Monthly Archives: June 1999

Times and matchups for the inaugural Gotham Cup, scheduled to take place at Giants Stadium on July 23 and 25, have been set. On Friday night, July 23, Ajax (Netherlands) will meet Aston Villa (England) in the first match at 7:00 p.m., ET. Fiorentina (Italy) will then face Panathinaikos (Greece) at 9:30 p.m., ET in […]

Group C June 20 in Foxboro, Mass. Norway 2 Russia 1. Goals: Sundaune 28, Pettersen 68; Komarova 78. Norway — Nordby, Jorgensen, Kringen, Medalen, Nymark Andersen, Sandaune, Knudsen (Rapp, 86), R.Gulbrandsen (Mellgren, 74), Riise, Lehn (Frustol, 61), Pettersen. Russia — Petko, Bourakova, N.Karasseva, Tcheverda, Filippova, Egorova, Svetlitzkaia (Fomina, 84), O.Karasseva (Komarova, 46), Grigorieva, Letuchova (Savina, […]

Group A June 20 in Pasadena, Calif. Nigeria 2 North Korea 1. Goals: Akide 50, Nwadike 79; Jo Song Ok 74. Nigeria — A.Chiejine, Kudaisi (Nwaneri, 86), Opara, Ajayi, Emeafu, Okosieme, Omagbemi, I.Chiejene (Egbe, 70), Avre, Akide, Nwadike. North Korea — Kye Yong Sun, Yun In Sil, Kim Sun Hui (Jo Jong Ran, 61), Kim […]

Group D June 20 in Foxboro, Mass. Australia 1 Ghana 1. Goals: Murray 74; Gyamfua 75. Australia — Wheeler, Starr, Alagich, Bartlett, Cooper, Black, Peters (Golebiowski, 89), Forman, Iannotta (Casagrande, 60), Murray, Salisbury. Ghana — Sulemana, Yeboah, Baidu, Ansah, P.Sackey, Bayor (Quartery, 79), Clottey, Tettey-Quao, Dzangmah (Okai, 32; Gyamfua, 65), V.Mensah, A.Sackey. Yellow cards: Australia […]

Group B June 20 in Pasadena, Calif. Germany 1 Italy 1. Goals: Wiegmann (pen.) 61; Panico 36. Germany — Rottenberg, Stegemann, Hingst, Jones, Fitschen, Meinert (Meyer, 83), Wiegmann, P.Wunderlich, Smisek (Lingor, 86), Grings, Prinz. Italy — Brenzan, Marchio, Stefanelli, Tavalazzi, Duo’, Tesse (Deiana, 68), Carta, D’Astolfo, Frollani (Zanni, 71), Guarino (Fiorini, 90), Panico. Yellow card: […]

1. Pretinha (Brazil), Sissi (Brazil) 3 goals. 3. Foudy (USA), Hamm (USA), Lilly (USA), Katia (Brazil), Dominguez (Mexico), Jin Yan (China), Liu Ailing (China), Bengtsson (Sweden), Burtini (Canada), Otake (Japan), Murray (Australia), Gyamfua (Ghana), Pettersen (Norway), Sandaune (Norway), Komarova (Russia), Wiegmann (Germany), Panico (Italy), Akide (Nigeria), Nwadike (Nigeria), Jo Song Ok (North Korea) 1 goal.

Group A June 19 in East Rutherford, N.J. USA 3 Denmark 0. Goals: Hamm 17, Foudy 73, Lilly 89. USA — Scurry, Chastain, Overbeck, Sobrero, Fawcett, Akers, Foudy, Lilly, Hamm (Fair, 88), Parlow, Milbrett (MacMillan, 82). Denmark — Larsen, K.Christensen, Terp, C.Petersen (Sondergaard, 83), K.Pedersen, Axelsen, M.Pedersen, Rasmussen, M.Hansen (Johansen, 64), Krogh, L.Jensen (L.Hansen, 78). […]

Group C June 19 in San Jose, Calif. Canada 1 Japan 1. Goals: Burtini 32; Otake 64. Canada — Wright, Helland, Nonen, Morneau, Franck, A.Walsh, Donnelly, Hooper, Harvey, Rosenow, Burtini (Neil, 56). Japan — Yamago, Nishina, Tomei, Sakai, Mitsui, Isozaki, Hara, Isaka (Kobayashi, 52), Sawa, Otake, Uchiyama. Yellow card: Canada — Hooper 5. Referee: Maria […]

The U.S. women’s national team opened the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup on a sparkling day at Giants Stadium, defeating Denmark 3-0 in front of the largest crowd ever to watch a women’s team sporting event. World all-time lead scorer Mia Hamm scored in the first half and Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly added goals […]

Group D June 19 in San Jose, Calif. China 2 Sweden 1. Goals: Jin Yan 17, Liu Ailing 69; Bengtsson 2. China — Gao Hong, Xie Huilin (Zhang Ouying, 58), Wen Lirong, Fan Yunjie, Bai Jie, Wang Liping, Liu Ying, Liu Ailing, Zhao Lihong, Jin Yan, Sun Wen (Pu Wei, 75). Sweden — Karlsson, Westberg, […]

Group B June 19 in East Rutherford, N.J. Brazil 7 Mexico 1. Goals: Pretinha 3, 12, 90, Sissi 29, 42, 50, Katia (pen.) 35; Dominguez 10. Brazil — Maravilha, Nene, Elane, Suzana, Fanta (Juliana, 82), Marisa, Sissi, Raquel, Cidinha (Maicon, 46), Pretinha, Katia (Formiga, 72). Mexico — Quinones, S.Mora, Oceguera, Moore (Perez, 73), Nanez, Leyva […]

After I lauded, in our May 31 issue, FIFA’s plans to experiment with a two-referee system that maintains the two linesmen, I wasn’t too surprised that most objections to the plan came from referees. They reminded me of an interview with a German referee from long ago. Asked why he would undergo endless abuse, week […]

CHINA LEGITIMATE FAVORITE. The 1996 Olympic silver medalist deserves favorite status behind the host, a fact underscored by two 2-1 wins over the United States in 1999, when it also dropped a tight 2-1 match to the Americans. Moreover, the Chinese split a pair of friendlies with Germany in Germany. OPPONENTS WILL CHASE SUN. China’s […]

NORWAY INJURY TAKES LEADER. Norway should encounter few problems conquering the tournament’s easiest group. The loss to injury of Gro Espeseth will be felt later in the tournament. Espeseth, a physical marker, was the team’s inspirational leader, having started for Norway in China ’91 and winning the Silver Ball as the second-best player in Sweden […]

GERMANY THE EXPERIENCE FACTOR. Germany created its women’s national team in 1982, but the female side of the sport celebrated its breakthrough in 1989, when Germany’s European Championship semifinal win over Italy drew higher TV ratings than a Steffi Graf tennis match and its final win over Norway garnered nationwide press attention. A women’s Bundesliga […]

DENMARK DANES STUMBLE INTO USA. Early on, the experienced Europeans looked like the obvious choice to be the No. 2 team in Group A and advance to the quarterfinals. North Korea didn’t even qualify for either previous World Cup, and Nigeria was winless in both. The Danes – sixth in 1991 and seventh in 1995 […]

Earl Howard Medfield, Mass. During the USA-Argentina match on several occasions the U.S. defense was caught very flat. Was the intent to play strict man-to-man, or was Fraser supposed to be sweeping? If the U.S. is to be successful in International play who will direct that defense? I thought Kirovski played a great match and […]

SA Consensus USA ’99 Champion: USA Runner-up: China Third place: Norway Fourth place: Germany MVP: Mia Hamm (USA) Leading scorer: Tiffeny Milbrett (USA) Pete Bailey 1. USA 2. Norway 3. China 4. Germany MVP: Mia Hamm (USA) Leading scorer: Tiffeny Milbrett (USA) Comments Record crowds at Stanford and the Rose Bowl should help to will […]

First Round June 16 in Chico, Calif. Chico Rooks (D3) 2 Spokane Shadow (PDL) 3 (OT). Goals: Orellana 19, Munoz 63; Rose 39, Berto 73, Cosner 108. Chico — Martini, Freeman (Hernandez, 80), Weiszmann, Munoz, Biason, Ternero (Eagleston, 70), Gwin (Murray, 96), Aluelais, Higley, Orellana, Stuart. Spokane — Mullen, Houck, Marks, Saunders (Hogenhout, 70), Hampton, […]

Group A USA 1 Briana Scurry 07/09/71 2 Lorrie Fair 05/08/78 3 Christie Pearce 24/06/75 4 Carla Overbeck 09/05/69 5 Tiffany Roberts 05/05/77 6 Brandi Chastain 21/07/68 7 Sara Whalen 28/04/76 8 Shannon Macmillan 07/10/74 9 Mia Hamm 17/03/72 10 Michelle Akers 01/02/66 11 Julie Foudy 23/01/71 12 Cindy Parlow 08/05/78 13 Kristine Lilly 22/07/71 […]

June 16 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 1 MetroStars (MLS) 1 (MetroStars win shootout, 2-0). Goals: Tilley (Demmin) 53; Kalonji (Chung) 65. Rochester — Andracki (Onstad, 46), Restrepo, Demmin, Hardy, Schweitzer (Daligcon, 46), Mercik (Mulcahy, 63), Dietrich, Zavala, Sedgewick (Miller, 30), Hetrick (Kirmse, 46), Tilley. MetroStars — Howard (Ammann, 46), Petke, Knight, Walsh, Corrales, […]

While fighting a disease that can make routine chores unbearable, Michelle Akers continues giving world-class performances for the United States, whose title hopes depend on her midfield mastery. It’s no accident that Michelle Akers’ primary battles most of the past decade have not been fought on the soccer field. That’s what she believes, that there’s […]

Anything less than the title will be considered a failure for the Americans. And though they have the talent, experience and home-field edge to deserve favorite status, no one’s saying it’ll be easy. They don’t need a World Cup to determine the planet’s best women’s soccer team. The evidence, as it were, is overwhelming, and […]

Mauricio Solis, a regular on the Costa Rican national team and a veteran of the English Premier League, has been acquired by the San Jose Clash. “Mauricio Solis will be a wonderful addition to our squad,” San Jose GM Lynne Meterparel said. “All four of our international spots are now filled, and with Mauirico, Ronald […]

More than three years after it was first awarded to the United States, the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the third world championship of women’s soccer, will get underway this Saturday, June 19, with matches at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., and Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif. With more than 450,000 tickets sold […]