Soccer at the 1998 Goodwill Games

Goodwill Games event

Football at the 1998 Goodwill Games
Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Uniondale, New York
Dates	July 25–27
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mia Hamm (5 goals)
← 1994

International football competition

The women's soccer tournament at the 1998 Goodwill Games was held from July 25 to 27, 1998.^[1] It was the first time women's football was played at the Goodwill Games, and the second time the sport was played overall. No men's tournament was held in 1998.^[2] It was also the last football tournament at the Goodwill Games, as the sport was dropped in 2001.^[3] All matches were played at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York, United States.^[4]

The United States won the tournament, winning 2–0 against China PR in the gold medal match.^[5]

Schedule

Legend
½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Sat 25	Sun 26	Mon 27
½		B	F

Teams

Team	Confederation
China	AFC
Denmark	UEFA
Norway	UEFA
United States (host)	CONCACAF

Venue

Uniondale	Uniondale
	Mitchel Athletic Complex
	Capacity: 10,102

Squads

The four national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of players, including two goalkeepers.

Matches

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4)

Bracket

Semi-finals		Gold medal match

July 25 – Uniondale

United States	5
		July 27 – Uniondale
Denmark	0
		United States	2
July 25 – Uniondale
		China	0
China (p)	1 (4)

Norway	1 (2)
		Bronze medal match

		July 27 – Uniondale

		Denmark	1 (2)

		Norway (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

July 25, 1998 (1998-07-25)

12:00

China	1–1	Norway
Fan Yunjie 78'	Report (SI) Report (NFF)	Pettersen 75'
Penalties
Xie Huilin Qiu Haiyan Man Yanling Sun Wen	4–2	Riise Kringen Viker Thun

Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale

Referee: Richard Grady (United States)

July 25, 1998 (1998-07-25)

19:30

United States	5–0	Denmark
Milbrett 18' Akers 29' Hamm 45', 70', 75'	Report (SI) Report (Soccer America) Report (DBU)

Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale

Attendance: 6,970

Referee: Johnny Jerome (Canada)

Bronze medal match

July 27, 1998 (1998-07-27)

18:00

Denmark	1–1	Norway
Eggers Nielsen 81'	Report (SI) Report (DBU) Report (NFF)	Lehn 19'
Penalties
Eggers Nielsen Krogh Rasmussen Hansen	2–4	Riise Medalen Pettersen Viker

Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale

Attendance: 11,300

Referee: Kevin Terry (United States)

Gold medal match

July 27, 1998 (1998-07-27)

20:00^[6]

United States	2–0	China
Hamm 66', 87'	Report (SI) Report (Soccer America)

Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale

Attendance: 11,307

Referee: Willie Laidlaw and Johnny Jerome (Canada)^{[note 1]}

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

5 goals

Mia Hamm

1 goal

Source: RSSSF

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	United States (H)	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Gold medal
2	China	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1	Silver medal
3	Norway	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Bronze medal
4	Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1	Fourth place

Source: Goodwill Games
(H) Hosts

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (United States)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	1	0	0	1
2	China	0	1	0	1
3	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Football	United States^[8] Michelle Akers Brandi Chastain Tracy Ducar Lorrie Fair Joy Fawcett Julie Foudy Mia Hamm Debbie Keller Kristine Lilly Shannon MacMillan Tiffeny Milbrett Carla Overbeck Cindy Parlow Christie Pearce Tiffany Roberts Briana Scurry Kate Sobrero Tisha Venturini	China^[9] Bai Jie Fan Yunjie Gao Hong He Xingxue Jin Yan Liu Ailing Liu Ying Man Yanling Mo Chenyue Qiu Haiyan Sun Wen Wang Jingxia Wang Liping Xie Caixia Xie Huilin Zhang Ouying Zhao Lihong Zhao Yan Zhu Jing	Norway^[10] Elisabeth Fagereng Ragnhild Gulbrandsen Solveig Gulbrandsen Margunn Haugenes Ingeborg Hovland Silje Jørgensen Monica Knudsen Gøril Kringen Unni Lehn Linda Medalen Bente Nordby Marianne Pettersen Hege Riise Brit Sandaune Kjersti Thun Anne Tønnessen Henriette Viker

Notes

^ Two Canadian referees officiated the match: Willie Laidlaw in the first half, and Johnny Jerome in the second half.^[7]

References

^ "Women's Soccer Results". Goodwill Games. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ "Just like UNC, U.S. a winner". Sports. The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. July 25, 1998. p. 7C. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ "Organizers pleased despite losses". The Washington Post. August 3, 1998. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ "Soccer". Goodwill Games. 1998. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ "U.S. women win soccer gold medal". The Washington Post. July 28, 1998. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
^ "Goodwill Games – Schedule, Today: Soccer". Sports. The Journal News. July 27, 1998. p. 7D. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
^ "Hamm strikes twice to lead U.S. women to Goodwill Games gold". Soccer America. July 28, 1998. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
^ "U.S. Women: DiCicco names roster for Goodwill Games". Soccer America. July 13, 1998. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ "历届中国国家女子足球队名单" [List of previous Chinese women's national football teams]. Sina Sports (in Chinese). July 9, 1999. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ "Kina – Norge – 25.07.1998 12.00" [China v Norway – 25 July 1998, 12:00] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.