1996 Major League Soccer Season - Conference Semifinals

Conference Semifinals

Eastern Conference

September 24, 1996
Game 1
NY/NJ MetroStars 3 – 2
6 – 5 (SO)
D.C. United Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 14,416
Referee: Esse Baharmast
De Ávila 38'
Savarese 75'
Díaz Arce 24'
Moreno 56'
September 27, 1996
Game 2
D.C. United 1 – 0 NY/NJ MetroStars Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 21,442
Referee: Paul Tamberino
Etcheverry 72'
October 2, 1996
Game 3
D.C. United 2 – 1 NY/NJ MetroStars Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 20,423
Referee: Brian Hall
Rammel 67'
Diaz Arce (pen.) 89'
De Ávila 86'
  • D.C. United wins series 2 - 1, advances to Conference finals.

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