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CHICAGO 1 DALLAS 0 June 17 in Chicago Chicago 1 Dallas 0. Goal: Kubik (pen.) 64. Chicago — Thornton (8), Kubik (7), Okaroh (4), Brown (7), Kotschau (5), Armas (5), Marsch (5), Nowak (6), Kosecki (6), Podbrozny (5), Razov (4). Subs: Salcedo (5) for Razov in 75th minute, Lewis (5) for Nowak in 84th, Ibsen […]

National team recuperates in preparation for Yugoslavia After traveling and training yesterday, the U.S. World Cup team had the day off today in its first full day in the city of Pornic, located just outside of Nantes. Many of the players took the opportunity to visit with their families and friends staying at a nearby […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 15 12 9 33 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 13 9 9 27 Lassiter (D.C. United) 16 9 6 24 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 16 6 11 23 Moreno (D.C. United) 16 7 8 22 Hurtado (MetroStars) 16 6 9 21 […]

Goalkeeper Zach Thornton (2) Chicago Defenders C.J. Brown (5) Chicago Mike Clark (1) Columbus Lubos Kubik (3) Chicago Frank Yallop (1) Tampa Bay Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (5) Los Angeles Jason Kreis (2) Dallas Steve Ralston (1) Tampa Bay Billy Thompson (1) Columbus Forwards Stern John (4) Columbus Alan Prampin (1) Tampa Bay Note: In parentheses […]

D.C. United midfielder Tony Sanneh will be out 8-12 weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery in Worcester, Mass. on June 22. Dr. Bill Myers performed two procedures. The first was a pelvic floor repair, which reattached the abdominal muscles to the pelvis. The second was an adductor release, cutting tendons attaching the groin to the pubis. […]

RESULTS June 22 Group G Colombia 1 Tunisia 0 Romania 2 England 1 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Morocco 2 0 1 1 2 5 […]

Here is the schedule for 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 June 12 Charlotte […]

June 21 in Marysville, Wash. Seattle (A-League) 1 Colorado (MLS) 4. Goals: Kinoshita (Beech) 84; Saenz (S.Henderson) 23, S.Henderson (Andrade) 25, Andrade (C.Henderson) 32, White (Harris) 60. Seattle — Hudock, Jenkins (Murray, 63), James, Prideaux, Hoggan, Annicchero, Mann, Davis (Tadlock, 46) , Gelvezon (Kinoshita, 46), Beech, Storkson. Colorado — Hahnemann (Grafer, 46), DiGiamarino (Nunley, 46), […]

Here is an update on the card situation through two games of the first round: Card Totals Red cards: 12. Yellow cards: 114. Second-Round Red Cards Group A: none. Group B: Kalla (Cameroon) vs. Italy (two-match suspension). Group C: Molnar (Denmark) vs. South Africa (two-match suspension), Wieghorst (Denmark) vs. South Africa (one-match suspension), Phiri (South […]

Here are the leading scorers of World Cup ’98 through June 22: 4 goals — Batistuta (Argentina). 3 goals — Salas (Chile), Vieri (Italy), Henry (France). 2 goals — Hernandez (Mexico), Suker (Croatia), Wilmots (Belgium), Ortega (Argentina). 1 goal — Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Ronaldo (Brazil), Rivaldo (Brazil), Bebeto (Brazil), Collins (Scotland), Burley (Scotland), Eggen (Norway), […]

June 21 in Ludlow, Mass. Western Mass. Pioneers (D3 Pro) 0 (N.Y.) Greek Americans Atlas (USASA) 1. Goal: Wright 55. Western Mass. — Voight, Scott (Chingwin, 42), Morns, Chevalier, Dimouski, Miller (Spinelli, 77), Sapienza (Battaglia, 63), Houle, Natale, Legowski, Butler. Greek Americans — Mellis, Fairweather, Demargo, Papadopoulos, Gheorhita, Parris, Riddouch, Gaeta, Chavez (Mousis, 67), Wright, […]

Team gets Tuesday off Head coach Steve Sampson has given the entire U.S. team Tuesday off, meaning there will be no player availability for the media. On Wednesday, though, the team will train from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Stade La Beaujoire, with the players available after practice in a mixed zone. Chances […]

June 22 in Montpellier Colombia 1 Tunisia 0. Goal: Preciado 83. Colombia — Mondragon, Palacios, Santa, Bermudez, Cabrera, Serna (Bolano, 62), Lozano, Valderrama, Rincon (Aristizabal, 57), Valencia (Preciado, 57), De Avila. Tunisia — El-Ouaer, Clayton, Chouchane, S.Trabelsi, Thabet (Ghodhbane, 77), Bouazizi, Chihi, Souayah, Beya (Ben Ahmed, 74), Sellimi (Ben Younes, 69), Ben Slimane. Yellow cards: […]

Steve Sampson On where his team has faltered: “One area which is the key to success is precision in front of goal. Executing in front of the net has been good, but we are obviously not finishing.” On how he feels his team has played: “Three of the four halves have been quite good. We […]

June 21 in Lyon USA 1 Iran 2. Goals: McBride 87; Estili 41, Mahdavikia 84. USA — Keller, Dooley (Maisonneuve, 82), Pope, Regis, Jones, Moore, Ramos (Stewart, 58), Reyna, Hejduk, Wegerle (Radosavljevic, 58), McBride. Iran — Abedzadeh, Khakpour, Pashazadeh, Zarincheh (Saadavi, 78), Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili, Mohammadkhani (Peyravani, 76), Minavand, Daei, Azizi (Mansourian, 74). Yellow cards: […]

Esse Baharmast will become the first American referee to work more than one match in a World Cup on June 23, as he is scheduled to officiate the Brazil-Norway match in Group A. The match will have a great impact on which team joins Brazil out of Group A in the Second Round. The U.S.-Yugoslavia […]

Results June 21 Dallas 0 Tampa Bay 1 June 20 Columbus 2 MetroStars 1 Kansas City vs. D.C. United (postponed) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 29 41 28 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 MetroStars 15 8 7 22 26 26 Tampa Bay 16 4 12 […]

June 21 in Lens Germany 2 Yugoslavia 2. Goals: own goal 74, Bierhoff 80; Mijatovic 13, Stojkovic 54. Germany — Koepke, Thon, Kohler, Woerns, Heinrich, Moeller (Kirsten, 58), Jeremies, Hamann (Matthaeus, 46), Ziege (Tarnat, 67), Klinsmann, Bierhoff. Yugoslavia — Kralj, Djorovic, Mihajlovic, Komljenovic, Petrovic (Stevic, 74), Jokanovic, Stojkovic, Stankovic (Govedarica, 68), Jugovic, Mijatovic, Kovacevic (Ognjenovic, […]

RESULTS June 21 Group F Germany 2 Yugoslavia 2 USA 1 Iran 2 Group H Argentina 5 Jamaica 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Morocco […]

Iran has defeated the USA 2-1 in their World Cup Group F match in Lyon. Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia scored on a counterattack in the 84th minute, and Brian McBride replied for the U.S. three minutes later. With Iran dropping players back into defense in the second half, the U.S. controlled most of the possession and […]

June 21 in Paris Argentina 5 Jamaica 0. Goals: Ortega 32, 55, Batistuta 73, 79, (pen.) 83. Argentina — Roa, Sensini (Vivas, 25), Ayala, Chamot, Zanetti, Almeyda, Veron, Ortega, Simeone (Pineda, 80), Batistuta, Lopez (Gallardo, 75). Jamaica — Barrett, Malcolm (Boyd, 62), Sinclair, Goodison, Dawes, Whitmore (Earle, 74), Simpson, Powell, Gardener, Hall, Burton (Cargill, 46). […]

Hamid Estili’s goal in the 41st minute has given Iran a 1-0 lead over the United States at halftime of their Group F qualifying match. Fullback Javad Zarincheh made a run up the right side and lofted a cross to Estili in the box, and his lofted header from behind the penalty spot beat Kasey […]

Here are the starting lineups for the Group F match between the USA and Iran in Lyon. USA — Keller, Dooley, Pope, Regis, Jones, Moore, Ramos, Reyna, Hejduk, Wegerle, McBride. Iran — Abedzadeh, Khakpour, Pashazadeh, Zarincheh, Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili, Mohammadkhani, Minavand, Daei, Azizi.

MLS: All-Star Balloting Leaders 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. Eric Wynalda (San Jose) 8,533 2. Brian McBride (Columbus) 8,313 3. Preki (Kansas City) 8026 4. Roy […]

June 20 in Bordeaux Belgium 2 Mexico 2. Goals: Wilmots 43, 48; Garcia Aspe (pen.) 56, Blanco 63. Belgium — De Wilde, Deflandre, Staelens, Vidovic, Borkelmans, Van Der Elst (De Boeck, 67), Scifo, Wilmots, Boffin (Verheyen, 18), Oliveira, Nilis (E.Mpenza, 77). Mexico — Campos, Suarez, Davino, Pardo, Ramirez, Garcia Aspe (Lara, 68), Ordiales (Villa, 58), […]