Monthly Archives: December 1998

We will be taking our annual Holiday break starting Dec. 22 and will not be posting any more news until Jan. 4. Happy holidays from all of us at Soccer America.

Clint Nurnberg Springfield, Mo. Please put the Project-40 squad’s recently successful tour of England into perspective for us. That they won all five matches suggests that Project-40 is accomplishing its objectives of developing young American players quickly into quality professionals. But I wonder if the English hosts opted not to put forward their best “feet” […]

FIFA has announced the list of international referees and referee assistants that will be eligible to officiate FIFA-sanctioned matches in 1999. The American contingent, which represents a total of approximately 100,000 registered officials in the United States, included 14 referees and 11 referee assistants. Here is a look at the U.S. representatives in the FIFA […]

The U.S. men’s U-23 national team will gather from Jan. 4-17 at the ARCO Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., for the first of what will be several training camps in 1999. The U-23 national team comprises the core of players that will compete for the U.S. during the CONCACAF qualifying phase for the right […]

Mexico made women’s soccer history Dec. 19, defeating Argentina, 3-2, at Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires to earn the final berth in the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Mexico’s Cinderella story has seen them rise from double-digit losses in qualifying for the 1991 and 1995 Women’s World Cups, to a narrow 1-0 loss to […]

Here is the draw and schedule for the 1999 Copa America, to be held June 29-July 8 in Paraguay: Group A — Paraguay, Peru, Japan, Bolivia. Group B — Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela. Group C — Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador. Schedule GROUP A June 29 — Peru vs. Japan, Paraguay vs. Bolivia. July 2 — […]

U.S. Pro-40 earned its fifth consecutive win on Dec. 19 with a 2-1 victory against the reserves from Sheffield United at the Manchester United Training Grounds. The victory marked a five-game international winning streak for the young Americans as they shut down all five of their English Premier and First Division reserve team opponents, outscoring […]

Midfielder Julie Foudy scored her first career hat trick as the U.S. women’s national team defeated Ukraine, 5-0, in sub-freezing temperatures at Bulldog Stadium on the campus of Fresno State University Dec. 20. The match was the last of 1998 for the U.S. women before they head into residency training camp in Orlando, Fla., beginning […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-17 national team hammered their South Korean counterparts, 5-1, Dec. 17 in Christchurch, New Zealand to win the 1998 Christchurch Cup international youth tournament. The six-team, round robin tournament featured the U-17 national teams from the USA, South Korea, South Africa, Tahiti, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand. U.S. forward Landon Donovan […]

One Indiana player in the 1998 final was alive when Jerry Yeagley coached the Hoosiers in their first NCAA final four. Defender Andrew Parrish was 8 months old when Indiana lost to San Francisco 1-0 in the 1976 championship game. When Yeagley’s Hoosiers won their first title, his current players were still in kindergarten. The […]

Brian Quinn has agreed to a new one-year contract to continue as coach of the San Jose Clash. “As far as I’m concerned, Brian is still one of the best young coaches in America,” said Clash GM Peter Bridgwater. “We’re lucky to have him.” Quinn, who at 38 remains the youngest coach in MLS, has […]

U.S. national team head coach Bruce Arena has announced the 26 players who have been invited to the first training camp of 1999, which will run from January 9-19 at a site to be determined in Florida. At the conclusion of the nine-day camp, an 18-player U.S. squad will travel to Santa Cruz, Bolivia to […]

Playing with a roster consisting mostly of young players mixed with a few veterans, the U.S. women’s national team used a long range goal by former Portland all-America Justi Baumgardt to come from behind and defeat Ukraine, 2-1, in a close-door match at North Field on the campus of UCLA. The USA has been training […]

European Champions Cup QUARTERFINALS Real Madrid (Spain) vs. Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) Manchester Utd. (England) vs. Inter Milan (Italy) Juventus (Italy) vs. Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) Bayern Munich (Germany) vs. Kaiserslautern (Germany) (Matches to be played over two legs March 3 and 17; first team hosts first leg.) European Cup Winners Cup QUARTERFINALS Chelsea (England) vs. Valerenga […]

Dallas Burn midfielders Leonel Alvarez and Jason Kreis have both undergone successful surgeries this week. Alvarez flew to Boston for surgery for a chronic groin injury that plagued him for much of the 1998 season. The doctor performed a bilateral release of the adductor tendon. He now will have approximately six weeks of relative inactivity […]

FEATURES College Men: Hoosier Goalfest By Poul Swain Richmond Diary: Final Four Farewell By Mike Woitalla MLS: There Won’t Be Any Excuses In 1999 By Ridge Mahoney U. S. Soccer ’98: World Cup Bummer By Paul Kennedy World Beat: A Right Way And A Wrong Way By Duncan Irving Boom Time Arrives For Basler And […]

U.S. Soccer averted a potential strike by the veteran U.S. women’s players prior to a national team training camp at UCLA. The labor strife did delay the arrival of the 15 players — including 10 gold-medalists — invited to the camp preceding the Dec. 20 friendly with Ukraine in Fresno, Calif. Unlike two years ago, […]

University of Virginia sophomore midfielder Jason Moore has announced that he is leaving the school to turn professional. “I feel this is in my best interests,” Moore said. “This is a chance I don’t want to pass up. It’s always been a dream of mine to play professionally.” Moore, a midfielder known for his ability […]

U.S. Pro-40 defeated the Everton Reserves 2-0 on Dec. 16 at the Bellefield Training Center, registering the young Americans’ third shutout of their five-match tour of England. U.S. Pro-40 faced a squad made up of both Everton reserves and youth players. U.S. Pro-40 midfielder Steve Jolley (Los Angeles Galaxy) broke the scoreless tie in the […]

Here is the 1999 A-League schedule: NOTE: All times are Eastern. Friday, April 9 San Diego at Orange County 10:35 p.m. Saturday, April 10 Orange County at San Diego 10:35 p.m. Thursday, April 15 U.S. Pro-40 at Orange County 10:35 p.m. Friday, April 16 Boston at Jacksonville 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 17 Connecticut at Atlanta […]

Ross Paule (Colorado Rapids) scored in the 13th minute to lift the U.S. Project 40 team to a 1-0 victory over the Sunderland reserves on Dec. 11. New England Revolution midfielder Johnny Torres assisted on the goal. The U.S. Pro-40 team will look for a fourth consecutive victory when it faces the Everton reserves on […]

The U.S. men’s national team will travel to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in January to play an international friendly against the Bolivian national team on Sunday, January 24, 1999. The international match, organized after the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was re-scheduled for July, will be the USA’s first of 1999. Prior to the match, new U.S. […]

The third full A-League season will kick off on April 9, 1999. With the expansion of the league to 30 teams, the regular-season schedule includes 420 games — 28 for each team. The top eight teams in each conference will advance to the playoffs, which begin the weekend of Sept. 9-12, with the final to […]

Here is the MLS schedule for the opening weekend of the 1999 season. Please note that all times are eastern. Date Matchup Kickoff Television March 20 D.C. United at Tampa Bay 7:00 p.m. TBA March 20 MetroStars at Miami 8:00 p.m. TBA March 20 Kansas City at Dallas 8:30 p.m. TBA March 20 Chicago at […]

U.S. midfielder Cobi Jones has been named the winner of the 1998 Honda Player of the Year Award. Jones beat out runner-up Kasey Keller, while defender Eddie Pope finished third. 200 jounalists from around the country participated in the balloting. Jones, won the award in his first nomination, started in 14 of the 15 U.S. […]