Monthly Archives: May 1996

May 30 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 1 D.C. United 2. Goals: Wood 27; Rammel (Etcheverry) 19, Sanneh (Etcheverry) 32. MetroStars — Meola, Harty, Knowles, Caricola, Gillen, Joseph, Kydes, Ramos, Vermes, Wood, Hernandez. Subs: Silvera for Knowles in 46th minute, Rodriguez for Wood in 63rd, Da Silva for Kydes in 83rd. D.C. United — Causey, […]

All times Eastern. Los Angeles (7-0-0) at Tampa Bay (6-2-0) Location: Tampa Stadium Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. Television: KTLA, Channel 5 (LA) Satellite: Spacenet 3, Tr 15. Previous meeting: First meeting. Preview: The top teams in each conference meet, and both are without international stars. Carlos Valderrama (Tampa) and Eduardo Hurtado (LA) are away on duty […]

The FIFA World Cup in 2002 will be held jointly in Japan and South Korea, FIFA officials decided May 31 at their executive meeting in Zurich, Switzerland. A decision on the host country was to have been made after another meeting June 1, but FIFA president Joao Havelange of Brazil announced that he had received […]

Group 1 May 24 in Port of Spain Trin. & Tobago 1 (Latapy pen. 32) Jamaica. Half: 1-0. May 26 in Palo Seco Jamaica 4 (Wright 21, Davis 61, 72, Palmer 87) St. Kitts/Nevis 1 (Gumbs 89). Half: 1-0. Trin. & Tobago 3 (Latapy 58, 61, Rouiger 88) Suriname 0. Half: 0-0. May 28 in […]

May 29 in Denver Colorado 2 Dallas 0. Goals: Henderson (Benedetti) 24, Harbor (pen.) 67. Colorado — Hudock, Kmosko, Hamlett, Balboa, Henderson, Trittschuh, Kinnear, Benedetti, Wegerle, Sharpe, Harbor. Subs: Bates for Sharpe in 72nd minute. Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Lozzano, Farrer, Sonora, Kreis, Haynes, Kerr, Eck, Sanchez. Subs: Rodriguez for Kreis in 61st minute, Glenn […]

Publishing. We are looking for a soccer enthusiast with abilities and experience managing multiple projects who can help us get our directories online. The right team member will supervise development and production of print and online directories, assist with administration and development of Soccer America Online, and serve as a backup computer network administrator. Database […]

Location: Giants Stadium Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (EST) Television: ESPN2 Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14 Injuries: D.C. — D Mike Huwiler (torn groin and abdominal muscles), and F Juan Berthy Suarez (sprained foot) are on injured reserve, D Clint Peay (bruised calf) and M Richie Williams (strained groin) are probable; MetroStars — D Andrew Restrepo (sprained […]

All times Eastern. Dallas (4-3-2) at Colorado (3-5-0) Location: Mile High Stadium Kickoff: 9:00 p.m. Television: Prime Sports Southwest, delayed 11:30 p.m. Satellite: Satcom C1, Tr 10. Previous meeting: April 21 — Colorado 3-1 at Colorado. Injuries: Col. — Chris Woods (GK) is doubtful with a pulled groin, Chris Henderson (MF) is doubtful with a […]

May 22 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 0 Fiorentina (Italy) 2. Goals: Batistuta 80, Robbiati (pen.) 84. New England — St. Andre, Chronopoulos, Lalas, Lips, Wylie, Naveda, Maya, Burns, Ukrop, Sawatzky, Welton. Subs: Ibsen for Lalas in 46th minute, DeBrito for Burns in 46th, Vuckovic for Ukrop in 46th. Fiorentina — Mareggiani, Carnasciali, Amoruso, Piacentini, […]

Features U.S. Outclasses, Outplays And Outscores The Scots By Jerry Hawkins Alvarez Brings His Model Attitude To Big D By Steve Davis GM, Players Speak Out On Firmani’s Failure By Frank Giase Juventus Can Finally Celebrate By Mike Collett Euro ’96 Preview Soccer America looks at the 1996 European Championship. Strati Plays To New Mexico […]

STANDINGS Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 7 4 3 16 17 12 Connecticut 6 5 1 14 8 11 Delaware 6 3 3 7 7 7 Cape Cod 3 2 1 7 4 4 Richmond 5 1 4 4 9 3 NY/NJ Stallions 7 1 6 […]

MLS Ray Sadr Storrs, Conn. At the moment you are the top scorer in MLS, and all of the teams have been scoring a lot. Is this due to great goal scorers or do teams have sloppy defenders who need to improve? BM: I think what you’re seeing right now is a more offensive-oriented league, […]

U.S. Olympic team assistant coach Glenn Myernick recently pointed out the pressure that the Olympic hopefuls find themselves under. 1. Most are going through their first year of professional soccer with their MLS clubs. 2. They are fighting for a spot on the Olympic team itself. 3. They are aware that three wild-card players will […]

The following is the U.S. U-23 roster for it’s friendly against the Irish U-23 team June 1 in Davdison, N.C. Goalkeepers — Kasey Keller (Millwall), Chris Snitko (Kansas City); Defenders — Matt McKeon (Kansas City), Brandon Pollard (Dallas), Eddie Pope (D.C. United), Tony Soto (South Carolina); Midfielders — Hamisi Amani-Dove (Rutgers), Imad Baba (New England), […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Seattle 4 3 1 8 4 9 Montreal 2 2 0 5 1 6 Colorado 3 2 1 9 5 6 New York 2 1 1 1 3 1 Rochester 1 0 1 1 1 0 Vancouver 2 0 2 1 4 0 Atlanta 2 0 2 […]

STANDINGS EASTERN W L P GF GA SOW Streak Tampa Bay 6 2 18 17 11 0 Won 4 Columbus 3 6 9 20 22 0 Lost 3 New England 4 3 8 11 11 2 Won 2 Washington DC 2 7 6 14 18 0 Lost 1 MetroStars 3 5 5 9 13 2 […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dougherty (2) Tampa Bay Defenders Ted Chronopoulos (1) New England Frank Yallop (1) Tampa Bay Matt Kmosko (2) Colorado Midfielders Alberto Naveda (2) New England Carlos Valderrama (3) Tampa Bay Preki (1) Kansas City Roy Wegerle (1) Colorado Forwards Pete Marino (1) Columbus Eduardo Hurtado (1) Los Angeles Harut Karapetyan (1) Los Angeles […]

May 26 in New Britatin, Conn. U.S. 2 Scotland 1. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 13, Jones (Harkes) 72; Durie (Booth) 10. U.S. — Sommer, Balboa, Lalas, Burns, Agoos, Jones, Harkes, Reyna (McBride, 83), Dooley (Kirovski, 54), Ramos, Wynalda. Scotland — Leighton (Walker, 81), Boyd, Calderwood, Hendry, Whyte, Durie (Spencer, 46), Jess, Burley (McCall, 81), Jackson (Collins, […]

Former Portuguese national team coach Carlos Queiroz is the new head coach of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, the team announced May 27. The 43-year-old Queiroz led Portugal to the world U-16 championship in 1989, and the world U-20 title in 1991. He also took the full Portuguese national team through World Cup ’94 qualifying, […]

May 26 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 3 Columbus 2. Goals: Karapetyan (Hurtado) 29, Karapetyan (Hurtado) 50, Hurtado (Motajo) 68; Marino (Paz) 24, Marino (Thompson) 51. Los Angeles — Campos, Fraser, Calichman, Motajo, Semioli, Noamouz, Salcedo, Cienfuegos, Armas, Karapetyan, Hurtado. Subs: Garvey for Cienfuegos in 20th minute, Vanney for Salcedo in 67th, Wilson for Noamouz […]

May 25 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3 Colorado 2 (New England wins shootout 1-0). Goals: Naveda 47, Aunger (pen.) 68; Wegerle (Sharpe, Bartlett) 76, Harbor (Henderson) 88. New England — Heaney, Chronopolous, Weiszmann, Lips, Wylie, Aunger, Woodring, Naveda, Keegan, Ukrop , Welton. Subs: St. Andre for Ukrop in 3rd minute, Mella for Welton in […]

DI = Senior Editor Duncan Irving; RM = Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney; MW = Senior Editor Mike Woitalla; PS = Associate Editor Poul Swain; PB = Online Editor Pete Bailey. MLS Sam Morgan Lawrenceville, Ga. Now that we can watch MLS on ESPN or Univision, I would like to hear more comments about the performance […]

Note: Fiorentina vs. MetroStars Friday night exhibition will be televised live by MSG at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr 17 or Satcom C4, Tr 6. May 25 — Colorado at New England Location: Foxboro Stadium Kickoff: .7:30 p.m. (ET) Television: WABU 68 (Boston), Prime Sports Rocky Mountain. Satellite: Satcom C1, Tr 18. Previous […]

May 23 in Dallas Dallas 0 Tampa Bay 1. Goal: Lassiter (Valderrama) 82. Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Lozzano, Farrer, Sonora, Ashton, Kreis, Haynes, Eck, Kerr, Sanchez. Sub: Rodriguez for Eck in 68th minute. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Ralston, Valderrama, Vasquez, Hunjak, McKinley, Lassiter, Wise. Sub: Galderisi for Pittman in 49th minute. Yellow […]

Eddie Firmani has resigned from his position as head coach of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, the team reported May 24. Assistant coach Ralph Perez will take over as interim head coach while team GM Charlie Stillitano searches for a full-time replacement. “I feel it is in the best interest of the club and the […]