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Donadoni vs Tampa Bay, 1996
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Ten Best: Metro games (Part 2)
September 1, 2005
5) July 5, 2003: DC United 2, MetroStars 3 (OT)
Down to ten men since the 35th minute, the Metros hold off a charging DC squad to end regulation in a draw. Then, Bob Bradley pulls the old switcheroo, putting Gaven, in only his second career game, into the nets for less than a minute to start overtime. Tim Howard makes an incredible save to keep the game tied, and then Gaven races down the sideline and notches the game-winner. Jaime Moreno and Ricardo Clark had the other Metro goals.
4) August 26, 2000: Dallas 4, MetroStars 6
Clint Mathis scores FIVE times, in the 3rd, 26th, 40th, 68th, and 83rd, to set the MLS record for goals in a game as the Metros win a see-saw battle with the Burn. A Metro two-goal lead evaporates before Mathis scores his last two to take back the advantage. Adolfo Valencia adds the insurance goal.
3) September 24, 1996: MetroStars 2, DC United 2 (6:5 SO)
In the first playoff game in Metro history, Giovanni Savarese ties the match at twos in the 75th after coming onto the field just a minute earlier (Antony De Avila scored the first Metro goal). Then, an epic shootout ensues, and the injured Peter Vermes hobbles and scores in the 11th frame to give the Metros the win.
2) May 4, 1996: MetroStars 3, Tampa Bay 3 (2:1 SO)
Tampa Bay scores three goals early in the second half to seemingly doom Metro to a fourth straight defeat to start their history. But in Roberto Donadoni's first match, the Metros respond with three goals in three minutes; first, a Cle Kooiman own goal off a Tab Ramos free kick, then two by Savarese, the second on a gorgeous bicycle kick to tie the game in regulation. Ramos would then score the game-winner in the shootout.
1) May 5, 2001: MetroStars 3, DC United 2
Down by two in the 79th minute, it looks like everything is doomed. But the MetroStars score three in a terrific span as first Mathis, then Rodrigo Faria in the 88th, and then Petter Villegas in the 90th each knock one in to pull out the most incredible regulation win in Metro history.
Just missing out:
August 14, 1996: MetroStars 4, New England 0
De Avila's and AstroTurf's debut leads to Metro domination
April 25, 1998: MetroStars 4, San Jose 3
Alexi Lalas scores the game-winner in the last minute of a back-and-forth game
July 8, 2000: Kansas City 0, MetroStars 1
Tim Howard ascends to greatness, shutting out Kansas City as Mathis scores the late winner
September 15, 2000: MetroStars 2, Dallas 1 (OT)
Adolfo Valencia scores with seconds left in overtime to give the Metros a playoff win
July 7, 2001: Miami 0, MetroStars 3
Howard dominates yet again and the Metros clean up league-leading Fusion
June 15, 2002: MetroStars 5, Los Angeles 0
Metros get their biggest win ever, as Mamadou Diallo scores four in a rout over the Galaxy
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