Monthly Archives: April 1999

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Mauricio Cienfuegos will play April 3 at San Jose after revising his deal with Major League Soccer. The pact was agreed upon during a lunch meeting held April 1 in Los Angeles between MLS Commissioner Douglas L. Logan, Executive Vice President of Player Operations Ivan Gazidis and Cienfuegos’ agent Cory Clemetson. […]

Bowling Green University netminder Scott Vallow and Marquette University goalkeeper Jim Welch have each signed 30-day trial contracts with Project-40. The 30-day stint allows U.S. Pro-40 Head Coach Lothar Osiander to evaluate the potential of these two players and their possible contributions to MLS and U.S. Soccer in the future. Following the month-long evaluation, it […]

Nine MLS teams cut a total of 13 players in order to fulfill the league’s 20-man roster limit. The Chicago Fire waived defender Jeff Zaun and forward Tony Kuhn; the Dallas Burn waived rookie midfielder Andrew Parrish and forward Gabe Jones; the Kansas City Wizards waived forward Brian Loftin; the Los Angeles Galaxy waived forward […]

Goalkeeper Walter Zenga (1) New England Defenders Lubos Kubik (1) Chicago C.J. Brown (1) Chicago Mike Petke (1) MetroStars Midfielders Braeden Cloutier (1) San Jose Peter Nowak (1) Chicago Carlos Valderrama (1) Miami Clint Mathis (2) Los Angeles Forwards Paul Bravo (1) Colorado Ante Razov (2) Chicago Giovanni Savarese (1) New England ò In parentheses […]

A late strike from Luciano Silva gave Brazil’s SC Corinthians a 3-2 win over the U.S. U-17 national team, knocking the Americans out of the Dallas Cup. Playing in front of 10,000 fans, the USA was in a must-win situation in order to advance to the quarterfinals. With 15 minutes left and the score 2-2 […]

Chicago — Forward Ante Razov probable (left groin strain); midfielder Jerzy Podbrozny questionable (right quadriceps strain). Columbus — Midfielder Brian Maisonneuve probable (right ankle strain); goalkeeper Juergen Sommer out (right knee ACL tear). Dallas — Forward Dante Washington probable (right hamstring strain); midfielder Chad Deering out (right knee MCL sprain); midfielder Mark Santel out (right […]

Claudio Reyna, the 25-year-old U.S. midfielder who has played in Germany since 1994, is moving to Glasgow Rangers, winner of nine of the last 10 Scottish League titles. VfL Wolfsburg, the German First Division club that has employed Reyna on loan from Bayer Leverkusen for the past two seasons, announced the deal April 1 — […]