Monthly Archives: November 1997

Note: This is the final SA Women’s Top 20 for 1997. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 22-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 20-0-1 2 3. Santa Clara 17-2-1 4 4. Texas A&M 18-2-0 6 5. Connecticut 19-3-0 5 6. Nebraska 17-3-0 7 7. Florida 19-2-1 8 8. Portland 14-4-0 3 9. William & Mary […]

First Round Nov. 5 Elizabethtown 5 Johns Hopkins 0 Elmira 1 Ithaca 1 (Elmira wins on penalties) Nazareth 3 Oneonta 2 (3OT) Colby 1 Bates 0 (2OT) North Carolina Wesleyan 3 Lynchburg 0 Denison 2 DePauw 0 Kalamazoo 5 Wilmington 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 2 Wisc.-Stevens Point 1 Second Round Nov. 8 Elizabethtown 2 Coll. of […]

Nov. 9 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 USA 3. Goals: Reyna 5, Wegerle 81, 90 Canada — Dolan, Yallop, DeVos, I.Fraser, Watson, Miller, Dasovic (Aunger, 69), Bent (Mobilio, 46), Corrazin, Nash (Kusch, 59), Bunbury. USA — Friedel, Pope, Balboa, Lalas, Burns, Dooley, Reyna, Moore, Wynalda (Jones, 71), Radosavljevic (Stewart, 46), Wegerle. Yellow cards: Canada — […]

Group B Nov. 9 in Abu Dhabi UAE 1 (Bakhit 58) South Korea 3 (Lee Sang Yoon 11, Kim Do Hoon 42, 67). Half: 0-2. Att.: n/a. Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *So. Korea 8 6 1 1 19 8 19 **Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 13 UAE […]

Results Nov. 9 in Mexico City Mexico 3 (Chavez 1, Galindo 41, Hermosillo 68) Costa Rica 3 (Medford 52, Soto 71, Wanchope 86). Half: 2-0. Att.: 60,000. Nov. 9 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 USA 3 (Reyna 5, Wegerle 81, 90). Half: 0-1. Att.: 8,420. Nov. 9 in San Salvador El Salvador 2 (Nildeson 47, […]

The USA defeated Canada 3-0 in Burnaby B.C., and clinched a berth at France ’98 when El Salvador and Jamaica tied 2-2 in El Salvador. The result leaves the U.S. second in the hexagonal with 14 points. (leader Mexico has 17), while Jamaica has 13 and El Salvador 10. Costa Rica and Canada have been […]

Roy Wegerle scored in the 80th minute to put the U.S. ahead 2-0. Claudio Reyna sent a perfect long ball to Wegerle in the box, and the D.C. United forward slotted a low shot past the Canadian keeper Dolan from about 15 yards out. Should the result stand, the U.S. will clinch a berth for […]

The USA continues to lead Canada 1-0 at halftime of their World Cup qualifier in Burnaby, B.C. Claudio Reyna’s fourth-minute goal was the lone tally of the half. U.S. coach Steve Sampson, without suspended Jeff Agoos and John Harkes and injured Ernie Stewart, started a backline of Eddie Pope, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas and Mike […]

Claudio Reyna has scored to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Canada in the fourth minute of play. Roy Wegerle took a pass on the left side and dribbled along the edge of the box before sliding a pass on the ground to Reyna in the middle of the area. Reyna, whose back was […]

Group B Nov. 8 in Tokyo Japan 5 (Akita 12, Nakata 16, Nakayama 44, Ihara 67, Takagi 79) Kazakhstan 1 (Yevteyev 73). Half: 3-0. Att.: 56,032. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *So. Korea 7 5 1 1 16 7 16 **Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 13 UAE 7 2 3 […]

Nov. 7 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose 1 Atlas (Mexico) 1. Goals: Welton 67; Zepeda 79. San Jose — Kramer, Martin, Emenalo, Draguicevich (Brown, 46), Vanney, Urbanyi (B. Johnson, 60), Sullivan (Farias, 46), Medved (E. Rodriguez, 83), Lewis, Baicher, Welton (Baena, 73). Att.: 11,533.

Group A Nov. 7 in Doha Qatar 2 (al-Enazi 36, 80) Iran 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 22,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 8 3 3 2 13 8 12 S. Arabia 7 3 2 2 7 6 11 Qatar 7 3 1 3 7 9 10 Kuwait 7 2 2 3 […]

Lazio (Italy) vs. Rapid Vienna (Austria) Schalke (Germany) vs. Braga (Portugal) Twente Enschede (Netherlands) vs. Auxerre (France) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain) Strasbourg (France) vs. Inter Milan (Italy) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. Aston Villa (England) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. VfL Bochum (Germany) Karlsruhe (Germany) vs. Spartak Moscow (Russia) (Matches to be played over […]

Rich Oswald Annandale, NJ Was the Jamaican player (Deon Burton) who scored against the U.S. at RFK offside? I was there and at a point in the stands on the same side of the field and just about even with Agoos when he made the attempted pass that led to the goal. In my mind’s […]

Chicago chose Columbus midfielder Jorge Salcedo. Columbus then withdrew defender Mike Clark. Miami’s fifth-round pick was goalkeeper Jeff Cassar of the Dallas Burn. Dallas protected forward/midfielder Temoc Suarez.

Chicago selected forward/midfielder Jason Farrell of the Columbus Crew. Columbus then withdrew midfielder Billy Thompson. Miami picked defender Joey Martinez of the Dallas Burn. Dallas then protected defender Eric Dade.

Chicago drafted MetroStars defender Andrew Lewis with its ninth-round pick. Lewis was the third player taken from the Metros, so they did not need to protect a player. Miami selected defender Matt Kmosko of the Colorado Rapids. The Rapids then protected defender/midfielder Sean Henderson.

Chicago selected midfielder/defender Diego Gutierrez of the Kansas City Wizards. Kansas City then protected midfielder Brian Johnson. Miami took San Jose defender Ramiro Corrales with its pick. The Clash then withdrew midfielder Shawn Medved.

Chicago selected New England defender Francis Okaroh. New England chose to protect midfielder Steve Klein. Miami picked Tampa Bay defender Cle Kooiman. The Mutiny then withdrew midfielder Sam George.

Chicago chose goalkeeper Zach Thornton of the MetroStars. The MetroStars then protected defender Jeff Zaun Miami selected midfielder Nelson Vargas of the Tampa Bay Mutiny. Tampa Bay withdrew forward Alan Prampin.

Chicago chose Columbus midfielder Jorge Salcedo. Columbus then withdrew defender Mike Clark. Miami’s fifth-round pick was goalkeeper Jeff Cassar of the Dallas Burn. Dallas protected forward/midfielder Temoc Suarez.

Chicago selected Colorado forward Steve Patterson with its last pick. Patterson was the third player taken from the Rapids, so they did not have to protect a player. Miami selected Los Angeles Galaxy forward Brian Taylor with the final pick of the draft. A complete listing of drafted players will be posted shortly.

Chicago took Columbus forward A.J. Wood. The Crew did not need to protect a player, as Wood was the third player taken from the team in the draft. Miami selected defender Wade Webber of Dallas. Webber was the third player taken from the Burn, so Dallas did not need to protect a player.

Chicago chose Colorado defender/midfielder Brian Bates in the tenth round. The Rapids then protected keeper Paul Grafer. Miami selected Tampa Bay Mutiny goalkeeper Scott Budnick. Budnick was the third player taken from the Mutiny, so Tampa did not have to protect a player.

Chicago took MetroStars midfielder Manny Lagos with its third-round pick. The MetroStars then protected defender Brian Bliss. Miami selected midfielder Kris Kelderman of D.C. United. D.C. did not need to protect a player, as Kelderman was the third United player drafted. Teams may lose up to three players.