Major League Soccer
United States
League level:
First Tier
Reigning champion:
Columbus Crew
Record-holding champions:
Los Angeles Galaxy 5 time(s)
- Number of teams: 29 teams
- Players: 803
- Foreigners: 456 Players 56.8%
- ø-Market value: €1.54m
- ø-Age: 25.9
Attendances 1997
Crowd attendances
| # | Stadium | Capacity | Spectators | Average | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total: | 0 | 2.335.918 | 14.599 | ||||
| 1 |
| 20.000 | 340.236 | 21.265 | |||
| 2 |
| 27.000 | 330.065 | 20.629 | |||
| 3 |
| 25.000 | 270.388 | 16.899 | |||
| 4 |
| 20.000 | 267.251 | 16.703 | |||
| 5 |
| 20.011 | 240.680 | 15.043 | |||
| 6 |
| 18.000 | 217.096 | 13.569 | |||
| 7 |
| 18.086 | 189.095 | 11.818 | |||
| 8 |
| 65.890 | 181.321 | 11.333 | |||
| 9 |
| 20.500 | 154.843 | 9.678 | |||
| 10 |
| 21.000 | 144.943 | 9.059 |
Table Major League Soccer
| # | Club | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
D.C. United 
| 32 | 17 | 55 |
| 2 |  |
Tampa Bay | 32 | -5 | 45 |
| 3 |  |
Columbus | 32 | 1 | 39 |
| 4 |  |
New England | 32 | -13 | 37 |
| 5 |  |
NY/NJ MetroStars | 32 | -10 | 35 |
Table Major League Soccer
| # | Club | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Wizards | 32 | 6 | 49 |
| 2 |  |
Los Angeles | 32 | 11 | 44 |
| 3 |  |
Dallas | 32 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 |  |
Colorado | 32 | -9 | 38 |
| 5 |  |
San Jose Clash | 32 | -4 | 30 |