Monthly Archives: August 1996

New England at MetroStars Location: Giants Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: MSG network; WABU-68 Boston. Satellite: Satcom C4, Tr. 6. Series history: April 20 at Giants Stadium — Nicola Caricola’s last minute own-goal gave New England a 1-0 win; May 19 at Foxboro Stadium — Revs blanked NY/NJ again 2-0; Aug. 3 at Foxboro […]

Aug. 14 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 4 New England 0. Goals: Wood (Donadoni) 12, Johnson 17, Johnson (De Avila) 73, De Avila (Ramos) 81. MetroStars — Meola, Knowles, Harty, Caricola, Donadoni, Unger, Ramos, Joseph, Vermes, Wood, Johnson. Subs: De Avila for Wood in 62nd minute, Longenecker for Joseph in 80th, Savarese for Johnson in […]

Men’s Tournament Fifth-Place Match Aug. 9 North 6 U.S. Armed Forced 3 Third-Place Match Aug. 9 U.S. U-20s 0 East 0 (U.S. U-20s win 4-2 on penalties) Championship Match Aug. 10 South 3 West 2 Rosters U.S. U-20s Goalkeepers — Andy Kirk, Nick Rimando. Defenders — Ramiro Corrales, Matthew Chulis, Maurice Ligeon, Chad McCarty, Brian […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 19 16 3 32 12 40 Colorado 18 9 9 37 25 25 Seattle 20 10 10 20 19 24 Vancouver 18 10 8 23 26 24 New York 18 8 10 22 22 18 Rochester 16 7 9 21 28 17 Atlanta 15 2 13 […]

Select League Standings Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P *Long Island 18 11 7 39 31 33 *Richmond 18 10 8 34 24 28 *Connecticut 18 11 7 37 31 25 *Delaware 18 6 12 20 29 16 Cape Cod 18 5 13 24 39 13 NY/NJ Stallions 18 2 16 […]

LEADING SCORERS Rank Name Team GP G A P 1 Preki KC 26 16 11 43 2 Roy Lassiter TB 22 18 4 40 3 Raul Diaz Arce WAS 22 18 1 37 4 Eduardo Hurtado LA 19 14 6 34 5 Steve Rammel WAS 21 12 4 28 6 Brian McBride CLB 21 12 […]

Colombian striker Antony De Avila has signed with the MetroStars, GM Charlie Stillitano announced yesterday. De Avila, who has appeared nearly 50 times for his country’s national team, has spent 14 years with America Cali of the Colombian First Division. He led America to the final of the 1996 Libertadores Cup, scoring 14 goals in […]

Aug. 11 in Kansas City Kansas City 3 Los Angeles 2 (Kansas City wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Preki (pen.) 13, Chung (Wright) 63; Semioli (Calichman) 54, Jara 87. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Uderitz, Okafor, Bowers, Gutierrez, Klopas, Sorber, Preki, Chung, Takawira, Johnston. Subs: Wright for Klopas in 63rd minute, McKeon for Takawira in 85th. Los […]

Los Angeles at Kansas City Location: Arrowhead Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 3:00 p.m. Television: Univision. Satellite: Spacenet 3, Tr. 5. Series History: May 19 at the Rose Bowl — Mauricio Cienfuegos scored in L.A.’s 2-0 win; July 6 at Arrowhead Stadium — Preki earned goal of the week honors and the Wiz handed the Galaxy a […]

D.C. United at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: Home Team Sports. Satellite: Spacenet 3, Tr. 23 (may also be at SBS 6, Tr. 17). Series History: April 13 at Ohio Stadium — Columbus waltzes over D.C. in its home opener, 4-0; May 15 at RFK Stadium — Steve Rammel scores the […]

Aug. 10 in Columbus Columbus 3 D.C. United 2. Goals: Iribarren (McBride, Warzycha) 55, McBride (Yeagley, Warzycha) 57, Paz (Khumalo) 60; Moreno (Harkes) 27, Diaz Arce (Williams) 31. Columbus — Friedel, Smith, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Michallik, Thompson, Warzycha, Yeagley, Maisonneuve, McBride, Khumalo. Subs: Paz for Thompson in 11th minute, Carrera for Khumalo in 64th, Cozier for […]

MLS & U.S. national teams Bob Madaio New Brunswick, N.J. With MLS now being the major outlet of American soccer talent, do you believe that certain players who DO NOT play in the league will now be overlooked for the national team? One such player would be David Quesada, who still plays in Costa Rica, […]

Eastern Conference Columbus Crew Address: 77 E. Nationwide Blvd.; Columbus, OH 43215. Phone: (614) 221-CREW Fax: (614) 221-5050 Email: crew2739@aol.com New England Revolution Address: Foxboro Stadium, Route 1; Foxboro, MA 02035. Phone: (508) 543-0350 Fax: (508) 543-1409 Email: n/a. MetroStars Address: One Harmon Plaza, 8th floor; Secaucus, NJ 07094. Phone: (800) 330-4666 Fax: (201) 531-2860 […]

U.S. Soccer Festival ’96, the first competition of its kind featuring 11 men’s and women’s select teams, completed its fourth night of play in San Antonio, Texas, with the South and North in first place in the men’s and women’s competitions, respectively. The South men won their third straight game, beating the winless North 6-3. […]

Brad Friedel, the U.S. national team goalkeeper, has signed with MLS and will play for the Columbus Crew for the rest of the 1996 season. The Crew and the Dallas Burn made an eleventh-hour trade that enabled Columbus to acquire Friedel. Dallas sold Washington Rodriguez (whose groin injury likely would have kept him out for […]

Aug. 8 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 1 New England 0. Goal: Hurtado (Jones) 80 Los Angeles — Campos, Calichman, R. Fraser, Salcedo, Semioli, Cienfuegos, Vanney, Armas, Jones, Hurtado, Karapetyan. Subs: Onalfo for Calichman in 65th minute, Jara for Karapetyan in 70th minute, New England — St. Andre, I. Fraser, Okaroh, Wylie, Lalas, Sawatzky, Woodring, […]

The following are the results of SA Online’s July 1996 poll in which 255 fans voted for their MLS All-Star teams. Note: Teams are based on a 3-4-3 formation; * indicates starters. Eastern Conference Goalkeeper Team Votes *Tony Meola MetroStars 153 Mark Dougherty Tampa Bay 55 Jeff Causey D.C. United 20 Bo Oshoniyi Columbus 15 […]

Location: Rose Bowl. Kickoff (ET): 9:30 p.m. Television: ESPN2. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14. Series History: June 6 at Foxboro Stadium — Mark Semioli scored a late-minute equalizer, and the Galaxy remained unbeaten after a 3-2 shootout win; July 4 at the Rose Bowl — John Kerr scored the gamewinner as New England stunned L.A. […]

Champions League Qualifying Round, First Leg Aug. 7 in Norrkoping IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) 3 (Bloemqvist 37, Pettersson 50, A. Andersson 57) Ferencvaros (Hungary) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 5,513. Aug. 7 in Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 0 Fenerbahce (Turkey) 1 (Senturk 42). Half: 0-1. Att.: 25,000. Aug. 7 in Brussels Club Bruges (Belgium) 2 […]

D.C. United at Tampa Bay Location: Tampa Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: Home Team Sports (delayed until 11:30 p.m. eastern). Satellite: Spacenet 3, Tr. 23. Series History: Marco Etcheverry scored the only goal in D.C.’s 1-0 victory at RFK stadium on July 12. Injuries: D.C. United — D Mario Gori (sprained arch), M Richie […]

Standings Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P *Long Island 17 10 7 37 30 30 *Richmond 17 9 8 28 24 25 Connecticut 16 9 7 29 29 19 Delaware 16 6 10 19 22 16 Cape Cod 15 5 10 21 27 13 NY/NJ Stallions 17 2 15 […]

Features In MLS The Axe Must Fall By Ridge Mahoney U.S. Women Fulfill `Golden’ Promise By Dean Caparaz DiCicco Proves Himself Under Pressure By Mike Woitalla African Attitude Made For Thrilling Tourney By Mike Woitalla Nigeria Gets Africa’s First Soccer Gold By Mike Woitalla Georgians Celebrate Olympic Soccer By Mike Woitalla Looking For Brighter Days […]

Goalkeeper David Winner (1) Columbus Defenders Robin Fraser (4) Los Angeles Marcelo Balboa (4) Colorado Iain Fraser (3) New England Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (5) Tampa Bay Brian Maisonneuve (1) Columbus Mark Chung (2) Kansas City Alberto Naveda (2) New England Forwards Roy Lassiter (3) Tampa Bay Joe-Max Moore (1) New England Digital Takawira (4) Kansas […]

August 7 in Tampa Tampa Bay 1 D.C. United 3. Goals: ; Moreno (Etcheverry, Diaz Arce) 4, Diaz Arce (pen.) 45, Diaz Arce (Etcheverry) 87; Lassiter (pen. 90). Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Vasquez, Ralston, McKinley, Valderrama, Frye, Galderisi, Lassiter. Subs: Hunjak for Frye in 46th minute, Backman for Pittman in 46th, Viera […]

MLS announced the four teams that will participate in this year’s U.S. Open Cup today. Dallas, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and Tampa Bay will square off against three A-League clubs and one USISL team in the quarterfinals. Pairings have not been announced yet, but matches and sites should be determined in the next two weeks. […]