Monthly Archives: March 1998

Upon further review by MLS officials, the Colorado Rapids’ lone goal in loss to the Dallas Burn on March 21 has now been credited to forward Paul Bravo. The play had originally been ruled as an own goal by the Burn’s Mark Santel. The play began with Bravo collecting the ball at the top of […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Johnston (Kansas City) 1 2 0 4 Wegerle (D.C. United) 2 2 0 4 Harkes (D.C. United) 2 1 1 3 Jones (Los Angeles) 1 0 3 3 McBride (Columbus) 1 1 1 3 Sanneh (D.C. United) 1 1 1 3 Wynalda (San Jose) 1 1 1 3 […]

Check the BIC MLS Schedule section each Thursday for an updated television schedule of the coming weekend’s MLS games.

MIAMI 0 CHICAGO 2 March 21 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 0 Chicago 2. Goals: Kosecki (Razov) 76, Kotschau 87. Miami — Cassar (6), Cullen (7), Webber (6), Kooiman (5), Kmosko (6), Serna (6), Gutierrez (5), Vaudreuil (5), Herrera (5), Valderrama (5), Tamashiro (6). Subs: Mastroeni (5) for Serna in 74th minute, Stebbins (5) for […]

The U.S. women’s national team struck twice in a three-minute span late in the match to snatch a 3-1 win over Sweden in the third-place match at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. The U.S. regrouped after its shocking 4-1 loss to Norway March 19 and took the game to the Swedes, earning three corner kicks […]

The following is the roster for the U.S. Pro 40 Select team that will compete in the A-League this season. The squad is scheduled to open play April 23 at the El Paso Patriots. Goalkeepers — Tim Howard (MetroStars), Andy Kirk (San Jose Clash), Matt Napolean (Miami Fusion). Defenders — Ubusuku Abukusumo (Columbus Crew), Brian […]

Results March 21 Miami 0 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 1 Columbus 2 D.C. United 3 Kansas City 2 Dallas 2 Colorado 1 (SO) Los Angeles 4 San Jose 3 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 2 2 0 6 5 2 Columbus 1 1 0 3 2 1 MetroStars 0 […]

The 1998 Premier Development Soccer League will feature 30 teams playing 16-game schedules, with 29 of the 30 also playing four matches that will serve as U.S. Open Cup qualifying games. In addition, four teams from the Pacific Coast Soccer League (Abbotsford, Seattle Hibernian, Okanagan and Victoria United) will play eight-game schedules and compete for […]

Here is the 1998 Premier League schedule from June 1 until the end of the season Key: * = U.S. Open Cup qualifying game. ** = exhibition match A-L = A-League. D3 = D3 Pro League prov. = provisional Thursday, June 4 Indiana at Kalamazoo Friday, June 5 Miami at Alabama Grand Rapids at Detroit […]

European Champions Cup Juventus (Italy) vs Monaco (France) Real Madrid (Spain) vs. Borussia Dortmund (Germany) (First leg April 1, second leg April 15; first team hosts first leg.) European Cup Winners Cup Vicenza (Italy) vs. Chelsea (England) VfB Stuttgart (Germany) v Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) (First leg April 2, second leg April 16; first team hosts […]

The following is the U-23 national team roster for its March 22-April 2 training camp and March 28 friendly against Canada in Portland, Ore.: Goalkeepers — Adin Brown (William & Mary), Andy Kirk (San Jose Clash), Matt Napolean (Miami Fusion). Defenders — Ubusuku Abukusumo (Columbus Crew), Steve Cherundolo (Portland), Matt Chulis (Virginia), Joey DiGiamarnio (Colorado […]

Nick Hoogstraten Bethesda, Md. Since it’s probably unlikely the U.S. men’s national team will advance to the second round of the World Cup on the basis of more points, what are the first few tie-breakers which determine who advances between teams with the same number of points? Pete Bailey: These are the factors used to […]

Here is the MLS schedule for the upcoming weekend Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television March 21 Chicago at Miami 7:30 p.m. Sunshine Network; Fox Sports Chicago Plus March 21 Columbus at Tampa Bay 8:00 p.m. WSYX-Columbus March 21 Kansas City at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 March 21 Colorado at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports […]

March 18 in Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 2 AEK Athens (Greece) 1. Goals: Kharlachev 55, Chugainov 90; Kopitsis (pen.) 68. Lok. Moscow — Nigmatullin, Solomatin, Arifullin, Chugainov, Gurenko, Kharlachev, Cherevchenko, Maminov, Kosolapov, Garas, Loskov (Zhanashia, 25). AEK — Atmatsidis, Kopitsis, Kasapis, Manolas, Kalitzakis, Macheridis, Kostenoglou, Savevski (Sebwe, 66), Gretarson, Nikolaidis, Maladenis (Kefalas, 88). Att.: 20,000. […]

New England striker Joe-Max Moore will be out 4-6 weeks after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee during a game against the Atlas reserves in Mexico. The injury occurred when an Atlas player fouled Moore in the final minutes of New England’s 3-0 win in Guadlajara on March 16. The U.S. national […]

Chicago Fire — D C.J. Brown (sprained ankle) and MF Manny Lagos (tendinitis) are questionable; MF Diego Gutierrez (left knee surgery) is out. NOTE: Gutierrez underwent another operation on his left knee and is expected to miss 10-12 weeks; Chicago waived midfielder Paul Holocher and forward Ken Snow. Colorado Rapids — D Chris Martinez (strained […]

Norway handed the U.S. women’s national team the worst defeat in its 13-year history when it crushed the USA 4-1 in the final Group A match of the Algarve Cup in Portugal. It was only the third match in which the U.S. has yielded four goals, and the first time the U.S. has been beaten […]

Features MLS Makes A Big Splash In South Florida By Jeff Rusnak Etcheverry Replaces Harkes As D.C. Captain By Steve Goff A Change Of Attitude In Tampa By Bill Ward Sampson Prepares To Trim His Roster By Ridge Mahoney U.S. Ends Scoring Drought Against Paraguay By Ridge Mahoney Can U.S. Add Its Name to Germany […]

U.S. Soccer president Alan Rothenberg has appointed a seven-person committee to work on the development of women’s professional soccer in the United States. The Women’s Professional Soccer Development Committee is expected to analyze and develop strategies to help the growth of the sport in the U.S. and to implement the groundwork for a women’s professional […]

Colorado has announced the signing of Peruvian international striker Waldir Saenz. Saenz has played his entire career with Alianza Lima of the Peruvian first division, leading the league or finishing second in scoring in each of his five years with the club. Last season, he and fellow Rapids signee Marquinho led Alianza to the Peruvian […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has announced its schedule for the 1998 Copa Merconorte. Los Angeles has been drawn into Group D with Cruz Azul of Mexico (the two teams played in the final of the 1997 CONCACAF Champions Cup), The Strongest of Bolivia and Caracas FC of Venezuela. Here is the Galaxy’s Copa Merconorte schedule: […]

MLS Game Summary March 15 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 0 D.C. United 2. Goals: Williams (Sanneh, Moreno) 16, Sanneh (Etcheverry) 37. SA Report Card Miami — Cassar (5), Cullen (4), Webber (5), Kooiman (5), Kmosko (6), Gutierrez (5), Serna (5), Maessner (4), Herrera (6), Valderrama (5), Stebbins (4). Subs: Vaudreuil (5) for Gutierrez in […]

March 18 in Dortmund Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1 Bayern Munich (Germany) 0. Goal: Chapuisat 109. Bor. Dortmund — Klos, Kohler, Feiersinger, Julio Cesar, Reuter (Zorc, 105), Freund (Ricken, 79), Moeller, But, Heinrich, Decheiver (Schneider, 120), Chapuisat. B. Munich — Kahn, Matthaeus (Lizarazu, 111), Babbel, Kuffour, Fink, Hamann, Scholl, Nerlinger (Strunz, 110), Tarnat, Jancker, Elber (Zickler, […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny has announced that the kickoff for its March 21 home opener against Columbus has been moved to 8:00 p.m. eastern time. The move will allow the game to be televised live on WSYX in Columbus.

March 17 in Moscow Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1 Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0. Goal: Shirko 85. Spartak — Filimonov, Khlestov, Ananko, Yevseev, Alenichev, Titov, Kechinov, Tikhonov, Bouznikin (Tsymbalar, 46), Romashchenko, Shirko. Ajax — Van Der Sar, Melchiot, Rudy, Blind, Oliseh, F. De Boer (Sier, 34), R. De Boer, Gorre (McCarthy, 74), Van Der Meyde (Litmanen, 58), […]