Monthly Archives: June 1999

Barely a half year into his tenure, U.S. coach Bruce Arena faces another former World Cup champion. The Germany team that the United States dispensed of, 3-0, in February represented an aging squad in decline. Argentina, on the other hand, should pose a more formidable test. Daniel Passarella’s France ’98 squad, which reached the quarterfinals, […]

First Round June 10 in Washington, D.C. Northern Virginia Royals (D3) 3 Cocoa Expos (PDL) 5. Goals: Prisco 45, Ogando 68, Engelfried 78; Dillon 3, Butcher 29, 31. Enders 38, Hinkey 57. No. Virginia — Marcoullier (Thompson 45), Durant, Standish, Vicon, Chantel, Ogando, Gowin (Kerns 74), Mahboub, Hovessou (Holt 14), Engelfried, Prisco. Cocoa — Laitenen, […]

June 9 in Chicago Mexico 2 Argentina 2. Goals: Hernandez 14, Chavez 77; Cruz 19, G.Lopez 52. Mexico — Campos (Rios, 46), Suarez, Chavez (Cabrera, n/a), Pardo, Almaguer, Torrado (Palencia, 62), Lara, Garcia Aspe (Ramirez, 46), Blanco, Terrazas, Hernandez. Argentina — Burgos, Ayala, Sorin, Ibarra, Pochettino, Simeone, Zanetti, Gonzalez (Husain, 66), G.Lopez (Aimar, 84), Pandolfi […]

Major League Soccer commissioner Douglas G. Logan has announced that game two of the 1999 MLS All-Star Doubleheader on July 17, 1999, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif. will feature Mexican power C.D. de Guadalajara, affectionately known by their fans throughout the world as Chivas, and perennial Chilean contender Universidad Catolica. “We are delighted […]

Chicago Fire — D Andrew Lewis (strained hamstring) and M Diego Gutierrez (back spasms) are probable. Colorado Rapids — M/F Paul Bravo (bruised leg) and F Wolde Harris (strained hamstring) are probable; D Marcelo Balboa (strained hamstring) is questionable; M Joey DiGiamarino (lacerated foot) is doubtful. Columbus Crew — D Thomas Dooley (strained groin) and […]

First Round June 9 in Toms River, N.J. New Jersey Stallions (D3) 1 United German-Hungarians (USASA) 2. Goals: Cesar 24; De Stephanis 31, Henes 48. New Jersey — Idzahl, Busek, Gillen, Leszczynski (Ken-Kwofie, 67), Earl, Bustamante, Gouldstear, Lucariello, Mendoza, Cesar, Sylionowski (Vasco, 46). German-Hungarians — Centofanti, Wilkinson, Woehlcke, McCadlion, Viel, Henes, De Stephanis, Steinbach, Peev, […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on TV this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television June 10 Miami at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN June 12 Colorado at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports New York June 12 Dallas at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. NO TV June 12 Chicago at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. Fox Sports […]

BRUCE ARENA On the team’s preparation for Argentina: “Our players realize that this game is important. It will be a great challenge for our team and will give them a chance to play against one of the top teams in the world. Every player on this team wants to win on Sunday and it will […]

GROUP 1 June 9 in Lausanne Switzerland 0 Italy 0. Att.: 13,124. June 9 in Liverpool, England Wales 0 Denmark 2 (Tomasson 84, Tofting pen. 90). Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 6 4 2 0 11 2 14 Denmark 6 2 2 2 6 5 8 Switzerland […]

First Round June 8 in Saginaw, Mich. Mid Michigan Bucks (PDL) 3 Austin Lone Stars (D3) 2. Goals: Scicluna 37, Djeukeng 50, Snape 88; Madeley 14, Jones 48. Mid Michigan — Placek, Dodd, Djeukeng, Hall, Scicluna, , Dorom, Emert, Schomaker, Mack, Costa (Armstrong, 65), Snape. Austin — Rogers, Altamirano, Flemister, Madeley, Champ, Pearce, Villareal, Lenien, […]

1999 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP PREVIEW UNITED STATES The Host’s Objective Is Clear by Scott French The Selling of Mia Hamm by Marianne Bhonslay Michelle Akers: Absolute Warrior by Scott French The 20 U.S. Players INTERNATIONAL FEATURES SA Q&A: Canada’s Charmaine Hooper Linda Medalen: Norway’s Policewoman by Dean Caparaz Mexico Makes History by Amparo Simon TOURNAMENT […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P NJ Stallions 6 5 1 23 6 23 Long Island 7 4 3 13 8 20 Maryland 5 4 1 12 3 19 Boston 6 4 2 10 8 15 Laval 4 2 2 8 5 9 Delaware 3 0 3 0 12 0 Southern GP […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Brooklyn 4 3 1 8 4 14 C. Jersey 3 2 1 7 3 11 New York 4 2 2 7 2 11 NY Capital 3 1 2 4 10 5 Westchester 5 1 4 3 13 2 Vermont 4 0 4 6 17 1 […]

Goalkeeper Scott Garlick (1) Tampa Bay Defenders Lubos Kubik (4) Chicago Diego Sonora (1) D.C. United Mauricio Wright (5) San Jose Midfielders Jason Kreis (5) Dallas Eddie Lewis (2) San Jose Ivan McKinley (2) New England Paul Bravo (3) Colorado Ross Paule (1) Colorado Forwards Ronald Cerritos (2) San Jose Joe-Max Moore (1) New England […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P West. Mass. 4 4 0 18 5 19 South Jersey 5 4 1 13 7 16 New Hamp. 4 3 1 11 8 15 Reading 3 3 0 8 4 14 Cape Cod 4 3 1 10 3 13 New Jersey 5 2 3 8 11 7 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 9 7 2 17 10 30 Boston 10 6 4 17 8 28 Rochester 7 6 1 15 7 27 Staten Island 7 5 2 12 6 22 Connecticut 11 3 8 9 21 14 Pittsburgh 7 2 5 15 12 11 Lehigh […]

SAN JOSE 4 COLORADO 3 June 3 Att.: 6,824. Goals San Jose: Lewis (Baicher, Barrett) 8, Baicher (Brose) 73, Cerritos (Lewis) 77, Wright (Frye, Baicher) 80. Colorado: Paule (Bravo, McKeon) 40, Bravo (Paule) 44, Limpar (Paule, Bravo) 69. SA Report Card San Jose: Kramer 5, Conrad 5, Wright 6, Clark 4 (Frye, 46th, 5), Barrett […]

The following are quotes from the June 8 MLS media teleconference that featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS executive vice-president Ivan Gazidis, Dallas Burn coach David Dir, Dallas Burn midfielder/forward Jason Kreis and Kansas City coach Bob Gansler. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “The first installment of our All-Star Fan balloting numbers will be released today, […]

In this excerpt from John Harkes’ new book, Captain for Life, we pick up in January 1998 with early confrontations between the captain and Coach Steve Sampson, who shook the U.S. soccer world by cutting Harkes in April. by John Harkes With Denise Kiernan Steve and I had a meeting soon after the team arrived […]

First Round June 5 in Wilmington N.C. Wilmington Hammerheads (D3) 8 Los Lobos (USASA) 1. Goals: Hunter (Corrie) 21, Walker (Files) 32, Walker (Crandell) 34, Walker (Corrie) 39, Hunter (Wright) 52, Griffith (Files) 55, Griffith (Panos) 72, Griffith (Panos) 88; Fernandez (F.Chavez) 76. Wilmington — Lewis, Perry, Maugham, Franks, Hooker, Wright (Panos, 57), Corrie (Bruce, […]

New England Revolution defender Ted Chronopoulos has been added to the 21-player U.S. roster for the team’s Sunday showdown with Argentina in Washington, D.C. Chronopoulos, who played collegiately at San Diego State University, earned his only previous cap for the U.S. back on June 12, 1997 against Israel. The 26-year-old Chronopoulos joins forward Ernie Stewart […]

Canadian forward Charmaine Hooper almost single-handedly took down the U.S. women’s national team with two brilliant goals in the first half, but the Americans had an answer each time, and went on to record an exciting 4-2 victory over Canada in front of a noisy crowd of 23,325 fans at Portland’s Civic Stadium. The crowd […]

GROUP 1 June 5 in Copenhagen Denmark 1 (Heintze 22) Belarus 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 24,876. June 5 in Bologna Italy 4 (Vieri 7, Inzaghi 37, Maldini 40, Chiesa 88) Wales 0. Half: 3-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 5 4 1 0 11 2 13 Switzerland 4 2 […]

Qualifying for the 1999 U.S. Open Cup is now complete, with all of the 32 teams in the field 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 June 5-13. The eight […]

Opening round begins June 5 and runs through June 20 The 1999 U.S. Open Cup kicks off June 5 when USASA qualifier Los Lobos of Tulsa, Okla. (Region III) travels to Wilmington to battle the D3 Pro League’s Wilmington Hammerheads. The final 32-team U.S. Open Cup field is comprised of eight teams each from Major […]