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San Jose GM Peter Bridgwater has announced that he has accepted an offer from MLS to take a position at the league level. “Peter has built the Clash into one of the best-run teams in Major League Soccer, and his experience is unparalleled in our league,” MLS Commissioner Doug Logan said. “He played a key […]

Chris Petrucelli’s move to Texas isn’t entirely unexpected. He was rumored to be up for the UT job since at least the Greensboro final four a month earlier. What’s surprising is that Petrucelli, who replaces Dang Pibulvech at Texas, would leave a Notre Dame program that he led to an NCAA championship for an underachieving […]

The following players were selected to the U.S. Youth Soccer Boys’ Olympic Development Program at the 1998 Interregional Event in Cocoa, Fla. by the U.S. federation’s national coaching staff and the regional ODP coaching staff. 1981 All-American Team Guy Abrahamson (Livingston, N.J.), Christopher Aloisi (North Babylon, N.J.), Phillip Arias (Bakersfield, Calif.), Dustin Branan (Lakeville, Minn.), […]

The following players were selected to the U.S. Youth Soccer Girls’ Olympic Development Program at the 1998 Interregional Event in Cocoa, Fla. by the U.S. federation’s national coaching staff and the regional ODP coaching staff. 1981 National Pool Lauren Arase (La Canada, Calif.), Elizabeth Ball (Dallas), Nicole Barnhart (Gilbertsville, Va.), Jessica Delucchi (Richland, Wash.), Kristen […]

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The New England Revolution has acquired veteran defender Dan Calichman from the Los Angeles Galaxy for a pair of draft picks. Calichman, the Los Angeles captain who missed most of the 1998 season due to a broken leg suffered in a collision with Colorado’s Marcelo Balboa, returns to the Northeast, where he starred at Division […]

The U.S. women’s U-21 national team will arrive at the Seminole County Sports Training Center in Florida for a 10-day camp beginning Jan. 6. The U-21s will train along side the full national team. U-21 Coach Lauren Gregg, who is also a national team assistant, has invited 24 players to their first camp of the […]

Here are the results of the December, 1998 poll, in which 1,364 fans voted for the 1998 national team and collegiate players of the year: U.S. Men’s National Team Player of the Year Rank/Player Votes 1. Kasey Keller 359 2. Eddie Pope 227 3. Cobi Jones 181 4. Brian McBride 149 5. Frankie Hejduk 116 […]

Here are the 1998 NSCAA Boys’ High School State Players of the Year, as compiled by high school coaches around the country: Name Year Pos. School State Brian Van Able Sr. MF West Anchorage HS Alaska Justin Harris Sr. MF North Little Rock HS Arkansas Delvin Countess Sr. GK Belle Vista HS California Casey Conor […]

Here are the 1998 NSCAA Girls’ High School State Players of the Year, as compiled by high school coaches from around the country: Name Year Pos. School State Jaime Carstensen Jr. MF Ursuline HS California Kelly Rheem Sr. F Arapahoe HS Colorado Vanessa Pruzinsky Sr. MF Trumbull HS Connecticut Kesha Christoph Sr. MF Tatnall School […]

Beginning this month, Tony DiCicco will take 26 women's national team players into a full-time residency camp to prepare for the 1999 Women's World Cup. He will eventually choose 20 players for the final roster. We want to know which 20 players YOU think should represent the U.S. in the 1999 Women's World Cup.

The Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Kansas City Wizards have exchanged young forwards, as “Sneaky” Pete Marino heads south to Florida while Brian Loftin returns home to the midwest. Marino, 25, has 48 career MLS points (46 of which were earned during the 1996 and 1997 seasons with the Columbus Crew) and is expected to […]

For the first time ever, U.S. Soccer will put the U-17 Boys’ National Team in a full-time residency program when the team begins training at the Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton, Fla., on Jan. 17, 1999. The full-time residency is in preparation for CONCACAF U-17 qualifying in Jamaica in February, and for the 1999 FIFA […]

Eric Wynalda and Tony Meola will be added to the U.S. national team roster for training camp Jan. 9-19 in Orlando, Fla., U.S. head coach Bruce Arena said. The pair will join the 26-man roster that was announced Dec. 17. Wynalda and Meola will be the only players in camp who are veterans of the […]

This week, the U.S. men’s U-20 national team kicks off the final, three-month journey that will eventually end in Nigeria and the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. Coach Sigi Schmid has gathered a squad of 29 players at the ARCO Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. for a Jan. 4-19 training camp — the first […]

Following ongoing discussions concerning the 1999 Confederations Cup, FIFA has announced that Germany will replace World Cup champion France in the eight-team field. The tournament, now slated for July 24-Aug. 4, 1999 in Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexico, pits the top teams in each of FIFA’s six confederations. The schedule change directly affects the United […]

U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco has named the final three players to his residency camp roster, bringing the total number to 26 players who will compete for a spot on the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup Team when the USA begins full-time training on Jan. 4 outside of Orlando, Fla. DiCicco named goalkeeper […]

1998 MLS Rookie of the Year Ben Olsen has signed a five-year contract with MLS that will keep him with D.C. United through 2003. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Olsen will no longer be a member of Project-40. Thus, the 21-year-old midfielder will count against the league’s 20-man roster limit. “It’s […]

We will be taking our annual Holiday break starting Dec. 22 and will not be posting any more news until Jan. 4. Happy holidays from all of us at Soccer America.

Clint Nurnberg Springfield, Mo. Please put the Project-40 squad’s recently successful tour of England into perspective for us. That they won all five matches suggests that Project-40 is accomplishing its objectives of developing young American players quickly into quality professionals. But I wonder if the English hosts opted not to put forward their best “feet” […]

FIFA has announced the list of international referees and referee assistants that will be eligible to officiate FIFA-sanctioned matches in 1999. The American contingent, which represents a total of approximately 100,000 registered officials in the United States, included 14 referees and 11 referee assistants. Here is a look at the U.S. representatives in the FIFA […]

The U.S. men’s U-23 national team will gather from Jan. 4-17 at the ARCO Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., for the first of what will be several training camps in 1999. The U-23 national team comprises the core of players that will compete for the U.S. during the CONCACAF qualifying phase for the right […]

Mexico made women’s soccer history Dec. 19, defeating Argentina, 3-2, at Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires to earn the final berth in the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Mexico’s Cinderella story has seen them rise from double-digit losses in qualifying for the 1991 and 1995 Women’s World Cups, to a narrow 1-0 loss to […]

Here is the draw and schedule for the 1999 Copa America, to be held June 29-July 8 in Paraguay: Group A — Paraguay, Peru, Japan, Bolivia. Group B — Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela. Group C — Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador. Schedule GROUP A June 29 — Peru vs. Japan, Paraguay vs. Bolivia. July 2 — […]

U.S. Pro-40 earned its fifth consecutive win on Dec. 19 with a 2-1 victory against the reserves from Sheffield United at the Manchester United Training Grounds. The victory marked a five-game international winning streak for the young Americans as they shut down all five of their English Premier and First Division reserve team opponents, outscoring […]