1997 Dallas Burn Statistics

Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 13-14 (SO: 3-2) - 42 points
Finishing 3rd in MLS's Western Conference
Postseason: 2-2
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Dave Dir (13-14, SO: 3-2)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 154,845, Avg. 9,678 in 16 home dates

1997 Dallas Burn Roster

The Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer ended the 1997 season with a record of 13 wins and 14 losses, with a 3-2 showing in shootouts for 42 points finishing third in MLS's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2.

The Burn netted 58 goals and allowed 51. Dante Washington scored 12 goals for Dallas, while Jason Kreis, Gerell Elliott and Damian each tallied five or more as well. Mark Dodd topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 1.07 goals against average, best among keepers with significant playing time.

Dave Dir coached the team. The 1997 Dallas Burn lost in the Conference Final.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	R	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Dante Washington	F	30	25	12	6	29	56	6	0	23	69	17.4	38	31.6
Damian	F	19	19	11	7	19	61	7	2	42	68	16.2	34	32.4
Jason Kreis	M	32	21	8	6	44	44	3	0	4	61	13.1	28	28.6
Gerell Elliott	F	28	15	7	5	8	22	0	0	22	45	15.6	34	20.6
Alain Sutter	M	21	21	2	8	19	37	3	0	4	46	4.3	24	8.3
Mark Santel	M	31	26	2	6	38	12	4	0	5	12	16.7	5	40.0
Jorge Rodriguez	M-D	24	21	4	1	23	26	3	0	4	38	10.5	21	19.0
Daniel Peinado	M	25	22	2	4	57	46	4	1	0	13	15.4	9	22.2
Ted Eck	M-F	30	22	1	4	53	32	1	1	4	27	3.7	11	9.1
Wade Webber	D	18	18	2	1	27	13	1	0	1	7	28.6	3	66.7
Temoc Suarez	M	19	6	1	3	10	12	0	0	3	10	10.0	3	33.3
Diego Sonora	M-D	16	16	1	2	15	25	2	0	7	9	11.1	4	25.0
Jorge Flores	M	12	8	1	1	12	8	0	0	0	6	16.7	3	33.3
Tom Soehn	D	25	21	0	2	29	18	3	0	0	7	0.0	4	0.0
Peter Hattrup	M	7	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	4	0.0	2	0.0
Brandon Pollard	D	21	16	0	1	26	25	1	0	0	0		0
Brian Haynes	M	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0		0
Gabe Jones	F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Dan Stebbins	F	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Juan Sastoque	F	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0
Garth Lagerwey	GK	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Richard Farrer	D	8	6	0	0	5	3	0	0	2	1	0.0	1	0.0
Eric Dade	D	15	14	0	0	31	8	1	0	0	4	0.0	2	0.0
Joey Martinez	D	19	19	0	0	24	5	4	0	0	2	0.0	2	0.0
Mark Dodd	GK	30	30	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0.0
Totals		437	352	54	58	478	465	44	4	125	431	12.5	230	23.5

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Garth Lagerwey	2	2	180:00	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	0	14	13	.929
Mark Dodd	30	30	2700:00	14	16	3	48	1.60	6	9	249	183	.735
Totals	32	32	2880:00	16	16	4	49	1.53	6	9	263	196	.745

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	G	A	FC	FS	Y	OFF	Shts	S%	SOG	SG%
Dante Washington	F	4	3	2	0	5	7	1	6	12	16.7	3	66.7
Damian	F	4	4	1	1	8	14	1	8	8	12.5	3	33.3
Jason Kreis	M	4	1	0	1	2	6	1	0	4	0.0	1	0.0
Gerell Elliott	F	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0.0	0
Alain Sutter	M	3	3	0	1	4	7	1	1	0		0
Mark Santel	M	4	3	0	1	4	4	1	3	1	0.0	1	0.0
Jorge Rodriguez	M-D	3	3	0	1	4	2	0	1	3	0.0	3	0.0
Daniel Peinado	M	4	4	1	0	4	10	0	0	3	33.3	1	100.0
Ted Eck	M-F	4	4	0	1	3	9	1	2	9	0.0	4	0.0
Wade Webber	D	4	4	0	0	9	5	1	0	0		0
Tom Soehn	D	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0
Brandon Pollard	D	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	0
Brian Haynes	M	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Richard Farrer	D	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0.0	0
Eric Dade	D	4	4	0	0	7	2	0	0	0		0
Mark Dodd	GK	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0
Totals		56	44	4	6	56	71	7	22	44	9.1	16	25.0

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	SHO	GA	GAA	PKG	PKA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Mark Dodd	4	4	360:00	2	2	0	2	3	0.75	0	0	13	8	.615
Totals	4	4	360:00	2	2	0	2	3	0.75	0	0	13	8	.615