Monthly Archives: August 1997

Divisional Playoffs Northeast Division Championship Aug. 23 in Keene, N.H. New Hampshire 2 Central Jersey 0 Mid-Atlantic Division Championship Aug. 23 in Baltimore, Md. Baltimore 3 New Jersey 0 South Atlantic Division Championship Aug. 22 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Myrtle Beach 3 Charlotte 4 (SO) North Central Division Championship Aug. 22 in Arlington Heights, Ill. […]

The U.S. World University Games team has advanced to the medal round after a 5-0 quarterfinal victory over Ireland Aug. 24. The win guarantees the USA its highest ever finish in the history of the tournament; the previous top finish for the Americans was fifth in 1991. In the match against Ireland, South Carolina teammates […]

Aug. 23 in Columbus Columbus 2 New England 1. Goals: Wood (Thompson, Maisonneuve) 43, Elcock (Marino, Maisonneuve) 87; McKinley 75. SA Report Card Columbus — Friedel (7), Dooley (6), Clark (5), Lapper (6), Elcock (6), Yeagley (7), Salcedo (5), Thompson (6), Warzycha (5), Maisonneuve (6), Wood (6). Subs: Marino (5) for Wood in 55th minute, […]

Results San Jose 2 Kansas City 3 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 25 16 9 42 54 42 Tampa Bay 25 14 11 36 43 44 Columbus 25 11 14 29 33 34 New England 25 12 13 28 29 38 MetroStars 23 8 15 22 29 41 Shootout […]

Group 6 Aug. 24 in Bratislava Slovakia 2 Czech Republic 1. Goals: Jancula 45, Majoros 55; Smicer 14. Slovakia — Molnar, Kozak (Karhan, 42), Spilar, Tomaschek, Kinder, Tittel, Balis, Simon (Zatek, 84), Jancula, Kozlej (Ujlaky, 79), Majoros. Czech Rep. — Srnicek, Latal, Suchoparek, Nedved (Vlcek, 56), Kozel, Hornak, Nemec, Poborsky (Sloncik, 64), Kuka, Smicer, Bejbl. […]

Championship Aug. 24 in Washington, D.C. Cruz Azul (Mexico) 5 Los Angeles (MLS) 3. Goals: Galindo (pen.) 31, J.Rodriguez 32, Adomaitis 36, Hermosillo 62, 66; Hurtado 8, 14, Campos 78. Cruz Azul — Perez, O.Rodriguez, Reynoso, Gonzalez, Castaneda, Barra (Morales, 68), Galindo, Adomaitis, J.Rodriguez (Yegros, 46), Palencia (Altamirano, 74), Hermosillo. Los Angeles — Campos, Caligiuri, […]

Results Columbus 2 New England 1 Dallas 1 MetroStars 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 25 16 9 42 54 42 Tampa Bay 25 14 11 36 43 44 Columbus 25 11 14 29 33 34 New England 25 12 13 28 29 38 MetroStars 23 8 15 22 29 […]

Correction: In a January Q&A session, we stated that Justin Stoddard (currently with the A-League’s Rochester Rhinos) and Myles Stoddard (presently with the Nashville Metros) were brothers. Although both are from the Seattle area, they are not related. We’d like to think Natasha Stoddard, who is Myles’ cousin, for alerting us to this fact. Tom […]

MLS Television Schedule for Aug. 23-24 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Channel Aug. 23 New England at Columbus 7:30 p.m. ESPN2; WABU-Boston Aug. 23 MetroStars at Dallas 8:30 p.m. MSG Aug. 24 CONCACAF Champions Cup Final 1:00 p.m. Univision Aug. 24 Kansas City at San Jose 3:00 p.m. Univision MLS Yellow Card Points Update Player (Team) […]

Aug. 22 in Washington, D.C. Cruz Azul (Mexico) 3 Guadalajara (Mexico) 2. Goals: Own goal 25, Yegros 36, Adomaitis 76; J.Sanchez (pen.) 85, M.Martinez 89. D.C. United 0 Los Angeles 1. Goal: Jones 10. D.C. United — Presthus, Vaudreuil (Kamler, 76), Pope, Agoos, Maessner (Etcheverry, 46), Kelderman (Moreno, 46), Williams, Iroha, Harkes, Diaz Arce, Sanneh. […]

Men’s NCAA Division I 1 St. John’s 22-2-2. 2 Virginia 16-3-3. 3 UCLA 16-4-0. 4 FIU 17-5-2. 5 Indiana 15-3-3. 6 Washington 15-3-1. 7 Creighton 17-5-2. 8 SMU 14-5-1. 9 UNC Greensboro 21-2-0. 10 Rutgers 13-7-3. 11 Fresno State 17-5-1. 12 William & Mary 20-3-1. 13 Maryland 14-6-3. 14 UNC Charlotte 19-5-0. 15 James Madison […]

Women’s NCAA Division I 1 North Carolina 25-1-0. 2 Notre Dame 24-2-0. 3 Portland 19-1-2. 4 Connecticut 22-3-0. 5 Santa Clara 18-4-1. 6 Nebraska 23-1-0. 7 Maryland 19-5-2. 8 Penn State 15-5-2. 8 Texas A & M 19-4-0. 10 Wisconsin 15-5-4. 11 Virginia 12-7-2. 12 Harvard 15-2-0. 13 James Madison 15-6-2. 14 Vanderbilt 11-8-1. 15 […]

Goalkeeper Jaime Pagliarulo (George Mason) Defenders Lorrie Fair (North Carolina) Jen Grubb (Notre Dame) Sara Whalen (Connecticut) Midfielders Justi Baumgardt (Portland) Tiffany Roberts (North Carolina) Laurie Schwoy (North Carolina) Jenny Streiffer (Notre Dame) Strikers Cindy Parlow (North Carolina) Bryn Blalack (Texas A&M) Robin Confer (North Carolina)

Goalkeeper Adin Brown (William & Mary) Defenders Matt Chulis (Virginia) Scott Vermillion (Virginia) Leo Cullen (Maryland) Paul Daly (St. John’s) Midfielders Lazo Alavanja (Indiana) Alen Kozic (Florida International) Daniel Hernandez (SMU) Strikers Andrew Williams (Rhode Island) Johnny Torres (Creighton) Tyrone Marshall (Florida International)

Aug. 20 in Albuquerque Albuquerque Geckos (D3 Pro) 0 Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 2. Goals: DaSilva 20, Wright (Klopas) 32. Albuquerque — Mills, Gore, Moore, Flanagan, Ladendorf, Gregorio, Ndlovu, Cheshire, Joy, Riddle, Labastida. Subs: King, Scholze, Smith. Kansas City — Snitko, Bowers, McKeon, Dancy, Debrito, Johnson, Rodriguez, Klopas, Bobo, DaSilva, Wright. Subs: Chung, Takawira. Yellow […]

Aug. 20 in Barranquilla Colombia 3 Bolivia 0. Goals: De Avila 1, Valderrama 30, Asprilla 75. Colombia — O.Cordoba, Cabrera, Bermudez, I.Cordoba, Galeano, Serna, Perez, Rincon (Pacheco, 73), Valderrama, Asprilla (Bolanos, 85), De Avila. Bolivia — Trucco, Cristaldo, S.Castillo, Pena, Sandy, O.Sanchez, Ochoaizpur, Tufino (Coimbra, 46), Etcheverry, E.Sanchez, Moreno (Angola, 67). Att.: 35,000. Aug. 20 […]

Costa Rica named Spaniard Juan Luis Hernandez as its new national team coach, replacing Argentine Horacio Cordero, who was fired Aug. 13, three days after Costa Rica was held to a 0-0 tie by El Salvador in a World Cup qualifier. Hernandez, currently in charge of First Division Cartagines, became the team’s third coach this […]

FEATURES 8 Is the MLS Crown Bound for Kansas City? By Bob Luder 10 Blockbuster Trade Shakes Up the East By Frank Dell’Apa 14 Much-Traveled Lozzano Hits His Scoring Stride By Duncan Irving 15 Bafana Bafana Gain Historic Win By Mark Gleeson 19 Soccer America Presents The 1997 College Preview 55 Cruzeiro’s Title Blow to […]

Goalkeeper Jeff Causey (1) New England Defenders Tom Dooley (5) Columbus John Doyle (2) San Jose Danny Pena (2) Los Angeles Midfielders Frank Klopas (3) Kansas City Gilmar (2) Tampa Bay Billy Thompson (1) Columbus Forwards Jeff Baicher (3) San Jose Lawrence Lozzano (2) San Jose Giovanni Savarese (2) MetroStars Roy Lassiter (1) Tampa Bay […]

Group 1 Aug. 20 in Sarajevo Bosnia 3 Denmark 0. Goals: Mujcin 19, Bolic (pen.) 25, (pen.) 35. Bosnia — Dedic, Sabic (Repuh, 55), Besirevic, Konjic, Ramcic, Hibic, Bolic (Beganovic, 89), Mujcin (Demirovic, 84), Kodro, Salihamidzic, Baljic. Denmark — Schmeichel, Laursen, Rieper, Hoegh, Heintze, Helveg (Bjur, 77), Nielsen, Thomsen, Tomasson (Schjonberg, 55), M.Laudrup (Molnar, 55), […]

The U.S. World University Games team opened group play in Sicily with a 4-0 win over Nigeria and a 2-2 tie with the Czech Republic. University of Virginia midfielder Ben Olsen scored a pair of first-half goals from assists by South Carolina’s Josh Wolff in the U.S. opener against Nigeria on Aug. 18, which was […]

D.C. United officials have expressed support for Mario Gori and Raul Diaz Arce, their two players arrested in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 17 in connection with an alleged rape after the MLS champion’s game with the Columbus Crew the night before. D.C. United president Kevin Payne said that the club would fully support them, though it […]

Aug. 20 in San Jose San Jose Clash (MLS) 1 San Francisco Bay Seals (D3 Pro) 2. Goals: Cerritos (pen.) 20; S.Simpson 77, Watkins 86. San Jose — Kramer, Doyle, Cruz, Martin, Emenalo, Urbanyi, Kinnear (Sullivan, 73), Medved, Corrales (Lewis, 66), Cerritos, Lozzano. San Francisco Bay — Wozniak, Weaver, Brown, Sablo, S.Simpson, Davini, Gallo, Cowell, […]

With Europe beginning the home stretch of qualifying for the 1998 World Cup on Aug. 20, here’s a look at the results so far: Group 1 April 24, 1996 in Athens Greece 2 Slovenia 0. Goals: Batista 56, Nikolaides 66. Att.: 10,000. Sept. 1 in Athens Greece 3 Bosnia 0. Goals: Ouzunidis 42, Apostolakis 77, […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Montreal 24 17 7 46 18 49 Long Island 26 15 11 40 29 39 Toronto 25 14 11 36 32 38 Rochester 24 11 13 44 42 33 Connecticut 24 10 14 22 38 22 Worcester 25 6 19 23 53 18 Atlantic GP […]