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Columbus Crew 2-0 NY/NJ Metrostars - September 15, 1996 / MLS 1996

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MLS 1996 - Round 20 - Eastern Conference

Ohio Stadium - Columbus - United States

September 15, 1996 - 15:00

31 550

Columbus Crew

2 - 0

NY/NJ Metrostars

Assist by Todd MillerBrian McBride

Assist by Rob SmithMarcelo Carrera

14'

logo Columbus Crew CC

3' - Goal Brian McBride3

5' - Yellow card Nicola Caricola

14' - Goal Marcelo Carrera photo Pete Marino

14' - Substitution Brian McBrideis substituted by Pete Marino14

18' - Substitution Chris Ungeris substituted by Matt Knowles

21' - Yellow card Peter Vermes

28' - Substitution A. J. Woodis substituted by Giovanni Savarese

34' - Yellow card Todd Yeagley34

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46' - Substitution Rhett Hartyis substituted by Ian Hennessy

67' - Substitution Todd Milleris substituted by Shane Battelle67

74' - Substitution Pete Marinois substituted by Adrian Paz74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Columbus Crew

2 - 0

NY/NJ Metrostars

Columbus Crew NY/NJ Metrostars

Team line-ups

Columbus Crew

1 Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age25 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

3 Clark

Mike Clark

United States

B.date16/12/1972

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefender

6 Yeagley34

Todd Yeagley

United States

B.date20/09/1972

Age23 years

H1m83

positionDefender

4 Michallik

Janusz Michallik

United States

B.date22/04/1966

Age30 years

H1m80

positionDefender

21 Iribarren

Ricardo Iribarren

Argentina

B.date02/11/1967

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefender

5 Caligiuri

Paul Caligiuri

United States

B.date09/03/1964

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefender

17 Miller67

Todd Miller

United States

B.date29/11/1973

Age22 years

H1m85

positionMidfield

16 Smith

Rob Smith

United States

B.date20/08/1973

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

10 Maisonneuve

Brian Maisonneuve

United States

B.date28/06/1973

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

20 McBride314

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age24 years

H1m83

positionStriker

22 Carrera14

Marcelo Carrera

Argentina

B.date01/10/1962

Age33 years

H1m68

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Brad Friedel		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mike Clark		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Todd Yeagley	34	23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Janusz Michallik		30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Ricardo Iribarren		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paul Caligiuri		32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Todd Miller	67	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rob Smith		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Brian Maisonneuve		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride	314	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Marcelo Carrera	14	33	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

NY/NJ Metrostars

1 Meola

Tony Meola

United States

B.date21/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

15 Harty46

Rhett Harty

United States

B.date08/03/1970

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

5 Caricola5

Nicola Caricola

Italy

B.date13/02/1963

Age33 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

14 Unger18

Chris Unger

United States

B.date04/03/1968

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

2 Zaun

Jeff Zaun

United States

B.date02/04/1971

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

9 Vermes21

Peter Vermes

United States

B.date21/11/1966

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

16 da Silva

Cristian da Silva

Argentina

B.date03/02/1971

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

19 Joseph

Miles Joseph

United States

B.date02/05/1974

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

10 Ramos

Tab Ramos

United States

B.date21/09/1966

Age29 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

22 Wood28

A. J. Wood

United States

B.date17/08/1973

Age23 years

H1m88

positionForward

11 De Avila

Antony De Avila

Colombia

B.date21/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m60

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tony Meola		27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Rhett Harty	46	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Nicola Caricola	5	33	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Chris Unger	18	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jeff Zaun		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	D	Peter Vermes	21	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Cristian da Silva		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Miles Joseph		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Tab Ramos		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	A. J. Wood	28	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Antony De Avila		32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
14	D	Shane Battelle	67	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Pete Marino	1474	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Adrian Paz	74	30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Matt Knowles	18	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ian Hennessy	46	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Giovanni Savarese	28	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mike Clark

Robert Warzycha

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicola Caricola

Roberto Donadoni

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Fitzgerald

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

75 %

Fitzgerald vs NY/NJ Metrostars

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 15, 1996

Fitzgerald vs Queiroz

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 15, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Queiroz

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Queiroz vs Columbus Crew

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 15, 1996

Queiroz vs Fitzgerald

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 15, 1996

Referee

Robert Sheker

3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Columbus Crew4 matches	General total	NY/NJ Metrostars2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Columbus Crew1 match	Season total	NY/NJ Metrostars1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 04, 1999					Latest figure on August 15, 1998

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Columbus Crew keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 20/07/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Brian McBride scores 1 goal vs New York Red Bulls in his professional career

Columbus Crew keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home running (since 18/08/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

	1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	54 pts	30 rd
	2	D.C. United	40 pts	30 rd
	3	NY/NJ Metrostars	36 pts	30 rd
+1	4	Columbus Crew	34 pts	30 rd
-1	5	New England Revolution	33 pts	30 rd

General ranking

	1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	54 pts	30 rd
	2	D.C. United	40 pts	30 rd
	3	NY/NJ Metrostars	36 pts	30 rd
+1	4	Columbus Crew	34 pts	30 rd
-1	5	New England Revolution	33 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VColumbus Crew 1-0 Tampa Bay Mutiny25/07/1996

LColumbus Crew 1-2 FC Dallas31/07/1996

VColumbus Crew 3-2 D.C. United10/08/1996

VColumbus Crew 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes18/08/1996

VColumbus Crew 2-1 Sporting Kansas City24/08/1996

VColumbus Crew 2-0 Los Angeles Galaxy28/08/1996

Overall

VColumbus Crew 3-2 D.C. United10/08/1996

DFC Dallas 2-2 Columbus Crew14/08/1996

VColumbus Crew 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes18/08/1996

VColumbus Crew 2-1 Sporting Kansas City24/08/1996

VColumbus Crew 2-0 Los Angeles Galaxy28/08/1996

VSporting Kansas City 1-5 Columbus Crew07/09/1996

Current form

Away

VSan Jose Earthquakes 0-1 NY/NJ Metrostars24/07/1996

DNew England Revolution 1-1 NY/NJ Metrostars03/08/1996

VColorado Rapids 0-2 NY/NJ Metrostars11/08/1996

LTampa Bay Mutiny 3-1 NY/NJ Metrostars17/08/1996

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 NY/NJ Metrostars01/09/1996

VD.C. United 1-2 NY/NJ Metrostars06/09/1996

Overall

LTampa Bay Mutiny 3-1 NY/NJ Metrostars17/08/1996

LNY/NJ Metrostars 2-3 D.C. United21/08/1996

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 NY/NJ Metrostars01/09/1996

LNY/NJ Metrostars 0-2 Tampa Bay Mutiny04/09/1996

VD.C. United 1-2 NY/NJ Metrostars06/09/1996

VNY/NJ Metrostars 3-1 Los Angeles Galaxy10/09/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	4
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Drawless streak	7	4
Scoring streak	8	8
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	3
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
9	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	5
9	Draws (Competition total)	5
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	13
5	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

56	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
59	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
27	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.48
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
2.03	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

38	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	32
5	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Brian McBride	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	12 goals	Giovanni Savarese
Brian McBride	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Giovanni Savarese
Brian McBride	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Roberto Donadoni
Brian McBride	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Roberto Donadoni
Adrian Paz	9 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Tab Ramos
Billy Thompson	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Tab Ramos
Brian Maisonneuve	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	6 assists during the last 7 matches	Tab Ramos

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 27, 1996
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 30, 1996
Away	4 - 0	June 30, 1996

Latest head to head

June 30, 1996 - MLS 1996

Columbus Crew

0 - 4

NY/NJ Metrostars logo NY/NJ Metrostars

April 27, 1996 - MLS 1996

NY/NJ Metrostars

0 - 2

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against NY/NJ Metrostars

	Brian Bliss	1 goal	1996 - 1996
	Billy Thompson	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Giovanni Savarese	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Chris Unger	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Nicola Caricola	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Tab Ramos	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Doctor Khumalo	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Adrian Paz	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Brian McBride	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Brian Bliss	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Todd Yeagley	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Janusz Michallik	2 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Jeff Zaun	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Tab Ramos	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Rhett Harty	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Giovanni Savarese	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Peter Vermes	2 matches	1996 - 1996
Nicola Caricola	2 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	54	30	18	3	12	61	49	+12
2	D.C. United	40	30	14	4	16	56	53	+3
3	NY/NJ Metrostars	36	30	14	5	16	43	43	0
+14	Columbus Crew	34	30	14	9	16	58	59	-1
-15	New England Revolution	33	30	15	8	15	41	52	-11

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Columbus Crew 2-0 NY/NJ Metrostars - September 15, 1996 / MLS 1996

Columbus Crew

2 - 0

NY/NJ Metrostars

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Fitzgerald vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Fitzgerald vs Queiroz

Manager

Queiroz vs Columbus Crew

Queiroz vs Fitzgerald

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against NY/NJ Metrostars

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Players with most games played vs NY/NJ Metrostars

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Competition info

Post-match general ranking