Monthly Archives: August 1996

Group 2 Aug. 30 in Edmonton Canada 3 Panama 1. Goals: Aunger pen. 41, Peschisolido 42, Corazzin 87; J.L. Dely Valdes. Att.: 9,402.

Aug. 31 in Tampa Tampa Bay 3 New England 1. Goals: Lassiter (Galderisi) 26, Ralston 46, Hunjak (Galderisi) 58; Baba 73. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Hejduk, Backman, McKinley, Pittman, Vasquez, Hunjak, Vargas, Ralston, Galderisi, Lassiter. Subs: Frye for Lassiter in 77th minute, Yallop for Galderisi in 84th, Diffley for Vargas in 85th. New England — […]

Group 3 Aug. 31 in Baku Azerbaijan 1 Switzerland 0. Goal: Rzayev 28. Att.: 20,000. Group 4 Aug. 31 in Vienna Austria 0 Scotland 0. Att.: 29,500. Aug. 31 in Minsk Belarus 1 Estonia 0. Goal: Makovsky 35. Att.: 6,000. Group 6 Aug. 31 in Toftir Faeroe Islands 1 Slovakia 2. Goals: Mueller 60; Moravcik […]

On a night that featured the international debuts of four players, old standbys Joe-Max Moore and Eric Wynalda combined for all three goals in a 3-1 U.S. win over El Salvador in an exhibition at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Jason Kreis, one of the young stars of MLS with the Dallas Burn, and David Wagner, […]

Saturday, August 31 New England at Tampa Bay Location: Tampa Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: none. Satellite: none. Series History: April 13 at Tampa Stadium — Tampa rallied for a 3-2 victory in its home opener; August 21 at Foxboro Stadium — New England crushed the injury-riddled Mutiny 4-2. Injuries: New England — D […]

Aug. 28 in Columbus Columbus 2 Los Angeles 0. Goals: Caligiuri (Warzycha) 9, McBride (Warzycha) 71. Columbus — Friedel, Smith, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Michallik, Carrera, Yeagley, Warzycha, Maisonneuve, Marino, McBride. Subs: Cozier for Marino in 65th minute, Miller for Yeagley in 73rd, Greenwood for Carrera in 83rd Los Angeles — Campos, Fraser, Onalfo, Vanney, Semioli, Noamouz, […]

Aug. 28 in Port of Spain, Trinidad USA 2 Canada 0. Goals: Purcell 23, Gutierrez 89. Mexico 4 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Arce 15, 77, 81, 85. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P *Mexico 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 USA 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Costa Rica 2 […]

Location: Mile High Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 8:30 p.m. Television: ESPN2. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14. Series History: June 2 at Mile High Stadium — United got its first shootout win when it downed the Rapids 3-2. Injuries: D.C. United — D Mike Huwiler (aggravated groin) is out; Colorado — M Chris Henderson (strained hamstring), M […]

Aug. 29 in Denver Colorado 1 D.C. United 2. Goals: Harbor (De Vries, Benedetti) 40; Medved (Harkes) 3, Rammel (Sanneh, Agoos) 49. Colorado — Woods, Cannon, Hamlett, Kmosko, S. Henderson, C. Henderson, Trittschuh, Benedetti, Sharpe, De Vries, Harbor. Sub: McKay for Sharpe in 78th minute. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Sanneh, Williams, […]

August 28 — Los Angeles at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: Galavision. Satellite: Galaxy K7, Tr. 4.. Series History: May 26 at the Rose Bowl — Jorge Salcedo scored once and set up another goal in L.A.’s 3-2 win; August 4 at the Rose Bowl — Adrian Paz scored a dramatic […]

The following is the U.S. roster for the CONCACAF regional futsal qualifying tournament, which will runfrom Aug. 31 to Sept. 8 in Guatemala. Two groups of three teams each will compete in round-robin play, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semifinals. The semifinal winners will advance to the World Championships […]

The following are FIFA’s world rankings as of August 28, 1996. Rank Country July Ranking 1 Brazil 1 2 Germany 2 3 France 3 4 Czech Republic 4 5 Italy 5 6 Netherlands 6 7 Spain 8 8 Russia 9 9 Sweden 7 10 Denmark 10 11 Colombia 12 12 Portugal 11 13 England 13 […]

The U.S. Paralympic soccer team garnered a fourth-place finish in the Atlanta ’96 games that took place Aug. 15-25. Paralympic soccer is played by teams of seven players (all of whom are ambulatory) with varying degrees of cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injuries. Competition follows FIFA rules of play, with certain modifications, such as a […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P *Montreal 23 18 5 35 16 46 Colorado 23 12 11 47 31 34 Seattle 23 13 10 26 21 31 Vancouver 23 11 12 27 32 27 Rochester 21 10 11 27 37 24 New York 22 9 13 30 28 21 Atlanta 17 3 14 […]

Aug. 25 in Port of Spain USA 1 Mexico 3. Goals: Castellanos (Purcell) 53; Ruiz (Trimmer) 59, Noe 68, Ruiz 80. USA — Hancock, Hollenbach, Bradford, Downing, Villegas, Totton, Yamauchi (Rupsis, 70), Marquez (Wilson, 50), Purcell (Monsibais, 62), Gutierrez, Castellanos. Mexico — De Corona, Sanchez, Penaloza, Vera, Trimmer, Savala, Gomez, Glodias, Gonzales, Martinez (Noe, 46), […]

Sergio Delgado Secaucus, N.J. Alexi, what’s up with you and your coach at New England? Why were you benched in the game against the MetroStars? Alexi Lalas: The benching in New York was a coaching decision, obviously one I was not happy with, and I’ve made my feelings known. But those are times where you […]

Aug. 25 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 Tampa Bay 0. Goals: Rammel (Etcheverry, Moreno) 25, Moreno 29, Kelderman (Etcheverry, Sanneh) 81. D.C. United — Simpson, Peay, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Sanneh, Harkes, Etcheverry, Moreno, Rammel. Subs: Kelderman for Moreno in 67th minute, Medved for Rammel in 72nd, Kamler for Williams in 83rd. Tampa Bay […]

Aug. 24 in Columbus Columbus 2 Kansas City 1. Goals: Maisonneuve (Iribarren, Warzycha) 3, McBride (Warzycha) 5; Johnston (Chung) 41. Columbus — Friedel, Clark, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Smith, Yeagley, Warzycha, Maisonneuve, Khumalo, Paz, McBride. Sub: Marino for Paz in 75th minute. Kansas City — Lagerwey, McKeon, Okafor, Bowers, Gutierrezm Uderitz, Sorber, Preki, Chung, Takawira, Johnston. Subs: […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Tony Meola Comments: As the premier goalkeeper in America, Tony was the most visible player. His stellar performance in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups endeared him to a whole generation of goalkeepers. He now stars for the MLS in his home of New Jersey. Field Players: Ricky […]

Aug. 22 in Port of Spain USA 2 Costa Rica 3. Goals: Purcell (Yamauchi) 26, Rupsis 87; own goal 1, Santana 17, 22. USA — Hancock, Downing, Bradford, Boutilier (Hollenbach, 46), F. Villegas, Wilson, Yamauchi (Totten, 56), Marquez, Purcell, Castellanos (Rupsis, 75), Gutierrez. Costa Rica — S. Villegas, Melendez, Bryan, Arlas, Montiel, Diaz, Rodriguez (Olivares, […]

European Champions League Group A Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) Auxerre (France) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland). Schedule Date Matches Sept. 11 Auxerre vs. Ajax, Grasshopper vs. Rangers Sept. 25 Rangers vs. Auxerre, Ajax vs. Grasshopper Oct. 16 Ajax vs. Rangers, Auxerre vs. Grasshopper Oct. 30 Rangers vs. Ajax, Grasshopper vs. Auxerre Nov. 20 Ajax vs. […]

Select League South Atlantic Division Championship Aug. 17 in High Point, N.C. Carolina 0 Hampton Roads 1 (OT). Goal: Swinehart. Att.: 2,187. Aug. 20 in Norfolk, Va. Hampton Roads 0 Carolina 4. Goals: Adair, Sloan, Prampin. Att.: 2,409. Mini Game — Aug. 20 in Norfolk, Va. Hampton Roads 1 Carolina 0. Goal: Houser 25. Att.: […]

Saturday, August 24 Kansas City at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: KFYC-TV Kansas City. Satellite: SBS 6, Tr. 17. Series History: May 2 at Arrowhead Stadium — The Wiz win the highest scoring game in MLS history when they beat Columbus 6-4; June 8 in Columbus — The Wiz win another […]

Aug. 21 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 4 Tampa Bay 2. Goals: Naveda 23, Lalas (Debrito, Wylie) 44, Moore (pen.) 79, Welton (Burns) 88; Galderisi 18, Vasquez 51. New England — Heaney, Lalas, Fraser, Wylie, Okaroh, Naveda, Aunger, Sawatzky, Debrito, Moore, Baba. Subs: Welton for Sawatzky in 61st, Burns for Debrito in 72nd. Tampa Bay […]

European Champions League Qualifying Round, Second leg Aug. 21 in Kiev Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 2 (Kalitvintsev 6, Maximov 77) Rapid Vienna (Austria) 4 (Ivanov 23, 42, Kibauer 32, own goal 62). Half: 1-3. Att.: 80,000. (Rapid Vienna wins 6-2 on aggregate.) Aug. 21 in Vladikavkaz Alania Vladikavkaz (Russia) 2 (Yanovski 15, Suleimanov pen. 24) Glasgow […]