Monthly Archives: August 1999

Preseason No. 1 Santa Clara leads the way with four players on the first team, including player of the year candidates Mandy Clemens and Aly Wagner. There are also four Women’s World Cup veterans — Lorrie Fair (USA/North Carolina), Lisa Casagrande (Australia/Portland), Sharolta Nonen (Canada/Nebraska) and Isabelle Morneau (Canada/Nebraska) — on the two teams. FIRST […]

Completing a Major League Soccer trade made in July, the San Jose Clash has acquired the Tampa Bay Mutiny’s first-round selection in the 2000 MLS Supplemental Draft The acquisition of the draft pick completes the July 19 trade in which the Clash acquired forward Alejandro Sequeira in exchange for forward Raul Diaz Arce. “Getting an […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Aug. 18 Columbus at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports New York Aug. 18 Tampa Bay at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England; Sunshine Network Aug. 18 Dallas at Colorado 9:00 p.m. No TV Aug. 21 D.C. United at […]

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (4) Los Angeles Defenders Jeff Agoos (3) D.C. United Mohammad Khakpour (1) MetroStars Eddie Pope (1) D.C. United Mauricio Wright (8) San Jose Midfielders Dario Brose (1) San Jose Marco Etcheverry (5) D.C. United Carey Talley (1) D.C. United Forwards Alex Bunbury (1) Kansas City Jorge Dely Valdes (4) Colorado Jamie Moreno […]

FEATURES Diaz Arce Recaptures His Dazzling Form By Bill Ward Jordan Clings To Starting Spot In Dallas By Steve Davis 1999 College Preview Elite learns to deal The Buddy system Ukrainians blossom at Indiana Maryland is a family affair UCLA begins new era SA Q&A: Stanford’s Bobby Clark Women enjoy World Cup ride The ante […]

Indiana, Maryland and UCLA dominate with three representatives apiece. Seven members of the first team played on the U.S. U-23 or U-20 teams during the offseason. The rest of the first team consists of two Ukrainians, one Norwegian and one Serbian. The second team features 10 Americans and one Serbian. FIRST TEAM POSITION PLAYER TEAM […]

The 1999 Women’s World Cup champion U.S. women’s national team will return to the field for the first time since winning the World Cup when it faces the Republic of Ireland on Saturday, Sept. 4 at Foxboro Stadium in suburban Boston. The match is being presented by Veryfine and will kickoff at 4:30 p.m. ET. […]

Group 2 Aug. 18 in Ljubljana Slovenia 2 (Zahovic 49, Osterc 80) Albania 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 8,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Norway 7 5 1 1 14 8 16 Slovenia 7 4 2 1 10 6 14 Latvia 7 3 2 2 7 5 11 Greece 7 2 3 2 […]

Chicago Fire — PROBABLE: D C.J. Brown (left ankle tendonitis); QUESTIONABLE: D Francis Okaroh (left groin strain); DOUBTFUL: M Diego Gutierrez (lower back pain); OUT: M Chris Armas (left knee MCL sprain). Colorado Rapids — OUT: M Anders Limpar (left quadriceps strain); M Ross Paule (concussion/left eye orbital wall fracture), D Jason Bent (left ankle […]

U-15 FINAL STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 54 points; Brooklyn 43; Westchester 24; No. Virginia 23; Ironbound 14; Staten Island 0. West Division — SCYSO 32 points; Calif. Central Elite 29; San Fern. Valley 14; Sacramento Elite 0. U-14 FINAL STANDINGS Northeast Division — Brooklyn 39 points; Staten Island 11; South Jersey 9. West […]

Indiana is favored to repeat its national title, but it will get challenges from Maryland and UCLA, which are loaded with U.S. national youth team talent and were able to retain their best players. On the other side, pro defections hit Clemson and Virginia hard. Rank/Team 1998 Record 1998 Postseason 1. Indiana 23-2-0 Champion 2. […]

U.S. gets career performances in the back and uses unexpected depth to finish in third The United States’ accomplishment in Mexico this summer had less to do with the results, as marvelous as they may be, than with how the Americans performed. It was meant to be a learning trip, Bruce Arena acknowledged beforehand, but […]

The Colorado Rapids have signed Littleton native and U.S. U-17 national team defender/midfielder Seth Trembly to a Major League Soccer Project-40 contract. Trembly starred at Arapahoe High School from 1996 to 1998, and is currently in residency with the U.S. U-17s in Florida, foregoing his senior season this fall. Trembly, who trained with the Rapids […]

After months of anticipation, Major League Soccer has officially signed German national team superstar Lothar Matthaeus to a one-year contract, MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis announced during the league’s weekly media teleconference call on Aug. 17. The 1998-99 German Footballer of the Year and former FIFA World Player of the Year will join the […]

The Raleigh Wings won their second consecutive W-League title with a dramatic 3-2 shootout win over the Chicago Cobras in front of a team record crowd of 2,260 fans in Raleigh, N.C. Megan Jeidy scored the clincher in the sixth round of the tiebreaker, and Raleigh goalie Siri Mullinix made the save on Chicago’s Courtney […]

Featuring SA player ratings METROSTARS 1 D.C. UNITED 4 Aug. 11 Att.: 6,876. Goals MetroStars: Curcic (pen.) 9. D.C. United: Talley (Etcheverry) 21, Moreno (Etcheverry) 41, Olsen 71, Wood (Talley, Sonora) 75). SA Report Card MetroStars: Ammann 4, Petke 3, Khakpour 6, Knight 4, Corrales 4, Kalonji 5, Walsh 5, Joseph 5 (Fernandes, 85th, NR), […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 22 18 4 40 18 75 Staten Island 23 16 7 45 22 69 Long Island 23 16 7 45 30 64 Pittsburgh 23 13 10 50 36 57 Boston 24 11 13 37 26 55 Lehigh Vly. 21 10 11 28 32 43 […]

FINAL STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P s-South Jersey 18 16 2 63 21 72 *West. Mass. 18 14 4 56 28 64 *New Hamp. 18 13 5 48 27 62 *New Jersey 18 11 7 42 32 46 *Reading 18 10 8 33 39 45 Cape Cod 18 7 11 33 29 […]

Santa Clara is the first team other than North Carolina to enter the season ranked No. 1 in the Soccer America poll. Former NCAA champion Notre Dame looks to challenge again, while defending champion Florida drops after the graduation of a large senior class. Rank/Team 1998 Record 1998 Postseason 1. Santa Clara 22-1-1 Semifinals 2. […]

Chicago captured its second straight USL title Aug. 15, defeating Spokane 3-1 for the PDL championship. Coach Bret Hall’s Sockers, who won the D3 Pro League championship last year as the Chicago Stingers, got goals from Chuck Codd, Mike Dunne and Andy McDermott in the final, but relied on a solid defense anchored by tournament […]

The following are quotes from the Aug. 17 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis and MetroStars GM Charlie Stillitano. Ivan Gazidis Opening Comments “Today we have what might be the least unexpected but perhaps one of the most important announcements in MLS history, at least on the player side … […]

NSCAA/adidas Women’s NCAA Division II 1 Lynn (19-1-0). 2 Sonoma State (22-2-1). 3 Franklin Pierce (21-1-0). 4 Ashland (17-3-1). 5 Bloomsburg (16-1-4). 5 Mesa State (17-4-1). 7 Cal State Dom. Hills (14-5-2). 8 West Virginia Wesleyan (13-3-2). 9 Barry (12-4-1). 10 Southern Indiana (18-3-1). 10 SIU-Edwardsville (13-3-2). 10 Belmont Abbey (20-4-0). 13 C.W. Post (14-6-1). […]

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Third-Place Game Aug. 3 in Guadalajara USA 2 Saudi Arabia 0. Goals: Bravo 27, McBride 78. USA ù Friedel, Hejduk, Balboa, Brown, Berhalter (Fraser, 75), McKeon, Lewis, Olsen, Kirovski (Williams, 68), Bravo (Jones, 59), McBride. Saudi Arabia ù Al Deayea, Zubromawi, Al Khilaiwi, Harthi, Sulimani, Al Harbi (Gahwji, 70), A.Al Shahrani, Al Jahani (Al Subaie, […]

NSCAA/adidas Men’s NCAA Division II 1 Southern Connecticut (1998 record: 20-2-1). 2 USC Spartanburg (22-1-0). 3 Lynn (18-1-0). 4 Mercyhurst (17-4-0). 5 Seattle Pacific (14-7-2). 6 New Hamp. College (16-3-2). 7 Truman State (14-3-2). 8 Grand Canyon (17-6-1). 9 West Florida (16-4-0). 10 East Stroudsburg (16-5-0). 11 Franklin Pierce (14-6-0). 12 Barry (11-6-0). 13 Quincy […]