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The USA and 1998 World Cup champion France are among the eight teams that will compete in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will be hosted by Mexico Jan. 8-20. Brazil won the inaugural championship, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1997. The eight teams will play in two groups (round-robin format) followed […]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the World Cup is too long and he hopes to shorten the length of the tournament for 2002. Before the tournament, he would have gotten no argument from my household. The tournament shaped up to be a source of major conflicts: 33 days of soccer, almost non-stop from early morning […]

The United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues (USISL), has announced that the Kalamazoo Kingdom will serve as the host team for the 1998 PDSL Championship. The championships, which will be played in a true final four format, will be played at the Ed Annen Sports Complex in Kalamazoo, MIch. The semifinals will be played on […]

Here are the final results of fan balloting for the 1998 MLS All-Star Game: (Note: Players in bold are All-Star starters) MLS USA Forwards Rank/Player (Team) Votes 1. Preki (Kansas City) 13,283 2. Brian McBride (Columbus) 12,118 3. Eric Wynalda (San Jose) 11,038 4. Roy Wegerle (Tampa Bay) 10,790 5. Roy Lassiter (D.C. United) 9,372 […]

The Colorado Rapids fell 4-2 to Mexican First Division club Leon July 15 in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup and crashed out of the tournament. The Rapids won the first leg 1-0 on June 28, but fell 4-3 on aggregate. The Emeralds raced out to a 3-0 lead before Steve Trittschuh scored […]

July 15 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 2 MetroStars (MLS) 2 (MetroStars win shootout 2-1). Goals: Glenn (Tilley) 22, Domm (Dietrich) 56; Savarese (Vega) 23, Savarese (Ramos, Vega) 44. Rochester — Andracki, Hardy (Dietrich, 55), Demmin (Mercik, 34), Walton, DaSilva, McKay (Britton, 53), Allnutt (Kirmse, 53), Steenkamp (Dauda, 36), Daligcon, Tilley (Alamo, 46), Glenn […]

Here are the starting lineups for the 1998 MLS All-Star Game, to be held Aug. 2 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, as announced by commissioner Doug Logan on July 16: MLS USA Goalkeeper — Tony Meola (MetroStars). Defenders — Marcelo Balboa (Colorado), Alexi Lalas (MetroStars), Eddie Pope (D.C. United). Midfielders — Thomas Dooley (Columbus), […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 11 7 4 30 18 21 Rhode Island 12 7 5 24 25 21 Cape Cod 15 7 8 19 21 21 New Hampshire 11 5 6 21 17 13 Vermont 8 2 6 8 21 4 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 12 12 0 71 14 36 Cocoa 14 9 5 40 29 27 Bradenton 13 6 7 39 36 18 Central Florida 12 5 7 27 34 13 South Florida 13 5 8 26 52 13 Alabama 12 4 8 25 34 12 Miami T. 12 […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 9 8 1 23 8 24 Maryland 9 7 2 16 7 21 Long Island 11 8 3 26 12 20 Delaware 9 3 6 11 20 7 NJ Wildcats 11 2 9 13 34 4 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 11 […]

Here is the television schedule for the MLS games of July 15-19 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 15 D.C. United at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England; Home Team Sports July 15 San Jose at Miami 7:30 p.m. Sunshine Network; KICU-San Jose (taped) July 15 Los Angeles at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. […]

After two seasons at German giant Borussia Dortmund, American Jovan Kirovski has been loaned to Second Division club Fortuna Cologne. Kirovski saw considerable time last season due to the defending European Cup championÆs injury problems. He became the first American to win the Toyota Cup and the first American to score in Champions League play. […]

Features France ’98: The Art De Triomphe By Duncan Irving ‘Team B3’ Captures Hearts And Minds By Duncan Irving The Stars Of France ’98 By Ridge Mahoney ‘Thu-Thu’ To The Rescue In The Semifinals By Duncan Irving Orange Crushed By Brazilians On Penalties By Ridge Mahoney Croatian Players Write A Page Of History By Ridge […]

Goalkeeper Juergen Sommer (3) Columbus Defenders Jan Eriksson (2) Tampa Bay Eddie Pope (3) D.C. United Carey Talley (1) D.C. United Scott Vermillion (1) Kansas City Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (7) D.C. United Edwin Gorter (3) New England Ben Olsen (2) D.C. United Adrian Paz (1) Colorado Forwards Brian McBride (2) Columbus Paul Wright (1) Kansas […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 16 15 1 36 6 43 Montreal 17 14 3 32 18 32 Long Island 14 7 7 23 16 19 Staten Island 13 7 6 15 17 19 Toronto 16 6 10 17 24 18 Worcester 16 7 9 24 30 17 Connecticut […]

Results July 15 New England 0 D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 1 Los Angeles 3 Miami 3 San Jose 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 21 16 5 38 49 32 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 18 9 9 25 32 32 Tampa Bay 20 5 […]

Chicago — F Jerzy Podbrozny (strained hamstring) is out; GK Zach Thornton (concussion), MF Piotr Nowak (strained hamstring) and F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Sept. 5. Colorado — none. Columbus — D Ricardo Iribarren (sprained MCL) and MF Brian Maisonneuve (sprained ankle) […]

COLUMBUS 3 CHICAGO 0 July 9 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 3 Chicago 0. Goals: John 8, Smith (Farrell, Elcock) 40, McBride (Gregor) 68. Columbus — Sommer (7), Clark (5), Elcock (6), Dooley (6), Smith (6), Thompson (5), Maisonneuve (5), Yeagley (5), Farrell (6), John (6), McBride (6). Subs: Gregor (5) for Maisonneuve in 56th minute, […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 18 12 9 33 Diaz Arce (New England) 18 13 4 30 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 16 9 11 29 Lassiter (D.C. United) 19 11 6 28 Moreno (D.C. United) 19 10 8 28 Jones (Los Angeles) 10 9 7 25 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 19 6 […]

Gus Kartes’ 47th-minute goal was the difference as the Boys’ U-18 national team beat Slovakia 1-0 in a friendly match in Moscow July 14. The U.S. victory avenges a 1-0 loss to Slovakia at the Piestany tournament in April. Both teams competed at the World Youth Games but failed to advance to the second round. […]

The U.S. Girls U-20 national team concluded their training camp in Portland, Ore. by playing to a 0-0 draw against their Canadian counterparts on July 12. The U-20s are preparing for the Nordic Cup, the world’s unofficial U-21 women’s championship, which will be held in the Netherlands later this summer. July 12 in Beaverton, Ore. […]

Chicago and Dallas completed a trade of defenders on July 14, with Tom Soehn heading to the Fire and Brian Bates to the Burn. Soehn, a native of Arlington Heights, Ill. who played with the Chicago Kickers youth team and attended Western Illinois, joins the Fire after appearing in 39 games for Dallas over the […]

German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has signed American Frankie Hejduk to a three-year contract. Hejduk, who stars for the Tampa Bay Mutiny and appeared in midfield in all three U.S. matches at the World Cup, will join his new team after the completion of the current MLS season in October. There will not be a […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-18 national team completed play in the World Youth Games in Moscow by hammering Poland 6-1 on July 12. The Americans, already eliminated from the competition after losses to Georgia and Turkey, took out their frustrations on Poland with a superb scoring display. Forward Micah Cooks had a hat trick, and Kevin […]

U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco has announced his 18-player roster for the Goodwill Games, a four-team competition featuring the USA, Norway, China and Denmark. The opening games are on July 25 as Norway meets China at 12 p.m. (ET) and the USA takes on Denmark at 7:30 p.m. ET. The winners meet for […]