Monthly Archives: September 1999

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Santa Clara 7-0-0 300 2 North Carolina 6-1-0 279 3 Florida 7-0-0 276 4 Nebraska 7-1-0 271 5 Penn State 3-2-1 246 6 Notre Dame 4-2-0 231 7 Hartford 4-0-0 220 7 USC 5-1-0 220 9 Texas A&M 7-1-0 216 10 BYU 7-1-0 191 11 Richmond 6-1-0 […]

Group A Sept. 22 in Maribor Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) 0 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 2. Goals: Zivkovic 82, Kirsten 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Sept. 22 in Rome Lazio (Italy) 2 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 1. Goals: Negro 69, Marcelo Salas 71; Rebrov pen. 67. Half: 0-0. Att.: 45,000. Club GP W T L GF GA P […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television September 22 San Jose at MetroStars 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Bay Area September 23 Columbus at Chicago 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 September 24 Dallas at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports New England September 25 MetroStars at Tampa Bay […]

Goalkeeper Mike Ammann (1) MetroStars Defenders Ramiro Corrales (1) MetroStars Alexi Lalas (4) Kansas City Mauricio Wright (10) San Jose Midfielders Chris Armas (3) Chicago Eddie Lewis (3) San Jose Peter Nowak (5) Chicago Petter Villegas (2) MetroStars Forwards Jorge Dely Valdes (5) Colorado Ronald Cerritos (4) San Jose Jaime Moreno (6) D.C. United ò […]

EASTERN CONFERENCE Columbus Crew– OUT: D/M John DeBrito (broken right wrist), GK Juergen Sommer (right knee ACL tear). D.C. United– DOUBTFUL: GK Tom Presthus (left knee MCL sprain). MetroStars– PROBABLE: M/F Miles Joseph (left knee strain); QUESTIONABLE: M Mark Chung (left hamstring strain); OUT: F Nansha Kalonji (fractured right 5th metatarsal), D Mike Duhaney (right […]

After one year on the job as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, Bruce Arena has compiled an impressive 7-3-3 record and put together a string of impressive results which include two victories over Germany and wins over Argentina, Chile and Saudi Arabia (all 1998 World Cup teams). He has used 45 different […]

‘We were never able to recover’ MetroStars defender Mark Semioli has been with the team for the past two seasons and looks back on another rough campaign. Soccer America: When the season began, did you feel this could be a good season for the MetroStars? Mark Semioli: They did bring in a lot of new […]

G Peter Popovic (Jacksonville) (1) MVP of Nike Challenge had 12 saves against VCU D Adam Eyre (Santa Clara) (1) Defensive leader for Broncos, who ran shutout string to 6 D Chris Gbandi (Connecticut) (1) Scored in Big East win over Notre Dame M Mladen Dikic (Jacksonville) (1) Scored 2 goals vs. Richmond, 1 vs. […]

CHICAGO 2 TAMPA BAY 1 (SO) Sept. 17 Att.: 15,114. Goals Chicago: Nowak (Kosecki) 32. Tampa Bay: Valderrama (McCarty, Ralston) 10. (Chicago wins shootout, 4-3.) SA Report Card Chicago: Thornton 5, Kubik 5, Brown 6 (Soehn, 85th, NR), Lewis 4, Armas 7, George 5 (Marsch 73rd, 4), Gutierrez 4, Podbrozny 4 (Razov 80th, ), Nowak […]

G Carissa Stewart (Michigan) (1) 6 saves to shut out Penn State D Kalli Kamholz (North Carolina) (1) Vandy transfer nabs gamewinner vs. Clemson D Isabelle Morneau (Nebraska) (1) Canadian star scores winner against Stanford M Ali Fennell (USC) (2) Bags both goals in 2-1 win over BYU M Mia Moe (Loyola Marymount) (1) Sets […]

Quarterfinals Eastern Conference Hershey vs. Staten Island Game 1 Sept. 16 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 2 Staten Island 0. Goals: J.Mitchell (DiFlorio) 65, Ford (Swords) 84. Hershey — Petras, Goodlett, M.Williams, Kopp, Henning, Feniger (J.Smith, 85), Klein, DiFlorio (Leonard, 85), Swords, J.Mitchell (Mittendorf, 83), Simmonds (Ford, 75). Staten Island — Pappas, Namazi, Mohammed, Cadet, Diffley […]

Peter Jackson Boulder, Colo. What are the dates and sites for the U-17 World Cup in New Zealand? Mike Woitalla: Peter, the biennial tournament kicks off Nov. 10. In fact, the promising U.S. squad plays in the opener against host New Zealand in Auckland. The final takes place Nov. 27 in Auckland. The Americans have […]

Group E Sept. 21 in Oporto Porto (Portugal) 2 Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 0. Goals: Esquerdinha 6, M. Jardel 47. Half: 1-0. Att.: 25,000. Sept. 21 in Madrid Real Madrid (Spain) 4 Molde (Norway) 1. Goals: Morientes 27, Savio 60, pen. 69, Gutierrez 80; Lillebaek 79. Half: 1-0. Att.: 15,000. Club GP W T L GF […]

AWARDS MVP — Luis Orellana (Chico). Rookie of the Year — Brandon Hearron (Chico). Goalkeeper of the Year — Christopher Lewis (Delaware). Defender of the Year — Toye Oshoniyi (Roanoke). Coach of the Year — Paul Moylan (Reading). First Team Goalkeeper — Christopher Lewis (Delaware). Defenders — Toye Oshoniyi (Roanoke), Ian Hennessy (Reading), Paul Kelly […]

The following are quotes from the Sept. 21 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis, Chicago Fire Defender Chris Armas, and Columbus Crew Forward Brian McBride. Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Rochester Rhinos on their victory last week in the U.S. Open […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through September 19: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Santa Clara 7-0-0 1 2. Nebraska 7-1-0 3 3. North Carolina 6-1-0 4 4. Florida 7-0-0 5 5. Hartford 4-0-0 7 6. USC 5-1-0 9 7. Penn State 3-2-1 6 8. Stanford 4-2-0 11 […]

Chance Aurora, Colo. Who is the best goalie currently playing? I personally like Jorge Campos! Ridge Mahoney: Chance, Campos is certainly a flamboyant goalkeeper, and he played very well for Mexico at the World Cup last summer, but I can’t rank him as best in the world. To be honest, though, I don’t see enough […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’sTop 20, taking into account games played through September 19: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Maryland 5-1-0 1 2. Penn State 6-0-0 2 3. Indiana 4-2-0 4 4. UCLA 5-1-0 5 5. Santa Clara 6-0-0 8 6. Cal State Fullerton 6-0-0 9 7. Creighton 3-0-1 7 8. Saint Louis 5-1-1 […]

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY SUMMARY Sept. 8 in Kingston Jamaica 2 USA 2. Goals: Davis (pen.) 14, D.Johnson 79; Kreis 5, Albright 80. Jamaica – Lawrence, Davis (Green, 73), Dixon, Goodison (M.Johnson, 70), Gardener, Sinclair, Dawes, Whitmore (D.Johnson, 61), A.Williams, Gayle, Fuller (Powell, 76). USA – Thornton (Hartman, 46), Cherundolo, Cullen, Pope (McCarty, 68), Vanney, Lewis, R.Williams, […]

G Doug Brooks (California) (1) MVP of Old Dominion Stihl Classic D Craig Ziadie (Richmond) (1) MVP of Holiday Inn Centre Classic D David Said (Vermont) (1) Defensive MVP of Smith Barney Classic M Kyle Smith (Santa Clara) (1) Scored 3 goals at USF Diadora Classic M Ryan Schreck (Cincinnati) (1) 2 goals in wins […]

G Ellen Dean (Tennessee) (1) Saves late PK in 3-1 upset of Alabama D Kris Phillips (Penn State) (2) Hits first-half winner to shock North Carolina D Skylar Little (UCLA) (1) Wake tourney MVP keys stingy D in 2 shutouts M Meghan Anderson (Nebraska) (2) Gets third gamewinning goal of ’99 vs. UConn M Ali […]

Bradley Shafer San Diego, Calif. When was the last time a team from below the top division won the FA Cup? Senior Editor Scott French: It was 1980, when Second Division West Ham upset Arsenal, 1-0, in the final. Other relatively recent occurrences: 1976 Southampton (D2) 1-0 over Manchester United; 1973 Sunderland (D2) 1-0 over […]

Finding flaws in American TV commentary for soccer games has the same degree of difficulty as shooting fish in a barrel. But are we being overly critical? Sports fans are all experts. We’ll forever disagree with some of the commentary. Yet certain areas aren’t subject to subjectivity. Play-by-play men don’t understand their task entails telling […]

First round, first leg Sept. 16 in Tbilisi Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) 0 AEK Athens (Greece) 1. Goal: Vikos 88. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Sept. 16 in Tbilisi Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Georgia) 0 PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) 7. Goals: Georgiadis 18, 25, Sabri 42, Prussos 56, 63, Franzeskos 69, Vrizas 71. Half: 0-3. Att.: 6,000. Sept. 16 in […]

Rick Meisemann Lilburn, Ga. Why does the United States not have the same league relegation system as most other soccer playing countries? Mike Woitalla: Anyone familiar with the promotion-relegation system knows how much more exciting that format is compared to a league where only the race at the top provides drama. With a month left […]