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NY/NJ Metrostars 1-0 Kansas City - May 18, 1997 / MLS 1997

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MLS 1997 - Round 9 - Eastern Conference

Giants Stadium - East Rutherford - United States

May 18, 1997 - 15:00

12 524

NY/NJ Metrostars

1 - 0

Kansas City

Assist by Brian KellyAntony De Avila

18'

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18' - Goal Antony De Avila18

38' - Yellow card Richard Gough

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46' - Substitution Edmundo Rodriguezis substituted by Ryan Tinsley

58' - Substitution Roberto Donadoniis substituted by Miles Joseph58

60' - Substitution Paul Wrightis substituted by Frank Klopas

69' - Substitution Jeff Zaunis substituted by Kerry Zavagnin photo A. J. Wood

69' - Substitution Giovanni Savareseis substituted by A. J. Wood photo Giovanni Savarese

69' - Yellow card Giovanni Savarese69

79' - Substitution Matt McKeonis substituted by Brian Johnson

90' - Yellow card Kerry Zavagnin90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

NY/NJ Metrostars

1 - 0

Kansas City

NY/NJ Metrostars Kansas City

Team line-ups

NY/NJ Metrostars

1 Meola

Tony Meola

United States

B.date21/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

4 Luiz

Joao Luiz

Brazil

B.date23/06/1971

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

15 Harty

Rhett Harty

United States

B.date08/03/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

24 Lewis

Andrew Lewis

United States

B.date10/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

2 Zaun69

Jeff Zaun

United States

B.date02/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

27 DeBrito

John DeBrito

United States

B.date03/12/1968

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

12 Guido

Guido

Brazil

B.date09/03/1976

Age21 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Donadoni58

Roberto Donadoni

Italy

B.date09/09/1963

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

20 Kelly

Brian Kelly

United States

B.date06/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17 Savarese6969

Giovanni Savarese

Venezuela

B.date14/07/1971

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

11 De Avila18

Antony De Avila

Colombia

B.date21/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m60

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tony Meola		28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Joao Luiz		25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Rhett Harty		27	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Andrew Lewis		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jeff Zaun	69	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	John DeBrito		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Guido		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Roberto Donadoni	58	33	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Brian Kelly		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Giovanni Savarese	6969	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Antony De Avila	18	33	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Kansas City

18 Snitko

Chris Snitko

United States

B.date24/01/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

2 Pittman

Steve Pittman

United States

B.date18/07/1967

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

20 Okafor

Uche Okafor

Nigeria

B.date08/08/1967

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

4 Gough38

Richard Gough

Scotland

B.date05/04/1962

Age35 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

21 McKeon79

Matt McKeon

United States

B.date24/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

7 Rodriguez46

Edmundo Rodriguez

Mexico

B.date22/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m93

positionOffensive Midfielder

13 Chung

Mark Chung

United States

B.date18/06/1970

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

3 Wright60

Paul Wright

United States

B.date29/07/1969

Age27 years

H1m75

positionForward

12 Takawira

Vitalis Takawira

Zimbabwe

B.date24/09/1972

Age24 years

H1m75

positionForward

11 Preki

Preki

United States

B.date24/06/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionForward

10 Johnston

Mo Johnston

Scotland

B.date30/04/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Chris Snitko		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Steve Pittman		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Uche Okafor		29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Richard Gough	38	35	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Matt McKeon	79	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Edmundo Rodriguez	46	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Mark Chung		26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	F	Paul Wright	60	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Vitalis Takawira		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Preki		33	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Mo Johnston		34	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	D	Kerry Zavagnin	6990	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Miles Joseph	58	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	A. J. Wood	69	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
5	M	Brian Johnson	79	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Ryan Tinsley	46	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Frank Klopas	60	30	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrew Lewis

Kerry Zavagnin

OUT

Brian Kelly

Mike Sorber

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Snitko

Mike Ammann

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Parreira vs Kansas City

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1997

Parreira vs Newman

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Newman

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Newman vs NY/NJ Metrostars

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 18, 1997

Newman vs Parreira

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1997

Referee

Esfandiar Baharmast

4 victories	4 draws	5 losses	NY/NJ Metrostars13 matches	General total	Kansas City6 matches	3 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	1 draw	3 losses	NY/NJ Metrostars5 matches	Season total	Kansas City2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 03, 1998					Latest figure on May 16, 1998

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Comments

Key figures

NY/NJ Metrostars keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 26/04/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/06/1996 (3 matches)

It's the first time Antony De Avila scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

End of streak for NY/NJ Metrostars after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 04/05/1997).

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	D.C. United	14 pts	9 rd
-1	2	Columbus Crew	14 pts	9 rd
	3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	13 pts	8 rd
	4	New England Revolution	11 pts	9 rd
	5	NY/NJ Metrostars	10 pts	10 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNY/NJ Metrostars 2-2 D.C. United24/09/1996

VNY/NJ Metrostars 3-1 New England Revolution12/04/1997

LNY/NJ Metrostars 1-2 D.C. United19/04/1997

VNY/NJ Metrostars 2-1 Columbus Crew26/04/1997

DNY/NJ Metrostars 0-0 Los Angeles Galaxy04/05/1997

LNY/NJ Metrostars 0-1 San Jose Earthquakes09/05/1997

Overall

VNY/NJ Metrostars 3-1 New England Revolution12/04/1997

LNY/NJ Metrostars 1-2 D.C. United19/04/1997

VNY/NJ Metrostars 2-1 Columbus Crew26/04/1997

DNY/NJ Metrostars 0-0 Los Angeles Galaxy04/05/1997

LNY/NJ Metrostars 0-1 San Jose Earthquakes09/05/1997

LColumbus Crew 3-0 NY/NJ Metrostars11/05/1997

Current form

Away

LColumbus Crew 2-1 Kansas City Wizards24/08/1996

LFC Dallas 2-1 Kansas City Wizards29/09/1996

DFC Dallas 2-2 Kansas City Wizards02/10/1996

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Kansas City Wizards10/10/1996

LTampa Bay Mutiny 2-1 Kansas City Wizards12/04/1997

LNew England Revolution 2-1 Kansas City Wizards03/05/1997

Overall

VKansas City Wizards 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy05/04/1997

LTampa Bay Mutiny 2-1 Kansas City Wizards12/04/1997

VKansas City Wizards 2-1 FC Dallas18/04/1997

DKansas City Wizards 2-2 Tampa Bay Mutiny27/04/1997

LNew England Revolution 2-1 Kansas City Wizards03/05/1997

VKansas City Wizards 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy10/05/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	8	0
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	12	12
Conceding streak	11	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	7
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
0.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.57
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Giovanni Savarese	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Preki
Giovanni Savarese	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Preki
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Preki
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Preki
Antony De Avila	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Mo Johnston
Antony De Avila	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Vitalis Takawira
Giovanni Savarese	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	Preki

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 26, 1996
Home	2 - 0	June 26, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	May 22, 1996
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 01, 1996 - MLS 1996

Kansas City

2 - 2

NY/NJ Metrostars logo NY/NJ Metrostars

June 26, 1996 - MLS 1996

NY/NJ Metrostars

2 - 0

Kansas City

May 22, 1996 - MLS 1996

Kansas City

2 - 1

NY/NJ Metrostars logo NY/NJ Metrostars

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Giovanni Savarese	2 goals	1996 - 1996
A. J. Wood	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Tab Ramos	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Ian Hennessy	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against NY/NJ Metrostars

Preki	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Vitalis Takawira	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Alan Prampin	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Matt Knowles	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Rhett Harty	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Tab Ramos	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Tony Meola	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Jeff Zaun	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Peter Vermes	3 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Mark Chung	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Mo Johnston	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Garth Lagerwey	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Uche Okafor	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Diego Gutierrez	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Eric Eichmann	3 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Damian Silvera

17 matches

3 matches

1996 - 1997

Edmundo Rodriguez

11 matches

3 matches

1996 - 1997

Mike Sorber

7 matches

29 matches

1996 - 1997

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Mike Sorber

7 matches

29 matches

1996 - 1997

Damian Silvera

17 matches

3 matches

1996 - 1997

Edmundo Rodriguez

11 matches

3 matches

1996 - 1997

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	D.C. United	14	9	6	5	3	17	10	+7
-12	Columbus Crew	14	9	6	3	3	14	9	+5
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	13	8	5	1	3	13	11	+2
4	New England Revolution	11	9	5	3	4	8	13	-5
5	NY/NJ Metrostars	10	10	4	2	6	9	12	-3

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NY/NJ Metrostars 1-0 Kansas City - May 18, 1997 / MLS 1997

NY/NJ Metrostars

1 - 0

Kansas City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Parreira vs Kansas City

Parreira vs Newman

Manager

Newman vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Newman vs Parreira

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Best historical scorers against NY/NJ Metrostars

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Players with most games played vs NY/NJ Metrostars

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking