Monthly Archives: January 1999

The 1999 MLS College Draft and the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft will be held Feb. 7. Here is a look at the order for the two drafts. 1999 MLS College Draft FIRST ROUND 1. D.C. United (from New England) 2. Kansas City Wizards 3. San Jose Clash 4. Chicago Fire (from Tampa Bay) 5. Miami […]

U.S. Soccer has announced that the U.S. Cup ’99 will take place as doubleheaders on March 11 and 13 in Los Angeles and San Diego, respectively. The three teams joining the host United States to make up the four-team field are Bolivia, Guatemala and two-time defending champion Mexico. The U.S. national team will open the […]

Freshman of the Year Taylor Twellman (Maryland) Twellman became the go-to-guy on the forward line for the Terrapins. His 40 points — 16 goals (six gamewinners) and eight assists — led the team by a large margin. The Terrapins would not have reached the final four in Richmond without Twellman. He scored the winning goals […]

Justi Baumgardt and Samantha Baggett are the first floaters to be brought into the U.S. womenÆs national team residency camp in Florida. Baggett, a former Duke defender, impressed U.S. coach Tony DiCicco during the U.S. U-21 camp that was held concurrently with the first few days of the womenÆs camp. Baumgardt, a one-time all-America midfielder […]

The American media’s attitude to sports outside of U.S. borders reminds me of the old gag: Q: “What’s the difference between ignorance and indifference? A: “We don’t know and we don’t care.” The latest reminder came in the wake of Michael Jordan’s retirement. That wonderful player deserves the paeans. But American sports pundits who try […]

Freshman of the Year Mary-Frances Monroe (Connecticut) Mary-Frances Monroe filled the void left by the graduation of Sara Whalen, scoring 24 goals and 17 assists for 65 points. She broke the Connecticut single-season mark of 64 set by Whalen in 1997. The 5-foot Monroe set a UConn and Big East record by scoring in 15 […]

FIFA has awarded the United States the 1998 FIFA Fair Play award for the team’s promotion of FIFA’s Fair Play ideals in its 1998 World Cup match with Iran. Both Iran and Northern Ireland shared the prestigious honor with the U.S. “In the middle of the World Cup, the Iranians and Americans provided a powerful […]

Five Major League Soccer teams were involved in trades Jan. 20, including deals featuring two of the league’s top three all-time leading goal scorers and a championship goalkeeper. Raul Diaz Arce, MLS’ all-time leader in goals (56) and points (128), was traded from the New England Revolution to the MetroStars for Giovanni Savarese, who ranks […]

FEATURES Wynalda Saga Moves South Of The Border By Ridge Mahoney Is Tony Sanneh Part Of An Exodus? By Ridge Mahoney A-League: Sacramento Teams Affiliate By Poul Swain Asia Cannot Shake Reputation For Scandal Italy: Veteran Mancini Inspires Lazio England: Good Times Back To Anfield Spain: DeBoers Finally Join Barca Germany: ‘Der Bomber’ Scores COLUMNS […]

MLS teams are busy finalizing details for preseason training. Here’s a tentative look at each team’s plans, as well as their preseason rosters as of Jan. 20: Chicago Fire PRESEASON ACTIVITIES The Fire’s training camp opens Feb. 1 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Chicago is scheduled to face D.C. United in Myrtle Beach on Feb. 13 […]

In a Jan. 13 vote, the Renton (Wash.) School District Board unanimously approved a two-year agreement allowing the A-League’s Seattle Sounders to play their regular season and playoff games at Renton Memorial Stadium. The Renton School District spent $2.5 million dollars renovating the community stadium, which replaces Seattle Memorial Stadium, the team’s home since 1994. […]

The 14-year-old United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, which brought professional soccer and high level amateur soccer to small and medium sized markets and serves as a major support system for Major League Soccer, has a new name: United Soccer Leagues. Commissioner Francisco Marcos, who founded the organization in 1986 as a modest five-team indoor […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena has named an 18-player roster that will travel to Bolivia to face that country in a friendly Jan. 24 in Santa Cruz. The U.S. men completed their training camp in Florida by downing the Bayer Leverkusen reserves 3-1. Roy Lassiter, Brian McBride and Joe-Max Moore (on a penalty) scored […]

Two MLS teams have swapped Project-40 players, with Columbus gaining promising goalkeeper Matt Napoleon from Miami for left-footed defender Tim Sahaydak. Assigned to the Crew last week after a year and a half of rehabilitating his anterior cruciate ligament (right knee), Sahaydak joins Alen Kozic and Carlos Parra as the Fusion’s third active Project-40 player. […]

U.S. women’s national team forward Mia Hamm has won the 1998 Chevrolet/U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year award. The annual award, based on competing and excelling at the highest level of soccer offered by U.S. Soccer for the calendar year, was presented today in Orlando, Fla. The awards, accolades and broken records just keep […]

BRUCE ARENA On what to accomplish with the Jan. 24 game against Bolivia: “I think things are going well. We’re still in a feeling out process, with me getting to know the players and the players getting to know me. Overall, we’re trying to simply increase our competitiveness. We’re not concerned totally in the result, […]

U.S. national team and Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Cobi Joneshas been named the 1998 recipient of the Chevrolet/U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award. The annual award, based on competing and excelling at the highest level of soccer offered by U.S. Soccer for the calendar year, was presented in Orlando, Fla. Jones earned the […]

D.C. United has acquired former University of Virginia star Brian Bates from the Dallas Burn in exchange for conditional draft picks. In exchange for Bates, Dallas will receive up to two of United’s picks in the upcoming college and supplemental drafts. D.C. currently holds four picks in the college draft, two in the second round […]

Kenya Brown College Park, Md. Peter Schmeichel has said that he will quit Manchester United at the end of the season. Now talk of United’s next goalkeeper has already begun to heat up. Top of the list is Mark Bosnich (Aston Villa), who is a free agent at the end of the season. I know […]

Project-40 defender Tim Sahaydak has been assigned to the Columbus Crew as the club’s third Project-40 player. Sahaydak, who joined Project-40 in April, 1997 as one of pioneers, was not assigned to a team earlier due to his recovery from his second anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Sahaydak, a member of the U.S. youth national teams […]

Erin Baxter (Florida) senior ò midfielder Crunching tackler was NCAA champÆs heart and soul. Mandy Clemens (Santa Clara) junior ò forward Had best season in Æ98 (16 goals, 16 assists). Kim Engesser (Nebraska) senior ò forward 61 points in Æ98 makes her HuskersÆ all-time leader (116). Lorrie Fair (North Carolina) junior ò defender U.S. star […]

Keith Beach (Maryland) senior ò midfielder Set up 14 goals for Terrapins, who reached semifinals. Carlos Bocanegra (UCLA) sophomore ò defender Steady defender also provided offense for Bruins. Adin Brown (William & Mary) junior ò goalkeeper Primary reason the Tribe advanced to second round. Nick Garcia (Indiana) sophomore ò defender Sacrificed offense to seal the […]

San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda, the United States’ all-time leading goal scorer, has been loaned to Mexican First Division club Leon for the upcoming Torneo Verano. The striker will return to MLS at the season’s conclusion in May. “This is a very good opportunity for Eric,” said MLS Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati. “He will […]

Midfielder Tony Sanneh has agreed to a deal with German Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin and will be leaving D.C. United. “Tony will certainly be greatly missed,” said D.C. United GM Kevin Payne. “He’s been a very important part for us since joining the club early in the 1996 season. Aside from the goals he’s scored […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny has filled one of their two allocated positions for 1999 by receiving Costa Rican forward Alejandro Sequeira from Major League Soccer. Sequeira, 23, has signed a multi-year contract with MLS. In keeping with league policy, no terms of the agreement will be revealed. MLS allocated Sequeira to the Mutiny at the […]