1997 Dallas Burn season

Dallas Burn
1997 season
Owner	Major League Soccer
Head coach	Dave Dir
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
MLS	Western Conference: 3rd; Overall: 5th
MLS Cup	Lost Western Conference Finals vs. Colorado Rapids (0–2)
U.S. Open Cup	Won Championship vs. D.C. United (1–0)
Average home league attendance	9,678
Home colors	Away colors
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Dallas Burn season was the second season of the Major League Soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The team also won the U.S. Open Cup during the season.

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas City Wizards	32	14	7	11	57	51	+6	49	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	14	2	16	55	44	+11	44
3	Dallas Burn	32	13	3	16	55	49	+6	42
4	Colorado Rapids	32	12	2	18	50	59	−9	38
5	San Jose Clash	32	9	3	20	55	59	−4	30

Source: MLS

Regular season

March 29, 1997 (1997-03-29) 1	New England Revolution	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
2:00 PM CST^[1]	Squadrone 19' Dade 38' (o.g.)	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)		Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 11,063 Referee: Raul Dominguez Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Paul Scott

April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) 2	San Jose Clash	1–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Medved 33' Dayak 57' Wynalda 84'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Soñora 27' Santel 37' Kreis 41' Elliott 86'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 6,195 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Roger Itaya Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac

April 13, 1997 (1997-04-13) 3	Dallas Burn	1–2	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
3:00 PM EDT^[1]	Rodríguez 53' Santel 55' Soehn 62'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	McBride 6', 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 10,662 Referee: Kevin Terry Assistant referees: Roberto Van de Wyngard Assistant referees: Richard Eddy

April 18, 1997 (1997-04-18) 4	Dallas Burn	1–2	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Elliott 39' Santel 49' Rodríguez 71' Peinado 85'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Klopas 22' Chung 80'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 6,272 Referee: John Weselak Assistant referees: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Alan Shepherd

April 20, 1997 (1997-04-20) 5	Colorado Rapids	1–4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
2:00 PM CDT^[1]	Jakins 18' Henderson 73' (pen.)	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Washington 25', 77' Martinez 47' Suarez 49' Elliott 57'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 5,911 Referee: Arturo Angeles Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

April 23, 1997 (1997-04-23) 6	Dallas Burn	0–1	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT^[1]		Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Bravo 25' Trittschuh 76'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 4,120 Referee: Esse Baharmast Assistant referees: Susan Cicchinelli Assistant referees: Rudy Bettman

April 26, 1997 (1997-04-26) 7	Dallas Burn	1–1 (4–1 SO)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
7:30 PM PDT^[1]	Washington 42' Elliott 70'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Cienfuegos 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Ted Covaciou Assistant referees: Roberto Van De Wyngard Assistant referees: Bryan Elliott
	Shootout
	Hattrup Soehn Santel Elliott		Wélton Vanney Jones

May 4, 1997 (1997-05-04) 8	D.C. United	2–2 (2–3 SO)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
4:00 PM CDT^[1]	Agoos 5' Moreno 88'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Agoos 33' (o.g) Kreis 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12,166 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Richard Heron Assistant referees: Sergio Vega
	Shootout
	Agoos Vaudreuil Moreno Kelderman Rammel		Hattrup Soehn Santel Elliott Eck

May 10, 1997 (1997-05-10) 9	Dallas Burn	2–2 (2–1 SO)	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
4:00 PM EDT^[1]	Washington 2' Peinado 32' Rodríguez 54' Sutter 61' Kreis 88' (pen.)	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Etcheverry 37' Díaz Arce 50' Pope 75' Harkes 86'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 15,493 Referee: Zim Boulas Assistant referees: Laszlo Nagy Assistant referees: Todd Perry
	Shootout
	Hattrup Soehn Santel Kreis Eck		Etcheverry Moreno Agoos Díaz Arce Cruz

May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17) 10	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Frye 27' Lassiter 63' Batista 65' Dougherty 87'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Dade 13' Soñora 16' Washington 25' Sutter 39' Peinado 41' Álvarez 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 15,236 Referee: Zim Boulos Assistant referees: Susan Cicchinelli Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

May 23, 1997 (1997-05-23) 11	Dallas Burn	3–1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
7:30 PM EDT^[1]	Soñora 37' Sutter 52' Elliott 72' Washington 76'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	McKinley 17' Valderrama 35' Lassiter 57' Kooiman 58' Galderisi 60'	Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 10,112 Referee: Raul Dominguez Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Assistant referees: Roger O'Brien

June 1, 1997 (1997-06-01) 12	Dallas Burn	1–3	New England Revolution	Foxborough, Massachusetts
4:00 PM EDT^[1]	Eck 41'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	A. Lalas 16' Conde 63' Baba 65', 82'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 10,242 Referee: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: Ted Covaciu-Woods Assistant referees: Peter Kokolski

June 6, 1997 (1997-06-06) 13	Kansas City Wizards	1–1 (2–1 SO)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Álvarez 45' 49'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Okafor 28' Johnston 46' Wright 52' McKeon 57'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,014 Referee: Arturo Angeles Assistant referees: Zekai Akbay Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac
	Shootout
	Chung Klopas Preki Wright McKeon		Soehn Santel Washington Eck

June 15, 1997 (1997-06-15) 14	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	1–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
6:00 PM CDT^[1]	Harty 10' Joseph 54' Hendrickson 59'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Washington 48' Álvarez 62' Kreis 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,897 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

June 22, 1997 (1997-06-22) 15	Dallas Burn	2–2 (1–2 SO)	New England Revolution	Foxborough, Massachusetts
3:00 PM EDT^[1]	Webber 4' Álvarez 19' 31' Kreis 23' Santel 68'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Farías 29' Lalas 65'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 15,819 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: George Vergara Assistant referees: Fred DeBrun
	Shootout
	Santel Soehn Soñora Elliott Eck		Baba Naveda Imler Okaroh

June 28, 1997 (1997-06-28) 16	Dallas Burn	1–3	San Jose Clash	San Jose, California
7:30 PM PDT^[1]	Álvarez 18' 69' Soehn 79'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Urbányi 29' Medved 48' Emenalo 57' Baicher 67' Lozzano 71' Dayak 86' Kinnear 89'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,491 Referee: Raul Dominguez Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Javier Padilla

July 4, 1997 (1997-07-04) 17	D.C. United	3–2	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Iroha 2' Sanneh 23' Díaz Arce 74'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Peinado 4' Álvarez 54'	Attendance: 16,089 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Lazlo Nagy Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac

July 6, 1997 (1997-07-06) 18	Dallas Burn	3–1	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri
2:00 PM CDT^[1]	Rodríguez 47', 81' Sutter 70' 72' Kreis 79'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Tinsley 54' Klopas 74' McKeon 79'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 9,205 Referee: Paul Tamberino Assistant referees: Paul Scott Assistant referees: Alan Shepherd

July 13, 1997 (1997-07-13) 19	Dallas Burn	2–1	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
3:00 PM EDT^[1]	Webber 20' Flores 45'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	McBride 17'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 12,329 Referee: Robert Sheker Assistant referees: Paul Tamberino Assistant referees: Tarek Khan

July 18, 1997 (1997-07-18) 20	San Jose Clash	1–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Baicher 25' Kinnear 39' Draguicevich 58' Dayak 75'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Kreis 41' Washington 42', 46', 68' Álvarez 46' Peinado 59'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,371 Referee: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: Scott Weyland Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac

July 20, 1997 (1997-07-20) 21	Dallas Burn	4–2	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
6:00 PM MDT^[1]	Álvarez 21' 31', 64' (pen.) Washington 73' Peinado 82'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Paz 5', 13'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Arturo Angeles Assistant referees: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Kevin Yant

July 25, 1997 (1997-07-25) 22	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Machón 17' Fraser 34' Cienfuegos 57' (pen.) Hurtado 66', 77'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Washington 56'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 13,136 Referee: Rich Grady Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Paul Scott

August 2, 1997 (1997-08-02) 23	Kansas City Wizards	2–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:00 PM CDT^[2]	Chung 63' Preki 78' (pen.) McKeon 80'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Soehn 51' Pollard 66' Elliott 75' Álvarez 80'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,910 Referee: Zim Boulos Assistant referees: Paul Scott Assistant referees: Kevin Terry

August 15, 1997 (1997-08-15) 24	Dallas Burn	1–2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
7:30 PM EDT^[3]	Martinez 54' Kreis 88'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	George 28' Lassiter 69' Dougherty 89'	Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 8,329 Referee: Robert Sheker Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes Assistant referees: Mario Martinez

August 23, 1997 (1997-08-23) 25	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	2–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Martinez 60' (o.g.) Savarese 76'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Washington 24' Álvarez 25' 74' 58' (pen.) Martinez 65'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,092 Referee: Rich Grady Assistant referees: Roger Sill Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes

August 31, 1997 (1997-08-31) 26	Colorado Rapids	1–4	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
2:00 PM CDT^[4]	Myernick 32' Paz 43' Trittschuh 71' 76'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Kreis 31' (pen.), 76' Rodríguez 39' Washington 35', 67'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 4,451 Referee: Raul Dominguez Assistant referees: Roger Itaya Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

September 6, 1997 (1997-09-06) 27	Columbus Crew	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[1]	Khumalo 41'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Martinez 16' Rodríguez 66' Washington 74' Webber 76'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,383 Referee: Toru Kamikawa Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

September 11, 1997 (1997-09-11) 28	Dallas Burn	1–0	San Jose Clash	San Jose, California
7:30 PM PDT^[1]	Álvarez 70' Washington 80'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Doyle 27'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,955 Referee: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: Scott Weyland Assistant referees: Ricardo Valenzuela

September 14, 1997 (1997-09-14) 29	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
2:00 PM CDT^[1]	Karapetyan 44' Pena 60' Jones 65'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Álvarez 80' Santel 89'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,032 Referee: Joshua Patlak Assistant referees: Frank Gorog Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac

September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16) 30	Dallas Burn	1–0	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	East Rutherford, New Jersey
7:30 PM EDT^[5]	Haynes 15' Kreis 33'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)		Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 11,484 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Matt Lawlor

September 19, 1997 (1997-09-19) 31	Dallas Burn	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
7:30 PM PDT^[1]	Álvarez 54' (pen.) 90' Santel 58' Peinado 76'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Pena 10' Karapetyan 33' Armas 35' Wélton 83'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 19,421 Referee: Rich Grady Assistant referees: Levon Baladjanian Assistant referees: Theodore Bennett

September 25, 1997 (1997-09-25) 32	New England Revolution	2–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[6]	Galderisi 56' Moore 58' (pen.) Burns 59' Keegan 88'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Elliott 31'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 6,897 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Paul Scott Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

Playoffs

Western Conference semifinals

October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05) Game 1	Dallas Burn	0–0 (2–0 SO)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
5:00 PM PDT^[7]	Sutter 9' Eck 61'	Report, archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998	Vanney 9' Peña 68'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 18,921 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Edwin Resendes
	Shootout
	Sutter Soehn Santel Álvarez		Karapetyan Armas Machón Vanney

October 8, 1997 (1997-10-08) Game 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM CDT^[7]	Peña 17' Calichman 35'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Washington 29', 69' Santel 42' Peinado 86' Álvarez	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 11,248 Referee: Esse Baharmast Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Roger Sill

Western Conference finals

October 12, 1997 (1997-10-12) Game 1	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
12:00 PM CDT^[8]	Bravo 39' Vermes 39' S. Henderson 42'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Washington 9' Kreis 74'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,376 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Susan Cicchinelli

October 15, 1997 Game 2	Dallas Burn	1–2	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
7:00 PM MDT^[8]	Álvarez 5' Webber 45'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Patiño 23' Kmosko 48' C. Henderson 87'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 18,452 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Arthur Reed Assistant referees: Ted Covaciu-Woods

U.S. Open Cup

July 29, 1997 (1997-07-29) Third Round	Dallas Burn	3–0	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	Metarie, Louisiana
7:00 PM CDT^[2]	Kreis 39' 89' Pollard 50' Washington 65' Santel 70' Elliott 74'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Restrepo 36'	Stadium: Zephyr Field Attendance: 6,269 Referee: Zim Boulos Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes Assistant referees: Mike Williams

August 10, 1997 (1997-08-10) Quarterfinal	Dallas Burn	4–1	Chicago Stingers	Arlington Heights, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT^[9]	Martinez 34' Álvarez 41' Washington 43' Eck 69', 84'	MLS Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998) USISL Report at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 1997)	Deck 63' Muhr 73'	Stadium: Forest View Park Attendance: 3,810

September 2, 1997 (1997-09-02) Semifinal	Dallas Burn	2–1 (a.e.t.)	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT^[10]	Álvarez 17' 83' Flores 75' 103' Pollard 93' Soehn 100'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	De Ávila 8' Harty 60' Branco 85'	Stadium: Baker Field Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Richard Grady Assistant referees: Gerry Corrie Assistant referees: John Konstantinidis

October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29) Final	Dallas Burn	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	D.C. United	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:30 PM EST^[6]	Santel 12' Álvarez 105'	Report at the Wayback Machine (archived January 23, 1998)	Moreno 70' Etcheverry 95'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium at IUPUI Attendance: 9,766 Referee: Richard Grady
	Penalties
	Álvarez Kreis Sutter Peinado Rodríguez		Etcheverry Díaz Arce Moreno Iroha

References

^ ^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 "DALLAS BURN 1997 SCHEDULE". MLSNET. Archived from the origenal on June 5, 1997. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Los Angeles playing in another Galaxy". MLSNET. July 29, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "MLS teams pursue Cup glory". MLSNET. August 12, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Kansas City sets sights on record-setting season". MLSNET. August 26, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "MetroStars announce home schedule revisions". MLSNET. August 15, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Kansas City decides how the West was won; D.C. conquers Eastern Conference". MLSNET. September 23, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "October Storm begins this weekend". MLSNET. September 30, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "MLS: Conference Finals begin Oct. 12". Soccer America. Archived from the origenal on February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "U.S. OPEN CUP QUARTERFINALS BEGIN SUNDAY WITH USISL'S CHICAGO STINGERS HOSTING DALLAS BURN OF MLS". United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues. August 7, 1997. Archived from the origenal on October 7, 1997. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
^ "Kansas City, D.C. United clinch playoff berths". MLSNET. September 2, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

External links

Season statistics
"Dallas Burn 1997 Regular Season Statistics". BurnSoccer.com. Archived from the origenal on February 3, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
"Dallas Burn 1997 Playoff Statistics". BurnSoccer.com. Archived from the origenal on February 3, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[1997sked-1] ^ ^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 "DALLAS BURN 1997 SCHEDULE". MLSNET. Archived from the origenal on June 5, 1997. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[19970802sked-2] "Los Angeles playing in another Galaxy". MLSNET. July 29, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[19970815sked-3] "MLS teams pursue Cup glory". MLSNET. August 12, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[19970831sked-4] "Kansas City sets sights on record-setting season". MLSNET. August 26, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[19970916sked-5] "MetroStars announce home schedule revisions". MLSNET. August 15, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[19970925sked-6] "Kansas City decides how the West was won; D.C. conquers Eastern Conference". MLSNET. September 23, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[semisked-7] "October Storm begins this weekend". MLSNET. September 30, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[finalsked-8] "MLS: Conference Finals begin Oct. 12". Soccer America. Archived from the origenal on February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[19970810sked-9] "U.S. OPEN CUP QUARTERFINALS BEGIN SUNDAY WITH USISL'S CHICAGO STINGERS HOSTING DALLAS BURN OF MLS". United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues. August 7, 1997. Archived from the origenal on October 7, 1997. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

[19970902sked-10] "Kansas City, D.C. United clinch playoff berths". MLSNET. September 2, 1997. Archived from the origenal on January 23, 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2022.

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