Monthly Archives: July 1999

Here’s a look at MLS matches on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 7 D.C. United at Columbus 7:30 p.m. No TV July 7 Colorado at Kansas City 8:00 p.m. No TV July 8 San Jose at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. ESPN July 10 Colorado at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN July […]

Chicago Fire — none. Colorado Rapids — nona. Columbus Crew — F Jeff Cunningham (strained hamstring) is doubtful; G Juergen Sommer (torn ACL) is on injured reserve. Dallas Burn — F Dante Washington (sprained MCL) is on injured reserve. D.C. United — G Mark Simpson (lower back nerve injury), D Geoff Aunger (facial laceration), D […]

Never has a national team gotten more out of a player as the U.S. has from Kristine Lilly, whose all-around talent is unmatched in women’s soccer. During her senior year at the University of North Carolina, Kristine Lilly was a scheduled speaker at a Tar Heel alumni event. Her speech preceded legendary UNC basketball coach […]

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S U.S. PAN AM ROSTERS SET The 18 men and 16 women who will represent the United States in Winnipeg in the Pan-American Games (July 23-Aug. 7 in Winnipeg, Man.) soccer competition were named last week. The men’s competition will be an under-23 competition, though the majority of players Clive Charles picked are […]

Goalkeeper Walter Zenga (4) New England Defenders Mike Clark (1) Columbus Mike Burns (2) New England Lubos Kubik (5) Chicago Midfielders Chris Henderson (2) Kansas City Peter Nowak (3) Chicago Petter Villegas (1) MetroStars Forwards Stern John (3) Columbus Roman Kosecki (3) Chicago Ante Razov (4) Chicago Joe-Max Moore (4) New England * In parentheses […]

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 July 6 in Ciudad del Este […]

FEATURES Akers & Scurry Take Out Brazil By Dean Caparaz U.S. Women At The Center Of Attention By Scott French World’s Best Keeper Puts Law School On Hold By Dean Caparaz Inside WWC ’99: China Routs Norway Edited by Scott French Citizenship Beckons Chicago’s Bogota Dynamo By Amparo Simon Marco Etcheverry: Checking In From Paraguay […]

U-15 RESULTS June 30 SCYSO 4 San Fern. Valley 0 Sacramento Elite 1 Calif. Central Elite 8 July 3 No. Virginia 1 Ironbound 0 Brooklyn 5 Westchester 0 Miami T. 3 Miami B. 1 July 4 Westchester 0 Brooklyn 1 U-14 RESULTS July 2 Central Coast 3 Calif. Central Elite 0 July 3 Miami T. […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P C. Jersey 8 5 3 24 15 27 New York 9 4 5 22 18 22 Westchester 10 5 5 14 18 20 Brooklyn 10 4 6 17 27 18 Vermont 9 2 7 19 29 11 NY Capital 8 1 7 10 32 5 […]

The following are quotes from the May 6 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS VP Ivan Gazidis, new MetroStars signing Sasa Curcic and MetroStars GM Charlie Stillitano. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We are very pleased with how our 4th of July weekend went … We had hoped to come out of […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 13 11 2 25 12 45 Staten Island 13 9 4 24 13 39 Long Island 15 10 5 26 20 39 Boston 15 7 8 25 20 34 Pittsburgh 13 7 6 26 19 32 Connecticut 15 5 10 14 26 23 Toronto […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P Reading 10 8 2 21 17 37 South Jersey 10 8 2 25 13 34 West. Mass. 8 7 1 26 9 32 New Jersey 10 5 5 18 17 22 North Jersey 9 4 5 26 19 21 Cape Cod 8 4 4 14 10 19 […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P Long Island 11 8 3 22 7 39 NJ Stallions 10 9 1 33 9 38 Maryland 9 7 2 32 5 34 Boston 11 8 3 25 10 34 Laval 11 3 8 13 27 14 Delaware 9 1 8 4 30 2 Southern GP […]

Whistles in babes’ mouths A dangerous byproduct to Sepp Blatter’s insistence that all Women’s World Cup clashes be officiated by women could be seen at least twice during the first round. Hanna Ljungberg’s World Cup came to a close when she was taken down by a Ghanian defender six minutes in. The Swedish striker suffered […]

20 girls and boys teams in five age divisions (Under-15 through Under-19) competed in the final championship games of the USYSA Midwest Regional Championship June 30. Michigan was victorious, with all three teams making it to the finals posting wins. The U-17 girls Michigan Hawks, the U-19 boys Carpathia Kickers, and the U-18 boys Vardar […]

Aussie’s Olympian effort far from golden Australia is the most disappointing team in the Women’s World Cup. After a year of residency camp, and hundreds of thousands of dollars from the government, all the Matildas could produce was a measly tie with African minnow Ghana and a quick first-round exit. This from a team expecting […]

METROSTARS 2 TAMPA BAY 1 (SO) June 30 Att.: 11,012. Goals MetroStars: Villegas 73. Tampa Bay: Sequeira (Valderrama, Shannon) 47. (MetroStars win shootout, 3-2.) SA Report Card MetroStars: Howard 4, Petke 5, Walsh 6, Semioli 6, Corrales 5, Lozzano 5 (Villegas, 57th, 7), Sorber 5 (Kalonji, 66th, 6), Kelly 5 (Duhaney, 77th, 5), Ramos 5, […]

USYSA Region II Club Championship (June 25-30 in Sioux Falls, S.D.) Under-19 Boys Semifinals Carpathia Kickers (Mich.) 2 United SC (Ky.) 1 Busch SC (Mo.) 3 Kansas City Legends (Kan.) 1 Final Carpathia Kickers (Mich.) 3 Busch SC (Mo.) 2 Under-18 Boys Semifinals Vardar III (Mich.) 3 Internationals (Ohio-N.) 1 Chicago Magic Sockers White 6 […]

The MetroStars have added a pair of international players to the roster: midfielder Sasa Curcic and defender Mohammad Khakpour, the club announced July 6. Curcic, a 27-year-old attacking central midfielder, joins the club from Crystal Palace of the English First Division. A native of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, the 5-foot-9, 150-pound Curcic has represented his national team […]

Group A July 5 in Pedro Juan Caballero Bolivia 1 Japan 1. Goals: E.Sanchez 52; Lopes (pen.) 75. Bolivia — Fernandez, Ribera (Ochoaizpur, 87), Pena, O.Sanchez, Castillo (Etcheverry, 75), Cristaldo, Tufino, E.Sanchez, Gutierrez, Antelo, Moreno (Quinteros, 46). Japan — Narazaki, Morioka, Ihara, Akita, Hattori, Fujita (Oku, 64), Mochizuki, Ito, Nanami (A.Miura, 70), Lopes, Okano (Jo, […]

Despite electrical storms that plagued the final day of the US Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championship, 12 age-group titles were decided at the Edmond Soccer Complex in Edmond, Okla. The five-day tournament wrapped up with some matches delayed two and a half hours by lightning and rain. When the storms finally passed, five state associations […]

USA Briana Scurry (5) Hung out to dry on goal. Joy Fawcett (6) Had speed to keep up. Brandi Chastain (5) Gave away ball too much. Kate Sobrero (5) Ankle seemed OK. Carla Overbeck (4) Bad clearance on goal. Michelle Akers (6) Unlucky not to get two. Kristine Lilly (7) Her pass set up winner. […]

Tampa Bay Mutiny starting central defender R.T. Moore has announced his retirement, effective following the Mutiny’s home game versus San Jose July 8 at 7:30 at Raymond James Stadium. Moore, 23, has been accepted to Dental School at Southern Illinois University, and will begin attending classes for the four-year program in August. Moore received his […]

The MetroStars and the Dallas Burn of MLS have announced that they will be hosting international exhibition matches on July 24. Atletico Nacional of Colombia and Toluca of Mexico will play a friendly at Giants Stadium on July 24 at 12:30 p.m. (ET), preceding the MetroStars-Miami Fusion MLS contest at 3:00 p.m. Atletico Nacional, located […]

USYSA Southern Regional (June 24-29 in Edmond, Okla.) Under-19 Boys Semifinals Tulsa (Okla.) Pride 2 Miami Strike Force 1 Memphis Futbol Club 2 Greensboro (N.C.) SC 1 Final Tulsa (Okla.) Pride 4 Memphis Futbol Club (Tenn.) 2 Under-18 Boys Semifinals Tulsa (Okla.) Thunder 3 Lafreniere (La.) Gamblers 2 Arkansas Comets 5 Charlotte (N.C.) SC Blue […]