Monthly Archives: September 1997

WomenÆs NCAA Division III SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 UC San Diego 0-0-0 200 2 College of New Jersey 0-0-0 192 3 Chicago 0-0-0 180 4 Trinity 1-0-0 168 4 Binghamton 0-0-0 168 6 Amherst 0-0-0 164 7 Macalester 1-0-0 152 8 Wilmington 0-0-0 144 9 Bowdoin 0-0-0 140 10 Ithaca 0-0-0 120 11 Williams 0-0-0 […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (3) MetroStars Defenders Eddie Pope (6) D.C. United Brandon Pollard (2) Dallas Cle Kooiman (4) Tampa Bay Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (7) D.C. United Carlos Valderrama (5) Tampa Bay Robert Warzycha (2) Columbus Roberto Donadoni (5) MetroStars Forwards Giovanni Savarese (4) MetroStars Dante Washington (4) Dallas Jaime Moreno (7) D.C. United In parentheses […]

Aug. 27 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 New England 2. Goals: Etcheverry (Moreno) 39, Moreno (Etcheverry, Sanneh) 59, Diaz Arce (Etcheverry, Sanneh) 88; Baba 43, McKinley (Baba) 51. SA Report Card D.C. United — Presthus (6), Peay (5), Pope (7), Agoos (NR), Gori (6), Williams (5), Sanneh (6), Wegerle (5), Etcheverry (9), Moreno (7), […]

Sept. 2 in New York City MetroStars (MLS) 1 Dallas Burn (MLS) 2 (OT). Goals: Branco 85; Alvarez (Kreis) 16, Flores (Webber) 103, MetroStars — Meola, Semioli (Zavagnin, 63), Harty, Branco, Bliss, Lagos (Bartlett, 63), Donadoni, Kelly, Joseph (da Silva, 101), Savarese, De Avila. Dallas — Lagerwey, Soehn, Webber, Pollard, Rodriguez, Kreis, Peinado (Eck, 55), […]

Few countries emphasize college soccer quite like the United States, but the U.S. has until this year struggled in the World University Games soccer competition. A poor showing at the ’95 competition proved to be undoing of Olympic coach Timo Liekoski. This year’s U.S. entrant, though, came home with a bronze medal after beating Ukraine […]

With three of its five remaining games at home, where it has not been scored upon in seven qualifiers, Jamaica would appear to have a shot of reaching the World Cup finals for the first time and becoming the first Caribbean nation to qualify since Haiti in 1974. Unfortunately, controversy continues to dog the Reggae […]

U.S. national team Steve Sampson has called up three new players ù defenders Robin Fraser (Los Angeles) and Mark Santel (Dallas) and midfielder Mark Chung (Kansas City) ù for the World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica Sept. 7 in Portland, Ore. Also recalled for the first time during the Hexagonal were Preki Radosavljevic, who has […]

A coach can tell the press his team lost because the referee called an unwarranted free kick. Even if the coach is correct about that particular call, it’s unlikely he’ll also list any mistakes the referee made in his team’s favor. He won’t mention difficult, correct calls that helped his team. He is absolutely not […]

Final Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P *Montreal 28 21 7 58 19 61 *Long Island 28 16 12 44 36 42 *Rochester 28 14 14 56 47 42 *Toronto 28 14 14 44 43 38 Connecticut 28 12 16 31 45 28 Worcester 28 7 21 26 61 19 Atlantic […]

Trio of owners seek buyers on the eve of the playoffs The ownership group of the Vancouver 86ers has sent out an SOS that it wants to sell the team, as the A-League playoffs loom. Club president Milan Ilich, who purchased the 86ers from the non-profit West Coast Soccer Society in 1989, has decided to […]

Injuries, turnover have changed perennial national power When you think of Stanford soccer history, you think of U.S. Olympian Julie Foudy carving up opposing midfields, former U.S. striker Sarah Rafanelli scoring in bunches, and Jessica Fischer clamping down on opposing forwards. You think of success in the ’90s ù a record of 112-24-5, a winning […]

Injured Fotopoulos will red shirt Both Florida and North Carolina missed their big-time strikers when the Tar Heels won a tight 2-1 game Aug. 29 at the SMU Women’s Soccer Classic in Dallas. The Gators, without Danielle Fotopoulos, are in a tougher spot than the defending NCAA champions, who lost U.S. Olympian Cindy Parlow for […]

But new coach Hernandez makes changes in defense When the United States faces Costa Rica in Portland, Ore., Sept. 7, it marks their fourth encounter during qualification for the 1998 World Cup. It’s also Juan Luis Hernandez’s first game at the Costa Rica helm. The Spaniard replaced Argentine Horacio Cordero, sacked after a lackluster 0-0 […]

Tab Ramos will be a pivotal figure when the U.S. takes on Costa Rica in Sept. 7. Sidelined by a knee injury for the duration of the Hexagonal, Ramos has returned to form and fitness with the MetroStars. SOCCER AMERICA: You’ve been a spectator for the Hexagonal. How hard has that been for you and […]

Forget the Reggae Boyz. Call them the Beatles. Jamaica’s 1-0 win over Canada Sept. 7 in Kingston has everyone on the Caribbean island believing its World Cup dream just may become reality, and a key factor was the contribution of four Englishmen making their debut in the Hexagonal. The United States added two German products, […]

A-LEAGUE First-year Orlando came from five points behind on the last week of the season to overtake perennial power Minnesota for the final playoff berth in the Central Division. A pair of away wins for the Sundogs, combined with two Thunder losses in Blaine, did the trick. The Sundogs beat Orange County 3-0, then came […]

Note: Through games of Aug. 31. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 2-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 2-0-0 2 3. Portland 0-0-0 3 4. Connecticut 1-0-0 4 5. Nebraska 2-0-0 5 6. Santa Clara 1-0-0 6 7. Virginia 0-0-0 7 8. Clemson 2-0-0 8 9. Texas A&M 1-0-0 9 10. Maryland 0-0-0 10 11. […]

Note: through games of Aug. 31. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 0-0-0 2 2. Maryland 2-0-0 3 3. Florida International 2-0-0 5 4. St. John’s 0-0-1 1 5. UCLA 2-0-0 8 6. Creighton 1-0-1 6 7. Washington 1-0-1 7 8. SMU 1-0-0 9 9. George Mason 1-0-0 11 10. California 1-0-0 12 11. Portland […]

John Thorrington, a 17-year-old midfielder from Palos Verdes, Calif., has signed a two-year professional contract with Premier League champion Manchester United. Thorrington, who holds a British passport due to his father’s British background, becomes the youngest U.S. player to sign a pro contract in England. Jovan Kirovski joined Manchester United’s youth team at the age […]

The following is the USA national team roster for the World Cup qualifying match against Costa Rica to be played Sept. 7 in Portland, Ore. Goalkeepers — Brad Friedel (Columbus Crew), Kasey Keller (Leicester City, England). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), Marcelo Balboa (Colorado Rapids), Mike Burns (New England Revolution), Thomas Dooley (Columbus Crew), […]