 | 1997 New York/New Jersey Metrostars StatisticsMajor League Soccer (MLS) |
Coach: Carlos Alberto (13-19 (2-2))
1997 New York/New Jersey Metrostars RosterThe New York/New Jersey Metrostars of Major League Soccer ended the 1997 season with a record of 13 wins, 19 losses(2-2 in shootout) for 35 points, finishing fifth in the MLS's Eastern Conference. Carlos Alberto coached the team..
Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Shts | SOG | FC | FS | OFF | YC | RC | S% | SOG % |
| Giovanni Savarese | F | 29 | 23 | 2069 | 14 | 4 | 49 | 27 | 53 | 53 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 28.6 | 51.9 |
| Antony De Avila | F | 23 | 21 | 1916 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 35 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 13.6 | 25.7 |
| Mike Sorber | M | 22 | 22 | 1889 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 57.1 |
| Roberto Donadoni | M | 32 | 31 | 2699 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 15 | 26 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 20.0 |
| Miles Joseph | M | 29 | 15 | 1745 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 13.3 |
| Tab Ramos | M | 13 | 13 | 1006 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16.7 | 50.0 |
| A.J. Wood | F | 13 | 5 | 559 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 22.2 |
| Mark Semioli | D | 17 | 17 | 1388 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22.2 | 66.7 |
| Shaun Bartlett | F | 13 | 10 | 873 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 16.7 |
| Brian Kelly | M | 21 | 14 | 1354 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 11.1 |
| Branco | D | 11 | 11 | 922 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12.5 | 16.7 |
| Rhett Harty | D | 26 | 26 | 2279 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Manny Lagos | M | 15 | 15 | 1216 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Brian Bliss | D | 16 | 14 | 1200 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Johnson | F | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zach Thornton | G | 3 | 2 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cristian da Silva | D | 14 | 6 | 592 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Guido | M | 9 | 9 | 792 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gerson Echeverry | F | 1 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Andrew Lewis | M | 19 | 15 | 1421 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Zavagnin | M | 21 | 12 | 1089 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| John DeBrito | D | 8 | 8 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ezra Hendrickson | D | 8 | 4 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Carlos Parra | M | 4 | 3 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Zaun | D | 10 | 6 | 623 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Joao Luiz | D | 7 | 7 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Knowles | D | 4 | 2 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Marco Rizi | D | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Meola | G | 30 | 30 | 2700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Braeden Cloutier | M | 17 | 10 | 922 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 438 | 352 | 31649 | 42 | 54 | 388 | 174 | 440 | 503 | 105 | 50 | 3 | 10.8 | 24.1 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | Shts | SVS | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | W | L | T | SHO | SV% |
| Tony Meola | 30 | 30 | 2683:00 | 204 | 149 | 48 | 1.61 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 5 | .730 |
| Zach Thornton | 3 | 2 | 197:00 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2.28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Totals | 33 | 32 | 2880 | 222 | 161 | 53 | 1.66 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 5 | .725 |