1998 Major League Soccer season
Week Player of the Week Team
Week 1 Cobi Jones Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 2 Cobi Jones Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 3 Frank Klopas Chicago Fire
Week 4 Jason Farrell Columbus Crew
Week 5 Stern John Columbus Crew
Week 6 Paul Bravo Colorado Rapids
Week 7 Tony Meola MetroStars
Week 8 Cobi Jones Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 9 Vitalis Takawira Kansas City Wizards
Week 10 Peter Nowak Chicago Fire
Week 11 Stern John Columbus Crew
Week 12 Jerzy Podbrożny Chicago Fire
Week 13 Zach Thornton Chicago Fire
Week 14 Roman Kosecki Chicago Fire
Week 15 Luboš Kubík Chicago Fire
Week 16 John Harkes D.C. United
Week 17 Roy Lassiter D.C. United
Week 18 Marco Etcheverry D.C. United
Week 19 Cobi Jones Los Angeles Galaxy
Week 20 Stern John Columbus Crew
Player awards -- Weekly award
The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the third season of Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion played their inaugural seasons as the first two MLS expansion teams. Chicago would become the first expansion team to win the MLS Cup and the first to win it in the inaugural year.