List of Tampa Bay Mutiny seasons

The Tampa Bay Mutiny were an American soccer club that competed in Major League Soccer, the top tier soccer league in the United States and Canada. The team played for six seasons from the inaugural MLS season of 1996 through 2001 before the franchise went defunct.^[1] The following is a list of seasons completed by the Mutiny.^[2]^[3]

Key

Key to competitions

Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996.
U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914.
CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.

Key to colors and symbols

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
Last	Wooden Spoon
♦	MLS Golden Boot
	Highest average attendance
Italics	Ongoing competition

Key to league record

Season = The year and article of the season
Div = Division/level on pyramid
League = League name
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
L = Games lost
D = Games drawn
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal difference
Pts = Points
PPG = Points per game
Conf = Conference position
Overall = League position

Key to cup record

DNE = Did not enter
DNQ = Did not qualify
NH = Competition not held or canceled
QR = Qualifying round
PR = Preliminary round
GS = Group stage
R1 = First round
R2 = Second round
R3 = Third round
R4 = Fourth round
R5 = Fifth round
Ro16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarterfinals
SF = Semifinals
F = Final
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Seasons

Season	League									Position		Playoffs	USOC	Continental / Other	Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
Season	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall	Playoffs	USOC	Continental / Other	Average attendance	Name(s)	Goals
1996	32	20	12	–^[a]	66	51	+15	58	1.81	1st	1st	SF	QF	DNE	11,679	Roy Lassiter	33♦^[4]
1997	32	17	15	–^[a]	55	60	–5	45	1.41	2nd	3rd	QF	QF	DNQ	11,333	Roy Lassiter	10
1998	32	12	20	–^[a]	46	57	–11	34	1.06	5th	9th	DNQ	QF		10,312	Mauricio Ramos	9
1999	32	14	18	–^[a]	51	50	+1	32	1.00	3rd	8th	QF	QF		13,106	Musa Shannon	12
2000	32	16	12	4^[b]	62	50	+12	52	1.63	2nd	4th	QF	Ro16		9,452	Mamadou Diallo	28♦^[6]
2001^[c]	27	4	21	2^[b]	32	68	−36	14	0.52	4th	12th	DNQ	R2		10,479	Mamadou Diallo	9
Total	187	83	98	6	312	336	–24	235	1.26	–	–	–	–	—	–	Roy Lassiter	43

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Before the 2000 Major League Soccer season, matches would be settled in a PK shootout rather than end in a draw.^[5]
^ ^a ^b From 2000 to 2004, MLS discouraged draws by playing up to two 5-minute periods of golden goal overtime for tied games.^[5]
^ The final ten games of the 2001 MLS regular season were cancelled in the wake of the September 11 attacks, which included Tampa's game against the Columbus Crew.^[7]

References

^ "Fusion and Mutiny fold". BBC News. January 9, 2002. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
^ "Stats | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "Tampa Bay Mutiny Stats and History".
^ Lassiter won the MLS Golden Boot (58 points)
^ ^a ^b Maurer, Pablo (7 May 2020). "The rise and fall of MLS's 35-yard shootout — and why it should be brought back". The Athletic. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ Diallo won the MLS Golden Boot (56 points)
^ "MLS cancels remainder of regular season". USA Today. Associated Press. September 13, 2001. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.