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LA Galaxy 1-3 NY/NJ Metrostars - September 04, 1997 / MLS 1997

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MLS 1997 - Round 20 - Western Conference

Rose Bowl - Pasadena - United States

September 04, 1997 - 23:00

7 232

LA Galaxy

1 - 3

NY/NJ Metrostars

Assist by Wélton Araújo MeloMartin Machon

28'

Antony De AvilaAssist by Miles Joseph

38'

Branco

68'

Shaun BartlettAssist by Mark Semioli

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9' - Goal Martin Machon9

28' - Goal Antony De Avila

38' - Goal Branco

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46' - Substitution Kerry Zavagninis substituted by Roberto Donadoni

53' - Substitution Brancois substituted by Brian Bliss

67' - Substitution Wélton Araújo Melois substituted by Jose Botello67

68' - Goal Shaun Bartlett

70' - Substitution Harut Karapetyanis substituted by Brian Taylor70

73' - Yellow card Mark Semioli

74' - Substitution Antony De Avilais substituted by Giovanni Savarese

83' - Substitution Paul Caligiuriis substituted by Ezra Hendrickson83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

LA Galaxy

1 - 3

NY/NJ Metrostars

LA Galaxy NY/NJ Metrostars

Team line-ups

LA Galaxy

9 Campos

Jorge Campos

Mexico

B.date15/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m73

positionGoalkeeper

20 Caligiuri83

Paul Caligiuri

United States

B.date09/03/1964

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

6 Calichman

Dan Calichman

United States

B.date21/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefender

18 Vanney

Greg Vanney

United States

B.date11/06/1974

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Cienfuegos

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

2 Pena

Danny Pena

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age20 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

5 Machon9

Martin Machon

Guatemala

B.date04/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

19 Araújo Melo67

Wélton Araújo Melo

Brazil

B.date17/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Karapetyan70

Harut Karapetyan

Armenia

B.date07/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m75

positionForward

29 Hurtado

Eduardo Hurtado

Ecuador

B.date02/12/1969

Age27 years

H1m90

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
9	G	Jorge Campos		30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paul Caligiuri	83	33	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dan Calichman		29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Greg Vanney		23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Danny Pena		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Martin Machon	9	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Wélton Araújo Melo	67	22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Harut Karapetyan	70	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Eduardo Hurtado		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

NY/NJ Metrostars

1 Meola

Tony Meola

United States

B.date21/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

24 Lewis

Andrew Lewis

United States

B.date10/09/1974

Age22 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

22 Semioli73

Mark Semioli

United States

B.date20/03/1968

Age29 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Defender

15 Harty

Rhett Harty

United States

B.date08/03/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

21 Zavagnin46

Kerry Zavagnin

United States

B.date02/07/1974

Age23 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

4 Branco3853

Branco

Brazil

B.date04/04/1964

Age33 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

9 Lagos

Manny Lagos

United States

B.date11/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Midfielder

19 Joseph

Miles Joseph

United States

B.date02/05/1974

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

20 Kelly

Brian Kelly

United States

B.date06/10/1974

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11 De Avila2874

Antony De Avila

Colombia

B.date21/12/1963

Age33 years

H1m60

positionForward

12 Bartlett68

Shaun Bartlett

South Africa

B.date31/10/1972

Age24 years

H1m84

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tony Meola		28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Andrew Lewis		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Mark Semioli	73	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Rhett Harty		27	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Kerry Zavagnin	46	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Branco	3853	33	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Manny Lagos		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Miles Joseph		23	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Brian Kelly		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Antony De Avila	2874	33	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Shaun Bartlett	68	24	9	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	D	Ezra Hendrickson	83	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Brian Taylor	70	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Jose Botello	67	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	D	Brian Bliss	53	31	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Roberto Donadoni	46	33	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Giovanni Savarese	74	26	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mauricio Cienfuegos

Cobi Jones

OUT

Paul Caligiuri

Robin Fraser

OUT

Wélton Araújo Melo

Peter Lak

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kerry Zavagnin

Brian Bliss

OUT

Shaun Bartlett

Giovanni Savarese

OUT

Andrew Lewis

Roberto Donadoni

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Octavio Zambrano

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Zambrano vs NY/NJ Metrostars

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 1997

Zambrano vs Parreira

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Parreira vs LA Galaxy

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 1997

Parreira vs Zambrano

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 04, 1997

Referee

Kevin Stott

42 victories	20 draws	25 losses	LA Galaxy87 matches	General total	NY/NJ Metrostars59 matches	16 victories	15 draws	28 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	LA Galaxy3 matches	Season total	NY/NJ Metrostars1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 01, 2022					Latest figure on August 24, 2019

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Key figures

LA Galaxy keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 18/04/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/10/1996 (6 matches)

NY/NJ Metrostars keeps its 3 consecutive wins in Major League Soccer running (since 23/08/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/05/1997 (2 matches)

LA Galaxy keeps its 3 matches with at least 3 goals conceded at home running (since 17/08/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

1	Kansas City Wizards	43 pts	27 rd
2	Colorado Rapids	35 pts	27 rd
3	Dallas Burn	33 pts	26 rd
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	26 pts	26 rd
5	San Jose Clash	24 pts	27 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-1 D.C. United12/07/1997

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-1 Santos Laguna30/07/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 1-2 Columbus Crew02/08/1997

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Luis Angel Firpo12/08/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-3 San Jose Earthquakes17/08/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 3-5 Cruz Azul24/08/1997

Overall

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Luis Angel Firpo12/08/1997

DNew England Revolution 1-1 Los Angeles Galaxy14/08/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-3 San Jose Earthquakes17/08/1997

VD.C. United 0-1 Los Angeles Galaxy22/08/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 3-5 Cruz Azul24/08/1997

LColumbus Crew 2-0 Los Angeles Galaxy30/08/1997

Current form

Away

LTampa Bay Mutiny 1-0 NY/NJ Metrostars04/07/1997

VRichmond Kickers 0-3 NY/NJ Metrostars23/07/1997

LColorado Rapids 2-0 NY/NJ Metrostars15/08/1997

DSporting Kansas City 3-3 NY/NJ Metrostars17/08/1997

VFC Dallas 1-2 NY/NJ Metrostars23/08/1997

VLong Island Rough Riders 0-1 NY/NJ Metrostars26/08/1997

Overall

LColorado Rapids 2-0 NY/NJ Metrostars15/08/1997

DSporting Kansas City 3-3 NY/NJ Metrostars17/08/1997

VFC Dallas 1-2 NY/NJ Metrostars23/08/1997

VLong Island Rough Riders 0-1 NY/NJ Metrostars26/08/1997

VNY/NJ Metrostars 3-0 San Jose Earthquakes29/08/1997

LNY/NJ Metrostars 1-2 FC Dallas02/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	10	4
Scoring streak	13	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	24
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	13
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
1.64	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.91
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Wélton Araújo Melo	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Giovanni Savarese
Wélton Araújo Melo	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Giovanni Savarese
Mauricio Cienfuegos	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Roberto Donadoni
Mauricio Cienfuegos	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Roberto Donadoni
Cobi Jones	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Roberto Donadoni
Mauricio Cienfuegos	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Roberto Donadoni
Wélton Araújo Melo	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Giovanni Savarese

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

9 gf

3 ga

Total

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

9 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Total

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

4 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	July 20, 1997
Home	3 - 0	July 21, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 10, 1996
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

July 20, 1997 - MLS 1997

NY/NJ Metrostars

0 - 4

LA Galaxy

May 04, 1997 - MLS 1997

NY/NJ Metrostars

0 - 0

LA Galaxy

September 10, 1996 - MLS 1996

NY/NJ Metrostars

3 - 1

LA Galaxy

July 21, 1996 - MLS 1996

LA Galaxy

3 - 0

NY/NJ Metrostars logo NY/NJ Metrostars

June 09, 1996 - MLS 1996

NY/NJ Metrostars

0 - 4

LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against NY/NJ Metrostars

Eduardo Hurtado	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Harut Karapetyan	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Greg Vanney	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Cobi Jones	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Wélton Araújo Melo	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Arash Noamouz	1 goal	1996 - 1996

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

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Miles Joseph	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Giovanni Savarese	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Antony De Avila	1 goal	1996 - 1996

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Players with most games played vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Harut Karapetyan	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Mark Semioli	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Eduardo Hurtado	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Dan Calichman	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Greg Vanney	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Manny Motajo	4 matches	1996 - 1996

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Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Tony Meola	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Rhett Harty	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Giovanni Savarese	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Cristian da Silva	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Miles Joseph	4 matches	1996 - 1997
Peter Vermes	4 matches	1996 - 1996

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They played in both sides

Mark Semioli

45 matches

11 matches

1996 - 1997

Ezra Hendrickson

4 matches

8 matches

1997 - 1997

Total : 2 players

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They played in both sides

Mark Semioli

45 matches

11 matches

1996 - 1997

Ezra Hendrickson

4 matches

8 matches

1997 - 1997

Total : 2 players

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Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Kansas City Wizards	43	27	19	8	8	50	42	+8
2	Colorado Rapids	35	27	13	5	14	43	47	-4
3	Dallas Burn	33	26	13	5	13	47	42	+5
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	26	26	10	6	16	37	39	-2
5	San Jose Clash	24	27	10	9	17	46	51	-5

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LA Galaxy 1-3 NY/NJ Metrostars - September 04, 1997 / MLS 1997

LA Galaxy

1 - 3

NY/NJ Metrostars

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

Zambrano vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Zambrano vs Parreira

Manager

Parreira vs LA Galaxy

Parreira vs Zambrano

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 NY/NJ Metrostars

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking