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
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Last updated February 20, 2025

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	Colorado Rapids	1–1 (1–2 SO)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Paul Scott
	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
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: Chip Reed Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

April 5, 1998 (1998-04-05)3	Dallas Burn	2–2 (3–2 SO)	San Jose Clash	Palo Alto, California
12:00 PM 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 (1998-04-11)4	Dallas Burn	1–3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tampa, Florida
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: Kermit Quisenberry Assistant referees: Roger O'Brien

April 18, 1998 (1998-04-18)5	San Jose Clash	2–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Ali Saheli Assistant referees: Laszlo Nagy Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

April 25, 1998 (1998-04-25)6	Kansas City Wizards	1–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Juan Paniaqua Assistant referees: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

May 6, 1998 (1998-05-06)7	Dallas Burn	1–0	MetroStars	East Rutherford, New Jersey
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: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Alex Shuster

May 16, 1998 (1998-05-16)8	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Chip Reed Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes

May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20)9	Kansas City Wizards	1–1 (4–3 SO)	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM 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 (1998-05-23)10	Dallas Burn	1–4	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
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: Tim Weyland Assistant referees: Chris Strickland Assistant referees: Chris Nuezil

May 31, 1998 (1998-05-31)11	Miami Fusion	0–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Reggie Rutty Assistant referees: Glenn Prechac Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

June 4, 1998 (1998-06-04)12	Los Angeles Galaxy	8–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Scott Weyland Assistant referees: Ralph Boggs

June 7, 1998 (1998-06-07)13	Dallas Burn	4–4 (3–1 SO)	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
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: Refugio Ramirez Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Assistant referees: Todd Perry
	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
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: Tarek Khan Assistant referees: Francisco Sanchez

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

June 27, 1998 (1998-06-27)16	Dallas Burn	3–3 (4–2 SO)	New England Revolution	Foxborough, Massachusetts
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: Ruben Rodhas Assistant referees: Edwin Resenedes Assistant referees: Del Rainho
	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
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: Andrew Barnes Assistant referees: Thomas Smith

July 4, 1998 (1998-07-04)18	Chicago Fire	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 PM 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 (1998-07-11)19	Dallas Burn	0–2	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri
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: Francisco Sanchez Assistant referees: Alan Shepherd

July 18, 1998 (1998-07-18)20	New England Revolution	3–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Rich Grady Assistant referees: Chris Strickland Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

July 25, 1998 (1998-07-25)21	Dallas Burn	2–1	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM 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 (1998-07-29)22	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Ralph Boggs

August 7, 1998 (1998-08-07)23	D.C. United	1–0	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
7:30 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

August 15, 1998 (1998-08-15)24	Dallas Burn	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
7:00 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

August 19, 1998 (1998-08-19)25	Dallas Burn	1–2	Miami Fusion	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Álvarez 18' Washington 39' Deering 85'	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	Dallas Burn	1–1 (0–2 SO)	San Jose Clash	San Jose, California
7:00 PM 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 (1998-08-29)27	MetroStars	0–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Laszlo Nagy Assistant referees: Greg Barkey

September 2, 1998 (1998-09-02)28	Dallas Burn	0–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pasadena, California
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: Tom Bobadilla Assistant referees: Jorge Reyes

September 10, 1998 (1998-09-10)29	Chicago Fire	2–3	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Ali Saheli Assistant referees: Levon Baladjanian Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

September 13, 1998 (1998-09-13)30	San Jose Clash	3–1	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Arthur Reed Assistant referees: Sergio Vega

September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19)31	Dallas Burn	1–0	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 PM 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

September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26)32	Dallas Burn	1–3	Colorado Rapids	Denver, Colorado
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
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: Ted Covaciu-Woods Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes Assistant referees: Sandra Hunt

October 4, 1998 (1998-10-04)Game 2	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–2	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
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: Greg Barkey Assistant referees: Chip Reed

U.S. Open Cup

July 8, 1998 (1998-07-08)Third Round	Orange County Zodiac	0–4	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 (1998-07-22)Quarterfinal	Nashville Metros	1–5	Dallas Burn	Dallas, Texas
8:30 PM 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 (1998-08-04)Semifinal	Dallas Burn	2–3	Chicago Fire	Metarie, Louisiana
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: Rich Grady Assistant referees: Andrew Barnes Assistant referees: Misail Tsapos

References

1 2 "MLS: Playoff television schedule (Sept. 30–Oct. 5)". Soccer America. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

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[sept30oct5-1] 1 2 "MLS: Playoff television schedule (Sept. 30–Oct. 5)". Soccer America. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

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