Monthly Archives: May 1996

Features Soccer America Q&A: Steve Sampson U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson, sidelined temporarily by acute appendicitis, has been closely following the MLS launch as well as scouting future prospects at the recent CONCACAF U-20 tournament in Mexico. Interview by Ridge Mahoney Learning To Crawl Vitalis “Digital” Takawira will get down on his hands and […]

May 8 in Brussels Paris St. Germain (France) 1 (N’Gotty 29) Rapid Vienna 0. Paris St. Germain — Lama, Fournier (Llacer, 80), N’Gotty, Roche, Le Guen, Colleter, Bravo, Guerin, Djorkaeff, Rai (Dely Valdes, 12), Loko. Rapid Vienna — Konsel, Hatz, Guggi, Ivanov, Schoettel, Stoeger, Stumpf (Barisic, 46), Marasek, Jancker, Kuehbauer, Heraf. Att.: 37,500.

It went with hardly a whimper. Men’s soccer at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock joined a cemetery that opened two years for Division I men’s teams. It includes North Texas, Central Michigan and Illinois State, and in each death gender equity could be blamed to some extent. But in Little Rock, the program was so […]

Kansas City at Tampa Bay Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (EST) Television: WIZ TV Preview: Porous defense, potent attacks. These two teams consist of contrasting personnel, but they both have fearsome attacks and woeful defenses, and both are coming off discouraging weekend defeats. The Wiz attack must get some credit; after all, how many teams could come […]

This has not been a banner year for American goalkeepers playing abroad. English soccer’s regular season concluded May 5, leaving three U.S. keepers — Queen’s Park Rangers’ Juergen Sommer, Luton’s Ian Feuer, Millwall stalwart Kasey Keller — with the unappealing prospect of playing in lower divisions next season. Sommer’s QPR was relegated from the Premier […]

STANDINGS EASTERN WLPGFGASOWStreak Tampa Bay226980Lost 2 Columbus2361180Lost 2 New England224561Lost 1 Washington1536120Lost 1 MetroStars131481Won 1 WESTERN WLPGFGASOWStreak Los Angeles4012940Won 4 Dallas428772Won 1 Kansas City32711131Lost 1 Colorado216740Won 2 San Jose236650Won 1 LEADING SCORERS NameTeamGPGAP 1Brian McBrideCLB5328 2PrekiKC5237 3Raul Diaz ArceWAS6306 –Vitalis TakawiraKC5226 –Washington RodriguezDAL6306 –Giovanni SavareseMET4306 7Jason KreisDAL6215 –John KerrDAL6215 –Eric WynaldaSJ5215 –Mauricio CienfuegosLA4215 –Roy LassiterTB4215 […]

The advent of MLS has given U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson the opportunity to see a host of new players on a regular basis, and the first player to benefit is Tampa Bay midfielder Martin Vasquez, who is on a list of 20 players he intends to call up for the United States-Scotland game […]

Goalkeeper Tom Liner (1) San Jose Defenders Mark Semioli (1) Los Angeles Denis Hamlett (1) Colorado Ben Iroha (1) San Jose Midfielders Steve Trittschuh (1) Colorado Jorge Salcedo (2) Los Angeles Tab Ramos (2) MetroStars Chris Henderson (1) Colorado Evans Wise (1) Tampa Bay Forwards Giovanni Savarese (1) MetroStars Diego Viera (1) Tampa Bay In […]

Atlanta Ruckus: The Ruckus will play the U.S. U-23 Olympic team May 27 at Adams Stadium…. Jamaican under-23 standout Fabian Davis has signed and will be on the field for Atlanta’s season opener May 17. Davis is currently in Canada with the Jamaican team for CONCACAF qualifying for the 1996 Olympics. He’s a top playmaker […]

May 5 in Dallas Dallas 1 Columbus 0. (Dallas wins shootout 3-1.) Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Farrer, Lozzano, Alvarez, Kreis, Rodriguez, Sonora, Elliott, Eck, Kerr. Subs: Haynes for Sonora in 76th minute, Ashton for Kerr in 76th minute. Columbus — Oshoniyi, Michallik, Bliss, Watson, Ward, Yeagley, Battelle, Thompson, Paz, Khumalo, McBride. Subs: Marino for Battelle […]

First Round Group E DateMatchSiteKickoff July 21USA vs. DenmarkOrlando6:30 p.m. July 21Sweden vs. ChinaMiami4:00 p.m. July 23USA vs. SwedenOrlando6:00 p.m. July 23Denmark vs. ChinaMiami6:00 p.m. July 25USA vs. ChinaMiami6:30 p.m. July 25Denmark vs. SwedenOrlando6:30 p.m. Group F DateMatchSiteKickoff July 21Germany vs. JapanBirmingham, Ala.2:30 p.m. July 21Norway vs. BrazilWashington3:00 p.m. July 23Brazil vs. JapanBirmingham, Ala.5:30 p.m. […]

First Round Group A DateMatchSiteKickoff July 20USA vs. ArgentinaBirmingham, Ala.6:30 p.m. July 20Tunisia vs. PortugalWashington3:00 p.m. July 22USA vs. TunisiaBirmingham, Ala.7:30 p.m. July 22Argentina vs. PortugalWashington7:30 p.m. July 24USA vs. PortugalWashington7:30 p.m. July 24Argentina vs. TunisiaBirmingham, Ala.7:30 p.m. Group B Note: Team B4 will be the winner of a playoff between the CONCACAF runner-up and […]

May 4 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 San Jose 2. Goals: Aunger (pen.) 86; Wynalda (Iroha) 23, Bravo (Mella, Dayak) 70. Half: 0-1. New England — Heaney, Ibsen, Chronopoulos, Lalas, Burns, Woodring, Aunger, Naveda, Galderisi, Ukrop, Welton. Subs: Keegan for Galderisi in 64th minute, Sawatzky for Ibsen in 81st minute. San Jose — Liner, […]

May 4 in Calgary Canadian U-23 team 2 U.S. U-23 team 1. Goals: Kusch (Nash) 77, Thompson 83; T. Suarez 51. Half: 0-0.

May 4 in Mexico City Necaxa 0 Celaya 0. (Aggregate: 1-1; Necaxa wins on away goal.) Necaxa — Navarro, Wolf, Vilches, Becerril, Esquivel, Higareda (Herrera, 46), Aguinaga, Garcia Aspe, L. Hernandez, Pelaez, Zarate (Alvarado, 60). Celaya — Pineda, Cabrera, J. Cruz, Hurtado, Leal, J. Patino, F. Cruz (Malibraan, 75), Tiba, Mercado (C. Hernandez, 60), Butragueno, […]

Want to talk to America’s finest soccer players? Well, here’s your chance to… Ask a Star Our first star is U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who is completing his fifth season with Millwall of the English First Division. A former all-American at the University of Portland, Keller has become one of the English League’s […]

Saturday, May 4 Tampa Bay at MetroStars Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (EST) Television: MSG; WTMV-32 Tampa Satellite: Satcom C4, Tr. 6 Injuries: MetroStars — G Tony Meola (mild shoulder separation) is probable, M Ted Gillen (torn hamstring) and M Nidal Baba (strained groin) are out. Tampa Bay — D Tayt […]

May 2 in Kansas City Kansas City 6 Columbus 4. Goals: Chung (Preki, Sorber) 5, Johnston (Preki) 47, Preki (pen.) 67, Johnston (Takawira) 70, Sorber (Reasoner) 77, Preki (Takawira) 88; McBride (Thompson) 20, Yeagley (McBride) 48, Clark (Thompson) 54, own goal (Reasoner) 65. Half: 1-1. Kansas City — Harrington, Reasoner, Okafor, Bowers, Uderitz, Chung, Preki, […]

The following are the results of the April 1996 Soccer America Online poll, in which 438 fans registered their votes on the future of the A-League. Question #1 Given the arrival of Major League Soccer, do you believe that the A-League will survive in its current form as an independent, Division 2 league beyond the […]

May 1 in Celaya Celaya 1 (C. Hernandez 58) Necaxa 1 (Pelaez 26). Half: 0-1. Celaya — Pineda, Cabrera, J. Cruz, Hurtado, Leal, J. Patino, Mercado (C. Hernandez, 57), F. Cruz (Franco, 82), Tiba, Zambrano, Butragueno. Necaxa — Navarro, Becerril, Vilchis, Esquivel, Wolf, Higareda (Zarate, 46), Aguinaga, Ambriz, Garcia Aspe, Pelaez, L. Hernandez (Herrera, 69). […]

May 1 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 Dallas 1. Goals: Diaz Arce (pen.) 15, Etcheverry 53, Rammel (Harkes) 68; Rodriguez (pen.) 43. Half: 1-1. Washington — Causey, Imler, Peay, Kamler, Williams, Kelderman, Harkes, Agoos, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Rammel. Subs: Huwiler for Rammel in 86th minute, Medved for Agoos in 87th minute. Dallas — Dodd, […]

April 24 *South Carolina 3 Charlotte 2. April 26 Connecticut 3 New York 2 (OT) *Charleston 0 **Cape Cod 1 El Paso 3 Minnesota 2 (OT) *Mobile 3 *New Orleans 2 (SO) Central Jersey 1 North Jersey 0 Everett 3 Cascade 0 *Orlando 3 *South Florida 2 Montclair 1 Arizona 3; Central Coast 1 So. […]

May 1 in Coquitlam, B.C. Canada 0, USA 0. Canada — Larkin, Hikida, Pizzolitto, DeVos, Macey (Capasso, 40), Rhode, Oliviero (Kusch, 50), Thompson, Xausa (D’Onofrio, 73), Franks, Heald (Berg, 77). USA — Cassar, McKeon, Pope, Vermillion, Hejduk, Pollard, Silvera, Walsh, Maisonneuve, Joseph, Wood. Referee: Parra (Canada). Att.: 2,168.

The Clash-Wiz game in San Jose had a dramatic finish, complete with a desperate, last-gasp equalizer by 10-man Kansas City. An exciting conclusion to a memorable game. Until the shootout. Players, coaches and officials bumbled their way through 16 dreadful rounds of one-on-ones, while the din of 17,000 fans at Spartan Stadium subsided into smatterings […]

MLS has gotten a warm reception from the fourth estate. “Down on the corner, Americans don’t give a boot about soccer.” So read the headline of one of many sports columns, during the 1990 World Cup, citing the inferiority of soccer. That particular column — in which Dave Kindred asked whether something couldn’t be done […]