Monthly Archives: February 1997

D.C. United left back Mario Gori underwent reconstructive surgery Feb. 6 to repair damage to his right knee. The Argentine was injured in keep-away drills on the MLS champions’ first day of practice in Bradenton, Fla. He suffered a tear of his anterior cruciate ligament. Gori is expected to be out 4-6 months. To shore […]

MLS will make five minor changes to its 1997 schedule, Commissioner Doug Logan announced today. Four of the changes are due to stadium conflicts, while the fifth will allow for the World Cup Qulaifying/MLS doubleheader at Foxboro Stadium April 20. MLS expects to announce more changes after the NFL’s schedule is released in April. Potential […]

Features MLS Combine: Finding Rhinestones In the Rough By Mike Woitalla Carlos Alberto Parreira: Combine Is Good Idea Interview by Mike Woitalla 1997 MLS Draft MLS Extends Its Reach To The A-League By Ridge Mahoney Three Cities, Two Matches, No Wins For U.S. By Ridge Mahoney Dan Calichman: `One Of The Nice Perks’ Interview by […]

Three of the five teams the United States faces in CONCACAF’s Hexagonal will be in action tonight (Feb. 5). Mexico faces Ecaudor in Mexico City, Costa Rica hosts Slovakia in San Jose and El Salvador meets a Salvadoran First Division XI in San Salvador. Mexican national team coach Bora Milutinovic is giving most of his […]

Note: The ten group winners advance to the final round of qualifying, later in 1997, from which three teams will automatically advance to the World Cup Finals, and the fourth-place team will meet the Oceania champion in a two-leg playoff for a berth at France ’98. Group 1 In Malaysia: March 16 Chinese Taipei vs. […]

First Round, First Leg May 31 in Nouakchott Mauritania 0 Burkina Faso 0. Att.: 8,000. June 1 in Blantyre Malawi 0 South Africa 1. Goal: Tinkler 20. Att.: 7,000. June 1 in Banjul Gambia 2 Liberia 1 . Goals: Corr pen. 15, Sillah 62; Debbah pen. 35. Att.: 20,000. June 1 in Kampala Uganda 0 […]

Note: The top four teams join defending champion Brazil as South America’s entrants at France ’98. Results April 24 in Caracas Venezuela 0 Uruguay 2. Goals: Otero 54, Poyet 71. Att.: 12,000. April 24 in Buenos Aires Argentina 3 Bolivia 1. Goals: Ortega 8, 18, Batistuta 49; Baldivieso 42. Att.: 60,000. April 24 in Guayaquil […]

First Round Melanesian Group Sept. 16 in Lae, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 1 Solon Islands 1. Goals: n/a. Att.: n/a. Sept. 18 in Lae, Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands 1 Vanuatu 1. Goals: n/a. Att.: 1,500. Sept. 20 in Lae, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2 Vanuatu 1. Goals: Furigi 88, Karong […]

Note: The nine group winners and the best runner-up automatically advance to France ’98. The eight other runner-ups will be drawn into pairs and play home-and-away series, with the four winners advancing to the World Cup Finals. Group 1 April 24 in Athens Greece 2 Slovenia 0. Goals: Batista 56, Nikolaides 66. Att.: 10,000. Sept. […]

Caribbean Zone First Round, First Leg March 10 in Roseau Dominica 3 Antigua 3. Goals: Dominic 8, Dangler pen. 42, Marshall 90; Clarke 15, Edwards 28, 74. Att.: 5,000. March 24 in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 3 Aruba 2. Goals: Rodriguez 29, Pena 50, 82; Deelaar 64, Malmberg 86. Att.: 5,000. March 30 in Georgetown […]

In perhaps the biggest trade in the brief history of Major League Soccer, the MetroStars acquired U.S. national team midfielder Mike Sorber from the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for midfielder Damian Silvera and a first-round pick in the 1998 MLS College Draft. Sorber, 25, started 23 games for Kansas City last year, notching four […]

Here is the tentative 1997 MLS/A-League affiliation alignment between the two leagues. Columbus Crew — Charleston Battery, Milwaukee Rampage Colorado Rapids — Atlanta Ruckus, Colorado Foxes Dallas Burn — El Paso Patriots, New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Kansas City Wizards — Carolina Dynamo, Orlando Sundogs* Los Angeles Galaxy — Minnesota Thunder, Orange County Zodiac MetroStars — […]

Here is a team-by-team recap of the 1997 A-League draft. Note: T is Territorial round Atlanta Ruckus no selections California Jaguars Round/Player Pos. 1996 Team T. Alberto Montoya MF Santa Clara 1. Brian Johnson M Fresno State 2. Brad Davies M Stanford Carolina Dynamo Round/Player Pos. 1996 Team 1. Scott Coufal G Indiana 1. J.T. […]

Just hours after acquiring Mike Sorber from Kansas City, the MetroStars made another trade, sending former U.S. national team star Peter Vermes and a third-round pick in the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft to the Colorado Rapids for midfielder Kerry Zavagnin and future considerations. The Metros are looking to firm up their roster before departing to […]

The following are the results of the 1997 MLS Collegiate Draft First Round No. Team Selection Pos. College 1 Colorado Tahj Jakins D UCLA 2 Tampa Bay Mike Fisher MF Virginia 3 Columbus Rob Jachym MF Hartford 4 San Jose Alberto Montoya MF Santa Clara 5 MetroStars Brian Kelly F Duke 6 Dallas Temoc Suarez […]

Here are the results of the MLS Supplemental Draft, held Feb. 2 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. First Round No. Team Selection Pos. Age College 1 Los Angeles* Danny Pena D 28 n/a 2 Dallas** Wade Webber D 30 Portland 3 New England** Bill Harte D 25 Loyola 4 Dallas*** Dan Stebbins F 27 Notre Dame […]

Division I All-Star Game Feb. 1 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. East 0 West 2. Goals: Beyer 14, Suarez 58. East — Friedrichs, Branigan, Care, Jolley, Elliott, Hickey, Kohler, Kelly, Joseph, Jachym, Hughes. Subs: Mekelburg, Hansen, Shaw, Lieb, Marlovits, Campbell. West — Coufal, Annichero, Jakins, Provan, Johnson, Stratton, Capasso, Suarez, Montoya, Moleka, Beyer. Subs: Steel, Klein, […]

1985 — Lisa Gmitter (George Mason) 1986 — April Heinrichs (North Carolina) 1987 — Michelle Akers (Central Florida) 1988 — Shannon Higgins (North Carolina) 1989 — Shannon Higgins (North Carolina) 1990 — Kristine Lilly (North Carolina) 1991 — Julie Foudy (Stanford) 1992 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina) 1993 — Mia Hamm (North Carolina) 1994 — […]

Feb. 1 in Guangzhou China 1 USA 1. Goals: Weigno Peng Mao 31; Lalas 25. China — Chu Liang, Ju Haisun, Zhi Yifan, Bing Lie, Tie Li, Dong Liangxu (Tingyu Li, 65), Ming Li (Xian Dongcao, 86), Weigno Peng, Wu Bin (Hong Xu, 44), Ming Yuma (Xiao Ruizhang, 63), Mao Zhengsu. USA — Dodd, Burns, […]

1984 — Paul DiBernardo (Indiana) 1985 — Michael Brady (American) 1986 — Paul Caligiuri (UCLA), John Kerr (Duke) 1987-91 — no winner 1992 — Claudio Reyna (Virginia) 1993 — Claudio Reyna (Virginia) 1994 — A.J. Wood (Virginia) 1995 — Mike Fisher (Virginia) 1996 — Johnny Torres (Creighton)

The Los Angeles Galaxy has traded Midfielder/Defender Jorge Salcedo to Columbus for the first pick in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft, the league announced Feb. 1. The Crew had acquired the pick from Colorado in exchange for Adrian Paz earlier in the day. Here is the new order for the first round of the 1997 […]

Here are the picks in the first round of the 1997 MLS Collegiate Draft. No. Team Selection Pos. College 1 Colorado Tahj Jakins D UCLA 2 Tampa Bay Mike Fisher MF Virginia 3 Columbus Rob Jachym MF Hartford 4 San Jose Alberto Montoya MF Santa Clara 5 MetroStars Brian Kelly F Duke 6 Dallas Temoc […]

The Colorado Rapids traded the first pick in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft to Columbus for Uruguayan forward/midfielder Adrian Paz and an additional draft pick, the team announced today. In addition, Colorado will select former UCLA defender Tahj Jakins with the first pick in the MLS Collegiate Draft, to be held later today in Ft. […]

The following are the results of the January, 1997 poll, in which 1,113 fans decided which three countries in the CONCACAF hexagonal would qualify for France ’98. Country Votes *USA 1081 *Mexico 1059 *Costa Rica 540 Canada 282 Jamaica 213 El Salvador 163