D.C. United

MetroStars

Miami

Tampa Bay

Columbus

New England

Colorado

Dallas

Los Angeles

Kansas City

San Jose

Chicago

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Locations of teams for the 1999 Major League Soccer season
Western Conference   Eastern Conference

The 1999 Major League Soccer season was the fourth season of Major League Soccer. It was also the 87th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States, and the 21st with a national first-division league. This was the last season which used the 35 yard line shootout rule to resolve tied games, and that of the countdown timer, with MLS Cup 1999 adopting the IFAB-standard running clock thereafter.

The Columbus Crew moved into the first soccer-specific stadium when Columbus Crew Stadium opened on May 15, 1999.

The regular season began on March 20, and concluded on October 10. The 1999 MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 16, and concluded with MLS Cup 1999 on November 21. D.C. United won their second double by winning the Supporters' Shield and defeating the Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS Cup.

The season began on March 20 and concluded with MLS Cup on November 21. The 12 teams were split evenly into two conferences. Each team played 32 games that were evenly divided between home and away. Each team played every other team in their conference four times, for a total of 20 games. The remaining schedule consisted of two games against each team from the opposite conference.

The top four teams from each conference qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs. The conference semifinals and finals were played as a best-of-three series, and the winners advanced to MLS Cup. In all rounds, draws were broken by penalty shootout if necessary. The away goals rule was not used in any round.

The team with the most points in the regular season was awarded the MLS Supporters' Shield. The winner of MLS Cup, and the runner-up, qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Chicago Fire	Bob Bradley		—
Colorado Rapids	Glenn Myernick
Columbus Crew	Tom Fitzgerald		Snickers
D.C. United	Thomas Rongen		MasterCard
Dallas Burn	Dave Dir
Kansas City Wizards	Ron Newman		—
Los Angeles Galaxy	Octavio Zambrano		—
MetroStars	Bora Milutinović	Tab Ramos
Miami Fusion	Ivo Wortmann		—
New England Revolution	Walter Zenga		—
San Jose Clash	Brian Quinn	John Doyle	Honda
Tampa Bay Mutiny	Tim Hankinson

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Kansas City Wizards	Ron Newman	Fired	April 14, 1999	Ken Fogarty	April 14, 1999
Los Angeles Galaxy	Octavio Zambrano	Fired	April 22, 1999	Sigi Schmid	April 22, 1999
Kansas City Wizards	Ken Fogarty	End of interim period	April 28, 1999	Bob Gansler	April 28, 1999
San Jose Clash	Brian Quinn	Fired	September 16, 1999	Jorge Espinoza	September 16, 1999
San Jose Clash	Jorge Espinoza	End of interim period	September 22, 1999	Lothar Osiander	September 22, 1999

• Best of Three series winner will advance.

Eastern Conference

• D.C. United advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.

• Columbus Crew advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.

Western Conference

• Los Angeles Galaxy advance 2–0, to the Conference Finals.

• Dallas Burn advance 2–1, to the Conference Finals.

• D.C. United advance 2–1, advance to MLS Cup '99.

• Los Angeles Galaxy advance 2–1. advance to MLS Cup '99.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stern John	Columbus Crew	18
	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
4	Joe-Max Moore	New England Revolution	15
	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Clash
6	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	14
7	Raúl Díaz Arce	San Jose Clash, Tampa Bay Mutiny	13
8	Musa Shannon	Tampa Bay Mutiny	12
	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew
10	5 players		10

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn	New England Revolution	4–0	March 20
Stern John	Columbus Crew	Miami Fusion	4–0	August 1
Stern John	Columbus Crew	MetroStars	4–2	August 18

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	13
	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny
3	Steve Ralston	Tampa Bay Mutiny	12
4	Ben Olsen	D.C. United	11
5	Jeff Baicher	San Jose Clash	9
	Mauricio Cienfuegos	Los Angeles Galaxy
	Roman Kosecki	Chicago Fire
	Eddie Lewis	San Jose Clash
9	Henry Gutierrez	Miami Fusion	8
	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
	Brian McBride	Columbus Crew

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Kevin Hartman	Los Angeles Galaxy	11
	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
3	Ian Feuer	Colorado Rapids	8
4	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire	7
5	Mark Dougherty	Columbus Crew	6
6	Scott Garlick	Tampa Bay Mutiny	5
7	Joe Cannon	San Jose Clash	4
	Marcus Hahnemann	Colorado Rapids
9	Jeff Cassar	Miami Fusion	3
	Garth Lagerway	Miami Fusion
	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
	Tom Presthus	D.C. United

Award	Player	Team
Most Valuable Player	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Defender of the Year	Robin Fraser	Los Angeles Galaxy
Goalkeeper of the Year	Kevin Hartman	Los Angeles Galaxy
Coach of the Year	Sigi Schmid	Los Angeles Galaxy
Rookie of the Year	Jay Heaps	Miami Fusion
Scoring Champion	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Goal of the Year	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
Fair Play Award	Steve Ralston	Tampa Bay Mutiny

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Kevin Hartman, LA Galaxy	Jeff Agoos, D.C. United Luboš Kubík, Chicago Robin Fraser, LA Galaxy	Chris Armas, Chicago Mauricio Cienfuegos, LA Galaxy Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United Eddie Lewis, San Jose Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay	Jason Kreis, Dallas Jaime Moreno, D.C. United

Week	Player	Club
March	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
April	Musa Shannon	Tampa Bay Mutiny
May	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
June	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
July	Raúl Díaz Arce	Tampa Bay Mutiny
August	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
September	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Clash

Player of the Week
Week	Player	Club
Week 1	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 2	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
Week 3	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
Week 4	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
Week 5	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 6	Ivan McKinley	New England Revolution
Week 7	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew
Week 8	Mark Chung	MetroStars
Week 9	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
Week 10	Giovanni Savarese	New England Revolution
Week 11	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 12	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United
Week 13	Joe-Max Moore	New England Revolution
Week 14	Jorge Dely Valdés	Colorado
Week 15	Stern John	Columbus Crew
Week 16	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 17	Chris Klein	Kansas City Wizards
Week 18	Raúl Díaz Arce	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 19	Luboš Kubík	Chicago Fire
Week 20	Ariel Graziani	Dallas Burn
Week 21	Ben Olsen	D.C. United
Week 22	Manny Lagos	Tampa Bay Mutiny
Week 23	Giovanni Savarese	New England Revolution
Week 24	Eddie Lewis	San Jose Clash
Week 25	Brian McBride	Columbus Crew
Week 26	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
Week 27	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn

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