Monthly Archives: September 1998

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P John (Columbus) 27 26 5 57 Jones (Los Angeles) 24 19 13 51 Welton (Los Angeles) 31 17 11 45 Lassiter (D.C. United) 31 18 8 44 Diaz Arce (New England) 32 18 8 44 Moreno (D.C. United) 31 16 11 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 30 13 16 […]

The U.S. men’s national team will return to action against Australia at Spartan Stadium in San Jose on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. (PT). The game marks the USA’s first match since the 1998 World Cup in France, and could be the first appearance of the team’s new head coach. The game will be […]

When Javier Clemente quit as Spain coach, he became the 22nd World Cup coach to move on since France ’98. The story we ran cited “media pressure” as the governing factor behind his resignation. I find this notion debatable, but less reprehensible than Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar’s Twinkie defense for his dismissal of Christian Gross […]

Results Sept. 27 Miami 1 Tampa Bay 3 San Jose 2 Kansas City 0 D.C. United 3 Columbus 2 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Chicago 0 Sept. 26 New England 0 MetroStars 1 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Final 1998 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 32 24 8 58 74 48 […]

Four-time world champion Brazil will face Ecuador in an international friendly on Oct. 14 at RFK Stadium. The match, which is presented by D.C. United, will begin at 7:30 p.m. The match will be Brazil’s second under new head coach Vanderley Luxemburgo, who replaced Mario Zagallo after France ’98. Individual tickets for the match will […]

Results Sept. 26 New England 0 MetroStars 1 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Sept. 24 Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 4 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 31 15 16 45 65 54 *MetroStars 32 15 17 39 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 […]

In conjunction with the launch of SoccerAmerica.com's new Book & Video Source, we posted a two-part interview with The Simplest Game author Paul Gardner. At the end of Part II, you will find out how to order this book and how to post your own review of this book if you've already read it. Now […]

Andrew Lucchese Reading, Pa. Why is Eddie Pope staying in MLS when he has had several offers from top clubs in Europe? Pete Bailey: Eddie certainly has options available to him overseas should he choose to pursue them. MLS deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati said that after the World Cup, two Bundesliga teams (believed to be […]

Results Sept. 24 Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 4 Sept. 23 Chicago 3 New England 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 31 15 16 45 65 54 *MetroStars 31 14 17 38 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 45 65 Tampa Bay 31 […]

Eastern Conference Semifinals HERSHEY VS. RICHMOND Sept. 17 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 0 Richmond 0 (Hershey wins shootout 3-2). Hershey — Azmi, Regis, Penny, M.Williams, Oudin, Sawatzky, Rodriguez, Kelly (Tschantret, 55), Swords (Scheer, 90), D’Ambra (Mitchell, 60), Feniger. Richmond — McGinty (Deegan, 105), T.Williams, Scott, McKay (Messam, 64), Fox, Murray, Lekics, Johnson, Borgard (De.Etienne, 55), […]

U.S. Soccer Federation President Dr. Bob Contiguglia announced today that Sunil Gulati has been named managing director of U.S. Soccer’s Project 2010 Committee. “I could not think of anyone more qualified than Sunil Gulati to head up such an important task force,” said U.S. Soccer Secretary General Hank Steinbrecher. “I’m very pleased that he will […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Nesa Stefanovic, Jacksonville SO 8 10 8 28 3.50 Heikki Ritvanen, Central Fla. JR 6 10 1 21 3.50 Rafael Solano, LIU SO 7 10 4 24 3.43 Stuart Duffin, Hofstra SR 6 8 4 20 3.33 Bole Acimovic, Jacksonville FR 8 12 2 […]

This article appeared originally in Mßs F·tbol. Mßs F·tbol is Soccer America‘s bilingual (Spanish/English) monthly magazine. The English version of this article follows the Spanish. Biograffa Marco “El Diablo” Etcheverry (Bolivia) Club: D.C. United Nacimiento (born): 26-Septiembre-1970 en Santa Cruz, Bolivia Talla (height): 5-9 Peso (weight): 157 Clubes Anteriores (past clubs): 1987-89 — Destroyers (Bolivia) […]

When Javier Clemente quit as Spain coach, he became the 22nd World Cup coach to move on since France ’98. The story we ran cited “media pressure” as the governing factor behind his resignation. I find this notion debatable, but less reprehensible than Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar’s adoption of “the media drove me to it” […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Laurie Seidl, Minnesota SO 5 9 0 18 3.60 Jennifer Soileau, Mississippi SO 6 6 9 21 3.50 Mandy Clemens, Santa Clara JR 7 7 9 23 3.29 Kristine Edner, South Fla. SR 6 7 5 19 3.17 Maren Hendershot, San Diego St. JR […]

Results Sept. 23 Chicago 3 New England 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 30 15 15 45 62 50 *MetroStars 31 14 17 38 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 45 65 New England 31 11 20 29 53 66 Tampa Bay […]

Chicago — M Peter Nowak (left knee MCL strain) D Francis Okaroh (bruised ribs), F Ante Razov (right shoulder dislocation), F Roman Kosecki (left hamstring pull) are probable; M/F Manny Lagos (left knee patella tendon surgery), D Andrew Lewis (groin strain) are on injured reserve. Colorado — M Jason Bent (bruised right toe) is questionable; […]

FEATURES Cobi Jones: A U.S. Star Shines Brighter Than Ever By Scott French MLS Gets The Ballots Out By Duncan Irving Names On The MLS Marquee Are Changing By Mike Woitalla Desperation Brings Bora To The Big Apple By Ridge Mahoney Wortmann’s ‘Brutal Honesty’ Creates Winners By Jeff Rusnak Esse Baharmast: ‘Refereeing Must Be Priority’ […]

G Kristen Samuhel (Richmond) (1) 9 saves to shut out William & Mary D Shannon Brown (Wisconsin) (1) Tough D vs. Michigan; save, assist vs. MSU D Kristen Palmer (Northwestern) (1) 1 assist, gamewinning PK stun Michigan M Laurie Schwoy (North Carolina) (1) 4 goals in wins over Clemson, Florida St. M Isabelle Harvey (USC) […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 N. Carolina 6-0-0 50 DA Clemson 4-2, DA Florida St. 7-0 2 Florida 6-0-0 45 DH Hartford 5-2 3 Clemson 3-3-0 40 LH UNC 2-4, DH Wake Forest 2-1 3 Duke 3-4-0 40 LA Virginia 1-5, LA Maryland 1-3 4 Georgia 4-2-0 35 DH Auburn 4-1 5 Wake […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 7-0-0 DH San Francisco State 5-1, DH Chico State 3-0 2 CS-Dom. Hills 5-2-0 DH Concordia 8-1, DH CS-San Bernardino 4-0, DH CS-Los Angeles 2-1 3 UC Davis 5-1-1 DA CSU Stanislaus 2-0, DA San Francisco State 3-1 4 Chico State 5-1-0 DH San Francisco State […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 6-0-0 250 2 Santa Clara 7-0-0 240 3 Notre Dame 6-1-0 228 4 Connecticut 7-0-0 217 5 Florida 6-0-0 210 6 Portland 6-0-0 198 7 Penn State 6-0-0 196 8 William & Mary 6-0-1 169 9 UCLA 6-1-0 158 10 Texas A&M 4-2-0 155 11 […]

COLUMBUS 2 COLORADO 4 Sept. 16 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 2 Colorado 4. Goals: John 63, John (Warzycha, Thompson) 64; DiGiamarino (Hahnemann) 32, DiGiamarino 51, Bravo (Jakins, DiGiamarino) 74, Harris 89. Columbus — Sommer (5), Clark (4), Dooley (5), Iribarren (5), Yeagley (6), Thompson (5), Warzycha (5), Williams (5), Elcock (6), John (7), McBride (6). […]

G Tom Zawislan (Creighton) (1) 7 saves in 123 minutes of scoreless play D Scott Campagna (South Carolina) (1) First career goal was winner over Coll. of Charleston D Chris Schmalz (UNCC) (1) First 2 career goals in 3-1 win over Marquette M Chris Albright (Virginia) (1) Hat trick against Va. Tech (3-0) M Lazo […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (IL) 7-0-0 DH IL Wesleyan 7-0, DH N. Central 7-2 2 Rhodes 5-0-1 DH Lambuth 4-1, DH Trinity 3-2, DH Southwestern 2-0 3 Univ. South 6-0-0 DH Centre 2-0, DH Franklin 6-0 4 Washington U 4-2-0 DH Aurora 2-0, DA Carnegie-Mellon 3-2 5 Centre Univ. South […]