Monthly Archives: June 1997

The following are the men’s teams for the adidas summer league that will be held June 2-29 in Bradenton, Fla.: Team German Goalkeepers — Bill Gatti, Doug Brooks (California). Defenders — Jamath Shoffner (UNC Charlotte), Brandon Maggio (California), Chris Houser (So. Connecticut), Jamison Bailey (Tampa). Midfielders — Leighton O’Brien (San Diego), Andrew Gregor (Portland), Joey […]

MLS has suspended New England head coach Thomas Rongen for one game and fined him $500 dollars, the league announced June 4. Rongen was sent off at halftime of the Revolution’s 3-1 win over Dallas on June 1, but, due to miscommunication, he stayed on the club’s bench during the second half of the game. […]

Goalkeeper Mike Ammann (1) Kansas City Defenders Sean Bowers (1) Kansas City Marcelo Balboa (4) Colorado Matt Kmosko (1) Colorado Jeff Agoos (3) D.C. United Midfielders John Maessner (2) D.C. United Preki (2) Kansas City Marco Etcheverry (4) D.C. United Adrian Paz (3) Colorado Forwards Alberto Naveda (1) New England David Patino (1) Colorado In […]

June 4 in Nantes England 2 Italy 0. Goals: Wright 26, Scholes 44. England — Flowers, Pearce, Southgate, Keown, P. Neville, Ince, Le Saux (G. Neville, 46), Beckham, Scholes, Sheringham (Gascoigne, 78), Wright (Cole, 75). Italy — Peruzzi, Di Livio (Maini, 46), Ferrara (Nesta, 46), Cannavaro, Costacurta, Bennarivo, D. Baggio, Di Matteo (Fuser, 18), Albertini, […]

June 3 in Lyon France 1 Brazil 1. Goals: Keller 60; Roberto Carlos 21. France — Barthez, Candela, Blanc, Desailly (Thuram, 67), Lizarazu, Ba, Karembeu (Vieira, 14), Deschamps, Zidane, Maurice, Pires (Keller, 46). Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Celio Silva, Aldair (Goncalves, 88), Roberto Carlos, Giovanni (Djalminha, 72), Mauro Silva, Dunga, Leonardo, Ronaldo, Romario (Paulo Nunes, […]

MLS has signed U.S. national team defender Mike Lapper to a two-year contract and assigned him to the Columbus Crew, the league announced yesterday. Lapper, who has spent the past two seasons with Southend of the English First Division, has reported to Columbus and will likely join another new face, Thomas Dooley, in the Crew […]

June 4 in St. Louis USA 0 Paraguay 0. USA — Friedel, Burns, Agoos, Balboa, Lalas, Mason (Washington, 64), Sorber, Brose (Maisonneuve, 46), Harkes, Wynalda, Kirovski. Paraguay — Chilavert, Villamayor, Alcarez, Sarabia, Struway, Rojas, Gomez, Sotelo (Bourdier, 77), Cardozo (Brizuela, 69), Acuna (Jara, 84), Soto (Ovelar, 82). Yellow cards: none. Referee: Esse Baharmast. Att.: 7,016 […]

The USA and Paraguay are tied 0-0 at the half of their international friendly in St. Louis. The play has been fairly even so far, with Eric Wynalda hitting the post for the U.S., and Brad Friedel making a fine point-blank save to deny the South Americans. Jovan Kirovski had another fine chance for the […]

Here are the lineups for the USA vs. Paraguay friendly in St. Louis: USA — Friedel, Burns, Agoos, Balboa, Lalas, Mason, Sorber, Brose, Harkes, Kirovski, Wynalda. Paraguay — Chilavert, Villamayor, Alcarez, Sarabia, Struway, Rojas, Gomez, Sotelo, Cardozo, Acuna, Soto.

Group 2 June 4 in Damascus Iran 7 (Bageri 34, 53, Majidi 70, 89, Daei 58, Menavensheen 77, Devi 84) Krygyzstan 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Syria 12 (Biazyed 7, 14, Jokhadar 10, 37, 89, al-Rifae 11, Jabban 13, Sorour 32, al-Dhaher 50, al-Boushi 71, 78, Kerdaghli 77, ) Maldives 0. Half: 7-0. Att.: n/a. […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P New Hampshire 8 7 1 18 10 19 Cent. Jersey 6 3 3 10 11 9 Rhode Island 6 3 3 12 10 9 Vermont 5 2 3 5 5 6 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 5 2 3 5 10 6 North Jersey 6 2 4 12 10 […]

Group A Passarella playing it safe? Like many other coaches, Argentina boss Daniel Passarella is taking a “B” team to Bolivia, but he’ll be in charge himself, instead of delegating responsibilities to an assistant. He’s been under pressure for the poor play ù if not poor results ù of the “A” team in World Cup […]

In recent months weÆve given a lot of coverage to Paul CaligiuriÆs contract dispute and the ongoing MLS Players Association (aka the Friends of Johnnie Kerr) action against the league. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the two cases ù few people are sitting on the fence ù we could be forgiven for thinking that […]

Goalkeepers 1. Dodd (Dallas) 6.33 average. 2. Dougherty (Tampa Bay) 6.22. 3. Friedel (Columbus) 6.09. 4. Hahnemann (Colorado), Simpson (D.C. United) 6.00. 6. Meola (MetroStars) 5.92. 7. Salzwedel (San Jose) 5.70. 8. Zenga (New England), Kramer (Los Angeles) 5.50. 10. Ammann (Kansas City) 5.44. Defenders 1. Balboa (Colorado) 6.70. 2. Pope (D.C. United) 6.36. 3. […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Cocoa 9 6 3 22 11 18 South Florida 8 5 3 19 11 15 West Florida 9 6 3 16 15 14 Miami 8 4 4 18 14 12 SW Florida 8 0 8 5 29 0 Mid-South GP W L GF GA P Jackson 7 […]

In its last competition before heading for the World Youth Championship in Malaysia, the United States recovered from a 1-0 loss to the Czech Republic to go unbeaten in its last three games at the Toulon Tournament, or Umbro Cup, as is the new designation of the famous French tournament. The U.S. U-20s tied Scotland […]

It took 428 minutes, but Canada finally got its first goal in the Hexagonal. Substitute midfielder Eddy Berdusco scored to lift the Canadians to a 1-0 win over Costa Rica June 1 in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Canada is now tied for third place with the United States, which has played one less game, and […]

This should be the tournament that soccer fans anticipate with great enthusiasm. The Copa America. The South American championship, now with a couple of guests from up north. Eight of the 15 World Cups have been won by South American teams. Stars from that continent keep increasing their presence and their importance to the European […]

Mia Hamm scored her second hat trick in three games as the U.S. womenÆs national team routed Canada 4-0 in New Britain, Conn., to open U.S. WomenÆs Cup æ97. HammÆs goals broke open a game in which the U.S. dominated its North American rival but could only manage a 1-0 halftime lead. Hamm, who scored […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Montreal 6 5 1 11 1 15 Toronto 7 5 2 16 13 13 Rochester 7 4 3 12 10 12 Long Island 7 4 3 8 6 10 Worcester 8 3 5 10 15 9 Connecticut 7 4 3 6 6 8 Atlantic GP […]

May 29 in Columbus Columbus 2 D.C. United 3. Goals: Farrell (Warzycha) 6, Marino (Warzycha, Maisonneuve) 75; Harkes (Moreno, Etcheverry) 9, Moreno (pen.) 17, Maessner (Harkes) 81. Columbus — Friedel (6), Yeagley (7), Elcock (4), Clark (4), Miguez (5), Warzycha (7), Maisonneuve (6), Carrera (6), Khumalo (6), Farrell (6), Marino (6). Subs: Bliss (7) for […]

Group 2 June 2 in Damascus Iran 17 (Bakeri 5 goals, Astyli 4, Daei 3, Azizi 2, Rodi, Menavenisheen, Kia) Maldives 0. Half: 6-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 1 1 0 0 17 0 3 Krygyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syria 0 0 0 0 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 3 3 0 8 1 9 Boston 3 2 1 5 3 6 Rochester 2 1 1 5 4 3 New York 2 1 1 4 4 3 Connecticut 1 0 1 1 2 0 Buffalo 2 0 2 2 6 0 Rhode Island 2 […]

Group 2 May 31 in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 1 New Zealand 0 Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

June 1 in Edmonton Canada 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Berdusco 68. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 4 2 2 0 12 2 8 Costa Rica 5 2 1 2 7 6 7 USA 4 1 2 1 7 5 5 Canada 5 1 2 2 1 7 5 Jamaica […]