Major League Soccer · United States · level 1

1998

Honors
champion Chicago Fire (MLS Cup)
supporters' shield LA Galaxy
mvp Marco Etcheverry
golden boot Stern John

192 games 3.57 goals / game 14,311 avg. attendance closest-club map

Postseason

MLS Cup Playoffs

Championship · Oct. 25, 1998 Chicago Fire 2 - 0 D.C. United

Standings

team GP W SOW SOL L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Los Angeles Galaxy 32 22 2 2 6 68 85 44 2.13 1.93
D.C. United 32 17 7 3 5 58 74 48 1.81 1.54
Chicago Fire 32 18 2 1 11 56 62 45 1.75 1.38
Columbus Crew 32 15 0 5 12 45 67 56 1.41 1.20
Colorado Rapids 32 14 2 2 14 44 62 69 1.38 0.90
MetroStars 32 12 3 0 17 39 54 63 1.22 0.86
Dallas Burn 32 11 4 2 15 37 43 59 1.16 0.73
Miami Fusion 32 10 5 0 17 35 46 68 1.09 0.68
Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 11 1 5 15 34 46 57 1.06 0.81
San Jose Clash 32 10 3 5 14 33 48 60 1.03 0.80
Kansas City Wizards 32 10 2 4 16 32 45 50 1.00 0.90
New England Revolution 32 9 2 4 17 29 53 66 0.91 0.80

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Stern John 26
  2. Cobi Jones 19
  3. Raúl Díaz Arce 18
  4. Roy Lassiter 18
  5. Welton Melo 17
  6. Jaime Moreno 16
  7. Giovanni Savarese 14
  8. Mauricio Cienfuegos 13
  9. Rónald Cerritos 13
  10. Wolde Harris 13

Assists

  1. Marco Etcheverry 19
  2. Mauricio Cienfuegos 16
  3. Eduardo Hurtado 15
  4. Joe-Max Moore 15
  5. Jerzy Podbrożny 14
  6. Martín Machón 14
  7. Adrián Paz 13
  8. Cobi Jones 13
  9. Preki 13
  10. Andy Williams 12

Appearances

  1. Eddie Lewis 32
  2. Frank Yallop 32
  3. Raúl Díaz Arce 32
  4. Alan Prampin 31
  5. Ben Olsen 31
  6. Brian Haynes 31
  7. Chris Armas 31
  8. Greg Vanney 31
  9. Jaime Moreno 31
  10. Leo Cullen 31

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 27, 1998 1998 Miami Fusion 1 - 3 Tampa Bay Mutiny Lockhart Stadium 7849 2
Sept. 27, 1998 1998 San Jose Clash 2 - 0 Kansas City Wizards Spartan Stadium 18362 2
Sept. 27, 1998 1998 Columbus Crew 2 - 2 (SO) D.C. United RFK Stadium 14440 2
Sept. 27, 1998 1998 Chicago Fire 0 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy Rose Bowl 20105 2
Sept. 26, 1998 1998 New England Revolution 0 - 0 (SO) MetroStars Foxboro Stadium 24763 2
Sept. 26, 1998 1998 Colorado Rapids 3 - 1 Dallas Burn Mile High Stadium 15022 2
Sept. 24, 1998 1998 Columbus Crew 3 - 4 Tampa Bay Mutiny Ohio Stadium 14552 2
Sept. 23, 1998 1998 Chicago Fire 3 - 2 New England Revolution Soldier Field 11244 2
Sept. 20, 1998 1998 Los Angeles Galaxy 0 - 1 San Jose Clash Rose Bowl 11123 2
Sept. 19, 1998 1998 D.C. United 1 - 3 Miami Fusion RFK Stadium 23069 2
Sept. 19, 1998 1998 Dallas Burn 1 - 0 Kansas City Wizards Arrowhead Stadium 13146 2
Sept. 19, 1998 1998 Colorado Rapids 2 - 1 Columbus Crew Mile High Stadium 23452 2
Sept. 19, 1998 1998 New England Revolution 3 - 0 Tampa Bay Mutiny Foxboro Stadium 16807 2
Sept. 17, 1998 1998 Chicago Fire 1 - 0 Kansas City Wizards Soldier Field 8283 2
Sept. 16, 1998 1998 Colorado Rapids 4 - 2 Columbus Crew Ohio Stadium 9166 2
Sept. 16, 1998 1998 D.C. United 5 - 0 MetroStars Giants Stadium 14117 2
Sept. 16, 1998 1998 Los Angeles Galaxy (SO) 0 - 0 San Jose Clash Spartan Stadium 15893 2
Sept. 13, 1998 1998 MetroStars 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Stadium 27957 2
Sept. 13, 1998 1998 Dallas Burn 1 - 3 San Jose Clash Cotton Bowl 10325 2
Sept. 13, 1998 1998 Chicago Fire 3 - 1 Colorado Rapids Soldier Field 15014 2
Sept. 13, 1998 1998 D.C. United 3 - 4 Miami Fusion Lockhart Stadium 8255 2
Sept. 12, 1998 1998 Columbus Crew 0 - 2 New England Revolution Foxboro Stadium 35462 2
Sept. 10, 1998 1998 Chicago Fire 2 - 3 Dallas Burn Cotton Bowl 9745 2
Sept. 9, 1998 1998 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Miami Fusion Ohio Stadium 9305 2
Sept. 6, 1998 1998 Columbus Crew 4 - 3 MetroStars Ohio Stadium 13598 2

Awards

award winner
Best XI Stern John
Best XI Thomas Dooley
Best XI Peter Nowak
Best XI Robin Fraser
Best XI Chris Armas
Best XI Cobi Jones
Best XI Eddie Pope
Best XI Zach Thornton
Best XI Luboš Kubík
Best XI Marco Etcheverry
Best XI Mauricio Cienfuegos
Coach of the Year Bob Bradley
Defender of the Year Luboš Kubík
Fair Play Award Thomas Dooley
Goalkeeper of the Year Zach Thornton
MVP Marco Etcheverry
Referee of the Year Paul Tamberino
Rookie of the Year Ben Olsen
Supporters' Shield LA Galaxy

Where the minutes came from

United States: 233,913 minutes, 62.8%United States: 233,913 minutes, 62.8%England: 8,908 minutes, 2.4%Trinidad and Tobago: 7,971 minutes, 2.1%Trinidad and Tobago: 7,971 minutes, 2.1%Poland: 8,606 minutes, 2.3%El Salvador: 10,789 minutes, 2.9%Colombia: 11,963 minutes, 3.2%Zimbabwe: 1,769 minutes, 0.5%Venezuela: 2,163 minutes, 0.6%Uruguay: 2,313 minutes, 0.6%Scotland: 4,557 minutes, 1.2%Switzerland: 2,121 minutes, 0.6%Sweden: 4,395 minutes, 1.2%South Africa: 3,622 minutes, 1.0%South Africa: 3,622 minutes, 1.0%Serbia: 2,221 minutes, 0.6%Serbia: 2,221 minutes, 0.6%Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1,946 minutes, 0.5%Portugal: 537 minutes, 0.1%Portugal: 537 minutes, 0.1%Portugal: 537 minutes, 0.1%Peru: 1,906 minutes, 0.5%Nigeria: 5,273 minutes, 1.4%Netherlands: 4,923 minutes, 1.3%Mexico: 6,059 minutes, 1.6%Liberia: 823 minutes, 0.2%Jamaica: 4,612 minutes, 1.2%Ireland: 892 minutes, 0.2%Guatemala: 2,588 minutes, 0.7%Greece: 1,497 minutes, 0.4%Germany: 2,008 minutes, 0.5%Ethiopia: 423 minutes, 0.1%Ecuador: 3,224 minutes, 0.9%Ecuador: 3,224 minutes, 0.9%Czech Republic: 2,790 minutes, 0.7%Croatia: 261 minutes, 0.1%Chile: 3,405 minutes, 0.9%Chile: 3,405 minutes, 0.9%Chile: 3,405 minutes, 0.9%Cape Verde: 643 minutes, 0.2%Canada: 2,279 minutes, 0.6%Brazil: 3,683 minutes, 1.0%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,644 minutes, 0.4%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,644 minutes, 0.4%Bolivia: 7,132 minutes, 1.9%Argentina: 7,248 minutes, 1.9%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Minutes by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
minutes by country of origin
countryminutesshare
United States 233,913 62.8%
Colombia 11,963 3.2%
El Salvador 10,789 2.9%
England 8,908 2.4%
Poland 8,606 2.3%
Trinidad and Tobago 7,971 2.1%
Argentina 7,248 1.9%
Bolivia 7,132 1.9%
Mexico 6,059 1.6%
Nigeria 5,273 1.4%
Netherlands 4,923 1.3%
Jamaica 4,612 1.2%
Scotland 4,557 1.2%
Sweden 4,395 1.2%
Brazil 3,683 1.0%
South Africa 3,622 1.0%
Chile 3,405 0.9%
Ecuador 3,224 0.9%
Czech Republic 2,790 0.7%
Guatemala 2,588 0.7%
Uruguay 2,313 0.6%
Canada 2,279 0.6%
Serbia 2,221 0.6%
Venezuela 2,163 0.6%
Switzerland 2,121 0.6%
Germany 2,008 0.5%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,946 0.5%
Peru 1,906 0.5%
Zimbabwe 1,769 0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,644 0.4%
not recorded 1,505 0.4%
Greece 1,497 0.4%
Ireland 892 0.2%
Liberia 823 0.2%
Cape Verde 643 0.2%
Portugal 537 0.1%
Ethiopia 423 0.1%
Croatia 261 0.1%

No birthplace is on record for 321,207 of these minutes, so they go by the player's recorded nationality instead.

Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.