1996 San Jose Clash season

San Jose Clash
1996 season

Owner	Major League Soccer
Coach	Laurie Calloway
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 4th Overall: 7th
MLS Cup	Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Paul Bravo (13)
Highest home attendance	31,728 (May 12 vs. Los Angeles)
Lowest home attendance	10,299 (May 29 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance	17,231
← 1988 1997 →

The 1996 San Jose Clash season was, including previous iterations of the franchise, the sixteenth season of the team's existence, their first season in MLS, their first season in the top division of American soccer since 1984. The team won the inaugural MLS game against D.C. United.

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Squad

Current squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Tom Liner
1	GK	USA	Dave Salzwedel
3	DF	USA	John Doyle
4	DF	COL	Rafael Amaya
5	DF	USA	Oscar Draguicevich
5	DF	NGA	Michael Emenalo
6	MF	NGA	Ben Iroha
7	MF	MEX	Missael Espinoza
8	FW	USA	Jeff Baicher
9	MF	USA	Paul Bravo
11	FW	USA	Eric Wynalda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	USA	Troy Dayak
14	MF	USA	Paul Holocher
15	FW	CHI	Victor Mella
15	MF	JAM	Altimont Butler
17	DF	USA	Tim Martin
18	FW	USA	Ryshiem Henderson
19	DF	USA	Tayt Ianni
21	MF	USA	Eddie Lewis
22	MF	USA	Ramiro Corrales
23	MF	GUA	Jorge Rodas
24	MF	USA	Henry Gutierrez

Competitions

Major League Soccer

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
5	Kansas City Wiz	32	12	5	15	61	63	−2	41
6	NY/NJ MetroStars	32	12	3	17	45	47	−2	39
7	San Jose Clash	32	12	3	17	50	50	0	39
8	Columbus Crew	32	11	4	17	59	60	−1	37
9	New England Revolution	32	9	6	17	43	56	−13	33

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

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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	SO	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	SO	W	L	W	L	L	L	SO

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

Matches

April 6, 1996 1	San Jose Clash	1–0	D.C. United	San Jose, California
	Emenalo 44' Wynalda 88'	Report	Díaz Arce 5' Gori 44' Harkes 72' Fazlagic 87'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 31,683 Referee: Esse Baharmast

April 14, 1996 2	Dallas Burn	0–0 (2–1 SO)	San Jose Clash	Dallas, Texas
	Ashton 50' Álvarez 72'	Report	Emenalo 24' Bravo 32'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 27,779 Referee: Kevin Terry
	Shootout
	Kerr Lozzano Glenn Álvarez		Wynalda Mella Iroha Bravo Doyle

April 21, 1996 3	San Jose Clash	2–2 (7–8 SO)	Kansas City Wiz	San Jose, California
	Iroha 7' Holocher 33' Rodas 34' Wynalda 58'	Report	McKeon 3' Okafor 16' Ekemé 40' 47' Prampin 86'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 17,580 Referee: Brian Hall
	Shootout
	Iroha Baicher Rodas Holocher Wynalda Doyle Emenalo Martin Lewis Dayak Iroha Baicher Rodas Holocher Wynalda Doyle		Prampin Chung Eichmann Preki Takawira Okafor Reasoner Bowers Uderitz Harrington Prampin Chung Eichmann Preki Takawira Okafor

April 28, 1996 4	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–1	San Jose Clash	Pasadena, California
	Vasquez 26' Cienfuegos 44'	Report	Emenalo 30' Rodas 42' Iroha 58' Bravo 77'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 40,347 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 4, 1996 5	New England Revolution	1–2	San Jose Clash	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Woodring 39' Aunger 86' (pen.)	Report	Emenalo 4' Wynalda 23' Doyle 30' Dayak 37' Bravo 70'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 16,334 Referee: Raul Dominguez

May 8, 1996 6	San Jose Clash	3–1	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
	Baicher 35' Bravo 37', 38' Emenalo 52' Martin 72'	Report	Balboa 2' Kmosko 6' Henderson 58'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,972 Referee: Tim Weyland

May 12, 1996 7	San Jose Clash	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Gutierrez 7' Bravo 75'	Report	Hurtado 9' Semioli 15' Motajo 27' Salcedo 35' Vanney 82'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 31,728 Referee: Rich Grady

May 18, 1996 8	Tampa Bay Mutiny	3–2	San Jose Clash	Tampa, Florida
	Lassiter 18', 43' Ralston 22' Backman 28' Pittman 45' Yallop 90'	Report	Rodas 11' Iroha 19' Emenalo 21' Espinoza 62' Bravo 65' (p.), 71'	Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 12,047 Referee: Esse Baharmast

May 29, 1996 9	San Jose Clash	2–1	Kansas City Wiz	San Jose, California
	Martin 1' Wynalda 23', 46', 85' Emenalo 25' Iroha 36' Doyle 40'	Report	Lagerwey 22' Uderitz 31' Allnutt 70'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,299 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 1, 1996 10	San Jose Clash	2–2 (2–1 SO)	Columbus Crew	San Jose, California
	Iroha 21' Gutierrez 29' Doyle 36' Baicher 46' Wynalda 63' Butler 84' Dayak 90'	Report	Watson 2' Paz 11' Marino 31' McBride 68' (pen.) Oshoniyi 90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 16,077 Referee: Arturo Angeles
	Shootout
	Iroha Wynalda Butler Rodas Espinoza		Marino McBride Paz Ward Bliss

June 5, 1996 11	D.C. United	3–1	San Jose Clash	Washington, D.C.
	Díaz Arce 23' Etcheverry 32' Rammel 36', 49' Williams 69'	Report	Iroha 33' Emenalo 35' Rodas 43' Butler 68'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,845 Referee: Paul Tamberino

June 8, 1996 12	Dallas Burn	4–1	San Jose Clash	Dallas, Texas
	Sánchez 15' Kreis 33' Emenalo 44' (o.g.) Soñora 65'	Report	Espinoza 12' Doyle 48'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 25,187 Referee: Esse Baharmast

June 16, 1996 13	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	0–1	San Jose Clash	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Baba 4' Vermes 26'	Report	Baicher 14' Iroha 58'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 18,404 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 23, 1996 14	San Jose Clash	2–1	D.C. United	San Jose, California
	Espinoza 41' Draguicevich 58' Baicher 66' Espinoza 86'	Report	Díaz Arce 50' Rammel 51' Sanneh 67'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 14,088 Referee: Frank Gorog

June 30, 1996 15	San Jose Clash	4–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	San Jose, California
	Wynalda 1', 25', 22' Bravo 34' Espinoza 44' Dayak 85' Draguicevich 88'	Report	McKinley 5' Ralston 32' Kooiman 62'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 19,380 Referee: Tim Weyland

July 6, 1996 16	San Jose Clash	1–1 (3–4 SO)	New England Revolution	San Jose, California
	Wynalda 60' Doyle 64'	Report	Wélton 33' Kerr 66'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 18,813 Referee: Brian Hall
	Shootout
	Wynalda Butler Rodas Iroha Espinoza Emenalo		Wélton Kerr Naveda Sawatzky Aunger Woodring

July 17, 1996 17	Colorado Rapids	1–2	San Jose Clash	Denver, Colorado
	Wegerle 54' Bartlett 80' Bates 88'	Report	Bravo 14', 50' Rodas 84' Draguicevich 86'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 6,117 Referee: Joshua Patlak

July 20, 1996 18	Columbus Crew	3–4	San Jose Clash	Columbus, Ohio
	Warzycha 22' McBride 37', 58'	Report	Wynalda 7' Bravo 17', 60' Baicher 42' Doyle 50' Draguicevich 56' Espinoza 67' 73'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 18,156 Referee: Ali Saheli

July 24, 1996 19	San Jose Clash	0–1	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	San Jose, California
	Rodas 29'	Report	Zaun 12' Johnson 29'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 15,096 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 28, 1996 20	New York/New Jersey MetroStars	4–1	San Jose Clash	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Savarese 31' Johnson 36' Caricola 38' Vermes 51' Wood 80' Harty 88'	Report	Emenalo 9' Wynalda 39' Doyle 42' Lewis 81'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 21,212 Referee: Rich Grady

July 31, 1996 21	New England Revolution	2–0	San Jose Clash	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Fraser 11' Moore 48', 67' Wylie 83' Keegan 84'	Report	Emenalo 57'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 12,871 Referee: Ruben Rodhas

August 11, 1996 22	San Jose Clash	6–1	New England Revolution	San Jose, California
	Dayak 31', 70' Espinoza 48', 84' Doyle 62' Rodas 81'	Report	Moore 8' Olaroh 61' 79'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,099 Referee: Kevin Terry

August 15, 1996 23	Kansas City Wiz	4–1	San Jose Clash	Kansas City, Missouri
	Johnston 5' Preki 46' Takawira 81', 88'	Report	Wynalda 33' Doyle 78'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Esse Baharmast

August 18, 1996 24	Columbus Crew	2–0	San Jose Clash	Columbus, Ohio
	Maisonneuve 77' Paz 82'	Report	Emenalo 23' Espinoza 45'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 16,629 Referee: Paul Tamberino

August 22, 1996 25	San Jose Clash	0–0 (3–2 SO)	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
		Report	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, 1996 26	San Jose Clash	1–0	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
	Espinoza 1'	Report	Bartlett 36'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,369 Referee: Marcel Yonan

September 1, 1996 27	San Jose Clash	1–1 (1–3 SO)	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Espinoza 26' Emenalo 62'	Report	Salcedo 29' Wilson 38' Jones 53' Vanney 66'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 26,184 Referee: Zimmerman Boulos
	Shootout
	Wynalda Iroha Bravo Rodas		Jara Vanney Jones Garvey Salcedo

September 8, 1996 28	Colorado Rapids	1–3	San Jose Clash	Denver, Colorado
	Harbor 28', 33' Cannon 43'	Report	Espinoza 24', 40' Rodas 50' Bravo 85'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 8,990 Referee: Roberto Van de Wyngard

September 11, 1996 29	San Jose Clash	2–2 (1–3 SO)	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
	Espinoza 49' Draguicevich 59' 84' Iroha 74'	Report	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 15, 1996 30	Los Angeles Galaxy	4–2	San Jose Clash	Pasadena, California
	Karapetyan 12' Onalfo 19' Armas 32' Hurtado 78', 83', 80'	Report	Espinoza 19' Corrales 43' Bravo 69' Emenalo 78' Doyle 81' Wynalda 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 14,179 Referee: Arturo Angeles

September 18, 1996 31	San Jose Clash	1–1 (1–3 SO)	Tampa Bay Mutiny	San Jose, California
	Corrales 3'	Report	Pittman 2' Frye 35' Lassiter 55' Kooiman 58' Viera 90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 13,091 Referee: Zimmerman Boulos
	Shootout
	Wynalda Iroha Bravo Rodas		Hunjak Lassiter Ralston Vásquez Pittman

September 21, 1996 32	Kansas City Wiz	0–0 (1–2 SO)	San Jose Clash	Kansas City, Missouri
		Report	Wynalda 19' Martin 73'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 18,594 Referee: Marcel Yonan
	Shootout
	Chung Wright Preki Sorber Prampin		Wynalda Iroha Espinoza Rodas Bravo

(SO) = Shootout^[2]

MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference semifinals

September 26, 1996 Game 1	San Jose Clash	1–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Ianni 36' Wynalda 90'	Report	Onalfo 30' Calichman 38' Salcedo 89'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 17,209 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 29, 1996 Game 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	San Jose Clash	Pasadena, California
	Hurtado 29', 90' Fraser 84'	Report	Emenalo 1' Rodas 22' Wynalda 28' 87' Draguicevich 90' 90'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 27,833 Referee: Joshua Patlak

October 2, 1996 Game 3	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	San Jose Clash	Pasadena, California
	Hurtado 31' Cienfuegos 36' (pen.)	Report	Espinoza 25' Iroha 35'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 30,231 Referee: Esse Baharmast

Source:^[3]

References

^ http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t110^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "The Year in American Soccer, 1996". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
^ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved April 7, 2014.

External links

External videos
San Jose Clash vs D.C. United First-Ever MLS Match on YouTube

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Cups

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National teams

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Team seasons
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