1998 Major League Soccer season

Season	1998
MLS Cup	Chicago Fire
Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles Galaxy
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the 3rd season of the league.

Contents 1 Final standings 2 MLS Cup Playoffs 3 Top Scorers 4 Player of the Week 5 Player of the Month 6 Team Awards 7 International Competition 8 Individual Awards

[edit] Final standings

Position	Eastern Conference	Points	Played	Wins	(SO)	Losses	(SO)	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	D.C. United	58	32	24	(7)	8	(3)	74	48	+26	16,008
2	Columbus Crew	45	32	15	(0)	17	(5)	67	57	+10	12,275
3	MetroStars	39	32	15	(3)	17	(0)	55	63	-8	16,520
4	Miami Fusion	35	32	15	(5)	17	(0)	46	68	-22	10,284
5	Tampa Bay Mutiny	34	32	12	(1)	20	(5)	46	57	-11	14,152
6	New England Revolution	29	32	11	(2)	21	(4)	53	66	-13	19,188
Position	Western Conference	Points	Played	Wins	(SO)	Losses	(SO)	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	68	32	24	(2)	8	(2)	85	44	+41	21,784
2	Chicago Fire	56	32	20	(2)	12	(1)	62	45	+17	13,796
3	Colorado Rapids	44	32	16	(2)	16	(2)	62	69	-7	12,410
4	Dallas Burn	37	32	15	(4)	17	(2)	43	59	-16	10,948
5	San Jose Clash	33	32	13	(3)	19	(5)	48	60	-12	13,653
6	Kansas City Wizards	32	32	12	(2)	20	(4)	45	50	-5	8,073

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

September 30, 1998	Miami Fusion	1–2	D.C. United	RFK Stadium: 15,187

October 4, 1998	D.C. United	0–0 3–2 (SO)	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium: 13,128

D.C. United advance 2-0.

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September 30, 1998	MetroStars	3–5	Columbus Crew	Ohio Stadium: 10,996

October 3, 1998	Columbus Crew	1–1 3–2 (SO)	MetroStars	Giants Stadium: 11,686

Columbus advance 2-0.

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October 1, 1998	Dallas Burn	1–6	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 10,047

October 4, 1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–2	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl: 8,130

Los Angeles advance 2-0.

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October 1, 1998	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 12,610

October 5, 1998	Chicago Fire	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Mile High Stadium: 6,582

Chicago advance 2-0.

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Conference Finals

October 11, 1998	Columbus Crew	0–2	D.C. United	RFK Stadium: 17,755
			Tony Sanneh 68' Marco Etcheverry 78'

October 18, 1998	D.C. United	2–4	Columbus Crew	Ohio Stadium: 13,193
	Tony Sanneh 65' Roy Lassiter 77'		Brian McBride 8' Thomas Dooley 37' Brian McBride 47' Stern John 81'

October 21, 1998	Columbus Crew	0–3	D.C. United	RFK Stadium: 21,453
			Jeff Agoos 12' Roy Lassiter 44' Roy Lassiter 79'

D.C. United advance 2-1.

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October 10, 1998	Chicago Fire	1–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 25,107
	Jesse Marsch 86'

October 16, 1998	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1 1–2 (SO)	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field: 32,744
	Danny Pena 37'		Peter Nowak 31'

Chicago advance 2-0.

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MLS Cup 1998

October 25, 1998	Chicago Fire	2–0	D.C. United	Rose Bowl (stadium): 51,350
	Jerzy Podbrozny 29' Diego Gutierrez 45'

Chicago, D.C. United earn MLS berths to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1999.

[edit] Top Scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stern John	Columbus Crew	26
2	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy	19
3	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United	18
	Raul Diaz Arce	New England Revolution	18
5	Welton	Tampa Bay Mutiny	17
6	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	16
7	Giovanni Savarese	MetroStars	14
8	Wolde Harris	Colorado Rapids	13
	Mauricio Cienfuegos	Los Angeles Galaxy	13
	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Clash	13

[edit] Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Team
Week 1	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 2	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 3	Frank Klopas	Chicago Fire
Week 4	Jason Farrell	Columbus Crew
Week 5	Stern John	Columbus Crew
Week 6	Paul Bravo	Colorado Rapids
Week 7	Tony Meola	MetroStars
Week 8	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 9	Vitalis Takawira	Kansas City Wizards
Week 10	Peter Nowak	Chicago Fire
Week 11	Stern John	Columbus Crew
Week 12	Jerzy Podbrożny	Chicago Fire
Week 13	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire
Week 14	Roman Kosecki	Chicago Fire
Week 15	Luboš Kubík	Chicago Fire
Week 16	John Harkes	D.C. United
Week 17	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
Week 18	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
Week 19	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 20	Stern John	Columbus Crew
Week 21	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 22	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion
Week 23	Carlos Hermosillo	Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 24	Josh Wolff	Chicago Fire
Week 25	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion

[edit] Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month	Team
March	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
April	Juergen Sommer	Columbus Crew
May	Peter Nowak	Chicago Fire
June	Ross Paule	Colorado Rapids
July	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
August	Diego Soñora	MetroStars
September	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - Chicago Fire
• U.S. Open Cup - Chicago Fire
• MLS Supporters' Shield - Los Angeles Galaxy

[edit] International Competition

• D.C. United - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - defeat Joe Public F.C. of Trinidad & Tobago 8-0 in quarterfinals. Defeat Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica 2-0 in semifinals. Defeat Toluca of Mexico 1-0 in final.

• D.C. United - Interamerican Cup - defeat Copa Libertadores champion Vasco da Gama 2-1 on aggregate. First leg played at RFK Stadium; second leg played at Lockhart Stadium.

• Colorado Rapids - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - lose to Club León of Mexico 4-3 on aggregate in qualifying round.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
• Scoring Champion: Stern John, Columbus Crew (57)
• Defender of the Year: Lubos Kubik, Chicago Fire
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Zach Thornton, Chicago Fire
• Rookie of the Year: Ben Olsen, D.C. United
• Coach of the Year: Bob Bradley, Chicago Fire
• Goal of the Year: Brian McBride, Columbus Crew
• Fair Play Award: Thomas Dooley, Columbus Crew

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