Monthly Archives: March 1999

FEATURES Mathis Finds Place In L.A.’s Starry Lineup By Ridge Mahoney Dallas Puts The Hurt On Kansas City By Steve Davis Miami’s Feisty Fusion Gets Foiled By Jeff Rusnak Tampa Bay Gives An ‘Inexcusable’ Effort By Bill Ward New Faces, Familiar Result For San Jose By Ridge Mahoney Nigeria ’99: Sigi’s Boys Off On An […]

The U.S. women’s national team will play its first-ever match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., against Mexico on Sunday, March 28, a venue the Americans hope to return to on July 10, 1999, for the Women’s World Cup Final. The USA-Mexico match, which kicks off at 2 p.m. PT and will be broadcast […]

Kansas City goalkeeper Tony Meola will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery March 31 in Los Angeles for an injury that occurred on March 17th, GM Doug Newman announced March 23. Meola, who received 51 stitches in the mouth and a chipped tooth on March 13th after colliding with Mexican forward Francisco Palencia during the USA-Mexico game […]

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

MLS Commissioner Douglas G. Logan announced March 23 on the league’s weekly media teleconference call that MLS will investigate the use of a two-referee system during the 1999 season. “We have a letter that is scheduled to go out tomorrow to U.S. Soccer Executive Director/General Secretary Hank Steinbrecher that will inquire into using the two-referee […]

The following are quotes from the March 23 MLS media teleconference that featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS executive vice-president Ivan Gazidis, Chicago coach Bob Bradley and Kansas City coach Ron Newman. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We’re generally pleased with our First Kick ’99 … The average attendance of 16,000-plus was good … We’re also […]

TAMPA BAY 2 D.C. UNITED 5 March 20 in Tampa Att.: 16,872. Goals Tampa Bay: Gottardi (Ralston, Kinnear) 67, Gottardi (Quill, Jara) 88; D.C. United: Llamosa (Etcheverry) 50, Moreno (Olsen, Lassiter) 54, Lassiter (Olsen, Etcheverry) 66, Williams (Kamler) 81, Lassiter (Williams) 86. SA Report Card Tampa Bay: Garlick 5, R.T.Moore 4, Eriksson 5, McCarty 5 […]

Here is a look at the results from the first round of play in the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup, which is taking place in San Jose, Costa Rica. Group 1 March 17 in San Jose Costa Rica 7 (Wanchope 3, Fonseca 18, 72, Ledesma 27, 31, Soto 55, Drummond 78) Belize 0. Half: 4-0. Att.: […]

The U.S. women’s national team allowed a goal against the run of play in the middle of the second half, but could not produce an equalizer despite dominating the flow of the game, and fell to China, 2-1, in the championship match of Algarve Cup. The USA has now competed in five Algarve Cups without […]

Results March 20 Tampa Bay 2 D.C. United 5 Miami 2 MetroStars 3 (SO) Dallas 4 Kansas City 0 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 1 (SO) San Jose 1 Chicago 3 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 […]

With the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games approximately one year away, the U.S. U-23 national team will resume its preparations by playing matches against Brazil on April 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and regional rival Canada on May 19 in Charleston, S.C. The USA-Canada match will be played at […]

Some things never change. Mexico maintained its superiority over the United States by winning its fifth international tournament on American soil in the last four years (U.S. Cup ’96, ’97, ’99 and Gold Cup ’96 and ’98). And once again, Mexico had a decided home-field advantage. The only difference was that this USA-Mexico showdown took […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP Manchester United (England) vs. Juventus (Italy) Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany) (Matches to be played over two legs April 7 and 21; first team hosts first leg.) EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP Chelsea (England) vs. Mallorca (Spain) Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) vs. Lazio (Italy) (Matches to be played over two legs April […]

The San Jose Clash have made another significant roster addition, adding Costa Rican international Mauricio Wright. “Mauricio Wright is one of the best central defenders in Central America, and he’s right at the peak of his career,” said Clash GM Lynne Meterparel. “Adding him to our back line improves our defense.” Wright, 28, has played […]

There’s no sense in expecting something new, something different from the Western Conference in 1999. Chicago and L.A., L.A. and Chicago — no matter which way you look at it, the West remains the province of its two finest practitioners. Possessing alternate philosophies, embodying the personalities of their coaches — Chicago’s Bob Bradley and Los […]

AJAX, BENFICA, PANATHINAIKOS AT 1999 GOTHAM CUP European soccer powers Ajax Amsterdam, Benfica of Portugal and Panathinaikos of Greece will all compete in the inaugural Gotham Cup, to be hosted by the MetroStars at Giants Stadium July 23 and 25. A fourth club will be added in the near future. “Ajax, Benfica and Panathinaikos are […]

The U.S. U-17 national team fell 3-2 to D.C. United of MLS in a March 17 friendly in Bradenton, Fla. Eddie Pope, Jaime Moreno and rookie David Hayes scored to give the defending MLS Eastern Conference champions a 3-0 lead, but the U-17s rallied for a pair of late goals from Landon Donovan and Jordan […]

Quarterfinals, Second Leg March 18 in Haifa Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 0 Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 1. Goal: Chugainov (pen.) 72. M. Haifa — Davidovich, A.Harazi, Benado, Kesei, Kopel, Nagar (Duro, 73), Benayoun, Janno, R.Harazi (Katan, 32), Patcha (Hromatko, 62), Brzeczek. Lok. Moscow — Nigmatullin, Arifullin, Drozdov, Maminov, Lavrik, Chugainov, Smertin, Gurenko, Dzhanashia, Loskov (Kharlatchev, 46), Bulykin […]

The Commissioner of Major League Soccer, Douglas G. Logan, and former MLS Deputy Commissioner, Sunil Gulati, have concluded an agreement under which Mr. Gulati will provide consulting services to Major League Soccer relating to player, team and game-related matters of a national and international scope. Details of the consulting agreement were not disclosed. Chicago’s Kosecki […]

The U.S. women’s national team gave up a goal just 11 minutes into the match, but stormed back to tie the game one minute later on a goal by Julie Foudy, and then got a winning goal from Kristine Lilly in the second half to defeat arch-rival Norway, 2-1. The win clinched Group A for […]

D.C. United’s reign as the class of the East should be fiercely challenged this year by Columbus and Miami, although on paper, D.C. is still a cut above the rest. Come mid-May, the Crew will have a Home of Its Own, something no other MLS team can claim. Once a few more owners hear the […]

Quarterfinals, Second Leg March 17 in Milan Inter Milan (Italy) 1 Manchester United (England) 1. Goals: Ventola 63; Scholes 88. Inter Milan — Pagliuca, Bergomi (Moriero, 69), West, Colonnese, Silvestre, Zanetti, Simeone (Ze Elias, 32), Cauet, Baggio, Zamorano, Ronaldo (Ventola, 60). Man. United — Schmeichel, G.Neville, Irwin, Stam, Berg, Johnsen (Scholes, 76), Beckham, Giggs (P.Neville, […]

The following is a transcript of the March 17 media teleconference featuring U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco, midfielder Julie Foudy and forward Mia Hamm: Opening remarks from press officer Aaron Heifetz We’re talking to you from Vilamoura, Portugal, V-I-L-A-M-O-U-R-A, which has been our home base here for the 6th Algarve Cup since we […]

The following are quotes from the MLS media teleconference of March 16, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan and executive VP Ivan Gazidis, as well as Tampa Bay coach Tim Hankinson and D.C. United coach Thomas Rongen. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “Our season is ready to go, we’re very excited about our fourth season … […]

Dario Brose, a veteran of the United States national team who has been playing in Europe for the past seven seasons, will join the San Jose Clash after signing with Major League Soccer on March 17. “Dario is a creative midfielder who will help solidify the central midfield,” Clash GM Lynne Meterparel said. “He adds […]