1998 Major League Soccer Stats

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Governing Country: United States us

Level: 1st Tier (See League Structure)

Gender: Male

Champion: Chicago Fire won league championship via league playoffs.

Most Goals: Stern John (Columbus Crew) - 26

Most Assists: Eduardo Hurtado (MetroStars) - 15

Most Clean Sheets: Zach Thornton (Chicago Fire) - 8

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League Summary

Regular Season

Eastern Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Eastern Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Attendance	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	D.C. United	32	24	7	8	74	48	+26	58	1.81	19,408	Roy Lassiter - 18	Scott Garlick	→ Conference Semifinals
2	Columbus Crew	32	15	0	17	67	56	+11	45	1.41	13,786	Stern John - 26	Juergen Sommer	→ Conference Semifinals
3	NY Red Bulls	32	15	3	17	54	63	-9	39	1.22	17,250	Giovanni Savarese - 14	Tony Meola	→ Conference Semifinals
4	Miami Fusion	32	15	5	17	46	68	-22	35	1.09	16,250	Diego Serna - 11	Jeff Cassar	→ Conference Semifinals
5	TB Mutiny	32	12	1	20	46	57	-11	34	1.06	10,312	Mauricio Ramos - 9	Thomas Ravelli
6	NE Revolution	32	11	2	21	53	66	-13	29	0.91	19,188	Raúl Díaz Arce - 18	Ian Feuer

Eastern Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	D.C. United		14		2	40	26	+14				10		6	34	22	+12
2	Columbus Crew		11		5	49	31	+18				4		12	18	25	-7
3	NY Red Bulls		10		6	39	33	+6				5		11	15	30	-15
4	Miami Fusion		11		5	31	30	+1				4		12	15	38	-23
5	TB Mutiny		6		10	23	24	-1				6		10	23	33	-10
6	NE Revolution		6		10	25	27	-2				5		11	28	39	-11

Western Conference

promoted, relegated, Cup Qualifier See Rank Key

Overall

Home/Away

Western Conference Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Attendance	Top Team Scorer	Goalkeeper	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	32	24	2	8	85	44	+41	68	2.13	23,981	Cobi Jones - 19	Kevin Hartman	→ Conference Semifinals
2	Chicago Fire	32	20	2	12	62	45	+17	56	1.75	23,931	Ante Razov - 10	Zach Thornton	→ Conference Semifinals
3	Colorado Rapids	32	16	2	16	62	69	-7	44	1.38	15,224	Wolde Harris - 13	Marcus Hahnemann	→ Conference Semifinals
4	Dallas Burn	32	15	4	17	43	59	-16	37	1.16	11,456	Jason Kreis - 9	Mark Dodd	→ Conference Semifinals
5	SJ Clash	32	13	3	19	48	60	-12	33	1.03	13,653	Ronald Cerritos - 13	David Kramer
6	KC Wizards	32	12	2	20	45	50	-5	32	1.00	8,073	Mo Johnston - 11	Mike Ammann

Western Conference Table
		Home									Away
Rk	Squad	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP
1	LA Galaxy		11		5	41	21	+20				13		3	44	23	+21
2	Chicago Fire		13		3	40	17	+23				7		9	22	28	-6
3	Colorado Rapids		11		5	31	24	+7				5		11	31	45	-14
4	Dallas Burn		8		8	23	26	-3				7		9	20	33	-13
5	SJ Clash		8		8	23	21	+2				5		11	25	39	-14
6	KC Wizards		10		6	26	14	+12				2		14	19	36	-17

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Matchups were best two out of three. Each match included a shootout if tied at end of normal time.

Semifinal EC-1

Semifinal EC-1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	D.C. United	2	2	1	0	2	1	+1	4	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	Miami Fusion	2	0	0	2	1	2	-1	0	0.00

Semifinal EC-2

Semifinal EC-2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Columbus Crew	2	2	1	0	6	4	+2	4	2.00	→ Conference Finals
2	NY Red Bulls	2	0	0	2	4	6	-2	0	0.00

Semifinal WC-1

Semifinal WC-1 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	LA Galaxy	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	6	3.00	→ Conference Finals
2	Dallas Burn	2	0	0	2	3	9	-6	0	0.00

Semifinal WC-2

Semifinal WC-2 Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Chicago Fire	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	3.00	→ Conference Finals
2	Colorado Rapids	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0	0.00

Conference Finals

Matchups were best two out of three. Each match included a shootout if tied at end of normal time.

Conference Final EC

Conference Final EC Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	D.C. United	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	2.00	→ MLS Cup '98
2	Columbus Crew	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3	1.00

Conference Final WC

Conference Final WC Table
Rk	Squad	MP	W	Wso	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/MP	Notes
1	Chicago Fire	2	2	1	0	2	1	+1	4	2.00	→ MLS Cup '98
2	LA Galaxy	2	0	0	2	1	2	-1	0	0.00

MLS Cup '98

Result

^E-1

D.C. United

0–2

Chicago Fire

^W-2

Chicago Fire won match in normal time.

Squad Standard Stats 1998 Major League Soccer

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Squad Standard Stats 1998 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
Chicago Fire	25	27.8		32	352	2,880	32.0	61	54	115	57	4	4	40	3	1.91	1.69	3.59	1.78	3.47
Colorado Rapids	22	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	62	50	112	60	2	4	61	5	1.94	1.56	3.50	1.87	3.44
Columbus Crew	24	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	65	54	119	62	3	4	44	3	2.03	1.69	3.72	1.94	3.62
D.C. United	25	26.5		32	352	2,880	32.0	70	52	122	63	7	9	55	5	2.19	1.62	3.81	1.97	3.59
Dallas Burn	26	28.0		32	352	2,880	32.0	43	34	77	42	1	3	65	6	1.34	1.06	2.41	1.31	2.37
KC Wizards	23	28.5		32	352	2,880	32.0	44	32	76	41	3	6	36	5	1.37	1.00	2.37	1.28	2.28
LA Galaxy	25	26.5		32	352	2,880	32.0	84	63	147	80	4	6	49	7	2.62	1.97	4.59	2.50	4.47
Miami Fusion	30	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	45	42	87	41	4	5	70	9	1.41	1.31	2.72	1.28	2.59
NE Revolution	25	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	51	41	92	48	3	4	52	6	1.59	1.28	2.87	1.50	2.78
NY Red Bulls	29	26.9		32	352	2,880	32.0	53	54	107	51	2	7	64	9	1.66	1.69	3.34	1.59	3.28
SJ Clash	24	26.8		32	352	2,880	32.0	48	39	87	46	2	3	52	2	1.50	1.22	2.72	1.44	2.66
TB Mutiny	28	27.9		32	352	2,880	32.0	46	47	93	45	1	2	53	4	1.44	1.47	2.91	1.41	2.87

Squad Standard Stats 1998 Major League Soccer Table
				Playing Time				Performance								Per 90 Minutes
Squad	# Pl	Age	Poss	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK
vs Chicago Fire	25	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	44	53	97				65	5	1.37	1.66	3.03
vs Colorado Rapids	22	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	69	88	157				61	6	2.16	2.75	4.91
vs Columbus Crew	24	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	55	65	120				63	8	1.72	2.03	3.75
vs D.C. United	25	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	48	62	110				52	7	1.50	1.94	3.44
vs Dallas Burn	26	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	56	71	127				47	3	1.75	2.22	3.97
vs KC Wizards	23	27.3		32	352	2,880	32.0	48	56	104				53	2	1.50	1.75	3.25
vs LA Galaxy	25	27.7		32	352	2,880	32.0	41	60	101				42	5	1.28	1.87	3.16
vs Miami Fusion	30	27.4		32	352	2,880	32.0	68	83	151				50	4	2.12	2.59	4.72
vs NE Revolution	25	27.5		32	352	2,880	32.0	66	90	156				36	2	2.06	2.81	4.87
vs NY Red Bulls	29	27.2		32	352	2,880	32.0	61	77	138				52	5	1.91	2.41	4.31
vs SJ Clash	24	27.5		32	352	2,880	32.0	60	86	146				54	7	1.87	2.69	4.56
vs TB Mutiny	28	27.1		32	352	2,880	32.0	56	73	129				47	6	1.75	2.28	4.03

Squad Goalkeeping 1998 Major League Soccer

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Squad Goalkeeping 1998 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
Chicago Fire	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	45	1.41	172	127	73.8	20		12	8	25.0
Colorado Rapids	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	69	2.16	239	170	71.1	16		16	4	12.5
Columbus Crew	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	56	1.75	221	165	74.7	15		17	5	15.6
D.C. United	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	48	1.50	165	117	70.9	24		8	7	21.9
Dallas Burn	3	32	32	2,880	32.0	59	1.84	230	171	74.3	15		17	6	18.8
KC Wizards	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	50	1.56	161	111	68.9	12		20	6	18.8
LA Galaxy	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	44	1.37	170	126	74.1	24		8	7	21.9
Miami Fusion	5	32	32	2,880	32.0	68	2.12	239	171	71.5	15		17	2	6.3
NE Revolution	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	66	2.06	215	149	69.3	11		21	5	15.6
NY Red Bulls	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	63	1.97	244	181	74.2	15		17	4	12.5
SJ Clash	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	60	1.87	188	128	68.1	13		19	7	21.9
TB Mutiny	2	32	32	2,880	32.0	57	1.78	222	165	74.3	12		20	3	9.4

Squad Goalkeeping 1998 Major League Soccer Table
		Playing Time				Performance										Penalty Kicks
Squad	# Pl	MP	Starts	Min	90s	GA	GA90	SoTA	Saves	Save%	W	D	L	CS	CS%	PKatt	PKA	PKsv	PKm	Save%
vs Chicago Fire	3	32	32		32.0						12		20	6	18.8
vs Colorado Rapids	2	32	32		32.0						16		16	4	12.5
vs Columbus Crew	3	32	32		32.0						17		15	4	12.5
vs D.C. United	3	32	32		32.0						8		24	0	0.0
vs Dallas Burn	3	32	32		32.0						17		15	6	18.8
vs KC Wizards	2	32	32		32.0						20		12	7	21.9
vs LA Galaxy	2	32	32		32.0						8		24	6	18.8
vs Miami Fusion	5	32	32		32.0						17		15	9	28.1
vs NE Revolution	2	32	32		32.0						21		11	4	12.5
vs NY Red Bulls	2	32	32		32.0						17		15	8	25.0
vs SJ Clash	2	32	32		32.0						19		13	5	15.6
vs TB Mutiny	2	32	32		32.0						20		12	7	21.9

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Squad Shooting 1998 Major League Soccer

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Squad Shooting 1998 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
Chicago Fire	25	32.0	61		219			6.84		0.26		4	4
Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	62		225			7.03		0.27		2	4
Columbus Crew	24	32.0	65		198			6.19		0.31		3	4
D.C. United	25	32.0	70		248			7.75		0.25		7	9
Dallas Burn	26	32.0	43		189			5.91		0.22		1	3
KC Wizards	23	32.0	44		201			6.28		0.20		3	6
LA Galaxy	25	32.0	84		231			7.22		0.35		4	6
Miami Fusion	30	32.0	45		176			5.50		0.23		4	5
NE Revolution	25	32.0	51		205			6.41		0.23		3	4
NY Red Bulls	29	32.0	53		213			6.66		0.24		2	7
SJ Clash	24	32.0	48		211			6.59		0.22		2	3
TB Mutiny	28	32.0	46		174			5.44		0.26		1	2

Squad Shooting 1998 Major League Soccer Table
			Standard
Squad	# Pl	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	PK	PKatt
vs Chicago Fire	25	32.0	44
vs Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	69
vs Columbus Crew	24	32.0	55
vs D.C. United	25	32.0	48
vs Dallas Burn	26	32.0	56
vs KC Wizards	23	32.0	48
vs LA Galaxy	25	32.0	41
vs Miami Fusion	30	32.0	68
vs NE Revolution	25	32.0	66
vs NY Red Bulls	29	32.0	61
vs SJ Clash	24	32.0	60
vs TB Mutiny	28	32.0	56

Squad Playing Time 1998 Major League Soccer

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Squad Playing Time 1998 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
Chicago Fire	25	27.8	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			83	0	0	1.75	62	45	+17	+0.53
Colorado Rapids	22	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			89	0	0	1.38	62	69	-7	-0.22
Columbus Crew	24	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			94	0	0	1.41	67	56	+11	+0.34
D.C. United	25	26.5	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			75	0	0	1.81	74	48	+26	+0.81
Dallas Burn	26	28.0	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			91	0	0	1.16	43	59	-16	-0.50
KC Wizards	23	28.5	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			76	0	0	1.00	45	50	-5	-0.16
LA Galaxy	25	26.5	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			87	0	0	2.13	85	44	+41	+1.28
Miami Fusion	30	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			80	0	0	1.09	46	68	-22	-0.69
NE Revolution	25	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			68	0	0	0.91	53	66	-13	-0.41
NY Red Bulls	29	26.9	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			71	0	0	1.22	54	63	-9	-0.28
SJ Clash	24	26.8	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			85	0	0	1.03	48	60	-12	-0.37
TB Mutiny	28	27.9	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			84	0	0	1.06	46	57	-11	-0.34

Squad Playing Time 1998 Major League Soccer Table
			Playing Time					Starts			Subs			Team Success
Squad	# Pl	Age	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90
vs Chicago Fire	25	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			85	25		1.13	45	62	-17	-0.53
vs Colorado Rapids	22	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			88	21		1.50	69	62	+7	+0.22
vs Columbus Crew	24	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			80	24		1.59	56	67	-11	-0.34
vs D.C. United	25	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			79	22		0.75	48	74	-26	-0.81
vs Dallas Burn	26	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			77	22		1.59	59	43	+16	+0.50
vs KC Wizards	23	27.3	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			80	23		1.88	50	45	+5	+0.16
vs LA Galaxy	25	27.7	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			82	23		0.75	44	85	-41	-1.28
vs Miami Fusion	30	27.4	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			88	25		1.59	68	46	+22	+0.69
vs NE Revolution	25	27.5	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			80	22		1.97	66	53	+13	+0.41
vs NY Red Bulls	29	27.2	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			85	25		1.59	63	54	+9	+0.28
vs SJ Clash	24	27.5	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			84	19		1.78	60	48	+12	+0.37
vs TB Mutiny	28	27.1	32	2,880	90	100	32.0	352			75	24		1.88	57	46	+11	+0.34

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1998 Major League Soccer

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Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1998 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
Chicago Fire	25	32.0	40	3		435
Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	61	5		395
Columbus Crew	24	32.0	44	3		454
D.C. United	25	32.0	55	5		450
Dallas Burn	26	32.0	65	6		432
KC Wizards	23	32.0	36	5		465
LA Galaxy	25	32.0	49	7		464
Miami Fusion	30	32.0	70	9		457
NE Revolution	25	32.0	52	6		521
NY Red Bulls	29	32.0	64	9		450
SJ Clash	24	32.0	52	2		478
TB Mutiny	28	32.0	53	4		384

Squad Miscellaneous Stats 1998 Major League Soccer Table
			Performance
Squad	# Pl	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG
vs Chicago Fire	25	32.0	65	5	3									1
vs Colorado Rapids	22	32.0	61	6	5									0
vs Columbus Crew	24	32.0	63	8	3									2
vs D.C. United	25	32.0	52	7	1									4
vs Dallas Burn	26	32.0	47	3	0									0
vs KC Wizards	23	32.0	53	2	0									1
vs LA Galaxy	25	32.0	42	5	3									1
vs Miami Fusion	30	32.0	50	4	2									1
vs NE Revolution	25	32.0	36	2	0									2
vs NY Red Bulls	29	32.0	52	5	0									1
vs SJ Clash	24	32.0	54	7	1									0
vs TB Mutiny	28	32.0	47	6	1									0

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