1997 Major League Soccer season

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Major League Soccer season sports season

The 1997 Major League Soccer season was the second year of the United States' top-tier professional soccer league, featuring expanded competition and growing fan interest following the league’s inaugural 1996 campaign.

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Label Occurrences
1997 Major League Soccer season canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Soccer season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
allStarGame 1997 MLS All-Star Game ⓘ
allStarGameCity East Rutherford, New Jersey ⓘ
allStarGameDate 1997-07-09 ⓘ
allStarGameResult East 5–4 West ⓘ
allStarGameVenue MetLife Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Giants Stadium
champion D.C. United ⓘ
championshipMatch MLS Cup 1997 ⓘ
competitionFormat regular season and playoffs ⓘ
conference Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1997-10-26 ⓘ
finalCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
finalDate 1997-10-26 ⓘ
finalVenue RFK Stadium ⓘ
followedBy 1998 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
league Major League Soccer ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Preki ⓘ
MVPTeam Sporting Kansas City ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City Wizards
numberOfTeams 10 ⓘ
playoffFormat best-of-three series in early rounds ⓘ
playoffName 1997 MLS Cup ⓘ
surface form: 1997 MLS Cup Playoffs
playoffQualification top four teams from each conference ⓘ
pointsForLoss 0 ⓘ
pointsForRegulationWin 3 ⓘ
pointsForShootoutWin 1 ⓘ
precededBy 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
runnerUp Colorado Rapids ⓘ
seasonNumber 2 ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
startTime 1997-03-29 ⓘ
supportersShieldWinner D.C. United ⓘ
team Chicago Fire ⓘ
Colorado Rapids ⓘ
Columbus Crew ⓘ
D.C. United ⓘ
Dallas Burn ⓘ
Sporting Kansas City ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City Wizards

Los Angeles Galaxy ⓘ
New England Revolution ⓘ
San Jose Earthquakes ⓘ
surface form: San Jose Clash

Tampa Bay Mutiny ⓘ
topScorer Jaime Moreno ⓘ
topScorerGoals 16 ⓘ
usesShootoutToDecideDraws true ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MetroStars → participatedIn → 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
1997 MLS Cup → season → 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
MLS Cup 1997 → partOf → 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
1996 Major League Soccer season → followedBy → 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
1998 Major League Soccer season → previousSeason → 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
Major League Soccer seasons with San Jose Earthquakes → includesSeason → 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ