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U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco has announced his 18-woman roster that will depart for Portugal on March 9 to compete in the 6th Algarve Cup, the eight-team international tournament held on the coast in the Southern tip of the country. “Algarve has been trouble for us in the past,” said DiCicco, who has […]

An 89th-minute goal by U.S. midfielder Joey Worthen (Salt Lake City, Utah) gave the USA U-20 national team a 1-1 draw against club team Seleccion Haiti, in front of 5,500 fans at the Ted Hendricks Stadium in Miami, Fla. on March 6. U.S. forward Jamar Beasley (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) was knocked unconscious in the 75th […]

Argentina and Mexico will meet in the 1999 Reebok Cup, which will be held Wednesday, June 9 at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Kickoff is 8:00 p.m. (CT). The two teams recently played before over 91,000 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum in a friendly match won by the South Americans 1-0. The Reebok Cup will be […]

The draw for the U-20 World Cup, in Nigeria April 3-24, put the United States into Group E with Cameroon, Japan and England. Group E will play its games in the cities of Kano and Bauchi. “We’ve never been satisfied with just qualifying for this tournament,” said U.S. U-20 head coach Sigi Schmid from the […]

Carver Doone Evanston, Ill. I am very concerned over the dismissal of Sunil Gulati as MLS deputy commissioner. I understand that his vast amount of power could lead to some favoritism and could upset people and create plenty of enemies, but it seems to me that at one time or another, practically every team in […]

The draw for the U-20 World Cup, in Nigeria April 3-24, put the United States into Group E with Cameroon, Japan and England. Group E will play its games in the cities of Kano and Bauchi. The 1999 U-20 World Cup draw Group A in Lagos Nigeria, Costa Rica, Germany, Paraguay. Group B in Kaduna […]

The Colorado Rapids have announced the allocation of Panamanian striker Jorge Dely Valdes, who has played for the last six seasons in Japan and is a starter for the Panamanian national team. The signing of Dely Valdes gives Colorado a full slate of four foreign players. Dely Valdes, 31, is a tall, speedy forward known […]

Quarterfinals, First Leg March 4 in Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 3 Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 0. Goals: Dzhanashia 47, 77, 89. Lok. Moscow — Nigmatullin, Arifullin (Cherevchenko, 36), Drozdov, Sarkisyan (Kharlachyov, 60), Solomatin (Lavrik, 43), Chugainov, Smertin, Gurenko, Dzhanashia, Loskov, Bulykin. M. Haifa — Davidovich, A.Harazi, Benado, Keise, Hromadko (Duro, 62), Nagar, Benayoon (Silvas 85), Zano, […]

The United States will play Mexico for the 40th time on March 13. The first encounter came in 1934, with entry into the second World Cup at stake. Hundreds of well-wishing Mexican fans bid farewell to their team at the San Lazaro train station in the nation’s capital. The train wasn’t going north. It took […]

U.S. Soccer has announed that goalkeeper Zach Thornton and midfielder Frankie Hejduk have been added to the U.S. national team roster for Nike U.S. Cup ’99 and will replace Kasey Keller (remaining with his English club Leicester) and Tony Sanneh (injured quadricep), respectively. The USA will begin training on Sunday (March 7) for the four-team […]

The Colorado Rapids have announced that midfielder Adrian Paz will not return to the team in 1999 after Paz decided not to honor his contract for the 1999 season. Paz, who has been holding out in his native Uruguay for the entire pre-season, made the decision not to rejoin Major League Soccer for the 1999 […]

U.S. midfielder Michelle Akers is scheduled to undergo minor surgery March 3 at the Orlando Regional Medical Center to remove accumulated blood and several bone fragments from her left cheek that resulted from her collision with Norway’s Linda Medalen in the match against the FIFA World Stars on Feb. 14. She will be reevaluated on […]

Not since 1995 has the United States beaten Mexico, and several Americans playing overseas have been recalled to redress that matter at U.S. Cup ’99. The U.S. plays Guatemala March 11 in the Los Angeles Coliseum, then travels south for a March 13 showdown with Mexico at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The U.S. has […]

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Quarterfinals, First Leg March 3 in Manchester Manchester United (England) 2 Inter Milan (Italy) 0. Goals: Yorke 6, 45. Manchester Utd. — Schmeichel, G.Neville, Johnsen (Berg, 46), Stam, Irwin, Beckham, Keane, Scholes (Butt, 69), Giggs, Yorke, Cole. Inter Milan — Pagliuca, Galante, Bergomi, Colonnese, Zanetti, Cauet, Simeone, Winter, Djorkaeff, Zamorano (Ventola, 68), Baggio (Pirlo, 79). […]

The San Jose Clash announced today it has released midfielder Marcelo Vega. “We need players who can give 100 percent effort on offense and defense for the entire 90 minutes, and Marcelo, unfortunately, was not fit enough to be able to work within that style,” San Jose coach Brian Quinn said from the Clash’s preseason […]

Quarterfinals, First Leg March 2 in Bologna Bologna (Italy) 3 Olympique Lyon (France) 0. Goals: Signori 5, 49, Binotto 54. Bologna — Antonioli, Paramatti, Tarantino, Mangone, Bia, Fontolan (Cappioli, 80), Marocchi, Ingesson, Binotto (Rinaldi, 70), Signori (Kolyvanov, 87), Andersson. Lyon — Coupet, Brechet, Fournier, Laville, Carteron, Linares, Violeau (Cocard, 55), Job, Bak, Dhorasoo, Caveglia. Att.: […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has named Sergio del Prado as the its general manager. Del Prado will be responsible for the overall business operations focusing on marketing and sponsorship of the club. “Sergio del Prado has been in sports for many years working with the Kings, Lakers and Women’s World Cup among others,” said Galaxy […]

U.S. World Cup goalkeeper Kasey Keller, defender David Regis and midfielder Brian Maisonneuve have been called into the U.S. national team training camp for Nike U.S. Cup ’99, which will be played March 11 and 13 in Southern California. The trio, who earn their first national team call-ups under head coach Bruce Arena, will join […]

The U.S. boys’ U-17 national team drew 0-0 against Jamaica on Feb. 28 to finish second in the 1999 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The U-17s will now play El Salvador in May in a home-and-away playoff series for the third and final CONCACAF berth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship. […]

The U.S. women’s national team earned a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Finland on a hot, windy day at the University of Tampa’s Pepin/Rood Stadium as defender Joy Fawcett and forward Mia Hamm set up each other for the USA scores. The USA dominated possession and did well to maneuver through the packed Finland defense to […]

The following is a Feb. 26 statement released by Dane H. Butswinkas of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly concerning Debbie Keller’s demand for arbitration with respect to her exclusion from the U.S. women’s national team resideny camp: “This afternoon, Williams & Connolly instituted legal action on Ms. Keller’s behalf with the […]

The following is a statement from U.S. Soccer: “Today, the law firm of Williams & Connolly filed an action on behalf of ,Debbie Keller, a member of U.S. Soccer’s Women’s National Team player pool, challenging U.S. Soccer’s decision to invite other players into its residency training program. Ms. Keller’s attorneys have alleged that her absence […]

Clint Nurnberg Springfield, Mo. Would you please explain what the MLS “discovery” periods are (international and domestic), the definition of a discovery player and how it all affects a team’s roster and salary cap concerns? Pete Bailey: Each MLS team is allowed to designate two discovery players per year. A player qualifies as a discovery […]

The U.S. U-17 national team struck with two first-half goals to defeat Honduras, 3-0, in CONCACAF U-17 qualifying Feb. 26 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The U.S., unbeaten in its last nine international matches, dictated the tempo from the beginning, pressuring Honduras all over the field and taking advantage of their team speed on the flanks […]