1998 Dallas Burn season

Chicago Fire
(2–3)
Average home league attendance	10,947
Home colors	Away colors
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Dallas Burn season was the third season of the Major League Soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Final standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	22	2	8	85	44	+41	68	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Chicago Fire	32	18	2	12	62	45	+17	56
3	Colorado Rapids	32	14	2	16	62	69	−7	44
4	Dallas Burn	32	11	4	17	43	59	−16	37
5	San Jose Clash	32	10	3	19	48	60	−12	33
6	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	2	20	45	50	−5	32

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Colorado Rapids	32	14	2	16	62	69	−7	44
6	MetroStars	32	12	3	17	54	63	−9	39
7	Dallas Burn	32	11	4	17	43	59	−16	37
8	Miami Fusion	32	10	5	17	46	68	−22	35
9	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	11	1	20	46	57	−11	34

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored

Regular season

March 21, 1998 (1998-03-21) 1	CST	Santel 27' (o.g.) C. Henderson 33' Paz 60'	Report	Soehn 29' Washington 37' Sutter 39' Pollard 59' Eck 68'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 11,103 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Paul Scott
	Shootout
	Paz Bravo Saenz Marquinho C. Henderson		Sutter Elliott Sawatzky Soehn Santel

March 29, 1998 2

CST

McBride 13'
Lapper 56'

Report

Rodríguez 21'
Elliott 39'
Washington 66'
Kreis 80'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,216
Referee: Esse Baharmast
Assistant referees: Chip Reed
Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

April 5, 1998 (1998-04-05) 3	PDT	Eck 5' Suarez 35' Kreis 48'	Report	Wynalda 13' Mella 83' Vásquez 86'	Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 10,069 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Ricardo Valenzuela Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt
	Shootout
	Haynes Soehn Farrer Kreis Eck Sutter		Mella Wynalda Lewis Cerritos Baicher Barrett

April 11, 1998 4

EDT

Flores 57'

Report

Gilmar 11' (pen.
)

Hejduk 14', 48'

Stadium:

Houlihan's Stadium
Attendance: 11,822
Referee: Arturo Angeles
Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry
Assistant referees: Roger O'Brien

April 18, 1998 5

CDT

Doyle 28'
Cerritos 42'
Weaver 45'
Mella 71'
Lozzano 76'

Report

Kreis 14'
Elliott 52'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 12,939
Referee: Ali Saheli
Assistant referees: Laszlo Nagy
Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

April 25, 1998 6

CDT

Rideout 10'
Tinsley 30'

Report

Dade 10'
Elliott 50'
Damián
68' 72'
Santel 78'
Washington 83'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 13,134
Referee: Juan Paniaqua
Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla
Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

May 6, 1998 7

EDT

Kreis 19'
Eck 90'

Report

da Silva 15'
Ramos 48'
Savarese 70'

Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Brian Hall
Assistant referees: Alex Prus
Assistant referees: Alex Shuster

May 16, 1998 8

CDT

Bravo 49'
DiGiamarino 57'
Jakins 74'
Harris 86'

Report

Washington 12'
Damián
13'
Flores 17'
Álvarez 57' 70'
Kreis 62' 81'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 15,280
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela
Assistant referees: Chip Reed
Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes

May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20) 9	CDT	Rodríguez 84' (o.g.)	Report	Trotman 86'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,179 Referee: Refugio Ramirez Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Sergio Vega
	Shootout
	Wright Takawira Rideout Šabanadžović Tinsley Johnston		Elliott Haynes Farrer Suarez Eck Flores

May 23, 1998 10

PDT

Eck 18'
Damián
48'
Haynes 63'

Report

Sánchez 4' 42'
Mathis 25', 66'
Peña 37'
Wélton
48'

Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 21,173
Referee: Tim Weyland
Assistant referees: Chris Strickland
Assistant referees: Chris Nuezil

May 31, 1998 11

CDT

Kmosko 16' 24'
Tamashiro 37'

Report

Pollard 16'
Kreis 37'
Álvarez 41'
Washington 82'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,101
Referee: Reggie Rutty
Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac
Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

June 4, 1998 12

CDT

Wélton
13'
Vanney 18'
Franchino 39'
Mathis 45'
Hendrickson 47', 81' 60'
Karapetyan 82', 85', 87'

Report

Kreis 1'
Álvarez 17' 18'
Damián
44'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,047
Referee: Alex Prus
Assistant referees: Scott Weyland
Assistant referees: Ralph Boggs

June 17, 1998 14

CDT

Álvarez 33'
Soehn 55'
Eck 88'
Santel 90'

Report

Kubík 64' (pen.)
Armas 85'

Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 9,638
Referee: Michael Kennedy
Assistant referees: Tarek Khan
Assistant referees: Francisco Sanchez

June 21, 1998 15

CDT

Prampin 50'

Report

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,238
Referee: Robert Sheker
Assistant referees: Roger Sill
Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac

July 1, 1998 17

CDT

Haynes 14'
Trotman 35'
Pollard 66'

Report

Kubík 7' 49'
Razov 16'
Kosecki 20'
Podbrożny 36'

Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 13,615
Referee: Kevin Terry
Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes
Assistant referees: Thomas Smith

July 4, 1998 18

CDT

Kubík 37'
Kosecki 44'
Brown
75'

Report

Flores 41'
Rodríguez 68'
Elliott 83'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 12,372
Referee: Tim Weyland
Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt
Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

July 11, 1998 19

CDT

Farrer 5'
Dade 50'
Álvarez 63'
Dir 63'

Report

Wright 47'
Uderitz 78'
Johnston 90'

Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 10,053
Referee: Arturo Angeles
Assistant referees: Francisco Sanchez
Assistant referees: Alan Shepherd

July 18, 1998 20

CDT

McKinley 49' 64'
Pareja 52'
Moore 67', 88'
Causey 87'

Report

Trotman 32'
Álvarez 38'
Deering 78'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,073
Referee: Rich Grady
Assistant referees: Chris Strickland
Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

Dallas Burn v Columbus Crew

July 25, 1998 21

EDT

Trotman 10'
Farrer 79'
Santel 82'
Rodríguez 85'

Report

Yeagley 9' 41'

Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Attendance: 15,628
Referee: Noel Kenny
Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes
Assistant referees: Patrick Ruetschle

July 29, 1998 22

CDT

Fraser 33'

Report

Kreis 6' 50'
Trotman 52'
Álvarez 57'
Washington 71'
Rodríguez 82'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 9,720
Referee: Kevin Terry
Assistant referees: Kari Seitz
Assistant referees: Ralph Boggs

August 7, 1998 23

CDT

Lassiter 57' (pen.)
Pope 84'

Report

Dade 15'
Trotman 35'
Rodríguez 48'
Dodd 56'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 9,437
Referee: Ali Saheli
Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes
Assistant referees: Kari Seitz

Dallas Burn v Colorado Rapids

August 15, 1998 24

MDT

Deering 57'
Pollard 67'

Report

Trittschuh 22'

Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 8,321
Referee: Noel Kenny
Assistant referees: Greg Barkey
Assistant referees: Levon Baladjanian

Dallas Burn v Miami Fusion

August 19, 1998 25

EDT

Report

Valderrama 50' (pen.)
Gutierrez 87'

Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Refugio Ramirez
Assistant referees: Laszlo Nagy
Assistant referees: Richard Huber

August 22, 1998 (1998-08-22) 26	PDT	Álvarez 49' Trotman 66' Haynes 76'	Report	Medved 29' Cerritos 32' Barrett 34'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,706 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes Assistant referees: Terry Mashino
	Shootout
	Farrer Haynes Elliott Trotman		Wynalda Lewis Mella Medved

August 29, 1998 27

CDT

Palacios 21'
Sorber 79'
Vega 84'

Report

Kreis 28' 72'
Deering 30'
Eck 38'
Rodríguez 87'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 11,235
Referee: Nancy Lay
Assistant referees: Laszlo Nagy
Assistant referees: Greg Barkey

September 2, 1998 28

PDT

Dade 74'

Report

Cienfuegos 29'
Fraser 33'
Hermosillo 54'
Jones 70'

Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 9,113
Referee: Kevin Stott
Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla
Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes

September 10, 1998 29

CDT

Klopas 43'
Razov 49'
Wolff 60'
Okaroh 70'
Keller 74'

Report

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 9,745
Referee: Ali Saheli
Assistant referees: Levon Baladjanian
Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

September 13, 1998 30

CDT

Barrett 25'
Vasquez
31'
Lewis 64'
Draguicevich 67', 73'
Uribe 80'

Report

Deering 19'
Álvarez 54'
Pareja 63'
Dade 85'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 10,325
Referee: Paul Tamberino
Assistant referees: Arthur Reed
Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

September 19, 1998 31

CDT

Kreis 25' 64'
Flores 61'

Report

Vermillion 68'

Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 13,146
Referee: Brian Hall
Assistant referees: Roger Sill
Assistant referees: Roger Itaya

Dallas Burn v Colorado Rapids

September 26, 1998 32

MDT

Flores 50'
Rodríguez 57'
Álvarez 64'

Report

Balboa 2', 16'
Waldir 32'
Vaudreuil 81'

Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 15,022
Referee: Sandra Hunt
Assistant referees: Paul Tamberino
Assistant referees: Kari Seitz

Playoffs

Western Conference semifinals

October 1, 1998 Game 1

PDT^[1]

Washington 47'
Pollard 85'

Report

Peña 10', 69'
Hermosillo 16', 32'
Cienfuegos 20'
Franchino
24'
Wélton
41'

Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 10,047
Referee: Ted Covaciu-Woods
Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes
Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt

October 4, 1998 Game 2

CDT^[1]

Jones 7'
Fraser 13'
Machón 34'
Caligiuri 51' 85'
Peña 56'
Hendrickson 80'
Mathis 88'

Report

Eck 43'
Haynes 44'
Kreis 48'
Pareja 56'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 8,130
Referee: Brian Hall
Assistant referees: Greg Barkey
Assistant referees: Chip Reed

U.S. Open Cup

July 8, 1998 (1998-07-08) Third Round	Dallas Burn	Duncanville, Texas
	Hesse 24' Patterson 82'	Report	Farrer 33' Lak 43' (o.g.) Suarez 50' Kreis 57' Sastoque 78'	Stadium: Old Panther Field Attendance: 600 Referee: Ali Saheli Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos Assistant referees: Troy Travis

July 22, 1998 Quarterfinal

CDT

Jones

87'

Report

Washington 9', 53'
Trotman 48'
Suarez 78'
Farrer 81'

Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 3,812
Referee: Gerry Corrie
Assistant referees: Roger Sill
Assistant referees: Richard Triche

August 4, 1998 Semifinal

CDT

Trotman 23'
Kreis 52'
Alvarez 83' (pen.)

Report

Razov 11'
Gutiérrez 40' 66'
Okaroh 45'
Kosecki 56' 71'
Kubík 74'

Stadium:

Zephyr Field
Attendance: 6,514
Referee: Rich Grady
Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes
Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

References

^ ^a ^b "MLS: Playoff television schedule (Sept. 30–Oct. 5)". Soccer America. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

External links

Season statistics

[sept30oct5-1] "MLS: Playoff television schedule (Sept. 30–Oct. 5)". Soccer America. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[1]

June 7, 1998 (1998-06-07) 13	EDT	Suarez 24' Farrer 38' Damián 56' (pen. ) Trotman 88'	Report	Lassiter 19', 70' Etcheverry 31' Soehn 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 13,454 Referee: Refugio Ramirez Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Assistant referees: Todd Perry
	Shootout
	Haynes Farrer Suarez Soehn Eck		Moreno Etcheverry Kamler Sanneh

June 27, 1998 (1998-06-27) 16	EDT	Kreis 19' Damián 44' Eck 65' 82'	Report	Díaz Arce 6' Eck 9' (o.g.) Gorter 28'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 18,206 Referee: Ruben Rodhas Assistant referees: Edwin Resenedes Assistant referees: Del Rainho
	Shootout
	Farrer Haynes Suarez Santel Eck		Baba McKinley Burns Moore