1996 A-League

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A-League
Season1996
Champions Seattle Sounders
(2nd title)
Premiers Montreal Impact
(2nd title)
Top goalscorer Doug Miller
(18 goals)
← 1995

The 1996 A-League season was the seventh and final season of the A-League. In 1997, the league merged to form the USISL A-League.

Contents

Regular season

PosTeamPldWSWLGFGAGDPts
1 Montreal Impact 2717464018+2255
2 Colorado Foxes 27142115533+2244
3 Seattle Sounders 27124113525+1040
4 Rochester Rhinos 27113134442+236
5 Vancouver 86ers 27103143838033
6 New York Fever 2763183040−1021
7 Atlanta Ruckus 2230191460−469
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 3 points for a win, 1 points for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss.

A significant number of postponed matches over the 1996 season by the Atlanta Ruckus, who underwent a change in ownership, ultimately forced the A-League to shorten the other teams' schedules by one match, reducing the total games played from 28 to 27. Atlanta's league position, in last place and already eliminated from the playoff contention, was not affected by the decision announced September 4, 1996. The Ruckus played a total of 22 games. [1]

Each team had their head-to-head schedule with Atlanta shortened by one, maintaining a balanced head-to-head competition against each other. The 1996 regular season ended on September 14 with the top four regular season teams advancing to the playoffs.

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3		1996 A-League Final
Single Match
          
1 Montreal Impact 2 31
4 Rochester Rhinos 30 2
4 Rochester Rhinos 0 - -
3 Seattle Sounders 2- -
2 Colorado Foxes 0 20
3 Seattle Sounders 10 3

Semifinal 1

Montreal Impact (QC)2–3 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Nick DeSantis Red card.svg 34:45'
Jason DeVos Soccerball shade.svg50:31'
Lloyd Barker Soccerball shade.svg56'		 Report Lenin Steenkamp Soccerball shade.svg4'
Doug Miller Soccerball shade.svg5'
Gustavo Villagra Soccerball shade.svg71:33'
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 3,691
Rochester Rhinos (NY)0–3 Montreal Impact (QC)
Report Onandi Lowe Soccerball shade.svg53:06'
Eddy Berdusco Soccerball shade.svg56:00'
Mauro Biello Soccerball shade.svg89:00'
Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
Attendance: 14,809
Montreal Impact (QC)1–2 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Mauro Biello Soccerball shade.svg14:56' Report Rene Rivas Soccerball shade.svg25:53' (pen.), 55'
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 3,317

Semifinal 2

Colorado Foxes (CO)0–1 Seattle Sounders (WA)
Report Niall Thompson Soccerball shade.svg69'
Mile High Greyhound Park Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 2,134
Seattle Sounders (WA)0–2 Colorado Foxes (CO)
Niall Thompson Yellow card.svg 49'
Wade Webber Yellow card.svg 73'		 Report Henrik Fig Soccerball shade.svg31', 76'
Chris Sarver Yellow card.svg 32'
Jerome Watson Yellow card.svg 51'
Memorial Stadium Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 3,102
Colorado Foxes (CO)0–3 Seattle Sounders (WA)
Jason Farrell Soccerball shade.svg27'
Niall Thompson Soccerball shade.svg63', 70'
Mile High Greyhound Park Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 1,927

Final

Seattle Sounders (WA)2–0 Rochester Rhinos (NY)
Niall Thompson Yellow card.svg 10'
Joey Leonetti Soccerball shade.svg71:20', 83:30'
Niall Thompson Red card.svg 87'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Tommy Tanner Yellow card.svg 27'
Yogi McKay Yellow card.svg 53'
Rene Rivas Yellow card.svg 87'
Memorial Stadium Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 7,027
Referee: Esse Baharmast

Points leaders

RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints
1 Wolde Harris Colorado Foxes 17842
2 Doug Miller Rochester Rhinos 18238
3 Domenic Mobilio Vancouver 86ers 14432
4 Lenin Steenkamp Atlanta Ruckus 9523
5 Carsten Siersbaek Colorado Foxes 7822
6 Eddy Berdusco Montreal Impact 8319
Lloyd Barker Montreal Impact 6719
8 Jason Farrell Seattle Sounders 6517
9 Mauro Biello Montreal Impact 6315
Walter Boyd Colorado Foxes 5515
Anthony McCreath Colorado Foxes 5515
Hector Marinaro Rochester Rhinos 4715
13 Chance Fry Seattle Sounders 6214
Jorge Acosta New York Fever 5414

Honors

References

  1. ↑ Pursel, Brad (September 4, 1996). "A-League September Schedule". A-League.
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