Monthly Archives: April 1997

Results Kansas City 2 Dallas 1 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 1 Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 3 3 0 9 8 2 D.C. United 3 3 0 7 7 3 Columbus 3 2 1 4 3 4 New England 3 1 2 3 2 7 MetroStars 4 1 […]

Yes, SA Online’s popular interactive feature, Ask A Star, is back! QPR and U.S. keeper Juergen Sommer will be our first star for 1997. Send Juergen a question by clicking on the Ask a Star link in the INTERACTIVE section of SA Online.

Notes Columbus has called up goalkeeper Aiden Heaney (who was a member of the New England Revolution last season) from the A-League’s Carolina Dynamo to serve as a reserve keeper against San Jose April 19. Brad Friedel is with the U.S. national team, and David Winner will likely start for the Crew…. Jamaican midfielder Freddie […]

FIFA has given U.S. Soccer its blessing to play David Wagner, the German-born striker who played for his native country’s U-18 and U-21 teams, U.S. Soccer’s Tom King told Soccer America Online this afternoon. The Canadian Soccer Association had filed a protest with FIFA claiming Wagner was ineligible to play for the U.S. and asking […]

Goalkeeper Brad Friedel (1) Columbus Defender Rhett Harty (1) MetroStars John Doyle (1) San Jose Cle Kooiman (1) Tampa Bay Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (2) D.C. United John Harkes (1) D.C. United Robert Warzycha (1) Columbus Steve Ralston (1) Tampa Bay Forwards Raul Diaz Arce (1) D.C. United Eric Wynalda (2) San Jose Giovanni Savarese (1) […]

Note: In addition to the regular features in SA, the April 28 issue also includes the debut edition of Mas Futbol. For more information about this new, free publication, see the accompanying story in the news briefs section of SA Online. Features MLS Will Add Two In Year 3 By Ridge Mahoney `Senor Gol’ Leads […]

The Canadian Soccer Association may have been mistaken that David Wagner had played for the German national team in qualifying for the World Youth Championship. CSA hopes to have FIFA overturn the U.S. 3-0 win over Canada March 16 and have it awarded a 3-0 forfeit victory. According to various press reports, the CSA’s claim […]

Mas Futbol, a free-distribution bilingual (Spanish-English) magazine debuts April 28 in 12 U.S. cities. Mas Futbol has a guaranteed distribution of 100,000 primarily through retail businesses, including grocery stores, music shops, video outlets, bars and restaurants. Many Mas Futbol distribution outlets are also ticket sellers for Major League Soccer teams. Soccer America readers receive Mas […]

Portland, Ore. and Washington, D.C. have been selected to host the U.S. national team’s next two World Cup qualifying matches. Portland’s Civic Stadium will be the site of the USA-Costa Rica match on Sept. 7 at 12:30 p.m. (PT). U.S. Soccer will install grass on the floor of the stadium for the match, which will […]

New England has announced that it will host Brazilian club Palmeiras of Sao Paulo in an international match on July 23 at Foxboro Stadium. Palmeiras features Brazilian stars Cafu, Cleber, Viola, Leandro, and Colombian international Freddy Rincon. Tickets are available through both TicketMaster and the Revolution box office (800-946-7287). The Revs also waived forward Patrick […]

The Canadian Soccer Association has filed a protest with FIFA that claims the U.S. used an ineligible player in its 3-0 win over Canada in Palo Alto, Calif. on March 16. The player in question is David Wagner, who plays for Schalke in the German Bundesliga and who played the entire 90 minutes for the […]

April 15 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles (MLS) 1 USA U-20 national team 0. Goal: jara 49. Los Angeles — Kramer (Hartman, 46), Calichman (Caligiuri, 46), Smioli, Jolley, Vanney (Taylor, 46), C.Armas, Cienfuegos (Razov, 46), Pena (Jara, 46), Karapetyan (J.Jones, 46), Hurtado (Welton, 46), C.Jones (Wilson, 46). USA — Kirk, Chulis, McCarty, Dunseth, Evans, Poltl, […]

Group 5 April 13 in Manado Indonesia 0 Yemen 0 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Indonesia 2 1 1 0 8 0 4 Yemen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambodia 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 Group 7 April 13 in […]

U.S. Soccer announced today that a sellout crowd of 57,877 will be at Foxboro Stadium April 20 for the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifying match. It will be the largest crowd ever to watch the U.S. national team in a home qualifier. The kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. (ET), and the game will be televised […]

April 16 in Sheffield Leicester 1 Middlesbrough 0. Goal: Claridge 99. Leicester — Keller, Grayson, Whitlow (Lawrence, 109), Walsh, Prior, Kaamark, Izzet, Lennon, Parker, Claridge (Robins, 117), Heskey. Middlesbrough — Roberts, Cox (Moore, 105), Pearson, Festa (Vickers, 76), Kinder, Mustoe, Hignett (Beck, 105), Blackmore, Emerson, Juninho, Ravanelli. Att.: 45,000. With the win, Leicester advances to […]

The following are the cities to which U.S. Soccer has sent bid applications for USA ’99, the third Women’s World Cup: Atlanta: Fulton County Stadium. Birmingham, Ala.: Legion Field. Boston: Foxboro Stadium. Buffalo: Univ. of Buffalo. Charlotte: Ericsson Stadium. Chicago: Soldier Field. Dallas: Cotton Bowl. Denver: Mile High Stadium. Jacksonville, Fla.: Jacksonville Stadium. Kansas City: […]

o The United States will be training this week in Providence, R.I., for its match against Mexico. Practices are closed to the public. Saturday’s practice scheduled for 3:15 p.m. at Foxboro Stadium wil be open to the media. The U.S. is staying at the Westin Hotel in Providence. o Mexico arrives at its headquarters at […]

April 12 in Tampa Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 1. Goals: Valderrama (pen.) 36, Ralston (Valderrama, Joao Batista) 81; Preki (Takawira, Okafor) 60. SA Report Card Tampa Bay — Dougherty (7), Backman (6), Kooiman (6), Yallop (6), Duhaney (5), Ralston (7), Vasquez (6), Valderrama (7), McKinley (6), Galderisi (8), Lassiter (NR). Subs: Ferruzzi (5) for […]

Results April 12 in Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville 3 Toronto 1. Goals: Duguid (Fitzsimons) 38, Fitzsimmons (Valle) 56, Ledesma (McKnight) 69; Thomas (Centurione) 80. Jacksonville — Walker, Fitzsimons, Rojas, Valle, Motajo, Schmidt, Duguid (Charles, 76), DeOliveira, Tomaro (Errizuria, 22), McKnight, Ledesma (Phelps, 88). Toronto — Ritchie, Golen, Spadafina, Manjarle, Holmes, Zajac (Jurisic, 85), Caporrella, Tilley, Thomas, […]

Columbus — Pending the May 6 approval of a three-year 1/2 cent sales tax issue (to help build a new arena/soccer stadium complex) by the voters in Franklin County, MLS has awarded MLS Cup 2000 and the 2001 MLS All-Star Game to the city of Columbus. “The unprecedented nature of awarding [the two events] in […]

Group 3 April 14 in Manama Bahrain 1 Jordan 0. Goal: al-Dosari 29 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P UAE 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Jordan 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Next match: April 19 — Jordan vs. Bahrain.

D3 Pro League April 10 Daytona 0 Wilmington 3 April 11 Florida 0 Myrtle Beach 1 Houston 2 Alabama 0 S.F. Bay 2 Reno 1 San Fernando Valley 1 Hawaii 2 April 12 Florida 1 Wilmington 2 Cocoa 1 Myrtle Beach 5 Austin 1 Alabama 0 S.F. Bay 2 Sacramento 3 Chico 3 Reno 0 […]

The following is the U.S. player pool for the Mexico game April 20 in Foxboro, Mass. Goalkeepers — Brad Friedel (Columbus, MLS), Kasey Keller (Leicester, England). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United, MLS), Marcelo Balboa (Colorado, MLS), Mike Burns (New England, MLS), Thomas Dooley (Schalke, Germany), Mike Duhaney (Tampa Bay Mutiny), Frankie Hejduk (Tampa Bay […]

Group 3 April 11 in Manama Bahrain 1 United Arab Emirates 2. Goals: Darwish 89; Mohammed 20, 62. Att.: n/a. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P UAE 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Jordan 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bahrain 1 0 0 1 1 2 0

Results April 13 in Mexico City Mexico 6 Jamaica 0. Goals: Galindo pen. 10, Hermosillo 17, 39, 46, Del Olmo 51, L. Hernandez 85. Att.: 120,000. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 3 2 1 0 10 0 7 USA 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Costa Rica 2 1 […]