Monthly Archives: December 1999

Scores from NCAA womenÆs Division I semifinal action: North Carolina 2, Penn State 0. Goals: Remy (Bush, Patrick) 32:35, Patrick (Branam) 88:54. Santa Clara 0, Notre Dame 1. Goal: Lovelace (Mikacenic) 74:20. Final Sunday, Dec. 5 (Noon PT)

Here are the responses from the November poll in which 916 fans picked the top TFC player in 1999. TFC, The Football Confederation, formerly known as CONCACAF, is the region covering North and Central America and the Caribbean. (A 3-2-1 point system was used for first, second and third place): 1. Kasey Keller (USA) 1,404 […]

Eduardo Hurtado, waived by the MetroStars Dec. 1, has been claimed by the New England Revolution. Hurtado, 30, has scored 47 goals and recorded 28 assists in four years — the fifth-best all-time in league history — while playing for the L.A. Galaxy and the MetroStars. “Eduardo is one of the most difficult players in […]

The Nike U.S. Cup 2000 will take place June 3-11. U.S. Soccer has yet to announce the venues and exact tournament schedule, which it expects to release in the coming weeks. The field, however, has been set. Joining host USA in the four-team, six-game tournament are Ireland, Mexico and South Africa. “With today’s hectic worldwide […]

The Battery’s home stadium, designed to resemble an English ground, has been likened to a cathedral The inaugural game at Blackbaud Stadium earlier this year wasn’t as enjoyable for the man who footed the $4.5 million bill for the facility as it could have been. Instead of relishing a dream come true, Tony Bakker, who […]

Duncan Richter Lexington, Va. Can you explain the Roy Lassiter trade? I don’t see what D.C. gets out of this. I know it’s supposed to complete a previous trade, but what each team has already got from that looks fair. Is this another example of MLS interfering to produce parity? Ridge Mahoney: D.C. thought so […]

Pick the top American soccer story of 1999: For a year after a men's World Cup, 1999 was loaded with major stories. With that in mind, pick your top stories in American soccer in 1999.

HE’S GOING TO COLLEGE CUP ’99! Ryan Grezeszczak of Bethlehem, Penn., wins Soccer America contest, free trip to NCAA Men’s College Cup Lehigh University student Ryan Grezeszczak is the Grand Prize Winner of a free trip to College Cup, including round trip tickets for two to Charlotte, N.C., four nights accommodation at the Charlotte Marriott […]

The U.S. Pro-40 team kicked off its five-game tour of Portugal with a 3-0 loss to Benfica’s second team Dec. 1. Playing in front of a crowd of 1,500 at Benfica’s Stadium of Light reserve venue, U.S. Pro-40 faced a team that started several members of Benfica’s first squad, according to MLS. Three of U.S. […]

Joe Hamm St. Louis, Mo. This is in response to the question [Dec. 1] about why soccer died out in the 1930s in the United States. It did not really die, but was confined to urban areas such as St. Louis, where it was as popular as any game played in the schoolyard. Teams from […]

The U.S. national team closed out the year with a 2-1 loss in Morocco. Bruce Arena reflects on his first full year as coach, the year in MLS and the U-17 world championships. He also peeks ahead at American soccer in 2000. SOCCER AMERICA: How was Morocco? BRUCE ARENA: It was very good. It was […]

The MetroStars have waived Eduardo Hurtado, the Ecuador international who scored 17 goals and 17 assists in 55 games for the team since arriving from the L.A. Galaxy in April 1998. The MetroStars announced that they needed to trade or release an international player by Dec. 1 in order to comply with Major League Soccer’s […]

The first – and best – U.S. World Cup All Quiet on the Western Front” won the Oscar, Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon” hit the bookstands and C.W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto – the planet, not the dog. The Great Depression was underway, and so was the launch of a soccer world championship. In Hoboken, N.J., […]

Alex Scott Titirangi, New Zealand Why did soccer die out in America after the 1930 World Cup? It seems amazing to me that the U.S. did so well and then the sport just seemed to die out until the 1970’s. Mike Woitalla: The players who took the United States to the semifinals of the first […]