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]

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 Canada Iain Fraser D United States Sacramento Knights
2 15 United States Peter Woodring M United States Hawaii Tsunami
3 25 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Vučković F United States Tampa Bay Terror
4 35 United States Marquis White F Bolivia Club Destroyers
5 45 United States Ted Chronopoulos D Greece Panionios
6 55 United States Yari Allnutt F Mexico Irapuato
7 65 United States Rob Ukrop F United States Richmond Kickers
8 75 United States Darren Sawatzky M United States Oregon Surge
9 85 Puerto Rico Tom Lips D United States New York Fever
10 95 Slovakia Richard Weiszmann D United States North Bay Breakers
11 105 United States John DeBrito M United States New York Fever
12 115 United States Jim Adams GK United States Cleveland Crunch
13 125 Canada Geoff Aunger M Canada Vancouver 86ers
14 135 Brazil Antonio Superbia M United States Jersey Dragons
15 145 United States Derk Droze F Chile San Marcos
16 155 United States Jorge Olamendi M United States 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 Republic of Ireland Paul Keegan F United States Boston College Eagles
2 16 United States Imad Baba M United States Clemson Tigers
3 26 Cape Verde Paulo Dos Santos M United States 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 Argentina Beto Naveda M Argentina Boca Juniors
2 16 Brazil Wélton F Brazil America (RJ)
3 26 United States Zak Ibsen D United States Tampa Bay Terror

Competitions

Major League Soccer
See also: 1996 Major League Soccer season

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

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W SOW L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampa Bay Mutiny (S) 32 19 1 12 66 51 +15 58
2 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 15 4 13 59 49 +10 49 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3 D.C. United (C) 32 15 1 16 62 56 +6 46
4 Dallas Burn 32 12 5 15 50 48 +2 41
5 Kansas City Wiz 32 12 5 15 61 63 −2 41
6 NY/NJ MetroStars 32 12 3 17 45 47 −2 39
7 San Jose Clash 32 12 3 17 50 50 0 39
8 Columbus Crew 32 11 4 17 59 60 −1 37
9 New England Revolution 32 9 6 17 43 56 −13 33
10 Colorado Rapids 32 9 2 21 44 59 −15 29
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Matches
April 13, 1996 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution Tampa, Florida
Lassiter 25' (Pittman)
McKinley 53' (Vásquez)
Pittman 65' (Valderrama)		 Report[6][7] Ukrop 20' (Lalas, Wélton), 71' (Woodring)
St. Andre Red card 89'		 Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium
Attendance: 26,473
April 20, 1996 2 New York/New Jersey MetroStars 0–1 New England Revolution East Rutherford, New Jersey
Report[6] Caricola 87' (o.g.) Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 46,826
April 27, 1996 3 New England Revolution 1–1 (SO)
(3–2 p)		 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
Aunger 78' (pen.) Report[6][8] Díaz Arce 69' (Kelderman, Williams) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 32,864
May 4, 1996 4 New England Revolution 1–2 San Jose Clash Foxborough, Massachusetts
Aunger 86' (pen.) Report[6] Wynalda 23' (Iroha)
Bravo 70' (Mella, Dayak)		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 16,334
May 11, 1996 5 Columbus Crew 3–2 New England Revolution Columbus, 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 6 New England Revolution 2–0 New York/New Jersey MetroStars Foxborough, Massachusetts
Naveda 9'
Keegan 18' (Wélton)		 Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 20,131
May 25, 1996 7 New England Revolution 2–2 (SO)
(1–0 p)		 Colorado Rapids Foxborough, 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 8 Kansas City Wiz 2–1 New England Revolution Kansas City, Missouri
Ekeme Yellow card 30'
Preki 80' (Uderitz)
Johnston 89' (Preki)		 Report[6][9] Naveda Yellow card 10'
Keegan 19' (Naveda, Wélton), Yellow card 88'
Aunger Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 17,808
June 6, 1996 9 New England Revolution 2–2 (SO)
(2–3 p)		 Los Angeles Galaxy Foxborough, 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 10 New England Revolution 1–1 (SO)
(2–1 p)		 Kansas City Wiz Foxborough, Massachusetts
Keegan 50' (Sawatzky) Report[6][8][11] Preki 75' Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 21,407
Referee: Paul Tamberino
June 23, 1996 11 New England Revolution 1–4 Dallas Burn Foxborough, 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 12 New England Revolution 1–1 (SO)
(1–2 p)		 Columbus Crew Foxborough, Massachusetts
Wélton 77' (Sawatzky, Aunger) Report[6][8] Marino 20' (Caligiuri) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 15,209
June 30, 1996 13 D.C. United 3–1 New England Revolution Washington, 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 14 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 New England Revolution Pasadena, California
Report[6] Kerr Jr. 24' (Sawatzky, Wélton) Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 62,703
July 6, 1996 15 San Jose Clash 1–1 (SO)
(3–4 p)		 New England Revolution San Jose, California
Wynalda 60' (Doyle, Iroha) Report[6][8] Kerr Jr. 66' (Woodring) Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 18,813
July 11, 1996 16 Columbus Crew 1–1 (SO)
(0–3 p)		 New England Revolution Columbus, Ohio
Caligiuri 25' Report[6][8] Chronopoulos 78' (Woodring) Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Attendance: 13,751
July 20, 1996 17 New England Revolution 2–0 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
Sawatzky 54' (Kerr Jr.), 77' (Keegan) Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 18,347
July 24, 1996 18 Colorado Rapids 2–0 New England Revolution Denver, Colorado
Benedetti 59' (Harbor)
Bartlett 73' (C. Henderson)		 Report[6] Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 6,236
July 27, 1996 19 Kansas City Wiz 4–2 New England Revolution Kansas 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 20 New England Revolution 2–0 San Jose Clash Foxborough, Massachusetts
Moore 48' (Naveda), 67' (Naveda, DeBrito) Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 12,871
August 3, 1996 21 New England Revolution 1–1 (SO)
(3–2 p)		 New York/New Jersey MetroStars Foxborough, Massachusetts
Moore 42' (DeBrito, Naveda) Report[6][8] Donadoni 54' Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 20,162
August 8, 1996 22 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 New England Revolution Pasadena, California
12:00 AM EDT[10] Hurtado 80' (Jones) Report[6] Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 10,251
August 11, 1996 23 San Jose Clash 6–1 New England Revolution San 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 24 New York/New Jersey MetroStars 4–0 New England Revolution East 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 25 New England Revolution 2–0 Colorado Rapids Foxborough, Massachusetts
Moore 28' (Naveda), 89' (Naveda) Report[6] Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 14,103
August 21, 1996 26 New England Revolution 4–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny Foxborough, 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 27 Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 New England Revolution Tampa, Florida
Lassiter 26' (Galderisi)
Ralston 46'
Hunjak 58' (Galderisi)		 Report[6] Baba 73' Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium
Attendance: 8,128
September 4, 1996 28 New England Revolution 2–1 Dallas Burn Foxborough, Massachusetts
Watson 35' (Sawatzky, Moore)
Moore 78' (pen.)		 Report[6] Eck 74' (Kreis, Elliott) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 12,933
September 7, 1996 29 Dallas Burn 0–2 New England Revolution Dallas, Texas
Report[6] Sawatzky 19' (DeBrito, Baba)
Baba 43' (Aunger, Fraser)		 Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 18,582
September 12, 1996 30 New England Revolution 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny Foxborough, Massachusetts
Moore 61' (Baba, Sawatzky) Report[6] Lassiter 25' (pen.)
Vásquez 74'		 Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 11,009
September 17, 1996 31 D.C. United 3–2 New England Revolution Washington, 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 32 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew Foxborough, Massachusetts
Report[6] McBride 37' (Maisonneuve) Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 38,633

Honors

References
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