1997 MLS Season

160 regular-season games · 8 playoff teams · 100,000 simulations

Final

Champion

DC United

2nd Title

Last Title: 1996

Runner-Up

Colorado Rapids

1st Appearance

Biggest Overachiever

Kansas City Wizards

14.40 points above expected

63 points · 48.60 expected points

Biggest Disappointment

San Jose Crush

11.38 points below expected

36 points · 47.38 expected points

Final Standings

Final regular season records. The vsSim column shows actual points minus the simulation's mean points — positive values indicate the team overachieved, negative values mean they underperformed.

#	Team	W	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	DC United Conference	21	11	63	.656	74	57	+17	50.08	+12.92
2	Tampa Bay Mutiny Playoffs	17	15	51	.531	58	62	-4	49.02	+1.98
3	Columbus Crew Playoffs	15	17	45	.469	45	45	0	47.54	-2.54
4	New England Revolution Playoffs	15	17	45	.469	44	57	-13	46.94	-1.94
5	MetroStars	13	19	39	.406	45	55	-10	46.63	-7.63

#	Team	W	L	Pts	Pt%	GF	GA	GD	SimPts	vsSim
1	Kansas City Wizards Conference	21	11	63	.656	64	53	+11	48.60	+14.40
2	Dallas Burn Playoffs	16	16	48	.500	58	51	+7	48.36	-0.36
3	Los Angeles Galaxy Playoffs	16	16	48	.500	57	48	+9	48.72	-0.72
4	Colorado Rapids Playoffs	14	18	42	.438	52	62	-10	46.21	-4.21
5	San Jose Crush	12	20	36	.375	58	65	-7	47.38	-11.38

Playoff Bracket

Eastern Conference

Conference Semifinals

DC United 2

New England Revolution 0

2 games · Oct 5–Oct 8

Columbus Crew 2

Tampa Bay Mutiny 0

2 games · Oct 5–Oct 8

Conference Final

DC United 2

Columbus Crew 0

2 games · Oct 12–Oct 15

Western Conference

Conference Semifinals

Colorado Rapids 2

Kansas City Wizards 0

2 games · Oct 4–Oct 8

Dallas Burn 2

Los Angeles Galaxy 0

2 games · Oct 5–Oct 8

Conference Final

Colorado Rapids 2

Dallas Burn 0

2 games · Oct 12–Oct 15

MLS Cup

DC United 2

Colorado Rapids 1

Oct 26

Season Summary

Every team's regular season finish compared against the simulated win totals from 100,000 simulations. Click on any column header to sort. Luck is the team's actual total minus the simulation's mean. Positive values indicate the team outperformed the expected total; negative values indicate the team was unluckier than expected. Percentile represents where their actual result fell in the simulated distribution.

Team	Conference	Elo	Points	Avg. Pts.	Luck	Percentile	Min	5th	Q1	Median	Q3	95th	Max
DC United	Eastern	1519	63	50.08	+12.92	96.28%	18	36	45	51	55	63	81
Los Angeles Galaxy	Western	1515	48	48.72	-0.72	52.96%	18	36	42	48	54	63	81
Kansas City Wizards	Western	1508	63	48.60	+14.40	97.23%	18	36	42	48	54	63	78
Dallas Burn	Western	1504	48	48.36	-0.36	54.95%	15	36	42	48	54	63	81
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Eastern	1502	51	49.02	+1.98	65.69%	18	36	43	48	54	63	78
Columbus Crew	Eastern	1499	45	47.54	-2.54	44.68%	21	33	42	48	54	60	79
San Jose Crush	Western	1491	36	47.38	-11.38	10.83%	15	33	42	48	54	60	81
MetroStars	Eastern	1489	39	46.63	-7.63	22.39%	15	33	42	48	51	60	75
Colorado Rapids	Western	1487	42	46.21	-4.21	36.51%	18	33	42	45	51	60	81
New England Revolution	Eastern	1485	45	46.94	-1.94	47.12%	15	33	42	48	52	60	81

Head-to-Head

Cells show the number of points earned against each opponent with the expected points from the simulation below. Gold-tinted cells indicate the team beat the model's expectations by more than one point while navy-tinted cells indicate they fell short by more than one point. The first table covers within-division games while the second covers games against teams outside the division.

Beat expectations Fell short Within expectations

Within Eastern

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Revolution	Mutiny
Columbus Crew	—	3 (5.7 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)	3 (5.9 exp.)
DC United	9 (6.3 exp.)	—	6 (6.3 exp.)	12 (6.4 exp.)	9 (6.2 exp.)
MetroStars	3 (5.9 exp.)	6 (5.6 exp.)	—	6 (6.0 exp.)	3 (5.8 exp.)
New England Revolution	3 (5.9 exp.)	0 (5.6 exp.)	6 (6.0 exp.)	—	6 (5.8 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	9 (6.1 exp.)	3 (5.8 exp.)	9 (6.2 exp.)	6 (6.2 exp.)	—

Eastern vs. Outside Teams

Team	Rapids	Burn	Wizards	Galaxy	Crush
Columbus Crew	3 (6.2 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	6 (4.0 exp.)	6 (4.1 exp.)
DC United	6 (5.1 exp.)	3 (4.3 exp.)	3 (4.3 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)	6 (5.0 exp.)
MetroStars	3 (4.9 exp.)	3 (3.9 exp.)	6 (3.9 exp.)	6 (4.7 exp.)	3 (6.0 exp.)
New England Revolution	6 (4.2 exp.)	12 (5.8 exp.)	6 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	3 (4.2 exp.)
Tampa Bay Mutiny	3 (4.4 exp.)	3 (4.9 exp.)	6 (6.1 exp.)	3 (4.2 exp.)	9 (5.0 exp.)

Within Western

Team	Rapids	Burn	Wizards	Galaxy	Crush
Colorado Rapids	—	3 (5.8 exp.)	0 (5.7 exp.)	3 (5.7 exp.)	9 (5.9 exp.)
Dallas Burn	9 (6.2 exp.)	—	3 (6.0 exp.)	3 (6.0 exp.)	9 (6.1 exp.)
Kansas City Wizards	12 (6.3 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)	—	9 (5.9 exp.)	9 (6.2 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	9 (6.2 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)	3 (6.0 exp.)	—	6 (6.2 exp.)
San Jose Crush	3 (6.1 exp.)	3 (5.8 exp.)	3 (5.8 exp.)	6 (5.8 exp.)	—

Western vs. Outside Teams

Team	Crew	United	MetroStars	Revolution	Mutiny
Colorado Rapids	9 (5.8 exp.)	3 (3.9 exp.)	6 (4.1 exp.)	3 (4.8 exp.)	6 (4.6 exp.)
Dallas Burn	6 (4.2 exp.)	6 (4.7 exp.)	6 (5.0 exp.)	0 (6.2 exp.)	6 (4.1 exp.)
Kansas City Wizards	6 (4.2 exp.)	6 (4.7 exp.)	3 (5.1 exp.)	3 (4.2 exp.)	6 (5.9 exp.)
Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (5.0 exp.)	3 (5.9 exp.)	3 (4.3 exp.)	6 (4.2 exp.)	6 (4.8 exp.)
San Jose Crush	3 (4.9 exp.)	3 (4.0 exp.)	9 (6.0 exp.)	6 (4.8 exp.)	0 (4.0 exp.)

Scoreline Distribution

Cells represent the percentage of games that ended with a team's goals in the row and its opponent's goals in the column. Cells below the diagonal are wins (gold), and cells above are losses (blue). Totals along the edges show the marginal percentages for that row or column.

Win Loss Same range

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↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.88%	5.00%	1.56%	1.56%	0.31%	15.31%
1	6.88%	—	13.75%	7.50%	1.56%	1.25%	30.94%
2	5.00%	13.75%	—	8.12%	1.25%	0.62%	28.75%
3	1.56%	7.50%	8.12%	—	0.62%	—	17.81%
4	1.56%	1.56%	1.25%	0.62%	—	—	5.00%
5+	0.31%	1.25%	0.62%	—	—	—	2.19%
Total	15.31%	30.94%	28.75%	17.81%	5.00%	2.19%	100%

Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.73	1.73	+0.00
SD	1.21	1.21	1.88
CV	0.70	0.70	—
Max	6	6	+5
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 160

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	3.12%	9.38%
1	3.12%	—	25.00%	—	9.38%	—	37.50%
2	15.62%	9.38%	—	—	3.12%	6.25%	34.38%
3	3.12%	9.38%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	18.75%
4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21.88%	21.88%	31.25%	—	15.62%	9.38%	100%

Colorado Rapids — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.62	1.94	-0.31
SD	0.91	1.63	2.05
CV	0.56	0.84	—
Max	3	5	+3
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	9.38%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	18.75%
1	6.25%	—	21.88%	6.25%	—	—	34.38%
2	9.38%	21.88%	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	37.50%
3	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
4	3.12%	—	—	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21.88%	34.38%	28.12%	12.50%	3.12%	—	100%

Columbus Crew — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.41	1.41	+0.00
SD	0.98	1.07	1.70
CV	0.70	0.76	—
Max	4	4	+4
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	—	3.12%	—	—	—	3.12%
1	9.38%	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	3.12%	25.00%
2	6.25%	12.50%	—	15.62%	—	—	34.38%
3	—	3.12%	18.75%	—	—	—	21.88%
4	—	—	6.25%	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	3.12%	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
Total	18.75%	18.75%	37.50%	21.88%	—	3.12%	100%

DC United — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.31	1.78	+0.53
SD	1.28	1.29	1.95
CV	0.55	0.72	—
Max	5	6	+5
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	—	3.12%	—	—	9.38%
1	6.25%	—	25.00%	9.38%	—	—	40.62%
2	3.12%	9.38%	—	6.25%	—	—	18.75%
3	3.12%	12.50%	6.25%	—	—	—	21.88%
4	—	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	9.38%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	34.38%	34.38%	18.75%	—	—	100%

Dallas Burn — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.81	1.59	+0.22
SD	1.18	0.95	1.70
CV	0.65	0.59	—
Max	4	3	+3
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	6.25%	9.38%	—	3.12%	—	18.75%
1	9.38%	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	21.88%
2	3.12%	15.62%	—	3.12%	—	—	21.88%
3	—	6.25%	18.75%	—	—	—	25.00%
4	—	—	—	6.25%	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	6.25%
Total	12.50%	31.25%	37.50%	15.62%	3.12%	—	100%

Kansas City Wizards — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	2.00	1.66	+0.34
SD	1.52	1.00	1.79
CV	0.76	0.61	—
Max	6	4	+5
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	12.50%	6.25%	—	—	—	18.75%
1	3.12%	—	9.38%	6.25%	3.12%	—	21.88%
2	9.38%	15.62%	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	37.50%
3	3.12%	6.25%	3.12%	—	—	—	12.50%
4	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	18.75%	40.62%	18.75%	15.62%	6.25%	—	100%

Los Angeles Galaxy — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.78	1.50	+0.28
SD	1.36	1.16	1.99
CV	0.76	0.78	—
Max	6	4	+5
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	15.62%	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	—	28.12%
1	9.38%	—	12.50%	9.38%	—	—	31.25%
2	—	9.38%	—	6.25%	—	—	15.62%
3	3.12%	12.50%	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	21.88%
4	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	40.62%	18.75%	18.75%	9.38%	—	100%

MetroStars — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.41	1.72	-0.31
SD	1.21	1.20	1.86
CV	0.86	0.70	—
Max	4	4	+3
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	12.50%	6.25%	3.12%	6.25%	—	28.12%
1	9.38%	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	3.12%	25.00%
2	3.12%	18.75%	—	9.38%	—	—	31.25%
3	—	6.25%	6.25%	—	—	—	12.50%
4	—	—	3.12%	—	—	—	3.12%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	37.50%	21.88%	18.75%	6.25%	3.12%	100%

New England Revolution — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.38	1.78	-0.41
SD	1.13	1.26	1.83
CV	0.82	0.71	—
Max	4	5	+2
Min	0	0	-4

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	3.12%	—	3.12%	—	—	6.25%
1	6.25%	—	15.62%	21.88%	—	—	43.75%
2	—	6.25%	—	18.75%	—	—	25.00%
3	—	6.25%	9.38%	—	—	—	15.62%
4	3.12%	3.12%	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	3.12%	—	—	—	—	3.12%
Total	9.38%	21.88%	25.00%	43.75%	—	—	100%

San Jose Crush — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.81	2.03	-0.22
SD	1.18	1.03	1.83
CV	0.65	0.51	—
Max	5	3	+4
Min	0	0	-3

Games Played: 32

↓ Scored \| Allowed →	0	1	2	3	4	5+	Total
0	—	—	12.50%	—	—	—	12.50%
1	6.25%	—	9.38%	3.12%	3.12%	6.25%	28.12%
2	—	18.75%	—	9.38%	3.12%	—	31.25%
3	—	9.38%	12.50%	—	—	—	21.88%
4	6.25%	—	—	—	—	—	6.25%
5+	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	12.50%	28.12%	34.38%	12.50%	6.25%	6.25%	100%

Tampa Bay Mutiny — Summary Statistics

	Scored	Allowed	Difference
Mean	1.81	1.94	-0.12
SD	1.12	1.41	2.09
CV	0.62	0.73	—
Max	4	6	+4
Min	0	0	-5

Games Played: 32

Points Points vs. Goal Differential

Plot of points against goals differential across the entire season. Hover over a team for exact values.

Top Overachievers & Disappointments

The teams that deviated the most from the simulated results.

Top Overachievers

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	Kansas City Wizards	63	48.60	+14.40
2	DC United	63	50.08	+12.92
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	51	49.02	+1.98
4	Dallas Burn	48	48.36	-0.36
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	48	48.72	-0.72

Biggest Disappointments

#	Team	Actual	Sim	Luck
1	San Jose Crush	36	47.38	-11.38
2	MetroStars	39	46.63	-7.63
3	Colorado Rapids	42	46.21	-4.21
4	Columbus Crew	45	47.54	-2.54
5	New England Revolution	45	46.94	-1.94

Top Streaks

The most unlikely streaks achieved by teams throughout the season according to the model's probabilities. Calculated by using the pregame win/tie/loss probabilities for all the games in each team's streak. Unbeaten counts W or T consecutively; Winless counts L or T consecutively.

Longest Winning Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Kansas City Wizards	7	Jul 19 – Aug 28	1 in 108
2	DC United	6	May 18 – Jun 14	1 in 94
3	Dallas Burn	5	Apr 26 – May 23	1 in 53
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	6	Sep 7 – Sep 28	1 in 43
5	MetroStars	3	Aug 23 – Sep 4	1 in 13

Longest Losing Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	New England Revolution	9	Jul 20 – Sep 9	1 in 175
2	Columbus Crew	6	May 17 – Jun 15	1 in 51
3	San Jose Crush	5	May 16 – Jun 8	1 in 43
4	Colorado Rapids	6	Aug 28 – Sep 26	1 in 37
5	Dallas Burn	4	Jul 25 – Aug 23	1 in 32

Longest Unbeaten Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	Kansas City Wizards	7	Jul 19 – Aug 28	1 in 103
2	DC United	6	May 18 – Jun 14	1 in 90
3	Dallas Burn	5	Apr 26 – May 23	1 in 51
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	6	Sep 7 – Sep 28	1 in 41
5	MetroStars	3	Aug 23 – Sep 4	1 in 13

Longest Winless Streaks

#	Team	Games	Dates	Probability
1	New England Revolution	9	Jul 20 – Sep 9	1 in 166
2	Columbus Crew	6	May 17 – Jun 15	1 in 49
3	San Jose Crush	5	May 16 – Jun 8	1 in 41
4	Colorado Rapids	6	Aug 28 – Sep 26	1 in 36
5	Dallas Burn	4	Jul 25 – Aug 23	1 in 31

Home-Field Advantage Edge

A measure of how well each team has taken advantage of home-field advantage during the season. For each team, sum the win probabilities for home games and compare against the team's actual performance at home. Repeat for games on the road. Positive values indicate the team has played comparatively better at home than on the road. Negative values indicate the team is not utilizing home field advantage.

Finish Position Heatmaps

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team finished in a given position across the 100,000 simulations.

Team	1	2	3	4	5
DC United	27.55%	22.69%	19.42%	17.00%	13.34%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	22.72%	21.91%	20.66%	18.10%	16.61%
Columbus Crew	17.83%	18.86%	20.63%	22.03%	20.65%
New England Revolution	16.05%	18.68%	20.07%	20.81%	24.39%
MetroStars	15.85%	17.86%	19.22%	22.06%	25.01%

Team	1	2	3	4	5
Los Angeles Galaxy	22.96%	20.81%	20.55%	18.59%	17.09%
Kansas City Wizards	22.26%	21.11%	20.21%	18.81%	17.61%
Dallas Burn	21.78%	20.64%	20.39%	18.86%	18.33%
San Jose Crush	17.79%	20.35%	19.50%	21.18%	21.18%
Colorado Rapids	15.21%	17.09%	19.35%	22.56%	25.79%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
DC United	14.35%	12.82%	12.06%	11.10%	10.39%	9.01%	8.76%	8.22%	7.13%	6.16%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	11.85%	11.57%	11.20%	10.55%	10.18%	9.95%	9.16%	8.87%	8.80%	7.87%
Los Angeles Galaxy	11.98%	10.38%	10.64%	10.79%	9.95%	9.69%	9.75%	9.20%	8.90%	8.72%
Kansas City Wizards	10.96%	11.20%	10.54%	10.49%	10.03%	9.73%	9.63%	9.40%	9.58%	8.44%
Dallas Burn	10.64%	10.50%	9.98%	10.60%	10.26%	10.67%	9.86%	9.15%	9.07%	9.27%
Columbus Crew	9.12%	8.89%	9.61%	9.85%	9.70%	10.63%	10.94%	11.14%	10.05%	10.07%
San Jose Crush	8.59%	9.66%	9.72%	9.04%	9.79%	10.41%	10.42%	10.54%	11.28%	10.55%
New England Revolution	8.00%	8.62%	9.01%	9.71%	9.89%	9.84%	10.23%	11.06%	11.28%	12.36%
MetroStars	7.49%	8.49%	9.00%	9.37%	9.93%	9.62%	10.86%	10.67%	11.77%	12.80%
Colorado Rapids	7.02%	7.87%	8.24%	8.50%	9.88%	10.45%	10.39%	11.75%	12.14%	13.76%

Win Totals in Context

How each team's actual results compared to their simulated results, Elo rating, average opponent Elo, and percentile within simulated outcomes? Click a division name in the legend to toggle it on or off.

Playoff Seed Probabilities

Cells represent the percentage of the time a team earned a given playoff seed across the 100,000 simulations. Teams are sorted by likelihood of earning the top seed. Teams that missed the playoffs more often sit toward the bottom.

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
DC United	27.55%	22.69%	19.42%	17.00%	13.34%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	22.72%	21.91%	20.66%	18.10%	16.61%
Columbus Crew	17.83%	18.86%	20.63%	22.03%	20.65%
New England Revolution	16.05%	18.68%	20.07%	20.81%	24.39%
MetroStars	15.85%	17.86%	19.22%	22.06%	25.01%

Team	1 Seed	2 Seed	3 Seed	4 Seed	Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Galaxy	22.96%	20.81%	20.55%	18.59%	17.09%
Kansas City Wizards	22.26%	21.11%	20.21%	18.81%	17.61%
Dallas Burn	21.78%	20.64%	20.39%	18.86%	18.33%
San Jose Crush	17.79%	20.35%	19.50%	21.18%	21.18%
Colorado Rapids	15.21%	17.09%	19.35%	22.56%	25.79%

Points Required to Achieve Each Seed

The empirical cumulative distribution that shows the probability that a team earning that seed finished the regular season with at most a given number of points. The point where each line passes through 50% is roughly the median points for that seed.

Season Trends

How each metric evolved across the season - Elo rating, actual points, simulated final points, playoff probability, and division-title probability - day by day. Select a division to see all five charts for its teams.

Elo Through the Playoffs

How each playoff team's Elo rating evolved as the postseason unfolded. Elo Progression traces each team's game-by-game Elo rating through their playoff run. Net Elo Change summarizes the difference in Elo rating between the beginning and end of the playoffs for each team.

Stochastic Playoff Outcomes

How we would have expected the postseason to play out at the beginning of the season according to the 100,000 simulations. Table summarizes each team's chances of advancing to each round. Individual matchup heat maps for each round are displayed using the subsequent buttons. The round buttons switch to heat maps that show how often each pair of teams faced off in that round.

Team	Made Playoffs	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup
DC United	86.66%	48.64%	26.97%	14.80%
Los Angeles Galaxy	82.91%	44.84%	24.39%	12.82%
Kansas City Wizards	82.39%	42.95%	21.74%	10.88%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	83.39%	41.86%	21.60%	10.83%
Dallas Burn	81.67%	41.49%	20.58%	10.23%
Columbus Crew	79.35%	39.64%	19.27%	9.31%
San Jose Crush	78.82%	37.40%	17.72%	8.47%
MetroStars	74.99%	35.27%	16.36%	7.74%
New England Revolution	75.61%	34.59%	15.80%	7.68%
Colorado Rapids	74.21%	33.32%	15.57%	7.24%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		9.63%	9.20%	9.79%	11.02%
DC United	12.07%		12.11%	12.06%	12.40%
MetroStars	8.35%	9.05%		8.54%	9.33%
New England Revolution	8.48%	9.14%	8.19%		8.78%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	10.81%	10.20%	10.22%	10.63%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Crush
Colorado Rapids		8.37%	7.96%	8.51%	8.48%
Dallas Burn	10.40%		10.32%	10.25%	10.52%
Kansas City Wizards	10.36%	11.43%		10.03%	11.13%
Los Angeles Galaxy	10.68%	11.38%	11.49%		11.29%
San Jose Crush	9.45%	9.00%	9.67%	9.28%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	MetroStars	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		5.77%	4.41%	4.52%	4.57%
DC United	7.08%		6.35%	5.99%	7.55%
MetroStars	3.88%	4.88%		3.38%	4.22%
New England Revolution	4.05%	4.42%	3.41%		3.92%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	5.36%	6.60%	4.74%	4.90%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose Crush
Colorado Rapids		3.99%	4.18%	3.80%	3.60%
Dallas Burn	4.45%		5.47%	5.66%	5.00%
Kansas City Wizards	4.51%	5.74%		6.14%	5.35%
Los Angeles Galaxy	5.30%	6.46%	6.90%		5.73%
San Jose Crush	3.49%	4.72%	4.66%	4.85%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	DC United	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	MetroStars	New England Revolution	San Jose Crush	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Colorado Rapids		1.55%	1.72%				1.35%	1.06%		1.56%
Columbus Crew	1.62%			1.99%	1.85%	2.29%			1.56%
DC United	2.35%			3.09%	3.37%	3.06%			2.93%
Dallas Burn		2.13%	2.57%				1.79%	1.67%		2.07%
Kansas City Wizards		2.16%	2.74%				1.77%	1.71%		2.50%
Los Angeles Galaxy		2.39%	3.24%				2.25%	2.22%		2.72%
MetroStars	1.27%			1.54%	1.68%	2.02%			1.23%
New England Revolution	1.13%			1.49%	1.80%	1.85%			1.41%
San Jose Crush		1.73%	1.90%				1.46%	1.46%		1.92%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	1.96%			2.24%	2.16%	2.35%			2.12%

Actual Bracket Simulation

How we would have expected the postseason to play out given the actual playoff bracket according to the 100,000 simulations. Table summarizes each team's chances of advancing to each round. Individual matchup heat maps for each round are displayed using the subsequent buttons. The round buttons switch to heat maps that show how often each pair of teams faced off in that round.

Team	Advanced to Conference Finals	Advanced to MLS Cup	Won MLS Cup	Actual Outcome
DC United	63.03%	37.37%	21.98%	Won MLS Cup
Kansas City Wizards	61.27%	34.12%	19.48%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Tampa Bay Mutiny	56.07%	27.20%	14.84%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Los Angeles Galaxy	58.84%	30.95%	14.59%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Dallas Burn	41.16%	20.15%	9.53%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
Columbus Crew	43.93%	20.61%	8.58%	Eliminated in Conference Finals
New England Revolution	36.97%	14.82%	5.81%	Eliminated in Conference Semifinals
Colorado Rapids	38.73%	14.78%	5.19%	Eliminated in MLS Cup

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew				43.93%
DC United			63.03%
New England Revolution		36.97%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	56.07%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy
Colorado Rapids			38.73%
Dallas Burn				41.16%
Kansas City Wizards	61.27%
Los Angeles Galaxy		58.84%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Columbus Crew	DC United	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Columbus Crew		11.03%	9.58%
DC United	16.72%			20.65%
New England Revolution	6.60%			8.22%
Tampa Bay Mutiny		14.63%	12.57%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy
Colorado Rapids		6.44%		8.34%
Dallas Burn	9.58%		10.57%
Kansas City Wizards		14.57%		19.55%
Los Angeles Galaxy	14.37%		16.58%

Loser → ↓ Winner	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	DC United	Dallas Burn	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Colorado Rapids		1.24%	1.67%				0.91%	1.37%
Columbus Crew	2.14%			1.52%	2.61%	2.31%
DC United	3.63%			4.67%	6.61%	7.07%
Dallas Burn		2.74%	2.81%				1.82%	2.16%
Kansas City Wizards		4.33%	6.17%				3.34%	5.64%
Los Angeles Galaxy		3.72%	4.74%				2.94%	3.19%
New England Revolution	1.37%			0.88%	1.98%	1.58%
Tampa Bay Mutiny	2.45%			3.55%	3.44%	5.40%

Most-Likely Championship Paths

For each playoff team, what was the most likely path they had to the championship across all 100,000 simulations? Tiles represent the opponent they faced and defeated the most often in each round.

DC United 21.98% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. New England Revolution

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

63.03%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

55.26%

Win Prob

58.53%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

32.17%

Win Prob

59.86%

Kansas City Wizards 19.48% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Colorado Rapids

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

61.27%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

57.30%

Win Prob

54.11%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

31.67%

Win Prob

48.28%

Tampa Bay Mutiny 14.84% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Columbus Crew

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

56.07%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

53.79%

Win Prob

41.47%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

36.39%

Win Prob

62.86%

Los Angeles Galaxy 14.59% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Dallas Burn

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

58.84%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

53.57%

Win Prob

45.89%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

32.49%

Win Prob

40.14%

Dallas Burn 9.53% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

41.16%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

52.46%

Win Prob

42.04%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

29.49%

Win Prob

37.57%

Columbus Crew 8.58% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

43.93%

→

Conference Finals

vs. DC United

Matchup

53.52%

Win Prob

39.75%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

30.42%

Win Prob

37.61%

New England Revolution 5.81% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. DC United

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

36.97%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny

Matchup

55.47%

Win Prob

39.54%

→

MLS Cup

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

34.08%

Win Prob

37.22%

Colorado Rapids 5.19% chance to win

Conference Semifinals

vs. Kansas City Wizards

Matchup

100.00%

Win Prob

38.73%

→

Conference Finals

vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Matchup

56.43%

Win Prob

36.72%

→

MLS Cup

vs. DC United

Matchup

32.18%

Win Prob

31.51%

Regular Season Games

Every regular-season game from the selected team's perspective.

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Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Points
1997-03-29	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1491.04	1498.22	37.00%	0.33%	62.67%	-0.82	0
1997-04-05	Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1490.22	1499.04	60.50%	0.33%	39.17%	+1.74	3
1997-04-12	DC United	L 2-5	1491.96	1506.89	59.66%	0.33%	40.02%	-2.80	3
1997-04-18	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1489.16	1502.67	36.16%	0.33%	63.52%	-0.80	3
1997-04-20	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-4	1488.36	1498.47	36.61%	0.33%	63.06%	-1.99	3
1997-04-23	Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1486.37	1500.46	59.77%	0.33%	39.90%	+0.94	6
1997-04-26	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1487.31	1494.50	37.00%	0.33%	62.67%	-0.82	6
1997-05-03	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1486.49	1511.39	58.27%	0.33%	41.40%	+1.83	9
1997-05-10	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1488.32	1509.56	35.14%	0.33%	64.53%	-0.78	9
1997-05-17	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1487.54	1505.61	59.22%	0.33%	40.45%	+0.90	12
1997-05-24	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1488.44	1493.45	61.02%	0.33%	38.65%	-1.35	12
1997-06-01	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1487.09	1505.40	59.19%	0.33%	40.48%	+1.79	15
1997-06-07	@ DC United	L 0-5	1488.88	1514.47	34.57%	0.33%	65.10%	-3.58	15
1997-06-13	@ MetroStars	W 3-1	1485.30	1494.53	36.73%	0.33%	62.94%	+2.41	18
1997-06-15	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-0	1487.71	1499.61	36.37%	0.33%	63.30%	+2.80	21
1997-06-21	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1490.51	1499.26	60.51%	0.33%	39.16%	+0.87	24
1997-06-28	Kansas City Wizards	L 3-4	1491.38	1506.75	59.60%	0.33%	40.08%	-1.22	24
1997-07-04	San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1490.16	1494.98	61.04%	0.33%	38.63%	+1.48	27
1997-07-13	@ MetroStars	L 1-4	1491.64	1489.05	38.32%	0.33%	61.35%	-2.08	27
1997-07-20	Dallas Burn	L 2-4	1489.56	1507.19	59.28%	0.33%	40.39%	-2.03	27
1997-07-25	@ San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1487.53	1490.26	37.60%	0.33%	62.07%	+1.37	30
1997-07-27	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1488.90	1509.91	58.81%	0.33%	40.86%	-1.30	30
1997-08-02	@ DC United	W 3-2	1487.60	1516.67	34.12%	0.33%	65.56%	+1.38	33
1997-08-09	New England Revolution	W 3-0	1488.98	1492.54	61.22%	0.33%	38.45%	+2.47	36
1997-08-15	MetroStars	W 2-0	1491.45	1485.76	62.47%	0.33%	37.20%	+1.65	39
1997-08-28	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1493.10	1512.89	35.33%	0.33%	64.35%	-0.83	39
1997-08-31	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-4	1492.27	1501.62	36.71%	0.33%	62.96%	-1.99	39
1997-09-06	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1490.28	1512.05	58.71%	0.33%	40.96%	-1.30	39
1997-09-10	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1488.98	1507.58	35.48%	0.33%	64.19%	-1.57	39
1997-09-17	San Jose Crush	L 1-2	1487.41	1493.45	60.88%	0.33%	38.79%	-1.35	39
1997-09-26	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-5	1486.06	1508.43	34.99%	0.33%	64.68%	-1.64	39
1997-09-28	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1484.42	1493.55	36.74%	0.33%	62.93%	+2.41	42
1997-03-29	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1498.22	1491.04	62.67%	0.33%	37.00%	+0.82	3
1997-04-05	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1499.04	1490.22	39.17%	0.33%	60.50%	-1.74	3
1997-04-13	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1497.30	1500.16	61.31%	0.33%	38.36%	+0.85	6
1997-04-19	San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1498.15	1499.00	61.59%	0.33%	38.08%	+0.85	9
1997-04-26	@ MetroStars	L 1-2	1499.00	1496.34	38.33%	0.33%	61.34%	-0.85	9
1997-05-03	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1498.15	1499.48	37.79%	0.33%	61.88%	+2.37	12
1997-05-09	@ New England Revolution	W 2-0	1500.52	1496.17	38.56%	0.33%	61.11%	+2.70	15
1997-05-11	MetroStars	W 3-0	1503.22	1496.64	62.59%	0.33%	37.08%	+2.39	18
1997-05-17	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1505.61	1487.54	40.45%	0.33%	59.22%	-0.90	18
1997-05-22	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-3	1504.71	1498.43	38.82%	0.33%	60.85%	-1.49	18
1997-05-25	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-1	1503.22	1499.50	38.48%	0.33%	61.19%	-0.90	18
1997-05-29	DC United	L 2-3	1502.32	1511.96	60.38%	0.33%	39.29%	-1.27	18
1997-06-07	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1501.05	1503.60	37.62%	0.33%	62.05%	-1.44	18
1997-06-15	Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1499.61	1487.71	63.30%	0.33%	36.37%	-2.80	18
1997-06-21	MetroStars	W 2-1	1496.81	1490.72	62.52%	0.33%	37.15%	+0.82	21
1997-07-04	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1497.63	1507.97	60.29%	0.33%	39.38%	-1.33	21
1997-07-13	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1496.30	1504.46	60.59%	0.33%	39.08%	-1.34	21
1997-07-20	New England Revolution	W 1-0	1494.96	1498.70	61.19%	0.33%	38.48%	+0.90	24
1997-07-25	@ DC United	L 1-2	1495.86	1515.62	35.33%	0.33%	64.34%	-0.78	24
1997-07-27	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1495.08	1505.73	60.25%	0.33%	39.42%	-1.41	24
1997-07-30	@ DC United	L 2-4	1493.67	1515.47	35.06%	0.33%	64.61%	-1.21	24
1997-08-02	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1492.46	1511.21	35.46%	0.33%	64.21%	+1.42	27
1997-08-09	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-2	1493.88	1493.28	38.05%	0.33%	61.62%	-0.84	27
1997-08-16	DC United	W 2-0	1493.04	1516.58	58.46%	0.33%	41.21%	+1.83	30
1997-08-23	New England Revolution	W 2-1	1494.87	1488.76	62.53%	0.33%	37.15%	+0.82	33
1997-08-30	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-0	1495.69	1508.48	59.95%	0.33%	39.72%	+1.76	36
1997-09-06	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1497.45	1503.61	37.14%	0.33%	62.53%	-2.39	36
1997-09-12	@ New England Revolution	L 0-1	1495.06	1482.80	39.65%	0.33%	60.03%	-0.93	36
1997-09-14	Kansas City Wizards	W 4-0	1494.13	1511.82	59.27%	0.33%	40.40%	+3.39	39
1997-09-18	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1497.52	1504.81	36.99%	0.33%	62.68%	-0.82	39
1997-09-25	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1496.70	1487.41	39.24%	0.33%	60.43%	+1.42	42
1997-09-28	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1498.12	1502.83	61.06%	0.33%	38.61%	+0.85	45
1997-03-29	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1504.62	1507.06	37.64%	0.33%	62.03%	+1.46	3
1997-04-05	MetroStars	W 2-1	1506.08	1497.03	62.92%	0.33%	36.75%	+0.81	6
1997-04-12	@ Colorado Rapids	W 5-2	1506.89	1491.96	40.02%	0.33%	59.66%	+2.80	9
1997-04-19	@ MetroStars	W 2-1	1509.69	1497.67	39.61%	0.33%	60.06%	+1.33	12
1997-04-26	San Jose Crush	L 2-3	1511.02	1498.15	63.43%	0.33%	36.24%	-1.33	12
1997-05-02	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-0	1509.69	1502.10	62.73%	0.33%	36.95%	+1.64	15
1997-05-04	@ Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1511.33	1500.90	39.39%	0.33%	60.28%	-0.83	15
1997-05-10	Dallas Burn	L 2-3	1510.50	1501.72	62.88%	0.33%	36.79%	-1.32	15
1997-05-18	@ New England Revolution	W 1-0	1509.18	1494.85	39.93%	0.33%	59.74%	+1.40	18
1997-05-22	San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1510.58	1496.35	63.61%	0.33%	36.06%	+1.38	21
1997-05-29	@ Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1511.96	1502.32	39.29%	0.33%	60.38%	+1.27	24
1997-06-01	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1513.23	1494.96	40.48%	0.33%	59.19%	+1.24	27
1997-06-07	Colorado Rapids	W 5-0	1514.47	1488.88	65.10%	0.33%	34.57%	+3.58	30
1997-06-14	@ New England Revolution	W 1-0	1518.05	1498.67	40.63%	0.33%	59.04%	+1.39	33
1997-06-21	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-6	1519.44	1502.50	40.29%	0.33%	59.38%	-3.46	33
1997-07-04	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1515.98	1503.32	39.70%	0.33%	59.97%	+1.26	36
1997-07-06	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1517.24	1505.18	63.32%	0.33%	36.35%	+0.77	39
1997-07-12	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1518.01	1499.29	40.54%	0.33%	59.13%	-1.56	39
1997-07-19	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1516.45	1505.15	39.51%	0.33%	60.16%	-0.83	39
1997-07-25	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1515.62	1495.86	64.34%	0.33%	35.33%	+0.78	42
1997-07-27	@ MetroStars	L 1-2	1516.40	1486.07	42.16%	0.33%	57.51%	-0.93	42
1997-07-30	Columbus Crew	W 4-2	1515.47	1493.67	64.61%	0.33%	35.06%	+1.20	45
1997-08-02	Colorado Rapids	L 2-3	1516.67	1487.60	65.56%	0.33%	34.12%	-1.37	45
1997-08-09	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 4-2	1515.30	1509.79	62.44%	0.33%	37.23%	+1.28	48
1997-08-16	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1516.58	1493.04	41.21%	0.33%	58.46%	-1.83	48
1997-08-27	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1514.75	1487.94	65.26%	0.33%	34.41%	+0.72	51
1997-08-31	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1515.47	1513.72	61.94%	0.33%	37.73%	+1.68	54
1997-09-13	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1517.15	1506.15	39.47%	0.33%	60.20%	+1.33	57
1997-09-16	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1518.48	1483.73	66.29%	0.33%	33.38%	+0.70	60
1997-09-21	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1519.18	1505.63	63.52%	0.33%	36.15%	-1.41	60
1997-09-26	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 5-1	1517.77	1507.04	39.44%	0.33%	60.24%	+4.22	63
1997-09-28	MetroStars	L 1-3	1521.99	1485.99	66.45%	0.33%	33.23%	-2.55	63
1997-03-29	New England Revolution	L 0-1	1500.78	1496.69	62.25%	0.33%	37.42%	-1.46	0
1997-04-05	San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1499.32	1497.71	61.92%	0.33%	37.75%	+0.84	3
1997-04-13	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1500.16	1497.30	38.36%	0.33%	61.31%	-0.85	3
1997-04-18	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1499.31	1499.73	37.91%	0.33%	61.76%	-0.84	3
1997-04-20	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1498.47	1488.36	63.06%	0.33%	36.61%	+1.99	6
1997-04-23	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-1	1500.46	1486.37	39.90%	0.33%	59.77%	-0.94	6
1997-04-26	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 2-1	1499.52	1503.47	37.44%	0.33%	62.24%	+1.38	9
1997-05-04	DC United	W 3-2	1500.90	1511.33	60.28%	0.33%	39.39%	+0.82	12
1997-05-10	@ DC United	W 3-2	1501.72	1510.50	36.79%	0.33%	62.88%	+1.32	15
1997-05-17	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1503.04	1510.34	60.71%	0.33%	38.96%	+1.73	18
1997-05-23	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-1	1504.77	1508.61	37.45%	0.33%	62.22%	+2.38	21
1997-06-01	@ New England Revolution	L 1-3	1507.15	1496.26	39.46%	0.33%	60.21%	-1.51	21
1997-06-06	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1505.64	1502.29	62.15%	0.33%	37.52%	-1.38	21
1997-06-15	MetroStars	W 3-1	1504.26	1492.12	63.33%	0.33%	36.34%	+1.40	24
1997-06-22	@ New England Revolution	L 2-3	1505.66	1497.28	39.11%	0.33%	60.56%	-0.82	24
1997-06-28	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-3	1504.84	1493.47	39.52%	0.33%	60.15%	-1.52	24
1997-07-04	DC United	L 2-3	1503.32	1515.98	59.97%	0.33%	39.70%	-1.26	24
1997-07-06	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-1	1502.06	1509.30	36.99%	0.33%	62.68%	+2.40	27
1997-07-13	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1504.46	1496.30	39.08%	0.33%	60.59%	+1.34	30
1997-07-18	San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1505.80	1493.04	63.42%	0.33%	36.26%	+1.39	33
1997-07-20	@ Colorado Rapids	W 4-2	1507.19	1489.56	40.39%	0.33%	59.28%	+2.04	36
1997-07-25	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-3	1509.23	1505.92	62.15%	0.33%	37.52%	-4.00	36
1997-08-02	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-2	1505.23	1506.85	61.48%	0.33%	38.19%	-1.36	36
1997-08-15	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1503.87	1505.65	37.73%	0.33%	61.94%	-0.83	36
1997-08-23	MetroStars	L 1-2	1503.04	1483.41	64.32%	0.33%	35.35%	-1.42	36
1997-08-31	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1501.62	1492.27	62.96%	0.33%	36.71%	+1.99	39
1997-09-06	Columbus Crew	W 3-0	1503.61	1497.45	62.53%	0.33%	37.14%	+2.39	42
1997-09-11	@ San Jose Crush	W 1-0	1506.00	1494.86	39.49%	0.33%	60.18%	+1.41	45
1997-09-14	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-3	1507.41	1509.15	61.46%	0.33%	38.21%	-2.36	45
1997-09-16	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1505.05	1489.62	40.08%	0.33%	59.59%	+1.40	48
1997-09-19	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1506.45	1511.50	37.29%	0.33%	62.38%	-0.82	48
1997-09-25	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1505.63	1483.84	64.61%	0.33%	35.06%	-1.43	48
1997-03-29	San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1498.93	1498.51	61.76%	0.33%	37.91%	+0.79	3
1997-04-05	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1499.72	1505.60	60.90%	0.33%	38.77%	+0.82	6
1997-04-12	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1500.54	1510.21	36.67%	0.33%	63.00%	-0.81	6
1997-04-18	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1499.73	1499.31	61.76%	0.33%	37.91%	+0.84	9
1997-04-27	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1500.57	1510.12	60.40%	0.33%	39.27%	-1.27	9
1997-05-03	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1499.30	1495.32	38.51%	0.33%	61.16%	-0.85	9
1997-05-10	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1498.45	1499.56	61.55%	0.33%	38.12%	+0.89	12
1997-05-18	@ MetroStars	L 0-1	1499.34	1494.25	38.66%	0.33%	61.01%	-0.91	12
1997-05-22	Columbus Crew	W 3-1	1498.43	1504.71	60.85%	0.33%	38.82%	+1.49	15
1997-05-30	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1499.92	1500.40	37.91%	0.33%	61.77%	+2.37	18
1997-06-06	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1502.29	1505.64	37.52%	0.33%	62.15%	+1.37	21
1997-06-08	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1503.66	1493.72	39.33%	0.33%	60.34%	+1.27	24
1997-06-15	San Jose Crush	L 1-3	1504.93	1492.46	63.38%	0.33%	36.29%	-2.43	24
1997-06-21	DC United	W 6-1	1502.50	1519.44	59.38%	0.33%	40.29%	+3.46	27
1997-06-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1505.96	1504.34	61.92%	0.33%	37.75%	+0.79	30
1997-06-28	@ Colorado Rapids	W 4-3	1506.75	1491.38	40.08%	0.33%	59.60%	+1.22	33
1997-07-04	@ Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1507.97	1497.63	39.38%	0.33%	60.29%	+1.33	36
1997-07-06	Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1509.30	1502.06	62.68%	0.33%	36.99%	-2.40	36
1997-07-12	@ New England Revolution	L 0-2	1506.90	1495.61	39.51%	0.33%	60.16%	-1.75	36
1997-07-19	DC United	W 3-2	1505.15	1516.45	60.16%	0.33%	39.51%	+0.83	39
1997-07-26	New England Revolution	W 1-0	1505.98	1497.80	62.80%	0.33%	36.87%	+0.87	42
1997-08-02	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1506.85	1505.23	38.19%	0.33%	61.48%	+1.36	45
1997-08-09	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1508.21	1508.38	37.95%	0.33%	61.72%	+2.73	48
1997-08-17	MetroStars	W 4-3	1510.94	1484.11	65.26%	0.33%	34.41%	+0.71	51
1997-08-24	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1511.65	1495.46	40.19%	0.33%	59.48%	+1.24	54
1997-08-28	Colorado Rapids	W 1-0	1512.89	1493.10	64.35%	0.33%	35.33%	+0.83	57
1997-08-31	@ DC United	L 0-2	1513.72	1515.47	37.73%	0.33%	61.94%	-1.67	57
1997-09-06	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1512.05	1490.28	40.96%	0.33%	58.71%	+1.30	60
1997-09-12	MetroStars	L 0-1	1513.35	1488.09	65.06%	0.33%	34.61%	-1.53	60
1997-09-14	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-4	1511.82	1494.13	40.40%	0.33%	59.27%	-3.39	60
1997-09-26	Colorado Rapids	W 5-2	1508.43	1486.06	64.68%	0.33%	34.99%	+1.64	63
1997-09-28	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1510.07	1513.57	37.50%	0.33%	62.17%	-1.66	63
1997-03-29	DC United	L 0-1	1507.06	1504.62	62.03%	0.33%	37.64%	-1.46	0
1997-04-05	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1505.60	1499.72	38.77%	0.33%	60.90%	-0.81	0
1997-04-12	@ San Jose Crush	L 1-4	1504.79	1496.88	39.05%	0.33%	60.62%	-2.12	0
1997-04-18	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1502.67	1489.16	63.52%	0.33%	36.16%	+0.80	3
1997-04-26	Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1503.47	1499.52	62.24%	0.33%	37.44%	-1.37	3
1997-05-02	@ DC United	L 0-2	1502.10	1509.69	36.95%	0.33%	62.73%	-1.64	3
1997-05-04	@ MetroStars	L 0-1	1500.46	1497.19	38.41%	0.33%	61.26%	-0.90	3
1997-05-10	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1499.56	1498.45	38.12%	0.33%	61.55%	-0.90	3
1997-05-18	San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1498.66	1497.18	61.90%	0.33%	37.77%	+0.84	6
1997-05-25	Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1499.50	1503.22	61.19%	0.33%	38.48%	+0.90	9
1997-05-30	Kansas City Wizards	L 1-3	1500.40	1499.92	61.77%	0.33%	37.91%	-2.36	9
1997-06-08	@ New England Revolution	L 0-1	1498.04	1497.77	38.01%	0.33%	61.67%	-0.90	9
1997-06-15	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-1	1497.14	1505.05	60.62%	0.33%	39.05%	+2.12	12
1997-06-21	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1499.26	1490.51	39.16%	0.33%	60.51%	-0.87	12
1997-06-28	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1498.39	1503.55	37.27%	0.33%	62.40%	-0.78	12
1997-07-04	New England Revolution	W 2-0	1497.61	1498.10	61.63%	0.33%	38.04%	+1.68	15
1997-07-12	DC United	W 3-1	1499.29	1518.01	59.13%	0.33%	40.54%	+1.56	18
1997-07-20	@ MetroStars	W 4-0	1500.85	1491.13	39.30%	0.33%	60.38%	+5.07	21
1997-07-25	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-0	1505.92	1509.23	37.52%	0.33%	62.15%	+3.99	24
1997-07-27	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1509.91	1488.90	40.86%	0.33%	58.81%	+1.30	27
1997-08-02	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1511.21	1492.46	64.21%	0.33%	35.46%	-1.42	27
1997-08-09	@ DC United	L 2-4	1509.79	1515.30	37.23%	0.33%	62.44%	-1.28	27
1997-08-14	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1508.51	1490.07	40.50%	0.33%	59.17%	+1.31	30
1997-08-17	San Jose Crush	L 2-3	1509.82	1494.12	63.81%	0.33%	35.87%	-1.34	30
1997-08-30	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1508.48	1495.69	39.72%	0.33%	59.95%	-1.76	30
1997-09-04	MetroStars	L 1-3	1506.72	1487.36	64.29%	0.33%	35.38%	-2.46	30
1997-09-07	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 6-1	1504.26	1509.46	60.99%	0.33%	38.68%	+3.32	33
1997-09-10	Colorado Rapids	W 2-0	1507.58	1488.98	64.19%	0.33%	35.48%	+1.57	36
1997-09-14	@ Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1509.15	1507.41	38.21%	0.33%	61.46%	+2.35	39
1997-09-19	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1511.50	1506.45	62.38%	0.33%	37.29%	+0.83	42
1997-09-21	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1512.33	1494.79	40.38%	0.33%	59.30%	+1.24	45
1997-09-28	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1513.57	1510.07	62.17%	0.33%	37.50%	+1.67	48
1997-03-22	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1498.74	1497.61	38.12%	0.33%	61.55%	-0.89	0
1997-03-29	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-2	1497.85	1506.30	36.83%	0.33%	62.84%	-0.82	0
1997-04-05	@ DC United	L 1-2	1497.03	1506.08	36.75%	0.33%	62.92%	-0.81	0
1997-04-12	New England Revolution	W 3-1	1496.22	1495.06	61.86%	0.33%	37.81%	+1.45	3
1997-04-19	DC United	L 1-2	1497.67	1509.69	60.06%	0.33%	39.61%	-1.33	3
1997-04-26	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1496.34	1499.00	61.34%	0.33%	38.33%	+0.85	6
1997-05-04	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1497.19	1500.46	61.26%	0.33%	38.41%	+0.90	9
1997-05-09	San Jose Crush	L 0-1	1498.09	1497.11	61.83%	0.33%	37.84%	-1.45	9
1997-05-11	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-3	1496.64	1503.22	37.08%	0.33%	62.59%	-2.39	9
1997-05-18	Kansas City Wizards	W 1-0	1494.25	1499.34	61.01%	0.33%	38.66%	+0.91	12
1997-05-25	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 3-2	1495.16	1506.23	60.19%	0.33%	39.48%	+0.83	15
1997-05-30	@ New England Revolution	L 1-3	1495.99	1494.80	38.13%	0.33%	61.54%	-1.46	15
1997-06-13	Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1494.53	1485.30	62.94%	0.33%	36.73%	-2.41	15
1997-06-15	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1492.12	1504.26	36.34%	0.33%	63.33%	-1.40	15
1997-06-21	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1490.72	1496.81	37.15%	0.33%	62.52%	-0.82	15
1997-07-04	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-1	1489.90	1504.33	36.03%	0.33%	63.64%	-0.85	15
1997-07-13	Colorado Rapids	W 4-1	1489.05	1491.64	61.35%	0.33%	38.32%	+2.08	18
1997-07-20	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-4	1491.13	1500.85	60.38%	0.33%	39.30%	-5.06	18
1997-07-27	DC United	W 2-1	1486.07	1516.40	57.51%	0.33%	42.16%	+0.93	21
1997-08-03	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1487.00	1507.15	58.93%	0.33%	40.74%	-1.24	21
1997-08-15	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1485.76	1491.45	37.20%	0.33%	62.47%	-1.65	21
1997-08-17	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 3-4	1484.11	1510.94	34.41%	0.33%	65.26%	-0.70	21
1997-08-23	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1483.41	1503.04	35.35%	0.33%	64.32%	+1.42	24
1997-08-29	San Jose Crush	W 3-0	1484.83	1494.21	60.42%	0.33%	39.25%	+2.53	27
1997-09-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-1	1487.36	1506.72	35.38%	0.33%	64.29%	+2.46	30
1997-09-06	@ San Jose Crush	L 0-4	1489.82	1491.69	37.72%	0.33%	61.95%	-3.17	30
1997-09-09	New England Revolution	W 3-1	1486.65	1484.24	62.03%	0.33%	37.64%	+1.44	33
1997-09-12	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 1-0	1488.09	1513.35	34.61%	0.33%	65.06%	+1.53	36
1997-09-16	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1489.62	1505.05	59.59%	0.33%	40.08%	-1.40	36
1997-09-20	@ New England Revolution	L 2-3	1488.22	1483.03	38.68%	0.33%	60.99%	-0.81	36
1997-09-25	Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1487.41	1496.70	60.43%	0.33%	39.24%	-1.42	36
1997-09-28	@ DC United	W 3-1	1485.99	1521.99	33.23%	0.33%	66.45%	+2.55	39
1997-03-29	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1496.69	1500.78	37.42%	0.33%	62.25%	+1.46	3
1997-04-06	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-4	1498.15	1507.12	36.76%	0.33%	62.91%	-3.09	3
1997-04-12	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1495.06	1496.22	37.81%	0.33%	61.86%	-1.45	3
1997-04-20	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1493.61	1511.02	59.31%	0.33%	40.36%	+0.89	6
1997-04-26	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1494.50	1487.31	62.67%	0.33%	37.00%	+0.82	9
1997-05-03	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1495.32	1499.30	61.16%	0.33%	38.51%	+0.85	12
1997-05-09	Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1496.17	1500.52	61.11%	0.33%	38.56%	-2.70	12
1997-05-16	@ San Jose Crush	W 2-1	1493.47	1498.56	37.28%	0.33%	62.39%	+1.38	15
1997-05-18	DC United	L 0-1	1494.85	1509.18	59.74%	0.33%	39.93%	-1.40	15
1997-05-24	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1493.45	1488.44	38.65%	0.33%	61.02%	+1.35	18
1997-05-30	MetroStars	W 3-1	1494.80	1495.99	61.54%	0.33%	38.13%	+1.46	21
1997-06-01	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1496.26	1507.15	60.21%	0.33%	39.46%	+1.51	24
1997-06-08	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1497.77	1498.04	61.67%	0.33%	38.01%	+0.90	27
1997-06-14	DC United	L 0-1	1498.67	1518.05	59.04%	0.33%	40.63%	-1.39	27
1997-06-22	Dallas Burn	W 3-2	1497.28	1505.66	60.56%	0.33%	39.11%	+0.82	30
1997-07-04	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 0-2	1498.10	1497.61	38.04%	0.33%	61.63%	-1.68	30
1997-07-06	@ San Jose Crush	L 2-3	1496.42	1493.50	38.37%	0.33%	61.30%	-0.81	30
1997-07-12	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-0	1495.61	1506.90	60.16%	0.33%	39.51%	+1.75	33
1997-07-18	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 4-2	1497.36	1505.68	60.57%	0.33%	39.10%	+1.34	36
1997-07-20	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-1	1498.70	1494.96	38.48%	0.33%	61.19%	-0.90	36
1997-07-26	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 0-1	1497.80	1505.98	36.87%	0.33%	62.80%	-0.87	36
1997-08-03	San Jose Crush	L 1-5	1496.93	1488.89	62.79%	0.33%	36.89%	-4.39	36
1997-08-09	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-3	1492.54	1488.98	38.45%	0.33%	61.22%	-2.47	36
1997-08-14	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1490.07	1508.51	59.17%	0.33%	40.50%	-1.31	36
1997-08-23	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1488.76	1494.87	37.15%	0.33%	62.53%	-0.82	36
1997-08-27	@ DC United	L 2-3	1487.94	1514.75	34.41%	0.33%	65.26%	-0.72	36
1997-08-30	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 0-4	1487.22	1506.49	35.39%	0.33%	64.28%	-2.98	36
1997-09-09	@ MetroStars	L 1-3	1484.24	1486.65	37.64%	0.33%	62.03%	-1.44	36
1997-09-12	Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1482.80	1495.06	60.03%	0.33%	39.65%	+0.93	39
1997-09-16	@ DC United	L 2-3	1483.73	1518.48	33.38%	0.33%	66.29%	-0.70	39
1997-09-20	MetroStars	W 3-2	1483.03	1488.22	60.99%	0.33%	38.68%	+0.81	42
1997-09-25	@ Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1483.84	1505.63	35.06%	0.33%	64.61%	+1.43	45
1997-03-22	MetroStars	W 1-0	1497.61	1498.74	61.55%	0.33%	38.12%	+0.90	3
1997-03-29	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1498.51	1498.93	37.91%	0.33%	61.76%	-0.80	3
1997-04-05	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-2	1497.71	1499.32	37.75%	0.33%	61.92%	-0.83	3
1997-04-12	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 4-1	1496.88	1504.79	60.62%	0.33%	39.05%	+2.12	6
1997-04-19	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1499.00	1498.15	38.08%	0.33%	61.59%	-0.85	6
1997-04-26	@ DC United	W 3-2	1498.15	1511.02	36.24%	0.33%	63.43%	+1.33	9
1997-05-03	Columbus Crew	L 1-3	1499.48	1498.15	61.88%	0.33%	37.79%	-2.37	9
1997-05-09	@ MetroStars	W 1-0	1497.11	1498.09	37.84%	0.33%	61.83%	+1.45	12
1997-05-16	New England Revolution	L 1-2	1498.56	1493.47	62.39%	0.33%	37.28%	-1.38	12
1997-05-18	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-2	1497.18	1498.66	37.77%	0.33%	61.90%	-0.83	12
1997-05-22	@ DC United	L 1-3	1496.35	1510.58	36.06%	0.33%	63.61%	-1.39	12
1997-06-01	DC United	L 2-3	1494.96	1513.23	59.19%	0.33%	40.48%	-1.24	12
1997-06-08	Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1493.72	1503.66	60.34%	0.33%	39.33%	-1.26	12
1997-06-15	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-1	1492.46	1504.93	36.29%	0.33%	63.38%	+2.42	15
1997-06-21	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1494.88	1502.93	36.89%	0.33%	62.79%	-1.41	15
1997-06-28	Dallas Burn	W 3-1	1493.47	1504.84	60.15%	0.33%	39.52%	+1.51	18
1997-07-04	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1494.98	1490.16	38.63%	0.33%	61.04%	-1.48	18
1997-07-06	New England Revolution	W 3-2	1493.50	1496.42	61.30%	0.33%	38.37%	+0.81	21
1997-07-13	Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 2-3	1494.31	1504.42	60.32%	0.33%	39.35%	-1.27	21
1997-07-18	@ Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1493.04	1505.80	36.26%	0.33%	63.42%	-1.39	21
1997-07-20	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	L 1-3	1491.65	1504.34	36.27%	0.33%	63.41%	-1.39	21
1997-07-25	Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1490.26	1487.53	62.07%	0.33%	37.60%	-1.37	21
1997-08-03	@ New England Revolution	W 5-1	1488.89	1496.93	36.89%	0.33%	62.79%	+4.39	24
1997-08-09	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1493.28	1493.88	61.62%	0.33%	38.05%	+0.84	27
1997-08-17	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1494.12	1509.82	35.87%	0.33%	63.81%	+1.34	30
1997-08-24	Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1495.46	1511.65	59.48%	0.33%	40.19%	-1.25	30
1997-08-29	@ MetroStars	L 0-3	1494.21	1484.83	39.25%	0.33%	60.42%	-2.52	30
1997-09-06	MetroStars	W 4-0	1491.69	1489.82	61.95%	0.33%	37.72%	+3.17	33
1997-09-11	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1494.86	1506.00	60.18%	0.33%	39.49%	-1.41	33
1997-09-17	@ Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1493.45	1487.41	38.79%	0.33%	60.88%	+1.34	36
1997-09-21	Los Angeles Galaxy	L 2-3	1494.79	1512.33	59.30%	0.33%	40.38%	-1.24	36
1997-09-28	Colorado Rapids	L 1-3	1493.55	1484.42	62.93%	0.33%	36.74%	-2.41	36
1997-03-29	MetroStars	W 2-1	1506.30	1497.85	62.84%	0.33%	36.83%	+0.82	3
1997-04-06	New England Revolution	W 4-0	1507.12	1498.15	62.91%	0.33%	36.76%	+3.09	6
1997-04-12	Kansas City Wizards	W 2-1	1510.21	1500.54	63.00%	0.33%	36.67%	+0.81	9
1997-04-20	@ New England Revolution	L 1-2	1511.02	1493.61	40.36%	0.33%	59.31%	-0.90	9
1997-04-27	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-2	1510.12	1500.57	39.27%	0.33%	60.40%	+1.27	12
1997-05-03	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1511.39	1486.49	41.40%	0.33%	58.27%	-1.83	12
1997-05-10	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1509.56	1488.32	64.53%	0.33%	35.14%	+0.78	15
1997-05-17	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-2	1510.34	1503.04	38.96%	0.33%	60.71%	-1.73	15
1997-05-23	Dallas Burn	L 1-3	1508.61	1504.77	62.22%	0.33%	37.45%	-2.38	15
1997-05-25	@ MetroStars	L 2-3	1506.23	1495.16	39.48%	0.33%	60.19%	-0.83	15
1997-06-01	@ Colorado Rapids	L 0-2	1505.40	1487.09	40.48%	0.33%	59.19%	-1.80	15
1997-06-07	Columbus Crew	W 3-1	1503.60	1501.05	62.05%	0.33%	37.62%	+1.45	18
1997-06-15	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-4	1505.05	1497.14	39.05%	0.33%	60.62%	-2.12	18
1997-06-21	San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1502.93	1494.88	62.79%	0.33%	36.89%	+1.41	21
1997-06-25	@ Kansas City Wizards	L 2-3	1504.34	1505.96	37.75%	0.33%	61.92%	-0.79	21
1997-06-28	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-2	1503.55	1498.39	62.40%	0.33%	37.27%	+0.78	24
1997-07-04	MetroStars	W 1-0	1504.33	1489.90	63.64%	0.33%	36.03%	+0.85	27
1997-07-06	@ DC United	L 2-3	1505.18	1517.24	36.35%	0.33%	63.32%	-0.76	27
1997-07-13	@ San Jose Crush	W 3-2	1504.42	1494.31	39.35%	0.33%	60.32%	+1.26	30
1997-07-18	@ New England Revolution	L 2-4	1505.68	1497.36	39.10%	0.33%	60.57%	-1.34	30
1997-07-20	San Jose Crush	W 3-1	1504.34	1491.65	63.41%	0.33%	36.27%	+1.39	33
1997-07-27	@ Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1505.73	1495.08	39.42%	0.33%	60.25%	+1.42	36
1997-08-03	@ MetroStars	W 3-2	1507.15	1487.00	40.74%	0.33%	58.93%	+1.23	39
1997-08-09	Kansas City Wizards	L 0-2	1508.38	1508.21	61.72%	0.33%	37.95%	-2.73	39
1997-08-15	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1505.65	1503.87	61.94%	0.33%	37.73%	+0.84	42
1997-08-30	New England Revolution	W 4-0	1506.49	1487.22	64.28%	0.33%	35.39%	+2.97	45
1997-09-07	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	L 1-6	1509.46	1504.26	38.68%	0.33%	60.99%	-3.31	45
1997-09-13	DC United	L 1-2	1506.15	1517.15	60.20%	0.33%	39.47%	-1.34	45
1997-09-18	Columbus Crew	W 2-1	1504.81	1497.52	62.68%	0.33%	36.99%	+0.82	48
1997-09-21	@ DC United	W 2-1	1505.63	1519.18	36.15%	0.33%	63.52%	+1.41	51
1997-09-26	DC United	L 1-5	1507.04	1517.77	60.24%	0.33%	39.44%	-4.21	51
1997-09-28	@ Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1502.83	1498.12	38.61%	0.33%	61.06%	-0.86	51

Playoff Games

Every playoff game from the selected team's perspective.

Date	Opponent	Score	Pre Elo	Opp Elo	Win %	Tie %	Loss %	Elo Δ	Record
1997-10-04	@ Kansas City Wizards	W 3-0	1486.83	1508.41	35.24%	0.00%	64.76%	+4.15	1-0
1997-10-08	Kansas City Wizards	W 3-2	1490.98	1504.26	60.05%	0.00%	39.95%	+0.83	2-0
1997-10-12	@ Dallas Burn	W 1-0	1491.81	1508.19	35.93%	0.00%	64.07%	+1.50	3-0
1997-10-15	Dallas Burn	W 2-1	1493.31	1506.69	60.04%	0.00%	39.96%	+0.88	4-0
1997-10-26	@ DC United	L 1-2	1494.19	1524.62	34.09%	0.00%	65.91%	-0.75	4-1
1997-10-05	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-1	1498.97	1501.97	37.72%	0.00%	62.28%	+1.38	1-0
1997-10-08	Tampa Bay Mutiny	W 2-0	1500.35	1500.60	61.84%	0.00%	38.16%	+1.68	2-0
1997-10-12	@ DC United	L 2-3	1502.03	1522.51	35.39%	0.00%	64.61%	-0.74	2-1
1997-10-15	DC United	L 0-1	1501.29	1523.25	58.85%	0.00%	41.15%	-1.38	2-2
1997-10-05	New England Revolution	W 4-1	1519.44	1485.27	66.40%	0.00%	33.60%	+1.82	1-0
1997-10-08	@ New England Revolution	W 2-1	1521.26	1483.45	43.37%	0.00%	56.63%	+1.25	2-0
1997-10-12	Columbus Crew	W 3-2	1522.51	1502.03	64.61%	0.00%	35.39%	+0.74	3-0
1997-10-15	@ Columbus Crew	W 1-0	1523.25	1501.29	41.15%	0.00%	58.85%	+1.37	4-0
1997-10-26	Colorado Rapids	W 2-1	1524.62	1494.19	65.91%	0.00%	34.09%	+0.75	5-0
1997-10-05	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	W 1-0	1504.20	1515.24	36.64%	0.00%	63.36%	+1.48	1-0
1997-10-08	Los Angeles Galaxy	W 3-0	1505.68	1513.75	60.77%	0.00%	39.23%	+2.51	2-0
1997-10-12	Colorado Rapids	L 0-1	1508.19	1491.81	64.07%	0.00%	35.93%	-1.50	2-1
1997-10-15	@ Colorado Rapids	L 1-2	1506.69	1493.31	39.96%	0.00%	60.04%	-0.88	2-2
1997-10-04	Colorado Rapids	L 0-3	1508.41	1486.83	64.76%	0.00%	35.24%	-4.15	0-1
1997-10-08	@ Colorado Rapids	L 2-3	1504.26	1490.98	39.95%	0.00%	60.05%	-0.83	0-2
1997-10-05	Dallas Burn	L 0-1	1515.24	1504.20	63.36%	0.00%	36.64%	-1.49	0-1
1997-10-08	@ Dallas Burn	L 0-3	1513.75	1505.68	39.23%	0.00%	60.77%	-2.51	0-2
1997-10-05	@ DC United	L 1-4	1485.27	1519.44	33.60%	0.00%	66.40%	-1.82	0-1
1997-10-08	DC United	L 1-2	1483.45	1521.26	56.63%	0.00%	43.37%	-1.25	0-2
1997-10-05	Columbus Crew	L 1-2	1501.97	1498.97	62.28%	0.00%	37.72%	-1.37	0-1
1997-10-08	@ Columbus Crew	L 0-2	1500.60	1500.35	38.16%	0.00%	61.84%	-1.69	0-2

Biggest Upsets

The 25 biggest upsets of the seasons, ranked by lowest pregame win probability. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game.

#	Date	Underdog Win %	Winning Team			Losing Team
#	Date	Underdog Win %	Team	Elo	Score	Team	Elo	Score
1	1997-09-28	33.23%	MetroStars	1485.99	3	@ DC United	1521.99	1
2	1997-08-02	34.12%	Colorado Rapids	1487.60	3	@ DC United	1516.67	2
3	1997-09-12	34.61%	MetroStars	1488.09	1	@ Kansas City Wizards	1513.35	0
4	1997-09-25	35.06%	New England Revolution	1483.84	2	@ Dallas Burn	1505.63	1
5	1997-10-04 *	35.24%	Colorado Rapids	1486.83	3	@ Kansas City Wizards	1508.41	0
6	1997-08-23	35.35%	MetroStars	1483.41	2	@ Dallas Burn	1503.04	1
7	1997-09-04	35.38%	MetroStars	1487.36	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1506.72	1
8	1997-08-02	35.46%	Columbus Crew	1492.46	2	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1511.21	1
9	1997-08-17	35.87%	San Jose Crush	1494.12	3	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1509.82	2
10	1997-10-12 *	35.93%	Colorado Rapids	1491.81	1	@ Dallas Burn	1508.19	0
11	1997-09-21	36.15%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1505.63	2	@ DC United	1519.18	1
12	1997-04-26	36.24%	San Jose Crush	1498.15	3	@ DC United	1511.02	2
13	1997-06-15	36.29%	San Jose Crush	1492.46	3	@ Kansas City Wizards	1504.93	1
14	1997-06-15	36.37%	Colorado Rapids	1487.71	2	@ Columbus Crew	1499.61	0
15	1997-10-05 *	36.64%	Dallas Burn	1504.20	1	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1515.24	0
16	1997-06-13	36.73%	Colorado Rapids	1485.30	3	@ MetroStars	1494.53	1
17	1997-09-28	36.74%	Colorado Rapids	1484.42	3	@ San Jose Crush	1493.55	1
18	1997-05-10	36.79%	Dallas Burn	1501.72	3	@ DC United	1510.50	2
19	1997-08-03	36.89%	San Jose Crush	1488.89	5	@ New England Revolution	1496.93	1
20	1997-07-06	36.99%	Dallas Burn	1502.06	3	@ Kansas City Wizards	1509.30	1
21	1997-05-16	37.28%	New England Revolution	1493.47	2	@ San Jose Crush	1498.56	1
22	1997-03-29	37.42%	New England Revolution	1496.69	1	@ Dallas Burn	1500.78	0
23	1997-04-26	37.44%	Dallas Burn	1499.52	2	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1503.47	1
24	1997-05-23	37.45%	Dallas Burn	1504.77	3	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1508.61	1
25	1997-06-06	37.52%	Kansas City Wizards	1502.29	2	@ Dallas Burn	1505.64	1

Biggest Elo Changes

The 25 games that resulted in the largest shift in Elo rating. An asterisk (*) after the date indicates a playoff game. The 25 games that moved the Elo needle the most. Elo Δ is the magnitude of the rating swing; both teams move by the same amount per game (one up, one down). The winning side is shown first. An asterisk (*) after the date marks a playoff game.

#	Date	Elo Δ	Winning Team				Losing Team				Tie %
#	Date	Elo Δ	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Team	Score	Elo	Win %	Tie %
1	1997-07-20	5.07	Los Angeles Galaxy	4	1500.85	39.30%	@ MetroStars	0	1491.13	60.38%	0.33%
2	1997-08-03	4.39	San Jose Crush	5	1488.89	36.89%	@ New England Revolution	1	1496.93	62.79%	0.33%
3	1997-09-26	4.22	DC United	5	1517.77	39.44%	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	1	1507.04	60.24%	0.33%
4	1997-10-04 *	4.15	Colorado Rapids	3	1486.83	35.24%	@ Kansas City Wizards	0	1508.41	64.76%	0.00%
5	1997-07-25	4.00	Los Angeles Galaxy	3	1505.92	37.52%	@ Dallas Burn	0	1509.23	62.15%	0.33%
6	1997-06-07	3.58	@ DC United	5	1514.47	65.10%	Colorado Rapids	0	1488.88	34.57%	0.33%
7	1997-06-21	3.46	@ Kansas City Wizards	6	1502.50	59.38%	DC United	1	1519.44	40.29%	0.33%
8	1997-09-14	3.39	@ Columbus Crew	4	1494.13	59.27%	Kansas City Wizards	0	1511.82	40.40%	0.33%
9	1997-09-07	3.32	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	6	1504.26	60.99%	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1	1509.46	38.68%	0.33%
10	1997-09-06	3.17	@ San Jose Crush	4	1491.69	61.95%	MetroStars	0	1489.82	37.72%	0.33%
11	1997-04-06	3.09	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	4	1507.12	62.91%	New England Revolution	0	1498.15	36.76%	0.33%
12	1997-08-30	2.98	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	4	1506.49	64.28%	New England Revolution	0	1487.22	35.39%	0.33%
13	1997-04-12	2.80	DC United	5	1506.89	40.02%	@ Colorado Rapids	2	1491.96	59.66%	0.33%
14	1997-06-15	2.80	Colorado Rapids	2	1487.71	36.37%	@ Columbus Crew	0	1499.61	63.30%	0.33%
15	1997-08-09	2.73	Kansas City Wizards	2	1508.21	37.95%	@ Tampa Bay Mutiny	0	1508.38	61.72%	0.33%
16	1997-05-09	2.70	Columbus Crew	2	1500.52	38.56%	@ New England Revolution	0	1496.17	61.11%	0.33%
17	1997-09-28	2.55	MetroStars	3	1485.99	33.23%	@ DC United	1	1521.99	66.45%	0.33%
18	1997-08-29	2.53	@ MetroStars	3	1484.83	60.42%	San Jose Crush	0	1494.21	39.25%	0.33%
19	1997-10-08 *	2.51	@ Dallas Burn	3	1505.68	60.77%	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1513.75	39.23%	0.00%
20	1997-08-09	2.47	@ Colorado Rapids	3	1488.98	61.22%	New England Revolution	0	1492.54	38.45%	0.33%
21	1997-09-04	2.46	MetroStars	3	1487.36	35.38%	@ Los Angeles Galaxy	1	1506.72	64.29%	0.33%
22	1997-06-15	2.43	San Jose Crush	3	1492.46	36.29%	@ Kansas City Wizards	1	1504.93	63.38%	0.33%
23	1997-06-13	2.41	Colorado Rapids	3	1485.30	36.73%	@ MetroStars	1	1494.53	62.94%	0.33%
24	1997-09-28	2.41	Colorado Rapids	3	1484.42	36.74%	@ San Jose Crush	1	1493.55	62.93%	0.33%
25	1997-07-06	2.40	Dallas Burn	3	1502.06	36.99%	@ Kansas City Wizards	1	1509.30	62.68%	0.33%