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Midwest Regional Championship (Region II) Wednesday, July 1 in Cincinnati Under-20 Women Cincinnati Team Acceleration (Ohio-S) 3 Michigan Hawks 2. Goals: Mentrup 23, Kohake 89, Reinshagen PK n/a; Dawson 27, Leplae n/a. Under-19 Girls St. Louis JB Marine 2 Cincinncati Cardinal Premier 0. Goals: McCombs 50, Kraeger 86. Under-18 Girls Columbus Cosa Express (Ohio-S) 5 […]

(Region IV) Saturday, June 27 in Albuquerque, N.M. Under-19 Girls West Coast Shamrocks (Cali.-S) 2 Colorado Rush Nike 1. Goals: Rigamat 11, 40; Weber 8. Under-18 Girls Central Valley Mercury (Calif.-N) 8 Littleton United (Colo.) 1. Goals: Wallis 1, 18, 63, Kraus 24, Wagner 11, 23, 25, Duncan 72; Carlson 85. Under-17 Girls Colorado Rush […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 9 9 0 47 11 27 Cocoa 10 7 3 32 14 21 Bradenton 10 5 5 29 25 15 South Florida 10 4 6 21 34 12 Miami T. 10 4 6 23 26 10 Alabama 8 3 5 16 24 9 Central Florida 8 […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 14 13 1 28 5 37 Montreal 12 9 3 20 15 19 Long Island 12 7 5 23 14 19 Worcester 13 6 7 18 23 16 Toronto 13 5 8 15 16 15 Staten Island 9 4 5 9 11 10 Connecticut […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 9 6 3 27 14 18 Rhode Island 10 5 5 19 24 15 New Hampshire 8 5 3 20 11 13 Cape Cod 10 3 7 11 17 9 Vermont 4 1 3 5 12 3 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

Southern Regional Championship (Region III) Tuesday, June 30 in Columbus, Ga. Under-19 Girls Tophatters ’97 Gold 2 Tampa Bay Heather (Fla.) 0. Goals: Halter 36, Horney 69. Under-18 Girls Tophatters ’98 Gold (Ga.) 3 Texas Image ’81 (Texas-N) 2. Goals: Ghani 5, Nelson 16, Robertson 86; Ragsdale 17, 90. Under-17 Girls Tophatters 99 Gold (Ga.) […]

June 30 in Norfolk, Va. Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 0 Central Jersey Riptide (D3 Pro) 0. (Hampton Roads wins shootout 3-2). Hampton Roads — Busch, Campbell, Tomlin, Branigan (Mitchell, 99), Haley, Angelov (Scrofani, 61), Lujan, McCreath, Fenger, Greenwood, Pratt (Sells, 46). Central Jersey — Idzahl, Ciesla, Wygonik (McOmish, 102), A. Passucci, V. Passucci, Gouldstone, Maier, […]

Chicago — D C.J. Brown (sprained ankle) and D Francis Okaroh (lacerated eye) are questionable; MF Piotr Nowak (strained knee) and F Roman Kosecki (strained calf) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — none. Columbus — MF Robert Warzycha (torn ankle tendon) is on injured […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 8 7 1 20 7 21 Long Island 8 7 1 22 10 17 Maryland 7 5 2 14 7 15 Delaware 7 1 6 8 20 3 NJ Wildcats 8 1 7 8 24 3 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 9 […]

Results July 1 Kansas City 1 New England 0 Chicago 4 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 18 13 5 29 42 31 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 Miami 16 6 10 12 14 33 Tampa Bay 17 4 13 […]

Features The Early-Exit American Men By Mike Woitalla Alan Rothenberg: I Had A Feeling Interview by Ridge Mahoney U.S. National Team: Dead Last, On Merit By Ridge Mahoney Another Sad Day For U.S. Against Yugoslavia By Mike Woitalla Mexico Lindo Captures The Hearts Of France ’98 By Mike Woitalla Dunga Proves Point To Brazilian Fans […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 30 Croatia 1 Romania 0 Argentina 2 England 2 (Argentina wins 4-3 on penalties) June 29 Germany 2 Mexico 1 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 1 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 […]

June 30 in Bordeaux Croatia 1 Romania 0. Goal: Suker (pen.) 45. Croatia — Ladic, Stimac, Jarni, Bilic, Simic, Stanic (Tudor, 83), Jurcic, Asanovic, Boban, Vlaovic (Krpan, 77), Suker. Romania — Stelea, Petrescu (Marinescu, 76), Cibotariu, Gheorge Popescu, Filipescu, Munteanu, Hagi (Craioveanu, 57), Galca, Gabriel Popescu (Niculescu, 61), Moldovan, Ilie. Yellow cards: Croatia — Boban […]

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

METROSTARS 5 NEW ENGLAND 3 June 24 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 5 New England 3. Goals: Kelly (Savarese, Dougherty) 40, Savarese (Sonora) 43, Kelly (Sonora, Rooney) 53, Petke (Dougherty) 69, Dougherty (Hurtado) 88; Diaz Arce (Pareja, Baba) 31, Gorter 64, Diaz Arce (Gorter, Pareja) 68. MetroStars — Meola (4), Sonora (6), Palacios (5), Knowles […]

MLS: SA Team of the Week (June 24-27) Goalkeeper Jeff Cassar (2) Miami Defenders C.J. Brown (6) Chicago Paul Caligiuri (1) Los Angeles Richard Gough (1) San Jose Midfielders Edwin Gorter (2) New England Brian Kelly (1) Metrostars Roman Kosecki (2) Chicago Piotr Nowak (7) Chicago Ross Paule (3) Colorado Forwards Damian Alvarez (3) Dallas […]

Canada has been awarded the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and will stage the event in the Toronto, Ontario area from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6 Originally planned to take place in Haiti, the tournament had to be switched when disputes broke out between the Haiti Government and the Haitian […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for July 1-4: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 1 New England at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England July 1 Dallas at Chicago 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago Plus July 2 Miami at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN July 3 Columbus at San Jose 10:30 p.m. […]

The following players carry a yellow card into their quarterfinal matches: Italy — Luigi Di Biagio, Paolo Maldini, Francesco Moriero. France — none. Brazil — Cafu, Leonardo. Denmark — Marc Rieper. Germany — Markus Babbel, Dietmar Hamann, Lothar Matthaeus, Michael Tarnat. Croatia — Zvonimir Boban, Slaven Bilic. Netherlands — none. Argentina — Matias Almeyda, Carlos […]

The Miami Fusion added some defensive depth by trading its third-round pick in the 1999 MLS College Draft to the MetroStars for defender Matt Knowles. Knowles, 27, is a three-time NPSL Defensive Player of the Year who has been with the MetroStars since the inaugural MLS season. This season, since fulfilling his indoor commitments, Knowles […]

The Colorado Rapids defeated Leon of the Mexican First Division, 1-0, in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup match on June 28. Rapids midfielder Marcelo Balboa, who played for Leon for two seasons before joining Colorado in 1996, scored the game’s lone goal with just seven minutes remaining. Balboa had only returned to […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 16 12 9 33 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 14 9 10 28 Diaz Arce (New England) 15 11 4 26 Lassiter (D.C. United) 17 9 6 24 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 17 6 11 23 Moreno (D.C. United) 17 7 […]

June 29 in Montpellier Germany 2 Mexico 1. Goals: Klinsmann 75, Bierhoff 86; Hernandez 47. Germany — Koepke, Matthaeus, Babbel, Woerns, Heinrich (Moeller, 58), Hamann, Helmer (Ziege, 38), Tarnat, Haessler (Kirsten, 74), Klinsmann, Bierhoff. Mexico — Campos, Suarez, Pardo, Davino, Garcia Aspe (Pelaez, 87), Villa, Bernal (Carmona, 46), Lara, Blanco, Hernandez, Palencia (Arellano, 53). Yellow […]

The N.Y. Greek Americans Atlas of the USASA have forfeited their first-round victory over the Western Mass. Pioneers of the D3 Pro League because the team fielded ineligible players. The Greek Americans appealed, but U.S. Soccer ruled that the amateurs would have to forfeit after a conference call on June 26. As a result, Western […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 29 Germany 2 Mexico 1 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 1 June 28 France 1 Paraguay 0 (2OT) Denmark 4 Nigeria 1 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 […]