Monthly Archives: September 1999

Here’s a look at MLS and CONCACAF Champions Cup games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television September 29 *D.C. United vs. Olimpia (Honduras) 9:00 p.m. Fox Sports World September 29 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. No TV October 1 *Chicago Fire vs. Alajuela (Costa Rica) 9:00 p.m. Fox Sports World October […]

Group E Sept. 28 in Madrid Real Madrid (Spain) 3 Porto (Portugal) 1. Goals: Morientes 22, Helguera 37, Hierro pen. 67; M. Jardel 23. Half: 2-1. Att.: 27,000. Sept. 28 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 3 Molde (Norway) 1. Goals: Giovanni 15, 69, Luciano 77; Lund 58. Half: 1-0. Att.: 50,000. Club GP W T […]

METROSTARS 1 SAN JOSE 2 Sept. 22 Att.: 7,215 Goals MetroStars: Zambrano (Kelly, Lozzano) 35. San Jose: Brose 12, Cerritos (Brose, Sequeira) 53. SA Report Card MetroStars: Ammann 5, Petke 4, Semioli 5, Khakpour 5, Corrales 5, Villegas 5, Walsh 5, Lozzano 5 (Chung, 59th, 5), Kelly 6 (Joseph, 76th, 5), Zambrano 6, Hurtado 5. […]

Steve Schermerhorn Deerfield, Ill. I am a former high school coach. A parent recently contacted me about scholarships. I remember a publication that listed all of the colleges and universities in the country that had soccer programs. It also listed the names of coaches, available scholarships, cost, etc. Was that publication Soccer America? If so, […]

The following are quotes from the Sept. 28 MLS media teleconference, which featured D.C. United Head Coach Thomas Rongen, Chicago Fire General Manager Peter Wilt, Chicago Fire Midfielder Jesse Marsch. Thomas Rongen Opening Comments: “This tournament is very important for both Chicago and for us … The winner will allow some prestige for MLS … […]

Influx of right-sided talent sends American to the bench – until the Champions League starts Frankie Hejduk is dreaming about titles, two of them, but he should just be thankful that Bayer Leverkusen is in the chase for two. It allows him to get onto the field. Five months after Christophe Daum plucked him from […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Lewis 4-2-1 TH Wisconsin-Parkside 1-1, DA Indianapolis 3-2 2 Truman State 5-2-1 LA Midwestern State 1-4, DN West Texas 3-0 3 Wisconsin-Parkside 5-1-1 TA Lewis 1-1, DA St. Joseph 2-0 4 IUPU-Fort Wayne 6-1-0 DH Quincy 2-1, DH UMSL 1-0 5 Northern Kentucky 5-1-1 DH UMSL 2-1, TH […]

The U.S. U-17s extended their unbeaten streak to 17 games in official matches with a 3-1 win over Paraguay, runner-up in the ’99 South American U-17 tournament, Sept. 26 in Bradenton, Fla. Bobby Convey scored two goals and Abe Thompson tallied two assists. Kyle Beckerman had his second gamewinning goal of 1999. After a second […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through September 26: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Penn State 8-0-0 2 2. Indiana 6-2-0 3 3. UCLA 6-1-0 4 4. Santa Clara 8-0-0 5 5. Cal State Fullerton 7-0-0 6 6. Saint Louis 6-1-1 8 7. Duke 5-0-2 13 8. SMU […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Northern Kentucky 8-0-0 DA Morehead State 2-1 DH UMSL 3-1, DH Quincy 7-0 2 North Dakota State 7-0-1 DA St. Cloud State 2-1, DN National American 4-2 3 Minnesota State 6-2-1 DA Moorhead State 4-1, DA MN-Crookston 8-0 4 UMN-Duluth 3-1-0 No activity 5 Southern 2-2-0 DA Kentucky […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Great Lakes Region 1 Ohio Wesleyan 5-0-1 DA Hiram 4-0, TH De Pauw 0-0 2 Otterbein 6-0-0 DH Cedarville 3-0 3 Earlham 7-0-0 DH Taylor 5-0, DA Hanover 2-0 4 Heidelberg 7-0-0 DH Alma 3-0, DH Wooster 6-2 5 De Pauw 3-1-1 LH Wabash 0-1, TA Ohio Wesleyan 0-0 6 Allegheny […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Central Region 1 Nebraska 7-1-0 DA Stanford 2-1, LN Santa Clara 1-2 2 Texas A&M 7-1-0 LN Notre Dame 0-1, DN Vanderbilt 5-1 3 Baylor 6-2-0 DA Arizona 4-1, LH LMU 0-1 4 Iowa State 7-1-0 DA Vanderbilt 3-2, DA Tennessee 1-0 5 Missouri 6-2-0 DA Cal Poly 3-1, LN San […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Far West Region 1 Santa Clara 6-0-0 DH San Jose State 2-0, DH Hofstra 4-0 2 CS Fullerton 6-0-0 DN Dayton 3-1, DA Kentucky 1-0 3 UCLA 5-1-0 DA San Francisco 3-1, DA San Jose State 1-0 3 San Diego 6-0-0 DH Fairfield 3-2, DH FIU 3-2 5 Portland 3-1-1 DH […]

Gloria Chung Los Angeles, Calif. When Tony DiCicco decides that it is time to retire from coaching the women’s national team, who is likely to take over his job? Scott French: Good question, Gloria, and one that’s more difficult to answer than might be expected. It’s never easy to guess what the brass at U.S. […]

The U.S. women’s national team put together an impressive performance to earn Coach Tony DiCicco his 100th career international victory, as the Americans dominated a youthful Brazil team, 6-0, at Mile High Stadium. The win also tied a record for victories in a year for the USA, which currently stands at 22-2-2 in 1999. The […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Wheaton 5-0-0 DH Calvin 2-0, DH Eau Claire 1-0 2 Macalester 4-1-0 DA Hamline 7-0, DH Chicago 3-0 3 Washington U. 6-1-0 LA DePauw 0-2, DN Wittenberg 3-0 4 WI-Stevens Point 6-1-0 DA WI-Oshkosh 7-0, LA St. MaryÆs 1-4 5 WI-LaCrosse 6-0-0 DH Carleton 3-1, DA WI-Whitewater 3-1 […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’sTop 20, taking into account games played through September 26: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Santa Clara 9-0-0 1 2. Florida 9-0-0 4 3. North Carolina 7-2-0 3 4. Nebraska 8-1-1 2 5. Penn State 6-2-1 7 6. USC 6-2-0 6 7. Notre Dame 6-2-0 9 8. Virginia 6-2-0 15 […]

On a Sunday morning, the Oakland grocery store cashier said, “Looks like supplies for the Raiders game.” “No,” I said. She replied, “The 49ers, then?” I told the curious clerk I’d be watching soccer. But on the way home, remembering that MLS now has an NFL guy in charge — Commissioner Don Garber — I […]

Betty French Fredericksburg, Va. Is the U.S. Women’s Team going to have their indoor victory tour? If so, how do we go about getting tickets? Dean Caparaz: Yes, Betty, the U.S. women’s national team’s 12-game indoor tour will take place. The official name of the event — which pits the Women’s World Cup champions against […]

Soccer America Q&A with Bob Bradley In 1998, Chicago won the MLS title and the U.S. Open Cup. Now Coach Bob Bradley leads the Fire into international play.

U.S. forward Mia Hamm has been ruled out of the friendly vs. Brazil this Sunday at Mile High Stadium in Denver (Kickoff 3 p.m. MT, ESPN), due to a high hamstring injury suffered in the match against Ireland on Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. Hamm will stay home in North Carolina to rest and rehabilitate […]

Jeb Burbott Upland, Calif. I watched Kasey Keller and his Rayo V. side play Celta V. on ESPN-2 Monday (delayed) and, from that result, they sit atop their [Spanish] league table alone. I realize that it is inconceivable for them to actually win the League championship, but I wonder if you know if any just-promoted […]

Mexico’s Toluca and Necaxa and Central American champion Olimpia await D.C. United and Chicago MLS quickly made a name for itself internationally thanks to the play of D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. D.C. United won the first international club championship in the history of American soccer when it […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Penn State 6-0-0 468 2 Santa Clara 6-0-0 440 3 Creighton 3-0-1 426 4 Maryland 5-1-0 397 5 Duke 3-0-2 380 6 CS Fullerton 6-0-0 335 7 Indiana 4-2-0 328 8 Saint Louis 5-1-1 293 8 Yale 4-0-0 293 10 St. JohnÆs 3-0-3 279 11 UCLA 5-1-0 […]

M. Smith Tullahoma, Tenn. Does the term “cap” stand for cup appearances or competitive appearances? Mike Woitalla: This is one of our most frequently asked questions. A cap refers to a full international appearance. That is, a game a player plays with his national team against another national team. The origin stems from the England’s […]