Monthly Archives: June 1998

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 30 Croatia 1 Romania 0 Argentina 2 England 2 (Argentina wins 4-3 on penalties) June 29 Germany 2 Mexico 1 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 1 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 […]

June 30 in Bordeaux Croatia 1 Romania 0. Goal: Suker (pen.) 45. Croatia — Ladic, Stimac, Jarni, Bilic, Simic, Stanic (Tudor, 83), Jurcic, Asanovic, Boban, Vlaovic (Krpan, 77), Suker. Romania — Stelea, Petrescu (Marinescu, 76), Cibotariu, Gheorge Popescu, Filipescu, Munteanu, Hagi (Craioveanu, 57), Galca, Gabriel Popescu (Niculescu, 61), Moldovan, Ilie. Yellow cards: Croatia — Boban […]

5 goals — Batistuta (Argentina), Vieri (Italy). 4 Goals — Hernandez (Mexico), Salas (Chile). 3 Goals — Bierhoff (Germany), Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Henry (France), Klinsmann (Germany), Ronaldo (Brazil), Suker (Croatia). 2 Goals — R.Baggio (Italy), Bartlett (South Africa), Bassir (Morocco), Bebeto (Brazil), Bergkamp (Netherlands), Cocu (Netherlands), R.De Boer (Netherlands), Hadda (Morocco), Hierro (Spain), Kiko (Spain), […]

METROSTARS 5 NEW ENGLAND 3 June 24 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 5 New England 3. Goals: Kelly (Savarese, Dougherty) 40, Savarese (Sonora) 43, Kelly (Sonora, Rooney) 53, Petke (Dougherty) 69, Dougherty (Hurtado) 88; Diaz Arce (Pareja, Baba) 31, Gorter 64, Diaz Arce (Gorter, Pareja) 68. MetroStars — Meola (4), Sonora (6), Palacios (5), Knowles […]

MLS: SA Team of the Week (June 24-27) Goalkeeper Jeff Cassar (2) Miami Defenders C.J. Brown (6) Chicago Paul Caligiuri (1) Los Angeles Richard Gough (1) San Jose Midfielders Edwin Gorter (2) New England Brian Kelly (1) Metrostars Roman Kosecki (2) Chicago Piotr Nowak (7) Chicago Ross Paule (3) Colorado Forwards Damian Alvarez (3) Dallas […]

Canada has been awarded the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and will stage the event in the Toronto, Ontario area from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6 Originally planned to take place in Haiti, the tournament had to be switched when disputes broke out between the Haiti Government and the Haitian […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for July 1-4: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 1 New England at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England July 1 Dallas at Chicago 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago Plus July 2 Miami at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN July 3 Columbus at San Jose 10:30 p.m. […]

The following players carry a yellow card into their quarterfinal matches: Italy — Luigi Di Biagio, Paolo Maldini, Francesco Moriero. France — none. Brazil — Cafu, Leonardo. Denmark — Marc Rieper. Germany — Markus Babbel, Dietmar Hamann, Lothar Matthaeus, Michael Tarnat. Croatia — Zvonimir Boban, Slaven Bilic. Netherlands — none. Argentina — Matias Almeyda, Carlos […]

The Miami Fusion added some defensive depth by trading its third-round pick in the 1999 MLS College Draft to the MetroStars for defender Matt Knowles. Knowles, 27, is a three-time NPSL Defensive Player of the Year who has been with the MetroStars since the inaugural MLS season. This season, since fulfilling his indoor commitments, Knowles […]

The Colorado Rapids defeated Leon of the Mexican First Division, 1-0, in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup match on June 28. Rapids midfielder Marcelo Balboa, who played for Leon for two seasons before joining Colorado in 1996, scored the game’s lone goal with just seven minutes remaining. Balboa had only returned to […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 16 12 9 33 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 14 9 10 28 Diaz Arce (New England) 15 11 4 26 Lassiter (D.C. United) 17 9 6 24 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 17 6 11 23 Moreno (D.C. United) 17 7 […]

June 29 in Montpellier Germany 2 Mexico 1. Goals: Klinsmann 75, Bierhoff 86; Hernandez 47. Germany — Koepke, Matthaeus, Babbel, Woerns, Heinrich (Moeller, 58), Hamann, Helmer (Ziege, 38), Tarnat, Haessler (Kirsten, 74), Klinsmann, Bierhoff. Mexico — Campos, Suarez, Pardo, Davino, Garcia Aspe (Pelaez, 87), Villa, Bernal (Carmona, 46), Lara, Blanco, Hernandez, Palencia (Arellano, 53). Yellow […]

The N.Y. Greek Americans Atlas of the USASA have forfeited their first-round victory over the Western Mass. Pioneers of the D3 Pro League because the team fielded ineligible players. The Greek Americans appealed, but U.S. Soccer ruled that the amateurs would have to forfeit after a conference call on June 26. As a result, Western […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 29 Germany 2 Mexico 1 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 1 June 28 France 1 Paraguay 0 (2OT) Denmark 4 Nigeria 1 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Morocco 3 […]

June 27 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. USA 6 Bolivia 0. Goals: N.Garcia 8, Beasley 27, 32, 60, Tsakiris 40, Albright 78. USA — Howard, Cherundolo, Bocanegra, Morrison, N.Garcia, Downing, Tsakiris (Gibbs, 59), Beasley, Albright, Bardales, Norkus (Futagaki, 46). Bolivia — Arias, Gaty, Molina, Siera, R.Garcia, Duran, Pena, Arebalo, Elerovick, Callau, Andavery. Subs: Angolo, Bengolea. Yellow […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny continued its team overhaul when it made a pair of trades June 29. Tampa sent midfielder Josh Keller and a first-round pick in the 1999 College Draft to Chicago for defensive midfielder Jorge Salcedo, and then sent defender Mike Duhaney to the MetroStars for midfielder Paul Dougherty. Salcedo and Dougherty are […]

The U-27 boys national team recently completed a training camp in Chula Vista, Calif., where the squad split a pair of matches with the England U-17s. The USA rolled to a 4-1 win on June 23 behind a hat trick from Landon Donovan and a goal from Kyle Beckerman. In the rematch, Raul Rivera gave […]

Steve Sampson resigned today as national team coach of the United States, it was announced by the United States Soccer Federation. “We at the Federation thank Steve for his tremendous service to our national team program and to soccer in the USA,” said U.S. Soccer president Alan Rothenberg. “His tireless work has helped advance our […]

June 28 in Blaine, Minn. Minnesota (A-League) 2 Chicago (MLS) 3. Goals: Mladenov (Shaw) 78, Anderson (pen.) 90; Wolff (Razov) 3, Salcedo (Ibsen) 34, Kuhn (Marsch) 77. Minnesota — Swallen, Abboud (Shaw, 70), Coughlin, Menk (Alvarado, 46), Gramenz (Sylvester, 46), Foster (Leventhal, 66), Mladenov (Stanici, 79), Gotsmanov, (Zeba, 44), Anderson, Magee, Garcia (Horvath, 66). Chicago […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 28 France 1 Paraguay 0 (2OT) Denmark 4 Nigeria 1 June 27 Italy 1 Norway 0 Brazil 4 Chile 1 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Morocco 3 […]

June 28 in Lens France 1 Paraguay 0 (2OT). Goal: Blanc 114. France — Barthez, Thuram, Blanc, Desailly, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Petit (Boghossian, 70), Djorkaeff, Henry (Pires 65), Diomede (Guivarc’h, 77), Trezeguet. Paraguay — Chilavert, Arce, Gamarra, Ayala, Sarabia, Acuna, Enciso, Paredes (Caniza, 75), Benitez, Campos (Yegros, 57), Cardozo (A.Rojas, 91). Yellow cards: Paraguay — Chilavert […]

Forward Mia Hamm logged yet another world-class performance, scoring three goals in a 20-minute span in the second half as the U.S. women’s national team defeated Germany, 4-2, in front of 13,107 at Solider Field, a venue for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Coming off a disappointing 1-1 tie with the European champions in […]

Here is a look at the current standings in European qualifying for the 1999 Women’s World Cup: Group 1 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Sweden 4 4 0 0 11 5 12 Ukraine 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 Iceland 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 Spain 6 0 2 […]

Results June 27 New England 3 Dallas 4 (SO) Miami 2 Tampa Bay 1 (SO) San Jose 1 Los Angeles 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 18 13 5 29 42 31 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 Miami 16 6 10 […]

June 27 in Marseille Italy 1 Norway 0. Goal: Vieri 18. Italy — Pagliuca, Bergomi, Costacurta, Maldini, Cannavaro, Albertini (Pessotto, 72), D.Baggio, Di Biagio, Moriero (Di Livio, 63), Del Piero (Chiesa, 77), Vieri. Norway — Grodas, Berg, Eggen, Johnsen, Bjornebye, H.Flo (Solskjaer, 73), Leonhardsen (Strand, 13, Solbakken 40), Rekdal, Riseth, Mykland, T.A.Flo. Yellow cards: Italy […]