1999 Major League Soccer season

Season	1999
MLS Cup	D.C. United
Supporters' Shield	D.C. United
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Major League Soccer season was the 4th season in the leagues history.

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	57	32	23	(6)	9	(3)	65	43	+22	17,419
2	Columbus Crew	45	32	19	(6)	13	(4)	48	39	+9	17,696
3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	32	14	(5)	18	(7)	51	50	+1	14,571
4	Miami Fusion	29	32	13	(5)	19	(4)	42	59	-17	8,689
5	New England Revolution	26	32	12	(5)	20	(7)	38	53	-15	16,735
6	MetroStars	15	32	7	(3)	25	(5)	32	64	-32	14,706
Position	Western Conference	Points	Played	Wins	(SO)	Losses	(SO)	Goals	Against	Difference	Average attendance
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	54	32	20	(3)	12	(4)	49	29	+20	13,229
2	Dallas Burn	51	32	19	(3)	13	(6)	54	35	+9	12,211
3	Chicago Fire	48	32	18	(3)	14	(5)	51	36	+15	16,016
4	Colorado Rapids	48	32	20	(6)	12	(3)	38	39	-1	14,029
5	San Jose Clash	37	32	19	(10)	13	(3)	48	49	-1	14,959
6	Kansas City Wizards	20	32	8	(2)	24	(6)	33	53	-20	11,952

[edit] MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

October 16, 1999	Miami Fusion	0–2	D.C. United	RFK Stadium: 18,011
			Jaime Moreno 34' Jaime Moreno 88'

October 24, 1999	D.C. United	0–0 3–2 (SO)	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium:

D.C. United advance 2-0.

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October 17, 1999	Tampa Bay Mutiny	0–2	Columbus Crew	Crew Stadium:
			Stern John 78' Stern John 84'

October 22, 1999	Columbus Crew	2–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Raymond James Stadium:
	Brian West 23' Jeff Cunningham 88'

Columbus advance 2-0.

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October 17, 1999	Colorado Rapids	0–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl: 16,307
			Ezra Hendrickson 8' Greg Vanney 52' (pen) Cobi Jones 57'

October 22, 1999	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Mile High Stadium:
	Danny Pena 74' Joey Franchino 84'

Los Angeles advance 2-0.

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October 16, 1999	Chicago Fire	1–2	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl: 10,980
	John Ball 79'		Ariel Graziani 52' Mark Santel 75'

October 23, 1999	Dallas Burn	0–4	Chicago Fire	Soldier Field:
			Peter Nowak 18' Roman Kosecki 36' Ante Razov 42' Dema Kovalenko 47'

October 27, 1999	Chicago Fire	2–3	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl:
	Ante Razov 3' Jesse Marsch 5'		Chad Deering 55' Jorge Rodriguez 84' (pen) Ariel Graziani 86'

Dallas advance 2-1.

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Conference Finals

October 31, 1999	Columbus Crew	1–2	D.C. United	RFK Stadium:
	Jeff Cunningham 76'		Jaime Moreno 15' Ben Olsen 72'

November 7, 1999	D.C. United	1–5	Columbus Crew	Crew Stadium:
	Roy Lassiter 7'		Ansil Elcock 20' Jeff Cunningham 41' Stern John 48' Stern John 61' Stern John 84'

November 13, 1999	Columbus Crew	0–4	D.C. United	RFK Stadium:
			Jaime Moreno 17' Roy Lassiter 34' Roy Lassiter 52' Marco Etcheverry 86'

D.C. United advance 2-1.

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October 31, 1999	Dallas Burn	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl:
	Ariel Graziani 75'		Mauricio Cienfuegos 39' Ezra Hendrickson 90'

November 7, 1999	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–2 3–4 (SO)	Dallas Burn	Cotton Bowl:
	Carlos Hermosillo 12' Carlos Hermosillo 55'		Ariel Graziani 33' Ariel Graziani 74'

November 11, 1999	Dallas Burn	1–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rose Bowl:
	Jason Kreis 89' (pen)		Greg Vanney 3' (pen) Carlos Hermosillo 20' Mauricio Cienfuegos 68'

Los Angeles advance 2-1.

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MLS Cup 1999

November 21, 1999	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–2	D.C. United	Foxboro Stadium: 44,910
			Jaime Moreno 19' Ben Olsen 45'+

D.C. United, Los Angeles earn MLS berths to CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000.

[edit] Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stern John	Columbus Crew	18
	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United	18
	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn	18
4	Joe-Max Moore	New England Revolution	15
	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Clash	15
6	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	14
7	Raul Diaz Arce	San Jose Clash, Tampa Bay Mutiny	13
8	Musa Shannon	Tampa Bay Mutiny	12
	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew	12
10	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	10
	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	10
	Giovanni Savarese	New England Revolution	10
	Josh Wolff	Chicago Fire	10
	Jorge Dely Valdes	Colorado Rapids	10

[edit] Player of the Week

Week	Player of the Week	Team
Week 1	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 2	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
Week 3	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
Week 4	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
Week 5	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 6	Ivan McKinley	New England Revolution
Week 7	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew
Week 8	Mark Chung	MetroStars
Week 9	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
Week 10	Giovanni Savarese	New England Revolution
Week 11	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 12	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United
Week 13	Joe-Max Moore	New England Revolution
Week 14	Jorge Dely Valdés	Colorado
Week 15	Stern John	Columbus Crew
Week 16	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 17	Chris Klein	Kansas City Wizards
Week 18	Raúl Díaz Arce	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 19	Luboš Kubík	Chicago Fire
Week 20	Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn
Week 21	Ben Olsen	D.C. United
Week 22	Manny Lagos	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 23	Giovanni Savarese	New England Revolution
Week 24	Eddie Lewis	San Jose Clash
Week 25	Brian McBride	Columbus Crew
Week 26	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 27	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn

[edit] Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month	Team
March	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
April	Musa Shannon	Tampa Bay Mutiny
May	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
June	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
July	Raúl Díaz Arce	Tampa Bay Mutiny
August	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
September	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Clash

[edit] Team Awards

• MLS Cup - D.C. United
• U.S. Open Cup - Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League)
• MLS Supporters' Shield - D.C. United

[edit] International Competition

• Chicago Fire - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - defeat Joe Public F.C. of Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 in quarterfinals. Lose to Alajuelense of Costa Rica 5-4 on penalties after 1-1 tie in semifinals. Tie D.C. United for third place, 2-2.

• D.C. United - CONCACAF Champions' Cup - defeat Olimpia of Honduras 1-0 in quarterfinals. Lose to Necaxa of Mexico 3-1 in semifinals. Tie Chicago Fire for third place, 2-2.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Jason Kreis, Dallas Burn
• Scoring Champion: Jason Kreis, Dallas Burn (51)
• Defender of the Year: Robin Fraser, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Kevin Hartman, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Rookie of the Year: Jay Heaps, Miami Fusion
• Coach of the Year: Sigi Schmid, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Goal of the Year: Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
• Fair Play Award: Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay Mutiny

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