1996 New England Revolution season

The 1996 New England Revolution season was the inaugural season for the New England Revolution both as a club and in Major League Soccer (MLS). The team finished last out of five teams in the Eastern Conference, missing the MLS Cup Playoffs. Following the team's last game of the season, head coach Frank Stapleton resigned on September 26, 1996. He was replaced by Thomas Rongen on November 5, 1996.[1]

New England Revolution
1996 season
OwnerRobert Kraft (The Kraft Group)
Head coachFrank Stapleton
StadiumFoxboro Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
MLSConference: 5th
Overall: 9th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupDid not enter
CONCACAF Champions' CupDid not qualify
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe-Max Moore (11)
All: Joe-Max Moore (11)
Highest home attendance38,633 (Sep. 21 vs. Columbus Crew)
Lowest home attendance11,009 (Sep. 12 vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny)
Average home league attendance19,025
Biggest win2 goals:
6 times
Biggest defeat5 goals:
SJ 6 – 1 NE (Aug. 11)

Revolution forward Joe-Max Moore was named MLS Player of the Week for Week 18, and Alexi Lalas and Wélton were both named All-Stars for the 1996 MLS All-Star Game.[2]

Pre-season

Initial player allocations
See also: 1996 MLS Inaugural Allocations

As part of Major League Soccer's first season, teams were each allocated four marquee players before the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. On October 17, 1995, MLS allocated defender Alexi Lalas and defender Mike Burns to the Revolution.[1] Lalas was a United States national team regular who had played in the 1992 Summer Olympics[3] and 1994 FIFA World Cup[4] and was under contract with Padova in Italy's Serie A, while Burns had played alongside Lalas for the United States in the 1992 Olympics[3] and was playing for Viborg FF in Denmark's Superliga at the time.

On February 5, 1996, MLS allocated American goalkeeper Jim St. Andre of the A-League's New York Centaurs and Italian forward Giuseppe Galderisi, Lalas' teammate at Padova, to the Revolution.[1]

First head coach

On January 4, 1996, the team named Frank Stapleton the first head coach of the New England Revolution.[1] Stapleton was an Irish international who had played for Arsenal, Manchester United, Ajax, Blackburn Rovers, and Bradford City among others.[5]

Draft results

Inaugural player draft
See also: 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft

On February 6 and 7, 1996, New England selected 16 players in the Inaugural Player Draft.[1]

New England Revolution – 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft
Round Overall Name Position Previous Club
1 5 Iain Fraser D Sacramento Knights
2 15 Peter Woodring M Hawaii Tsunami
3 25 Bojan Vučković F Tampa Bay Terror
4 35 Marquis White F Club Destroyers
5 45 Ted Chronopoulos D Panionios
6 55 Yari Allnutt F Irapuato
7 65 Rob Ukrop F Richmond Kickers
8 75 Darren Sawatzky M Oregon Surge
9 85 Tom Lips D New York Fever
10 95 Richard Weiszmann D North Bay Breakers
11 105 John DeBrito M New York Fever
12 115 Jim Adams GK Cleveland Crunch
13 125 Geoff Aunger M Vancouver 86ers
14 135 Antonio Superbia M Jersey Dragons
15 145 Derk Droze F San Marcos
16 155 Jorge Olamendi M Los Angeles Salsa

College draft
See also: 1996 MLS College Draft

On March 4, 1996, the Revolution selected Paul Keegan, Imad Baba, and Paulo Dos Santos in the College Draft.[1]

New England Revolution – 1996 MLS College Draft
Round Overall Name Position Previous Club
1 6 Paul Keegan F Boston College Eagles
2 16 Imad Baba M Clemson Tigers
3 26 Paulo Dos Santos M Rhode Island Rams

Supplemental draft
See also: 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft

Following the College Draft, the Revolution selected Beto Naveda, Wélton, and Zak Ibsen in the Supplemental Draft.[1]

New England Revolution – 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft
Round Overall Name Position Previous Club
1 6 Beto Naveda M Boca Juniors
2 16 Wélton F America (RJ)
3 26 Zak Ibsen D Tampa Bay Terror

Competitions

Major League Soccer
See also: 1996 Major League Soccer season

Conference standings
Pos Team Pld W L SOW GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 19 12 1 66 51 +15 58 Playoffs
2 D.C. United 32 15 16 1 62 56 +6 46
3 NY/NJ MetroStars 32 12 17 3 45 47 −2 39
4 Columbus Crew 32 11 17 4 59 60 −1 37
5 New England Revolution 32 9 17 6 43 56 −13 33
Source: MLS

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W L SOW GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampa Bay Mutiny (X) 32 19 12 1 66 51 +15 58
2 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 15 13 4 59 49 +10 49 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
3 D.C. United (C) 32 15 16 1 62 56 +6 46
4 Dallas Burn 32 12 15 5 50 48 +2 41
5 Kansas City Wiz 32 12 15 5 61 63 −2 41
6 San Jose Clash 32 12 17 3 50 50 0 39
7 NY/NJ MetroStars 32 12 17 3 45 47 −2 39
8 Columbus Crew 32 11 17 4 59 60 −1 37
9 New England Revolution 32 9 17 6 43 56 −13 33
10 Colorado Rapids 32 9 21 2 44 59 −15 29
Source: MLS
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner.
Notes:
  1. Qualified as 1996 MLS Cup finalists

Matches
April 13, 1996 1Tampa Bay Mutiny3–2New England RevolutionTampa, Florida
Lassiter  25' (Pittman)
McKinley  53' (Vásquez)
Pittman  65' (Valderrama)		 Report[6][7] Ukrop  20' (Lalas, Wélton), 71' (Woodring)
St. Andre  89'		 Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium
Attendance: 26,473
April 20, 1996 2New York/New Jersey MetroStars0–1New England RevolutionEast Rutherford, New Jersey
Report[6] Caricola  87' (o.g.) Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 46,826
April 27, 1996 3New England Revolution1–1 (SO)
(3–2 p)		D.C. UnitedFoxborough, Massachusetts
Aunger  78' (pen.) Report[6][8] Díaz Arce  69' (Kelderman, Williams) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 32,864
May 4, 1996 4New England Revolution1–2San Jose ClashFoxborough, Massachusetts
Aunger  86' (pen.) Report[6] Wynalda  23' (Iroha)
Bravo  70' (Mella, Dayak)		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 16,334
May 11, 1996 5Columbus Crew3–2New England RevolutionColumbus, Ohio
McBride  48' (pen.), 89' (Clark)
Marino  87'		 Report[6] Wélton  18' (Keegan)
Naveda  34' (Keegan, Ukrop)		 Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Attendance: 24,750
May 19, 1996 6New England Revolution2–0New York/New Jersey MetroStarsFoxborough, Massachusetts
Naveda  9'
Keegan  18' (Wélton)		 Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 20,131
May 25, 1996 7New England Revolution2–2 (SO)
(1–0 p)		Colorado RapidsFoxborough, Massachusetts
Naveda  47'
Aunger  68' (pen.)		 Report[6][8] Wegerle  76' (Sharpe, Bartlett)
Harbor  88' (C. Henderson)		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 14,323
June 1, 1996 8Kansas City Wiz2–1New England RevolutionKansas City, Missouri
Ekeme  30'
Preki  80' (Uderitz)
Johnston  89' (Preki)		 Report[6][9] Naveda  10'
Keegan  19' (Naveda, Wélton),  88'
Aunger  74'		 Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 17,808
June 6, 1996 9New England Revolution2–2 (SO)
(2–3 p)		Los Angeles GalaxyFoxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 PM EDT[10] Naveda  72' (Wélton)
Burns  78'		 Report[6][8] Jones  39'
Semioli  86'		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 20,236
June 15, 1996 10New England Revolution1–1 (SO)
(2–1 p)		Kansas City WizFoxborough, Massachusetts
Keegan  50' (Sawatzky) Report[6][8][11] Preki  75' Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 21,407
Referee: Paul Tamberino
June 23, 1996 11New England Revolution1–4Dallas BurnFoxborough, Massachusetts
Keegan  27' (Aunger) Report[6] Lozzano  1' (Soñora)
Farrer  48'
Santel  60' (Álvarez)
Haynes  89' (Soñora)		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 17,066
June 27, 1996 12New England Revolution1–1 (SO)
(1–2 p)		Columbus CrewFoxborough, Massachusetts
Wélton  77' (Sawatzky, Aunger) Report[6][8] Marino  20' (Caligiuri) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 15,209
June 30, 1996 13D.C. United3–1New England RevolutionWashington, D.C.
Rammel  1'
Díaz Arce  46' (Harkes)
Harkes  89'		 Report[6] Naveda  38' (St. Andre) Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 19,355
July 4, 1996 14Los Angeles Galaxy0–1New England RevolutionPasadena, California
Report[6] Kerr Jr.  24' (Sawatzky, Wélton) Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 62,703
July 6, 1996 15San Jose Clash1–1 (SO)
(3–4 p)		New England RevolutionSan Jose, California
Wynalda  60' (Doyle, Iroha) Report[6][8] Kerr Jr.  66' (Woodring) Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 18,813
July 11, 1996 16Columbus Crew1–1 (SO)
(0–3 p)		New England RevolutionColumbus, Ohio
Caligiuri  25' Report[6][8] Chronopoulos  78' (Woodring) Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Attendance: 13,751
July 20, 1996 17New England Revolution2–0D.C. UnitedFoxborough, Massachusetts
Sawatzky  54' (Kerr Jr.), 77' (Keegan) Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 18,347
July 24, 1996 18Colorado Rapids2–0New England RevolutionDenver, Colorado
Benedetti  59' (Harbor)
Bartlett  73' (C. Henderson)		 Report[6] Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 6,236
July 27, 1996 19Kansas City Wiz4–2New England RevolutionKansas City, Missouri
Takawira  12' (Preki, Sorber), 35' (Sorber, Preki)
Chung  44' (Klopas)
Preki  49' (Takawira)		 Report[6] Woodring  15' (Wélton)
Sawatzky  41'		 Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 11,555
July 31, 1996 20New England Revolution2–0San Jose ClashFoxborough, Massachusetts
Moore  48' (Naveda), 67' (Naveda, DeBrito) Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 12,871
August 3, 1996 21New England Revolution1–1 (SO)
(3–2 p)		New York/New Jersey MetroStarsFoxborough, Massachusetts
Moore  42' (DeBrito, Naveda) Report[6][8] Donadoni  54' Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 20,162
August 8, 1996 22Los Angeles Galaxy1–0New England RevolutionPasadena, California
12:00 AM EDT[10] Hurtado  80' (Jones) Report[6] Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 10,251
August 11, 1996 23San Jose Clash6–1New England RevolutionSan Jose, California
Dayak  31' (Doyle), 70' (Wynalda, Doyle)
Espinoza  48' (Rodas), 84' (Wynalda)
Doyle  62' (Lewis)
Rodas  81'		 Report[6] Moore  8' (Naveda, Wylie) Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 12,099
August 14, 1996 24New York/New Jersey MetroStars4–0New England RevolutionEast Rutherford, New Jersey
Wood  8' (Donadoni)
Johnson  17', 73' (de Ávila)
de Ávila  81' (Ramos)		 Report[6] Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 20,711
August 16, 1996 25New England Revolution2–0Colorado RapidsFoxborough, Massachusetts
Moore  28' (Naveda), 89' (Naveda) Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 14,103
August 21, 1996 26New England Revolution4–2Tampa Bay MutinyFoxborough, Massachusetts
Naveda  23'
Lalas  44' (DeBrito, Wylie)
Moore  79' (pen.)
Wélton  88' (Burns)		 Report[6] Galderisi  18'
Vásquez  51'		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 18,764
August 31, 1996 27Tampa Bay Mutiny3–1New England RevolutionTampa, Florida
Lassiter  26' (Galderisi)
Ralston  46'
Hunjak  58' (Galderisi)		 Report[6] Baba  73' Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium
Attendance: 8,128
September 4, 1996 28New England Revolution2–1Dallas BurnFoxborough, Massachusetts
Watson  35' (Sawatzky, Moore)
Moore  78' (pen.)		 Report[6] Eck  74' (Kreis, Elliott) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 12,933
September 7, 1996 29Dallas Burn0–2New England RevolutionDallas, Texas
Report[6] Sawatzky  19' (DeBrito, Baba)
Baba  43' (Aunger, Fraser)		 Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 18,582
September 12, 1996 30New England Revolution1–2Tampa Bay MutinyFoxborough, Massachusetts
Moore  61' (Baba, Sawatzky) Report[6] Lassiter  25' (pen.)
Vásquez  74'		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 11,009
September 17, 1996 31D.C. United3–2New England RevolutionWashington, D.C.
Pope  58' (Etcheverry)
Díaz Arce  62' (Moreno), 89' (Moreno, Etcheverry)		 Report[6] Moore  39' (pen.), 78' Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,360
September 21, 1996 32New England Revolution0–1Columbus CrewFoxborough, Massachusetts
Report[6] McBride  37' (Maisonneuve) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 38,633

Honors

References
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