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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Oct 30: Chicago Fire (MLS) 2-1 Columbus Crew (MLS) [Virginia Beach]
list of professional first division champions
list of (all) league winners (leaguewise)
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Author: Dave Litterer
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