Monthly Archives: July 1996

Boys Under 16 Baltimore SC Stars 3 FC Delco (Pa.) Arsenal 0 Overland Park (Kan.) Legends 2 West Omaha (Neb.) Hotspurs 1 Strike Force (Fla.) 3 Memphis FC 2 La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads 4 San Jose (Calif.) Chivas USA 1 Boys Under 17 Columbia (Md.) City Utd. 2 Braddock Road (Va.) American Eagles 0 St. […]

GHANA Squandering talent? The only African nation ever to win an Olympic soccer medal, Ghana is looking to improve upon its third-place finish in 1992. But infighting among team stars, endless coaching changes and indifferent results during the Olympic qualifying tournament leave the Black Meteors an enigma. Ghana, which enters its fifth Olympic tournament, will […]

ARGENTINA Serious medal contender Which Argentine team will show up: the team that buried the U.S. U-23s 3-0 at the 1995 Pan-American Games or the team that the U.S. senior team humiliated by the same score just a few months later at the Copa America? Most Argentine observers are betting on the former. Coach Daniel […]

SPAIN Clemente takes charge No team has won two Olympic soccer gold medals in a row since Hungary did it in 1964 and 1968, but Spain, the gold medalist at Barcelona ’92, has as good a shot of winning this year’s title as any team in the 16-team field. The Spaniards won’t have the home-field […]

BRAZIL Roster shines like gold While most Olympic teams scheduled warmup matches against A-League and USISL franchises and local colleges upon arriving in the U.S., the World All-Stars awaited Brazil July 14 at Giants Stadium. ‘Nuff said about Brazil’s determination to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta and finally complete its FIFA collection. The […]

June 15 in East Rutherford, N.J. Brazil 2 World All-Stars 1. Goals: Bebeto 47, Roberto Carlos 78; Klinsmann (Redondo) 69. Brazil — Dida, Ze Maria, Aldair, Ronaldo Guira, Roberto Carlos, Flavio Conceicao, Amaral (Ze Elias, 67), Juninho, Rivaldo, Bebeto, Savio (Ronaldo, 67). World All-Stars — Campos (Tapia, 46), Matthaeus, Harkes (Fernando Couto, 46), Hierro (Abedi […]

Sept. 15 Honduras at Jamaica Mexico at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Sept. 21 Mexico at Honduras Sept. 22 Jamaica at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Oct. 13 Honduras at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Oct. 16 Jamaica at Mexico Oct. 27 Jamaica at Honduras Oct. 30 St. Vincent & the Grenadines at Mexico Nov. […]

Aug. 30 Panama at Canada Sept. 8 El Salvador vs. Cuba in Mexico Sept. 22 Panama vs. Cuba in Colombia Oct. 6 El Salvador at Panama Oct. 10 Cuba at Canada Oct. 13 Canada vs. Cuba in Canada Oct. 27 Canada at Panama Nov. 3 El Salvador at Canada Nov. 10 Panama at El Salvador […]

Group 1 Sept. 1 Costa Rica at Trinidad & Tobago Oct. 6 Guatemala at Trinidad & Tobago Oct. 16 Costa Rica at Guatemala Oct. 25 Trinidad & Tobago at Guatemala Nov. 3 Guatemala at USA Nov. 9 or Nov. 10 Trinidad & Tobago at USA Nov. 17 Guatemala at Costa Rica Nov. 24 USA at […]

July 14 in East Rutherford, N.J. Eastern Conference 3, Western Confernce 2. Goals: E: Ramos (Valderrama) 14; W: Preki (Cienfuegos) 33; W: Kreis (Hurtado) 37; E: Savarese 69; E: Pittman (Etcheverry, Valderrama) 88 Eastern Conference — Meola (Dougherty 45), Agoos, Lalas, Vasquez (Rammel 67), Kooiman (Pittman 46), Valderrama, Ramos (Khumalo 60), Donadoni (Etcheverry 35), Lassiter […]

July 12 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Maessner) 72. D.C. United — Simpson, Vaudreuil, Imler, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes (Medved, 46), Etcheverry, Sanneh, Diaz Arce, Rammel (Maessner, 71). Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Kooiman, Yallop, Pittman, Ralston, Vasquez, McKinley (Backman, 79), Valderrama (Viera, 79), Wise, Lassiter, Galderisi. Yellow cards: Tampa […]

July 12 in Washington D.C. D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Maessner) 77. Att.: 20,014.

Football came home, but England never changes Tuesday, June 25 — Truce reached in tabloid’s soccer war A funny thing’s happened here. No, let’s make that a hilarious thing has happened. The tabloids, you see, have gone too far. The Daily Mirror is the culprit. They’ve trampled on the tulips, told the world about the […]

Best Team: Germany. The Portuguese played some lovely stuff, but as the media here repeated ad nauseam “they flattered to deceive.” England, too, played with great heart and occasionally pieced together some excellent individual moves, but Germany again proved itself as the consummate tournament team. This time around it was more difficult for Berti Vogts’ […]

MLS Bill Pardue Westmont, Ill. I went to high school in Wall, N.J., with George Gelnovatch and was pleasantly surprised to see that he was playing for D.C. United against Kansas City. With respect for the fact that Arena seems to like recruiting Virginia players, is it a little odd that he’d recruit his own […]

It appears that officials of the A-League and USISL have buried the hatchet and agreed on forming a new Division II pro league. The deal — brokered by Jack Stone, whose family owns Umbro, a major sponsor of both leagues, and Peter Gooding, the former NSCAA president on leave from his duties at Amherst College […]

July 11 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 1 El Salvador 1. Goals: Vasquez (Jones) 21; Escobar (Renderos) 35. Los Angeles — Kramer, Fraser, Semioli, Motajo, Salcedo, Armas, Vanney, Onalfo, Jones, Hurtado, Vasquez. Subs: Jara for Vasquez in 55th minute, Karapetyan for Jones in 58th, Shue for Fraser in 71st, Razov for Hurtado in 76th. El […]

July 11 in Columbus Columbus 1 New England 2 (New England wins shootout 3-0). Goals: Caligiuri 24; Chronopoulos (Woodring) 78. Columbus — Winner, Michallik, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Bliss, Thompson, Warzycha, Carrera, Khumalo, McBride, Marino. Subs: Yeagley for Khumalo in 90th minute. New England — St. Andre, Fraser, Okaroh, Wylie, Lips, Aunger, Woodring, Sawatzky, Welton, Kerr, Keegan. […]

The A-League and the USISL agreed in principle to a merger that will create a new 24-team Division II professional league next year. An official announcement of the merger will be made at the USSF annual general meeting July 11 in Arlington, Va. The new league will be called the A-League, but will incorporate the […]

Features Dissecting The Dynamics Of Sudden Death By Ridge Mahoney A Man Of Three Continents? By Chris Casey Argentina Survives Red Card To Earn Point In Lima 1996 Olympic Preview Soccer America presents its look at the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Summer Olympic Games. Injury Woes Hit Seattle Sounders’ Frontline By Frank MacDonald […]

July 11 — New England at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: ESPN2. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14. Previous meeting: Columbus edged the Revs 2-1 in a shootout June 27 in Foxboro, and the Crew scored two goals in the final three minutes for a thrilling 3-2 victory May 11 in Columbus. […]

July 10 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Dallas 2. Goals: Caricola (Donadoni) 35, Savarese (Donadoni) 48, Savarese (Ramos) 77; Alvarez (pen.) 63, Sanchez 66. MetroStars — Meola, Caricola, Gillen, Harty, Vermes, Brauchle, Ramos, Donadoni, Lagos, Savarese, Johnson. Subs: Unger for Gillen in 60th minute, Hennessey for Johnson in 78th, Lembryk for Brauchle in 81st. […]

MLS officials have announced that Salvadoran striker Raul Diaz Arce of D.C. United and defender Cle Kooiman of Tampa Bay will be added to the Eastern Conference all-star team. Diaz Arce, who netted four goals in D.C.’s 6-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday, will replace teammate Marco Etcheverry. The Bolivian playmaker will rest after an […]

STANDINGS Eastern GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 15 9 6 27 32 25 D.C. United 17 7 10 19 33 32 MetroStars 16 7 9 15 18 22 New England 15 7 8 13 20 25 Columbus 17 5 12 11 33 43 Shootout records: MetroStars 3-0, New England 4-2, Columbus 2-4, […]

Dallas at MetroStars Location: Giants Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: MSG network. Satellite: Satcom C4, Tr. 6 Previous meeting: June 19 at Giants Stadium — a 1-0 shootout victory for the MetroStars, who also defeated Dallas 1-0 (no shootout) in the Cotton Bowl on June 2. Injuries: Dallas — M Washington Rodriguez (strained groin) […]