List of Tampa Bay Mutiny seasons

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The Mutiny played in Houlihan's Stadium (left) until the end of the 1998 season, when it moved to the Raymond James Stadium (right). [1] [2]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny was an American soccer club that competed in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier soccer league in the United States and Canada. The team played for six seasons from the inaugural MLS season of 1996 through 2001, after which the franchise went defunct. [3]

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The MLS season typically runs from February to October, and the best-performing team in the regular season is awarded the Supporters' Shield. The top teams from each conference qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, a postseason tournament that culminates in the MLS Cup. [4] [5] The Mutiny won the Supporters' Shield in the inaugural season, although this was awarded retroactively as the trophy itself was not created until 1999. [6] In addition to league play, the Mutiny competed in the annual U.S. Open Cup tournament organized by the United States Soccer Federation. [7]

The club played a total of six seasons in MLS, with 83 wins, 98 losses, and six draws over 187 games. [8] The club ceased operations immediately after the 2001 season along with the Miami Fusion in the league's first contraction. The Mutiny had failed to attract an investor-operator, and was run by the league at a loss. Nick Sackiewicz, a former general manager for the Mutiny, blamed the lack of fan support for the failure of both teams. The league dispersed the teams' players in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft on February 10, 2002. [9]

Key

Seasons

Results of Tampa Bay Mutiny league and cup competitions by season
Season League [8] Position Playoffs [8] USOC [12] Average
attendance 		Top goalscorer(s) [a] [13]
PldWLDGFGAGDPts PPG Conf. [8] Overall [14] Name(s)Goals
1996 322012– [b] 6651+15581.811st1st SF QF 11,679 [15] Flag of the United States.svg Roy Lassiter ♦ [c] [16] 27
1997 321715– [b] 5560–5451.412nd3rd QF QF 11,333 [17] Flag of the United States.svg Roy Lassiter [16] 10
1998 321220– [b] 4657–11341.065th9thDNQ QF 10,312 [18] Flag of Bolivia.svg Mauricio Ramos [19] 9
1999 321418– [b] 5150+1321.003rd8th QF QF 13,106 [21] Flag of Liberia.svg Musa Shannon [22] 12
2000 3216124 [d] 6250+12521.632nd4th QF R3 9,452 [23] Flag of Senegal.svg Mamadou Diallo ♦ [e] [24] 26
2001 [f] 274212 [d] 3268−36140.524th †12th †DNQ R2 10,479 [26] Flag of Senegal.svg Mamadou Diallo [24] 9
Total18783986312336–242351.26W (1)W (1)SF (1)QF (4)– Flag of the United States.svg Roy Lassiter [16] 37 [27]

Notes

  1. ↑ Top goalscorer includes all goals scored in league matches.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Before the 2000 Major League Soccer season, matches would be settled in a penalty kick shootout rather than end in a draw. [20]
  3. ↑ Lassiter won the MLS Golden Boot (58 points).
  4. 1 2 From 2000 to 2004, MLS discouraged draws by playing up to two 5-minute periods of golden goal overtime for tied games. [20]
  5. ↑ Diallo won the MLS Golden Boot (56 points).
  6. ↑ The final ten games of the 2001 MLS regular season were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks, which included Tampa's game against the Columbus Crew. [25]

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