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1998 in American soccer

The 1998 season was the 86th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

Soccer in the United States
Season1998
← 1997 United States 1999 →

National team edit

Record edit

Competition GP W D L GF GA
FIFA World Cup 3 0 0 3 1 5
CONCACAF Gold Cup 4 3 0 1 6 2
International Friendly 9 3 4 2 8 6
Total 16 6 4 6 15 13

Results edit

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

January 24 International Friendly United States   1 – 0   Sweden Orlando, Florida
Wegerle   2' Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 12,773
Referee: Richard Grady (United States)
February 1 Gold Cup Group Stage United States   3 – 0   Cuba Oakland, California
Wegerle   55'
Wynalda   58'
Moore   76' (pen.)		 Stadium: Oakland Coliseum
Attendance: 11,234
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
February 7 Gold Cup Group Stage United States   2 – 1   Costa Rica Oakland, California
Pope   7'
Preki   78'		 Oviedo   56' Stadium: Oakland Coliseum
Attendance: 36,240
Referee: Mohammed Nazri (Malaysia)
February 10 Gold Cup Semifinal United States   1 – 0   Brazil Los Angeles
Preki   65' Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 12,298
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
February 15 Gold Cup Final United States   0 – 1   Mexico Los Angeles
Hernández   43' Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 91,255
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad & Tobago)
February 21 International Friendly United States   0 – 2   Netherlands Miami, Florida
de Boer   1'
Seedorf   46'		 Stadium: Orange Bowl
Attendance: 20,379
February 25 International Friendly Belgium   2 – 0   United States Brussels, Belgium
Van Kerckhoven   23', 59' Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 15,894
Referee: Philippe Kalt (France)
March 14 International Friendly United States   2 – 2   Paraguay San Diego, California
Deering   21'
Balboa   50'		 Caniza   15'
Arce   75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium
Attendance: 15,253
Referee: Luis Padro Borja (Mexico)
April 22 International Friendly Austria   0 – 3   United States Vienna, Austria
Hejduk   54'
McBride   89'
Reyna   90+3'		 Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 17,000
May 16 International Friendly United States   0 – 0   North Macedonia San Jose, California
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 23,861
May 24 International Friendly United States   2 – 0   Kuwait Portland, Oregon
Stewart   37'
Ramos   82'		 Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 25,343
Referee: Mario Ramírez (Guatemala)
May 30 International Friendly United States   0 – 0   Scotland Washington, D.C.
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 46,037
June 15 World Cup Group Stage Germany   2 – 0   United States Paris, France
21:00 UTC+01 Möller   8'
Klinsmann   65'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,815
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
June 21 World Cup Group Stage United States   1 – 2   Iran Lyon, France
21:00 UTC+01 McBride   87' Estili   40'
Mahdavikia   84'		 Stadium: Stade Gerland
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
June 25 World Cup Group Stage United States   0 – 1   Yugoslavia Nantes, France
21:00 UTC+01 Komljenović   4' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 39,500
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
November 6 International Friendly United States   0 – 0   Australia San Jose, California
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 15,074
Referee: Mike Siefert (Canada)

Goalscorers edit

Player Goals
Roy Wegerle 2
Preki 2
Brian McBride 2
Eric Wynalda 1
Joe-Max Moore 1
Eddie Pope 1
Chad Deering 1
Marcelo Balboa 1
Frankie Hejduk 1
Paul Bravo 1
Claudio Reyna 1
Ernie Stewart 1
Tab Ramos 1

Major League Soccer edit

Main article: 1998 Major League Soccer season

Standings edit

Eastern Conference P W SW SL L WIR SO LIR GF GA GD APts Pts
D.C. United 32 24 <7 3> 8 17 10 5 81 51 30 61 58
Columbus Crew 32 15 <0 5> 17 15 5 12 67 61 6 50 45
MetroStars 32 15 <3 4> 17 12 7 13 57 63 -6 43 39
Miami Fusion 32 15 <5 0> 17 10 5 17 51 68 -17 35 35
x-Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 12 <1 5> 20 11 6 15 47 62 -15 39 34
x-New England Revolution 32 11 <2 4> 21 9 6 17 53 70 -15 33 29
Western Conference P W SW SL L WIR SO LIR GF GA GD APts Pts
Los Angeles Galaxy 32 24 <2 2> 8 22 4 6 85 44 41 70 68
Chicago Fire 32 20 <2 1> 12 18 3 11 62 45 17 57 56
Colorado Rapids 32 16 <2 2> 16 14 4 14 62 69 -7 46 44
Dallas Burn 32 15 <4 2> 17 11 6 15 43 59 -16 39 37
x-San Jose Clash 32 13 <3 5> 19 10 8 14 48 60 -12 38 33
x-Kansas City Wizards 32 12 <2 4> 20 10 6 16 45 50 -5 36 32
  • The top four teams in each conference make the playoffs.

Wins (W) are worth 3 points.
Shootout Wins (SW) are worth 1 point, and is considered a Win in the standings.
Shootout Loss (SL) are worth 0 points, and is considered a Loss in the standings.
Loss (L) are worth 0 points.

Playoffs edit

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup '98
               
1 D.C. United (a.e.t.), (3 – 2 S.O.)* 2 1* x
4 Miami Fusion 1 0 x
1 D.C. United 2 2 3
Eastern Conference
2 Columbus Crew 0 4 0
2 Columbus Crew (a.e.t.), (3 – 2 S.O.)* 5 2* x
3 MetroStars 3 1 x
E D.C. United     0
W Chicago Fire     2
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 3 x
4 Dallas Burn 1 2 x
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 0 1 x
Western Conference
2 Chicago Fire (a.e.t.), (2 – 1 S.O.)* 1 2* x
2 Chicago Fire 2 1 x
3 Colorado Rapids 1 0 x
  • Best of Three series winners will advance.

MLS Cup edit

Main article: MLS Cup '98
D.C. United0 – 2Chicago Fire
Podbrożny   29'
Gutiérrez   45'
Attendance: 51,350

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 1998 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket edit

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
A-L Hershey Wildcats 2
PDL Chicago Stingers 3
PDL Chicago Stingers 1
MLS Chicago Fire S.C. 3
 
 
MLS Chicago Fire (ASDET, PSO) 1 (4)
MLS San Jose Clash 1 (3)
A-L El Paso Patriots 9
PDL Arizona Sahuaros 1
A-L El Paso Patriots 0
MLS San Jose Clash 2
 
 
MLS Chicago Fire S.C. 3
MLS Dallas Burn 2
 
 
MLS Dallas Burn 4
A-L Orange County Zodiac 0
A-L Orange County Zodiac 2
PDL Austin Lone Stars 1
MLS Dallas Burn 5
A-L Nashville Metros 1
A-L Nashville Metros 7
PDL Delaware Wizards 1
A-L Nashville Metros 3
MLS Kansas City Wizards 1
 
 
MLS Chicago Fire S.C. (ASDET) 2
MLS Columbus Crew 1
 
 
MLS Miami Fusion 3
PDL Orlando Nighthawks 0
A-L Milwaukee Rampage 1
PDL Orlando Nighthawks 2
MLS Columbus Crew 3
MLS Miami Fusion 0
PDL Western Mass Pioneers 1
A-L Rochester Rhinos 3
A-L Rochester Rhinos 1
MLS Columbus Crew (ASDET) 2
 
 
MLS Columbus Crew 1
MLS MetroStars 0
 
 
MLS MetroStars (ASDET) 1
A-L Hampton Roads Mariners 0
A-L Hampton Roads Mariners (aet, PSO) 0 (3)
PDL Central Jersey Riptide 0 (2)
MLS MetroStars 4
MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny 0
 
 
MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny (ASDET, PSO) 2 (5)
PDL Worcester Wildfire 2 (4)
A-L Worcester Wildfire 2
PDL Charlotte Eagles 0

Final edit

Columbus Crew1 – 2 ASDETChicago Fire
John   53' Podbrożny   45' (pen.)
Klopas   99'
Attendance: 18,615

American clubs in international competitions edit

Club Competition Final round
D.C. United CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final
Colorado Rapids CONCACAF Champions' Cup Qualifying Round

D.C. United edit

August 11 Champions' Cup Quarterfinal D.C. United 8 – 0   Joe Public Washington, D.C.
Olsen   13', 44'
Lassiter   22', 29', 67', 72'
Wood   75', 90+2'		 Stadium: RFK Stadium
August 14 Champions' Cup Semifinal D.C. United 2 – 0   León Washington, D.C.
Lassiter   12', 61' Stadium: RFK Stadium
August 16 Champions' Cup Final D.C. United 1 – 0   Toluca Washington, D.C.
Pope   41' Stadium: RFK Stadium

Colorado Rapids edit

June 28 Champions' Cup qualifying round Colorado Rapids 1 – 0   León Denver, Colorado
Balboa   83' Stadium: Mile High Stadium
July 15 Champions' Cup qualifying round León   4 – 2 Colorado Rapids León, Mexico
Bejines   30'
Romero   38'
Trittschuh   42' (o.g.)
Cadena   53'		 Stadium: Estadio Nou Camp

References edit

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