Monthly Archives: June 1997

June 25 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 2 (Kansas City wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Wright (Johnston, Chung) 18, Chung (Rodriguez) 65; Prampin (Hejduk) 28, Prampin (Gilmar) 39. SA Report Card Kansas City — Ammann (5), McKeon (5), Gough (5), Bowers (5), Tinsley (5), Okafor (5), Chung (7), Preki (5), Johnston (6), Wright […]

June 29 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey (A-League) 2 MetroStars (MLS) 2 (MetroStars win shootout 3-2). Goals: Johnson (Tschantret) 54, Zoric (Tschantret) 56; Wood 41, Savarese (Donadoni) 90. Hershey — Pappas, Oudin, Williams, Penny, Leib, Waite, Tschantret, Zoric, Longenecker, D’Ambra, Johnson. Subs: Swords for Williams in 46th minute, Feniger for D’Ambra in 73rd, Fairchild for Tschantret […]

Group A June 29 in Karlskroga, Sweden France 1 (Roujas 50) Spain 1 (Jimenez 14). Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. June 29 in Karlstad, Sweden Sweden 2 (Ljungberg 10, Pohjanen 82) Russia 1 (Savina 80). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Sweden 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 France […]

June 29 in La Paz Bolivia 1 Brazil 3. Goals: E.Sanchez 45; Edmundo 37, Ronaldo 79, Ze Roberto 90. Bolivia — Trucco, S. Castillo, Sandy, O.Sanchez, Cristaldo, Soria, Etcheverry, E.Sanchez, Moreno (Coimbra,74), R.Castillo, player n/a. Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Goncalves, Roberto Carlos, Dunga, Flavio Conceicao (Ze Roberto, 71), Leonardo (Mauro Silva), Denilson, Ronaldo, Edmundo […]

June 29 in San Salvador El Salvador 1 USA 1. Goals: Diaz Arce 60; Lassiter 51. Att.: 32,000 (sellout). Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 5 3 2 0 13 2 11 Costa Rica 5 2 1 2 7 6 7 USA 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 El Salvador […]

The U.S. and El Salvador drew 1-1 in their World Cup qualifying match June 29 in San Salvador. After a lackluster first half, the U.S. cranked up the intensity, putting a good deal of pressure on the hosts. In the 51st minute, a cross from John Harkes on the right side split the El Salvador […]

June 29 in Shah Alam Ireland 1 Spain 0. Goal: Molloy (pen.) 51. Ireland — O’Connor, Worrall, Ryan, Hawkins, Inman, Cummins, Morgan, Duff, Kirby (Baker, 89), Fenn, Molloy (Murphy, 66). Spain — Laniez, J.Fernandez, Bernaus, Gomez, C.Fernandez, Ruiz, Rivera (Albelda, 86), Farinos (Ribera, 69), Angulo, Lopez (Ania, 69), Rodriguez. Att.: 9,000. June 29 in Kuching […]

Group 5 June 29 in Phnom Penh Cambodia 1 Uzbekistan 4 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Uzbekistan 5 4 1 0 15 2 13 Yemen 5 2 2 1 9 2 8 Indonesia 6 1 4 1 11 6 7 Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 27 1 (Uzbekistan clinches group title.) […]

June 28 in Oruru Mexico 1 Peru 0. Goal: Hernandez 81. lineups n/a. Att.: 8,000.

Results Tampa Bay 3 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 3 Kansas City 4 (SO) San Jose 3 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 15 11 4 29 33 21 New England 15 10 5 22 18 19 Tampa Bay 16 8 8 22 28 29 Columbus 15 7 8 17 […]

Oceania playoff, first leg June 28 in Auckland New Zealand 0 Australia 3 (Aloisi 19, Vidmar 42, Foster 68). Half: 0-2. Att.: n/a. (Second leg to be played July 5; winner meets fourth-place Asian team for a berth at France ’98.)

Group 4 June 28 in Tokyo Japan 1 (Nakata 5) Oman 1 (Samir 64). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Macao 2 (Chiman 79, Martins 90) Nepal 1 (Amatya 20) . Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Japan 6 5 1 0 31 1 16 Oman 6 4 1 […]

The U.S. will be without forward Eric Wynalda for this weekend’s World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador. Wynalda, who has been bothered by a groin injury throughout the 1997 MLS season, reaggravated the injury during the USA’s 2-1 win over Israel on June 17. He is not expected to travel with the U.S. to […]

HERSHEY 0 D.C. UNITED 1 (SO) June 26 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey (A-League) 0 D.C. United 1 (D.C. United wins 4-3 in shootout). Hershey — Petras, Oudin, Leib (Penny, 46), M.Williams, Swords, Longenecker, Waite, Zoric, Feniger, Johnson (Fairchild, 60), Tschantret (D’Ambra, 58). D.C. United — Causey (Presthus, 46), Vaudreuil, Llamosa, Peay, Iroha, R.Williams, Maessner (Marsch, […]

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann (3) Colorado Defenders Alexi Lalas (1) New England Tom Dooley (1) Columbus Sean Bowers (2) Kansas City Matt Kmosko (2) Colorado Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (3) Tampa Bay Mark Chung (2) Kansas City Cobi Jones (1) Los Angeles Forwards Preki (4) Kansas City Chris Henderson (1) Colorado Frank Klopas (1) Kansas City In […]

First Round June 18 Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 4 Tucson Amigos (Premier) 2 June 20 San Jose Inter SC (USASA) 0 San Francisco Bay Seals (D3 Pro) 4 Central Coast Roadrunners (Premier) 4 Albuquerque Geckos (D3 Pro) 2 June 24 Wilmington Hammerheads (D3 Pro) 2 Mid Michigan Bucks (Premier) 3 Chicago Stingers (D3 Pro) […]

Here are current 1997 season-ticket sales for the 10 MLS teams, as well as their season-ticket sales for 1996: Team ’97 sales ’96 sales Pct. MetroStars 7,760 8,581 90% New England 6,728 5,220 129% Columbus 6,477 9,078 71% D.C. United 3,534 3,031 117% San Jose 3,358 2,808 120% Kansas City 2,899 4,115 70% Los Angeles […]

The U.S. U-17 men’s national team will test themselves against some of the finest U-17 teams in the world when they host the Born in the USA tournament July 4-6 in Macon, Ga. The U.S. will be joined by Nigeria (the 1993 U-17 world champions), Brazil (the 1995 runners-up) and Ghana (the 1991 and 1995 […]

The following is the schedule for the 1997 Women’s European Championship to be played June 29-June 12 in Sweden and Norway. Group A June 29 — France-Spain, Sweden-Russia. July 2 — Sweden-Spain, Russia-France. July 5 — Russia-Spain, Sweden-France. Group B June 30 — Germany-Italy, Norway-Denmark. July 3 — Italy-Denmark, Norway-Germany. July 6 — Norway-Italy, Denmark-Germany. […]

MLS TV Schedule for June 28 Date Match Kickoff (ET) Channel June 28 Los Angeles at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. KTLA-Los Angeles June 28 Kansas City at Colorado 8: 00 p.m. ESPN2 June 28 Dallas at San Jose 10:30 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest MLS Yellow Card Update 23 points — Steve Trittschuh (Colorado). Note: Trittschuh […]

June 25 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 1 Alianza Lima (Peru) 1. Goals: Savarese (Lagos, da Silva) 79; Chevez (Hinostroza) 76. MetroStars — Thornton, Semioli, Joao Luiz, Harty, Lagos, Joseph, Donadoni, Zavagnin, Kelly, Ramos, De Avila. Subs: Wood for Joseph in 46th minute, Rizi for Zavagnin in 46th, Savarese for De Avila in 46th, […]

The organizing committee for the 1999 Women’s World Cup has narrowed the field of potential host stadiums down to twelve finalists in nine communities throughout the U.S. The final candidates are: Legion Field (Birmingham, Ala.), Foxboro Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.), Ericsson Stadium (Charlotte, N.C.), Soldier Field (Chicago), Coliseum (Los Angeles), Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.), Giants Stadium […]

MLS Senior Vice President of Operations William C. Sage announced today that five players have been fined for incidents occurring in recent matches. Tony Meola has been fined $750 for post-game comments and actions recorded in The Star Ledger on June 22. The comments were made after the MetroStars 2-1 loss to Columbus on June […]

The U.S. will host Ecuador in an international friendly match at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Md. on August 7 at 7:30 p.m. eastern (live TV on ESPN), U.S. Soccer announced today. The match marks the first national team appearance in Baltimore in nearly 25 years. With the U.S. having over two months between qualifying matches […]

June 26 in Kangar Japan 1 Australia 0. Goal: Yanagisawa 44. Japan — Minami, Toda, Miyamoto, Jojo, Myojin, Hiroyama, Yanagisawa, Yamaguchi, Ono, Nagai (Yamashita, 46), Nakamura. Australia — Milosevic, Emerton, Zelic (Baser, 46), Blatsis, Foxe, Damianos, Grella (Gonzalez, 81), Curcija (Allsopp, 78), Salapasidis, Sinozic, Robertson. Att.: 8,000. June 26 in Johor Bahru Argentina 2 England […]