Monthly Archives: May 1999

Group 2 May 30 in Oslo Norway 1 (Iversen 4) Georgia 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 18,236. Team GP W T L GF GA P Norway 6 4 1 1 12 7 13 Latvia 5 2 2 1 4 2 8 Greece 5 1 3 1 5 4 6 Slovenia 4 1 2 1 5 5 […]

U.S. coach Tony DiCicco and his 20-player Women’s World Cup team will arrive in Portland, Ore., on June 1 to begin preparations for its final two matches before kicking off the third world championship for women’s soccer. The Americans will take part in the Opening Game doubleheader on June 19th, facing Denmark at Giants Stadium […]

James Reilly Palo Alto, Calif. Why do you think Bruce Arena did not call up Frankie Hejduk for the Argentina game? Pete Bailey: It was simply because Hejduk needs a vacation. Remember that he played the 1998 MLS season with Tampa Bay and then immediately left for Leverkusen. It’s been quite a while since he’s […]

The schedule has been announced for the men’s and women’s 1999 Pan American Games soccer tournaments, to be held July 23-Aug. 7 in Winnipeg, Canada. Men’s Groups and Schedule The U.S. team, which will likely be composed of members of the U-23 and U-20 national teams, is the top seed in Group B, along with […]

Losing three games at the last World Cup, it’s clear now, didn’t indicate a deep crisis of American soccer. Four years earlier, the United States was home for the event, and its soccer fans could get giddy about winning a single game, tying another, and reaching the second round with a third-place finish from a […]

With the kickoff of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup less than a month away, all 16 competing teams in this summer’s world championship are heavily involved in pre-tournament preparations, which no doubt will make the battle for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy the fiercest ever. Reflecting the increased support by national federations who […]

The following is an edited transcript of the May 27 media teleconference with Women’s World Cup CEO Marla Messing: RICHARD FINN: Good afternoon. I’m Richard Finn, director of FIFA Women’s World Cup, and welcome to our teleconference call. Today we are 23 days from kickoff at Giants Stadium on June 19th for what promises to […]

Qualifying for the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, which begins in June, is nearly complete. 29 of the 32 teams in the field are set. The format will be similar to last year, with eight D3 Pro League teams squaring off against four PDL and four USASA teams in the first round, which is set for […]

May 26 in Columbia, Md. Maryland Mania (A-League) 0 D.C. United (MLS) 3. Goals: Etcheverry 8, Wood (Hayes) 10, Hayes (Peay) 18. Maryland — Yetso (Hunter, 46), Bader, Simmonds, Bates (Love, 71), Payton (Armas, 29), Phillips (John, 46), LeCrum, Vega, Shaw, Haskins (Porter, 73), Knapman (Sampson, 29). D.C. United — Payne (Mercoullier, 69), Talley, Agoos […]

The U.S. U-17 national team will play the first-ever international match at Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa, Fla., against England’s U-17s on June 27 (kickoff set at 3:30 p.m. ET) in the second match of an MLS doubleheader featuring the Tampa Bay Mutiny against the Los Angeles Galaxy (1:00 p.m. ET kickoff). “This young, exciting […]

More than 1,000 pieces of 18-month old perennial rye grass have been rolled out and pieced together on the floor of Portland, Oregon’s Civic Stadium in preparation for one of greatest days in U.S. women’s soccer history. On June 6th, the U.S. women’s national team will play its final match on the “NIKE Road to […]

FINAL May 26 in Barcelona Manchester United (England) 2 Bayern Munich (Germany) 1. Goals: Sheringham 90, Solskjaer 90; Basler 6. Manchester United — Schmeichel, Neville, Johnsen, Stam, Irwin, Beckham, Butt, Giggs, Blomqvist (Sheringham, 67), Yorke, Cole (Solskjaer, 81). Bayern Munich — Kahn, Matthaeus (Fink, 80), Babbel, Linke, Kuffour, Tarnat, Effenberg, Jeremies, Basler (Salihamidzic, 89), Jancker, […]

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (2) Los Angeles Defenders Steve Jolley (1) Los Angeles Greg Vanney (1) Los Angeles Marcelo Balboa (2) Colorado Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (4) D.C. United Mo Johnston (2) Kansas City Wade Barrett (2) San Jose Diego Gutierrez (1) Chicago Forwards Roy Lassiter (2) D.C. United Paul Bravo (3) Colorado Josh Wolff (1) Chicago […]

FEATURES The Benefits And Risks Of Moving Abroad By Ridge Mahoney Kasey Keller: ‘It’s Also About Looking After Your Family’ Interview by Duncan Irving Rapids’ DiGiamarino Rules The Left Flank By Pat Shea Jair Miscast On Outside By Frank Dell’Apa How Easy It Is: Hamm Breaks The Record By Dean Caparaz Cup Winners Cup: Lazio […]

Chicago Fire — F Ante Razov (sprained ankle) is probable; G Greg Sutton (bruised eye), D Andrew Lewis (strained hamstring), M Diego Gutierrez (back spasms) and F Roman Kosecki (strained hamstring) are questionable. Colorado Rapids — M Joey DiGiamarino (lacerated foot) is probable. Columbus Crew — G Juergen Sommer (torn ACL), M Rob Smith (ruptured […]

The U.S. men’s national team will appear in Colorado for the first time in seven years when it faces Derby County of the English Premier League as part of a July 13 doubleheader with a Colorado Rapids third-round U.S. Open Cup match. The USA-Derby County game kicks off at 6:00 p.m. (MT), with the Rapids’ […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Staten Island 4 4 0 10 1 18 Rochester 5 4 1 10 4 18 Long Island 6 4 2 11 8 17 Boston 6 3 3 9 5 15 Pittsburgh 5 2 3 13 7 11 Lehigh Vall. 4 2 2 3 4 6 […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P New Jersey 2 2 0 5 3 7 Cape Cod 1 1 0 5 0 5 West. Mass. 1 1 0 4 1 5 Reading 1 1 0 3 2 5 South Jersey 2 1 1 6 5 5 N. Hamp. 2 1 1 5 6 5 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P New York 2 1 1 3 2 5 Brooklyn 1 1 0 1 0 4 C. Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Capital 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 1 0 1 1 4 0 Westchester 2 0 2 1 8 0 […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P Maryland 3 3 0 9 2 14 NJ Stallions 4 3 1 17 6 14 Long Island 4 2 2 5 3 10 Montreal 3 1 2 6 4 5 Boston 3 1 2 3 6 4 Delaware 2 0 2 0 8 0 Southern GP […]

MIAMI 1 D.C. UNITED 3 MAY 22 Att.: 7,113. Goals Miami: Serna (Maessner) 80; D.C. United: Lassiter (Williams, Moore) 62, Lassiter 71, Etcheverry (Sonora) 90. SA Report Card Miami: Cassar 4, Mastroeni 4, Rooney 4, Cullen 5, Heaps 4, Parra 5 (Marshall, 68th, 5), Vargas 5 (Maessner, 79th, 6), Rocha 4, Gori 5, Trotman 5, […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 26 Miami at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Sunshine Network May 27 San Jose at Colorado 9:30 p.m. espn2 May 29 New England at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports New England; MSG Network May 29 Tampa Bay at Miami 7:30 p.m. […]

The following are quotes from the MLS media teleconference on May 25 that featured commissioner Doug Logan, Chicago coach Bob Bradley, D.C. United coach Thomas Rongen and D.C. United forward Roy Lassiter. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We had a pretty good week this weekend, with more than 20,000 fans in three venues … It looks […]

The Chicago Fire has announced that it will face Polish First Division Club Legia-Daewoo Warsaw in an exhibition on Wednesday, June 16th at 7:30 p.m. (CT) at Soldier Field. Legia-Daewoo Warsaw is one of the biggest football teams in Poland and arguably its most famous. In February of 1997, Legia Warsaw changed its name to […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has signed New Zealand international and former Stanford all-America midfielder Simon Elliot as its 1999 discovery player. A native of Wellington, New Zealand, Elliot will fill the Galaxy’s fourth and final foreign player slot, which was vacated after the team released Ecuadoran midfielder Jaime Caicedo. Elliot has played 36 times for […]