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June 27 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. USA 6 Bolivia 0. Goals: N.Garcia 8, Beasley 27, 32, 60, Tsakiris 40, Albright 78. USA — Howard, Cherundolo, Bocanegra, Morrison, N.Garcia, Downing, Tsakiris (Gibbs, 59), Beasley, Albright, Bardales, Norkus (Futagaki, 46). Bolivia — Arias, Gaty, Molina, Siera, R.Garcia, Duran, Pena, Arebalo, Elerovick, Callau, Andavery. Subs: Angolo, Bengolea. Yellow […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny continued its team overhaul when it made a pair of trades June 29. Tampa sent midfielder Josh Keller and a first-round pick in the 1999 College Draft to Chicago for defensive midfielder Jorge Salcedo, and then sent defender Mike Duhaney to the MetroStars for midfielder Paul Dougherty. Salcedo and Dougherty are […]

The U-27 boys national team recently completed a training camp in Chula Vista, Calif., where the squad split a pair of matches with the England U-17s. The USA rolled to a 4-1 win on June 23 behind a hat trick from Landon Donovan and a goal from Kyle Beckerman. In the rematch, Raul Rivera gave […]

Steve Sampson resigned today as national team coach of the United States, it was announced by the United States Soccer Federation. “We at the Federation thank Steve for his tremendous service to our national team program and to soccer in the USA,” said U.S. Soccer president Alan Rothenberg. “His tireless work has helped advance our […]

June 28 in Blaine, Minn. Minnesota (A-League) 2 Chicago (MLS) 3. Goals: Mladenov (Shaw) 78, Anderson (pen.) 90; Wolff (Razov) 3, Salcedo (Ibsen) 34, Kuhn (Marsch) 77. Minnesota — Swallen, Abboud (Shaw, 70), Coughlin, Menk (Alvarado, 46), Gramenz (Sylvester, 46), Foster (Leventhal, 66), Mladenov (Stanici, 79), Gotsmanov, (Zeba, 44), Anderson, Magee, Garcia (Horvath, 66). Chicago […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 28 France 1 Paraguay 0 (2OT) Denmark 4 Nigeria 1 June 27 Italy 1 Norway 0 Brazil 4 Chile 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 […]

June 28 in Lens France 1 Paraguay 0 (2OT). Goal: Blanc 114. France — Barthez, Thuram, Blanc, Desailly, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Petit (Boghossian, 70), Djorkaeff, Henry (Pires 65), Diomede (Guivarc’h, 77), Trezeguet. Paraguay — Chilavert, Arce, Gamarra, Ayala, Sarabia, Acuna, Enciso, Paredes (Caniza, 75), Benitez, Campos (Yegros, 57), Cardozo (A.Rojas, 91). Yellow cards: Paraguay — Chilavert […]

Forward Mia Hamm logged yet another world-class performance, scoring three goals in a 20-minute span in the second half as the U.S. women’s national team defeated Germany, 4-2, in front of 13,107 at Solider Field, a venue for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Coming off a disappointing 1-1 tie with the European champions in […]

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 […]

Results June 27 New England 3 Dallas 4 (SO) Miami 2 Tampa Bay 1 (SO) San Jose 1 Los Angeles 2 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 […]

June 27 in Marseille Italy 1 Norway 0. Goal: Vieri 18. Italy — Pagliuca, Bergomi, Costacurta, Maldini, Cannavaro, Albertini (Pessotto, 72), D.Baggio, Di Biagio, Moriero (Di Livio, 63), Del Piero (Chiesa, 77), Vieri. Norway — Grodas, Berg, Eggen, Johnsen, Bjornebye, H.Flo (Solskjaer, 73), Leonhardsen (Strand, 13, Solbakken 40), Rekdal, Riseth, Mykland, T.A.Flo. Yellow cards: Italy […]

I remember the day Steve Sampson stopped making sense as if it were only yesterday. But it was more than a week ago. It started with the World Cup opener. For it, he created a system of play that left out the best midfielder in U.S. history, Tab Ramos, and one of its best defenders […]

RESULTS June 27 Italy 1 Norway 0 (Italy to meet France-Paraguay winner) Brazil 4 Chile 1 (Brazil to meet Nigeria-Denmark winner) 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 […]

June 26 in Bordeaux Argentina 1 Croatia 0. Goal: Pineda 36. Argentina — Roa, Vivas, Ayala, Paz, Zanetti (Simeone, 68), Almeyda, Veron, Gallardo (Berti, 81), Pineda, Ortega (Lopez, 53), Batistuta. Croatia — Ladic, Bilic, Soldo, Simic, Maric (Vlaovic, 46), Prosinecki (Stimac, 68), Boban, Asanovic, Jarni, Stanic, Suker. Yellow cards: Argentina — Ortega 23, Ayala 35, […]

RESULTS June 26 Group G England 2 Colombia 0 Romania 1 Tunisia 1 Group H Argentina 1 Croatia 0 Jamaica 2 Japan 1 STANDINGS Final Group A Standings 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 […]

The following is an update of players suspended for the second-round matches of France ’98. All players holding single yellow cards from the first round will receive a clean slate. Italy vs. Norway — No players suspended. Brazil vs. Chile — Brazil will have a full lineup, but Chile’s Francisco Rojas, Nelson Parraguez and Moises […]

The following are the current leaders in balloting for the U.S. and World All-Star teams for the MLS All-Star Game Aug. 2 in Orlando, Fla. All-Star voting continues through June 28. U.S. Forwards 1. Preki (Kansas City) 9,920 2. Eric Wynalda (San Jose) 8,934 3. Brian McBride (Columbus) 8,806 4. Roy Wegerle (Tampa Bay) 8,271 […]

Substitute forward Cindy Parlow headed in a Kristine Lilly corner kick in the 76th minute to earn the U.S. women’s national team a 1-1 draw with European champion Germany in front of a sold-out, standing-room-only crowd of 5,938 fans at the Anheuser-Busch Conference and Sports Centre in St. Louis. The match began in stifling 90-degree […]

Here are the top scorers after the first round of World Cup ’98: 4 Goals — Batistuta (Argentina), Vieri (Italy). 3 Goals — Henry (France), Hernandez (Mexico), Salas (Chile). 2 Goals — R.Baggio (Italy), Bartlett (South Africa), Bassir (Morocco), Bebeto (Brazil), Bierhoff (Germany), Cocu (Netherlands), R.De Boer (Netherlands), Hadda (Morocco), Hierro (Spain), Kiko (Spain), Klinsmann […]

June 26 in Lens England 2 Colombia 0. Goals: Anderton 20, Beckham 30. England — Seaman, Neville, Adams, Campbell, Anderton (Lee, 80), Beckham, Ince (Batty, 83), Le Saux, Scholes (McManaman, 73), Owen, Shearer. Colombia — Mondragon, Cabrera, Bermudez, Palacios, Moreno, Serna (Aristizabal, 46), Lozano, Rincon, Valderrama, Preciado (Valencia, 46), De Avila (Ricard, 46). Yellow cards: […]

Yugoslavia continues to lead the USA 1-0 at halftime of their Group F match in Nantes. In the 11th minute, Reyna fed Cobi Jones on the left side with a fine ball, and Jones made a good run into the box before leaving the ball back for Joe-Max Moore, whose shot from inside the box […]

Yugoslavian defender Slobodan Komljenovic scored his first international goal in the fourth minute to give Yugoslavia a 1-0 lead over the USA in their Group F qualifying match in Nantes. The U.S. came out aggresively, and had a chance right away, as Frankie Hejduk lofted a ball from the right side in the first minute […]

Here are the starting lineups for the USA-Yugoslavia Group F match in Nantes: USA — Friedel, Dooley, Burns, Regis, Hejduk, Maisonneuve, Reyna, Jones, Stewart, Moore, McBride. Yugoslavia — Kralj, Djorovic, Jokanovic, Mihajlovic, Komljenovic, Stankovic, Jugovic, Petrovic, Stojkovic, Mijatovic, Milosevic.

June 25 in St. Etienne Netherlands 2 Mexico 2. Goals: Cocu 5, R.De Boer 19; Pelaez 75, Hernandez 90. Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Stam, F.De Boer, Numan (Bogarde 72), Jonk (Winter, 71), R.De Boer, Cocu, Davids, Bergkamp (Hasselbaink, 79), Overmars. Mexico — Campos, Suarez, J.Sanchez (Pelaez, 55), Davino, Carmona, Villa, Ramirez, Garcia Aspe, […]

Results June 25 Colorado 3 D.C. United 1 June 24 MetroStars 5 New England 3 Chicago 4 Kansas City 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 Tampa Bay 16 4 12 […]