1999 in American soccer

Last updated June 18, 2025

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

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

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

November 21

Los Angeles Galaxy	0 – 2	D.C. United
		Moreno 19' Olsen 45'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 44,910

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

September 13

Rochester Raging Rhinos	2 – 0	Colorado Rapids
Miller 65' Allnutt 90'

Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Attendance: 4,555

Referee: Tim Weyland

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

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

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

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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1999 in American soccer

Contents

National team

Record

Results

Goalscorers

Major League Soccer

Standings

Playoffs

MLS Cup

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Bracket

Final

American clubs in international competitions

D.C. United

Chicago Fire

Los Angeles Galaxy

References