Monthly Archives: April 1998

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 1 1 0 4 0 3 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P N.Y. […]

April 22 in Vienna Austria 0 USA 3. Goals: Hejduk 54, McBride 89, Reyna 90. Austria — Konsel (Wohlfahrt, 46), Cerny (Schopp, 57), Schoettel, Hiden, Pfeffer (Kogler, 46), Maehlich, Vastic, Kuehbauer, Polster (Haas, 57), Herzog (Reinmayer, 57), Prilasnig (Amerhauser, 46). USA — Keller, Burns, Dooley, Pope, Jones, Reyna (Wegerle, 90), Deering, Maisonneuve (Radosavljevic, 70), Hejduk […]

April 22 in Santiago Chile 2 Colombia 2. Goals: Margas 21, Salas 84; Preciado 79, 82. Chile — N.Tapia, Fuentes, Margas (R.Rojas, 80), Ramirez, Villarroel (Cornejo, 82), F.Rojas, Parraguez, Acuna, Sierra (Valencia, 76), Neira (H.Tapia, 61), Salas. Colombia — Calero (O.Cordoba, 46), Cabrera (Mafla, 46), Bermudez (Palacios, 78), I.Cordoba, Santa, Serna, Bolano, Estrada, Hernandez, Valencia, […]

The USA and Austria are scoreless at halftime of their friendly match in Vienna. The U.S. played a solid half, keeping possession fairly well and creating more scoring opportunities. Austria appeared frustrated by the Americans’ 3-6-1 formation at times. Frankie Hejduk had a goal called back for offside in the 18th minute. Fine balls from […]

Brian Sebapole, a 22-year-old forward/midfielder from South Africa, has been signed by MLS as a discovery player for the San Jose Clash. “With Eric Wynalda injured, we felt the need to use our fifth international slot to bring in another goal scorer, and Brian fits that role,” said Clash GM Peter Bridgwater. “He’s also very […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Staten Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worcester […]

The following are excerpts from U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson’s interview with Austrian media April 20 in Vienna. Austria hosts the United States April 22 at the Ernst Happel Stadium. The game is scheduled to be broadcast live on Fox Sports World and Fox Sports Americas at 2:30 pm. ET, as well as the […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (2) MetroStars Defenders Ivan McKinley (1) New England Peter Vermes (1) Colorado Midfielders Marcelo Balboa (2) Colorado Ansil Elcock (1) Columbus Jair (1) New England Cobi Jones (4) Los Angeles Marquinho (1) Colorado Forwards Wolde Harris (1) Colorado Stern John (1) Columbus Victor Mella (2) San Jose Note: In parentheses is the […]

The following is a transcript of comments on todays’ teleconference to announce U.S. Soccer’s decision to sign a 12-year marketing deal with International management Group (IMG) and Nike. Alan Rothenberg, U.S. Soccer president. General comments: “I’m extremely pleased to announce a partnership between the U.S. Soccer Federation and International Management Group, the worldwide sports marketing, […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 5 4 5 13 McBride (Columbus) 5 5 1 11 Moreno (D.C. United) 5 2 4 8 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 6 2 4 8 Wynalda (San Jose) 3 3 1 7 John (Columbus) 5 3 1 7 Mella (San Jose) 5 3 1 7 Welton […]

MLS Cup ’97 finalists D.C. United and the Colorado Rapids are entered in the 1998 CONCACAF Champions Cup, which will be held Aug. 11-16 at Washington’s RFK Stadium. Host D.C. United and defending champion Cruz Azul of Mexico qualify automatically to the quarterfinals. Colorado faces Mexican Torneo Invierno champion Leon for a spot in the […]

The following is expected to be the U.S. lineup for the game against Austria Wednesday April 22 in Vienna: Kasey Keller in goal; Thomas Dooley at sweeper; Eddie Pope (right side) and Mike Burns (left) as man markers; Chad Deering and Brian Maisonneuve as twin defensive midfielders; Frankie Hejduk (right), Claudio Reyna (middle) and Cobi […]

The following is the Austria team named for the April 22 friendly against the USA in Vienna: Goalkeepers — Michael Konsel (Roma, Italy), Franz Wohlfahrt (VfB Stuttgart, Germany). Defenders — Martin Hiden (Leeds, England), Walter Kogler (Cannes, France), Anton Pfeffer (Austria Vienna), Peter Schoettel (Rapid Vienna). Midfielders — Martin Amerhauser (SV Salzburg), Andreas Herzog (Werder […]

After replay review, the MLS league office has awarded two assists to Preki Radosavljevic of Kansas City. Preki was credited with a second assist on Pete Marino’s 77th minute goal against Chicago on April 8, and another second assist on Paul Wright’s 85th minute goal against Miami on April 11. Preki now has one goal […]

There has been a venue change for the May 8 U.S. women’s national team game against Iceland. The match will be kick off at 7:00 p.m. (CT) at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was originally scheduled for the Track & Field Stadium on the campus of IUPUI, but the change was made after contract […]

CHICAGO 0 METROSTARS 1 April 17 in Chicago Chicago 0 MetroStars 1. Goal: Lalas (Zavagnin) 14. Chicago — Campos (6), Kubik (4), Okaroh (4), Lewis (4), Salcedo (5), Armas (5), Kotschau (4), Nowak (6), Klopas (5), Kosecki (5), Podbrozny (3). Subs: Razov (5) for Kotschau in 68th minute, Kuhn (4) for Podbrozny in 73rd, Ibsen […]

French World Cup organizers have released telephone numbers for fans wishing to purchase the final 110,000 available tickets for the 1998 World Cup. Telephone sales will begin April 22. Tickets for all first-round and second-round matches except the Brazil vs. Scotland opening match will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be paid […]

Results April 19 Colorado 3 Tampa Bay 0 April 18 New England 2 D.C. United 1 (SO) Columbus 5 Miami 1 Kansas City 1 Los Angeles 2 Dallas 1 San Jose 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 5 4 1 12 13 7 D.C. United 6 4 2 8 11 9 […]

The Arizona Youth Soccer Association will host the 1998 Snickers USYSA national championships July 21-26 in Phoenix. This will be the second consecutive year that the event has been held in Arizona. Single elimination semifinal matches in each age division will be played Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24 at The Rose Mofford Sports […]

The 1998 W-League will consist of two divisions, which were created in January due to the growth and success of the four-year old league. The W-1 division features 15 teams, with the majority featuring a national team or “marquee” player such as Tampa Bay’s Michelle Akers and Raleigh’s Carla Overbeck and Tracy Ducar. The W-2 […]

The 1998 W-League will consist of two divisions, which were created in January due to the growth and success of the four-year old league. The W-1 division features 15 teams, with the majority featuring a national team or “marquee” player such as Tampa Bay’s Michelle Akers and Raleigh’s Carla Overbeck and Tracy Ducar. The W-2 […]

Results April 18 New England 2 D.C. United 1 (SO) Columbus 5 Miami 1 Kansas City 1 Los Angeles 2 Dallas 1 San Jose 2 April 17 Chicago 0 MetroStars 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 5 4 1 12 13 7 D.C. United 6 4 2 8 11 9 Miami […]

Jordan Carroway Arlington, Va. I am stunned by the dismissal of John Harkes from the national team. I understand that Sampson had some problems with him, but he is getting rid of a player with a wealth of international experience. It seems to me that can only hurt the USA’s chances. Do you have any […]

Results April 17 Chicago 0 MetroStars 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 4 3 1 9 8 6 D.C. United 5 4 1 8 10 8 Miami 5 3 2 5 3 6 Tampa Bay 4 1 3 3 4 5 MetroStars 4 1 3 3 5 8 New England 3 […]

April 16 in London Chelsea (England) 3 Vicenza (Italy) 1. Goals: Poyet 35, Zola 52, Hughes 76; Luiso 32. Chelsea — De Goey, Le Saux, Leboeuf, Clarke, Poyet, Newton (Charvet, 70), Duberry, Morris (Hughes, 70), Wise, Vialli, Zola (Myers, 82). Vicenza — Brivio, Mendez, Dicara, Belotti, Viviani (Stovini, 61), Schenardi (Di Napoli, 82), Ambrosini, Di […]