1998 in American soccer

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Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
FIFA World Cup	3	0	0	3	1	5
CONCACAF Gold Cup	4	3	0	1	6	2
International Friendly	9	3	4	2	8	6
Total	16	6	4	6	15	13

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Player	Goals
Roy Wegerle	2
Preki	2
Brian McBride	2
Eric Wynalda	1
Joe-Max Moore	1
Eddie Pope	1
Chad Deering	1
Marcelo Balboa	1
Frankie Hejduk	1
Paul Bravo	1
Claudio Reyna	1
Ernie Stewart	1
Tab Ramos	1

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Eastern Conference	P	W	SW	SL	L	WIR	SO	LIR	GF	GA	GD	APts	Pts
D.C. United	32	24	<7	3>	8	17	10	5	81	51	30	61	58
Columbus Crew	32	15	<0	5>	17	15	5	12	67	61	6	50	45
MetroStars	32	15	<3	4>	17	12	7	13	57	63	-6	43	39
Miami Fusion	32	15	<5	0>	17	10	5	17	51	68	-17	35	35
x-Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	12	<1	5>	20	11	6	15	47	62	-15	39	34
x-New England Revolution	32	11	<2	4>	21	9	6	17	53	70	-15	33	29

Western Conference	P	W	SW	SL	L	WIR	SO	LIR	GF	GA	GD	APts	Pts
Los Angeles Galaxy	32	24	<2	2>	8	22	4	6	85	44	41	70	68
Chicago Fire	32	20	<2	1>	12	18	3	11	62	45	17	57	56
Colorado Rapids	32	16	<2	2>	16	14	4	14	62	69	-7	46	44
Dallas Burn	32	15	<4	2>	17	11	6	15	43	59	-16	39	37
x-San Jose Clash	32	13	<3	5>	19	10	8	14	48	60	-12	38	33
x-Kansas City Wizards	32	12	<2	4>	20	10	6	16	45	50	-5	36	32

• The top four teams in each conference make the playoffs.

Wins (W) are worth 3 points.
Shootout Wins (SW) are worth 1 point, and is considered a Win in the standings.
Shootout Loss (SL) are worth 0 points, and is considered a Loss in the standings.
Loss (L) are worth 0 points.

	Conference Semifinals							Conference Finals							MLS Cup '98
	1	D.C. United (a.e.t.), (3 – 2 S.O.)*	2	1*	x
	4	Miami Fusion	1	0	x
								1	D.C. United	2	2	3
	Eastern Conference
								2	Columbus Crew	0	4	0
	2	Columbus Crew (a.e.t.), (3 – 2 S.O.)*	5	2*	x
	3	MetroStars	3	1	x
															E	D.C. United			0
															W	Chicago Fire			2
	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	6	3	x
	4	Dallas Burn	1	2	x
								1	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1	x
	Western Conference
								2	Chicago Fire (a.e.t.), (2 – 1 S.O.)*	1	2*	x
	2	Chicago Fire	2	1	x
	3	Colorado Rapids	1	0	x

• Best of Three series winners will advance.