Monthly Archives: May 1998

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Welton (Los Angeles) 8 7 5 19 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 10 4 7 15 Bravo (Colorado) 9 5 4 14 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 6 5 3 13 Diaz Arce (New England) 7 5 2 12 Saenz (Colorado) 8 5 2 12 […]

Columbus Crew defender Mike Lapper will miss the remainder of the 1998 season after tearing his left ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in the final moments of the Crew’s 2-0 loss at Miami on May 9. Lapper landed awkwardly on his left leg with just about five minutes remaining in the game on Saturday but stayed […]

Here are preliminary rosters announced for the World Cup training camps for the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, France, Germany, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia. BELGIUM 25-man squad: Goalkeepers — Filip De Wilde (Anderlecht), Dany Verlinden (Club Bruges), Philippe Vande Walle (Aalst). Defenders — Vital Borkelmans […]

METROSTARS 0 DALLAS 1 May 6 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Dallas 1. Goal: Kreis (Washington, D.Alvarez) 19. MetroStars — Meola (7), Lalas (5), Petke (5), Zaun (5), Sonora (5), Sorber (5), da Silva (5), Kelly (4), Ramos (6), Vega (5), Hurtado (6). Subs: Rooney (6) for Vega in 46th minute, Savarese (5) for […]

Natalie Neaton’s 77th minute goal lifted the U.S. women’s national team to a 1-0 victory over an inspired Iceland team in a misty rain at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pa. May 10. The pace of the game was slowed considerably by a field saturated by five days of steady rain, and the conditions favored the […]

Results May 10 New England 4 Tampa Bay 3 May 9 Miami 2 Columbus 0 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 0 Colorado 2 San Jose 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 10 8 2 18 20 12 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 Miami 9 5 4 11 9 16 […]

Mia Hamm scored two spectacular goals and Tiffeny Milbrett added a goal and an assist, as the U.S. women’s national team defeated Iceland, 6-0 May 8 before a capacity crowd at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis. The U.S., which scored 15 goals in a pair of recent wins over Argentina, needed just three minutes to get […]

Results May 9 Miami 2 Columbus 0 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 0 Colorado 2 San Jose 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 10 8 2 18 20 12 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 Miami 9 5 4 11 9 16 MetroStars 8 3 5 9 10 14 New […]

A-League Here are the A-League qualifying standings through May 5. Each A-League team’s first six games count as Open Cup qualifiers. Three points are awarded for a regulation or overtime win, and one point for a shootout win. The top four teams in each conference advance to the Open Cup. Eastern Conference Team GP W […]

The MLS disciplinary committee cleared Colorado Rapids star Marcelo Balboa of any wrongdoing in the matter of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Dan Calichman, who suffered a broken leg in the MLS match May 6. The committee issued the folloiwng statement: “We have spent many hours reviewing the videotape evidence of the challenge in the game […]

Pete Bailey: A recent Q&A session featured a question about when Project-40 players will count on their MLS teams’ rosters. There was no known answer at the time, but since then, MLS has stated that Pro-40 players will count on the 20-man roster after playing in 20 MLS matches or three years, whichever comes first. […]

CONCACAF Champions Cup Central American Zone, Second Phase GROUP A April 30 in San Salvador L.A. Firpo (El Sal.) 2 (Toro pen. 48, Monterrosa 55) Olimpia (Hond.) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Team GP W T L GF GA P L.A. Firpo 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Alajuela 2 1 1 0 2 […]

Los Angeles Galaxy captain Dan Calichman will undergo surgery May 8 at St. Luke Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. The defender suffered a fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg in a collision with Colorado defender Marcelo Balboa during the opening minutes of the second half of last night’s 7-4 Galaxy win over […]

The Miami Fusion will play its first-ever international friendly on Wednesday May 20, when the MLS club takes on the Honduran national team at 7:30 p.m. (ET) in Lockhart Stadium,. Presented by Inter/Forever Sports, the match will be the first international exhibition at the newly improved and expanded Lockhart Stadium. Honduras is one of 33 […]

How to pick a World Cup roster? Coaches want men hungry for competition — who don’t complain when they’re benched. They want self-confident, decisive individualists with gumption — who always obey the coach. They want a collection of choirboys who fight like warriors. World Cup coaches dream about their players exchanging fine passes and scoring […]

MLS Team of the Week (April 29-May 3) Goalkeeper Tony Meola (3) MetroStars Defenders Dan Calichman (1) Los Angeles Carlos Llamosa (1) D.C. United Todd Yeagley (1) Columbus Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (2) Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry (4) D.C. United John Harkes (2) D.C. United Carlos Valderrama (1) Miami David Vaudreuil (1) Miami Forwards Stern John […]

Here is the MLS injury report as of May 5: Chicago — MF Peter Nowak (bruised foot) is questionable; F Frankie Klopas (flu) is probable; MF Diego Gutierrez (knee surgery) is on injured reserve until June 15, MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — MF Joey DiGiamarino […]

Features Sampson Picks His World Cup Top 20 By Duncan Irving Brazil Stumbles In “A Game To Be Forgotten” Soccer America Q&A: Dan Calichman — Hard Work Pays Off Interview by Dean Caparaz Kamler Rebounds From Shattered Cheekbone By Steven Goff Nothing Revolutionary About Mutiny By Bill Ward A-League’s Zodiac Moves To Irvine By Scott […]

Results May 6 MetroStars 0 Dallas 1 Los Angeles 7 Colorado 4 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 7 5 2 15 15 8 D.C. United 9 7 2 15 18 12 MetroStars 7 3 4 9 10 12 Miami 8 4 4 8 7 16 New England 6 3 3 7 […]

Here is the television schedule for this week’s MLS action: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 6 Dallas at MetroStars 7:30 p.m. MSG2 May 6 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. Fox Sports Rocky Mtn. May 9 Columbus at Miami 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 May 9 MetroStars at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. MSG May 9 San […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Bradenton 1 1 0 8 0 3 South Florida 1 1 0 6 0 3 Central Florida 1 1 0 4 3 3 Miami T. 1 1 0 2 0 3 Alabama 1 0 1 0 0 0 Cocoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson 0 […]

May 6 in Paris Inter Milan (Italy) 3 Lazio (Italy) 0. Goals: Zamorano 4, Zanetti 60, Ronaldo 70. Inter Milan — Pagliuca, Fresi, Colonnesse, West, Zanetti, Winter (Cauet, 68), Ze Elias, Simeone, Djorkaeff (Moriero, 68), Ronaldo, Zamorano (Sartor, 73). Lazio — Marchegiani, Grandoni (Gottardi, 55), Nesta, Negro, Favalli; Fuser, Venturin (Almeyda, 49), Jugovic, Nedved, Mancini, […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P New Hampshire 1 1 0 7 0 3 Western Mass. 1 1 0 4 0 3 Cape Cod 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 Reading […]

May 5 in Portland, Ore. San Jose (MLS) 1 Guadalajara (Mexico) 1. Goals: Cerritos (Lewis) 36; Varela 58. San Jose — Kirk (Kramer, 46), Weaver, Draguicevich, Martin (Parry, 58), Barrett, Figueroa (Rodriguez, 55), Cloutier, Mella, Lewis, Cerritos (Sebapole, 55), Baicher (Lozzano, 58). Guadalajara — Zuniga (Toxqui, 62), Monarres (Perez, 46), Acosta, Romero, Zarate, Coyote, Castro, […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Worcester 3 2 1 5 5 4 Rochester 1 1 0 2 1 3 Long Island 3 1 2 1 4 3 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connecticut 1 0 1 0 0 0 Staten Island 1 0 1 2 3 0 Toronto […]