A-League: Standings and Results through August 25
- by Soccer America , Aug 27, 1996
Standings
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Montreal | 23 | 18 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 46 |
| Colorado | 23 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 31 | 34 |
| Seattle | 23 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 21 | 31 |
| Vancouver | 23 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 27 |
| Rochester | 21 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 24 |
| New York | 22 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 28 | 21 |
| Atlanta | 17 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 9 |
*-clinched playoff spot.
Shootout records: Montreal 4-0, Vancouver 3-2, Seattle 4-4, Rochester 3-3, New York 3-5, Colorado 1-2, Atlanta 0-2.
o Wins in standings include wins in regulation, worth three points, and wins in shootout, worth one point.
Results
Aug. 21 in Rochester
Rochester 0 Colorado 0 (Rochester wins shootout 2-1).
Rochester -- Andracki, Dauda, Rivas, Minott, Villagra, Tanner (Kennell, 70), McKay, Gutierrez, Debrah, Miller, Steenkamp.
Colorado -- Harrington, Tadlock, Patterson, Martinez, Siersbaek (Fig, 66), Boyd, Harris, Lujan, Messam, Lak, Davis.
Att.: 11,196.
Aug. 21 in Vancouver, B.C.
Vancouver 1 Montreal 0. Goal: Dailly (Heald) 37.
Vancouver -- Dolan, Payne, MacDonald, Sumner, Norman, Dailly, Berg, Heald, Nash (Muirhead, 46), Mobilio, Ross (Valentine, 66).
Montreal -- Ceccarelli, DeSantis, Diotte, Devos, Limniatis, Fletcher, Hooper, Doliscat, Holness, Lowe, Berdusco (Barker, 57).
Att.: 3,818.
Aug. 23 in Montreal
Montreal 2 Colorado 1. Goals: Biello (Devos) 36, Hooper (Devos) 64; Davis (Lak) 29.
Montreal -- Ceccarelli, Limniatis, Diotte, Devos, DeSantis, Carter (Fletcher, 80), Hooper, Holness, Biello, Lowe (Berdusco, 51), Barker (Doliscat, 87).
Colorado -- Harrington, Sedgewick, Tadlock (Adams, 79), Patterson, Martinez, Messam, Lak, McCreath, Davis (Siersbaek, 79), Boyd (Fig, 68), Harris.
Att.: 7,231.
Aug. 24 in Atlanta
Atlanta 0 New York 5. Goals: Saunders (Boulin) 7, Boulin 15, Weinstein (Saunders) 42, Weinstein 49, Acosta (Tschantret) 60.
Atlanta -- Young Yi, Richmond, Bednar, G. Sheen, Dunlap, Elliot, Hellenkamp (Crane, 46), R. Sheen, Moore (Muncillo, 65), Vivanco (McIntosh, 46), Bahr.
New York -- Azmi, Belen, Szanto, Mortarulo, Fairweather, Fothergill, Tschantret, Boulin, Acosta (Carter, 65), Saunders (Chavez, 74), Weinstein (Tam, 75).
Att.: 751.
Aug. 24 in Seattle
Seattle 2 Vancouver 2 (Seattle wins shootout 1-0). Goals: Leonetti (Farrell) 17, Farrell 22; Mobilio (Ross) 35, Mobilio (Nash) 43.
Seattle -- Hahnemann, James Dunn, James, Webber, Crook, Morrill (Bialek, 87), Leonetti, Hoggan, McCormick, Jason Dunn (Thompson, 57), Farrell.
Vancouver -- Dolan, Payne, MacDonald, Sumner, Norman, Dailly (Muirhead, 75), Heald (Oliviero, 46), Berg, Nash (Valentine, 81), Mobilio, Ross.
Att.: 3,566.
Aug. 25 in Rochester
Rochester 3 New York 2. Goals: Gutierrez (Tanner) 20, Rivas (Gutierrez) 72, Miller 86; Acosta 81, Chavez (Acosta) 85.
Rochester -- Andracki, Minott, Rivas, Kennell, Villagra, Tanner, Kelly, McKay (Young, 68), Gutierrez (Ashe, 88), Miller, Steenkamp.
New York -- Azmi, Fairweather, Mortarulo, Szanto, McElderry, Fothergill, Acosta, Belen (Carter, 72), Boulin, Saunders, Weinstein (Chavez, 58).
Att.: 10,664.
Aug. 25 in Commerce City, Colo.
Colorado 2 Vancouver 1. Goals: Fig (McCreath) 64, Harris (McCreath) 70; Ross (Dolan) 63.
Colorado -- Harrington, Patterson, Martinez, Siersbaek (Boyd, 46), Fig (Tadlock, 65), Harris, Lujan (Sedgewick, 73), Messam, Lak, McCreath, Davis.
Vancouver -- Dolan, Payne, MacDonald (McLean, 52), Sumner, Norman (Muirhead, 73), Dailly (Sibiya, 81), Heald, Oliviero, Ross, Mobilio, Kusch.
Att.: 3,576.
Leading Scorers
| Player (Team) | G | A | P | |
| Harris (Colorado) | 15 | 6 | 36 | |
| Miller (Rochester) | 13 | 0 | 26 | |
| Mobilio (Vancouver) | 10 | 2 | 22 | |
| Siersbaek (Colorado) | 5 | 8 | 18 | |
| Steenkamp (Rochester) | 7 | 3 | 17 | |
| Berdusco (Montreal) | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| Biello (Montreal) | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| Barker (Montreal) | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Boyd (Colorado) | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Fry (Seattle) | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Acosta (New York) | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| McCreath (Colorado) | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Oliviero (Vancouver) | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Leonetti (Seattle) | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Lowe (Montreal) | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Farrell (Seattle) | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Tschantret (New York) | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| Desantis (Montreal) | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Debrah (Rochester) | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Marinaro (Rochester) | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Carrington (New York) | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Fig (Colorado) | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Llamosa (New York) | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Jason Dunn (Seattle) | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Hooker (Colorado) | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Lujan (Colorado) | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Nash (Vancouver) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Leading Goalies
| Player (Team) | GP | Min. | GAA |
| Ceccarelli (Montreal) | 23 | 2070 | 0.70 |
| Hahnemann (Seattle) | 23 | 2070 | 0.91 |
| Zaratin (New York) | 14 | 1260 | 1.21 |
| Dolan (Vancouver) | 21 | 1849 | 1.33 |
| Harrington (Colorado) | 23 | 2069 | 1.35 |
| Andracki (Rochester) | 21 | 1871 | 1.67 |
