Monthly Archives: June 1997

Group 2 June 11 in Tehran Kyrgyzstan 2 (Sardarov 77, Kotsov 90) Syria 1 (al-Boushi 85). Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Iran 9 (Mansourian 15, 45, Bagheri 22, 39, Daei 33, 44, Mahdavikia 35, Shahroudi 68, Azizi 88) Maldives 0. Half: 7-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 5 5 0 […]

June 6 in Dallas Dallas 1 Kansas City 1 (Kansas City wins 3-1 in shootout). Goals: Alvarez (Sutter) 49; Wright (Chung) 52. SA Report Card Dallas — Dodd (6), Pollard (4), Santel (5), Soehn (5), Peinado (4), Eck (5), Kreis (6), Sonora (7), Sutter (6), Elliott (4), Alvarez (5). Sub: Washington (4) for Elliott in […]

The following is the U.S. roster for the friendly match against Israel to be played in Jacksonville, Fla. on June 17: Goalkeepers — Brad Freidel (Columbus Crew), Juergen Sommer (Queens Park Rangers). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), Marcelo Balboa (Colorado Rapids), Mike Burns (New England Revolution), Alexi Lalas (New England Revolution), Eddie Pope (D.C. […]

June 11 in Reykjavik Iceland 0 Lithuania 0. Iceland — Finnbogason, Jonsson, Bergsson, Sigurdsson, Sverrisson, Kristinsson, Gudjonsson (Dadason, 82), Gislason (Gertarsson, 79), Gudjohnsen, A. Gunnlaugsson (Sigurdsson, 72), B. Gunnlaugsson. Lithuania — Stauche, Ziukus, Tereskinas, G. Zutautas, Vainoras, Stumbrys, R. Zutautas, Slekys, Treiksaitis, Skarabalius, Jankauskas. Att.: 4,500. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P […]

Group A June 11 in Cochabamba Paraguay 1 Chile 0. Goal: R. Acuna 28. Paraguay — Chilavert, Arce, Alcaraz, Gamarra, Rojas, Villamayor, R. Acuna (Jara, 77), Struway, Ovelar (Gomez, 46), Soto (Brizuela, 67), Cardozo. Chile — Cossfo, Gomez, Munoz (Ponce, 61), Parraguez, Rojas, Salas, Riveros (C. Acu±a, 67), Valencia (Castillo, 67), Cornejo, Vergara, Nunez. Att.: […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has fired coach Lothar Osiander, Galaxy president and general manager Danny Villanueva announced at a press conference June 10. Assistant coach Octavo Zambrano, a former head coach with the USISL’s L.A. Cobras and the founder of the A-League club Orange County Zodiac, has been named interim coach and is a candidate […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 4 4 0 9 1 12 Rochester 3 2 1 7 4 6 Boston 3 2 1 5 4 6 Buffalo 3 1 2 5 6 3 New York 4 1 3 4 9 3 Connecticut 1 0 1 1 2 0 Rhode Island 2 […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P South Florida 10 7 3 22 13 19 Cocoa 10 6 4 24 13 18 Miami 9 5 4 21 14 15 West Florida 9 5 4 12 16 11 SW Florida 9 0 9 5 32 0 Mid-South GP W L GF GA P Jackson 9 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P New Hampshire 8 7 1 18 10 19 Rhode Island 7 4 3 15 12 12 Cent. Jersey 8 4 4 13 12 12 North Jersey 7 3 4 17 10 9 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 6 2 4 7 13 6 Vermont 7 2 5 5 12 […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Toronto 9 7 2 22 14 19 Montreal 7 6 1 13 2 18 Rochester 8 5 3 17 14 15 Long Island 8 5 3 14 7 13 Worcester 9 3 6 11 16 9 Connecticut 7 4 3 6 6 8 Atlantic GP […]

June 10 in Paris Brazil 1 England 0. Goal: Romario 61. Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Celio Silva, Aldair, Roberto Carlos, Flavio Conceicao, Dunga, Denilson (Djalminha, 22), Leonardo (Ze Roberto, 82), Romario, Ronaldo. England — Seaman, Keown (G. Neville, 21), Southgate, Campbell, P. Neville, Gascoigne, Scholes (Lee, 75), Ince, Le Saux, Sheringham (Wright, 75), Shearer. Referee: […]

Coach Laurie Calloway clings to his job, but should he? Eric Wynalda is on the field long after the Clash’s fifth loss in a row. ááFans lean over the sideline railing and he signs an autograph every two seconds, except when he’s asked to personalize the signature. An autograph for “Leonel” takes five seconds. He […]

Fitter U.S. shows encouraging signs, but fails to score against South American power Paraguay Once upon a time, the St. Louis Soccer Park was home to the U.S. national team. In the late 1980s, it was the one place where the home team could guarantee a good gate and an enthusiastic home crowd to cheer […]

There was a time not so long ago when, except for the World Cup or European Championship finals every two years, the international soccer season went from September to May, and June meant the beginning of a long summer vacation. To fill space during the light summer months, European magazines would present photo spreads of […]

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

Mike Sorber finally got to play for the United States in front of his hometown fans when the U.S. returned to St. Louis for the first time in more than seven years. SOCCER AMERICA: Good to play in front of your hometown fans? MIKE SORBER: This was a big thrill for me to finally get […]

The U.S. women’s dominance continued as they beat Italy 2-0 to win U.S. Women’s Cup ’97. The 11,208 in attendance at RFK Stadium witnessed the fourth consecutive U.S. Cup title for the U.S. women and the 30th match without a loss for the Olympic champion. It was the second largest crowd to see the U.S. […]

GROUP A ARGENTINA Goalkeepersù Leonardo Ojeda (Tenerife, Spain), Ignacio Gonzalez (Racing Club), Carlos Roa (Lanus). Defenders ù Raul Cardozo (Velez Sarsfield), Eduardo Berizzo (River Plate), Jorge Martinez (Independiente), Mauricio Pellegrino (Velez Sarsfield), Mauricio Pineda (Boca Juniors), Pablo Rotchen (Independiente), Nelson Vivas (Boca Juniors). Midfielders ù Sergio Berti (River Plate), Rodolfo Cardoso (Hamburg, Germany), Marcelo Gallardo […]

Group 1 NIGERIA clinched Group 1 with a four-point lead over Guinea and one game remaining. Past appearances: 1994 (second round). ’98 Qualifying: Africa first round ù bye. Africa Group 1 ù Burkina Faso 2-0, 2-1, Kenya 1-1, 3-0, Guinea 2-1. Goalkeepers: Ike Shorunmu, Abiodun Baruwa. Defenders: Celestine Babayaro, Uche Okechukwu, Godwin Okpara, Taribo West, […]

The United States is playing in the World Youth Championship for the sixth time. For Jay Hoffman, the tournament marks the culmination of his first stint as a head coach in the U.S. national team program. SOCCER AMERICA: You’ve just returned from Toulon, where the U-20s went 1-2-1 and beat Colombia 3-1. Were you happy […]

The U.S. women’s national team will play its first-ever match in the state of Tennessee on Saturday, November 1, when it hosts Sweden at Chattanooga’s Davenport Field. The match will kick off at 12:30 p.m. (ET) and will be shown live on PRIME. The game will be a historical one for Cindy Parlow, who hails […]

Group 2 June 7 in Ba Fiji 0 New Zealand 1. Goal: n/a. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 New Zealand 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Fiji 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

MLS has assigned Brazilian forward Gilmar to the Tampa Bay Mutiny as its fifth allocated player, the team announced today. Gilmar, 27, replaces Polish forward Jacek Ziober as the Mutiny’s 1997 allocation. Ziober is currently in Poland recovering from ACL surgery and will miss the rest of the season, although Tampa Bay still retains his […]

Group 2 June 9 in Tehran Syria 12 (Arif 23, 59, 66, Taleb 62, Zaidan 66, 88, 90, Shaikh 57, Rihawiy 69, Abri 82, 90, Khaled 90) Maldives 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Iran 3 (Azizi 3, 79, Bagheri 52) Kyrgyzstan 1 (Rostov 19). Half: 1-1. Att.: n/a. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF […]

June 7 in Montpellier France 0 England 1. Goal: Shearer 85. France — Barthez, Thuram, N’Gotty, Blanc, Laigle (Lizarazu, 83), Deschamps, Vieira, Djorkaeff, Keller, Ouedec (Loko, 62), Dugarry (Zidane, 76). England — Seaman, G.Neville, Southgate, Campbell, Batty (Ince, 46), Le Saux, P.Neville, Beckham (Lee, 76), Gascoigne, Wright (Sheringham, 80), Shearer. Referee: Said Belgola (Morocco). Att.: […]