The 1998 D3 Pro League will feature 39 teams playing 18 games each. In addition, each team will play four games that serve as qualifying games for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup. There are six new franchises in the D3 league: Eastern Shore (Md.), Northern Virginia, Pensacola, Shreveport-Bossier, Tallahassee and Western Massachusetts. Two teams — the Miami Breakers and Southwest Florida Manatees — were promoted from the PDSL, while the 1997 champion Albuquerque Geckos and San Francisco Bay Seals made the jump to the A-League. Here are the divisional alignments for the 1998 D3 Pro League: Northeast Division Cape Cod (Mass.) Crusaders, New Hampshire Phantoms, Rhode Island Stingrays, Vermont Voltage, Western Mass. Pioneers. Mid-Atlantic Division Central Jersey Riptide, New Jersey Stallions, N.Y. Capital District Alleycats, Reading (Pa.) Rage, South Jersey Barons. Atlantic Division Charlotte Eagles, Delaware Wizards, Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Seadawgs, Northern Virginia Royals, Eastern Shore (Md.) Sharks, Roanoke (Va.) Wrath, South Carolina Shamrocks, Wilmington (N.C.) Hammerheads. Southeast Division Miami Breakers, Orlando Nighthawks, Pensacola (Fla.) Barracudas, Southwest Florida Manatees, Tallahassee Tempest. North Central Division Chicago Stingers, Cleveland Caps, Indiana Blast, Rockford (Ill.) Raptors. South Central Division Austin (Texas) Lone Stars, Houston Hurricanes, San Antonio Pumas, Shreveport-Bossier (La.) Lions, Texas Toros, Tulsa Roughnecks. West Division Arizona Sahuaros, Chico (Calif.) Rooks, Los Angeles Fireballs, Reno (Nev.) Rattlers, San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Golden Eagles, Stanislaus County (Calif.) Cruisers.