Monthly Archives: June 1998

Team gets Tuesday off Head coach Steve Sampson has given the entire U.S. team Tuesday off, meaning there will be no player availability for the media. On Wednesday, though, the team will train from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Stade La Beaujoire, with the players available after practice in a mixed zone. Chances […]

June 22 in Montpellier Colombia 1 Tunisia 0. Goal: Preciado 83. Colombia — Mondragon, Palacios, Santa, Bermudez, Cabrera, Serna (Bolano, 62), Lozano, Valderrama, Rincon (Aristizabal, 57), Valencia (Preciado, 57), De Avila. Tunisia — El-Ouaer, Clayton, Chouchane, S.Trabelsi, Thabet (Ghodhbane, 77), Bouazizi, Chihi, Souayah, Beya (Ben Ahmed, 74), Sellimi (Ben Younes, 69), Ben Slimane. Yellow cards: […]

Steve Sampson On where his team has faltered: “One area which is the key to success is precision in front of goal. Executing in front of the net has been good, but we are obviously not finishing.” On how he feels his team has played: “Three of the four halves have been quite good. We […]

June 21 in Lyon USA 1 Iran 2. Goals: McBride 87; Estili 41, Mahdavikia 84. USA — Keller, Dooley (Maisonneuve, 82), Pope, Regis, Jones, Moore, Ramos (Stewart, 58), Reyna, Hejduk, Wegerle (Radosavljevic, 58), McBride. Iran — Abedzadeh, Khakpour, Pashazadeh, Zarincheh (Saadavi, 78), Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili, Mohammadkhani (Peyravani, 76), Minavand, Daei, Azizi (Mansourian, 74). Yellow cards: […]

Esse Baharmast will become the first American referee to work more than one match in a World Cup on June 23, as he is scheduled to officiate the Brazil-Norway match in Group A. The match will have a great impact on which team joins Brazil out of Group A in the Second Round. The U.S.-Yugoslavia […]

Results June 21 Dallas 0 Tampa Bay 1 June 20 Columbus 2 MetroStars 1 Kansas City vs. D.C. United (postponed) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 29 41 28 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 MetroStars 15 8 7 22 26 26 Tampa Bay 16 4 12 […]

June 21 in Lens Germany 2 Yugoslavia 2. Goals: own goal 74, Bierhoff 80; Mijatovic 13, Stojkovic 54. Germany — Koepke, Thon, Kohler, Woerns, Heinrich, Moeller (Kirsten, 58), Jeremies, Hamann (Matthaeus, 46), Ziege (Tarnat, 67), Klinsmann, Bierhoff. Yugoslavia — Kralj, Djorovic, Mihajlovic, Komljenovic, Petrovic (Stevic, 74), Jokanovic, Stojkovic, Stankovic (Govedarica, 68), Jugovic, Mijatovic, Kovacevic (Ognjenovic, […]

RESULTS June 21 Group F Germany 2 Yugoslavia 2 USA 1 Iran 2 Group H Argentina 5 Jamaica 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Morocco […]

Iran has defeated the USA 2-1 in their World Cup Group F match in Lyon. Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia scored on a counterattack in the 84th minute, and Brian McBride replied for the U.S. three minutes later. With Iran dropping players back into defense in the second half, the U.S. controlled most of the possession and […]

June 21 in Paris Argentina 5 Jamaica 0. Goals: Ortega 32, 55, Batistuta 73, 79, (pen.) 83. Argentina — Roa, Sensini (Vivas, 25), Ayala, Chamot, Zanetti, Almeyda, Veron, Ortega, Simeone (Pineda, 80), Batistuta, Lopez (Gallardo, 75). Jamaica — Barrett, Malcolm (Boyd, 62), Sinclair, Goodison, Dawes, Whitmore (Earle, 74), Simpson, Powell, Gardener, Hall, Burton (Cargill, 46). […]

Hamid Estili’s goal in the 41st minute has given Iran a 1-0 lead over the United States at halftime of their Group F qualifying match. Fullback Javad Zarincheh made a run up the right side and lofted a cross to Estili in the box, and his lofted header from behind the penalty spot beat Kasey […]

Here are the starting lineups for the Group F match between the USA and Iran in Lyon. USA — Keller, Dooley, Pope, Regis, Jones, Moore, Ramos, Reyna, Hejduk, Wegerle, McBride. Iran — Abedzadeh, Khakpour, Pashazadeh, Zarincheh, Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili, Mohammadkhani, Minavand, Daei, Azizi.

MLS: All-Star Balloting Leaders The following are the current leaders in balloting for the U.S. and World All-Star teams for the MLS All-Star Game Aug. 2 in Orlando, Fla. All-Star voting continues through June 28. U.S. Forwards 1. Eric Wynalda (San Jose) 8,533 2. Brian McBride (Columbus) 8,313 3. Preki (Kansas City) 8026 4. Roy […]

June 20 in Bordeaux Belgium 2 Mexico 2. Goals: Wilmots 43, 48; Garcia Aspe (pen.) 56, Blanco 63. Belgium — De Wilde, Deflandre, Staelens, Vidovic, Borkelmans, Van Der Elst (De Boeck, 67), Scifo, Wilmots, Boffin (Verheyen, 18), Oliveira, Nilis (E.Mpenza, 77). Mexico — Campos, Suarez, Davino, Pardo, Ramirez, Garcia Aspe (Lara, 68), Ordiales (Villa, 58), […]

Alex Bernstein McCall, Idaho Do you think Steve Sampson will continue to use the six-man midfield following the disarray against Germany? It appeared there was no intent when we had possession, and thus a bad game for Claudio Reyna. Pete Bailey: Recent word out of the U.S. camp is that Sampson will employ at least […]

June 20 in Nantes Croatia 1 Japan 0. Goal: Suker 77. Croatia — Ladic, Soldo, Bilic, Stimac (Mamic, 46), Simic, Jurcic, Jarni, Prosinecki (Maric, 67), Asanovic, Stanic (Tudor, 88), Suker. Japan — Kawaguchi, Narahashi (Morishima, 79), Akita, Ihara, Nakanishi, Soma, Yamaguchi, Nakata, Nanami (Lopes, 84), Jo, Nakayama (Okano, 62). Yellow cards: Croatia — Prosinecki 26, […]

RESULTS June 20 Group E Belgium 2 Mexico 2 Netherlands 5 South Korea 0 Group H Croatia 1 Japan 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 […]

Steve Sampson On the importance of Sunday’s match against Iran: “I think this is the most important match since the 1990 World Cup.” On the impact of politics on the Iran game: “It doesn’t make it any more important for the players on our side. Our entire emphasis is to show that we are a […]

U.S. not interested in politics At first, one might have agreed with U.S. World Cup team players, who insisted that the political significance of its game against Iran was being blown out of proportion. But in the last week, President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeline Albright said they are seeking more normalized relations between […]

Results June 20 Columbus 2 MetroStars 1 Kansas City vs. D.C. United (postponed — thunderstorms) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 29 41 28 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 MetroStars 15 8 7 22 26 26 Miami 15 5 10 11 13 32 New England 13 […]

This will not be the first time that the U.S. has played Iran in soccer. The two countries squared off in the semifinals of the Third FIFA Indoor World Championship, held in Hong Kong in 1992. National team defender Jeff Agoos played in the game. “I remember the game quite well,” he said. “They were […]

RESULTS June 18 Group D Nigeria 1 Bulgaria 0 Spain 0 Paraguay 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Morocco 2 0 1 1 2 5 […]

Steve Sampson On Secretary of State Albright’s timely statements on US-Iran relations: “It is interesting that the Secretary of State this week has talked about US-Iran relations. Secretary of State Albright must realize the exposure and interest generated from Sunday’s match. It is a great opportunity to bring the two countries together.” On the pressure […]

FIFA red-card mandates leave U.S. “perplexed” The first 20 World Cup games in France saw four players receive red cards. After Thursday night’s games alone, where five red cards were issued in two games, the U.S. team is now uncertain on how to view FIFA’s red card mandate. “We’re perplexed, absolutely perplexed,” head coach Steve […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny have called up Jamaican international forward Paul Young from their A-League affiliate, the Charleston Battery The Kingston native will be reunited with Tim Hankinson, who recently took the reins in Tampa and coached Young previously at Syracuse University and with the Battery. Young has made numerous international appearances for Jamaica, but […]