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Features Bruce Arena: A Foreign Coach Sends the Wrong Message Interview by Will Kuhns Japan and South Korea In Four More Years By Ridge Mahoney The Best And Worst Of France ’98 By Duncan Irving Soccer America Q&A: Joe-Max Moore Interview by Mike Woitalla Hankinson Shakes Mutiny Up In Tampa By Bill Ward Dallas Hopes […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 11 9 2 25 12 27 Long Island 13 10 3 29 13 24 Maryland 11 8 3 17 9 22 Delaware 11 4 7 21 22 10 NJ Wildcats 12 2 10 15 46 4 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 13 […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 14 14 0 90 15 42 Cocoa 15 9 6 40 33 27 Bradenton 14 7 7 43 40 19 Alabama 14 5 9 33 48 15 Miami T. 13 5 8 29 36 13 Central Florida 14 5 9 31 50 13 South Florida 14 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 13 8 5 36 24 24 Rhode Island 13 8 5 25 25 24 Cape Cod 16 7 9 22 25 21 New Hampshire 13 7 6 27 19 19 Vermont 10 3 7 11 24 7 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

American soccer has tended to look to Germany and England for answers, but it can learn a lot from FranceÆs World Cup success. Probably the most important lesson is that World Cup success wonÆt come in a matter of a decade, as U.S. Soccer hopes with its 2010 plan. The French federation (FFF) didnÆt exactly […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 17 15 2 37 8 43 Montreal 17 14 3 32 18 30 Long Island 17 9 8 27 18 25 Staten Island 15 8 7 17 20 22 Toronto 17 7 10 19 24 21 Worcester 18 7 11 25 34 17 Connecticut […]

European Champions League Preliminary Round Schedule Celtic (Scotland) vs. Saint Patrick’s Athletic (Ireland) Obilic Belgrade (Yugoslavia) vs. Vestmannaeyja (Iceland) HJK (Finland) vs. FC Yerevan (Armenia) Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) vs. Halmstad (Sweden) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. Flora Tallinn (Estonia) LKS Lodz (Poland) vs. Kepez Ganja (Azerbaijan) Kareda Siauliai (Lithuania) vs. Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) […]

U.S. referee Esse Baharmast has been named the new director of officials for U.S. Soccer. Baharmast became the first American referee to work two games in a World Cup when he officiated the Spain-Nigeria and Brazil-Norway matches at France ’98. He received a great deal of notoriety for the penalty he called against Brazil’s Junior […]

MLS has announced the reserve players for the Aug. 2 All-Star Game in Orlando, Fla. Here are complete rosters for the two teams: Note: *-denotes a starter. MLS USA Goalkeepers — *Tony Meola (MetroStars), Zach Thornton (Chicago). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), *Marcelo Balboa (Colorado), Mike Burns (New England), Robin Fraser (Los Angeles), *Alexi […]

Goalkeeper Jeff Cassar (3) Miami Defenders Frankie Hejduk (2) Tampa Bay Eddie Pope (4) D.C. United Ryan Tinsley (1) Kansas City Midfielders Ivan McKinley (2) New England Mauricio Ramos (1) Tampa Bay Wellington Sanchez (1) Los Angeles Carlos Valderrama (3) Miami Forwards Eduardo Hurtado (1) MetroStars Roy Lassiter (2) D.C. United Joe-Max Moore (1) New […]

U.S. girls U-20 national team coach Lauren Gregg has named her 18-player roster for this year’s under-21 Nordic Cup, formerly a U-20 tournament, which will take place in the Netherlands. The U.S., the defending Nordic Cup champion, has drawn Finland (Aug. 3), the host country (Aug. 5) and Sweden (Aug. 7) in Group B. The […]

The U.S. boys’ U-20 national team will arrive in Miami on July 21 in preparation for the 1999 World Youth Championship CONCACAF qualifying tournament, scheduled for August 5-9 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The U.S. is scheduled to play Jamaica on July 25 in Miami in the team’s final international match prior to CONCACAF qualifying. […]

MIAMI 3 SAN JOSE 2 (SO) July 15 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 2 San Jose 2 (Miami wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Stebbins (Vaudreuil, Herrera) 32, Cullen (Stebbins, Parra) 47; Baicher (Cerritos, Vasquez) 20, Gough (Wynalda) 78. Miami — Cassar (7), Webber (5), Martinez (5), Knowles (5), Cullen (6), Parra (5), Herrera (5), Vaudreuil (6), […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Lassiter (D.C. United) 21 15 6 36 Welton (Los Angeles) 20 13 9 35 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 18 11 11 33 Diaz Arce (New England) 20 13 5 31 Moreno (D.C. United) 21 11 9 31 Jones (Los Angeles) 12 9 9 27 Hurtado (MetroStars) 20 8 11 […]

July 16 in Kingston Jamaica 2 USA 3. Goals: Bennett 11, 59; Cila 20, D.Beasley 39, Jackson 79. Jamaica — K.Stewart, Whittaker, Sailsman, Thomas, Battista, King, Bryan, Chambers, R.Stewart, Bennett, Gordon. USA — Countess, Akwari, Dulaney, Martin, Yi (Oneyewu, 33), D.Beasley, Beckerman (Trembly, 46), Chillemi (Jackson, 53), Cutler, Donovan, Cila (Rivera, 59). Att.: 3,000.

Results July 19 MetroStars 3 Columbus 0 Kansas City 4 Colorado 1 July 18 D.C. United 4 Chicago 1 Dallas 1 New England 3 Los Angeles 2 Miami 3 (SO) San Jose 0 Tampa Bay 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 22 17 5 41 53 33 MetroStars 19 10 […]

Here are the NSCAA Men’s NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. UCLA 22-2-0 2. Virginia 19-4-3 3. Indiana 23-1-0 4. Saint Louis 17-5-3 5. American 17-4-4 6. SMU 19-3-0 7. Washington 15-3-2 8. South Carolina 16-3-1 9. St. […]

Here are the NSCAA Men’s NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Cal State Bakersfield 20-4-0 2. Lynn 19-2-0 3. Southern Connecticut 21-1-1 4. Truman State 16-6-0 5. South Carolina-Spartanburg 19-4-0 6. New Hampshire College 17-2-1 7. West Virginia […]

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division I Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. North Carolina 27-0-1 2. Notre Dame 23-1-1 3. Santa Clara 20-3-1 4. Connecticut 23-4-0 5. Florida 20-3-1 6. Virginia 14-5-2 7. Portland 14-5-0 8. Nebraska 18-4-0 9. […]

Here are the NSCAA Men’s NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Wheaton (Ill.) 24-0-1 2. Coll. of New Jersey 17-6-0 3. Mary Washington 21-3-1 4. Amherst 13-5-1 5. Gettysburg 16-4-2 6. Ithaca 15-5-0 7t. Ohio Wesleyan 16-8-0 7t. […]

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. UC San Diego 20-2-0 2. William Smith 18-4-0 3. Washington (Mo.) 17-4-1 4. Elizabethtown 19-5-2 5. Mary Washington 19-2-2 6. Macalester 19-2-0 7. Amherst 14-3-0 8. Middlebury […]

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Franklin Pierce 21-0-0 2. West Virginia Wesleyan 21-2-1 3. Lynn 19-2-1 4. Cal State Dominguez Hills 16-4-2 5. Adelphi 18-2-0 6. Truman State 15-6-1 7. Barry 14-2-2 […]

Results July 18 D.C. United 4 Chicago 1 Dallas 1 New England 3 Los Angeles 2 Miami 3 (SO) San Jose 0 Tampa Bay 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 22 17 5 41 53 33 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 18 9 9 25 32 32 […]

The Colorado Rapids have acquired Canadian national team star Jason Bent as a 1998 discovery player. Bent is a defensive midfielder with the ability to also play an outside defensive position. The Canadian citizen will fill one of the Rapids’ five foreign player slots. Colorado now has four of those allotted slots filled, including Bent, […]

Andrew Hoppes Philadelphia Why is Johan Cruyff apparently not a candidate for the U.S. men’s national team coaching position? Would he be a good coach for the U.S., or would he have a difficult time dealing with players who are not of the same superstar caliber as his players at Barcelona? Would he be too […]