Monthly Archives: May 1999

Dom Apollon Mountain View, Calif. I was just wondering about Mike Woitalla’s response to the question about the lack of Mexican player success in Euro leagues [Q&A with the SA Editors, May 7, 1999]. A Mexican-American friend of mine seems to think it is the rampant corruption in the Mexican league that keeps the best […]

With 1999 U.S. Open Cup qualifying in full force this week, U.S. Soccer Secretary General Hank Steinbrecher has announced today that the 86-year-old tournament final will be staged on Sept. 14 at the new Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The match will kickoff at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised live on ESPN […]

Randall’s Island, on the East River between Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens, was home to the New York Cosmos in 1974-75. But on a Saturday morning in May, we’re here to get a glimpse of the future — of Project 2010 in action. Edson Elcock runs to the ball, jumps on it with his right […]

Qualifying is underway to determine the 32 teams that will compete in the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, which begins in June. 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 June 9-13. The […]

The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games are more than a year away, but there will be an Olympic feeling in the air on Wednesday, May 19, when the U.S. U-23 national team faces their counterparts from Canada at 7 p.m. ET at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, S.C. In preparation for the international match, U.S. coach Clive […]

Forward Tiffeny Milbrett scored one goal and sliced open the Dutch defense with three brilliant assists as the U.S. women’s national team defeated the Netherlands, 5-0, on a chilly night at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee, Wisc. “Tiffeny Milbrett was the show tonight,” said U.S. coach Tony DiCicco. “She almost single-handedly dismantled their defense. Not […]

D.C. United has signed defender Clint Peay from the Maryland Mania of the A-League. Peay was an original member of United, selected in the ninth round of the inaugural MLS draft in 1996. He played 38 league matches for D.C. over the first three seasons of MLS before being waived last June 30, scoring one […]

Chicago Fire — G Zach Thornton (sprained finger), D C.J. Brown (hamstring cramps), M Diego Gutierrez (back spasms) and F Frankie Klopas (strained knee) are probable; M Peter Nowak (strained calf) is questionable; G Greg Sutton (bruised eye) and F Ante Razov (sprained ankle) are out. Colorado Rapids — M Anders Limpar (strained calf) is […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on TV this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 15 Miami at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. MSG Network May 15 New England at Columbus 7:30 p.m. *espn2 May 15 D.C. United at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Newschannel 8 May 15 San Jose at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Bay […]

The 1999 W-League’s W-2 division will feature a host of new teams. The Austin Lady Lone Stars, Houston Tornados, Jacksonville Jade, North Texas Heat, Northern Virginia Majestics, Piedmont Spark and Springfield Sirens are all new squads, and the New Jersey Wildcats drop to the W-2 after playing in the W-1 last year. Gone are 1998 […]

Final May 12 in Moscow Parma (Italy) 3 Olympique Marseille (France) 0. Goals: Crespo 26, Vanoli 36, Chiesa 55. Parma — Buffon, Thuram, Sensini, Cannavaro, Vanoli, Boghossian, Baggio, Fuser, Veron (Fiore, 77), Chiesa (Balbo, 73), Crespo (Asprilla, 85). Marseille — Porato, Blondeau, Blanc, Domoraud, Edson (Camara, 46), Issa, Brando, Bravo, Gourvennec, Pires, Maurice. Att.: 61,000.

Goalkeeper Tom Presthus (1) D.C. United Defenders Jeff Agoos (1) D.C. United Alexi Lalas (1) Kansas City Mike Lapper (1) Columbus Midfielders Paul Bravo (2) Colorado Danny Pena (1) Los Angeles Steve Ralston (1) Tampa Bay Jamie Moreno (2) D.C. United Forwards Nansha Kalonji (1) MetroStars Jeff Cunningham (1) Columbus Jason Kreis (4) Dallas ò […]

FEATURES MLS: Tracking The Trends, Good And Bad By Ridge Mahoney Wortmann Puts His Reputation On The Line By Jeff Rusnak Terrorist Tragedy Haunts Carlos Llamosa By Steven Goff “Captain for Life”: Beginning Of The End By John Harkes with Denise Kiernan Michelle Akers: China Memories As told to Scott French Premier League Race Down […]

TAMPA BAY 2 CHICAGO 1 (SO) May 8 Att.: 10,428. Goals Tampa Bay: Gottardi (Ramos, Ralston) 57. Chicago: Wolff (Kosecki, Podbrozny) 6. (Tampa Bay wins shootout, 1-0.) SA Report Card Tampa Bay: Garlick 7, Moore 6, George 6, McCarty 6, Kinnear 5, Salcedo 5, Ramos 6, Ralston 8, Jara 5 (Quill, 71st, 5), Gottardi 6 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Brooklyn 1 1 0 1 0 4 C. Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Capital 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Westchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York 1 0 1 0 1 0 […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 N. Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reading 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 3 2 1 3 2 8 Long Island 4 2 2 6 7 8 Boston 4 1 3 5 5 6 Staten Island 1 1 0 3 0 5 Pittsburgh 2 1 1 3 2 5 Connecticut 5 1 4 4 9 5 Toronto […]

Major League Soccer will take a significant step forward in the development of professional soccer in the United States with the debut of Columbus Crew Stadium, the first major-league stadium built specifically for soccer in the United States, on Saturday, May 15. Walter Zenga and the New England Revolution invade central Ohio for the inaugural […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P Maryland 1 1 0 4 1 5 Boston 1 1 0 2 1 4 Long Island 1 1 0 1 0 4 Montreal 1 0 1 1 2 0 NJ Stallions 1 0 1 1 4 0 Delaware 1 0 1 0 1 0 Southern GP […]

The following are quotes from the May 11 MLS media teleconference featuring MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS investor/operator Lamar Hunt, Columbus GM Jamey Rootes and Columbus midfielder Brian Maisonneuve. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We’re delighted to go into a week that all of us have looked forward to for well over a year since Lamar […]

An arbitration panel ruled May 10 in Chicago that the U.S. Soccer Federation acted appropriately in selecting its roster for the team’s 1999 residency program. After not being selected to the team’s 26-player residency camp in January, Debbie Keller, a member of the U.S. women’s national team player pool, filed an action on Feb. 26 […]

In front of a sea of 20,000 blue and white-clad festive El Salvadoran fans, the U.S. U-17 national team defeated El Salvador 6-1 in the first match of their two-game CONCACAF home-and-home playoff series for the third and final berth in the FIFA U-17 World Championship to be hosted by New Zealand, November 10-27. The […]

The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced plans to field a team for the inaugural Championship of Heroes tournament taking place in Trinidad and Tobago in June. The eight-team tournament features former international players at least 35-years-old (or retired from professional soccer) from Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and host Trinidad & Tobago, in addition […]

U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco has named his 20-player roster for the two matches against Holland, on May 13 in Milwaukee, Wisc. (Kickoff 7:00 p.m. CT) and May 16 in Chicago (Kickoff 1:00 p.m. CT – LIVE on espn2) as NIKE Road to Pasadena tour continues. The Road to Pasadena will take the […]

With two new franchises north of the border — the Montreal Dynamite and the Toronto Inferno — the 1999 W-League will feature 16 teams. Also new in the top women’s league: last year’s W-2 champion, the Ft. Collins Force. Gone are Columbus, which has folded, and the New Jersey Wildcats, who will compete in the […]