1998 in American soccer

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

National team

Record

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

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

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

Standings

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

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

October 25

D.C. United	0 – 2	Chicago Fire
		Podbrożny 29' Gutiérrez 45'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Attendance: 51,350

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

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

October 30

Columbus Crew	1 – 2 ASDET	Chicago Fire
John 53'		Podbrożny 45' (pen.) Klopas 99'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 18,615

Referee: Arturo Angeles

American clubs in international competitions

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

D.C. United

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

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