New England Revolution

1996 season
Owner	Robert Kraft (The Kraft Group)
Head coach	Frank Stapleton
Stadium	Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts
MLS	Conference: 5th Overall: 9th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not enter
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	League: Joe-Max Moore (11) All: Joe-Max Moore (11)
Highest home attendance	38,633 (Sep 21 vs. Columbus Crew)
Lowest home attendance	11,009 (Sep 12 vs. Tampa Bay Mutiny)
Average home league attendance	19,025
Biggest win	2 goals: 6 times
Biggest defeat	5 goals: SJ 6 – 1 NE (Aug. 11)
1997 →

The 1996 New England Revolution season was the inaugural season for the New England Revolution both as a club and in Major League Soccer (MLS). The team finished last out of five teams in the Eastern Conference, missing the MLS Cup Playoffs. Following the team's last game of the season, head coach Frank Stapleton resigned on September 26, 1996. He was replaced by Thomas Rongen on November 5, 1996.^[1]

Revolution forward Joe-Max Moore was named MLS Player of the Week for Week 18, and Alexi Lalas and Wélton were both named All-Stars for the 1996 MLS All-Star Game.^[2]

Pre-season

Initial player allocations

As part of Major League Soccer's first season, teams were each allocated four marquee players before the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. On October 17, 1995, MLS allocated defender Alexi Lalas and defender Mike Burns to the Revolution.^[1] Lalas was a United States national team regular who had played in the 1992 Summer Olympics^[3] and 1994 FIFA World Cup^[4] and was under contract with Padova in Italy's Serie A, while Burns had played alongside Lalas for the United States in the 1992 Olympics^[3] and was playing for Viborg FF in Denmark's Superliga at the time.

On February 5, 1996, MLS allocated American goalkeeper Jim St. Andre of the A-League's New York Centaurs and Italian forward Giuseppe Galderisi, Lalas' teammate at Padova, to the Revolution.^[1]

First head coach

On January 4, 1996, the team named Frank Stapleton the first head coach of the New England Revolution.^[1] Stapleton was an Irish international who had played for Arsenal, Manchester United, Ajax, Blackburn Rovers, and Bradford City among others.^[5]

Draft results

Inaugural player draft

On February 6 and 7, 1996, New England selected 16 players in the Inaugural Player Draft.^[1]

New England Revolution – 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft
Round	Overall	Name	Position	Previous Club
1	5	Iain Fraser	D	Sacramento Knights
2	15	Peter Woodring	M	Hawaii Tsunami
3	25	Bojan Vučković	F	Tampa Bay Terror
4	35	Marquis White	F	Club Destroyers
5	45	Ted Chronopoulos	D	Panionios
6	55	Yari Allnutt	F	Irapuato
7	65	Rob Ukrop	F	Richmond Kickers
8	75	Darren Sawatzky	M	Oregon Surge
9	85	Tom Lips	D	New York Fever
10	95	Richard Weiszmann	D	North Bay Breakers
11	105	John DeBrito	M	New York Fever
12	115	Jim Adams	GK	Cleveland Crunch
13	125	Geoff Aunger	M	Vancouver 86ers
14	135	Antonio Superbia	M	Jersey Dragons
15	145	Derk Droze	F	San Marcos
16	155	Jorge Olamendi	M	Los Angeles Salsa

College draft

On March 4, 1996, the Revolution selected Paul Keegan, Imad Baba, and Paulo Dos Santos in the College Draft.^[1]

New England Revolution – 1996 MLS College Draft
Round	Overall	Name	Position	Previous Club
1	6	Paul Keegan	F	Boston College Eagles
2	16	Imad Baba	M	Clemson Tigers
3	26	Paulo Dos Santos	M	Rhode Island Rams

Supplemental draft

Following the College Draft, the Revolution selected Beto Naveda, Wélton, and Zak Ibsen in the Supplemental Draft.^[1]

New England Revolution – 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft
Round	Overall	Name	Position	Previous Club
1	6	Beto Naveda	M	Boca Juniors
2	16	Wélton	F	America (RJ)
3	26	Zak Ibsen	D	Tampa Bay Terror

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	19	1	12	66	51	+15	58	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	D.C. United	32	15	1	16	62	56	+6	46
3	NY/NJ MetroStars	32	12	3	17	45	47	−2	39
4	Columbus Crew	32	11	4	17	59	60	−1	37
5	New England Revolution	32	9	6	17	43	56	−13	33

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampa Bay Mutiny (S)	32	19	1	12	66	51	+15	58
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
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
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
10	Colorado Rapids	32	9	2	21	44	59	−15	29

Matches

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