Monthly Archives: June 1999

June 22 in Milwaukee Milwaukee Rampage (A-League) 0 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2. Goals: Kotschau 26, Kosecki (pen.) 45. Milwaukee — Green (Isacco, 46), Lopez (Ackah, 46), Timbers (Ross, 46), Cerro (Farmer, 46), Iribarren (J.Provan, 46), Szczepanski (S.Provan, 46; Marshall 79), Storm (Papandrea, 46), Willan (Adamovsky, 46), Dalombo (Marqinhos, 46), Stebbins (Igel, 32), Loftin (P.White, 46). […]

FEATURES USA Says ‘Welcome To Our Party’ By Dean Caparaz Inside WWC ’99: The Other Opener By Scott French Tiffeny Milbrett Takes Aim By Dean Caparaz Breaking Down The Breakdowns In Chicago By Ridge Mahoney Wizards Adjust To Gansler’s Hands-On Approach By Bob Luder Impressive Array Of Stars Meet In Paraguay By Amparo Simon Ramon […]

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann (3) Colorado Defenders Jeff Agoos (2) D.C. United Alexi Lalas (2) Kansas City Francis Okaroh (1) Chicago Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (2) Los Angeles Leonel Alvarez (1) Dallas Chris Henderson (1) Kansas City Forwards Dante Washington (1) Dallas Preki (1) Kansas City Roman Kosecki (2) Chicago Joe-Max Moore (2) New England ò In […]

The U.S. boys U-16 national team returned home over the weekend after a successful 10-day tour in Europe. The USA won the 1999 Tournoi International de Le Meinier Tournament (Geneva, Switzerland) with a 7-1-0 record, scoring 13 goals and conceding only one. In two friendly matches against local club teams, the U-16s beat St. Etienne […]

The U.S. U-17 national team will be looking to continue its 13-game unbeaten streak when they take on England’s U-17s on June 27 (3:30 p.m. ET) at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. in the second match of an MLS doubleheader featuring the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Los Angeles Galaxy (1:00 p.m. ET). The USA-England […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny’s friendly with an all-star team comprised of players from four First Division Guatemalan teams scheduled for June 23 has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled at a later date. “Due to airline reservation problems, the team couldn’t get out of Tampa either on its original flight, or on a secondary flight,” […]

In a swap of foreign players, the Miami Fusion has traded Argentine defender Mario Gori to the New England Revolution in exchange for Dutch playmaker Edwin Gorter. Gorter, who has played in the top divisions of the Dutch, French, Belgian and Swiss leagues, was the Revolution’s third-leading scorer last season, with seven goals and seven […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P C. Jersey 6 5 1 21 7 26 New York 7 3 4 17 12 17 Brooklyn 6 3 3 12 14 15 Westchester 8 3 5 9 17 11 NY Capital 5 1 4 6 18 5 Vermont 6 0 6 8 21 1 […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P Maryland 7 6 1 30 3 30 Long Island 9 6 3 17 7 30 NJ Stallions 8 7 1 26 7 29 Boston 9 6 3 20 9 25 Laval 8 3 5 11 18 14 Delaware 6 0 6 1 22 0 Southern GP […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P South Jersey 9 7 2 21 13 29 Reading 7 6 1 15 12 28 West. Mass. 6 5 1 21 7 23 New Hamp. 6 4 2 15 12 19 New Jersey 8 4 4 14 13 17 Cape Cod 5 3 2 10 5 13 […]

Here are the results of the www.socceramerica.com May 1999 poll, in which 713 fans predicted the winner of the 1999 Women’s World Cup. CHAMPION USA…557 votes (78% !) China…86 (12.1%) Norway…26 (3.6%) Brazil…9 (1.3%) Germany…6 (0.8%)

æThe cards I’ve been dealt’ SOCCER AMERICA: You’ve got a good thing going against the U.S. team. What does your performance, and your team’s, mean heading into the World Cup? CHARMAINE HOOPER: This game was a confidence booster for our team. We weren’t out to win this game, but to see where we stand as […]

Kirovski: ‘We fought really hard’ Jovan Kirovski’s welcomed a national-team return after an unhappy season in Germany’s Second Division. SOCCER AMERICA: What are your thoughts on the team’s performance today? JOVAN KIROVSKI: It was a great result. I thought we fought really hard as a team, we played well and created some good chances. Honestly, […]

Mexico reached the World Cup finals for the first time thanks in part to the arrival of U.S. college products with Mexican roots. The American contingent has grown to 12 players. Since receiving reinforcements in the form of Mexican-Americans with U.S. college experience, homegrown Mexican players like Maribel Dominguez have been able to see more […]

The USL’s Super Y-League kicked off June 19 and 20 with six games played in the northeast and west. The league features competition for under-14 and under-15 boys in its first inception, with a 200-plus game slate. The new national circuit conceived by USL Commissioner Francisco Marcos starts out with 34 teams in three divisions […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 10 9 1 20 8 38 Long Island 11 8 3 23 14 35 Staten Island 10 6 4 17 9 28 Boston 12 6 6 20 15 28 Pittsburgh 10 5 5 20 14 23 Connecticut 12 4 8 12 23 18 Lehigh […]

Norwegian star Linda Medalen’s outspokenness sometimes rankles opponents, but she’s a legend back home after leading Norway to one world championship and two European titles. If Linda Medalen had been cut out to be a soldier, Norway might never have won a world championship. Instead of serving her country in the military, she has brought […]

DALLAS 3 D.C. UNITED 0 June 16 Att.: 8,817. Goals Dallas: Washington (Alvarez, Kreis) 69, Deering (Rodriguez) 75, Washington (Deering) 79. SA Report Card Dallas: Dodd 6, Dade 5, Pollard 6, Farrer 6, Rodriguez 6, Santel 6, Alvarez 7 (Haynes, 78th, 5), Deering 6, Eck 6, Kreis 6 (Rhine, 69th, 5), Trellez 4 (Washington, 58th, […]

The following are quotes from the June 22 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, Colorado coach Glenn Myernick, Chicago coach Bob Bradley and New England forward Joe-Max Moore Doug Logan Opening Remarks “MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis is currently representing MLS at the Mexican draft in Ixtapa, so he will not […]

æWe deserve to win’ D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno has been recalled to the Bolivian national team along with Marco Etcheverry for the Copa America. SOCCER AMERICA: Are there any major differences between playing for Bruce Arena and playing for Thomas Rongen? JAIME MORENO: They are different persons, but both are coaches that like to […]

USA STARTERS: Keller (8) Penalty save changed game. Brown (4) Exposed in first half. Fraser (5) Cramped up. Agoos (5) Held his own. Sanneh (5) Had to work very hard. Armas (7) Where would U.S. be without him? Lewis (5) Not his best game. Reyna (8) Worked tirelessly as captain. Kirovski (5) In and out […]

U.S. women’s national team head coach Tony DiCicco watched closely last night as Nigeria defeated North Korea in a tough 2-1 match in Los Angeles. The U.S. plays Nigeria in their second group match on June 24 in Chicago, then travels to Boston to take on North Korea on June 27. Here are Coach DiCicco’s […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny will travel to Guatemala June 22 in preparation for a friendly match the following evening against a team comprised of all-stars from four Guatemalan First Division teams. “Once again, the Mutiny will serve as good will ambassadors to Central America,” Mutiny GM Nick Sakiewicz said. “The match will be an opportunity […]

Articles from Soccer America Magazine will now appear on www.socceramerica.com as a new regular feature. The selected stories of national,international, MLS, college and other topics will be reprinted from the previous week’s edition. Soccer America Magazine’s complete table of contents will appear each Monday, with an abbreviated selection of stories and columns going live during […]

First Round June 20 in High Point, N.C. Carolina Dynamo (D3) 1 Milwaukee Bavarian Leinenkugel (USASA) 0. Goal: Haupt (Dudley) 86. Carolina — Powell, Ronemus, Freeman, Atta, Collins, Haupt, Duff (Fedor, 68), Dudley, Breslin (Rice, 46), Espindola, Hamid (Upchurch, 89). Leinenkugel — Howard, Passelt, Pearson, Eichman, Gansler, Hospel, Schweinert, Kreitmer, Zaiss, Stempinski (Troskey, 85), Votja […]