1998 in Canadian soccer

Soccer in Canada
Season	1998
Men's soccer
USISL A-League	Rochester Rhinos
CPSL	St. Catharines Wolves
PDSL	San Gabriel Valley Highlanders
Challenge Trophy	RDP Concordes Quebec
CPSL League Cup	Toronto Olympians
Women's soccer
Jubilee Trophy	Nepean United

This article is a summary of the 1998 season of competitive soccer in Canada.

National teams

When available, 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

Men

Senior

Friendlies

18 May 1998 Friendly	Canada	1–0	Macedonia	Toronto, Canada
15:00 UTC−11:00	Thompson 6'	Report		Stadium: Varsity Stadium Attendance: 8,491

Women

Senior

1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship

28 August 1998 Group Stage	Canada	21–0	Puerto Rico	Toronto, Canada
	Burtini 2', 7', 9', 15', 24', 26', 40', 43', Rosenow 12', 69', 70', 80', Franck 18', 62', Hooper 21', 38', Morneau 36', 44', Blaskovic 64', 73', Muir 75'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 2,050

30 August 1998 Group Stage	Canada	14–0	Martinique	Toronto, Canada
	Burtini 3', 13', 26', Hooper 21', Muir 28', Rosenow 30', 38', 44', 55', Morneau 65', Blaskovic 72', 77', Harvey 81', Smith 85'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 2,121

1 September 1998 Group Stage	Canada	4–0	Guatemala	Toronto, Canada
	Hooper 2', Burtini 23', 26', 53'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 2,756

4 September 1998 Semifinal	Canada	2–0	Costa Rica	Toronto, Canada
20:00	Hooper 19', 39'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 2,834

6 September 1998 Final	Canada	1–0	Mexico	Toronto, Canada
20:00	Smith 42'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 4,971

Friendlies

19 July 1998 Friendly	Canada	1–2	China PR	Ottawa, Canada
	Rosenow 24'	Report	Jin 30' Liu 50'	Stadium: Keith Harris Stadium

21 July 1998 Friendly	Canada	0–4	China PR	Montreal, Canada
		Report	Sun 30', 38', 52' Qiu 33'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

2 August 1998 Friendly	United States	4–0	Canada	Orlando, United States
	Keller 25', 37' Milbrett 58' Foudy 88'	Report		Attendance: 34,416

Domestic leagues

Men

United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues

Three Canadian teams (Montreal Impact, Toronto Lynx, and Vancouver 86ers) played in this league, which also contained twenty eight teams from the United States. It was considered a Division I league in the Canadian soccer league system, and a Division II league the United States soccer league system.

Regular season

Northeast Division
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rochester Rhinos	28	23	1	1	3	72	15	+57	70
2	Montreal Impact	28	13	8	2	5	47	33	+14	47
3	Staten Island Vipers	28	15	1	1	11	46	37	+9	46
4	Long Island Rough Riders	28	14	3	1	10	46	35	+11	45
5	Worcester Wildfire	28	10	2	2	14	37	50	−13	32
6	Toronto Lynx	28	8	1	2	17	27	42	−15	25
7	Connecticut Wolves	28	2	5	3	18	32	57	−25	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pacific Division
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Diego Flash	28	20	1	1	6	58	23	+35	61
2	Seattle Sounders	28	17	1	0	10	63	28	+35	52
3	Orange County Zodiac	28	15	1	3	9	49	43	+6	46
4	Vancouver 86ers	28	13	2	1	12	55	42	+13	41
5	MLS Project 40	28	10	1	2	15	45	55	−10	31
6	San Francisco Bay Seals	28	9	1	5	13	31	47	−16	28
7	California Jaguars	28	6	0	1	21	32	95	−63	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals

September 12, 1998	Montreal Impact (QC)	3–1	Staten Island Vipers (NY)	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec
	Giuliano Oliviero 3' Kevin Lamey 66' Kevin Wilson 90'		2' Marvin Oliver	Attendance: 9,673

September 12, 1998 7:30 PM (PDT)	San Diego Flash (CA)	3–1	Vancouver 86ers (BC)	Devore Stadium, Chula Vista, California
	Nate Hetherington 22', 74' Jamie Munro 41' Carlos Farias 51' Jerome Watson 90'	Report	19' Jason Jordan	Attendance: 4,178

Conference Semifinals

September 20, 1998 7:30 PM EST Leg 1	Montreal Impact (QC)	2–2 (2–3 p)	Rochester Rhinos (NY)	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec
	Elvis Thomas 42:29' Patrick Diotte 54:41' Nick De Santis 90'	Report	15:24' Darren Tilley 20:09', 46' Tommy Tanner 72' Nate Daligcon 86' Tim Hardy	Attendance: 4,360
	Penalties
	Giuliano Oliviero Nevio Pizzolitto Patrick Diotte Elvis Thomas Onandi Lowe		Carlos Zavala Doug Miller Patrick Diotte Scott Schweitzer Darren Tilley

September 23, 1998 7:35 PM EST Leg 2	Rochester Rhinos (NY)	4–1	Montreal Impact (QC)	Frontier Field, Rochester, New York
	Tim Hardy 36' Lenin Steenkamp 44:02', 47:20' Scott Schweitzer 60:45' Yari Allnutt 67:50' Mike Kirmse 84'	Report	22:25' Elvis Thomas 24' John Limniatis 56' Nevio Pizzolitto 59' Nick De Santis	Attendance: 7,529

Canadian Professional Soccer League

Eight teams played in this league, all of which were based in Canada. It was considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto Olympians (C)	14	13	1	0	73	6	+67	40	Playoffs
2	St. Catharines Wolves (O)	14	8	3	3	31	26	+5	27
3	Glen Shields	14	6	3	5	26	27	−1	21
4	North York Astros	14	6	1	7	34	30	+4	19
5	York Region Shooters	14	5	2	7	30	44	−14	17
6	London City	14	4	3	7	27	42	−15	15
7	Mississauga Eagles P.S.C.	14	3	1	10	29	44	−15	10
8	Toronto Croatia	14	2	4	8	20	51	−31	10

Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 1998. Source: rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Premier Development Soccer League

Three Canadian teams (Abbotsford Athletes In Action, Okanagan Valley Challenge, and Victoria Umbro Select) played in this league, which also contained 33 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 4 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Northwest Division
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spokane Shadow	16	13	0	0	3	62	15	+47	39
2	Yakima Reds	16	9	0	0	7	40	28	+12	27
3	Seattle BigFoot	16	8	3	0	5	28	32	−4	27^[a]
4	Cascade Surge	16	7	2	2	5	28	28	0	23^[b]
5	Seattle Hibernian^[c]	8	2	0	1	5	5	16	−11	6
6	Okanagan Valley Challenge^[c]	8	2	0	1	5	6	23	−17	6
7	Victoria Umbro Select^[c]	8	1	0	2	5	11	19	−8	3
8	Abbotsford Athletes In Action^[c]	8	0	1	0	7	9	28	−19	1^[d]

Source: RSSSF
Notes:

^ Seattle BigFoot was penalized 3 points.
^ Cascade was penalized 2 points.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Abbotsford, Okanagan Valley, Seattle Hibernian, and Victoria are all associate members and do not play a full schedule.
^ Abbotsford was penalized 1 point.

Domestic cups

Men

CPSL League Cup

September 16, 1998	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	0–0	Toronto Olympians	St. Catharines, Ontario
20:15 pm		Report		Stadium: Club Roma Stadium Referee: Gord Arrowsmith

September 27, 1998	Toronto Olympians	3–0	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	Toronto, Ontario
20:00 pm	Gus Kouzmanis 44', 66' Berdusco 63'	Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Frank Marciello

Toronto Olympians wins 3–0 on aggregate.

Challenge Trophy

The Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's teams at the division 4 level and below.

October 10, 1998

RDP Concordes Quebec

1–0

Hamilton Serbians

Fredericton, New Brunswick

References

^ The Montreal Impact were the best Canadian club, reaching the Conference Semifinals of the USISL A-League playoffs.
^ The Okanagan Valley Challenge were the best Canadian club, reaching the Division Finals of the PDSL playoffs.

External links

Canadian Soccer Association

[table_hth_SEA0.017337278005358-3] Seattle BigFoot was penalized 3 points.

[table_hth_CSC0.017337278005358-4] Cascade was penalized 2 points.

[table_note_ABB0.017337278005358-5] Abbotsford, Okanagan Valley, Seattle Hibernian, and Victoria are all associate members and do not play a full schedule.

[table_hth_ABB0.017337278005358-6] Abbotsford was penalized 1 point.

[1] The Montreal Impact were the best Canadian club, reaching the Conference Semifinals of the USISL A-League playoffs.

[2] The Okanagan Valley Challenge were the best Canadian club, reaching the Division Finals of the PDSL playoffs.

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v t e 1998 in Canadian soccer
Men's Leagues	USISL A-League CPSL PDSL NPSL 1997–98 1998–99
Cups	CPSL League Cup Challenge Trophy
International	CONCACAF Women's Championship
Professional team seasons	Montreal Impact Toronto Lynx Vancouver 86ers