Английская Википедия:1996 New England Revolution season

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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.

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.

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. Lalas was a United States national team regular who had played in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1994 FIFA World Cup 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 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.

First head coach

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

Draft results

Inaugural player draft

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

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

College draft

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

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

Supplemental draft

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

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

Honors

• Team Most Valuable Player: Joe-Max Moore
• Team Scoring Champion: Joe-Max Moore (23 pts, 11 G, 1 A)
• Team Defender of the Year: Francis Okaroh
• MLS All-Star Game Selections: Alexi Lalas, Wélton
• MLS Player of the Week: Joe-Max Moore (Week 18)