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July 6 in Virginia Beach, Va. Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 2 D.C. United (MLS) 1. Goals: Pratt (Lujan) 41, Fenger (Greenwood) 70; Harkes (Olsen) 43. Hampton Roads — Busch (Tucker, 72), Branigan (Tomlin, 46), Campbell, Mitchell, McCreath, Richards, Angelov (Daughtridge, 69), Lujan (Haley, 63), Hermann (Scrofani, 46), Greenwood, Pratt (Fenger, 63). D.C. United — Simpson, […]

Brazil has defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootout after the teams tied 1-1. Ronaldo took the first penalty and beat Van Der Sar to the keeper’s upper right after the Dutchman dove the wrong way. Frank De Boer then tied the score by drilling his shot into the side netting to Taffarel’s right. […]

The Netherlands and Brazil remain deadlocked 1-1 after the first period of extra time. A second 15-minute period will now be played. Brazil turned up its attack in extra time, as Roberto Carlos broke free on the left side of the box and fired a cross towards the center of the area that was well […]

The U.S. Girls’ U-20 national team began a week-long training camp in Portland, Oregon on July 5 in preparation for the 1998 Nordic Cup, an annual eight-team U-21 women’s tournament being hosted this year by the Netherlands. Under the guidance of head coach Lauren Gregg, who serves as Tony DiCicco’s assistant coach with the full […]

CHICAGO 4 DALLAS 1 July 1 in Chicago Chicago 4 Dallas 1. Goals: Kubik (Podbrozny) 7, Razov 16, Kosecki (Podbrozny, Kotschau) 20, Podbrozny (Kubik, Armas) 36; Haynes (Eck) 14. Chicago — Thornton (6), Kubik (8), Okaroh (5), Brown (6), Armas (5), Marsch (5), Kotschau (5), Nowak (6), Kosecki (7), Podbrozny (8), Razov (7). Subs: Ibsen […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-20 national team closed out its three-game trip to Chile with wins over Universidad de Chile on July 3 and Universidad Catolica on July 5. Chris Albright and Nick Garcia scored within two minutes of each other to boost the Americans to a 2-0 lead against Univ. de Chile and the U.S. […]

East (Region I) Championship — July 5 in Erie, Pa. Under-20 Boys Columbia Darby (Md.) 5 Beadling Blue (Pa.-W) 0. Goals: Lockerman 3, DiSalvo 4, Wierzbowski 35, Watson 43, Buehler 76. Under-19 Boys Baltimore FC Bullets (Md.) 2 South Central Premier (Conn.) 0. Goals: Lampton 15, Cuomo 86. Under-18 Boys SC Baltimore Stars (Md.) 3 […]

Delroy Wallace Coral Springs, Fla. Now that the U.S. team did not go beyond the first round, do you believe that Coach Sampson got the best out of his players? Did the “best” players play?

Here is an overview of cards and suspensions for the semifinals: Brazil Suspended — Defender Cafu has accumulated two yellow cards and will miss the match against the Netherlands. Holding yellow cards: Aldair, Leonardo, Roberto Carlos. Netherlands Suspended — Defender/midfielder Arthur Numan was red-carded against Argentina and will miss the Brazil match. Holding yellow cards: […]

July 4 in Marseille Netherlands 2 Argentina 1. Goals: Kluivert 12, Bergkamp 90; Lopez 18. Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Stam, F.De Boer, Numan, R.De Boer (Overmars, 64), Jonk, Davids, Cocu, Bergkamp, Kluivert. Argentina — Roa, Zanetti, Ayala, Sensini, Chamot (Balbo, 90), Simeone, Almeyda (Pineda, 68), Veron, Ortega, Batistuta, Lopez. Yellow cards: Netherlands — […]

Results July 4 Tampa Bay 2 New England 3 Dallas 0 Chicago 1 Colorado 1 MetroStars 0 Los Angeles 2 Kansas City 0 July 3 San Jose 2 Columbus 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 19 14 5 32 45 32 MetroStars 17 9 8 25 31 30 Columbus […]

5 goals — Batistuta (Argentina), Vieri (Italy). 4 Goals — Hernandez (Mexico), Salas (Chile), Suker (Croatia). 3 Goals — Bebeto (Brazil), Bergkamp (Netherlands), Bierhoff (Germany), Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Henry (France), Klinsmann (Germany), Rivaldo (Brazil), Ronaldo (Brazil). 2 Goals — R.Baggio (Italy), Bartlett (South Africa), Bassir (Morocco), Cocu (Netherlands), R.De Boer (Netherlands), Hadda (Morocco), Hierro (Spain), […]

RESULTS QUARTERFINALS July 4 Netherlands 2 Argentina 1 Croatia 3 Germany 0 July 3 France 0 Italy 0 (France wins 4-3 on penalties) Brazil 3 Denmark 2 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 […]

Here are the results of the June poll, in which 1,375 fans voted for the best national play-by-play announcer and analyst. Play-By-Play Broadcaster (Network) Votes Andres Cantor (Univision) 406 Bob Ley (ABC/ESPN) 248 J.P. Dellacamera (ABC/ESPN) 196 Mike Hill (ABC/ESPN) 140 Derek Rae (ESPN) 103 Phil Schoen (ABC/ESPN) 68 Jorge Ramos (Telemundo) 61 Roger Twibell […]

Results July 3 San Jose 2 Columbus 1 (SO) July 2 D.C. United 3 Miami 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 19 14 5 32 45 32 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 16 8 8 24 30 23 Miami 17 6 11 12 15 36 Tampa Bay […]

RESULTS QUARTERFINALS July 3 France 0 Italy 0 (France wins 4-3 on penalties) Brazil 3 Denmark 2 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 Scotland […]

Following their surprise elimination in the quarterfinals of the ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics — the first tournament to feature NHL all-star teams — a bunch of American hockey players trashed their dormitory in Nagano, drawing headlines across the country. At the time, it was hard to believe that the U.S. World Cup […]

July 3 in St. Denis France 0 Italy 0 (France wins 4-3 on penalties). France — Barthez, Thuram, Blanc, Desailly, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Petit, Djorkaeff, Karembeu (Henry, 66), Zidane, Guivarc’h (Trezeguet, 66). Italy — Pagliuca, Costacurta, Maldini, Bergomi. Cannavaro, D.Baggio (Albertini, 52), Pessotto (Di Livio, 90), Di Biagio, Moriero, Del Piero (R.Baggio, 67), Vieri. Penalty shootout: […]

In the first match of their tour of Chile, the U.S. Boys U-20 national team fell 2-1 to the Chilean U-20s in Santiago on July 1. Chris Albright had the lone U.S. goal. The Americans are scheduled to play Universidad Catolica or a third-division Chilean club team on July 3, and then face Catolica’s U-20 […]

Here is a look at the current standings in European qualifying for the 1999 Women’s World Cup: Group 1 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Sweden 4 4 0 0 11 5 12 Ukraine 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 Iceland 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 Spain 6 0 2 […]

Midfielder Chad Deering, a member of the 1998 United States World Cup team, has been signed by MLS and allocated to the Dallas Burn. Deering, a product of North Texas soccer, has most recently been playing with VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga. Deering hopes to make his MLS debut July 4 when Dallas hosts […]

July 1 in Ludlow, Mass. Western Mass. (D3 Pro) 1 Rochester (A-League) 3. Goals: Butler 62 (Legowski); Miller 41 (Schweitzer), Allnutt 58 (Da Silva), own goal 88. Western Mass. — Voight, Morais, Dimovski, J. Natale, B.Miller, Chirgwin, F. Natale, Houle (Battaglia, 80), Sapienza, Legowski, Butler. Rochester — Onstad, Da Silva (Walton, 85), Demmin, Schweitzer, Tanner, […]

Results July 2 D.C. United 3 Miami 1 July 1 Kansas City 1 New England 0 Chicago 4 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 19 14 5 32 45 32 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 Miami 17 6 11 12 […]

Here is the updated schedule and results of the 1998 U.S. Open Cup: FIRST ROUND Date Matchup/Result June 9 Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas (USASA Region IV) 1 June 10 Delaware Wizards (D3 Pro) 2 Detroit Dynamite (Premier) 1 (OT) June 11 Chicago Stingers (D3 Pro) 8 Wisla (USASA Region II) 0 […]

After the USA's disappointing performance at France '98, it's obvious that some changes will have to be made if the national team is to attain any future success on the international stage. With that in mind, we'd like to know: What players should the U.S. build around for 2002? What players should never wear the […]