1996 Dallas Burn season

Dallas Burn
1996 season
Owner	Major League Soccer
Head coach	Dave Dir
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
MLS	Conference: 2nd; Overall: 4th
MLS Cup	Lost Semifinals vs. Kansas City Wiz (1–2)
U.S. Open Cup	Lost Semifinals vs. D.C. United
Highest home attendance	35,250 vs. Columbus Crew (May 5, 1996)
Lowest home attendance	7,338 vs. Columbus Crew (August 14, 1996)
Average home league attendance	16,012 (regular season); 9,964 (playoffs)
Home colors	Away colors
	1997 →

Last updated February 20, 2025

The 1996 Dallas Burn season was the inaugural season of the Major League Soccer team. It was the first time since 1981 that the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex had a professional soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Final standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	15	4	13	59	49	+10	49	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Dallas Burn	32	12	5	15	50	48	+2	41
3	Kansas City Wiz	32	12	5	15	61	63	−2	41
4	San Jose Clash	32	12	3	17	50	50	0	39
5	Colorado Rapids	32	9	2	21	44	59	−15	29

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	15	4	13	59	49	+10	49	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	D.C. United (C)	32	15	1	16	62	56	+6	46	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
4	Dallas Burn	32	12	5	15	50	48	+2	41
5	Kansas City Wiz	32	12	5	15	61	63	−2	41
6	NY/NJ MetroStars	32	12	3	17	45	47	−2	39

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Regular season

Results by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Stadium	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	SO	W	L	W	L	SO	W	W	L	L	L	W	SO	L	W	L	SO	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	SO	L	L

Source: FBREF.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; SO = Shootout Win

Match Results

April 14, 19961	Dallas Burn	0–0 (2–1 SO)	San Jose Clash	Dallas, Texas
	Ashton 50' Álvarez 72'	Recap	Emenalo 24' Bravo 32'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 27,779 Referee: Kevin Terry
	Shootout
	Kerr Lozzano Glenn Álvarez		Wynalda Mella Iroha Bravo Doyle

April 18, 19962	Dallas Burn	3–0	Kansas City Wiz	Dallas, Texas
	Kreis 48' Álvarez 61' Rodriguez 72' Kerr 85'	Recap	Ekemé 63'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,405 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 21, 19963	Colorado Rapids	3–1	Dallas Burn	Denver, Colorado
	Hamlett 19' Balboa 48', 64' Bartlett 57'	Recap	Soñora 1' Kerr 59' Puskarich 87'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 21,711 Referee: Esse Baharmast

April 28, 19964	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1–2	Dallas Burn	Tampa, Florida
	Lassiter 81'	Recap	Soñora 21' Kreis 24' Rodriguez 30' Álvarez 54'	Stadium: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 14,084 Referee: Raul Dominguez

May 1, 19965	D.C. United	3–1	Dallas Burn	Washington, D.C.
	Diaz Arce 15' (pen.) Rammel 39', 64' Agoos 53' Etcheverry 53'	Recap	Puskarich 15' Lozzano 24' Rodriguez 31', 43' (pen.) Santel 53' Álvarez 62'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,253 Referee: Byungil Noh

May 5, 19966	Dallas Burn	0–0 (3–1 SO)	Columbus Crew	Dallas, Texas
	Álvarez 16' 87'	Recap	Michallik 10'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 35,250 Referee: Brian Hall
	Shootout
	Haynes Rodriguez Lozzano Ashton		McBride Thompson Ward Carrera

May 11, 19967	Kansas City Wiz	2–3	Dallas Burn	Kansas City, Missouri
	Uderitz 24' 84' Preki 38' (pen.), 45' Klopas 39'	Recap	Kreis 27' Eck 75' Kerr 79' Rodriguez 85'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 17,706 Referee: Ted Covaciu

May 18, 19968	Dallas Burn	3–2	D.C. United	Dallas, Texas
	Kreis 40', 82' Eck 63' Álvarez 75' Sanchez 88', 90'	Recap	Harkes 37' Sanneh 65' Agoos 90'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 23,251 Referee: Arturo Angeles

May 23, 19969	Dallas Burn	0–1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Dallas, Texas
	Soñora 56' Santel 63'	Recap	McKinley 10' Yallop 76' Lassiter 82'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 11,457 Referee: Tim Weyland

May 29, 199610	Colorado Rapids	2–0	Dallas Burn	Denver, Colorado
	Henderson 24' Harbor 67' (pen.)	Recap		Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 10,971 Referee: Brian Hall

June 2, 199611	Dallas Burn	0–1	New York/New Jersey Metrostars	Dallas, Texas
	Rodriguez 66' 67'	Recap	Vermes 60' Wood 62'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,610 Referee: Kevin Terry

June 8, 199612	Dallas Burn	4–1	San Jose Clash	Dallas, Texas
	Sanchez 15' Kreis 33' Emenalo 44' (o.g.) Soñora 65'	Recap	Espinoza 12' Doyle 48'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 25,187 Referee: Esse Baharmast

June 15, 199613	Dallas Burn	1–1 (4–2 SO)	Colorado Rapids	Dallas, Texas
	Álvarez 4' Sanchez 73'	Recap	Harbor 1' Hamlett 36' Trittschuh 39'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,704 Referee: Rich Grady
	Shootout
	Haynes Lozzano Ashton Santel		Henderson Bates Benedetti Harbor

June 19, 199614	New York/New Jersey Metrostars	0–0 (2–0 SO)	Dallas Burn	East Rutherford, New Jersey
		Recap	Álvarez 33' Lozzano 50'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 14,322 Referee: Esse Baharmast
	Shootout
	Knowles Lagos Joseph		Haynes Lozzano Santel Soñora

June 23, 199615	New England Revolution	1–4	Dallas Burn	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Keegan 27' Naveda 31' Aunger 43' Fraser 59' Wélton 68'	Recap	Álvarez 29' 80' Sanchez 30' Lozzano 36' Farrer 48' Santel 60' Haynes 89'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 17,066 Referee: Edwin Resendes

June 29, 199616	Dallas Burn	0–1	Kansas City Wiz	Dallas, Texas
	Flores 60' Farrer 89'	Recap	Ekemé 10' Okafor 34' Sorber 39' Gutiérrez 66'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,615 Referee: Joshua Patlak

July 4, 199617	Dallas Burn	1–1 (3–1 SO)	D.C. United	Dallas, Texas
	Kreis 33' Santel 39' Sanchez 71'	Recap	Sanneh 21' Diaz Arce 61', 77'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 16,177 Referee: Tim Weyland
	Shootout
	Ashton Santel Sanchez Farrer		Imler Kelderman Agoos Sanneh

July 7, 199618	D.C. United	6–1	Dallas Burn	Washington, D.C.
	Diaz Arce 3', 48', 61', 63' Rammel 18', 77' Williams 68'	Recap	Ashton 69'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 11,244 Referee: Paul Tamberino

July 10, 199619	New York/New Jersey Metrostars	3–2	Dallas Burn	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Harty 32' Caricola 35' Savarese 48', 77' Johnson 49' Ramos 53' Meola 63'	Recap	Álvarez 32', 63' (pen.) Kreis 65' Sanchez 66', 90'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 17,416 Referee: Ruben Rodhas

July 17, 199620	Dallas Burn	5–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Dallas, Texas
	Ibsen 16', 28' Kreis 23', 47' Álvarez 25' Haynes 69' Elliott 83'	Recap	Semioli 39' Hurtado 66' Jones 70'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 17,665 Referee: Rich Grady

July 20, 199621	Kansas City Wiz	1–2	Dallas Burn	Kansas City, Missouri
	Preki 22' (pen.)	Recap	Kreis 13' Santel 22' Elliott 75'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 11,592 Referee: Brian Hall

July 27, 199622	Dallas Burn	3–0	Colorado Rapids	Dallas, Texas
	Álvarez 53' Sanchez 64' (pen.) Elliott 78'	Recap		Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,081 Referee: Arturo Angeles

July 31, 199623	Columbus Crew	1–2	Dallas Burn	Columbus, Ohio
	Iribarren 10' Caligiuri 30' Warzycha 53' McBride 83'	Recap	Kreis 27' Sanchez 29' Lozzano 47'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 13,190 Referee: Tim Weyland

August 10, 199624	Dallas Burn	2–1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Dallas, Texas
	Santel 9' Álvarez 16', 89' Haynes 32' Kreis 66'	Recap	Lassiter 35' Vásquez 80'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12,503 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 14, 199625	Dallas Burn	2–2 (2–3 SO)	Columbus Crew	Dallas, Texas
	Elliott 73', 76'	Recap	Carrera 62' Iribarren 76' 79' McBride 83'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Zimmerman Boulos
	Shootout
	Haynes Lozzano Sanchez Farrer Elliott Kreis Puskarich Soñora Flores		Carrera Marino Maisonneuve Yeagley Paz Caligiuri McBride Smith Clark

August 22, 199626	San Jose Clash	0–0 (3–2 SO)	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
		Recap	Sanchez 75' 82' Lozzano 89'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 13,359 Referee: Tim Weyland
	Shootout
	Wynalda Baicher Iroha Rodas		Haynes Lozzano Ashton Farrer Santel

August 25, 199627	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–3	Dallas Burn	Pasadena, California
	Calichman 6' Salcedo 31' Hurtado 53', 80'	Recap	Soñora 23' Kreis 32' Dodd 73' Washington 76'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 19,279 Referee: Kevin Terry

September 4, 199628	New England Revolution	2–1	Dallas Burn	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Watson 35' Moore 48', 78' (pen.) DeBrito 89'	Recap	Soñora 37' Eck 68', 74'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 12,933 Referee: Robert Sheker

September 7, 199629	Dallas Burn	0–2	New England Revolution	Dallas, Texas
	Farrer 20' Kreis 39'	Recap	Lalas 16' Sawatzky 19' Watson 22' Baba 43'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 18,582 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 11, 199630	San Jose Clash	2–2 (1–3 SO)	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
	Espinoza 49' Draguicevich 59' 84' Iroha 74'	Recap	Haynes 55', 79' Álvarez 56' Kreis 87'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,894 Referee: Frank Gorog
	Shootout
	Wynalda Iroha Baicher Rodas		Lozzano Haynes Sanchez Ashton Farrer

September 19, 199631	Dallas Burn	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Dallas, Texas
	Sanchez 23' Kreis 29' Álvarez 88' Soñora 90' Elliott 90'	Recap	Hurtado 11', 90' Cienfuegos 24' Vanney 48' Salcedo 63' Karapetyan 80'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12,569 Referee: Ali Saheli

September 22, 199632	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–1	Dallas Burn	Pasadena, California
	Noamouz 76' Garvey 82'	Recap	Flores 10' Cassar 85' Eck 89'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 18,347 Referee: Joshua Patlak

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference semifinals

September 26, 1996Game 1	Kansas City Wiz	3–2	Dallas Burn	Kansas City, Missouri
	Johnston 16' McKeon 79' Preki 89'	Recap	Elliott 21' Ashton 25' Soñora 57' Álvarez 87'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 4,466 Referee: Tim Weyland

September 29, 1996Game 2	Dallas Burn	2–1	Kansas City Wiz	Dallas, Texas
	Kreis 5', 17' Farrer 20' Washington 32'	Recap	Preki 30' Sorber 50' Gutiérrez 70'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,125 Referee: Esse Baharmast

October 2, 1996Game 3	Dallas Burn	2–2 (2–3 SO)	Kansas City Wiz	Dallas, Texas
	Sanchez 27', 41' Elliott 66' Farrer 73' Haynes 81'	Recap	Uderitz 22' Preki 35' Chung 41' Takawira 62'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,802 Referee: Rich Grady
	Shootout
	Haynes Lozzano Sánchez Farrer Ashton		Johnston Preki Klopas Wright Takawira

U.S. Open Cup

September 16, 1996Quarterfinal	Dallas Burn	3–2	Seattle Sounders	Dallas, Texas
	Álvarez 54' Lozzano 58' Elliott 70' Eck 79'	Report	Leonetti 3' Hoggan 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 1,305 Referee: Kevin Terry

October 27, 1996Semifinal	Dallas Burn	0–2	D.C. United	Dallas, Texas
	Haynes 26' Soehn 58' Farrer 63'	Report	Moreno 12', 82'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 1,958 Referee: Kevin Terry

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