New England Revolution 1996 soccer 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]
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
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] United States national team regular who had played in the 1992 Summer Olympics [ 3] 1994 FIFA World Cup [ 4] Padova in Italy's Serie A , while Burns had played alongside Lalas for the United States in the 1992 Olympics[ 3] 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] Irish international who had played for Arsenal , Manchester United , Ajax , Blackburn Rovers , and Bradford City among others.[ 5]
Draft results
Inaugural player draft
On February 6 and 7, 1996, New England selected 16 players in the Inaugural Player Draft.[ 1]
College draft
On March 4, 1996, the Revolution selected Paul Keegan , Imad Baba , and Paulo Dos Santos in the College Draft.[ 1]
Supplemental draft
Following the College Draft, the Revolution selected Beto Naveda , Wélton , and Zak Ibsen in the Supplemental Draft.[ 1]
Competitions
Major League Soccer
Conference standings
Overall standings
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
Honors
References
^ a b c d e f g "2018 New England Revolution Media Guide – Coach and Player Registry" (PDF) . New England Revolution . pp. 32– 34. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .^ a b c d e f "2018 New England Revolution Media Guide – Stats and Records" (PDF) . pp. 1– 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .^ a b "Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992 – Teams – USA – Squad List" . FIFA . Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .^ "1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Teams – USA – Players" . FIFA . Archived from the original on June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .^ "Home – Teams – Ireland – Frank Stapleton" . National-Football-Teams . Retrieved June 5, 2018 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "2018 New England Revolution Media Guide – Year by Year History" (PDF) . New England Revolution . pp. 153, 155– 156. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .^ Carlisle, Jeff. Soccer's Most Wanted II: The Top 10 Book of More Glorious Goals, Superb Saves, and Fantastic Free-Kicks (1st ed.). Potomac Books, Inc. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-59797-193-5 ^ "NE VS. KC 6/1/96" . Sporting Kansas City . Retrieved June 13, 2018 .^ a b "Schedule" . Los Angeles Galaxy . Retrieved June 4, 2018 .^ "KC VS. NE 6/15/96" . Sporting Kansas City . Retrieved June 13, 2018 .
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