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1999 in American soccer

The 1999 season was the 87th year of competitive soccer in the United States.

Soccer in the United States
Season1999
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National team

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Record

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Competition GP W D L GF GA
Confederations Cup 5 3 0 2 6 3
U.S. Cup 2 1 0 1 4 3
International Friendly 7 4 2 1 11 6
Total 14 8 2 4 21 12

Results

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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

January 24 International Friendly Bolivia   0 – 0   United States Santa Cruz, Bolivia
18:00 UTC−06 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Paniagua (Bolivia)
February 6 International Friendly United States   3 – 0   Germany Jacksonville, Florida
13:00 UTC−05 Kirovski   16'
Sanneh   24'
Reyna   26'		 (Report) Stadium: Alltel Stadium
Attendance: 17,259
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
February 21 International Friendly United States   2 – 1   Chile Fort Lauderdale, Florida
15:30 UTC−05 Olsen   58'
Lewis   65'		 (Report) Cartes   64' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 14,896
Referee: Pascal Rebolledo (Mexico)
March 11 U.S. Cup United States   3 – 1   Guatemala Los Angeles, California
17:30 UTC−08 Moore   22'
McBride   37'
Hejduk   90+4'		 (Report) Perez   51' (pen.) Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 34,154
Referee: Jose Robles (Mexico)
March 13 U.S. Cup United States   1 – 2   Mexico San Diego, California
12:30 UTC−08 Hejduk   51' (Report) Fraser   14' (o.g.)
Abundis   57'		 Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium
Attendance: 50,324
Referee: Rene Parra (Canada)
June 13 International Friendly United States   1 – 0   Argentina Washington, D.C.
13:00 UTC−04 Moore   88' (Report) Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 40,119
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
July 13 Exhibition game United States   2 – 1 Derby County Denver, Colorado
Lewis   64'
Olsen   76'		 (Report) Stadium: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 20,376
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)
July 24 Confederations Cup Group Stage New Zealand   1 – 2 United States   Guadalajara, Mexico
Zoricich   90+3' (Report) McBride   25'
Kirovski   58'		 Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
July 28 Confederations Cup Group Stage Brazil   1 – 0 United States   Guadalajara, Mexico
Ronaldinho   13' Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
July 30 Confederations Cup Group Stage United States   2 – 0 Germany   Guadalajara, Mexico
Olsen   24'
Moore   50'		 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
August 1 Confederations Cup Semifinal Mexico   1 – 0 (a.e.t.) United States   Mexico City, Mexico
Blanco   96' (Report) Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
August 3 Confederations Cup Third Place Match United States   2 – 0 Saudi Arabia   Guadalajara, Mexico
21:00 UTC−05 Bravo   28'
McBride   80'		 (Report) Stadium: Estadio Jalisco
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
September 8 International Friendly Jamaica   2 – 2 United States   Kingston, Jamaica
Davis   14' (pen.)
Johnson   79'		 (Report) Kreis   5'
Albright   80'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Godfrey Bowen (Cayman Islands)
November 17 International Friendly Morocco   2 – 1 United States   Marrakech, Morocco
19:00 UTC±0 Bassir   15'
Hadji   27' (pen.)		 (Report) Wynalda   17' Stadium: Stade El Harti
Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Gamal El Ghandour (Egypt)

Goalscorers

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Player Goals
Ben Olsen 3
Brian McBride 3
Joe-Max Moore 3
Jovan Kirovski 2
Frankie Hejduk 2
Eddie Lewis 2
Tony Sanneh 1
Claudio Reyna 1
Paul Bravo 1
Jason Kreis 1
Chris Albright 1
Eric Wynalda 1

Major League Soccer

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Main article: 1999 Major League Soccer season

Standings

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Eastern Conference P W (sw) (sl) L GF GA GD Pts
s – D.C. United 32 23 <6 3> 9 65 43 22 57
x – Columbus Crew 32 19 <6 4> 13 48 39 9 45
x – Tampa Bay Mutiny 32 14 <5 7> 18 51 50 1 32
x – Miami Fusion 32 13 <5 4> 19 42 59 -17 29
New England Revolution 32 12 <5 7> 20 38 53 -15 26
MetroStars 32 7 <3 5> 25 32 64 -32 15
Western Conference P W (sw) (sl) L GF GA GD Pts
y – Los Angeles Galaxy 32 20 <3 4> 12 49 29 20 54
x – Dallas Burn 32 19 <3 6> 13 54 35 19 51
x – Chicago Fire 32 18 <3 5> 14 51 36 15 48
x – Colorado Rapids 32 20 <6 3> 12 38 39 -1 48
San Jose Clash 32 19 <10 3> 13 48 49 -1 37
Kansas City Wizards 32 8 <2 6> 24 33 53 -20 20
  • 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.
  • s = Supporters Shield winner
  • y = Conference Leader
  • x = Clinched playoff berth

Playoffs

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Playoff bracket

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup '99
               
1 D.C. United (AET), (3 – 2, S.O.)* 2 1* x
4 Miami Fusion 0 0 x
1 D.C. United 2 1 4
Eastern Conference
2 Columbus Crew 1 5 0
2 Columbus Crew 2 2 x
3 Tampa Bay Mutiny 0 0 x
E D.C. United     2
W Los Angeles Galaxy     0
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 3 2 x
4 Colorado Rapids 0 0 x
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2 2 3
Western Conference
2 Dallas Burn 1 3 1
2 Dallas Burn 2 0 3
3 Chicago Fire 1 4 2
  • Best of Three series winner will advance.

MLS Cup

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Main article: MLS Cup '99
Los Angeles Galaxy0 – 2D.C. United
Moreno   19'
Olsen   45'
Attendance: 44,910

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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Main article: 1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

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Home teams listed on top of bracket

Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
A-L Charleston Battery 2
D3 Wilmington Hammerheads 1
A-L Charleston Battery 4
MLS D.C. United (ASDET) 3
 
 
A-L Charleston Battery 2
A-L Staten Island Vipers 1
 
 
MLS MetroStars (ASDET) 2
A-L Staten Island Vipers 3
A-L Staten Island Vipers 7
USASA United German-Hungarians 0
A-L Charleston Battery 0
MLS Colorado Rapids 3
A-L Minnesota Thunder 1
PDL Mid-Michigan Bucks 2
PDL Mid-Michigan Bucks 1
MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny 2
 
 
MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny 0
MLS Colorado Rapids 1
 
 
MLS Colorado Rapids 1
A-L Seattle Sounders 0
A-L Seattle Sounders 3
PDL Spokane Shadow 1
MLS Colorado Rapids 0
A-L Rochester Rhinos 2
 
 
MLS Dallas Burn 3
A-L Jacksonville Cyclones 0
PDL Cocoa Expos 2
A-L Jacksonville Cyclones 7
A-L Rochester Rhinos 2
MLS Dallas Burn (ASDET) 1
A-L Rochester Rhinos (ASDET) 2
PDL New York Freedom 1
A-L Rochester Rhinos 1
MLS Chicago Fire 0
 
 
A-L Rochester Rhinos 3
MLS Columbus Crew 2
A-L San Diego Flash 7
D3 Arizona Sahuaros 2
A-L San Diego Flash 2
MLS Los Angeles Galaxy 3
 
 
MLS Los Angeles Galaxy 1
MLS Columbus Crew 3
 
 
MLS Columbus Crew 3
PDL Carolina Dynamo 0
A-L Orange County Zodiac 0
D3 Carolina Dynamo 2

Final

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Rochester Raging Rhinos2 – 0Colorado Rapids
Miller   65'
Allnutt   90'
Attendance: 4,555
Referee: Tim Weyland

American clubs in international competitions

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Club Competition Final round
D.C. United CONCACAF Champions' Cup Third place
Chicago Fire CONCACAF Champions' Cup Third place
Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Champions' Cup Qualifying round

D.C. United

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September 29 Champions' Cup Quarterfinal D.C. United 1 – 0   Olimpia Paradise, Nevada
Moreno   68' Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
October 1 Champions' Cup Semifinal D.C. United 1 – 3   Necaxa Paradise, Nevada
Talley   26' Alamguer   40'
Delgado   57'
Aguinaga   68'		 Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium
October 3 Champions' Cup Third Place Match Chicago Fire 2 – 2 D.C. United Paradise, Nevada
Razov   71'
Marsch   80'		 Wood   2'
Otero   50'		 Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

Chicago Fire

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September 28 Champions' Cup Quarterfinal Chicago Fire 2 – 0   Joe Public Paradise, Nevada
Razov   19'
Kovalenk   82'		 Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium
October 1 Champions' Cup Semifinal Chicago Fire 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)		   Alajuelense Paradise, Nevada
Kosecki   38' Munoz   22' Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium
Penalties
Podbrożny  
Kubík  
Dougherty  
Razov  
Gutiérrez  		 Siso  
Chinchilla  
Smith  
Arnáez  
Delgado  
October 3 Champions' Cup Third Place Match Chicago Fire 2 – 2 D.C. United Paradise, Nevada
Razov   71'
Marsch   80'		 Wood   2'
Otero   50'		 Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

Los Angeles Galaxy

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August 18 Champions' Cup qualifying round Los Angeles Galaxy 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		   Necaxa Pasadena, California
Vanney   3' Oliva   74' Stadium: Rose Bowl

References

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