Monthly Archives: July 1999

USA Briana Scurry (6) Some sharp saves. Brandi Chastain (5) Scored at both ends. Kate Sobrero (6) Emerging as the best U.S. defender. Carla Overbeck (5) Another average game for the captain. Joy Fawcett (6) Clutch header wins game after poor start. Michelle Akers (5) Struggled with hurt shoulder. Kristine Lilly (5) Lots of running, […]

Women’s World Cup champions are not the only soccer players who can say, “We’re going to Disney World.” The country’s top boys and girls club teams are preparing for the 1999 US Youth Soccer National Championship finals at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The country’s most prestigious youth soccer […]

USA Briana Scurry (8) Best game of U.S. career. Brandi Chastain (5) Stayed back most of game. Kate Sobrero (6) Fast, able defender stayed with Brazilians. Carla Overbeck (4) Played OK until late breakdowns. Joy Fawcett (5) Tackled well, but exposed by speedy Brazilians. Michelle Akers (7) Contained Sissi in first half; covered the park. […]

Second Round July 10 in Cocoa, Fla. Cocoa Expos (PDL) 2 Jacksonville Cyclones (A-League) 7. Goals: Phillips 27, pen. 49; Munoz pen. 5, 20, 36, 54, DeOlivera 45, 79, Schmidt 80. Cocoa — Laitenen, Knott, Keneman, Holbert (Plunket, 5; Freeman, 46), Yoshiura, Teittinen, Lova, Phillips, Hinkey, Butcher, Enders. Jacksonville — Larusson, Broderick, Schmidt, Villhjalmsson, Simutone, […]

Quarterfinals July 11 in Luque Chile 3 Colombia 2. Goals: Reyes 25, 49, Zamorano 64; Bolano 7, Bonilla 35. Chile — Ma.Ramirez, Vargas, Reyes, Mi.Ramirez, Acuna, Palacios, Aros, Estay (Cartes, 78), Sierra (Pizarro, 65), Zamorano, Gonzalez (Nunez, 86). Colombia — Calero, Quintana, Bermudez, Cordoba, Cortes, Bolano (J.C.Ramirez, 46), Lozano, Grisales (Morantes, 69), Betancourt, Bonilla, Ricard […]

Injuries prevented both D.C. United defender Eddie Pope and Hertha Berlin’s Tony Sanneh from joining the U.S. national team’s training camp this week in Denver, and the pair will not be eligible for U.S. duty at the Confederations Cup. Pope, who was expected back after recovering from a fractured foot, sprained the MCL in his […]

Quarterfinals July 10 in Asuncion Mexico 3 Peru 3 (Mexico wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Hernandez 29, pen. 33, Torrado 88; Palacios 5, Pereda 15, Solano 40. Mexico — Campos, Sanchez (Garcia, 70), Suarez, Marquez, Carmona, Torrado, Zepeda, Ramirez, Garcia Aspe (Osorno, 49), Palencia (Terrazas, 90), Hernandez. Peru — Ibanez, Jorge Soto, Reynoso, Jose Soto, […]

After 120 minutes of intense, scoreless soccer, the United States defeated China in a penalty kick shootout to win their second FIFA Women’s World Cup title before a record crowd of over 90,000 at the Rose Bowl. The difference in the 5-4 shootout came on China’s third shot when U.S. goalkeeper Briana Scurry dove to […]

Championship July 10 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 0 China 0 (USA wins 5-4 on penalties). USA — Scurry, Chastain, Sobrero, Overbeck, Fawcett, Lilly, Akers (Whalen, 91), Foudy, Hamm, Milbrett (Venturini, 115), Parlow (MacMillan, 57). China — Gao Hong, Wang Liping, Wen Lirong, Fan Yunjie, Bai Jie, Pu Wei (Zhang Ouying, 59), Liu Ying, Liu Ailing, […]

1. Sissi (Brazil), Sun Wen (China) 7 goals. 3. Aarones (Norway) 4 goals. 4. Grings (Germany), Jin Yan (China), Liu Ailing (China), Milbrett (USA), Okosieme (Nigeria), Pettersen (Norway), Pretinha (Brazil), Riise (Norway), Wiegmann (Germany) 3 goals. 13. Akers (USA), Akide (Nigeria), Cidinha (Brazil), Fomina (Russia), Hamm (USA), Hooper (Canada), Jo Song Ok (North Korea), Katia […]

July 8 in Virginia Beach, Va. Hampton Roads 3 A-League All-Stars 0. Goals: Siikala (Bailey) 13, Owens 22, Donnelly (Owens) 31. Hampton Rds. — Busch (Tucker, 71), Branigan, B.Mitchell, Kraemer (Fenger, 78), Maier, Owens (Lima, 46), Hooper, Bailey, Scrofani (McCreath, 59), Donnelly (Valencia, 78), Siikala (Kinturi, 46). All-Stars — Swallen (Hudock, 46), Bonseu, Coughlin (Messam, […]

The reserve players for the MLS Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams have been announced. Four players from league-leading D.C. United were added to the Eastern Conference team, along with two from Columbus and New England and one from Miami. For the Western Conference, three players from the L.A. Galaxy were named, along with two […]

Amid sweltering heat and humidity that cloaked the University of Rhode Island Athletic Fields in Kingston, 16 age-group titles were decided at the US Youth Soccer Regional I Championship. The four-day tournament wrapped up with seven state associations finishing with at least one age-group title. Champions in the Under-16 through Under-19 divisions advance to the […]

Much has been written about the wild success of the Women’s World Cup as a cultural phenomenon, but what about the play on the field? No doubt play is better than it was in China eight years ago, but the gap between the top teams and the rest of the world is widening. Whatever the […]

REGION I CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (July 2-6 in Kingston, R.I.) Under-19 Boys Semifinals Princeton (N.J.) Union 3 Beadling (Pa.) 2 FC Greater Boston Eagles 1 Williamsburg (Va.) Wizards 0 (PK) Final Princeton (N.J.) Union 4 FC Greater Boston Eagles (Mass.) 1 Under-18 Boys Semifinals FC Delco Dynamo (E.Pa.) 5 Soaring Capital Storm (N.Y.W.) 0 Suburban SC […]

Josh Carraghan Boston Do you know when and where the CONCACAF Champions Cup will be held? Pete Bailey: Look for an announcement next week that the ’99 edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup will be held in Las Vegas, Nev. from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Houston and Los Angeles had also been under consideration […]

‘I think it looks beautiful’ SOCCER AMERICA: How was the “Letterman” appearance? BRANDI CHASTAIN: He is so damn funny. I had friends who used to gather to watch him as a group. And I thought he was funny then, but now. … When I was standing, waiting to go on, and he said his first […]

Myernick finally finds his playmaker in Swedish veteran who participated in two World Cups Anders Limpar was sitting on the bench at the Rose Bowl July 16, 1994, a spectator as Sweden played in the third-place game against Bulgaria, pretty much resigned to the fact that he wouldnÆt see a minute of action in the […]

U.S. Soccer President Dr. S. Robert Contiguglia has announced that U.S. Soccer is continuing its role as a leader in women’s sports by assisting in the development of a business plan to explore the feasibility of a future women’s professional soccer league in the United States. “U.S. Soccer has been at the forefront of women’s […]

Second Round July 6 in Charleston, S.C. Charleston Battery (A-League) 2 Wilmington Hammerheads (D3 Pro) 1. Goals: T.Miller (Conway) 3, Conway 16; Hunter 90. Charleston — Hudock, R.Miller, Limniatis, Jean-Baptiste, Wilson, Mekelburg (Brisson, 70), Conway, T.Miller (Akin, 88), Spooner, Ilarianov (Thelen, 76), Burke. Wilmington — Lewis, Franks, Maughan (Donnery, 73), Perry, Hooker, Wright (Panos, 54), […]

The following are quotes from the July 8 MLS All-Star media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, Kansas City All-Star defender Alexi Lalas and D.C. United All-Star defender Jeff Agoos. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “First, I would like to congratulate both of our featured speakers today, Kansas City defender Alexi Lalas and D.C. United […]

The starting eleven players for the MLS Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams have been announced. The players for each team were selected by fan balloting. The remaining reserve players will be selected by the All-Star coaches and announced July 9. The 1999 MLS All-Star Game will take place July 17 at Qualcomm Stadium in […]

16 players have been selected to the USA ’99 Mastercard All-Star team by the FIFA technical study group, coordinated by Tatjana Haenni of Switzerland and including panel members Sylvie Beliveau (Canada), Futaba Kioka (Japan), Elisabeth Loisel (France), Gunilla Paijkull (Sweden), Vera Pauw (Holland) and Chief Onigbinde (Nigeria). Here’s a look at the FIFA USA ’99 […]

July 7 in Uniondale, N.Y. Long Island Rough Riders (A-League) 0 MetroStars (MLS) 3. Goals: Kelly 50, Villegas (Ramos) 61, Ramos 66. Long Island — Carou (Kelley, 59), Nealis, Price, Ragusa, Piturro (Danbusky, 82), Fernandes, Lucey (Diallo, 54), Leon (Sullivan, 54), Blanchard, Kolic, Wolyniec (Harianeyi, 78). MetroStars — Howard (Ammann, 46), Lozzano (Petke, 46), Semioli, […]

Group A FINAL STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Paraguay 3 2 1 0 5 0 7 *Peru 3 2 0 1 4 3 6 Bolivia 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 Japan 3 0 1 2 3 8 0 *-advances to quarterfinals. Group B FINAL STANDINGS TEAM GP W T […]