Monthly Archives: April 2000

Is more less? The A-League kicked off the 2000 season April 8 with 25 teams, down from the record 30 in 19999, but Commissioner Francisco Marcos is exasperated by all the talk about his league’s first reduction in numbers since the merger of teams from the old APSL and USISL three years ago. Marcos, who […]

MLS conference call on Major League Soccer’s victory in the lawsuit filed against the league by eight of its players. The lawsuit was thrown out by Boston Federal Court Judge George A. O’Toole last night, dismissing the heart of the players’ antitrust case against Major League Soccer and upholding MLS’s “single entity” structure. The Court […]

Federal Court Judge George A. O’Toole has dismissed the heart of the players’ antitrust case against Major League Soccer and upheld MLS’s “single entity” defense. O’Toole granted partial summary judgment, ruling that it was not unlawful for MLS to require that all players be signed by the League, not individual teams. “MLS is what it […]

Popular announcer Andres Cantor has signed a multi-year agreement to work with Telemundo, Spanish-language rival of Univision, where he had worked for many years. The Argentine-born Cantor is reunited at Telemundo with former Univision talent Norberto Longo and Jessie Losada as well as Jorge Hidalgo, the VP Sports of Telemundo and a former executive at […]

USA Name Pos. Birthdate Ht. Wt. Hometown Club Albright, Chris F 01/14/79 6’1″ 185 Philadelphia, Pa. D.C. United – MLS Beasley, DaMarcus M 05/24/82 5’7″ 135 Fort Wayne, Ind. Chicago Fire- MLS Brown, Adin GK 05/27/78 6’4″ 200 Pleasant Hill, Calif. Colorado Rapids – MLS Califf, Danny D 03/17/80 6’1″ 185 Orange, Calif. Los Angeles […]

Ebullient midfielder hopes to lead U.S. to Olympics in front of friends and family It would have been one of the biggest games of Ben Olsen’s high school career, but he had to watch from the sidelines. His school, Middletown, was unbeaten when it traveled 15 minutes north to play perennial league contender Hershey, but […]

April 19 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami Fusion 2 Haiti 1. Goals: Heaps (Kamler, Machon) 65, Serna (pen.) 76; Gilles (Edouard) 61. Miami — Lagerwey (Rimando 72), Cullen, Kamler, Okaroh, Machon, Mastroeni (Rooney 46), Heaps, Marshall, Gutierrez (Williams 46), Wynalda (Serna 46), Lassiter (Welton 46) Haiti — Menard, Desir, Gilles, Dartiguenave, Bruny, Gabriel (Altidor 74), […]

MLS Conference Call MLS Executive Vice President — Ivan Gazidis Kansas City Wizards Goalkeeper — Tony Meola MetroStars Sweeper — Lothar MatthSus Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments “To repeat my weekly statement, I’d like to say that while talks are ongoing with respect to the signing of a Mexican player for our team in Los Angeles, […]

The TFC Olympic qualifying tournament in Hershey, Pa., was thrown into confusion by the decision of Honduran U-23 players to not travel to the United States. The players returned to their homes instead of going to the airport in Tegucigalpa for their flight to the United States Wednesday after a meeting with Honduran federation officials […]

Dallas Burn Vice President of Marketing and Broadcasting Andy Swift has been named President and General Manager for the team. Swift takes over the position vacated by former General Manager Billy Hicks, who left the team late last month to become vice-president with the XFL. John Alper, previously Vice-President of Sales, was promoted to Senior […]

Hurtado suspended New England forward Eduardo Hurtado was suspended on April 19 for failing to fulfill his contractual obligations. Neither MLS nor the Revolution indicated how long the suspension will last. Hurtado, who is unhappy with his playing time in New England, has missed two training sessions and will miss the April 22 game against […]

Pope out 2-4 weeks D.C. United defender Eddie Pope underwent successful surgery to his left knee on April 19 and is expected to return to action in two-four weeks. United team doctor William Hazel performed the hour-long procedure. Pope was awake throughout the operation and began his rehabilitation after the procedure was completed. “We did […]

The Honduran U-23 players have called off their strike, agreeing to regroup for the Olympic qualifying tournament in Hershey, Pa. Earlier in the day (April 19), the players announced they would not board the plane to the United States because the Honduran federation had not paid them their $2,000 bonuses each for reaching the final […]

The Honduran U-23 players have called off their strike, agreeing to regroup for the Olympic qualifying tournament in Hershey, Pa. Earlier in the day (April 19), the players announced they would not board the plane to the United States because the Honduran federation had not paid them their $2,000 bonuses each for reaching the final […]

They understand the challenge that awaits, the difficulties and pressures facing them, the advantages and disadvantages their preparation has provided for this most important of tests. Say this about the Americans who seek passage to the Sydney Olympics: They bear no illusions about what lies ahead. Expectations are gargantuan: Anything other than qualification for the […]

CLIVE CHARLES U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team head coach On formation, strengths and weaknesses of the team: “We have played with several formations and practiced against several formations. The formation we will play will depend on who we play. The strength of our team is our team. They defend hard as a team and attack […]

Central American Zone Group A April 16 in Belize City El Salvador 3 (Diaz Arce 5, Martinez 51, Rodriguez 64) Belice 1 (Nunez 66). Half: 1-0. Att.: 6,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P El Salvador 3 3 0 0 9 1 9 Guatemala 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Belize 3 […]

Soccer America MagazineÆs MLS Team of the Week from games played April 15: Goalkeeper Mark Dougherty (1) Columbus Defenders Paul Caligiuri (1) Los Angeles Nick Garcia (1) Kansas City Carlos Bocanegra (1) Chicago Midfielders Eric Quill (1) Tampa Bay Carlos Valderrama (1) Tampa Bay William Sunsing (1) New England Imad Baba (1) New England Forwards […]

Player of the Week: For his two-goal, one-assist performance in El PasoÆs 4-2 victory over U.S. Pro-40, newcomer Bisser Georgiev was named the A-League Player of the Week. The Bulgarian nativeÆs five-point night moved him to the top of the A-League scoring chart, tied with San DiegoÆs Mark Baena, who recorded two goals and an […]

The world champion U.S. women’s national team will travel to Australia for the inaugural Pacific Cup to be held from May 31 through June 11 in six stadiums located in Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle. The defending Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. team will use the eight-team tournament as part of its 2000 Olympic preparations. It will […]

Greg Petersen wants to put his stamp on the El Paso Patriots. He better check his horoscope to see if itÆs in the cards. On a night when Bulgarians were scoring all over the country, Bisser Georgiev scored twice and added an assist to lead the Patriots to a season-opening 4-2 victory over U.S. Pro-40 […]

John Gaughan Worcester, Mass. I have closely followed the rumors about Mexican striker Luis Hernandez an his potential move to MLS. It seems that all parties concede that Hernandez must play in L.A. because of the number of tickets he will sell there. However, San Jose and New England are the only two teams with […]

Quakes shake up enthusiastic crowd by downing MetroStars The change from then to now was palpable: Fans with blue hair, relentless drummers behind the north goal, Khodadad Azizi advocates decked out in Iranian colors. There was a buzz seldom felt in Spartan Stadium the past few years. Then was the past few years, devoid of […]

It’s a safe bet that the American Olympic hopefuls won’t have to dodge flaming seat cushions this time around. For the first time in history, the U.S. men’s team doesn’t travel during qualification play for the Olympics. The Americans are the host. And they have taken the tournament to the self-proclaimed Sweetest Place on Earth, […]

N.S. Fusco New York, N.Y.. Where can I find the “rulesö for scoring assists on goals? Mike Woitalla: While FIFA does not provide a written definition for assist, even though it uses them to settle Golden Boot awards at major tournaments, hereÆs MLSÆs: ôAssists, worth one point (compared to two for a goal) in determining […]