Monthly Archives: June 1996

KTLA-5 Los Angeles will be showing the Galaxy-Rapids game at 3:00 p.m. pacific time on Sunday

June 30 in London Germany 2 Czech Republic 1. Goals: Bierhoff 73, 95; Berger (pen.) 59. Germany wins European Championship. Czech Republic — Kouba, Hornak, Kadlec, Suchoparek, Rada, Bejbl, Berger, Nemec, Nedved, Poborsky (Smicer, 88), Kuka. Germany — Koepke, Sammer, Helmer, Babbel, Strunz, Haessler, Eilts (Bode, 46), Ziege, Scholl (Bierhoff, 69), Kuntz, Klinsmann. Yellow cards: […]

June 30 in Columbus Columbus 0 MetroStars 4. Goals: Caricola (Lagos) 23, Savarese (Johnson) 76, Ramos 79, Unger (Ramos) 90. Columbus — Winner, Clark, Bliss, Caligiuri, Michallik, Thompson, Warzycha, Khumalo, Paz, McBride, Marino. Subs: Carrera for Khumalo in 46th minute, Cozier for Michallik in 67th. MetroStars — Meola, Harty, Caricola, Zaun, Braucle, Lagos, Ramos, Da […]

June 30 in Oneonta, N.Y> U.S. Olympic team 2 Saudi Arabia Olympic team 0. Goals: Kirovski (Reyna) 5, Kirovski (Peay) 45. USA — Keller, Pope, McKeon, Peay, Hejduk, Maisonneuve (Smith, 74), Reyna (Vargas, 86), Silvera, Joseph (Pollard, 78), Baba (Wood, 65), Kirovski. Saudi Arabia — Al-Sadig (Al-Megrin, 23), Al-Jahni, Al-Khilaiwi, Zebermawi, Amin, Sulimani, Falalah, Al-Harbi […]

MLS Mike Ellsworth Wyomissing, Pa. As midseason nears in the MLS, I was wondering how the players were to be selected to the all-star game? RM: The teams were selected by a vote of MLS head and assistant coaches. Lothar Osiander and Thomas Rongen are the All-Star coaches by virtue of their teams leading the […]

Saturday, June 29 Kansas City at Dallas Location: Cotton Bowl. Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. (ET). Television: K.C. American Cablevision (WIZ TV). Satellite: none. Previous meetings: The Burn are 2-0 against Kansas City, winning 3-2 in K.C. on May 11, and 3-0 in Dallas on April 18. Injuries: Kansas City — none; Dallas — D Ed Puskarich […]

June 29 in Dallas Dallas 0 Kansas City 1. Goal: Sorber (Bowers) 39. Dallas — Dodd, Puskarich, Lozzano, Farrer, Ashton (Ibsen), Santel, Sonora, Haynes, Kreis, Sanchez (Flores, 46), Eck. Subs: Flores for Sanchez in 46th minute, Ibsen for Ashton. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Ekeme, Okafor, Bowers, Udertiz, Sorber, Gutierrez, Preki, Chung, Klopas, Johnston. Subs: Takawira […]

June 29 in Dallas Dallas 0 Kansas City 1. Goal: Sorber (Bowers) 39. Att.:9,615.

Features Bruce Arena’s Olympians Have A Cavalier Feel By Jerry Lindquist Sampson Measures Value Of MLS Competition By Ridge Mahoney Crew Seeks A Permanent Home By Craig Merz Upstarts Checkmated By The Proud Grandmasters By Duncan Irving Once Again, The Bullet Gets The Unlucky Dutch By Duncan Irving Play Does Not Bode Well For Future […]

With France ’98 qualifying just around the corner — and millions of dollars at stake — the anxiety level at Soccer House in Chicago has undoubtedly risen several notches in the last week. The U.S. performance at U.S. Cup ’96 was no disaster — the Americans finished third with a 1-1-1 record — but it […]

Tuesday, June 11 Where are the fans? Off to Liverpool for Italy-Russia, which proves to be an entertaining game, in that both defenses commit terrible blunders and Italy goes forward until the final whistle of a 2-1 win. But the worrying thing is the empty seats at Anfield. Euro ’96 announced the crowd as 35,190, […]

June 27 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Columbus 2 (Columbus wins shootout 2-1). Goals: Welton (Aunger, Sawatzky) 77; Marino (Caligiuri) 20. New England — St. Andre, Okarah, Fraser, Wylie, Lalas, Naveda, Burns, Aunger, Chronopoulos, Keegan, Welton. Subs: Kerr for Naveda in 46th minute, Sawatzky for Chronopoulos in 74th. Columbus — Winner, Clark, Bliss, Watson, […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dodd (3) Dallas Defenders Oscar Draguicevich (2) San Jose Brian Bliss (2) Columbus Richard Farrer (1) Dallas Matt Knowles (1) MetroStars Midfielders Mark Chung (1) Kansas City Diego Sonora (2) Dallas Steve Trittschuh (2) Colorado Steve Ralston (1) Tampa Bay Forwards Digital Takawira (2) Kansas City Missael Espinoza (1) San Jose Goal of […]

Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L GF GA P Maryland 4 4 0 14 3 12 Connecticut 4 3 1 8 3 9 New Jersey 5 3 2 9 9 9 Rochester 5 4 1 7 5 8 Long Island 4 2 2 6 4 6 Philadelphia 5 2 3 9 6 6 Boston […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 8 7 1 12 5 17 Colorado 9 6 3 16 10 16 Seattle 10 6 4 11 10 14 New York 7 4 3 11 12 8 Vancouver 9 2 7 8 14 6 Atlanta 7 2 5 7 13 6 Rochester 5 1 4 […]

Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 11 7 4 26 20 21 Connecticut 12 6 6 22 21 14 Cape Cod 9 4 5 15 17 10 Richmond 9 4 5 11 14 10 Delaware 11 4 7 11 15 10 NY/NJ Stallions 11 2 9 13 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference TEAM W L P GF GA SOW STREAKS Tampa Bay 8 5 24 28 20 0 Lost 2 Washington DC 5 9 13 23 29 1 Lost 2 Columbus 4 9 10 30 32 1 Won 1 New England 5 6 9 16 20 3 Lost 1 MetroStars 5 8 9 11 […]

June 26 in Fenton, Mo. U.S. Olympic team 1, Mexico under-20 national team 0. Goal: Kirovski (pen.) 49. USA — Keller, McKeon, Pope, Peay, Pollard (Joseph, 46), Reyna, Hejduk, Maisonneuve (Baba, 46), Silvera, Kirovski, Wood (Vargas, 71). Mexico — Alvarez, Ayala, Marquez, Chacon, Acosta, Carino (Lillingston, 85), Robles, Avilan (Ortiz, 88), Banos, Terres, Torres (Rodriguez, […]

Standings Eastern W L GB GF GA Washington 2 0 — 13 10 Monterrey 2 1 0.5 20 16 Dallas 2 2 1.0 32 28 Detroit 1 2 1.5 19 21 Houston 1 2 1.5 18 17 Indianapolis 0 2 2.0 8 15 Western W L GB GF GA Sacramento 2 0 — 15 12 […]

June 26 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 3 Colorado 1. Goals: Hurtado 21, Hurtado (Karapetyan) 31, Hurtado (Cienfuegos) 89; Bartlett (Rodriguez) 4. Los Angeles — Campos, Calichman, Fraser, Semioli, Salcedo, Vanney, Cienfuegos, Wilson, Hurtado, Karapetyan, Jones. Subs: Motajo for Wilson in 28th minute, Jara for Karapetyan in 74th. Colorado — Woods, Henderson, Kmosko, Hamlett, Cannon, […]

June 26 in Buenos Aires River Plate (Argentina) 2 America Cali (Colombia) 0. Goals: Crespo 6, 59. Att.: 76,000. (River Plate wins 2-1 on aggregate and will face Italy’s Juventus in the World Club Championship in Tokyo at the end of the year.)

The Dallas Burn sent forward John Kerr, Jr. to the New England Revolution in exchange for defender Zak Ibsen today (June 26). Kerr, a former U.S. national team striker, had lost his place in the Dallas lineup with the arrival of Mexican star Hugo Sanchez. Ibsen (who has also seen time with the national team) […]

Wednesday, June 26 Colorado at Los Angeles Location: Rose Bowl. Kickoff: 10:00 (ET). Television: none. Satellite: none. Previous meeting: none Injuries: Colorado — D Ian Butterworth (thigh bruise) and G Chris Woods (strained groin) are questionable, F Richard Sharpe (strained knee) is doubtful, D Marcelo Balboa (strained hamstring) is out, D Troy Edwards (strained groin) […]

June 26 in London England 1 Germany 1 (Germany wins 6-5 in penalty shootout). Goals: Shearer 3; Kuntz 16. England — Seaman, Pearce, Adams, Southgate, Platt, Ince, Anderton, Gascoigne, Shearer, Sheringham, McManaman. Germany — Koepke, Sammer, Helmer (Bode, 110), Babbel, Reuter, Freund (Strunz, 119), Eilts, Ziege, Moeller, Scholl (Haessler, 77), Kuntz. Penalty shootout: England — […]

June 26 in Manchester Czech Republic 0 France 0 (Czech Republic wins 6-5 in penalty shootout). Czech Republic — Kouba, Rada, Hornak, Kadlec, Novotny, Poborsky, Nemec (Kubik, 84), Nemecek, Nedved, Drulak (Kotulek, 70), Smicer (Berger, 46). France — Lama, Lizarazu, Blanc, Roche, Thuram (Angloma, 82), Zidane, Guerin, Desailly, Lamouchi (Pedros, 62), Loko, Djorkaeff. Penalty shootout: […]