1997 San Jose Clash season

1997 season

Owner

Major League Soccer

Coach

Stadium

Spartan Stadium

Major League Soccer

Conference: 5th
Overall: 10th

Did not qualify

Quarterfinals

California Clásico

1st

Top goalscorer

Ronald Cerritos (12)

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The 1997 San Jose Clash season was the second season of the team's existence. The team finished last in the league.

Squad

Current Squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1		GK	Tom Liner
1		GK	Dave Salzwedel
3		DF	John Doyle
4		DF	Curt Onalfo
5		DF	Oscar Draguicevich
5		DF	Michael Emenalo
6		MF	Ben Iroha
7		DF	Dominic Kinnear
8		FW	Jeff Baicher
9		FW	Lawrence Lozzano
10		MF	Christopher Sullivan

No.		Position	Player
11		FW	Eric Wynalda
12		DF	Troy Dayak
13		FW	Shawn Medved
15		DF	Istvan Urbanyi
17		DF	Tim Martin
19		DF	Tayt Ianni
20		FW	Ronald Cerritos
21		MF	Eddie Lewis
22		MF	Ramiro Corrales
24		GK	David Kramer
		FW	Daniel Guzman
		FW	Mac Cozier
		FW	Edmundo Rodriguez
		MF	Alberto Montoya
		DF	Jason Annichero
		GK	Louis Mata
		MF	Chris McDonald
		MF	Steve Rullo

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See also: 1997 Major League Soccer season

Matches

March 22, 1997	San Jose Clash	0 – 0 (SO)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	San Jose, California
		Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 23,501

March 29, 1997	Kansas City Wizards	2 – 2 (SO)	San Jose Clash	Kansas City, Missouri
	Johnston 13' Preki 53'	Report	Wynalda 50' Wynalda 65'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 10,198

April 5, 1997	Dallas Burn	2 – 1	San Jose Clash	Dallas, Texas
	Santel 37' Elliott 66'	Report	Dayak 57'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 6,195

April 12, 1997	San Jose Clash	4 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Kinnear 9' Doyle 61' Cerritos 70' Urbányi 89'	Report	Cienfuegos 38'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 17,628

April 19, 1997	Columbus Crew	1 – 1 (SO)	San Jose Clash	Columbus, Ohio
	Marino 2'	Report	Baicher 50'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 18,358

April 26, 1997	D.C. United	2 – 2 (SO)	San Jose Clash	Washington, D.C.
	Moreno 9' Díaz Arce 23'	Report	Baicher 67' Baicher 78'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 24,775

May 3, 1997	San Jose Clash	1 – 3	Columbus Crew	San Jose, California
	Medved 73'	Report	Bliss 35' Khumalo 56' McBride 71'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 14,295

May 9, 1997	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	0 – 1	San Jose Clash	East Rutherford, New Jersey
		Report	Lozzano 47'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 14,724

May 16, 1997	San Jose Clash	1 – 1 (SO)	New England Revolution	San Jose, California
	Dayak 7'	Report	Baba 52'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,532

May 18, 1997	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (SO)	San Jose Clash	Pasadena, California
	Wélton 32'	Report	Lozzano 47'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 10,338

May 22, 1997	D.C. United	3 – 1	San Jose Clash	Washington, D.C.
	Moreno 8' Díaz Arce 31' Moreno 87'	Report	Wynalda 77'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,214

June 1, 1997	San Jose Clash	2 – 3	D.C. United	San Jose, California
	Lozzano 21' Doyle 86'	Report	Rammel 2' Kelderman 39' Sanneh 86'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 14,071

June 8, 1997	San Jose Clash	2 – 3	Kansas City Wizards	San Jose, California
	Wynalda 18' Lozzano 61'	Report	Chung 44' Preki 58' Preki 87'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,629

June 15, 1997	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 3	San Jose Clash	Kansas City, Missouri
	Bowers 43'	Report	Cerritos 33' Sullivan 74' Cerritos 80'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 7,431

June 21, 1997	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3 – 1	San Jose Clash	Tampa, Florida
	Valderrama 8' Lassiter 39' Wise 90'	Report	Cerritos 35'	Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 9,462

June 28, 1997	San Jose Clash	3 – 1	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
	Medved 48' Lozzano 71' Kinnear 89'	Report	Damián 18'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,941

July 4, 1997	Colorado Rapids	3 – 1	San Jose Clash	Denver, Colorado
	Vermes 19' Bravo 58' Bravo 68'	Report	Cerritos 5'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 36,252

July 6, 1997	San Jose Clash	3 – 2	New England Revolution	San Jose, California
	Baicher 37' Dayak 45' Cerritos 72'	Report	Naveda 38' Lalas 59'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,753

July 13, 1997	San Jose Clash	2 – 2 (SO)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	San Jose, California
	Lewis 56' Cerritos 70'	Report	Galderisi 31' Vargas 90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,771

July 18, 1997	Dallas Burn	3 – 1	San Jose Clash	Dallas, Texas
	Washington 42' Washington 46' Washington 68'	Report	Baicher 25'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,371

July 20, 1997	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3 – 1	San Jose Clash	Tampa, Florida
	Vásquez 37' Gilmar 65' Lassiter 72'	Report	Cerritos 65'	Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 8,781

July 25, 1997	San Jose Clash	1 – 2	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
	Sullivan 8'	Report	Trittschuh 2' Patiño 41'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,003

August 3, 1997	New England Revolution	1 – 5	San Jose Clash	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Baba 22'	Report	Lozzano 36' Lozzano 68' Baicher 71' Emenalo 84' Baicher 90'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 22,673

August 9, 1997	San Jose Clash	1 – 1 (SO)	Columbus Crew	San Jose, California
	Lozzano 70'	Report	Dooley 45'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,799

August 17, 1997	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 3	San Jose Clash	Pasadena, California
	Machón 48' Cienfuegos 80'	Report	Lozzano 15' Baicher 27' Baicher 36'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 22,621

August 24, 1997	San Jose Clash	2 – 2 (SO)	Kansas City Wizards	San Jose, California
	Cerritos 6' Baicher 88'	Report	Preki 51' McKeon 90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 13,605

August 29, 1997	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	3 – 0	San Jose Clash	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Donadoni 41' Savarese 48' Savarese 54'	Report		Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 14,511

September 6, 1997	San Jose Clash	4 – 0	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	San Jose, California
	Cerritos 23' Zico ^[2] 57' Medved 68' Lozzano 89'	Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 14,020

September 11, 1997	San Jose Clash	0 – 1	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
		Report	Damián 70'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,955

September 17, 1997	Colorado Rapids	1 – 2	San Jose Clash	Denver, Colorado
	Paz 74'	Report	Cerritos 41' Wynalda 61'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 6,955

September 21, 1997	San Jose Clash	2 – 3	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Cerritos 22' Lewis 68'	Report	Vasquez 71' Vasquez 76' Vasquez 80'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 20,117

September 28, 1997	San Jose Clash	1 – 3	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
	Medved 87'	Report	Bravo 35' Vermes 53' Balboa 67'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,926

(SO) = Shootout ^[3]

U.S. Open Cup

See also: 1997 U.S. Open Cup

July 27, 1997 Third Round	Central Coast Roadrunners	2 – 5	San Jose Clash
		Report	Lozzano 26' Zico ^[4] 44' Baicher 75' Lozzano 81' Cerritos 83'	Attendance: 7,112

August 20, 1997 Quarterfinal	San Jose Clash	1 – 2	S.F. Bay Seals
	Cerritos 20'	Report		Attendance: 4,327

Source:^[5]

Friendlies

September 24, 1997	California Jaguars	1 – 3	San Jose Clash	Salinas, California
			Onalfo Lozzano 81' Cerritos 83'

Standings

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	SOW	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference
1	Kansas City Wizards	49	32	14	11	7	57	51	+6
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	44	32	14	16	2	55	44	+11
3	Dallas Burn	42	32	13	16	3	55	49	+6
4	Colorado Rapids	38	32	12	18	2	50	59	−9
5	San Jose Clash	30	32	9	20	3	55	59	−4


	1997 MLS Cup Playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	SOW	GF	GA	GD
Major League Soccer
1	D.C. United¹ (E1)	55	32	17	11	4	70	53	+17
2	Kansas City Wizards (W1)	49	32	14	11	7	57	51	+6
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny (E2)	45	32	14	15	3	55	60	−5
4	Los Angeles Galaxy (W2)	44	32	14	16	2	55	44	+11
5	Dallas Burn	42	32	13	16	3	55	49	+6
6	Columbus Crew	39	32	12	17	3	42	41	+1
7	Colorado Rapids¹	38	32	12	18	2	50	59	−9
8	New England Revolution	37	32	11	17	4	40	53	−13
9	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	35	32	11	19	2	43	53	−10
10	San Jose Clash	30	32	9	20	3	55	59	−4


	MLS Supporters' Shield
	1997 MLS Cup Playoffs

^Note 1 – CONCACAF Champions League berths will be awarded to the participants of MLS Cup 1997 (D.C. and Colorado)

References

↑ http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t110
↑ http://www.socceramerica.com/article/17484/san-jose-receives-brazilian-midfielder-zico.html
↑ "The Year in American Soccer, 1996". American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
↑ http://www.socceramerica.com/article/17484/san-jose-receives-brazilian-midfielder-zico.html
↑ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved April 7, 2014.

External links

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