The 1996 season was the first season in New York/New Jersey MetroStars's existence, in the first season of American Major League Soccer. They played their home games at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team played 38 matches in the season including 35 Major League Soccer games and 3 friendlies. Eddie Firmani coached the team for their first eight games before being replaced by Carlos Queiroz.Queiroz takes over the MetroStars
The team is now known as the New York Red Bulls; the entire organization is known as Red Bull New York.
Players These totals come from 32 league matches and 3 playoff played in 1996. Only displaying players who capped 5 games or more.
Player Position GP (GS) Minutes Goals Assists Rhett HartyDefender34 (34)284511 Peter VermesMidfielder33 (33)297011 Tony MeolaGoalkeeper32 (32)288000 Giovanni SavareseStriker29 (16)1702141 Tab RamosMidfielder28 (28)2428310 Nicola CaricolaDefender28 (28)235720 Miles JosephMidfielder27 (26)219745 Jeff ZaunDefender24 (22)179500 Matt KnowlesMidfielder24 (17)176700 A.J. WoodStriker23 (15)123252 Cristian da SilvaMidfielder22 (13)126800 Rob JohnsonStriker21 (12)123643 Roberto DonadoniMidfielder20 (20)1800310 Damian SilveraMidfielder17 (9)95301 Chris UngerMidfielder16 (12)102911 Ted GillenDefender16 (10)85200 Antony de ÁvilaStriker11 (10)92083 Mickey KydesMidfielder11 (7)55600 Edmundo RodriguezStriker11 (5)47301 Rubén Darío HernándezStriker10 (9)83603 Kieron O'BrienMidfielder8 (4)31111 Manny LagosMidfielder6 (6)48302 Andrew RestrepoDefender5 (4)34300 Chris BrauchleMidfielder5 (3)32300 Source:Statistics
Results
Regular season
Playoffs
Conference semifinals
Friendlies
Date Home Away Score Metro Goal(s)May 24MetroStarsFiorentina0–4June 5MetroStarsSporting CP1–1WoodNovember 15Pennsylvania NativesMetroStars1–2Savarese 2 Source:Schedule
Final standings Place Eastern Conference P W (so) L (so) F A GD Points1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 20 (1) 12 (3) 66 51 +15 582 D.C. United 32 16 (1) 16 (3) 62 56 +6 46 3 NY/NJ MetroStars 32 15 (3) 17 (2) 45 47 -2 394 Columbus Crew 32 15 (4) 17 (5) 59 60 -1 37 5 New England Revolution 32 15 (6) 17 (2) 43 56 -13 33 Place Western Conference P W (so) L (so) F A GD Points1 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 19 (4) 13 (4) 59 49 +10 49 2 Dallas Burn 32 17 (5) 15 (3) 50 48 +2 41 3 Kansas City Wiz 32 17 (5) 15 (2) 61 63 -2 41 4 San Jose Clash 32 15 (3) 17 (6) 50 50 0 39 5 Colorado Rapids 32 11 (2) 21 (4) 44 59 -15 29
References
See also 1996 Major League Soccer season