Monthly Archives: September 1996

Sept. 14 in Tampa Tampa Bay 2 D.C. United 0. Goals: Ralston (Valderrama) 4, Lassiter (Hejduk, Valderrama) 51. Tampa Bay — Budnick, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Backman, Ralston, Vasquez, Valderrama, Hejduk, Vargas, Lassiter. Subs: Frye for Vargas in 65th minute, Viera for Lassiter in 80th, Diffley for Ralston in 88th. D.C. United — Causey, Peay, Pope, […]

MLS & U.S. Pro Leagues Mike Stone Phoenix, Ariz. Do you think Pete Marino should have been suspended for his purposeful handball (against Tampa Bay)? He was obviously cheating. Ridge Mahoney: A suspension on the first offense is too harsh, since the league had issued no directives on what would be the punishment for this […]

World Cup ’94 and English Premier League veteran Roy Wegerle has been named interim coach of the Colorado Rapids, the team announced earlier this week. Wegerle, 32, takes over for Bob Houghton, who resigned Tuesday in the wake of Colorado’s failure to reach the MLS playoffs. “Wegerle is one of the leaders of this team,” […]

European Champions League Group A Sept 11 in Auxerre Auxerre (France) 0 Ajax (Netherlands) 1. Goal: Litmanen 4. Auxerre — Charbonnier, Goma, Zelic, West, Rabarivony, Lamouchi, Henna, Saib, Diomede, Tasfaout (Sibierski, 78), Laslandes (Marlet, 81). Ajax — Van Der Sar, Marcio Santos, Melchiot (Willem, 81), Bogarde, Juan, F. De Boer, Litmanen (Reuser, 90), Musampa, Babangida, […]

Sept. 11 in San Jose San Jose 2 Dallas 3 (Dallas wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Espinoza (Bravo) 49, Iroha (Wynalda) 74; Haynes (Sonora, Elliott) 79, Kreis 87. San Jose — Liner, Martin, Draguicevich, Doyle, Emenalo, Baicher, Iroha, Rodas, Espinoza, Bravo, Wynalda. Subs: none. Dallas — Dodd, Lozzano, Santel, Farrer, Pollard, Sonora, Alvarez, Kreis, Haynes, Washington, […]

Sept. 12 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Tampa Bay 2. Goals: Moore 61; Lassiter (pen.) 25, Vasquez 75. New England — Heaney, Fraser, Lalas, Okaroh, Wylie, Burns, Sawatzky, Aunger, Debrito, Baba, Moore. Subs: Welton for Debrito in 53rd minute, Naveda for Wylie in 55th. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Kooiman, Backman, Yallop, Frye, Vasquez, Hejduk, […]

Colorado Rapids head coach Bob Houghton announced his resignation yesterday, according to MLS. His decision is effective immediately. Houghton, a British native who has coached throughout the world for two decades, was unable to guide the injury-plagued Rapids to the playoffs. The team’s 11-20 record is the worst in MLS. Colorado also announced that assistant […]

Features Calculating The Crowd Figures By Ridge Mahoney A Long Way From Boca To Big D By Steve Davis Press Delivers Various Doses Of MLS By Mike Woitalla Coufal Matures Into Top-Rate Keeper By Andy Graham Jen Renola: Leader Of The Champion By Ross Forman Leeds’ Wilkinson Is The First Casualty Rhinos Bring `Big-Time’ Back […]

The following are the results of the August, 1996 SA Online Poll in which 391 fans participated. 1. Should MLS move one of its existing teams to a new city next season? Yes 130 No 258 2. If a team moves, which one team should be moved for 1997? Colorado 145 Tampa Bay 47 Columbus […]

The U.S. Soccer Federation has authorized the Colorado Rapids of MLS to fill a quarterfinal spot in the U.S. Open Cup that was vacated by the A-League’s Colorado Foxes. Five players from the Foxes who compete for the Jamaican national team were called up for a World Cup qualifying match against Honduras this Saturday, the […]

G Jen Renola (Notre Dame) (1) Stifled Wisconsin, shut out Washington D Terry Gleason (Washington) (1) Assisted on gamewinning goal vs. Tribe D Kate Sobrero (Notre Dame) (1) Defensive MVP of Irish tournament M Justi Baumgardt (Portland) (1) 3 goals, assist in 2 wins M Jen Lalor (Santa Clara) (1) Pulls strings of 5-0 win […]

Goalkeeper Aidan Heaney (1) New England Defenders Dan Calichman (2) Los Angeles Francis Okaroh (2) New England Iain Fraser (4) New England Midfielders Brian Maisonneuve (3) Columbus Missael Espinoza (2) San Jose Imad Baba (2) New England Frankie Hejduk (1) Tampa Bay Cobi Jones (5) Los Angeles Forwards Antony De Avila (2) MetroStars Jaime Moreno […]

G Kevin Hartman (UCLA) (1) Records shutouts vs. SMU and Indiana D Chris Behrmann (Clemson) (1) Standout at Portland Adidas Invitational D Kevin Kalish (Connecticut) (1) Leads Huskies to 4-0-0 start M Danny Vargas (FIU) (1) Offensive MVP at Diadora/3 Brothers Classic M Andy Kwon (Duke) (1) Scored in 2-0 win over SMU M George […]

Sept. 8 in San Salvador El Salvador 5 Cuba 0. Goals: Rivera 22, 81, Diaz Arce 49, 71, Cienfuegos 83. El Salvador — Alfaro, Osorio, Batres, Iraheta, Lazo (Cubias, 73), Castro Borja, Rodriguez, Rivera, Cienfuegos, Cerritos, Diaz Arce. Cuba — Molina, Hernandez, Garcia, Gomez, Cruz Guillen, H.Martinez, Mora, Alvarez Leiba, Bobadia, L.Martinez, Moore. Att.: 40,000.

Sept. 10 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Joseph (Ramos, Wood) 23, Joseph (Ramos) 35, De Avila 56; Vanney 60. MetroStars — Meola, Harty, Vermes, Zaun, Da Silva, Unger, Wood, Donadoni, Joseph, Ramos, De Avila. Subs: Hennessy for Da Silva in 80th minute, Savarese for De Avila in 82nd, Gillen for […]

Sept. 10 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 Luis Angel Firpo (El Salvador) 1. Goals: own goal 28, Maessner (Etcheverry) 81; Monterrosa (Toro) 22 D.C. United — Causey, Vaudreuil, Imler, Peay, Gori, Williams, Medved, Maessner, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Moreno. Subs: Rammel for Moreno in 61st minute, Kamler for Gori in 72nd, Sanneh for Medved in […]

Location: Giants Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: ESPN. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 9. Series History: April 13 at the Rose Bowl — 69,000 fans watched the Galaxy’s 2-1 victory; June 9 at Giants Stadium — Eduardo Hurtado scored a hat trick as the Galaxy rolled 4-0; July 21 at the Rose Bowl — L.A. […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Duke 2-0-0 2 2. Virginia 2-0-1 1 3. UCLA 3-0-0 14 4. Cal State Fullerton 3-0-1 17 5. Rhode Island 2-0-0 8 6. Creighton 4-0-0 9 7. Indiana 0-1-0 6 8. Santa Clara 2-0-0 13 9. St. John’s 2-0-1 7 10. Washington 2-1-0 nr 11. SMU 1-2-0 3 12. Florida […]

Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 2-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 4-0-0 2 3. Santa Clara 2-0-0 3 4. Portland 2-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 3-0-0 5 6. Stanford 3-0-0 7 7. Texas A&M 3-0-0 8 8. Maryland 5-0-0 10 9. Florida 2-0-0 20 10. Washington 2-1-0 13 11. Clemson 2-1-0 11 12. Virginia 3-1-0 […]

The U.S. Futsal national team downed Cuba 7-3 on Saturday to win the CONCACAF regional qualifying tournament for World Futsal Championhip, which will be held in Spain Nov. 26-Dec. 5. Forward Franklin McIntosh paced the U.S. with two goals and two assists. Teammate Dennis Brose (five goals, two assists) was named the tournament’s most valuable […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P *Montreal 26 21 5 40 17 55 *Colorado 25 14 11 51 33 38 *Seattle 26 15 11 33 24 37 Rochester 24 12 12 40 41 30 Vancouver 26 12 14 33 38 30 New York 26 9 17 30 37 21 Atlanta 19 3 16 […]

Sept. 8 in Denver Colorado 1 San Jose 3. Goals: Espinoza (Wynalda) 24, Espinoza (Iroha) 40, Bravo (Espinoza 85); Harbor 28. Colorado — Woods, Hamlett, Kmosko, S. Henderson, Cannon, DeVries, Trittschuh, Benedetti, C. Henderson, Bartlett, Harbor. Subs: none. San Jose — Liner, Martin, Ianni, Doyle, Draguicevich, Rodas, Emenalo, Iroha, Espinoza, Bravo, Wynalda. Sub: Corrales for […]

Sept. 7 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 Columbus 5. Goals: Preki (Wright, Klopas) 54; Carrera (Caligiuri) 8, Maisonneuve (Iribarren) 39, Maisonneuve (Warzycha) 48, Marino (Moneme) 80, Maisonneuve (Marino) 82. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Ekeme, Okafor, Bowers, Gutierrez, Klopas, Sorber, Preki, Chung, Takawira, Johnston. Subs: Wright for Ekeme in 53rd minute, McKeon for Klopas in […]

Friday Sept. 6 — MetroStars at D.C. United Location: RFK Stadium. Kickoff (ET): 7:30 p.m. Television: Home Team Sports (delayed until 11:00 eastern). Satellite: Spacenet 3, Tr. 23. Series History: May 12 at RFK Stadium — Giovanni Savarese scored a second-half equalizer, and the Metros earned a 2-1 shootout win; May 30 at Giants Stadium […]

The U.S. national futsal team has qualified for the thired World Futsal Championship, which will be held in Spain Nov. 26 through Dec. 5. The U.S. clinched its berth with a 7-3 semifinal victory over Guatemala, and will play Cuba on Sunday for the CONCACAF championship and a possible top seeding for Spain ’96, in […]