1998 Dallas Burn season

Dallas Burn
1998 season
Owner	Major League Soccer
Head coach	Dave Dir
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
MLS	Western Conference: 3rd; Overall: 7th
MLS Cup	Lost Western Conference Semifinals vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (0–2)
U.S. Open Cup	Lost Semifinal vs. 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	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	22	2	8	85	44	+41	68	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: FBREF.com

Overall Table[]

Pos	Team v	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: MLSsoccer.com
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	Colorado Rapids	1–1 (1–2 SO)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees:
	Shootout
	Paz Bravo Saenz Marquinho C. Henderson		Sutter Elliott Sawatzky Soehn Santel

March 29, 1998 (1998-03-29) 2	Columbus Crew	1–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
2:00 PM 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: Assistant referees:

April 5, 1998 (1998-04-05) 3	Dallas Burn	2–2 (3–2 SO)	San Jose Clash	Palo Alto, California USA
12:00 PM PDT	Eck 5' Suarez 35' Kreis 48'	Report	Wynalda 13' Mella 83' Vásquez 86'	Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 10,069 Referee: Assistant referees: Ricardo Valenzuela Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt
	Shootout
	Haynes Soehn Farrer Kreis Eck Sutter		Mella Wynalda Lewis Cerritos Baicher Barrett

April 11, 1998 (1998-04-11) 4	Dallas Burn	1–3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida USA
7:30 PM EDT	Flores 57'	Report	Gilmar 11' (pen.) Hejduk 14', 48'	Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 11,822 Referee: Arturo Angeles Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

April 18, 1998 (1998-04-18) 5	San Jose Clash	2–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM CDT	Doyle 28' Cerritos 42' Weaver 45' Mella 71' Lozzano 76'	Report	Kreis 14' Elliott 52'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12,939 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

April 25, 1998 (1998-04-25) 6	Kansas City Wizards	1–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM CDT	Rideout 10' Tinsley 30'	Report	Dade 10' Elliott 50' Damián 68' 72' Santel 78' Washington 83'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 13,134 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

May 6, 1998 (1998-05-06) 7	Dallas Burn	1–0	MetroStars	East Rutherford, New Jersey USA
7:30 PM EDT	Kreis 19' Eck 90'	Report	da Silva 15' Ramos 48' Savarese 70'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

May 16, 1998 (1998-05-16) 8	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees:

May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20) 9	Kansas City Wizards	1–1 (4–3 SO)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM CDT	Rodríguez 84' (o.g.)	Report	Trotman 86'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,179 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:
	Shootout
	Wright Takawira Rideout Šabanadžović Tinsley Johnston		Elliott Haynes Farrer Suarez Eck Flores

May 23, 1998 (1998-05-23) 10	Dallas Burn	1–4	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

May 31, 1998 (1998-05-31) 11	Miami Fusion	0–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
2:00 PM CDT	Kmosko 16' 24' Tamashiro 37'	Report	Pollard 16' Kreis 37' Álvarez 41' Washington 82'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

June 4, 1998 (1998-06-04) 12	Los Angeles Galaxy	8–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:00 PM 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

June 7, 1998 (1998-06-07) 13	Dallas Burn	4–4 (3–1 SO)	D.C. United	Washington, D.C. USA
3:00 PM 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:
	Shootout
	Haynes Farrer Suarez Soehn Eck		Moreno Etcheverry Kamler Sanneh

June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17) 14	Dallas Burn	0–1	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees:

June 21, 1998 (1998-06-21) 15	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
6:00 PM CDT	Prampin 50'	Report		Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,238 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

June 27, 1998 (1998-06-27) 16	Dallas Burn	3–3 (4–2 SO)	New England Revolution	Foxborough, Massachusetts USA
7:00 PM 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:
	Shootout
	Farrer Haynes Suarez Santel Eck		Baba McKinley Burns Moore

July 1, 1998 (1998-07-01) 17	Dallas Burn	1–4	Chicago Fire	Chicago, Illinois USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees:

July 4, 1998 (1998-07-04) 18	Chicago Fire	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM CDT	Kubík 37' Kosecki 44' Brown 75'	Report	Flores 41' Rodríguez 68' Elliott 83'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 12,372 Referee: Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt Assistant referees:

July 11, 1998 (1998-07-11) 19	Dallas Burn	0–2	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees:

July 18, 1998 (1998-07-18) 20	New England Revolution	3–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

July 25, 1998 (1998-07-25) 21	Dallas Burn	2–1	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio USA
7:30 PM EDT	Trotman 10' Farrer 79' Santel 82' Rodríguez 85'	Report	Yeagley 9' 41'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 15,628 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

July 29, 1998 (1998-07-29) 22	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM 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:

August 7, 1998 (1998-08-07) 23	D.C. United	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 CDT	Lassiter 57' (pen.) Pope 84'	Report	Dade 15' Trotman 35' Rodríguez 48' Dodd 56'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,437 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees: Kari Seitz

August 15, 1998 (1998-08-15) 24	Dallas Burn	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado USA
7:00 MDT	Deering 57' Pollard 67'	Report	Trittschuh 22'	Stadium: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 8,321 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

August 19, 1998 (1998-08-19) 25	Dallas Burn	1–2	Miami Fusion	Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
7:30 PM EDT	Álvarez 18' Washington 39' Deering 85'	Report	Valderrama 50' (pen.) Gutierrez 87'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 7,051 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

August 22, 1998 (1998-08-22) 26	Dallas Burn	1–1 (0–2 SO)	San Jose Clash	San Jose, California USA
7:00 PM PDT	Álvarez 49' Trotman 66' Haynes 76'	Report	Medved 29' Cerritos 32' Barrett 34'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 11,706 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:
	Shootout
	Farrer Haynes Elliott Trotman		Wynalda Lewis Mella Medved

August 29, 1998 (1998-08-29) 27	MetroStars	0–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:30 PM 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: Assistant referees:

September 2, 1998 (1998-09-02) 28	Dallas Burn	0–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California USA
7:30 PDT	Dade 74'	Report	Cienfuegos 29' Fraser 33' Hermosillo 54' Jones 70'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 9,113 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

September 10, 1998 (1998-09-10) 29	Chicago Fire	2–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
7:00 PM CDT	Klopas 43' Razov 49' Wolff 60' Okaroh 70' Keller 74'	Report	Kreis 7' Washington 83' Rodríguez 90'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 9,745 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

September 13, 1998 (1998-09-13) 30	San Jose Clash	3–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
2:00 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: Assistant referees:

September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19) 31	Dallas Burn	1–0	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri USA
7:30 PM CDT	Kreis 25' 64' Flores 61'	Report	Vermillion 68'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 13,146 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26) 32	Dallas Burn	1–3	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado USA
7:00 PM 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 (1998-10-01) Game 1	Dallas Burn	1–6	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California USA
7:00 PM 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt

October 4, 1998 (1998-10-04) Game 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
2:00 PM 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: Assistant referees:

U.S. Open Cup[]

July 8, 1998 (1998-07-08) Third Round	Orange County Zodiac	0–4	Dallas Burn	Duncanville, Texas USA
	Hesse 24' Patterson 82'	Report	Farrer 33' Lak 43' (o.g.) Suarez 50' Kreis 57' Sastoque 78'	Stadium: Old Panther Field Attendance: 600 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

July 22, 1998 (1998-07-22) Quarterfinal	Nashville Metros	1–5	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas USA
8:30 PM CDT	Jones 87'	Report	Washington 9', 53' Trotman 48' Suarez 78' Farrer 81'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 3,812 Referee: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

August 4, 1998 (1998-08-04) Semifinal	Dallas Burn	2–3	Chicago Fire	Metarie, Louisiana USA
8:30 PM 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: Assistant referees: Assistant referees:

References[]

^ ^a ^b "MLS: Playoff television schedule (Sept. 30–Oct. 5)". Soccer America. Retrieved 2018-07-26.

External links[]

Season statistics

[sept30oct5-1] "MLS: Playoff television schedule (Sept. 30–Oct. 5)". Soccer America. Retrieved 2018-07-26.

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