Monthly Archives: April 1997

Results Columbus 2 Dallas 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 3 3 5 5 Shootout records: […]

Results Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 1 MetroStars 3 New England 1 Colorado 2 D.C. United 5 San Jose 4 Los Angeles 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 New England 3 1 2 3 […]

Orlando Marca Dale City, Va. In the news, I heard that D.C. United player Marco Etcheverry was going to leave D.C. and go to Japan. Is this true? If it is, is there a chance of a Peruvian player playing here since they did play very well in the U.S. Cup? Ridge Mahoney: The league […]

MLS commissioner Doug Logan has announced several changes to the league’s 1997 schedule. Six games have been moved to different dates, while an additional four games will kickoff at a different time. Stadium conflicts due to the recent release of the NFL schedule, as well as player demand due to World Cup qualifying matches, were […]

Major League Soccer’s competition committee has decided the parameters detailing the role defender Paul Caligiuri will take with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Galaxy has the option to decide when Caligiuri, who recently won his abritration case against MLS, will become a member of the club’s 20-player active roster. Caligiuri is currently part of the […]

The following are the ’97 recipients of grants and amounts approved from the U.S. Soccer Foundation, as approved at its April 5 board of directors meeting. Organization Grant Amount U.S. Soccer (Project 40) $300,000 U.S. Amateur Association Festival $220,000 Calif. Youth Soccer Assoc.-South $115,000 Framingham (Mass.) United SC $100,000 No. Cheyenne (Wy.) Community Park $100,000 […]

The following are the results of the SA Online March 1997 poll, in which 1,347 fans picked this year’s MLS champion, runner-up, and two beaten conference finalists. Team Champion Runner-up Conference Finalist D.C. United 315 211 465 Los Angeles 247 391 408 MetroStars 239 134 301 Tampa Bay 141 156 257 New England 114 86 […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (1) MetroStars Defenders Eddie Pope (1) D.C. United Marcelo Balboa (1) Colorado Frankie Hejduk (1) Tampa Bay Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (1) Tampa Bay Mark Santel (1) Dallas Marco Etcheverry (1) D.C. United Forwards Jaime Moreno (1) D.C. United Wolde Harris (1) Colorado Giuseppe Galderisi (2) Tampa Bay Chiquinho Conde (1) New England […]

MLS has officially added Miami and Chicago as expansion franchises in 1998. o Miami’s team will be operated by Ken Horowitz, a communications and cell phone entrepreneur, who paid a $20 million franchise fee. o The Miami team will play in the Orange Bowl, where MLS is to sign a 10-year lease with the city […]

Features USA-Mexico Rivalry Moves Into High Gear By Doug Cress Fireworks, Festivities And Fantastic Futbol in D.C. By Steven Goff Q&A: Columbus GM Jamey Rootes Interview by Craig Merz A-League Stars Find Happy Homes Without MLS By Poul Swain El Salvador Keeps Canada Scoreless UCLA Bruins Fill Holes With U.S. U-18s By Poul Swain Keller’s […]

Group 3 April 8 in Manama Jordan 0 UAE 0. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Jordan 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 UAE 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group 3 April 9 in Harare, Zimbabwe Zaire 2 Zambia 2. Goals: Sunda 29, Bazamba 50; Malitoli 21, Tembo 81. Att.: 20,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Congo 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 S. Africa 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 Zaire 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 […]

Umbro Boys (Final) 1 Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 29-0-1 2 Klein (Texas) 27-2-0 3 Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei 24-1-3 4 Houston Cypress Creek 23-2-1 5 Honolulu Iolani 17-1-4 5 Boca Raton (Fla.) Olympic Heights 28-2-1 7 Grapevine (Texas) 24-1-1 8 Clearwater (Fla.) Central Catholic 27-0-1 9 Tucson (Ariz.) Rincon 22-2-0 10 Simi Valley (Calif.) […]

The following are the rosters for the U.S. women’s national team’s Nike Victory Tour. Twelve players will be on hand for the entire tour: Goalkeepers — Briana Scurry, Tracy Noonan. Defenders — Brandi Chastain, Christie Pearce, Tammy Pearman. Midfielders — Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Shannon MacMillan, Tisha Venturini. Forwards — Danielle Fotopoulos, Mia Hamm, Tiffeny […]

The following is the U.S. under-17 boys team roster for its trip to Germany, where it will play Borussia Dortmund and Schalke youth teams and the Westphalen regional select team: Goalkeepers — Bryheem Hancock (Delaware FC), Kyle Singer (St. Croix, Minn.). Defenders — Dan Califf (Canyon Classic, Calif.), Nick Downing (Crossfire Sounders, Wash.), Beckett Hollenbach […]

Group A June 16 — Malaysia vs. Morocco in Shah Alam. June 17 — Uruguay vs. Belgium in Shah Alam. June 19 — Malaysia vs. Uruguay, Morocco vs. Belgium in Shah Alam. June 22 — Malaysia vs. Belgium, Morocco vs. Uruguay in Shah Alam. Group B June 17 — South Korea vs. South Africa, France […]

April 5 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 MetroStars 1. Goals: Pope 40, Moreno (Harkes, Rammel) 89; De Avila 77. #195# SA Report Card D.C. United — Garlick (6), Vaudreuil (6), Llamosa (5), Pope (8), Agoos (6), Williams (5), Sanneh (5), Harkes (6), Etcheverry (7), Moreno (7), Rammel (5). Subs: Maessner (5) for Sanneh in […]

The San Jose Clash announced the signing of two foreign players — Mexican Daniel Guzman and Hungarian Istvan Urbanyi — on April 5. “We’re confident that these are the final two pieces to a championship puzzle, that the Clash now has the kind of team it takes to compete for MLS Cup ’97,” said Clash […]

April 6 in Vancouver Canada 0 El Salvador 0. Att.: n/a. 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 El Salvador 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Jamaica 1 […]

Results Tampa Bay 4 New England 0 Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 2 2 0 6 6 1 D.C. United 2 2 0 4 2 1 New England 2 1 1 3 1 4 Columbus 2 1 1 1 1 3 MetroStars 3 0 3 0 2 3 […]

Group 5 April 6 in Jakarta Indonesia 8 Cambodia 0 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Indonesia 1 1 0 0 8 0 3 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambodia 1 0 0 1 0 8 0

Group 1 April 5 in Lagos Nigeria 2 Guinea 1. Goals: Amokachi 65, 76; Camara 86. Att.: 50,000. April 6 in Nairobi Kenya 4 Burkina Faso 3. Goals: Okoth 52, 59, 82, Were 67; Zongo 15, 65, Sanou pen. 40. Att.: 25,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 3 2 1 0 […]

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

MLS Games on Television (weekend of April 5-6) Date Game Kickoff (ET) Channel Satellite April 5 MetroStars at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN Galaxy 5, Tr. 9 April 5 Los Angeles at Kansas City 8:00 p.m. KTLA-5 Los Angeles Spacenet 3, Tr. 15 April 5 San Jose at Dallas 8:30 p.m. KICU-36 San Jose none […]

The MetroStars filled their final two foreign player slots April 3, when MLS allocated the New York/New Jersey club a pair of Brazilians: defensive midfielder Guido and central defender Joao Luis. Guido is a 21-year-old who played with the MetroStars on their preseason tour of Italy in March. The 5-8 midfielder last played for Sao […]