1996 New York/New Jersey Metrostars StatisticsMajor League Soccer (MLS) |
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Eddie Firmani (3-5 (2-0))
Coach: Carlos Queiroz (12-12 (1-2))
1996 New York/New Jersey Metrostars RosterThe New York/New Jersey Metrostars of Major League Soccer ended the 1996 season with a record of 15 wins, 17 losses(3-2 in shootout) for 39 points, finishing third in the MLS's Eastern Conference, and compiled a postseason mark of 1-2 Eddie Firmani and Carlos Queiroz coached the team. The 1996 New York/New Jersey Metrostars lost in the Conference Semifinal.
Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Shts | SOG | FC | FS | OFF | YC | RC | S% | SOG % |
Giovanni Savarese | F | 26 | 15 | 1576 | 13 | 1 | 49 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 26.5 | 40.6 |
Antony De Avila | F | 8 | 7 | 650 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 46.2 |
A.J. Wood | F | 21 | 13 | 1136 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 22.7 |
Miles Joseph | M | 24 | 23 | 1927 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14.8 | 21.1 |
Rob Johnson | F | 18 | 12 | 1136 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11.8 | 25.0 |
Roberto Donadoni | M | 17 | 17 | 1530 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 23.1 |
Tab Ramos | M | 25 | 25 | 2158 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 20 | 28 | 75 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6.8 | 15.0 |
Nicola Caricola | D | 26 | 26 | 2193 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11.8 | 25.0 |
Peter Vermes | D | 30 | 30 | 2700 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 59 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2.5 | 6.3 |
Rhett Harty | D | 31 | 31 | 2662 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10.0 | 33.3 |
Chris Unger | M | 16 | 12 | 1029 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 50.0 |
Ian Hennessey | M | 8 | 4 | 311 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 100.0 |
Nidal Baba | M | 3 | 1 | 190 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ruben Hernandez | M | 10 | 9 | 836 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Manny Lagos | M | 6 | 6 | 483 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Edmundo Rodriguez | M | 11 | 5 | 473 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Damian Silvera | M | 15 | 8 | 804 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Danny Barber | M | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Hesse | F | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Travis Rinker | M | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Lembryk | M | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Omid Namazi | D,M | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Martin Munnelly | M | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mirsad Huseinovic | M | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brent Longenecker | M | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zach Thornton | G | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andrew Restrepo | D | 5 | 4 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mickey Kydes | M | 11 | 7 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Chris Brauchle | M | 5 | 3 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Meola | G | 29 | 29 | 2610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Louis Ken-Kwofie | M | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Zaun | D | 21 | 19 | 1584 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ted Gillen | D | 15 | 9 | 819 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Cristian da Silva | D | 20 | 12 | 1158 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Matt Knowles | D | 21 | 16 | 1589 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Petter Villegas | M | 3 | 2 | 165 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 440 | 352 | 31620 | 44 | 43 | 419 | 203 | 430 | 452 | 118 | 61 | 3 | 10.5 | 21.7 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | GS | Min | Shts | SVS | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | W | L | T | SHO | SV% |
Tony Meola | 29 | 29 | 2610:00 | 188 | 142 | 38 | 1.31 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 9 | .755 |
Zach Thornton | 3 | 3 | 270:00 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .471 |
Totals | 32 | 32 | 2880 | 205 | 150 | 47 | 1.47 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 9 | .732 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Shts | SOG | FC | FS | OFF | YC | RC | S% | SOG% |
Antony De Avila | F | 3 | 3 | 270 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 50.0 |
Giovanni Savarese | F | 3 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 50.0 |
Tony Meola | G | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jeff Zaun | D | 3 | 3 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ted Gillen | D | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cristian da Silva | D | 2 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Matt Knowles | D | 3 | 1 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Damian Silvera | M | 2 | 1 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rhett Harty | D | 3 | 3 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peter Vermes | D | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Nicola Caricola | D | 2 | 2 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Roberto Donadoni | M | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Tab Ramos | M | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Rob Johnson | F | 3 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Miles Joseph | M | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
A.J. Wood | F | 2 | 2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 42 | 33 | 2970 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9.7 | 21.4 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | GS | Min | Shts | SVS | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | W | L | T | SHO | SV% |
Tony Meola | 3 | 3 | 270:00 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .760 |
Totals | 3 | 3 | 270 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1.67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .760 |