 9 3 0 1 6 13 15 9 Buffalo Ffillies 10 3 0 0 7 14 26 9 Rhode Island Rays 10 1 0 0 9 7 33 3 Central Atlantic Division Maryland Pride 9 8 1 0 1 24 12 22 Hampton Roads Piranhas 10 7 0 0 3 20 14 21 Delaware Genies 10 6 0 0 4 19 15 18 Central Jersey Splash 8 3 0 1 5 20 15 9 Philadelphia Frenzy 9 3 0 0 6 12 21 9 New Jersey Wildcats 9 1 0 0 8 12 29 5 South Division Atlanta Classics 10 7 0 2 3 30 8 21 Carolina Speed 10 7 1 0 3 20 10 19 Dallas Lightning 9 6 1 0 3 25 14 16 Tampa Bay Extreme 10 5 0 0 5 17 15 15 Jackson Calypso 10 5 0 0 5 17 24 15 Mississipi Gulf Coast Chaos 9 3 1 1 6 8 15 7 Alabama Angels 10 2 0 0 8 12 28 6 Midwest Division Chicago Cobras 10 9 0 0 1 24 8 27 Columbus Ziggx 10 6 1 0 4 26 22 16 Indiana Blaze 10 5 0 1 5 28 20 15 Rockford Dactyls 10 5 0 0 5 21 16 15 Cleveland Eclipse 10 4 0 0 6 17 27 12 Madison Freeze 10 1 0 0 9 13 36 3 West Division California Storm 9 9 0 0 0 27 9 27 Denver Diamonds 9 8 1 0 1 22 5 22 Norcal Shockwaves 10 5 1 1 5 20 17 13 Silicon Valley Red Devils 10 4 0 2 6 15 17 12 San Francisco Nighthawks 10 2 0 0 8 14 23 6 Fort Collins Force 10 1 1 0 9 10 37 1 Divisional playoffs: Long Island defeated Boston 1-0 (SO) Maryland defeated Hampton Roads, 7-0 Atlanta defeated Carolina, 1-0 Chicago defeated Columbus 2-1 (OT) California defeated NorCal 5-1* * - Norcal replaced Denver which was unable to field a full team. Playoff Tournament: California defeated Atlanta 2-0 Long Island defeated Maryland 2-0 Chicago defeated Rochester 5-0 Maryland defeated Chicago 3-2 California defeated Long Island 3-2 (SO) Rochester defeated Atlanta 1-0 Third-Place Game: Maryland defeated California 4-3 CHAMPIONSHIP: Long Island defeated Chicago 2-1 (SO) EASTERN INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE GP W SOW SOL L GF GA Pts Lafayette SwampCats 24 18 2 0 6 324 251 52 Baton Rouge Bombers 24 16 0 1 8 354 305 49 Tallahassee Scorpions 24 15 1 0 9 370 316 44 Huntsville Fire 24 13 1 0 11 467 355 38 Tupelo Hound Dogs 24 12 1 0 12 354 380 35 Savannah Rug Ratz 24 7 1 2 17 292 386 22 Columbus Comets 24 3 0 3 21 250 414 12 Huntsville began the season as the Daytona Beach SpeedKings. CHAMPIONSHIP: Lafayette defeated Baton Rouge, 12-9. US OPEN CUP 1997 Round One Wednesday, June 18 Austin Lone Stars 4 - 2 Tucson Amigos Friday, June 20 Central Coast Roadrunners 4 - 2 Albuquerque Geckos Inter FC 0 - 4 San Francisco Bay Seals Tuesday, June 24 Wilmington Hammerheads 2 - 3 Mid-Michigan Bucks Chicago Stingers 2 - 0 Mequon United Wednesday, June 25 Los Lobos 0 - 1 Central Jersey Riptide Philadelphia Freedom 1 - 1 Lincoln Brigade, Philadelphia wins on PKs Thursday, June 26 Rhode Island Stingrays 2 - 3 Bridgeport Italians Round Two Tuesday, July 1 Austin Lone Stars 0 - 1 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers OT Wednesday, July 2 Richmond Kickers 6 - 1 Philadelphia Freedom Monday, July 7 Central Coast Roadrunners 3 - 2 California Jaguars OT Tuesday, July 8 San Francisco Bay Seals 1 - 0 Seattle Sounders Chicago Stingers 3 - 0 Orlando SunDogs Rochester Raging Rhinos 3 - 2 Mid-Michigan Bucks OT Hershey Wildcats 4 - 1 Central Jersey Riptide Sunday, July 13 Long Island Rough Riders 1 - 0 Bridgeport Italians Round Three Wednesday, July 23 Richmond Kickers 0 - 3 MetroStars Thursday, July 24 San Franciso Bay Seals 2 - 1 Kansas City Wizards Sunday, July 27 Central Coast Roadrunners 2 - 5 San Jose Clash Tuesday, July 29 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 0 - 3 Dallas Burn Wednesday, July 30 Chicago Stingers 2 - 1 Colorado Friday, August 1 Rochester Raging Rhinos 0 - 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny New England Revolution 3 - 4 Long Island Rough Riders Wednesday, August 6 Hershey Wildcats 0 - 0 DC United (PK, 2-3) Quarterfinals Sunday, August 10 Chicago Stingers 1 - 4 Dallas Burn Tuesday, August 19 DC United 2 - 0 Tampa Bay Mutiny Wednesday, August 20 San Jose Clash 1 - 2 San Francisco Bay Seals Tuesday, August 26 Long Island Rough Riders 0 - 1 MetroStars OT Semifinals Tuesday, September 2 MetroStars 1 - 2 Dallas Burn OT Wednesday, September 3 DC United 2 - 1 San Francisco Bay Seals FINAL Wednesday, October 29 Dallas Burn 0 - 0 DC United (5-3)list of professional first division champions
list of (all) league winners (leaguewise)
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Author: Dave Litterer
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Last updated: 25 Oct 2003
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