USA 1998 (original) (raw)

                     MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (1st Division)

                       GP   W  WS  LS   L   GF  GA   Pts
  Eastern Conference

DC United 32 17 7 3 5 74 48 58 Columbus Crew 32 15 0 5 12 67 56 45 MetroStars 32 12 3 0 17 54 63 39 Miami Fusion 32 10 5 0 17 46 68 35 Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 11 1 5 15 46 57 34 New England Revolution 32 9 2 4 17 53 66 29

  Western Conference

Los Angeles Galaxy 32 22 2 2 6 85 44 68 Chicago Fire 32 18 2 1 11 62 45 56 Colorado Rapids 32 14 2 2 14 62 69 44 Dallas Burn 32 11 4 2 15 43 59 37 San Jose Clash 32 10 3 5 14 48 60 33 Kansas City Wizards 32 10 2 4 16 45 50 32

Quarterfinals: Columbus defeated New York, 5-3, 2-1(SO) D. C. United defeated Miami, 2-1, 1-0(SO) Los Angeles defeated Dallas, 6-1, 3-2 Chicago defeated Colorado, 1-1, 1-0(SO) Semifinals: Chicago defeated Los Angeles, 1-0, 2-1(SO) D. C. United defeated Columbus, 2-0, 2-4, 3-0 MLS CUP '98: Chicago defeated D. C. United, 2-0

                      A-LEAGUE (2nd Division)

                       GP   W  SW  SL   L   GF  GA  Pts
 Northeast Division

Rochester Rhinos 28 23 1 1 3 72 15 70 Impact de Montreal 28 13 8 2 5 47 33 47 Staten Island Vipers 28 15 1 1 11 46 37 46 Long Island RR 28 14 3 1 10 46 35 45 Worcester Wildfire 28 10 2 2 14 37 50 32 Toronto Lynx 28 8 1 2 17 27 42 25 Connecticut Wolves 28 2 5 3 18 32 57 11

 Atlantic Division

Richmond Kickers 28 18 3 2 5 48 22 57 Hershey Wildcats 28 17 2 1 8 51 31 53 Hampton Roads Mariners 28 15 1 3 9 44 39 46 Charleston Battery 28 11 1 1 15 37 40 34 Jacksonville Cyclones 28 10 0 2 16 36 53 30 Atlanta Ruckus/A.L.L. 28 7 0 1 20 31 67 21 Raleigh Flyers 28 5 0 2 21 31 66 15

 Central Division

Nashville Metros 28 18 2 1 7 70 31 56 Minnesota Thunder 28 16 3 1 8 52 33 51 Milwaukee Rampage 28 16 1 3 8 61 39 49 New Orleans Storm 28 14 1 1 12 53 50 43 Cincinnati Riverhawks 28 11 0 0 17 48 65 33 El Paso Patriots 28 9 3 1 15 51 54 30 Albuquerque Geckos 28 5 0 1 22 39 100 15

 Pacific Division

San Diego Flash 28 20 1 1 6 58 23 61 Seattle Sounders 28 17 1 0 10 63 28 52 Orange County Zodiac 28 15 1 3 9 49 43 46 Vancouver 86ers 28 13 2 1 12 55 42 41 MLS Project 40 28 10 1 2 15 45 55 31 SF Bay Seals 28 9 1 5 13 31 47 28 California Jaguars 28 6 0 1 21 32 95 18

Conference Quarterfinals: Rochester defeated Charleston 3-0 Hershey defeated Hampton Roads 2-1(SO) Montreal defeated Staten Island 3-1 Richmond defeated Long Island 1-0(SO) San Diego defeated Vancouver 4-1 New Orleans defeated Nashville 3-2(SO) Minnesota defeated Milwaukee 5-1 Seattle defeated Vancouver 2-1 Conference Semifinals: Hershey defeated Richmond 1-0(SO), 4-2 Rochester defeated Montreal 3-2(SO), 4-1 Minnesota defeated Seattle 2-1, 1-2 San Diego defeated New Orleans 2-1, 4-3(SO) Conference Finals: Rochester defeated Hershey, 3-1, 1-0 Minnesota defeated San Diego, 2-1, 2-1 CHAMPIONSHIP: Rochester defeated Minnesota, 3-1

                 D3PRO LEAGUE (3rd Division)

                        GP   W   L  SW  SL   GF  GA  Pts
  Northeast Division

Rhode Island Stingrays 18 11 7 0 0 39 33 33 New Hampshire Phantoms 18 12 6 2 0 36 24 32 Western Mass. Pioneers 18 10 8 0 1 45 34 30 Cape Cod Crusaders 18 7 11 0 0 23 28 21 Vermont Voltage 18 3 15 1 1 15 43 6**

  Mid-Atlantic Division

South Jersey Barons 18 12 6 0 2 40 20 36 Reading Rage 18 10 8 0 0 41 29 30 New Jersey Stallions 18 10 8 0 1 37 24 30 Central Jersey Riptide 18 11 7 3 1 33 19 27 N.Y.Capital Dist. Alleycats 18 5 13 0 0 19 36 15

  Atlantic Division

Delaware Wizards 18 14 4 1 2 43 16 40 Myrtle Beach Seadawgs 18 13 5 1 0 42 26 37 Charlotte Eagles 18 11 7 1 1 47 31 30 Roanoke Wrath 18 10 8 0 2 36 19 30 South Carolina Shamrocks 18 9 9 1 1 34 32 25 Wilmington Hammerheads 18 8 10 0 0 33 34 24 Northern Virginia Royals 18 6 12 1 0 28 46 16 Eastern Shore Sharks 18 0 18 0 0 16 90 0

  Southeast Division

Miami Breakers 18 17 1 0 0 67 21 51 Orlando Nighthawks 18 12 6 0 0 62 33 36 Southwest Florida Manatees 18 8 10 0 1 34 57 24 Pensacola Barracudas 18 5 13 1 1 21 57 13 Tallahassee Tempest 18 2 16 0 0 12 41 6

  North Central Division

Indiana Blast 18 15 3 0 0 57 24 45 Chicago Stingers 18 13 5 0 1 37 16 39 Rockford Raptors 18 10 18 1 2 31 25 28 Cleveland Caps 18 10 8 1 0 33 41 28

  South Central Division

Austin Lone Stars 18 13 5 0 1 46 20 39 Texas Toros 18 13 5 1 0 44 24 37 San Antonio Pumas 17 7 10 0 0 26 44 21 Tulsa Roughnecks 18 7 11 1 0 33 44 16** Houston Hurricanes 18 6 11 2 2 25 36 14 Shreveport/Bossier Lions 18 4 14 0 0 24 50 6**

  West Division

Arizona Sahuaros 18 14 4 0 0 67 28 42 Chico Rooks 18 11 7 1 2 39 28 31 Stanislaus County Cruisers 18 13 5 1 0 51 25 37 Los Angeles Fireballs 18 6 12 1 1 21 37 16 S.F. Valley Golden Eagles 18 5 13 0 1 29 51 15 Reno Rattlers 18 4 14 1 0 23 52 10

Division Semi-Finals: Rhode Island defeated Cape Cod, 5-2 New Hampshire defeated Western Massachusetts 2-1 (OT) Central Jersey defeated South Jersey 3-2 (OT) Reading defeated New Jersey 5-2 Roanoke defeated South Carolina 5-2 Charlotte defeated Wilmington 4-0 Orlando defeated Southwest Florida 6-2 Chicago defeated Rockford, 3-0 Austin defeated Houston 4-2 San Antonio defeated Texas 4-3 Arizona defeated Los Angeles 3-0 Stanislaus County defeated Chico, 3-2 Division Finals: Austin defeated Texas 1-0 Charlotte defeated Myrtle Beach, 8-3 Delaware defeated Roanoke, 2-1 New Hampshire defeated Rhode Island, 3-2 Chicago defeated Indiana, 3-0 Central Jersey defeated Reading, 3-0 Arizona defeated Stanislaus County 2-1 Quarterfinals: New Hampshire defeated Central Jersey, 3-0 Chicago defeated Delaware 1-0 Orlando defeated Charlotte, 3-2 Austin defeated Arizona 1-0 Semi-finals: Chicago defeated Orlando, 2-0 New Hampshire defeated Austin, 3-2 (OT) CHAMPIONSHIP: Chicago defeated New Hampshire, 3-2(OT)

         PREMIER DEVELOPMENT SOCCER LEAGUE ("4TH Division")

                        GP   W   L  SW  SL   GF  GA  Pt
  Southeast Division

Jackson Chargers 16 16 0 0 0 104 17 48 Cocoa Expos 16 9 7 0 0 41 36 27 Bradenton Academics 16 9 7 1 0 50 42 25 Alabama Saints 16 7 9 0 3 40 48 21 Miami Tango 16 7 9 1 0 41 39 19 Central Florida Lionhearts 16 6 10 1 0 40 55 16 South Florida Future 16 5 11 1 1 28 79 13

  Great Lakes Division

Detroit Dynamite 16 14 2 2 0 45 24 38 Mid-Michigan Bucks 16 11 5 0 1 38 19 33 Kalamazoo Kingdom 16 7 9 0 1 30 34 21 Fox River Rebels 16 6 10 0 0 30 37 18 Indiana Invaders FC 16 7 9 1 0 26 33 19 Lansing Locomotive 16 3 13 0 0 36 42 6** Grand Rapids Explosion 16 0 16 0 0 6 56 0

  Central Division

Colorado Comets 16 13 3 0 1 40 16 39 Des Moines Menace 16 11 5 2 1 51 27 29 Twin Cities Tornado 16 9 7 0 1 32 33 27 Kansas City Brass 16 7 9 0 1 42 29 21 Sioux City Breeze 16 7 9 2 1 28 31 17 Colorado Springs Stampede 16 5 11 1 0 20 46 13 Omaha Flames (folded early in season)

  Southwest Division

Silicon Valley Ambassadors 16 15 1 1 0 44 20 43 San Gabriel Val Highlanders 16 11 5 1 0 41 27 31 Southern California Chivas 16 7 9 0 1 30 26 21 Central Coast Roadrunners 16 5 11 0 0 31 39 15 North. Arizona Prospectors 16 2 14 1 1 23 66 4

  Northwest Division

Spokane Shadow 16 13 3 0 0 62 15 39 Yakima Reds 16 9 7 0 0 40 28 27 Seattle BigFoot 16 11 5 3 0 28 32 27 Cascade Surge 16 9 7 2 2 28 28 23 Seattle Hibernians* 8 2 6 0 1 5 16 6 Okangan Challenge* 8 2 6 0 1 6 23 6 Victoria Umbro Select 8 1 7 0 2 11 19 3 Abbotsford Action* 8 1 7 1 0 9 28 1 *- PCSL Associate members

Divisional Semi-Finals: Jackson defeated Miami Tango 1-0 Cocoa defeated Bradenton 4-3 Mid-Michigan defeated Indiana Invaders, 1-0 Detroit defeated Fox River 3-2 Kansas City defeated Colorado 1-0 Des Moines defeated Twin Cities 2-1 (OT) Central Coast defeated Silicon Valley 2-1 (OT) San Gabriel Valley defeated Southern California, 2-0 Okangan defeated Spokane, 2-1 Yakima defeated Seattle, 1-0 Divisional Finals: Cocoa defeated Jackson 1-0 Mid-Michigan defeated Detroit 2-0 Des Moines defeated Kansas City 3-2 (SO) San Gabriel Valley defeated Central Coast, 4-2 Yakima defeated Okangan, 4-1 Regional Finals: Des Moines defeated Cocoa, 3-1 San Gabriel Valley defeated Yakima, 4-2 Jackson defeated Mid-Michigan, 3-2 Semi-finals: Jackson defeated Kalamazoo, 2-0 San Gabriel Valley defeated Des Moines, 3-1 Third-Place: Des Moines defeated Kalamazoo, 4-1 CHAMPIONSHIP: San Gabriel Valley defeated Jackson 3-2

                    W-LEAGUE (Women)

                W-1 Division

                        GP   W   L  SW  SL   GF  GA  Pt
  North Division

Boston Renegades 14 11 3 0 0 31 14 33 Maryland Pride 14 10 4 1 0 24 11 28 Long Island Lady Riders 14 10 4 3 0 31 14 24 Delaware Genies 14 5 9 1 2 23 27 13 New Jersey Wildcats 14 3 11 1 0 18 53 7

  South Division

Raleigh Wings 14 14 0 0 0 58 9 42 Atlanta Classics 14 9 5 0 0 38 26 27 Jackson Calypso 14 6 8 0 0 24 36 18 Tampa Bay Extreme 14 6 8 0 0 34 24 18 Charlotte Speed 14 5 9 0 1 36 31 15

  Central Division

Chicago Cobras 13 11 2 0 0 45 20 33 Denver Diamonds 14 11 3 0 1 43 10 33 New Jersey Lady Stallions 14 11 3 0 1 43 10 33 Columbus Ziggx 13 6 7 0 0 32 31 18 Rochester Ravens 12 3 9 0 2 17 27 9 Buffalo Ffillies 5 0 5 0 0 2 19 0

Divisonal Finals: Maryland defeated Long Island, 2-1 Raleigh defeated Atlanta, 2-1 New Jersey defeated Chicago, 1-0 Semi-finals: Raleigh defeated Maryland, 5-0 Boston defeated New Jersey 2-0 Third place: New Jersey defeated Maryland 1-0 CHAMPIONSHIP Raleigh defeated Boston 4-3

                     W-2 Division

                        GP   W   L  SW  SL   GF  GA  Pt
  North Division

New York Magic 12 9 2 0 1 33 2 27 Finger Lakes Heartbreakers 12 6 6 1 1 10 20 16 Central Jersey Splash 12 5 7 0 0 16 19 15 Connecticut Lady Wolves 12 4 8 0 0 11 21 12 Rhode Island Rays 12 2 10 0 2 11 34 6 New Hampshire Lady Phantoms 12 5 7 3 0 11 32 9

  South Division

Miami Gliders 12 9 3 0 0 51 18 27 Hampton Road Piranhas 12 5 7 1 0 21 28 13 Alabama Angels 12 2 10 0 0 7 62 6 Orlando Ladyhawks 12 0 12 0 0 4 61 0 Dallas Lightning (folded early in season) Mississippi Chaos (folded early in season)

  Central Division

Cleveland Eclipse 12 9 3 2 0 34 21 23 Fort Collins Force 12 7 5 0 0 36 23 21 Indiana Blaze 12 5 7 1 1 17 34 13 Kalamazoo Quest 12 4 8 1 0 14 44 10 Rockford Dactyls 12 2 10 0 3 18 30 6 Madison Freeze (folded early in season)

Divisional Playoffs: New York defeated Finger Lakes, 1-0 Fort Collins defeated Cleveland 1-0 Semi-Finals: Hampton Roads defeated New York, 2-1 Fort Collins defeated Miami, 4-0 Third Place: New York defeated Miami, 3-0 CHAMPIONSHIP: Fort Collins defeated Hampton Roads, 3-0

                   PREMIER SOCCER ALLIANCE (Indoor)

                        League Standings   Int'l   Overall
                        G   W   L   PCT.   W   L    W   L

Dallas Sidekicks 10 8 2 .800 4 0 12 2 Sacramento Knights 8 4 4 .500 2 1 6 5 Arizona Thunder 7 3 4 .429 1 0 4 4 Portland Pythons 7 1 6 .143 4 0 5 6

Mexico 1 2 Canada 0 1 El Salvador 0 1 Argentina 0 3 Brazil 0 4

CHAMPIONSHIP: Dallas defeated Sacramento, 6-2.

                  EASTERN INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE

                       GP   W SOW SOL   L   GF   GA Pts

Lafayette Swampcats 28 20 0 1 8 319 220 61 Mississippi Beach Kings 28 18 2 1 10 345 305 53 Huntsville Fire 28 16 1 2 12 343 347 49 Baton Rouge Bombers 28 16 1 0 12 335 261 47 Tallahassee Scorpions 28 12 0 0 16 335 261 47 Pensacola Flyers 18 10 0 1 18 321 352 30 Savannah Rug Ratz 28 6 0 0 22 272 446 18

Semi-Finals: Lafayette defeated Baton Rouge, 13-5, 14-4 Mississippi defeated Huntsville 4-11, 15-13 (SO), 12-4 FINAL: Lafayette defeated Mississippi, 10-9.

                    CANADA PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE

League Standings

                       GP   W   T   L   GF   GA   Pts

Toronto Olympians 14 13 1 0 73 6 40 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 14 8 3 2 31 26 27 Glen Shields 14 6 3 5 26 27 31 North York Astros 14 6 1 7 34 30 19 York Region Shooters 14 5 2 7 30 44 17 London City 14 4 3 7 27 42 15 Mississauga 14 3 1 10 29 44 10 Toronto Croatia 14 2 4 8 20 51 10

Semifinals: Toronto Olympians defeated North York, 5-1, 2-0 (Forfeit) St. Catharines defeated Glen Shields, 1-2, 4-0 FINAL St. Catharines defeated Toronto Olympians 2-2 (SO 4-2)

League Cup Standings

                       GP   W   T   L   GF   GA   Pts
 Group A

Glen Shields 6 5 1 0 19 3 16 North York Astros 6 3 1 2 7 6 10 Toronto Croatia 6 3 0 3 16 14 9 London City 6 0 0 6 5 24 0

 Group B

Toronto Olympians 6 5 1 0 21 7 16 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 6 3 2 1 20 10 11 York Region Shooters 6 1 1 4 9 20 4 Mississauga 6 1 0 5 10 23 3

Cup Semi-Finals: St. Catharines defeated Glen Shields 5-1, 1-0 Toronto Olympians defeated North York 4-0, 5-1 FINAL: Toronto Olympians defeated St. Catharines 0-0, 3-0

                    US OPEN CUP 1998

First Round

Jun 9: Austin (D3) 2-1 San Nicholas(USASA IV) Jun 10: Delaware (D3) 2-1 Detroit(PDSL) Jun 11: Chicago Stingers (D3) 8-0 Wisla Chicago (USASA II) Jun 12: Charlotte (D3) 4-3 Los Lobos (USASA III) Jun 12: Arizona (D3) 2-1 San Gabriel Valley(PDSL) Jun 13: Central Jersey (D3) 2-1 Kansas City Brass(PDSL) Jun 16: Orlando Nighthawks(D3) 3-1 Jackson(PDSL) Jun 21: Western Massachusetts (D3) 0-1 Greek-American Atlas (New York, USASA I) Greek-American Atlas disqualified due to use of ineligible players

Second Round (June 23-28)

Jun 23: Milwaukee (A-League) 1-2 Orlando Nighthawks Jun 23: Worcester Wildfire (A-League) 2-0 Charlotte Jun 23: Hershey (A-League) 1-2 Chicago Stingers [asdet] Jun 23: Orange County Zodiacs (A-League) 2-1 Austin Jun 24: El Paso Patriots (A-League) 9-1 Arizona Jun 24: Nashville Metros (A-League) 7-1 Delaware : Western Massachusetts 1-3 Rochester Rhinos (A-League) : Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 0-0 Central Jersey [asdet, 3-2 pen]

Third Round (July 7-8)

Jul 7: Chicago Stingers 1-3 Chicago Fire (MLS) Jul 7: Rochester Rhinos 1-2 Columbus Crew (MLS) [asdet] Jul 7: El Paso Patriots (A-League) 0-2 San Jose Clash (MLS) Jul 8: Hampton Roads Mariners 0-1 MetroStars (MLS) [asdet] Jul 8: Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) 2-2 Worcester Wildfire [asdet, 5-4 pen] Jul 8: Miami Fusion (MLS) 3-0 Orlando Nighthawks Jul 8: Nashville Metros (A-League) 3-1 Kansas City Wizards (MLS) Jul 8: Dallas Burn (MLS) 4-0 Orange County Zodiacs

Quarterfinals (July 22)

Jul 22: Columbus Crew (MLS) 3-0 Miami Fusion (MLS) [Chattanooga, Tenn.] Jul 22: MetroStars (MLS) 4-0 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) [Chattanooga, Tenn.] Jul 22: Chicago Fire (MLS) 1-1 San Jose Clash (MLS) [Dallas] Jul 22: Dallas Burn (MLS) 5-1 Nashville Metros (A-League) [Dallas]

Semifinals (August 4)

Aug 4: Columbus Crew (MLS) 1-0 MetroStars (MLS) [Metairie, La.] Aug 4: Chicago Fire (MLS) 3-2 Dallas Burn (MLS) [Metairie, La.]

Final (October 30)

Oct 30: Chicago Fire (MLS) 2-1 Columbus Crew (MLS) [Virginia Beach]

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