Monthly Archives: August 1999

The following are quotes from the Aug. 4 press conference held to announce the appointment of Don Garber, former Senior Vice President of the National Football League’s International division, as Major League Soccer’s new Commissioner, President, and CEO. The conference was held at the Hotel Inter-Continental in New York City. The speakers included: new MLS […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Aug. 4 MetroStars at Dallas 8:30 p.m. MSG network Aug. 5 Chicago at Kansas City 8:00 p.m. espn2 Aug. 6 New England at Colorado 9:00 p.m. Fox Sports New England Aug. 7 MetroStars at Miami 8:00 p.m. ESPN Aug. 7 […]

Chicago Fire — M Diego Gutierrez (lower back pain) and M Peter Nowak (bruised knee) are probable; M Chris Armas (sprained MCL) is out. Colorado Rapids — D Jason Bent (bruised big toe) is probable; M Anders Limpar (strained quadricep) and M Ross Paule (strained ACL) are out. Columbus Crew — D Thomas Dolley (strained […]

Major League Soccer appointed Don Garber, formerly the Senior V.P. of the National Football League’s International division, as the league’s new Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer and President. MLS Chairman Stuart Subotnick, representing the league’s Board of Governors, introduced Garber Aug. 4 at a news conference in New York City. Garber replaces Douglas G. Logan, who […]

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (3) Los Angeles Defenders Paul Caligiuri (2) Los Angeles Edwin Gorter (3) Miami Mauricio Wright (7) San Jose Midfielders Kevin Anderson (1) Colorado Ansil Elcock (3) Columbus Steve Ralston (4) Tampa Bay Carlos Valderrama (4) Tampa Bay Forwards Raul Diaz Arce (2) Tampa Bay Jeff Cunningham (3) Columbus Stern John (4) Columbus […]

FEATURES U.S. Can’t Break The Azteca Jinx By Scott French United States Takes Great Feats In Stride By Scott French D.C. United Leads On Two Counts By Ridge Mahoney Clash Boasts A Rookie Iron Man By Cam Inman Jesse Marsch: ‘Role Player’ With Midas Touch By Mike Garofola England: Premier League Ponders Perplexing Puzzle By […]

Championship Aug. 4 in Mexico City Mexico 4 Brazil 3. Goals: Zepeda 13, 51, Abundis 28, Blanco 62; Serginho (pen.) 43, Roni 47, Ze Roberto 63. Mexico — Campos, Pardo, Suarez, Marquez, Carmona, Villa, Ramirez, Zepeda (Arellano, 83), Palencia (Terrazas, 70), Abundis, Blanco. Brazil — Dida, Odvan, Joao Carlos, Flavio Conceicao, Serginho, Emerson, Beto (Roni, […]

Forwards Paul Bravo and Brian McBride each scored as the U.S. national team defeated Saudi Arabia, 2-0, to take the bronze medal at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico. For the Americans, the third- place finish equals the top overall finish for the senior men’s team in a FIFA competition. The 1930 U.S. World […]

The United States U-21 women’s national team recorded a resounding 3-0 victory over Germany Aug. 4 in its second match of the 1999 Nordic Cup as rising star Aly Wagner scored twice and captain Michelle French converted a late penalty kick to clinch the win. The victory over Germany, which featured six players from its […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 19 16 3 33 16 65 Staten Island 19 13 6 36 19 55 Long Island 20 13 7 37 27 52 Pittsburgh 19 11 8 43 29 51 Boston 21 9 12 30 24 44 Lehigh Vly. 18 9 9 25 27 38 […]

Youth National Teams: U.S. squads off to fine start at U.S. Amateur Soccer Festival It didn’t take long for three of U.S. Soccer’s top youth national teams — the U-18 boys, U-17 boys and U-16 girls — to make their mark on the fourth annual U.S. Amateur Soccer Festival, played this year at the Tuatalin […]

Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P p-New York 16 11 5 40 27 52 C. Jersey 16 8 8 40 28 42 p-Brooklyn 16 7 9 29 42 29 Westchester 16 7 9 19 32 29 Vermont 16 4 12 26 42 21 NY Capital 16 2 14 18 65 9 Southeast […]

COLORADO 1 LOS ANGELES 0 July 28 Att.: 5,018. Goal Colorado: Dely Valdes (Vaudreuil, Paule) 34. SA Report Card Colorado: Feuer 5, Vaudreuil 5, Martin 5, Vermes 5, Martinez 5, DiGiamarino 5, Jakins 5, Paule 6, Limpar 6 (Anderson, 74th, 5), Harris 5 (White, 80th, 5), Dely Valdes 6 (Sawatzky, 89th, NR). Los Angeles: Hartman […]

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

W-1 FINAL STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P p-Maryland 14 10 4 43 16 48 p-Long Island 14 10 4 30 12 46 Boston 14 11 3 35 12 45 NJ Stallions 14 9 5 39 21 40 Laval 14 5 9 19 28 24 Delaware 14 2 12 5 47 4 South […]

‘Don’t count Wizards out’ Kansas City midfielder Chris Klein came off the bench to score a pair of goals, including a last-minute gamewinner, to down Tampa 4-3 July 22. He leads the team in goals with five. SOCCER AMERICA: Kansas City in mid-summer: Hot enough for you? CHRIS KLEIN: The humidity is unbearable. One of […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P West. Mass. 15 12 3 47 23 54 South Jersey 14 12 2 40 18 53 New Hamp. 15 10 5 40 23 48 Reading 15 9 6 31 33 43 New Jersey 16 10 6 34 26 41 Cape Cod 15 6 9 28 24 30 […]

U-15 STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 50 points; Brooklyn 33; Westchester, No. Virginia 15; Ironbound 14; Staten Island 0. Southeast Division — Miami T. 10 points; Bradenton, Pinellas Utd., Stone Mountain, Tampa Wanderers, Miami B. 0. West Division — Calif. Central Elite 24 points; SCYSO 18; San Fern. Valley 14; Sacramento Elite 0. U-14 […]

The United Stats U-18 girls’ national team advanced to the finals of the 1999 Pan American Games with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica that was much more one-sided than the final scoreline suggests, as the Americans outshot their opponents, 34-1. “We had to win this one to get to the gold medal game,” U.S. […]

The Washington Post is reporting in its Aug. 3 edition that Doug Logan, the commissioner of Major League Soccer since its launch in 1996, will be replaced in the near future. The report in an article by Post soccer writer Steven Goff and sports editor George Solomon, attributes unnamed sources. According to the article, several […]

The United States U-21 women’s national team opened the 1999 Nordic Cup with a 1-0 victory over Finland as a first-half goal from Jen Streiffer provided the winning margin in the world’s top competition for Under-21 women. Streiffer’s 20-yard strike in the 22nd minute flew from left to right and struck the net just inside […]

The Chicago Fire and Tampa Bay Mutiny completed a multi-player trade Aug. 2, with the Mutiny sending defender Sam George, midfielder Paul Dougherty and a conditional draft choice to the Fire in exchange for defender Richie Kotschau and midfielder Manny Lagos. “We needed to do this trade to shore up our defensive depth,” said Mutiny […]

Goalkeeper Kasey Keller, fresh off a number of strong performances for the USA at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, has completed a two-year contract to play for Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish First Division beginning with the upcoming 1999-2000 season. Rayo Vallecano was promoted last season from the second division, making the acquisition reminiscent of […]

A sold-out crowd of 1,350 watched the USA clinch the top seed in the medal round with a convincing 3-0 win over Canada in the final first-round match of the 1999 Pan American Games. The U.S. went ahead early when midfielder Lori Lindsey unleashed a 23-yard blast that blew by Canadian keeper Kathryn Clewley. Jena […]

John Harkes, who went from U.S. captain to spectator two months before France ’98, returned to the lineup and played the full 90 minutes against New Zealand. SOCCER AMERICA: So, John, was it a fun return? JOHN HARKES: Yeah. It’s always good to get back on the field, put the shirt on. … It’s been […]