Monthly Archives: December 1996

Dec. 15 in La Paz Bolivia 0 Paraguay 0. Att.: n/a. Dec. 15 in San Cristobal Venezuela 0 Colombia 2. Goals: Bermudez 7, Valenciano 50. Att.: 25,000.

In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, Soccer America honors the 11 players and one coach from the past 25 years who’ve had the most positive impact on U.S. soccer. They are the Soccer America Silver XI — announced Dec. 14 at the Soccer America FanZone in Richmond, Va. Here are the winners: Goalie Tony Meola […]

The USA has defeated Costa Rica 2-1 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif. With the victory, the USA clinches a berth in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for World Cup ’98. The U.S. struggled in the final minutes, yielding a free kick and several corner kicks to the inspired Costa Ricans, but the […]

Costa Rica scored in the 76th minute to pull within one goal. the U.S. is presently ahead 2-1. Wilmer Lopez hit a fine left-footed cross from the right edge of the box to the far post, where Gomez headed the ball past the diving Brad Friedel for the score.

The USA continues to lead Costa Rica 1-0 at halftime of their World Cup qualifying match. Brian McBride scored in the 17th minute after Claudio Reyna’s pass freed Ernie Stewart on the right wing, and his cross was touched by two Costa Rican defenders into the path of McBride. The U.S. has had several other […]

Roy Lassiter scored in the 62nd minute to put the USA up 2-0 over Costa Rica. A throw in from the right sideline was headed forward by Ernie Stewart from about 15 yards out, and Alexi Lalas’ sliding shot was deflected by the keeper Barrantes. However, the deflected ball fell to Lassiter, who boomed it […]

Brian McBride scored in the 17th minute to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead over Costa Rica in their World Cup qualifying match at Stanford Stadium. Ernie Stewart took a fine pass on the right wing, and made a brief run before launching a low cross into the box. A Costa Rican defender headed the […]

Mike Fisher of Virginia and Cindy Daws of Notre Dame won the 1996 Herrman Trophy awards, which were presented in a ceremony at the Soccer America FanZone in Richmond, Va. Fisher wins his second consecutive Herrman award, becoming the fourth player to accomplish that feat. Former UVa star Claudio Reyna won in 1992 and 1993. […]

Here are the lineups for the USA vs. Costa Rica World Cup qualifying match at Stanford Stadium. USA — Friedel, Lalas, Agoos, Pope, Burns, Jones, Reyna, Harkes (captain), Stewart, McBride, Lassiter. Subs: Hejduk, Moore, Preki, Sorber, Keller, Kirovski, M. Vasquez. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Marin, Gonzales (captain), Delgado, Solis, Lopez, Ramirez, Jaffet Soto, Medford, R. […]

Dec. 14 in Palo Alto, Calif. USA 2 Costa Rica 1. Goals: McBride 17, Lassiter 60; R. Gomez 75. USA — Friedel, Lalas, Agoos, Pope, Burns, Jones, Reyna, Harkes, Stewart, McBride, Lassiter. Subs: Moore for Reyna in 82nd minute, Kirovski for Jones in 84th. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Marin, Gonzales, Delgado, Solis, Lopez, Ramirez, J. […]

By Mike Woitalla in San Jose, Costa Rica Friday, Nov. 29 — Costa Rica’s winning combination The first time I visited Costa Rica was in 1994, on vacation. The aim was to enjoy the beaches and practice Spanish. When I tried to converse, I talked about soccer and invoked Costa Rica at the 1990 World […]

Dec. 14 in Richmond, Va. U.S. U-20 team 2 College All- Stars 0. Goal: DiGiamarino (Wolff) 27:04. U.S. U-20 team — Napoleon, Sahaydak, Parra, Stoddard, Flores, Corrales, Rodriguez, DiGiamarino, Wolff, Sastoque. Subs: Quill, Chulis, Aldrich, Dunseth, Olsen, Kirk, Gibson. College All-Stars — Coufal, Leib, Jakins, Rasmussen, Provan, Klein, Kelly, Johnson, Suarez, Timbers, Hughes. Subs: Jolley, […]

The U.S. Youth Soccer Girls Olympic Development Program held its annual national trials in Pleasanton, Calif. over the Thanksgiving weekend. The U-16 (1980 birth year) and U-17 (1979 birth year) national team pools were selected by Coaches Tony DiCicco, Lauren Gregg, April Heinrichs, and Carlos Juarez. All members of the U-17 pool were also named […]

FREE! 1,000 mini-balls at the Silver XI unveiling 4pm at the Ukrops Main Stage. MLS coaches Bruce Arena (D.C. United) and Ron Newman (Kansas City Wizards) will be at FanZone today in Richmond, Va. to present College Soccer’s top award (the Hermann Trophy) and to announce the winners of the Soccer America Silver XI. The […]

First Team Pos. Name Year College GK Jon Busch Junior UNC Charlotte D Tahj Jakins Senior UCLA D Pete Santora Senior Furman D John Stratton Senior Air Force MF Mike Fisher Senior Virginia MF Steve Klein Senior Bowling Green MF Mike Mekelburg Senior South Florida F Tony Kuhn Junior Vanderbilt F Ignace Moleka Senior Florida […]

Group 5 Dec. 14 in Nicosia Cyprus 1 Bulgaria 3. Goals: Pittas 29; Balakov 23, 34, Iliev 70. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Russia 3 2 1 0 9 1 7 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 Israel 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 Cyprus 3 […]

Costa Rica’s all-out attack dazzles while its fans shower American players. By Mike Woitalla in San Jose, Costa Rica When Christopher Columbus landed in Costa Rica, he thought he’d found the Garden of Eden. For the U.S. national team, this place turned hellish. “The worst place I ever played,” striker Eric Wynalda said. More than […]

The U.S. Youth Boys Olympic Development Program held its annual national trials over thanksgiving weekend in Cocoa, Fla. Two hundred players from across the country trained and competed in the five-day interregional event. USSF national staff coaches were in attendance, and they selected the following players for the U-15, U-16 and U-17 national pools. U-17 […]

The following members of the U.S. national team are the three finalists for the 1996 Honda Player of the Year Award: Goalie Kasey Keller (Leicester City, England); Striker Roy Lassiter (Tampa Bay Mutiny & Genoa, Italy); and Striker Eric Wynalda (San Jose Clash). This is the second final-three nomination for Wynalda, the 1992 winner, and […]

The Mexican soccer federation (FMF) national council has ended weeks of speculation by deciding to keep former U.S. national team coach Bora Milutinovic as national team coach through World Cup ’98 qualifying. It rejected a contingency plan to keep Milutinovic through U.S. Cup ’97 before deciding on a replacement. He plans on taking a team […]

Ignace Moleka scored in the 65th minute to extend FIU’s lead to 3-0. The goal was the results of a beautiful combination of passes between Moleka, Alen Kozic, and Danny Vargas. The latter finally latched onto a pass from Kozic and took the ball into the penalty area. Vargas then beat Charlotte defender Jim Kunevicius […]

Alen Kozic scored in the 41st minute to give FIU a 1-0 lead over UNC Charlotte. The game has just reached halftime. It has been a scrappy, rushed game thus far, with both teams creating good chances in the first few minutes. The goal came late in the half, when FIU’s Mario Pino sent a […]

Jorge Del Corral scored in the 82nd minute to put FIU ahead 4-0. He beat Busch one-on-one from about ten yards out with a right-footed shot to the right corner.

Tyrone Marshall scored in the 56th minute to put Florida International up 2-0 over UNC Charlotte. After an FIU corner kick, a UNC Charlotte defender attempted to head the ball out, but it went towards Marshall, whose brilliant bicycle kick from 14 yards out beat Charlotte keeper Busch to the left corner.

Dec. 13 in Richmond, Va. Florida International 4 UNC Charlotte 0. Goals: Kozic (Pino, Marshall) 40:42, Marshall (Cain) 56:14, Moleka (Vargas) 63:37, Del Corral 83:12. Florida International — Fontana, Birusingh, Cain, Steele, Fajardo, Pino, Vargas, Carroll, Kozic, Marshall, Moleka. Subs: Arriaza, Del Corral, Leefah, Andersen, Munero, Henriquez. UNC Charlotte — Busch, Daughtry, Routhier, Kunevicius, Parry, […]