A-League 1998 Season (original) (raw)

Atlanta Ruckus - Charleston Battery - Connecticut Wolves - Hampton Roads Mariners

Hershey Wildcats - Jacksonville Cyclones - Long Island Rough Riders - Montreal Impact

Raleigh Flyers - Richmond Kickers - Rochester Ragin' Rhinos - Staten Island Vipers

California Jaguars - Cincinnati Riverhawks - El Paso Patriots - Milwaukee Rampage

1998 FINAL STANDINGS
Before the season, Staten Island and US Project 40 Select were added.
New Orleans became the Storm. Hampton Roads rejoined the league.
San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Albuquerque were promoted.

Colorado moved to San Diego.

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Northeast Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
Rochester Rhinos 28 23 3 1-1 72 15 70
Impact de Montreal 28 13 5 8-2 47 33 47
Staten Island Vipers 28 15 11 1-1 46 37 46
Long Island Rough Riders 28 14 10 3-1 46 35 45
Worcester Wildfire 28 10 14 2-2 37 50 32
Toronto Lynx 28 8 17 1-2 27 42 25
Connecticut Wolves 28 2 18 5-3 32 57 11

Atlantic Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
Richmond Kickers 28 18 5 3-2 48 22 57
Hershey Wildcats 28 17 8 2-1 51 31 53
Hampton Roads Mariners 28 15 9 1-3 44 39 46

Charleston Battery 28 11 15 1-1 37 40 34
Jacksonville Cyclones 28 10 16 0-2 36 53 30
Atlanta Ruckus/A.L.L. 28 7 20 0-1 31 67 21
Raleigh Flyers 28 5 21 0-2 31 66 15

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

Pacific Division GP W L SO GF GA Pts
San Diego Flash 28 20 6 1-1 58 23 61
Seattle Sounders 28 17 10 1-0 63 28 52
Orange County Zodiac 28 15 9 1-3 49 43 46

Vancouver 86ers 28 13 12 2-1 55 42 41
US Project 40 28 10 15 1-2 45 55 31
SF Bay Seals 28 9 13 1-5 31 47 28

and their standings awarded to a new franchise, A-League Atlanta.

indoors in the NPSL, and Nashville folded.
California was relegated to the D-3 Pro League.

1998 PLAYOFFS

MG-Mini game series tiebreaker *-after extra time

Conference Quarterfinals (Single Game)

Eastern

9/12/98 Rochester 3-0 Charleston

9/12/98 Hershey 1-1 Hampton Roads

Hershey advance on shootout win

9/12/98 Montreal 3-1 Staten Island

9/13/98 Richmond 0-0 Long Island

Richmond advance on shootout win

Western

9/12/98 San Diego 4-1 Vancouver

9/12/98 Nashville 2-2 New Orleans

New Orleans advance on shootout win

9/12/98 Minnesota 5-1 Milwaukee

9/13/98 Seattle 2-1 Orange County

Conference Semifinals (Two Legs)

Eastern

9/17/98 Hershey 0-0 Richmond

Hershey wins shootout

9/20/98 Richmond 2-4 Hershey

Hershey advance on 2-0 series win

9/20/98 Montreal 2-2 Rochester

Rochester wins shootout

9/23/98 Rochester 4-1 Montreal

Rochester advance on 2-0 series win

Western

9/18/98 Minnesota 2-1 Seattle

9/20/98 Seattle 1-2 Minnesota

Minnesota advance on 2-0 series win

9/19/98 San Diego 2-1 New Orleans

9/21/98 New Orleans 3-3 San Diego

San Diego wins shootout

San Diego advance on 2-0 series win

Conference Finals (Two Legs)

9/26/98 Hershey 1-3 Rochester

10/3/98 Rochester 1-0 Hershey

Rochester advance on 2-0 series win

9/26/98 Minnesota 2-1 San Diego

9/30/98 San Diego 1-2 Minnesota

Minnesota advance on 2-0 series win

A-League Championship

10/17/98 Rochester 3-1 Minnesota

Leading Goalscorers

Doug Miller, Rochester 18

Mark Baena, Seattle 24

Darren Tilley, Rochester 21

Mike Burke, Charleston 16

Amos Magee, Minnesota 15

Kirk Wilson, El Paso 15

Gary Glasgow, New Orleans 15

Antonio Robles, San Diego 15

Patrick Beech, Seattle 12

Gino DiFlorio, Cincinnati 12

Yari Allnutt, Rochester 14

Goalkeeping Leaders GAA

Pat Onstad, Rochester 0.50
Mike McGinty, Richmond 0.74
Joe Cannon, San Diego 0.80
Alex Deegan, Richmond 0.83
Dusty Hudock, Seattle 1.00
Peter Pappas, Staten Island 1.00
Khalil Azmi, Hershey 1.02
John Swallen, Minnesota 1.09
Paolo Ceccarelli, Montreal 1.10
Paul Shepard, Montreal 1.11

1998 A-League Award Winners

Most Valuable Player: Mark Baena, Seattle Sounders
Top Goal Scorer: Mark Baena, Seattle Sounders
Top Goalkeeper: Pat Onstead, Rochester Raging Rhinos
Coach of the Year: Pat Ercoli, Rochester Raging Rhinos
Defender of the Year: Scott Schweitzer, Rochester Raging Rhinos
Rookie of the Year: Mike Burke, Charleston Battery

1998 A-League First XI

G - Pat Onstead, Rochester
D - Scott Schweitze, Rochester
D - Gabe Eastman, Nashville
D - Craig Demmin, Rochester
M - Yari Allnutt, Rochester
M - John Ball, Staten island
M - Mauro Biello, Montreal
M - Lee Tachantret, Hershey
F - Amos Magee, Minnesota
F - Darren Tilley, Rochester
F - Mark Baena, Seattle

Home Attendance G Total Avg.

Rochester 16 183,980 11,499

Vancouver 15 62,776 4,185

Montreal 15 60,117 4,008

Hershey 14 53,118 3,794

El Paso 15 55,375 3,692

Minnesota 15 53,146 3,543

Milwaukee 15 47,638 3,176

Long Island 14 43,999 3,143

San Diego 15 46,239 3,083

Seattle 15 43,535 2,902

Richmond 14 35,380 2,527

Connecticut 15 36,786 2,452

Hampton Roads 14 30,484 2,177

New Orleans 15 31,096 2,073

Charleston 14 26,541 1,896

Toronto 14 25,204 1,800

Cincinnati 15 24,367 1,624

Staten Island 11 16,545 1,504

California 15 21,414 1,428

Nashville 15 18,651 1,243

Sacramento 15 18,556 1,237

Jacksonville 14 16,334 1,167

Atlanta 14 12,920 923

Raleigh 14 9,183 656

Orange County 15 7,985 532

San Francisco Bay 15 6,399 427

Worcester 14 4,477 320

LEAGUE 92 992,245 2,531

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