Third Round - July 6, 1998
Forest View Park - Arlington Heights, Illinois
Chicago Stingers	1	3	Chicago Fire
Joe Carver (Acres)	22'	80'	Frank Klopas (Podbrozny, Ibsen)
		83'	Diego Gutierrez (Ibsen)
		87'	Josh Wolff (Podbrozny, Nowak)
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Lineups
Markus Roy - GK		46'	Zach Thornton - GK
Chuck Codd			Lubos Kubik
Mike Dunne			CJ Brown
Brandon Ward			Andrew Lewis
Chris Jahr		58'	Richie Kotschau
Michael Richardson			Zak Ibsen
Jason Acres			Jessie Marsch
David Richardson	59'		Diego Gutierrez
Matt Hamnett	85'		Jerzy Podbrozny
Joe Carver			Josh Wolff
Mike Verning	73'		Frank Klopas
Substitutions
Jimmy Harkness	59'	46'	Scott Coufal
Steve Keller	73'	58'	Peter Nowak
Brandt Marott	85'
Bookings
N/A			N/A
Stats
Shots			Shots
Saves			Saves
Corner Kicks			Corner Kicks
Fouls			Fouls
Offside			Offside
Referee
Assistant Referees
Att-4,216
Third Round - July 7, 1998
Frontier Field - Rochester, New York
Rochester Raging Rhinos	1	2	Columbus Crew
Darren Tilley (McKay)	60'	13'	Brian McBride (PK)
		103'	Todd Yeagley
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Lineups
Pat Onstad - GK			Juergen Sommer - GK
Mauro Da Silva			Michael Clark
Craig Demmin			Todd Yeagley
Scott Schweitzer			Scott Cannon
Tim Hardy		74'	Billy Thompson
Tomny Tanner		83'	Brian Maisonnueve
Yari Allnutt	74'		Jason Farrell
Yogi McKay			Andrew Gregor
Doug Miller	62'		Ansil Elcock
Lenin Steenkamp		64'	Stern John
Darren Tilley			Brian McBride
Substitutions
Nate Daligcon	62'	64'	Jeff Cunningham
Jimmy Glenn	74'	74'	Brian West
		83'	Rob Smith
Bookings
Tim Hardy	10'	19'	Ansil Elcock
Craig Demmin	28'
Scott Schweitzer	79'
Stats
Shots	11	14	Shots
Saves	7	4	Saves
Corner Kicks	9	3	Corner Kicks
Fouls	19	30	Fouls
Offside	1	9	Offside
Referee			Ruben Rhodas
Assistant Referees			Anthony Purdue
Referee			Kevoin Barci
Att-9,287
Third Round - July 7, 1998
Soccorro Stadium - El Paso, Texas
El Paso Patriots	0	2	San Jose Clash
		38'	John Doyle
		78'	John Doyle (Mella, Wynalda)
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Lineups
Nathan Buesek - GK	46'		David Kramer - GK
Steve Guardado		69'	Tim Martin
Hector Velez			John Doyle
Humberto Mier			Oscar Draguicevich
Patrick Kabuye	46'		Vicente Figueroa
Freddy Juarez			Wade Barrett
Lorenzo Baeza			Martin Vasquez
Kirk Wilson			Ronald Cerritos
Aldo Tovar		59'	Eddie Lewis
Mathew Stewart		76'	Jeff Baicher
Marco Ramirez			Eric Wynalda
Substitutions
Alfredo Estrada - GK	46'	59'	Victor Mella
David Stewart	46'	69'	Braeden Cloutier
		76'	Brian Sebapole
Bookings
Freddy Juarez	59'	38'	Martin Vasquez
Freddy Juarez	65'
Freddy Juarez	65'
Stats
Shots	9	22	Shots
Saves	4	2	Saves
Corner Kicks	4	15	Corner Kicks
Fouls	15	17	Fouls
Offside	3	5	Offside
Referee			Kevin Terry
Assistant Referees			Segio Vega
Referee			Gibby Widner
Att-3,175
Third Round - July 8, 1998
Kean University - Union, New Jersey
MetroStars	1	0	Hampton Roads Mariners
Eduardo Hurtado (Ramos, Vega)	98'
Lineups
Tony Meola - GK			Jon Busch - GK
Miek Duhaney			Byron Mitchell
Arley Palacios			Shayne Campbell
Alexi Lalas			Alan Branigan
Mike Petke			Greg Richards
Mike Sorber		60'	Joe Herrman
Ramiro Corralles	59'		Aaron Lujon
Tab Ramos			Dian Angelov
Jim Rooney			Wayne Pratt
Giovanni Savarese	46'		Anthony McCreath
Eduardo Hurtado			Ricci Greenwood
Substitutions
Marcallo Vega	46'	60'	Jakob Fenger
Miles Joseph	59'	81'	Ted Haley
		89'	Stoner Tadlock
Bookings
Mike Sorber	9'	21'	Greg Richards
Arley Palacios	77'	38'	Byron Mitchell
Stats
Shots			Shots
Saves			Saves
Corner Kicks			Corner Kicks
Fouls			Fouls
Offside			Offside
Referee
Assistant Referees
Referee			Alex Prus
Att-462
Third Round - July 8, 1998
University of South Florida - Tampa, Florida
Tampa Bay Mutiny	2	2	Worcester Wildfire
Mauricio Ramos (Pamprin)	44'	15'	James Proctor (Ceccarelli)
Frankie Hejduk (Prampin, Kinnear)	77'	18'	Neil Ryan (PK)
Tampa Bay advance on penalties, 5-4
Penalties
Mauricio Ramos	SV	G	Neil Ryan
Dominic Kinnear	G	SV	James Proctor
Guillermo Jara	G	G	Justin Ceccarelli
Jan Eriksson	G	G	Greg Lalas
Brian Loftin	G	G	Anthony McPeak
Frank Yallop	G	WL	James Bede
(G)-Goal  (SV)-Saved  (WL)-Wide Left
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Lineups
Doug Petras - GK			Anthony Latronica - GK
Frank Yallop			Patrick Mulcahy
Chris Houser			Joe Bradley
Jan Eriksson			Gary Crompton
Frankie Hejduk			Paul Kelly
Jorge Salcedo	69'		James Proctor
Steve Ralston	56'	84'	Rodrigo Gomez
Paul Dougherty			Neil Ryan
Mauricio Ramos		60'	Brendan Sullivan
Roy Wegerle	74'		Justin Ceccarelli
Alan Prampin		83'	Rob Jachym
Substitutions
Guillermo Jara	56'	60'	Anthony McPeak
Dominic Kinnear	69'	83'	Greg Lalas
Brian Loftin	74'	84'	James Bede
Bookings
Paul Dougherty	27'	12'	Brendan Sullivan
Chris Houser	36'	27'	Paul Kelly
Chris Houser	90'	27'	Joe Bradley
Brian Loftin	95'	63'	Rob Jachym
Alan Prampin	118'	68'	Anthony Latronica
		73'	Justin Ceccarelli
		86'	Patrick Mulcahy
		100'	Joe Bradley
Stats
Shots	31	16	Shots
Saves	2	10	Saves
Corner Kicks	11	6	Corner Kicks
Fouls	11	26	Fouls
Offside	5	3	Offside
Referee			Reggie Rutty
Assistant Referees			Jaime Guerra
Att-N/A			Mario Martinez
Third Round - July 8, 1998
Lockhart Stadium - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Miami Fusion	3	0	Orlando Nightwaks
Diego Serna (Vaudreuil, McLaren)	17'
Dan Stebbins (Vaudreuil)	36'
Dan Stebbins (McLaren)	38'
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Lineups
Jeff Cessar - GK			Quinn O'Sullivan - GK
Wade Webber			Nick Lane
Joey Martinez			Jason Reigler
Cle Kooiman	63'		Dylan Lewis
David Vaudreuil		40'	Rod Levy
Carlos Parra			Ian Gill
Diego Serna	69'	66'	Mathew Froehle
Marcelo Herrera			Robin Chan
Leo Cullen			Steve Freeman
Dan Stebbins		54'	Tim Geltz
Paulinho McLaren			De Olivera
Substitutions
Kris Kelderman	63'	40'	David Mackey
John Maessner	69'	54'	James Phillips
		66'	Lee Hitchen
Bookings
Carlos Parra	7'	19'	Ian Gill
Joey Martinez	7'	77'	James Phillips
Wade Webber	69'
Stats
Shots			Shots
Saves			Saves
Corner Kicks			Corner Kicks
Fouls			Fouls
Offside			Offside
Referee
Assistant Referees
Referee			Roger Sill
Att-N/A
Third Round - July 8, 1998
Columbia Soccer Stadium Complex - Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville Metros	3	1	Kansas City Wizards
Chris McDonald (Reynders)	62'	24'	Paul Rideout (Johnston)
Martin Reynders (Klein)	79'
John Smith (Reynders)	89'
Lineups
Randy Dedini - GK			Mike Amman - GK
Andy Galloway			Matt McKeon
Gabe Eastman			Scott Vermillion
CW Raines			Uche Okafor
Steve Klein			Scott Uderitz
Kalin Bankov	46'	75'	Refik Sabanadzovic
John Jones			Preki
Chris McDonald	80'		Mo Johnston
Kevin Quigley	75'		Mark Chung
John Smith			Paul Rideout
Martin Reynders			Paul Wright
Substitutions
Ivailo Ilarianov	46'	75'	Goran Hunjak
Myles Stoddard	75'
Jose Londono	80'
Bookings
None		72'	Matt McKeon
Stats
Shots			Shots
Saves			Saves
Corner Kicks			Corner Kicks
Fouls			Fouls
Offside			Offside
Referee
Assistant Referees
Referee			N/A
Att-1,248
Third Round - July 8, 1998
Old Panther Field - Duncanville, Texas
Dallas Burn	4	0	Orange County Zodiac
Own Goal (Lak)	43'
Temoc Suarez (L. Alvarez, Dade)	50'
Jason Kries (Suarez, Pollard)	57'
Juan Sastoque (Trotman)	78'
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Lineups
Mark Dodd - GK			Mike Littman -GK
Richard Farrer		67'	Brian Engesser
Eric Dade	60'		Ken Hesse
Jorge Rodriguez			Damon Hughes
Brandon Pollard			Peter Lak
Leonel Alvarez	75'		Orlando Perez
Jason Kries			Shawn Saunders
Temoc Suarez		54'	Mark Foster
Jorge Flores		62'	Eddie Soto
Mickey Trotman			Gustavo Leal
Gerell Elliott	28'		PJ Polowski
Substitutions
Brian Haynes	28'	54'	Mike Matson
Tom Soehn	60'	62'	Steve Patterson
Juan Sastoque	75'	67'	Mario Sanchez
Bookings
Richard Farrer	33'	24'	Ken Hesse
		82'	Steve Patterson
Stats
Shots	24	16	Shots
Saves	9	9	Saves
Corner Kicks	6	2	Corner Kicks
Fouls	15	12	Fouls
Offside	9	3	Offside
Referee			Ali Saheli
Assistant Referees			Misail Tsapos
Att-600			Troy Travis