Footy & Co.Season Explorer
1998 season.
The 1998 MLS season had 12 clubs, each playing 32 regular-season matches. LA Galaxy won the Supporters' Shield with 68 points. Chicago Fire won MLS Cup 1998, beating D.C. United in the final. Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion were new to the league. All 206 of its matches are listed below, each with its own page.
Standings
Overall rank uses the modern MLS tiebreak (points, wins, GD, GF); exact at the top and bottom, best-effort in the middle for older seasons.
Honors
MLS Cup
Supporters’ Shield
Wooden SpoonRetroactive
29 pts · 11-21-0 · −13 GD
Structure
Clubs12
Conferences2East · West
PointsShootoutNo draws · win 3 · shootout win 1
Matches per club32regular season
Movement
Notes
- First expansion: Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion (12 clubs)
- Chicago win MLS Cup in their first season
Leading scorers
Who scored the goals.
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1998 scorers
Player statistics begin in 2013. Scoring charts for earlier seasons are coming.
Results · 206 matches
Every 1998 MLS match, by month.
Regular season, playoffs and MLS Cup. Open a month to see every result; each match has its own page.
March11 matches
- Miami Fusion 0–2 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 Columbus Crew
- Dallas Burn 1–1 Colorado Rapids
- LA Galaxy 3–3 San Jose Clash
- Miami Fusion 0–2 Chicago Fire
- D.C. United 3–2 Kansas City Wizards
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–0 Miami Fusion
- LA Galaxy 3–2 MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Colorado Rapids
- Dallas Burn 2–1 Columbus Crew
- D.C. United 1–1 New England Revolution
April28 matches
- Miami Fusion 2–1 New England Revolution
- Columbus Crew 2–1 D.C. United
- Chicago Fire 2–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Colorado Rapids 0–1 LA Galaxy
- Kansas City Wizards 2–0 MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 2–2 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Chicago Fire
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 Dallas Burn
- Miami Fusion 1–1 Kansas City Wizards
- Columbus Crew 3–2 New England Revolution
- San Jose Clash 1–0 Chicago Fire
- MetroStars 2–3 LA Galaxy
- D.C. United 3–3 Colorado Rapids
- Chicago Fire 0–1 MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 5–1 Miami Fusion
- Kansas City Wizards 1–2 LA Galaxy
- Dallas Burn 1–2 San Jose Clash
- New England Revolution 1–1 D.C. United
- Colorado Rapids 3–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 3–0 Miami Fusion
- Dallas Burn 3–1 Kansas City Wizards
- Colorado Rapids 4–4 Chicago Fire
- LA Galaxy 5–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- MetroStars 4–3 San Jose Clash
- D.C. United 1–1 Columbus Crew
- D.C. United 3–1 San Jose Clash
- Kansas City Wizards 0–2 LA Galaxy
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–1 Columbus Crew
May34 matches
- Miami Fusion 3–2 Colorado Rapids
- Chicago Fire 1–3 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 0–1 MetroStars
- San Jose Clash 1–3 New England Revolution
- MetroStars 0–1 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 7–4 Colorado Rapids
- D.C. United 2–0 MetroStars
- Colorado Rapids 2–3 San Jose Clash
- Miami Fusion 2–0 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 4–3 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- D.C. United 3–2 New England Revolution
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 Kansas City Wizards
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–2 Chicago Fire
- Dallas Burn 2–1 Colorado Rapids
- San Jose Clash 2–0 Miami Fusion
- MetroStars 4–3 D.C. United
- New England Revolution 1–3 Kansas City Wizards
- Columbus Crew 2–4 LA Galaxy
- Chicago Fire 3–1 LA Galaxy
- Dallas Burn 1–1 Kansas City Wizards
- New England Revolution 0–2 Columbus Crew
- MetroStars 4–2 Miami Fusion
- D.C. United 3–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Kansas City Wizards 0–1 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 4–1 Dallas Burn
- Chicago Fire 5–0 Colorado Rapids
- Kansas City Wizards 1–1 Columbus Crew
- Colorado Rapids 3–0 Miami Fusion
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–1 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 4–1 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 1–1 Chicago Fire
- Dallas Burn 2–0 Miami Fusion
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 Kansas City Wizards
- New England Revolution 1–1 MetroStars
June23 matches
- MetroStars 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- San Jose Clash 0–4 D.C. United
- Dallas Burn 1–8 LA Galaxy
- Chicago Fire 2–0 Columbus Crew
- Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Colorado Rapids 2–0 San Jose Clash
- LA Galaxy 5–1 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 4–4 Dallas Burn
- Miami Fusion 1–2 MetroStars
- Chicago Fire 5–2 San Jose Clash
- MetroStars 3–1 Miami Fusion
- Columbus Crew 3–3 D.C. United
- New England Revolution 1–3 Chicago Fire
- Chicago Fire 1–0 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 2–1 Colorado Rapids
- Columbus Crew 2–1 MetroStars
- Dallas Burn 0–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- MetroStars 5–3 New England Revolution
- Chicago Fire 4–1 Kansas City Wizards
- Colorado Rapids 3–1 D.C. United
- New England Revolution 3–3 Dallas Burn
- Miami Fusion 1–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- San Jose Clash 1–2 LA Galaxy
July34 matches
- Chicago Fire 4–1 Dallas Burn
- Kansas City Wizards 1–0 New England Revolution
- D.C. United 3–1 Miami Fusion
- San Jose Clash 1–1 Columbus Crew
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–3 New England Revolution
- Dallas Burn 0–1 Chicago Fire
- Colorado Rapids 1–0 MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 2–0 Kansas City Wizards
- Columbus Crew 3–0 Chicago Fire
- D.C. United 3–0 LA Galaxy
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 New England Revolution
- MetroStars 1–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- Kansas City Wizards 2–0 Dallas Burn
- New England Revolution 0–1 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–3 LA Galaxy
- Miami Fusion 2–2 San Jose Clash
- Dallas Burn 1–3 New England Revolution
- LA Galaxy 2–2 Miami Fusion
- San Jose Clash 0–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- D.C. United 4–1 Chicago Fire
- MetroStars 3–0 Columbus Crew
- Kansas City Wizards 4–1 Colorado Rapids
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–3 Colorado Rapids
- Columbus Crew 1–2 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 0–1 D.C. United
- San Jose Clash 1–1 Kansas City Wizards
- MetroStars 3–2 Chicago Fire
- New England Revolution 1–2 Miami Fusion
- Miami Fusion 3–2 Columbus Crew
- MetroStars 2–2 Kansas City Wizards
- New England Revolution 1–3 Colorado Rapids
- Dallas Burn 3–0 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 3–0 Chicago Fire
- D.C. United 2–2 Tampa Bay Mutiny
August30 matches
- New England Revolution 3–0 San Jose Clash
- Colorado Rapids 1–6 LA Galaxy
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–1 Miami Fusion
- Dallas Burn 0–1 D.C. United
- Columbus Crew 6–1 New England Revolution
- Kansas City Wizards 3–1 Colorado Rapids
- Chicago Fire 1–2 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 5–1 MetroStars
- MetroStars 3–1 Columbus Crew
- LA Galaxy 3–0 Kansas City Wizards
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 1–1 New England Revolution
- Chicago Fire 2–1 San Jose Clash
- Colorado Rapids 0–1 Dallas Burn
- Miami Fusion 3–1 MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 5–3 Kansas City Wizards
- MetroStars 4–1 Colorado Rapids
- Miami Fusion 2–1 Dallas Burn
- Colorado Rapids 0–2 Chicago Fire
- Columbus Crew 3–1 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 1–5 LA Galaxy
- San Jose Clash 1–1 Dallas Burn
- D.C. United 2–1 MetroStars
- Kansas City Wizards 2–0 Miami Fusion
- Kansas City Wizards 1–2 D.C. United
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–2 D.C. United
- Kansas City Wizards 2–2 Chicago Fire
- Dallas Burn 2–0 MetroStars
- LA Galaxy 0–3 Columbus Crew
- San Jose Clash 1–3 Colorado Rapids
- Miami Fusion 3–2 New England Revolution
September34 matches
- Chicago Fire 3–2 Miami Fusion
- MetroStars 0–2 New England Revolution
- Colorado Rapids 3–2 Kansas City Wizards
- LA Galaxy 3–0 Dallas Burn
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 San Jose Clash
- Miami Fusion 3–5 LA Galaxy
- Kansas City Wizards 5–1 San Jose Clash
- Columbus Crew 4–3 MetroStars
- Columbus Crew 1–0 Miami Fusion
- Dallas Burn 3–2 Chicago Fire
- New England Revolution 2–0 Columbus Crew
- Chicago Fire 3–1 Colorado Rapids
- Miami Fusion 4–3 D.C. United
- Dallas Burn 1–3 San Jose Clash
- Tampa Bay Mutiny 2–1 MetroStars
- MetroStars 0–5 D.C. United
- San Jose Clash 0–0 LA Galaxy
- Columbus Crew 2–4 Colorado Rapids
- Chicago Fire 1–0 Kansas City Wizards
- Colorado Rapids 2–1 Columbus Crew
- New England Revolution 3–0 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- D.C. United 1–3 Miami Fusion
- Kansas City Wizards 0–1 Dallas Burn
- LA Galaxy 0–1 San Jose Clash
- Chicago Fire 3–2 New England Revolution
- Columbus Crew 3–4 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- New England Revolution 0–0 MetroStars
- Colorado Rapids 3–1 Dallas Burn
- D.C. United 2–2 Columbus Crew
- San Jose Clash 2–0 Kansas City Wizards
- Miami Fusion 1–3 Tampa Bay Mutiny
- LA Galaxy 1–0 Chicago Fire
- Columbus Crew 5–3 MetroStars · Conference Semifinals
- D.C. United 2–1 Miami Fusion · Conference Semifinals
October12 matches
- Chicago Fire 1–1 Colorado Rapids · Conference Semifinals
- LA Galaxy 6–1 Dallas Burn · Conference Semifinals
- MetroStars 1–1 Columbus Crew · Conference Semifinals
- Miami Fusion 0–0 D.C. United · Conference Semifinals
- Dallas Burn 2–3 LA Galaxy · Conference Semifinals
- Colorado Rapids 0–1 Chicago Fire · Conference Semifinals
- LA Galaxy 0–1 Chicago Fire · Conference Finals
- D.C. United 2–0 Columbus Crew · Conference Finals
- Chicago Fire 1–1 LA Galaxy · Conference Finals
- Columbus Crew 4–2 D.C. United · Conference Finals
- D.C. United 3–0 Columbus Crew · Conference Finals
- Chicago Fire 2–0 D.C. United · MLS Cup