The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the third season of
Major League Soccer
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Chicago Fire and
Miami Fusion
The Miami Fusion was a professional soccer team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They played in Major League Soccer (MLS) for four seasons, from 1998 to 2001. Announced in 1997 as one of the league's first two expansion teams, their best seas ...
played their inaugural seasons as the first two MLS expansion teams. Chicago would become the first expansion team to win the MLS Cup and the first to win it in the inaugural year.
Final standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Overall Table
MLS Cup Playoffs
Bracket
*The ties were a best of three series.
Conference semifinals
Eastern Conference
*D.C. United advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.
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*Columbus Crew advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.
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Western Conference
*Los Angeles Galaxy advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.
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*Chicago Fire advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.
Conference finals
Eastern Conference
*D.C. United advance 2–1, to MLS Cup '98
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Western Conference
*Chicago Fire advance 2–0, to MLS Cup '98
MLS Cup '98
*Chicago Fire and D.C. United earn MLS berths to
1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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Player awards
Weekly award
Monthly awards
End of year awards
Player statistics
Top goal scorers
Attendance
International Competition
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
Defeat
Joe Public F.C. 8–0 in quarterfinals.
Defeat
Deportivo Saprissa
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2-0 in semifinals.
Defeat
Toluca
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1–0 in final.
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Colorado Rapids
The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, la ...
Lose
Club León
Club León Fútbol Club, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football.
León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...
4–3 on aggregate in qualifying round.
Interamerican Cup
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D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
Defeat
Vasco da Gama
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His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...
2–1 on aggregate.
First leg played at
RFK Stadium
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Second leg played at
Lockhart Stadium
Lockhart Stadium was a stadium used mostly for soccer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It was used in a variety of sports, particularly soccer and American football.
Originally designed in 1959 for high school sports, the stadium's l ...
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Coaches
Eastern Conference
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D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
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Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution.
He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the NJCAA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Arena has had ...
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New York/New Jersey MetroStars
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New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...
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Carlos Alberto Parreira
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Western Conference
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Dallas Burn
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Dave Dir
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Kansas City Wiz
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Ron Newman
Ronald Vernon Newman (19 January 1934 – 27 August 2018) was an English professional association football player and coach. He was a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Life
Born in Fareham, Newman, after non-league footbal ...
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San Jose Clash:
Brian Quinn
References
MLS Site
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