1998 New England Revolution season

New England Revolution
1998 season
Owner	Robert Kraft (The Kraft Group)
Head coach	Thomas Rongen (until August 24); Walter Zenga (from August 24, player/coach from October 28)
Stadium	Foxboro Stadium ; Foxborough, Massachusetts
MLS	Conference: 6th; Overall: 12th
Top goalscorer	League: Raul Diaz Arce (18G); All: Raul Diaz Arce (18G)
Highest home attendance	35,462
Lowest home attendance	13,074
Average home league attendance	19,188
Biggest win	3-0 (v. Miami April 25th)
Biggest defeat	6-1 (v. Columbus August 8th)
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Last updated April 05, 2025

The 1998 New England Revolution season was the third season for the New England Revolution both as a club and in Major League Soccer (MLS). As the club did not participate in the 1998 U.S. Open Cup, and did not qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, they participated only in the MLS regular season.^[1]

Summary

After qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in club history in 1997, the Revolution entered the season with a "vastly improved"^[2] roster preparing for 1998; adding Richard Goulooze from SC Cambuur,^[3] U.S. international Janusz Michallik,^[3] and then completing the first three-team trade in league history to land 1997 MLS All-star and El Salvadorian international striker Raul Diaz Arce from D.C. United (infuriating D.C. United fans in the process).^[4]^[5]

Transfers

Transfers In

Draft results

College draft

On January 31st, 1998, the Revolution drafted Johnny Torres, Jesse Van Saun, Kevin Coye, and Tom McLaughlin in the 1998 MLS College Draft.^[6]

New England Revolution – 1998 MLS College Draft
Round	Overall	Name	Position	Previous Club
1	5	Johnny Torres	M	Creighton University
2	17	Jesse Van Saun	M	St. John's University
3	29	Kevin Coye	D	UCLA
3	36	Tom McLaughlin	F	Harvard University

Supplemental draft

On February 1st, 1998, the Revolution drafted Dahir Mohammed, Doug Neely, and Dave Salzwedel in the MLS Supplemental Draft.^[7]

Additionally, the Dallas Burn drafted Revolution player Darren Sawatzky in the 3rd round as the 34th overall pick.^[7]

New England Revolution – 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft
Round	Overall	Name	Position	Previous Club
1	5	Dahir Mohammed	D	C.W. Post College, Long Island Rough Riders
2	17	Doug Neely	M	Chapman University, Anaheim Splash
3	29	Dave Salzwedel	GK	Cal Lutheran, San Jose Clash

Club

Team Management

Position	Staff
General Manager	Brian O'Donovan
Head Coach	Thomas Rongen

Source:

Roster

Adapted from 2024 New England Revolution Media Guide (pg. 309)[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	SLV	Raúl Díaz Arce
9	FW	USA	Joe-Max Moore
10	MF	NED	Edwin Gorter
8	MF	USA	Imad Baba
11	FW	MEX	Damián Álvarez
14	MF	RSA	Ivan McKinley
16	MF	CPV	Jair
5	DF	USA	Ted Chronopoulos
20	FW	COL	Johnny Torres
4	DF	USA	Mike Burns
18	FW	IRL	Paul Keegan
7	DF	NED	Richard Goulooze
11	MF	COL	Óscar Pareja


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	NGA	Manny Motajo
17	FW	USA	Jamar Beasley
33	FW	POR	Carlos Rocha
11	MF	TRI	Evans Wise
26	GK	USA	Jeff Causey
2	DF	USA	Brian Dunseth
1	GK	USA	Ian Feuer
25	FW	USA	Tom McLaughlin
3	MF	USA	Janusz Michallik
6	DF	USA	Dahir Mohammed
12	MF	TRI	David Nakhid
19	FW	USA	Jesse Van Saun
15	DF	USA	Kevin Coye
23	FW	POL	Rob Jachym

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Conference standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United	32	17	7	8	74	48	+26	58	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Columbus Crew	32	15	0	17	67	56	+11	45
3	MetroStars	32	12	3	17	54	63	−9	39
4	Miami Fusion	32	10	5	17	46	68	−22	35
5	Tampa Bay Mutiny	32	11	1	20	46	57	−11	34
6	New England Revolution	32	9	2	21	53	66	−13	29

Source: MLS

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Los Angeles Galaxy (S)	32	22	2	8	85	44	+41	68	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	D.C. United	32	17	7	8	74	48	+26	58
3	Chicago Fire (C)	32	18	2	12	62	45	+17	56
4	Columbus Crew	32	15	0	17	67	56	+11	45
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
10	San Jose Clash	32	10	3	19	48	60	−12	33
11	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	2	20	45	50	−5	32
12	New England Revolution	32	9	2	21	53	66	−13	29

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Regular season

March 29, 19981	DC United	1–1	New England Revolution	Washington DC
	John Harkes 12' Geoff Aunger 20' Marco Etcheverry 64' Brian Kamler 88'	Report	Imad Baba 52'54'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 22,263 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: George Vergara, Lorenzo Sanz Fourth official: Kenneth Kapla

April 4, 19982	Miami Fusion	2–1	New England Revolution	Fort Lauderdale
	Carlos Valderrama Jerry Tamashiro 27' Wade Webber 45' Diego Serna 77'	Report	Raul Diaz Arce 31'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 11,132 Referee: Ted Covaciu

April 11, 19983	Columbus Crew	3–2	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
	Robert Warzycha 9' Jason Farrell 57' Brian McBride 89'	Report	Evans Wise 32' Ivan McKinley 53' David Nakhid 67' Raul Diaz Arce 68' & Richard Goulooze Paul Keegan 89'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Richard Heron

April 18, 19984	New England Revolution	1–1 (3–2 p)	D.C. United	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Jair 40'	Report	Marco Etcheverry 33' Geoff Aunger 59' Eddie Pope 80'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 24,133 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 25, 19985	New England Revolution	3–0	Miami Fusion	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Brian Dunseth 10' Joe-Max Moore 25' Johnny Torres 33'	Report	Nelson Vargas 40' Cle Kooiman 65'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 15,326 Referee: Alex Prus

May 3, 19986	San Jose Clash	1–3	New England Revolution	Kansas City, Missouri
	Wade Barrett 36' Oscar Draguicevich 39'	Report	Imad Baba 21' Richard Goulooze 41' Mike Burns 59' Edwin Gorter 63'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium, Attendance: 13,563 Referee: Paul Tamberino

May 10, 19987	New England Revolution	4–3	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Edwin Gorter 32' 43' Raul Diaz Arce 50' 51'71' Imad Baba 89'	Report	Musa Shannon 26' Musa Shannan 27'70' Josh Keller 90'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 14,723 Referee: Ruben Rodhas

May 13, 19988	D.C. United	3–2	New England Revolution
	Ben Olsen 16' Tony Sanneh 46' Roy Lassiter 55'	Report	Jair 50' Ted Chronopoulos 51'	Attendance: 14,442 Referee: Michael Kennedy

May 16, 19989	New England Revolution	1–3	Kansas City Wizards	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Ivan McKinley Raul Diaz Arce 83'	Report	Vitalis Takawira 76'79'85' Paul Wright 85' Paul Rideout 89'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 20,613 Referee: Esse Baharmast

May 22, 199810	New England Revolution	0–2	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Ted Chronopoulos 71'	Report	Jeff Cunningham 35' Robert Warzycha 48' Andrew Gregor 83'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 14,302 Referee: Noel Kenny

My 31, 199811	New England Revolution	1–1 (2–3 p)	MetroStars	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Edwin Gorter 9' Ivan McKinley Dahir Mohammed 74' Raul Diaz Arce 84'	Report	Giovanni Savarese Brian Kelly 69' Alexi Lalas 74'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Referee: 18,692

June 7, 199812	LA Galaxy	5–1	New England Revolution
	Welton 38' Mauricio Cienfuegos 59' Ezra Hendrickson 65'72' Greg Vanney 68' Wellington Sanchez 74'	Report	Johnny Torres 1' Manny Motajo 20' Richard Goulooze 30' Brian Dunseth 49' Ted Chronopoulos 57'	Attendance: 38,383 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela

June 14, 199813	New England Revolution	1–3	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Imad Baba 24' Raul Diaz Arce 39' Dahir Mohammed 58' Ivan McKinley 58'	Report	Jerzy Podbrozny 25'85' Ritchie Kotschau 51'60'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 17,054 Referee: Tim Weyland

June 24, 199814	MetroStars	5–3	New England Revolution
	Brian Kelly 40' Giovanni Savarese 43' Diego Sonora Brian Kelly 53' Mike Petke 69' Paul Dougherty 88'	Report	Raul Diaz Arce 31'68' Ted Chronopoulos 56' Edwin Gorter 64'	Attendance: 10,310 Referee: Refugio Ramirez

June 27, 199815	New England Revolution	3–3 (2–4 p)	Dallas Burn	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Raul Diaz Arce 6' Ted Eck (o.g.) Edwin Gorter 28'	Report	Jason Kreis 19' Damian Alvarez 44' Ted Eck 65' 82'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 18,206 Referee: Ruben Rodhas

July 1, 199816	Kansas City Wizards	0–1	New England Revolution
	Preki 66'	Report	Manny Motajo 54' Mike Burns 68' Joe-Max Moore 90'	Referee: Marcel Yonan

July 4, 199817	Tampa Bay Mutiny	2–3	New England Revolution
	Roy Wegerle 13' Paul Dougherty 40' Mauricio Ramos 60' Chris Houser 74' Thomas Ravelli Frankie Hejduk 81'	Report	Ted Chronopoulos 33' Oscar Pareja 38' Ivan McKinley 53' Raul Diaz Arce 62'75'84' Edwin Gorter 79' Jeff Causey 85' Imad Baba	Attendance: 22,704 Referee: Ruben Rodhas

July 11, 199818	Colorado Rapids	2–1	New England Revolution
	Wolde Harris 18' Chris Henderson 28' Marcus Hahnemann 90'	Report	Ted Chronopoulos 29'	Attendance: 8,996

July 15, 199819	New England Revolution	0–1	D.C. United	Foxborough Stadium
	Richard Goulooze 10' Johnny Torres 30'	Report	Roy Lassiter 81'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 17,206 Referee: Noel Kenny

July 18, 199820	Dallas Burn	1–3	New England Revolution
	Mickey Trotman 32' Leonel Alvarez 38' Chad Deering 78'	Report	Ivan McKinley 49' Oscar Pareja 52' Ivan McKinley 64' Joe-Max Moore 67'88' Jeff causey 87'	Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Rich Grady

July 26, 199821	New England Revolution	1–2	Miami Fusion	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Imad Baba 65' Edwin Gorter 69' Carlos Rocha 76'	Report	Henry Gutierrez 8' Carlos Parra 42' Dan Stebbins 86' David Winner 89'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 18,337 Referee: Alex Prus

July 29, 199822	New England Revolution	1–3	Colorado Rapids	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Ivan McKinley 5' Dahir Mohammed 15' Raul Diaz Arce 35' Mike Burns 68'	Report	Marcelo Balboa 3' Paul Bravo 66' Wolde Harris 84'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 13,074 Referee: Ali Saheli

August 5, 199823	San Jose Clash	0–3	New England Revolution
	Ivan McKinley 13' Mike Burns 38' Joe-Max Moore 42' Oscar Pareja 44' Raul Diaz Arce 89'	Report	Shawn Medved 20'	Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Robert Sheker

August 8, 199824	Columbus Crew	6–1	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
	Jason Farrell 19' Mike Clark 21' Stern John 32'84' Brian McBride 41' Thomas Dooley 63' Rob Smith 78'	Report	Joe-Max Moore 17' David Nakhid 55' Raul Diaz Arce 89'	Stadium: Ohio Stadium Referee: Michael Kennedy

August 14, 199825	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1–1 (2–3 p)	New England Revolution
	Steve Ralston 44'	Report	Ivan McKinley 38'	Attendance: 8,429

August 22, 199826	New England Revolution	1–5	LA Galaxy	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Mike Burns Raul Diaz Arce 89'	Report	Cobi Jones 11'79'85' Carlos Hermosillo 56'72' Coi Jones Paul Caligiuri 76'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 24,143 Referee: Kevin Terry

August 30, 199827	Miami Fusion	3–2	New England Revolution	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	Diego Serna 17'28'	Report	Edwin Gorter 56' Raul Diaz Arce 74' Paul Keegan 75'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Referee: Brian Hall

September 2, 199828	MetroStars	0–2	New England Revolution
	Alexi Lalas 32' Jim Rooney 69'	Report	Joe-Max Moore 31' Edwin Gorter 36' Manny Motajo 40' Ivan McKinley 42' Edwin Gorter 75'	Attendance: 10,826

September 12, 199829	New England Revolution	2–0	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Joe-Max Moore 35' Many Motajo 46' Imad baba 50' Ian Feuer 57' Jair 83'	Report		Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 35,462 Referee: Jose Manual Garcia Aranda

September 19, 199830	New England Revolution	3–0	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Imad Baba 20' Joe-Max Moore 59' 67' Chad McCarty (o.g.) Brian Dunseth 78' Johnny Torres 78'	Report	Jan Eriksson 34'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 16,807 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 23, 199831	Chicago Fire	3–2	New England Revolution	Chicago, Illinois
	Lubos Kubik 34' C.J. Brown 57' Frank Klopas 74' Jerzy Podbrozny 87' Josh Wolff 89'	Report	Edwin Gorter 43' Mike Burns 68'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 11,244 Referee: Michael Kennedy

September 26, 199832	New England Revolution	0–0 (2–4 p)	MetroStars	Foxborough, Massaschusetts
		Report		Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 24,763 Referee: Alberto Giordano

References

1 2 2024 Media Guide. New England Revolution. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
↑ Chapman, Doug; Service, New England Sports (March 27, 1998). "Revolution now bear the mark of their coach". SouthCoastToday.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
1 2 "ClubHistory_CoachandPlayerRegistry.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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↑ "2018 New York Red Bulls Media Guide" . Retrieved September 19, 2024.
↑ "1998 MLS College Draft". mlssoccer. January 31, 1998. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
1 2 "1998 MLS Supplemental Draft". mlssoccer. February 1, 1998. Retrieved April 3, 2025.

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