Monthly Archives: May 2000

1. Should U.S. Soccer approve only one women’s Division I pro league? Yes 559 (87.9%) No 72 (11.3%) 2. Should MLS launch a women’s pro league? Yes 198 (31.1%) No 430 (67.6%) 3. Do you believe U.S. Soccer has a bias in favor of MLS and against WUSA? Yes 336 (52.8%) No 285 (44.8%) 4. […]

Opening Comments by MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis “I have a couple of player announcements I want to make, but before I go into that I’ll give my weekly update on Mexican player discussions. We are still continuing to work on a number of different fronts that I can’t comment on further at this […]

Player of the Week Ignace Moleka scored twice in a two-minute span late in the Atlanta Silverbacks 3-0 victory over Raleigh to earn A-League Player of the Week honors. Having taken a 1-0 lead in the 61st minute, Moleka gave the Silverbacks some breathing room with his 80th-minute strike, then gave the team a valuable […]

The U.S. women’s national team will embark on perhaps the most challenging road trip in its history outside of a world championship event when it spends almost three weeks in Europe from July 12-31. The defending Women’s World Cup and Olympic champions will travel to Germany on July 12 to compete in a tournament that […]

Todd Shepard Houston, Texas. Why doesn’t MLS consider putting teams in Libertadores Cup? Ridge Mahoney: The reasons are many. These are the most relevant: First of all, the South American confederation — which runs the competition — would not be interested. It added Mexican teams a few years ago mainly because the value of TV […]

Soccer America MagazineÆs MLS Team of the Week from games played April 26-30. Goalkeeper Mark Simpson (1) D.C. United Defenders Brian Dunseth (1) New England Lubos Kubik (1) Chicago Mike Petke (2) MetroStars Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (1) D.C. United Steve Ralston (1) Tampa Bay Carlos Valderrama (2) Tampa Bay Peter Nowak (1) Chicago Forwards Ante […]

Olympic hopeful laughs off comparisons his play confirms The comparisons, Adin Brown says, are ridiculous, and he wants to set the record straight: No, he is not the second coming of Kasey Keller. (For one thing, the U.S. Olympic qualifying team’s star goalkeeper is bigger at 6-foot-5, possesses greater technical capacity and is – says […]

Bruce Arena, U.S. men’s national team head coach USA outlook: We are very excited about the Nike U.S. Cup this year, playing three outstanding teams in what I feel are three great venues in the Unites States: RFK in Washington, D.C., Foxboro Stadium and Giants Stadium in New Jersey. I think these are venues that […]

The following is an update on how the 16-team field for the 2000 Olympics men’s soccer tournament shapes up. The draw will be held June 3 in Sydney. HOST (1). Australia, the host country, is the only team with an automatic berth into the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. ASIA (3). South Korea (6-0-1) and Japan […]

The following is an update on how the 16-team field for the 2000 Olympics men’s soccer tournament shapes up. The draw will be held June 3 in Sydney. HOST (1). Australia, the host country, is the only team with an automatic berth into the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. ASIA (3). South Korea (6-0-1) and Japan […]

U.S. head coach April Heinrichs has named 14 veterans of the 1999 Women’s World Cup championship team to her roster for the NIKE U.S. Women’s Cup 2000 tournament to be held on May 5 and 7 at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon. Leading the way is midfielder Kristine Lilly, who is just two games away […]

Omar Salem Morton Grove, Ill. I was just reading the article about the teams that qualified for the Olympics and it said that England does not compete in the Olympics. Can you tell me why that is? Mike Woitalla: England is, strictly speaking, not a nation. It is the most populous political division of the […]

Players and coaches have been quick to point out inconsistencies in the officiating of MLS matches this season, yet rarely do they put the onus on themselves to clean up the game. Thirteen red cards had already been issued this season through 35 games ù an average of 0.37 per game. That’s five percent higher […]