Monthly Archives: September 1998

Leandro Stillitano has resigned from his position as Miami Fusion vice president and general manager, it was announced today by Fusion Chief Operating Officer Betty D’Anjolell. A replacement for Stillitano has not been named. D’Anjolell will handle his responsibilities on an interim basis. “Leandro is an ambitious professional who helped establish the core of our […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Washington 6-0-0 479 2 Duke 7-0-0 457 3 Connecticut 6-0-0 407 4 Indiana 6-1-0 400 5 Virginia 4-0-2 377 6 San Jose State 7-0-0 351 7 St. John’s 5-1-1 325 8 Creighton 5-1-0 315 9 Clemson 5-1-0 303 10 UCLA 5-1-0 276 11 UNC Charlotte 5-0-0 207 […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dodd (4) Dallas Defenders Tim Martin (1) San Jose C.J. Brown (7) Chicago Uche Okafor (2) Kansas City Midfielders Joey DiGiamarino (1) Colorado Pablo Mastroeni (1) Miami Chris Armas (2) Chicago Forwards Diego Serna (5) Miami Joe-Max Moore (3) New England Stern John (8) Columbus Roy Lassiter (3) D.C. United Note: In parentheses […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 5-1-1 DA Stockton 2-1 (OT), LA Mary Washington 1-3, DN Elmira 3-0 2 Richard Stockton 3-2-0 LH TCNJ 1-2 (OT) 3 Gettysburg 5-2-0 DH F&M 3-1, DH Muhlenberg 2-1 4 Elizabethtown 4-4-0 DA Susquehanna 8-0, LN Elmira 2-3, LA Mary Washington 3-0 5 Haverford 4-2-1 DA […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 U of Charleston 5-0-1 TA Rio Grande 1-1 2 Rockhurst 6-0-0 DH NE OK St 3-2 (OT), DA Lewis 3-2, DA WI-Parkside 1-0, DA Newman (KS) 3-0, DA Truman St 2-1, DN CO Christian 3-1 3 Wheeling 6-0-0 DH Salem-Teikyo 2-0, DA Hillsdale 5-0 4 Truman State 4-1-1 […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 6-1-0 50 DH Miami (Oh) 4-0, DN Central Florida 3-0, DN Jacksonville 4-1 2 Notre Dame 4-1-1 39 LA Rutgers 0-1 (OT), DA Villanova 2-1 (OT) 2 Akron 5-1-0 39 DA Robert Morris 5-2, DH Xavier 4-3 (OT) 4 Butler 5-1-0 38 DH Jacksonville 5-2, DH […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for the games of Sept. 23-27: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 23 New England at Chicago 8:30 p.m. FOX Sports New England Sept. 24 Tampa Bay at Columbus 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 Sept. 26 MetroStars at New England 7:30 p.m. FOX Sports New England Sept. 27 Tampa Bay at […]

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

This is the second part of a two-part interview. Click here to go to the first part. The Simplest Game shows, as well as a book possibly could, the whole picture of the world's most popular sport. First published in 1976, it is now in the second printing of its third edition. The first edition […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20 for Sept. 21, taking into account games through Sunday, Sept. 20: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 6-0-0 1 2. Santa Clara 7-0-0 2 3. Notre Dame 6-1-0 3 4. Florida 6-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 7-0-0 5 6. Penn State 6-0-0 8 7. Portland 6-0-0 10 8. […]

Fans encouraged to Review Paul GardnerÆs The Simplest Game SoccerAmerica.com is introducing a new interactive area on September 21 that will feature a wide variety of soccer related books, videos and CD-ROMs. Fans will be able to order products instantly, hear other fan opinions on particular products, and even write their own reviews. The inaugural […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P John (Columbus) 25 23 4 50 Jones (Los Angeles) 23 18 13 49 Welton (Los Angeles) 30 17 11 45 Diaz Arce (New England) 30 18 8 44 Lassiter (D.C. United) 30 18 8 44 Moreno (D.C. United) 30 16 11 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 29 13 16 […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20 for Sept. 21, taking into account games through Sept. 20. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Duke 7-0-0 4 2. Indiana 6-1-0 3 3. UCLA 5-1-0 5 4. Clemson 5-1-0 1 5. South Carolina 5-1-0 7 6. Virginia 4-0-2 6 7. St. John’s 5-1-1 8 8. San Jose […]

D.C. United vs. Miami Fusion Wed., Sept. 30 @ D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ET (ESPN) Sun., Oct. 4 @ Miami 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) *Wed., Oct. 7 @ D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ET Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Dallas Burn Thurs., Oct. 1 @ Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Sun., Oct. 4 @ Dallas 3:00 […]

The MetroStars has named former U.S. national team head coach Bora Milutinovic as the club’s new head coach. A teleconference was scheduled for this afternoon for general manager Charlie Stillitano to confirm the announcement. Milutinovic, who coached Nigeria at France ’98, replaces Alfonso Mondelo. Milutinovic is the fifth MetroStars coach in three years.

Here is the transcript of the today’s Q&A Session with MetroStars General Manager Charlie Stillitano Monday: Q: Michael Lewis (Daily News): To bring in a new coach for one game… is not fair to the coach? A: I think that is a fair point, Michael. There are a couple of good points that are important […]

The U.S. Women’s National Team scored three spectacular goals off crossed balls to defeat Brazil, 3-0, and claim the championship of the U.S. Women’s Cup ’98, once again establishing themselves as a favorite to win next summer’s 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In a physical match that featured 34 fouls, and the ejection of Brazilian […]

Sept. 20 in Richmond, VA Russia 5 Mexico 1. Goals: Bossikova 13, 22, Barbashina 15, Grigorieva 69, Letyushova 81; Dominguez 63. Russia — Petko (Vizirenko, 46), Dmitrienko (Sazonova, 61), Burakova, Dikareva, Komarova, Egorova (Emelianova, 46), Grigorieva, Svetlitskaya, Barbashina (Savina, 46), Bossikova (Letyushova, 25), Barkova. Mexico — Quinonez (I. Valdez, 65), Ireta (Vasquez, 28), Perez, Lopez […]

Results Sept. 20 Los Angeles 0 San Jose 1 Sept. 19 New England 3 Tampa Bay 0 D.C. United 1 Miami 3 Colorado 2 Columbus 1 Kansas City 0 Dallas 1 Sept. 17 Chicago 1 Kansas City 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus […]

Results Sept. 19 New England 3 Tampa Bay 0 D.C. United 1 Miami 3 Colorado 2 Columbus 1 Kansas City 0 Dallas 1 Sept. 17 Chicago 1 Kansas City 0 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 […]

U.S. women’s national team forward Mia Hamm added to her legend in a style befitting the greatest female goal scorer in history, blasting in her 100th and 101st career international goals in front of a standing-room only, sell-out crowd of 13,125 fans at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y. as the USA defeated Russia, 4-0, in […]

Sept. 18 in Rochester, N.Y. Brazil 11 Mexico 0. Goals: Roseli 1, 36, (pen.) 43, 51, 60, 68, Pretinha 23, 40, 56, 69, Nene 44. Brazil — Maravilha (Didi, 58), Juliana (Catarina, 69), Elane, Valeria, Nene, Raquel, Fabiana, Suzana, Katia, Pretinha (Graziele, 73), Roseli (Karin, 73). Mexico — I. Valdez (Quinonez, 67), Ireta, Perez, Lopez, […]

Germany received an F and the United States got a D when Germany’s kicker magazine handed out grades for all 32 France ’98 teams and came to the category of skill. True, journalists tend to be excessively critical about their own national teams, but can you remember any impressive technical displays from the Germans during […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Pauliina Miettinen, Franklin Pierce SR 3 10 4 24 8.00 Renee Vinnedge, Queens (N.C.) SR 4 8 2 18 4.50 Christy Cousins, S. C.-Aiken SO 5 10 2 22 4.40 Brooke Morgan, West Fla. SO 4 7 3 17 4.25 Rachel Denner, American Int’l […]

Sept. 17 in Newcastle Newcastle United (England) 2 (Shearer 12, Dabizas 71) Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1 (Rasovic pen. 68). Half: 1-0. Att.: 26,599. Sept. 17 in Edinburgh Hearts (Scotland) 0 Mallorca (Spain) 1 (Marcelino 17). Half: 0-1. Att.: 13,573. Sept. 17 in Rome Lazio (Italy) 1 (Nedved 37) Lausanne Sports (Switzerland) 1 (Douglas 65). Half: […]