| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England | 1 | D1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/3 | 2-2 |
| MetroStars | 12 | W2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13/15 | 9-4 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England | 2 | 32 | 59 | 18 | WDLWD | 4 | -2 |
| MetroStars | 6 | 32 | 47 | 4 | WWDLL | 5 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2005-10-28
59 points for New England (2nd), 47 for MetroStars (6th): a 12-point gap. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, New England ran at 1.72 scored and 1.16 conceded, MetroStars at 1.66 and 1.53.
MetroStars carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The match was played at Gillette Stadium (capacity 66,829). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-1.
