Monthly Archives: July 1996

July 20 in Washington D.C. Portugal 2 Tunisia 0. Goals: Afonso Martins 13, 68. Portugal — Paulo Costinha, Rui Bento, Peixe, Jose Andrade, Nuno Capucho (Dominguez, 57), Paulo Alves (Nuno Gomes, 70), Afonso Martins, Rui Jorge, Jose Vidigal, Carlos Litos, Dani (Kennedy, 78). Tunisia — El Ouaer, Badra (Gabsi, 82), Mkacher (Baccouche, 46), Chouchane, Beya, […]

July 20 in Birmingham, Ala. USA 1 Argentina 3. Goals: Reyna 1; G. Lopez 27, Crespo 56, Simeone 90. USA — Keller, Peay (Vargas, 85), Lalas, Pope, Hejduk, Maisonneuve, Silvera (McKeon, 72), Reyna, Baba, Kirovski, Wood (Joseph, 46). Argentina — Bossio, Zanetti, Ayala (Paz, 83), Sensini, Chamot, Simeone, Almeyda, G. Lopez, Ortega (C. Lopez, 70), […]

Here are the lineups that will take the field for the U.S.-Argentina game: USA — Keller, Peay, Lalas, Pope, Hejduk, Maisonneuve, Silvera, Reyna, Baba, Kirovski, Wood. Argentina — Bossio, Zanetti, Ayala, Sensini, Chamot, Simeone, Almeida, G. Lopez, Ortega, Delgado, Crespo.

The U.S. and Argentina are tied 1-1 at halftime of their Group A Olympic match before a packed house in Birmingham, Ala. The first half was fairly even, although Argentina created more solid scoring chances. Ariel Ortega is doing the bulk of the playmaking for Argentina, and the U.S. defense is having difficulty with Jose […]

July 20 in Orlando, Fla. Spain 1 Saudi Arabia 0. Goal: Oscar 80. Spain — Mora, Mendieta, Aranzabal, Santi, Lardin, Raul, Corino, Jose Ignacio, De La Pena (Karanka, 72), Idiakez (Roberto, 63), Morientes (Oscar, 63). Saudi Arabia — Al-Sadig, Al-Khilaiwi, Zebermawi, Al-Jahni, Amin, Suliman (Sifein, 82), Al-Harbi, Al-Dossari, Al-Rashaid, Al-Dossary, Falatah. Yellow cards: Spain — […]

July 20 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 D.C. United 0. Goals: Sawatzky (Kerr) 54, Sawatzky (Keegan) 78. New England — St. Andre, Okaroh, Fraser, Wylie, Lips, Sawatzky, Aunger, Woodring, Welton, Kerr, Keegan. Subs: DeBrito for Welton in 35th minute, Naveda for Woodring in 74th. D.C. United — Simpson, Vaudreuil, Imler, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Sanneh, […]

Diego Simeone scored in the 90th minute off a pass from Hernan Crespo for the final goal in Argentina’s 3-1 victory. A game summary will be posted shortly.

The U.S. took a 1-0 lead over Argentina in the first minute of play when Claudio Reyna scored on a left-footed volley from about 10 yards out. Imad Baba hit a cross, which deflected off an Argentine defender and landed at Reyna’s feet.

Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Portugal 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 USA 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Group B Team GP W T L GF GA P France 1 1 […]

Argentina’s Gustavo Lopez tied the game at 1-1 with a 27th minute strike. Teammate Marcelo Delgado lofted a pass across the goalmouth to the far side, where Lopez hammered a five-yard shot into the upper corner of the goal.

Hernan Crespo scored off a cross from Javier Zanetti in the 56th minute to give Argentina a 2-1 lead over the U.S. Crespo assisted on Argentina’s first goal, not Delgado as had previously been stated. The Americans had a dangerous free kick opportunity in the 57th minute, but Reyna’s blast went into the Argentine wall.

July 18 in Tampa Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 2. Goals: Lassiter (Pittman, McKinley) 15, McKinley (Wise) 41, Galderisi (Lassiter) 56; Johnston (Takawira, Sorber) 48, Prampin (Chung) 85. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Backman, Yallop, Vasquez, McKinley, Valderrama, Ralston, Wise, Galderisi, Lassiter. Subs: Frye for Ralston in 82nd minute, Viera for Wise in 88th. Kansas […]

Date Game Time (EDT) Network Coordinates July 20 D.C. United at New England 12:00 pm ESPN Galaxy 5, Tr 8 July 20 San Jose at Columbus 7:30 pm KICU 36-San Jose SBS6 5 Tr 15 July 21 Tampa Bay at Colorado 3:00 pm Univision Spacenet 3, Tr 5 (scrambled) July 21 MetroStars at Los Angeles […]

U.S.A. women’s Olympic preview DiCicco shuffles lineup and rethinks tactics after disappointment of Sweden ’95 There won’t be any excuses this time. Last summer in Sweden the United States faltered in its attempt to stay atop the international women’s soccer scene as it suffered its first real bout of adversity, from injuries to poor form. […]

U.S.A. men’s Olympic preview Can `college all-stars,’ with a sprinkling of veterans, reach the second round? U.S. Olympic history? Colorful and unsuccessful. In its first attempt, in 1924, Boston Daily Globe columnist George Matthew Collins coached the team. He had used a pseudonym as a player so his worrying wife wouldn’t know he was risking […]

Soccer America Online will be posting live coverage of all USA Women's and Men's Olympic soccer games! We will also be posting lineups, goals, and updates of men's and women's soccer semifinal and medal games. Soccer America senior editor Mike Woitalla will be covering the men's games and Soccer America associate editor Dean Caparaz will […]

First Round Group E Date Match Site Kickoff July 21 USA vs. Denmark Orlando 4:00 p.m. July 21 Sweden vs. China Miami 4:00 p.m. July 23 USA vs. Sweden Orlando 6:00 p.m. July 23 Denmark vs. China Miami 6:00 p.m. July 25 USA vs. China Miami 6:30 p.m. July 25 Denmark vs. Sweden Orlando 6:30 […]

First Round Group A Date Match Site Kickoff July 20 Tunisia vs. Portugal Washington 3:00 p.m. July 20 USA vs. Argentina Birmingham, Ala. 7:30 p.m. July 22 USA vs. Tunisia Birmingham, Ala. 7:30 p.m. July 22 Argentina vs. Portugal Washington 7:30 p.m. July 24 USA vs. Portugal Washington 7:30 p.m. July 24 Argentina vs. Tunisia […]

GROUP A USA 1 Kasey Keller (Millwall England) 2 Matt McKeon (Kansas City Wiz) 3 Billy Walsh (Univ. Virginia) 4 Eddie Pope (D.C. United) 5 Clint Peay (D.C. United) 6 Alexi Lalas (New England Revolution) 7 Imad Baba (New England Revolution) 8 Jovan Kirovski (Manchester Utd. England) 9 A.J. Wood (MetroStars) 10 Claudio Reyna (Bayer […]

July 17 in Denver Colorado 1 San Jose 2. Goals: Bartlett (Henderson) 80; Bravo (Espinoza) 14, Bravo (Iroha) 50. Colorado — Woods, Kmosko, Cannon, Trittschuh, Hamlett, Wegerle, Benedetti, Henderson, F.Rodriguez, Harbor (Bates, 46), Bartlett. San Jose — Salzwedel, Dayak, Martin, Draguicevich, Iroha (Ianni, 88), Wynalda, Lewis, Espinoza, Baicher (Amaya, 71), Emenalo, Bravo (Rodas). Yellow cards: […]

GROUP E USA 1 Briana Scurry (U.S. Soccer) 2 Mary Harvey (U.S. Soccer) 3 Cindy Parlow (Univ. North Carolina) 4 Carla Overbeck (U.S. Soccer) 5 Tiffany Roberts (Univ. North Carolina) 6 Brandi Chastain (U.S. Soccer) 7 Staci Wilson (Univ. North Carolina) 8 Shannon MacMillan (U.S. Soccer) 9 Mia Hamm (U.S. Soccer) 10 Michelle Akers (U.S. […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 14 11 3 23 11 29 Colorado 13 8 5 28 15 22 Seattle 14 8 6 15 16 18 New York 10 5 5 14 13 11 Vancouver 12 5 7 14 19 11 Rochester 11 3 8 11 22 7 Atlanta 10 2 8 […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (3) MetroStars Defenders Uche Okafor (2) Kansas City Nicola Caricola (2) MetroStars Ted Chronopoulos (2) New England Midfielders Tab Ramos (4) MetroStars Marco Etcheverry (6) D.C. United Roberto Donadoni (1) MetroStars Frank Klopas (1) Kansas City Jason Kreis (4) Dallas Strikers Giovanni Savarese (4) MetroStars Digital Takawira (3) Kansas City Goal of […]

Norway World champion is formidable threat The defending world champion is the only team with a legitimate chance of knocking out the host U.S. Since the World Championship, the Scandinavians have lost two of three to Americans, but even in its losses Norway has shown it can disrupt the U.S. game. Norway is solid from […]

Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 15 8 7 33 29 24 Richmond 13 6 7 21 20 16 Connecticut 14 7 7 26 27 15 Cape Cod 10 4 6 17 19 10 Delaware 12 4 8 12 14 10 NY/NJ Stallions 14 2 12 15 […]