Monthly Archives: March 2000

Postgame quotes from the 1-1 tie between the USA-Tunisia friendly in Birmingham, Ala. U.S. coach BRUCE ARENA On the match: “Late in the game, before we scored the goal, I turned to my assistant coach (Dave Sarachan) and said I was very happy some of the things we had done in the game. We can […]

By our count, 35 players remain with the same teams that started MLS in 1996. Loyalty is not a virtue that counts for much these days, but it should. I just returned from Cannes, France, and the Football Expo salon on the big business that is (European) soccer today. Among the panelists at the conference […]

Josh Warren Hanover, N.H. What are your thoughts on the new, more lax foreigner rules in MLS? Clubs like San Jose for example seem to have eight foreigners, or perhaps for a less jingoistic term — players who cannot play for the USA — on their books (Khodadad Azizi, Ronald Cerritos, Abdul Thompson Conteh, Wojtek […]

March 11 in Virginia Beach Chicago 2 MetroStars 0 Goals: Wolff (Dema Kovalenko) 73, Razov (Peter Nowak) 85. Chicago — Greg Sutton, Lubos Kubik, Andrew Lewis (Tom Soehn 46), Carlos Bocanegra, Jesse Marsch, Sam George (Evan Whitfield 66), Diego Gutierrez, Peter Nowak, Dema Kovalenko (Yuri Lavrinenko 84), John Wolyniec (Josh Wolff 46), Ante Razov. MetroStars […]

The United States women’s national team opened its Algarve Cup campaign with a 7-0 win over Portugal. The rout was led by Cindy Parlow, who registered her first career hat trick. The Americans were up 4-0 after 22 minutes. The United States meets Denmark on Tuesday and Sweden on Thursday in Group A play. Group […]

The United States needed a 92nd minute goal to earn a 1-1 tie with Tunisia in an international friendly March 12 in Birmingham, Ala. Tunisia took the lead in the 78th minute through Maher Khanzari, who beat U.S. keeper Tony Meola from 16 yards out with a diagonal shot to the far post. Ben Olsen […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny has signed striker Mamadou Diallo, who most recently with played Norwegian First Division team Lillestrom. However, Diallo’s work permit could take up to four weeks; in that span, the 28-year-old would miss the Mutiny’s first four matches. He will continue to train in Norway until his permit is finalized. Diallo, a […]

MLS Preseason Results: March 9 in Guadalajara Oro Jalisco (Mexican Second Division) 1, San Jose 1. Goals: Ortega 64; Bower (Krakowiak) 54. San Jose lineup: Conway, Doyle (Clark), Conrad, Wright, Tinsley, Krakowiak), Mulrooney (Evans), Mulraine (Montoya), Brose (Utush), F Thompson Conteh (Bower), Russell (Rodriguez). March 8 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Guabira 1, Kansas City 1 […]

The United States will be the first nation to implement the new goalkeeper-possession rule, which officially takes effect July 1, 2000. In order to avoid a midseason rule change, Major League Soccer and the United Soccer Leagues have been given FIFA permission to begin using the rule immediately. Under the new rule, the goalkeeper has […]

Jan Moseley Coeur d’Alene, Idaho I am looking for tickets to the U.S. Women’s Cup in Portland, in May. I read about it in Soccer America Magazine, saw it on the U.S. women’s page, but can’t find any ticket info. Thanks in advance for your help. Bryan Alvarez: The Nike U.S. Women’s Cup will be […]

What do Gold Cup surprises portend for World Cup qualifiers? Los Angeles and San Diego -There are important issues regarding what the Gold Cup should be in two years’ time, but more timely are the impact of results logged and performances displayed at the 2000 edition. The rebirth of Canada, the descent of Jamaica and […]

Here are the results from the February online poll, in which about 1,000 fans picked the MLS coach they believed would be fired, or quit, first. 1st Place. Ivo Wortmann (Miami) 25.3 percent 2nd. Octavio Zambrano (MetroStars) 15.1 percent 3rd. Tom Fitzgerald (Columbus) 11.2 percent 4th. Tim Hankinson (Tampa Bay) 10.3 percent 5th. Glenn Myernick […]

Three teams made significant foreign-player signings less than two weeks before the MLS’s Year 5 kickoff. New England: The Revs signed Costa Rican forward William Sunsing. The 22-year-old, a member of the Costa Rican U-23 team that is vying for a spot in the 2000 Olympics, will count as an MLS “junior foreigner,” which means […]

“No organization in the United States is similar to us. Being a not-for-profit [organization] and having everyone under one house can be difficult. You certainly can’t please all of those constituents and there are very different dynamics involved. Having the pros under the same guidance as a 10-year-old player is a difficult task to manage.” […]

The MetroStars have announced the acquisition of Colombian striker Adolfo “The Train” Valencia. “In our continuing efforts to rebuild the team, we feel the addition of Valencia will help fill a very important need with our offense this upcoming season,” said general manager Nick Sakiewicz. “He will team up with fellow Colombian Alex Comas, and […]

U.S. women’s national team coach April Heinrichs named her 18-player roster for the Algarve Cup. Heinrichs chose 14 World Cup ’99 veterans plus three teenagers and goalkeeper Siri Mullinix for the March 12-18 tournament in Portugal. The U.S. women leave for Europe on March 7. Michelle Akers won’t make the trip. The 34-year-old midfielder underwent […]

U.S. menÆs national team roster for Tunisia friendly March 12 at Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama, 1:30 p.m. (CT) — Live on ESPN2 Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Caps/G Hometown Club Albright, Chris F 6’1″ 185 1/14/79 1/1 Philadelphia D.C. United Armas, Chris M 5’7″ 150 8/27/72 13/2 Brentwood, N.Y. Chicago Fire Beasley, DaMarcus F 5’7″ […]

The U.S. men’s national team will travel to Moscow for the first time in its history to take on Russia on April 26 in an international friendly that will be available nationwide in the United States on pay-per-view. The game will air in the U.S. live at 11 a.m. ET on April 26 (7 p.m. […]

The U.S. womenÆs national team will open residency training camp in mid-April at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., as head coach April Heinrichs continues the process of choosing her 18-player Olympic roster. This will mark the fourth time that the U.S. Soccer Federation has sent the U.S. womenÆs national team into […]

The official process for groups applying for membership as a sanctioned Division I United States women’s professional soccer league was announced by U.S. Soccer. The initial deadline for interested parties to file official letters of interest with U.S. Soccer to petition for membership as a sanctioned Division I women’s professional soccer league in the United […]

For the analogy-prone lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, Arena Football League players are like movie stars and soccer players are like hubcaps. “I’m sure General Motors would like to keep costs down by fixing the price of auto parts, but it’s illegal,” said Kessler, who represents the players in their antitrust lawsuit against MLS, in regard to […]

Former Royal Marine joins his ‘disciple’ as full-time assistant on U.S. national team staff April Heinrichs had been saying for years that if she ever became the U.S. national team head coach, she’d bring in John Ellis to be her assistant. He’d be the Mario Zagallo to her Carlos Alberto Parreira. But the appointment surprised […]

The first two weeks of ball work for all MLS teams and a mini-tournament gave coaches a chance to build a fitness base and evaluate players. Rosters had to be down to 21 by Feb. 21, but will reach their final limit of 19 (plus five protected spots) by mid-March. After Florida, most teams headed […]

Damon Brown Evansville, Ind. Is Juergen Sommer completely gone from the national team picture? I’ve not heard anything from Coach Arena regarding Juergen in a long time. I saw him play in a “rehab” game last summer in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and he seemed to be fit and ready to go (albeit against A-League comp.) […]