Monthly Archives: April 1999

After arriving in the Nigerian city of Bauchi today, April 7, the U.S. under-20 national team spent one hour training at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in preparation for its April 8 opening-round clash with Asian runner-up Japan. The match, which is the United States’ second of the 1999 U-20 World Cup (Nigeria ’99), will […]

The Miami Fusion waived goalkeeper Dusty Hudock and midfielder Andreas Maier April 7 to trim its roster to 20 active players. Hudock started all three games for the Fusion this season compiling a 1-2 record with a 2.33 goals-against average. He became expendable after Jeff Cassar recovered from off-season knee surgery. Coach Ivo Wortman opted […]

Semifinal, First Leg April 7 in Kiev Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 3 Bayern Munich (Germany) 3. Goals: Shevchenko 15, 43, Kosovsky 49; Tarnat 45, Effenberg 78, Jancker 90. Dynamo Kiev — Shovkovsky; Luzhny, Golovko, Vashchyuk, Kaladze, Gusin, Khatskevich (Kiryukhin, 80), Belkevich, Kosovsky, Shevchenko, Rebrov. Bayern Munich — Kahn; Babbel, Strunz, Matthaeus, Kuffour, Tarnat, Jeremies, Effenberg, Salihamidzic, […]

FEATURES MLS: Above And Beyond The Soccer Field By Dan Woog Fusion Vies For South Florida’s Attention By Jeff Rusnak Steve Ralston: Tampa Bay’s Iron Man At 24 By Bill Ward MLS: Salvadorans Score With Contract Accord By Ridge Mahoney Nigeria ’99: U.S. Beats England In Opener By Scott French Nigeria ’99: FIFA Preaches Patience […]

Scoring Player (Team) GP G A P Razov (Chicago) 3 6 3 15 Kreis (Dallas) 2 3 1 7 Lassiter (D.C. United) 2 3 1 7 Nowak (Chicago) 3 2 1 5 Bravo (Colorado) 2 2 0 4 Gottardi (Tampa Bay) 2 2 0 4 Podbrozny (Chicago) 2 1 2 4 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 2 […]

TAMPA BAY 2 COLUMBUS 3 April 3 Att.: 13,456. Goals Tampa Bay: Ralston (Kinnear) 29, Shannon (Dougherty) 65; Columbus: Yeagley (Maisonneuve) 15, John (Farrell, Elcock) 41, McBride (Warzycha) 83. SA Report Card Tampa Bay: Kirk 4, Kinnear 6, Eriksson 5, R.T.Moore 5, Jara 5 (Quill, 87th, NR), Salcedo 4, Ramos 6, Dougherty 6, Ralston 6, […]

The following are quotes from the April 6 media teleconference featuring MLS Commissioner Doug Logan, MLS Executive Vice-President Ivan Gazidis, Colorado Head Coach Glenn “Mooch” Myernick and Miami Head Coach Ivo Wortmann. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We successfully got through our third weekend with 15 games played and we witnessed rather interesting matches. There was […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 8 Columbus at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. espn2 April 10 San Jose at Kansas City 3:30 p.m. espn2 April 10 D.C. United at New England 7:30 p.m. Newschannel 8 (D.C.); Fox Sports New England April 10 Dallas at Chicago […]

Semifinals, First Leg April 6 in Marseille Olympique Marseille (France) 0 Bologna (Italy) 0. Marseille — Porato, Gallas, Issa, Blanc, Domoraud, Luccin (Bravo, 78), Brando, Pires, Dugarry (Da Silva, 67), Maurice (Camara, 78), Ravanelli. Bologna — Antonioli, Bia, Mangone, Rinaldi, Paramati, Marocchi, Ingesson, Fontolan (Nervo, 67), Binotto (Cappioli, 74), Signori (Maini, 80), Andersson. Att.: 60,000. […]

Of the fifteen players waived last week by Major League Soccer teams, four were claimed in the league’s April 5 waiver draft. The New England Revolution selected former Chicago Fire forward Tony Kuhn with the first pick, while the San Jose Clash chose former New England midfielder Leighton O’Brien and the Miami Fusion took former […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Germany 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Paraguay 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 April 7 — Nigeria vs. Germany, Costa Rica vs. Paraguay. April 10 […]

The Tennessee Rhythm has joined the United Soccer League’s A- League for the upcoming 1999 season, replacing the Nashville Metros franchise, which was recently terminated by the USL. The Rhythm will be operated by Lynn Agee and Devinder Sandhu, the original founders of the Metros, in partnership with Dan Lucas, another former Metros owner. The […]

HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID “The early goal obviously did a lot for us today. We played with confidence and I feel we showed the fans that we weren’t afraid.” “We were very good today and although there is room to improve, I think we’ll bring another good performance into the next game.” “The atmosphere here […]

U-20 national team defender Dan Califf slammed home a first-half header as the United States defeated England, 1-0, in the team’s opening match of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Kano, Nigeria. The victory puts the U.S. even atop Group E with Cameroon, who came from behind to defeat Japan, 2-1, in the opening […]

The U.S. U-20 national team will open play in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship today, April 5, against England. On the eve of the match, the American squad had one training session at the Sani Abachi stadium, the site of the match in the Northern Nigerian city of Kano. “We’re confident but not overconfident,” […]

After seeing the strides taken by fellow U.S. national teams — the wins over Germany by the senior and Olympic teams and the U-17s’ triumphs over Argentina, England, Germany and France — the U-20 squad is ready to do its part to further the image of American soccer around the globe. It’ll get the chance […]

Here are the results of the March, 1999 poll, in which 1,135 fans picked the MLS Cup ’99 champion, runner-up and beaten semifinalists. Note: Points are awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. Team Champion Runner-Up Semifinalist Total Points Columbus 249 298 434 2,573 Chicago 250 226 323 2,251 D.C. United 211 155 535 2,055 Los Angeles […]

Group A April 4 in Lagos Germany 4 (Kern 44, 60, 69, Falk 90) Paraguay 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 2,500. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Germany 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Paraguay 1 […]

Group A April 3 in Lagos Nigeria 1 (Aghahowa 20) Costa Rica 1 (Melendez pen. 83). Half: 1-0. Att.: 37,500. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paraguay 0 […]

Results April 3 MetroStars 0 D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 3 Miami 1 Chicago 4 Kansas City 0 New England 1 San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 2 2 0 6 6 2 MetroStars 3 2 1 4 3 3 New England […]

The rhetoric accompanying the 10th FIFA World Youth Championship — the most dangerous competition world soccer has seen, if one believes what is heard — begs a question: Is Nigeria truly unfit to put on an event of such magnitude, or is the criticism pouring forth from European, primarily English, clubs nothing more than an […]

Powerless Kano awaits U.S. To keep itself occupied during its Nigerian stay, the U.S. U-20s are taking VCRs, videos and video games to the World Youth Championship. Whether they’ll be able to use them is another matter. Kano, where the Americans will be stationed through April 10, has been without electricity in the weeks leading […]

The past few weeks have seen quite a shakeup at MLS with the dismissal of Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati. We'd like to know your opinion on his ouster and some related topics:

They’ve had their shots, nearly a dozen apiece, to ward off hepatitis and yellow fever and malaria and meningitis. They’ve listened to the tales, how they just might be headed for the most miserable place on the planet. And they’ve done their best to assuage the fears of family and friends terrified by the adventure […]

You can learn a heck of a lot about the world by following soccer. Case in point: Yugoslavia. When I began following soccer in the early 1970s, all that I knew about Yugoslavia was from the history books — the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo that triggered World War I and the rise of […]