Monthly Archives: March 1996

March 5 in Munich Bayern Munich (Germany) 2 Nott. Forest (England) 1. Goals: Klinsmann (16), Scholl (45); Chettle (18). Att.: 35,000. March 5 in Prague Slavia Prague (Czech Rep.) 2 Roma (Italy) 0. Goals: Poborsky (11), Vagner (51). Att.: 15,000. March 5 in Milan AC Milan (Italy) 2 Bordeaux (France) 0. Goals: Eranio (29), Baggio […]

Brazil and Argentina became the first countries besides the host USA to book their tickets for the Atlanta ’96 men’s soccer tournament. They clinched the top two spots in the final round of the South American qualifying tournament with one game left. Brazil and Argentina have six points, while Uruguay and tournament surprise Venezuela are […]

Ghana, Nigeria and Tunisia moved closer toward clinching Africa’s three berths in the 1996 Olympic men’s soccer tournament with wins March 3. Ghana’s Meteors beat Cameroon 3-0 at home with three second-half goals. Almost all of Ghana’s team plays in Europe or the Middle East. Substitute Eben Hagan, who plays for Greek club Kalamata, led […]

New York — Rehired Mark Shearer as head coach. Named Jim Kilmeade, former Long Island Rough Riders general manager, general manager. Seattle — Named player Neil Megson head coach, replacing Alan Hinton, who resigned last month.

Round 1 TeamPlayerPos.College 1. Kansas CityMatt McKeonMSt. Louis 2. WashingtonEddie PopeDNorth Carolina 3. DallasBrandon PollardDVirginia 4. Tampa BayAdam FryeDUCLA 5. Kansas CityChris SnitkoGUCLA 6. New EnglandPaul KeeganFBoston College 7. Los AngelesGuillermo JaraFSan Diego 8. DallasJeff CassarGFIU 9. ColoradoMike GentileMWisconsin 10. ColumbusMac CozierFUNC Charlotte Round 2 TeamPlayerPos.College 11. NY/NJScott LamphearDWisconsin 12. NY/NJMiles JosephFClemson 13. San JoseDerrick […]

The following is the U.S. U-23 roster for the March 6 friendly against Mexico’s U-23s. The match kicks off at 7 P.M. PST in Fullerton Calif, and will be televised on a tape-delayed basis by Prime. NamePos.Ht.Wt.Club Chris SnitkoG6-3195Kansas City Wiz Zach ThorntonG6-3210NY/NJ MetroStars Mike DuHaneyD5-11165Tampa Bay Mutiny Frankie HejdukD5-8155Tampa Bay Mutiny Clint PeayD5-10176Washington D.C. […]

The following are the transactions that took place before the MLS College and Supplemental Drafts. 1. San Jose traded Rhett Harty and its first-round pick in the College Draft (No. 3) to New York/New Jersey for Troy Dayak. 2. Kansas City traded Jeff Causey to Washington for its first-round pick in the College Draft (No. […]

Round 1 TeamPlayerPos.Club 1. NY/NJNicola CaricolaDGenoa (Italy) 2. NY/NJEduardo RodriguezMfree agent 3. San JoseRoberto GonzalezMRosario Central (Argentina) 4. Tampa BayEvans WiseMEgelsbach (Germany) 5. Kansas City WizPat HarringtonGBuffalo (NPSL) 6. New EnglandAlberto NavedaFBoca Juniors (Argentina) 7. Los AngelesChris ArmasMLong Island (USISL) 8. WashingtonMario GoriDRosario Central (Argentina) 9. ColoradoDusty HudockGSeattle (A-League) 10. ColumbusPaul CaligiuriDSt. Pauli (Germany) Round […]

The following is the order for the MLS College and Supplemental Drafts to be held March 4 beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.: 1. Washington. 2. New York/New York. 3. *San Jose. 4. Tampa Bay. 5. Kansas City. 6. New England. 7. Los Angeles. 8. Dallas. 9. 9. Colorado. 10. Columbus. * […]

The NCAA women’s Division I soccer committee has recommended to the NCAA executive committee that it name eight conferences to receive automatic bids for their champions into this year’s NCAA Division I Tournament: ACC, Big East, Big 10, CAA, Ivy League, Pacific 10, SEC and WCC. This will be the first time the NCAA has […]

The NCAA men’s Division I soccer committee has recommended that 11 conference champions get automatic bids into the 1996 Men’s Division I Tournament: ACC, Big East, Big Ten, CAA, Ivy League, MCC, Mid-American, Missouri Valley, MPSF, North Atlantic and WCC. The following are the proposed play-in pairings: Conference USA vs. Mid-Continent; TAAC vs. Sub Belt; […]

The following are the results of February Soccer America Online Poll in which 860 soccer fans voted on their most liked and least liked MLS team nicknames: Most Liked Washington D.C. United365 New England Revolution155 Colorado Rapids109 Columbus Crew56 Tampa Bay Mutiny43 NY/NJ MetroStars29 San Jose Clash28 Kansas City Wiz25 Los Angeles Galaxy25 Dallas Burn22 […]