1999 in American soccer

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

National team

Record

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

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

International Friendly January 24	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)

International Friendly February 6	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 Alcala (Mexico)

International Friendly February 21	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)

U.S. Cup March 11	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)

U.S. Cup March 13	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)

International Friendly June 13	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)

Exhibition game July 13	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)

Confederations Cup Group Stage July 24	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)

Confederations Cup Group Stage July 28	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Guadalajara, Mexico
	Ronaldinho  13'			Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

Confederations Cup Group Stage July 30	United States	2 – 0	Germany	Guadalajara, Mexico
	Olsen  24' Moore  50'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

Confederations Cup Semifinal August 1	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)

Confederations Cup Third Place Match August 3	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)

International Friendly September 8	Jamaica	2 – 2	United States	Kingston, Jamaica
	Davis  14' (pen.) Johnson  79'	(Report)	Kreis  5' Albright  80'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 20,000

International Friendly November 17	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

Goalscorers

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

Standings

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

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

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

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

American clubs in international competitions

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

Champions' Cup Quarterfinal September 29	D.C. United	1 – 0	Olimpia	Paradise, Nevada
	Moreno  68'			Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Champions' Cup Semifinal October 1	D.C. United	1 – 3	Necaxa	Paradise, Nevada
	Talley  26'		Alamguer  40' Delgado  57' Aguinaga  68'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

Champions' Cup Third Place Match October 3	Chicago Fire	2 – 2	D.C. United	Paradise, Nevada
	Razov  71' Marsch  80'		Wood  2' Otero  50'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

Chicago Fire

Champions' Cup Quarterfinal September 28	Chicago Fire	2 – 0	Joe Public	Paradise, Nevada
	Razov  19' Kovalenk  82'			Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

Champions' Cup Semifinal October 1	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	|

Champions' Cup Third Place Match October 3	Chicago Fire	2 – 2	D.C. United	Paradise, Nevada
	Razov  71' Marsch  80'		Wood  2' Otero  50'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

References

• American competitions at RSSSF
• American national team matches at RSSSF
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup at RSSSF

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