Monthly Archives: September 1997

G Matthew Westfall (Villanova) (1) 25 saves in win over UConn, tie with Rutgers D Nick Dutka (N.C. State) (1) Scored lone goal in upset of Maryland D Jamie Clark (Stanford) (1) Offensive MVP at St. Mary’s tourney M Jay Heaps (Duke) (1) Hat trick in trouncing of Clemson M Sasha Victorine (UCLA) (1) A […]

G Mary Kidd (Army) (1) 8 saves in 1-0 win over rival Navy D Lorrie Fair (North Carolina) (1) Defensive MVP of Notre Dame tournament D Kassie Kees (Tennessee) (1) Standout in pair of Vols’ wins M Justi Baumgardt (Portland) (1) Goal, assist in shutout of Duke M Eva Gussias (Hartford) (1) Gamewinners against Harvard, […]

On paper they looked great. They had the Bay Area’s premier organizer as GM, a veteran coach, experienced players who knew each other from the old days, a marquee goalscorer and funds to find that vital final piece of the puzzle, the name Mexican star who would pull at the gate, draw all-comers and wow […]

It would have been hard to pick two more unlikely finalists in the 24-team A-League than this year’s pair. The Milwaukee Rampage, a team that didn’t clinch a berth in the playoffs until the last day of the regular season, hosts the Carolina Dynamo, which began the year at 4-7, in the A-League final Sept. […]

World Cup ’98 organizers have launched a lottery in France to distribute tickets to nine key matches: the opening game, four quarterfinals, two semifinals, third-place game and final. The tickets for the big matches of the 1998 tournament in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Nantes were made available for reservation until Oct. 18 at a rate […]

San Jose general manager Peter Bridgwater has been at the center of the Clash’s turbulent season. His club has had to deal with strife among its players and problems with the media during its disappointing campaign. SOCCER AMERICA: Give us a summary of the problems you’ve faced over the last two years. PETER BRIDGWATER: The […]

Sept. 16 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Dallas 1. Goal: Kreis (Suarez) 33. MetroStars — Meola (5), Semioli (5), Lewis (6), Branco (5), Bliss (5), Sorber (4), Ramos (5), Donadoni (6), Kelly (6), De Avila (4), Savarese (5). Subs: Joseph (5) for Ramos in 27th minute, Bartlett (5) for Bliss in 46th. Dallas — […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 21 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 7-0-0 1 2. St. John’s 6-0-1 3 3. Washington 5-0-2 4 4. SMU 4-1-0 5 5. Duke 6-1-0 7 6. Virginia 4-1-2 8 7. South Carolina 4-1-1 10 8. UCLA 6-1-0 11 9. N.C. State 5-1-0 nr 10. Maryland 5-1-1 2 11. Portland […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 21 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 7-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 7-0-1 2 3. Texas A&M 8-0-0 3 4. Virginia 6-0-1 5 5. Portland 4-3-0 7 6. Santa Clara 6-0-1 4 7. Connecticut 6-1-0 8 8. Maryland 6-1-1 10 9. Duke 5-2-0 6 10. Clemson 5-2-0 12 11. […]

Eastern Conference Second Game Sept. 21 in High Point, N.C. Carolina 2 Long Island 0. Goals: Loftin (Mitchell) 85, Own goal (Piturro) 87. Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Rosario (Mitchell, 75), Chan, Care, Radwanski, Breslin (Haupt, 80), Stockton, Allnutt, Loftin, Hamid (Saunders, 68) Long Island — Carou, Piturro, Rinker, Mohammed, McElderry, Price, Leon (Ledesma, 60), Leanti, […]

Results D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 2 San Jose 2 Los Angeles 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 30 20 10 52 64 49 *Tampa Bay 30 17 13 45 53 54 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 New England 31 14 17 34 38 52 MetroStars 30 12 […]

Championship Sept. 21 in Cairo Brazil 2 Ghana 1. Goals: Matuzalem 63, Andrey 87; Afriyie 39. Brazil — Fabio, Andrey (Henrique, 88), Fernando, Abel, Jorginho Castro, Diogo (Geovanni, 54), Ferrugem, Fabio Pinto, Ronaldo Moreira, Matuzalem, Gaviao. Ghana — Boateng, Razak, Awule Quaye (Owusu, 55), Abdul Rahamani, Mohammed, Abbey (Coffie, 73), Adjogu, Attram, Ansah, Dan Quaye, […]

Eastern Conference First Game Sept. 19 in Hempstead, N.Y. Long Island 1 Carolina 2. Goals: Piturro (Leon) 71; Loftin (Stockton) 72, Loftin (pen.) 89. Long Island — Carou, Lips, Mohammed, Anderson, Leon, Rooney, Leanti, Price (Ledesma, 46), Piturro, Ferri (Riley, 57), Inneh (Martinez, 66). Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Ball, Radwanski, Breslin, Loftin, Chan, Stockton, Allnutt […]

Results New England 3 MetroStars 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 20 9 52 63 47 *Tampa Bay 29 16 13 42 51 53 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 New England 31 14 17 34 38 52 MetroStars 30 12 18 32 40 51 Shootout records: Tampa […]

Group B Sept. 20 in Almaty Kazakhstan 1 (Baltiyev pen. 84) Uzbekistan 1 (Shatskikh 85). Half: 0-0. Att.: 5,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P South Korea 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 UAE 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 Japan 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 Uzbekistan 3 0 […]

Soccer America Online has issued a challenge to soccer fans across the web. Click here and match wits with a soccer 'super computer,' by predicting the performance of the U.S. national team in their crucial World Cup qualifier against Jamaica, Friday October 3. The Soccer America Online Challenge, a contest devised by Soccer America in […]

Results Los Angeles 2 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 20 9 52 63 47 *Tampa Bay 29 16 13 42 51 53 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 MetroStars 29 12 17 32 38 48 New England 30 13 17 31 35 50 Shootout records: Tampa […]

Group A Sept. 19 in Tehran Iran 1 (Bagheri 63) Saudi Arabia 1 (al-Swayed 35). Half: 0-1. Att.: 110,000. Sept. 19 in Doha Qatar 0 Kuwait 2 (Houaidi 17, Abdallah 89). Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 S. Arabia 2 1 […]

Scoring Name (School) GP G A Pts. Christy Johnson (North Texas) 6 13 2 28 Robin Confer (North Carolina) 6 5 10 20 Casey Wheeler (UNC-Wilmington) 6 8 3 19 Amanda Gruber (Xavier) 5 8 2 18 Mirela Ninic (Mercer) 5 9 0 18 Holly Pedley (Army) 5 6 6 18 Laurie Schwoy (North Carolina) […]

Sept. 16 in Kansas City Kansas City (MLS) 1 Veracruz (Mexico) 1. Goals: Preki (Johnston) 24; Mercado (J.Hernandez, Rodriguez) 31. Kansas City — Snitko, Tinsley, Gough (Dancy, 46), McKeon, Pittman (Johnson, 36), Bowers (Sebwe, 46), E.Rodriguez, Johnston, Preki (Da Silva, 27), Wright (Mitchell, 46), Takawira. Veracruz — Higuita (Cuevas, 65), Rayas (Cruz, 65), L.Garcia (Fernandez, […]

Scoring Name (School) GP G A P John Wolyniec (Fordham) 6 10 3 23 Jeff McAllister (Gonzaga) 6 9 4 22 Jeff Cunningham (South Florida) 5 9 3 21 Richie Moller (Towson State) 6 8 3 19 Mike Brizendine (James Madison) 5 8 1 17 Justin Sells (New Mexico) 6 8 1 17 Jorge Ferreira […]

Results Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 29 20 9 52 63 47 *Tampa Bay 29 16 13 42 51 53 Columbus 30 13 17 35 40 40 MetroStars 29 12 17 32 38 48 New England 30 13 17 31 35 50 Shootout records: Tampa […]

The U.S. Open Cup final between defending champion D.C. United and the Dallas Burn will be played at the Track and Field Stadium at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on Oct. 29, U.S. Soccer announced Sept. 17. The match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. (ET) and will be televised nationally on the Fox Sports Network. […]

Sept. 18 in Minsk Belshyna Bobruisk (Belarus) 1 (Khlebosolov pen. 14) Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 2 (Loskov 49, Borodyuk 71). Half: 1-0. Att.: 7,000. Sept. 18 in Zagreb NK Zagreb (Croatia) 3 (Lalic 44, Sopic 50, Baturina 52) Tromsoe (Norway) 2 (Johansen 56, Arst 80). Half: 1-0. Att.: 5,000. Sept. 18 in Athens AEK Athens (Greece) […]

Sept. 18 in Ismailya Brazil 4 Germany 0. Goals: Adiel 3, Geovanni 85, Ferrugem 86, Ronaldo Moreira (pen.) 88. Brazil — Fabio, Andrey, Fernando, Jorginho Castro, Diogo (Geovanni, 53), Ferrugem, Fabio Pinto (Anailson, 89), Ronaldo Moreira, Matuzalem, Gaviao, Adiel (Abel, 67). Germany — Weidenfeller, Hauschild (Backer, 34), Straub, Zepek, Truckenbrod, Kehl, Deisler, Hoffman (Auer, 46), […]