Monthly Archives: March 1999

Kansas City Wizards starting goalkeeper Tony Meola underwent arthroscopic knee surgery March 31 in Los Angeles, California. The surgery, performed by U.S. national team doctor Bert Mandelbaum, went well, but Meola will be sidelined for six months. The injury occurred on March 17th, as he turned and planted to kick a ball at training. “Tony […]

U.S. U-23 men’s mational team coach Clive Charles today announced the 18-player roster that will compete in a friendly against Brazil on Wednesday, April 7 at Brasilia Stadium. The team departs for Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 4 before traveling on to Brasilia the following day. The Brazil friendly marks the first U-23 call-up for […]

Group 1 March 31 in Zurich Switzerland 2 (Chapuisat 4, 70) Wales 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 13,500. March 31 in Ancona Italy 1 (Inzaghi pen. 31) Belarus 1 (Belkevich 24). Half: 1-1. Att.: 25,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 4 3 1 0 7 2 10 Switzerland 4 2 1 1 […]

FEATURES U.S. Reaps Benefits Of Maturing Eddie Lewis By Scott French Promising Start For MetroStars By Frank Giase Walter Zenga: ‘Spiderman’ Starts Spinning His Web By Frank Dell’Apa Tony Dicicco: “Mexico Was A Better Team This Time’ By Dean Caparaz Americans Are Ready To Make Their Mark In Nigeria By Scott French Call For Miracle-Worker […]

Here’s a look at the television schedule for this week’s MLS games: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 3 D.C. United at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. espn2 April 3 Columbus at Tampa Bay 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports Ohio April 3 Chicago at Miami 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago April 3 New England at Kansas City 8:30 […]

The U.S. U-17 national team drew 0-0 with UAG (“Tecos”) of Mexico March 29 in action at the Dallas Cup. The USA will play Group D leaders SC Corinthians (Brazil) on March 31 to conclude first-round play. Corinthians beat UAG Tecos, 3-0 and FC Augsburg of Germany 5-1. The top two finishers from each group […]

Scoring Player (Team) GP G A P Razov (Chicago) 2 4 2 10 Kreis (Dallas) 2 3 1 7 Lassiter (D.C. United) 1 2 1 5 Gottardi (Tampa Bay) 1 2 0 4 Bravo (Colorado) 2 2 0 4 Podbrozny (Chicago) 2 1 2 4 Hurtado (MetroStars) 2 2 0 4 Williams (D.C. United) 1 […]

The following are quotes from the March 30 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS Executive VP Ivan Gazidis, Los Angeles coach Octavio Zambrano and San Jose coach Brian Quinn. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “On our part for me personally and on behalf of the league, we’re saying a prayer for peace […]

KANSAS CITY 0 CHICAGO 3 March 27 Att.: 15,509. Goals Chicago: Razov (Marsch, Podbrozny) 10, Wolff (Razov, Armas 61), Razov (Podbrozny 69). SA Report Card Kansas City: Winner 5, Vermillion 4, Lalas 3, Bowers 4, Uderitz 4 (Johnson, 53rd, 4), Wright 3 (Klein, 46th, 4), Sabanadzovic 3, Preki 4, Henderson 5, Brown 4, Johnston 4. […]

Landon Donovan scored his 15th goal of the season for the U.S. U-17s, but a late equalizer meant the Americans had to settle for a 1-1 draw with FC Augsburg of Germany in the two teams’ openeing match in the first round of the Dallas Cup. The U.S. suffered blows to its defense with injuries […]

Kansas City defender Scott Uderitz tore the ACL and MCL in his right knee in the 53rd minute of last Saturday’s 3-0 loss to the Chicago Fire. The Wizards’ injury woes continue as Uderitz, 28, will most likely miss the rest of the season. Uderitz missed the entire 1997 season due to a bone contusion […]

Despite falling to Honduras for the second time in the tournament on March 26, Costa Rica took its third straight UNCAF Nations Cup title over the weekend. With Guatemala’s 2-0 win over Honduras in the first match of March 28, the Ticos needed to beat El Salvador by at least two goals to win the […]

Results March 28 MetroStars 1 Columbus 0 Miami 2 New England 1 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Dallas 0 (SO) March 27 Kansas City 0 Chicago 3 San Jose 3 Colorado 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA MetroStars 2 2 0 4 3 2 D.C. United 1 1 0 3 5 2 […]

The U.S. women’s national team opened the “NIKE Road to Pasadena” tour on the same field it hopes to end it, defeating regional rival Mexico, 3-0, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final will be held at the stadium on July 10. The match, the first-ever for the […]

Group 1 March 27 in Minsk Belarus 0 Switzerland 1 (Fournier 72). Half: 0-0. Att.: 35,000. March 27 in Copenhagen Denmark 1 (Sand 56) Italy 2 (Inzaghi 1, Conte 68). Half: 0-1. Att.: 41,429. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 3 3 0 0 6 1 9 Wales 3 2 0 1 […]

Group 1 Belarus 0 Switzerland 1 Denmark 1 Italy 2 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 3 3 0 0 6 1 9 Wales 3 2 0 1 5 5 6 Switzerland 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 Denmark 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 Belarus 3 0 1 2 […]

Results March 27 Kansas City 0 Chicago 3 San Jose 3 Colorado 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 1 1 0 3 5 2 MetroStars 1 1 0 1 2 2 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miami 1 0 […]

U-20 HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID On the tournament and the team’s preparation: “We are looking forward to the competition. The team is well prepared and has been together since January 1998. We’ve had a good series of preparation with trips over seas and camps here in the U.S. We had a very successful CONCACAF qualification […]

With the U.S. U-20 national team on the verge of departing for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, head coach Sigi Schmid has announced the final, 18-player roster that will represent the United States. “Getting to where we are today was a process that took more then a year,” said Schmid. “Every player […]

Pete Bailey: Here is some more information on Chicago Fire midfielder Diego Gutierrez, courtesy of Bob Rusert, the assistant coach at Blue Springs (Mo.) High School, which Gutierrez attended: “Diego was not a foreign exchange student at our school. He played here during his junior and senior years of high school. By definition, an exchange […]

Jordan Cila and Landon Donovan scored in a two-minute span to rally the U.S. U-17 national team to a 2-1 win over the University of South Florida in a March 24 friendly in Bradenton, Fla. USF star Kevin Alvero struck first in the 5th minute before Cila equalized in the 15th and Donovan hit the […]

If American fans have missed some of the most exciting moments in U.S. soccer history, it’s because many of them occurred during U-20 World Cups. In 1983, the U.S. won only once, against the Ivory Coast, but a team that included Tab Ramos, Paul Caligiuri and Hugo Perez gave a thrilling performance in a 3-2 […]

Dartmouth College goalkeeper Matt Nyman has signed a Project-40 contract. MLS identified the aspiring young professional at the 1999 Umbro Select College All-Star Classic in February in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and at training camps with the Dallas Burn and the Kansas City Wizards. Nyman, the tenth member of the Project-40 Class of ’99, will be […]

Goalkeeper Matt Jordan (1) Dallas Defenders Eric Dade (1) Dallas Jay Heaps (1) Miami Carlos Llamosa (1) D.C. United Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (1) D.C. United Clint Mathis (1) Los Angeles Ben Olsen (1) D.C. United Tab Ramos (1) MetroStars Forwards Eduardo Hurtado (1) MetroStars Jason Kreis (1) Dallas Ante Razov (1) Chicago ò In parentheses […]

Here’s a look at the television schedule for this week’s MLS games: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television March 27 Chicago at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago March 27 Colorado at San Jose 10:00 p.m. Fox Sports Rocky Mtn.; Fox Sports Bay Area* March 28 Columbus at MetroStars 1:00 p.m. Fox Sports Ohio; MetroChannel […]