# Soccer at the 1998 Goodwill Games

The women's soccer tournament at the 1998 Goodwill Games was held from July 25 to 27, 1998. 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. It was also the last football tournament at the Goodwill Games, as the sport was dropped in 2001. All matches were played at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York, United States.
The United States won the tournament, winning 2–0 against China PR in the gold medal match.

## Schedule

Legend :
| ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Sat 25 | Sun 26 | Mon 27 | Mon 27 |
| ½ | | B | F |

## Teams

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

## Venue

| Uniondale | Uniondale |
| Uniondale | Mitchel Athletic Complex |
| Uniondale | 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 | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| July 25 – Uniondale | July 25 – Uniondale |
| United States | 5 |
| United States | 5 | July 27 – Uniondale | July 27 – Uniondale |
| Denmark | 0 | July 27 – Uniondale | July 27 – Uniondale |
| Denmark | 0 | United States | 2 |
| July 25 – Uniondale | July 25 – Uniondale | | United States | 2 |
| July 25 – Uniondale | July 25 – Uniondale | China | 0 |
| China (p) | 1 (4) | China | 0 |
| Norway | 1 (2) | | |
| Norway | 1 (2) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | July 27 – Uniondale | July 27 – Uniondale |
| | | Denmark | 1 (2) |
| | | Norway (p) | 1 (4) |

### Gold medal match
## 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
* Fan Yunjie
* Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen
* Unni Lehn
* Marianne Pettersen
* Michelle Akers
* Tiffeny Milbrett
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 |

## 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) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Football | United States 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 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 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 |