1996 in American soccer

The 1996 season was the 84th year of competitive season in the United States. It was the first season of the present top division of American soccer, Major League Soccer.

National teams

Men's

Women's

League Tables

Major League Soccer

A-League

Win = 3 points
Shootout win (SW) = 1 point
Loss = 0 points

Place	Team	GP	W	SW	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Montreal Impact	27	17	4	6	40	18	+22	55
2	Colorado Foxes	27	14	2	11	55	33	+22	44
3	Seattle Sounders	27	12	4	11	35	25	+10	40
4	Rochester Rhinos	27	11	3	13	44	42	+2	36
5	Vancouver 86ers	27	10	3	14	38	38	+0	33
6	New York Fever	27	6	3	8	30	40	–10	21
7	Atlanta Ruckus	22	3	0	19	14	60	–46	9

U.S. Open Cup

American clubs in international competitions

Seattle Sounders

June 17 Qualifying Round	Seattle Sounders	10–0	Transvaal	Federal Way, Washington
	Adair Gailey Barton Megson Galvezon Crothers			Stadium: Federal Way Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,153

July 15 Group Stage	C.S.D. Comunicaciones	2–0	Seattle Sounders	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Suazo 44' Fernández 83'

July 18 Group Stage	Seattle Sounders	1–4	Necaxa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Hattrup 91' (pen.)		Almaguer 32' Blanco 47', 89' Vásquez 75'

July 20 Group Stage	Seattle Sounders	0–11	Cruz Azul	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Palencia 3' Hermosillo 13', 32', 49' Yegros 15', 53', 62' Adomaitis 34' Galindo 35' Barton 72' (o.g.) Ramirez 74' (pen.)

References

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