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
Annual table Major League Soccer 1997
This page displays the competition table for the current calendar year. The calculation factors in points earned by all clubs that took part in the competition between 1 January and 31 December.
| # | Club | Matches | W | D | L | Goals | +/- | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
D.C. United | 32 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 70:53 | 17 | 55 |
| 2 |  |
Wizards | 32 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 57:51 | 6 | 49 |
| 3 |  |
Tampa Bay | 32 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 55:60 | -5 | 45 |
| 4 |  |
Los Angeles | 32 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 55:44 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 |  |
Dallas | 32 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 55:49 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 |  |
Columbus | 32 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 42:41 | 1 | 39 |
| 7 |  |
Colorado | 32 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 50:59 | -9 | 38 |
| 8 |  |
New England | 32 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 40:53 | -13 | 37 |
| 9 |  |
MetroStars | 32 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 43:53 | -10 | 35 |
| 10 |  |
San Jose Clash | 32 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 55:59 | -4 | 30 |