Monthly Archives: March 1997

The following is the roster for the U-20 women’s national team training camp held March 23-29 in North Carolina. Goalkeepers — LaKeysia Beene (Notre Dame), Megan Boehme (Virginia), Siri Mullinix (North Carolina). Defenders — Shannon Boxx (Notre Dame), Kristen Eaton (Portland), Lorrie Fair (North Carolina), Ronnie Fair (Stanford), Jen Grubb (Notre Dame), Renee Reynolds (Florida […]

Group 1 March 31 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Malaysia 1 Bangladesh 0. Goal: al-Abedine (pen.) 32. Saudi Arabia 6 Chinese Taipei 0. Goals: Gaber 3, 17, 63, Mas’ad 5, al-Dhasiri 31, al-Zahrani 46. Final Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 6 5 1 0 18 1 16 Malaysia 6 3 […]

March 29 in Columbus Columbus 2 Colorado 1 (Columbus wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Marino (Carrera) 79; Trittschuh (Paz) 39. Columbus — Friedel, Michallik, Yeagley, Clark, Miguez, Butler, Warzycha, Salcedo, Carrera, Maisonneuve, McBride. Subs: Smith for Butler in 46th minute, Marino for Michallik in 65th. Colorado — Grafer, Vermes, Balboa, Trittschuh, Kmosko, Paz, Bravo, Castaneda, C. […]

Men’s U-20 national team The U-20s have been training in England and have compiled a 1-1-1 record against English club youth teams. The U.S. beat Manchester United’s youth squad 4-0, drew 0-0 with Oldham, and fell to Tranmere 2-1. Shaun Petroski, a native of Granite City, Ill. who plays for Bayer Uerdingen in the German […]

Group 5 March 31 in Luxembourg Luxembourg 0 Israel 3. Goals: Zohar 11, 80, Banin 56. Att.: 6,066. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Israel 5 3 1 1 7 4 10 Russia 4 2 2 0 10 2 8 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 Cyprus 4 1 1 […]

Group 1 March 29 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 3 Malaysia 0. Goals: Musab 60, 85. al-Dhasiri 87. Att.: 50,000. Taiwan 1 Bangladesh 2. Goals: Hu Sen 53; al-Amin 45, Ahmed 81. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 5 4 1 0 12 1 13 Malaysia 5 2 2 […]

Several clubs made personnel moves to meet the 20-man roster deadline on March 28. Colorado waived goalkeeper Dusty Hudock, who saw action in nine games last season. San Jose waived former UNC Charlotte star Mac Cozier, who played for Columbus in 1996, and former MetroStar Edmundo Rodgriguez. Tampa Bay placed Polish forward Jacek Ziober on […]

Group 1 March 29 in Split Croatia 1 Denmark 1. Goals: Suker 50; B. Laudrup 82. Att.: 34,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Greece 4 2 1 1 7 3 7 Denmark 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 3 5 Bosnia 3 1 0 2 […]

March 29 Kansas City 3 San Jose 2 (Kansas City wins shootout 4-3) Columbus 2 Colorado 1 (Columbus wins shootout 3-2) Dallas 0 New England 1 Tampa Bay 2 MetroStars 1 Los Angeles 0 D.C. United 1 (D.C. United wins shootout 3-2) Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 1 […]

Anu Khare Red Bank, N.J. One issue in soccer that has intrigued me is television coverage. Of all the major networks in the country, Capital Cities/ABC is the most committed to soccer. I have been very pleased with their recent soccer coverage, especially World Cup USA ’94, U.S. Cups ’95 and ’96 and MLS Cup […]

Group 1 March 27 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Taiwan 0 Malaysia 0 Saudi Arabia 3 Bangladesh 0 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 9 1 10 Malaysia 4 2 2 0 4 0 8 Taiwan 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 Bangladesh 4 0 0 […]

Group 4 March 25 in Muscat, Oman Japan 10 Macao 0 Oman 1 Nepal 0 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Japan 2 2 0 0 11 0 6 Oman 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Nepal 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Macao 2 0 1 1 1 11 […]

Despite a recent Soccer America Online poll, in which 65 percent of 1,050 fans said they were opposed to the shootout, Major League Soccer plans to keep the tiebreaker. In an interview before the San Jose-MetroStars opener that ended in a 0-0 tie and went to a shootout lasting 11 rounds, MLS commissioner Doug Logan […]

Columbus took a step towards shore up a defense weakened by the loss of Ricardo Iribarren and the departure of Paul Caligiuri to the Los Angeles Galaxy by signing Argentine defender Sergio “Pato” Miguez. MIguez, 29, is a ten-year veteran of the Argentine First Division, debuting with River Plate in 1986 and spending the bulk […]

Features No ‘Tio Sam’ revenge By Mike Woitalla More happy days for Costa Rica By Mike Woitalla Year 2 opener: Clash misses The Finisher By Duncan Irving Parreira Era opens with some promise By Ridge Mahoney Dutch toast Miracle in Madrid By Richard Bastin The end of Barca’s Brazilians? Columns Soccer Talk — John O’Brien: […]

March 25 in Liverpool Tranmere youth team (England) 2 USA 1. U.S. goal Wolff 33. USA — Napoleon, Dunseth, Abukusumo, Stoddard, Aldrich, Moore, Evans, Fitchett (Rodriguez, 85), Armas, Quill, Wolff.

March 25 in Milanno Marittima, Italy USA 3 Norway 2. U.S. goals: Albright (2), Norkus. USA — Rimando, Bocanegra, Laycock, Cherundolo, Pierce, Garcia, Morrison, Tsakiris (Potempa), Albright, Goldsmith, Norkus (Baardales). Att.: 250. Next games: March 26 vs. Iceland, March 27 vs. Belgium.

Depleted Mutiny ties in El Salvador The Tampa Bay Mutiny had been scheduled to play a friendly against Aguila of El Salvador’s First Division on Sunday, but the MLS squad ended up playing against the members of the Salvadoran national team instead. Tampa, down 2-0 at halftime and missing several players due to illness, were […]

Group 4 March 23 in Muscat Japan 1 (Yohara 10) Oman 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Macao 1 (Chon 10) Nepal 1 (Khadka 20). Half: 1-1. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Japan 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Macao 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nepal 1 […]

Costa Rica has defeated the U.S. 3-2 in their World Cup qualifying match at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San Jose. The U.S. equalized for a second time in the 68th minute, when substitute Roy Lassiter (who once starred in the Costa Rican First Division) intercepted a lateral pass in front of the Tico box, and […]

Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 USA 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Jamaica 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 2 0 0 2 […]

March 23 in San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica 3 USA 2. Goals: Medford 10, Solis 32, Gomez 76; Wynalda 24, Lassiter 68. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Wallace, Gonzales, Berry, Marin, Mayorga, Solis, Lopez, Gomez, Wanchope (Chaves, 75), Medford (Soto, 63). USA — Keller, Agoos, Lalas, Pope (Burns, 65), Dooley, Harkes, Sanneh, Reyna (Vermes, 75), […]

After a fast-paced first half, Costa Rica leads the U.S. 2-1 in their World Cup qualifier in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Ticos opened the game with an energetic assault on the U.S. half of the field, and in the 10th minute, Hernan Medford ran onto a through ball that split Eddie Pope and Alexi […]

March 22 Results San Jose 1 MetroStars 0 (San Jose wins shootout 4-3). Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L SOW GF GA PTS Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 […]

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