Monthly Archives: July 1998

European Champions League Preliminary Round Schedule Celtic (Scotland) vs. Saint Patrick’s Athletic (Ireland) Obilic Belgrade (Yugoslavia) vs. Vestmannaeyja (Iceland) HJK (Finland) vs. FC Yerevan (Armenia) Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) vs. Halmstad (Sweden) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. Flora Tallinn (Estonia) LKS Lodz (Poland) vs. Kepez Ganja (Azerbaijan) Kareda Siauliai (Lithuania) vs. Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) […]

U.S. referee Esse Baharmast has been named the new director of officials for U.S. Soccer. Baharmast became the first American referee to work two games in a World Cup when he officiated the Spain-Nigeria and Brazil-Norway matches at France ’98. He received a great deal of notoriety for the penalty he called against Brazil’s Junior […]

MLS has announced the reserve players for the Aug. 2 All-Star Game in Orlando, Fla. Here are complete rosters for the two teams: Note: *-denotes a starter. MLS USA Goalkeepers — *Tony Meola (MetroStars), Zach Thornton (Chicago). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), *Marcelo Balboa (Colorado), Mike Burns (New England), Robin Fraser (Los Angeles), *Alexi […]

Goalkeeper Jeff Cassar (3) Miami Defenders Frankie Hejduk (2) Tampa Bay Eddie Pope (4) D.C. United Ryan Tinsley (1) Kansas City Midfielders Ivan McKinley (2) New England Mauricio Ramos (1) Tampa Bay Wellington Sanchez (1) Los Angeles Carlos Valderrama (3) Miami Forwards Eduardo Hurtado (1) MetroStars Roy Lassiter (2) D.C. United Joe-Max Moore (1) New […]

U.S. girls U-20 national team coach Lauren Gregg has named her 18-player roster for this year’s under-21 Nordic Cup, formerly a U-20 tournament, which will take place in the Netherlands. The U.S., the defending Nordic Cup champion, has drawn Finland (Aug. 3), the host country (Aug. 5) and Sweden (Aug. 7) in Group B. The […]

The U.S. boys’ U-20 national team will arrive in Miami on July 21 in preparation for the 1999 World Youth Championship CONCACAF qualifying tournament, scheduled for August 5-9 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The U.S. is scheduled to play Jamaica on July 25 in Miami in the team’s final international match prior to CONCACAF qualifying. […]

MIAMI 3 SAN JOSE 2 (SO) July 15 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 2 San Jose 2 (Miami wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Stebbins (Vaudreuil, Herrera) 32, Cullen (Stebbins, Parra) 47; Baicher (Cerritos, Vasquez) 20, Gough (Wynalda) 78. Miami — Cassar (7), Webber (5), Martinez (5), Knowles (5), Cullen (6), Parra (5), Herrera (5), Vaudreuil (6), […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Lassiter (D.C. United) 21 15 6 36 Welton (Los Angeles) 20 13 9 35 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 18 11 11 33 Diaz Arce (New England) 20 13 5 31 Moreno (D.C. United) 21 11 9 31 Jones (Los Angeles) 12 9 9 27 Hurtado (MetroStars) 20 8 11 […]

July 16 in Kingston Jamaica 2 USA 3. Goals: Bennett 11, 59; Cila 20, D.Beasley 39, Jackson 79. Jamaica — K.Stewart, Whittaker, Sailsman, Thomas, Battista, King, Bryan, Chambers, R.Stewart, Bennett, Gordon. USA — Countess, Akwari, Dulaney, Martin, Yi (Oneyewu, 33), D.Beasley, Beckerman (Trembly, 46), Chillemi (Jackson, 53), Cutler, Donovan, Cila (Rivera, 59). Att.: 3,000.

Results July 19 MetroStars 3 Columbus 0 Kansas City 4 Colorado 1 July 18 D.C. United 4 Chicago 1 Dallas 1 New England 3 Los Angeles 2 Miami 3 (SO) San Jose 0 Tampa Bay 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 22 17 5 41 53 33 MetroStars 19 10 […]

Here are the NSCAA Men’s NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. UCLA 22-2-0 2. Virginia 19-4-3 3. Indiana 23-1-0 4. Saint Louis 17-5-3 5. American 17-4-4 6. SMU 19-3-0 7. Washington 15-3-2 8. South Carolina 16-3-1 9. St. […]

Here are the NSCAA Men’s NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Cal State Bakersfield 20-4-0 2. Lynn 19-2-0 3. Southern Connecticut 21-1-1 4. Truman State 16-6-0 5. South Carolina-Spartanburg 19-4-0 6. New Hampshire College 17-2-1 7. West Virginia […]

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. North Carolina 27-0-1 2. Notre Dame 23-1-1 3. Santa Clara 20-3-1 4. Connecticut 23-4-0 5. Florida 20-3-1 6. Virginia 14-5-2 7. Portland 14-5-0 8. Nebraska 18-4-0 9. […]

Here are the NSCAA Men’s NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Wheaton (Ill.) 24-0-1 2. Coll. of New Jersey 17-6-0 3. Mary Washington 21-3-1 4. Amherst 13-5-1 5. Gettysburg 16-4-2 6. Ithaca 15-5-0 7t. Ohio Wesleyan 16-8-0 7t. […]

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. UC San Diego 20-2-0 2. William Smith 18-4-0 3. Washington (Mo.) 17-4-1 4. Elizabethtown 19-5-2 5. Mary Washington 19-2-2 6. Macalester 19-2-0 7. Amherst 14-3-0 8. Middlebury […]

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Franklin Pierce 21-0-0 2. West Virginia Wesleyan 21-2-1 3. Lynn 19-2-1 4. Cal State Dominguez Hills 16-4-2 5. Adelphi 18-2-0 6. Truman State 15-6-1 7. Barry 14-2-2 […]

Results July 18 D.C. United 4 Chicago 1 Dallas 1 New England 3 Los Angeles 2 Miami 3 (SO) San Jose 0 Tampa Bay 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 22 17 5 41 53 33 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 18 9 9 25 32 32 […]

The Colorado Rapids have acquired Canadian national team star Jason Bent as a 1998 discovery player. Bent is a defensive midfielder with the ability to also play an outside defensive position. The Canadian citizen will fill one of the Rapids’ five foreign player slots. Colorado now has four of those allotted slots filled, including Bent, […]

Andrew Hoppes Philadelphia Why is Johan Cruyff apparently not a candidate for the U.S. men’s national team coaching position? Would he be a good coach for the U.S., or would he have a difficult time dealing with players who are not of the same superstar caliber as his players at Barcelona? Would he be too […]

The USA and 1998 World Cup champion France are among the eight teams that will compete in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will be hosted by Mexico Jan. 8-20. Brazil won the inaugural championship, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1997. The eight teams will play in two groups (round-robin format) followed […]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the World Cup is too long and he hopes to shorten the length of the tournament for 2002. Before the tournament, he would have gotten no argument from my household. The tournament shaped up to be a source of major conflicts: 33 days of soccer, almost non-stop from early morning […]

The United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues (USISL), has announced that the Kalamazoo Kingdom will serve as the host team for the 1998 PDSL Championship. The championships, which will be played in a true final four format, will be played at the Ed Annen Sports Complex in Kalamazoo, MIch. The semifinals will be played on […]

Here are the final results of fan balloting for the 1998 MLS All-Star Game: (Note: Players in bold are All-Star starters) MLS USA Forwards Rank/Player (Team) Votes 1. Preki (Kansas City) 13,283 2. Brian McBride (Columbus) 12,118 3. Eric Wynalda (San Jose) 11,038 4. Roy Wegerle (Tampa Bay) 10,790 5. Roy Lassiter (D.C. United) 9,372 […]

The Colorado Rapids fell 4-2 to Mexican First Division club Leon July 15 in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup and crashed out of the tournament. The Rapids won the first leg 1-0 on June 28, but fell 4-3 on aggregate. The Emeralds raced out to a 3-0 lead before Steve Trittschuh scored […]

July 15 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 2 MetroStars (MLS) 2 (MetroStars win shootout 2-1). Goals: Glenn (Tilley) 22, Domm (Dietrich) 56; Savarese (Vega) 23, Savarese (Ramos, Vega) 44. Rochester — Andracki, Hardy (Dietrich, 55), Demmin (Mercik, 34), Walton, DaSilva, McKay (Britton, 53), Allnutt (Kirmse, 53), Steenkamp (Dauda, 36), Daligcon, Tilley (Alamo, 46), Glenn […]