Author Archives: Soccer America

Steve Sampson On the mood of the U.S. team: “It’s natural to go through an angry period after a game like that, which I think is healthy. The best way to deal with that is to train. The second match is always the most important. I don’t have any question that these players will come […]

Here is an injury update for the MLS teams in action this week: Chicago — 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 Billy Thompson (hip flexor) is doubtful; F Marcelo […]

Lalas draws praise for leadership role Alexi Lalas has drawn praise from his coaches and teammates since the team’s disappointing loss to Germany on Sunday. Always known as the nation’s most gregarious player, Lalas has been impressive in training this week, both emotionally and physically. “At halftime of the Germany game,” said head coach Steve […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 5 5 0 38 7 15 Cocoa 7 5 2 23 11 15 Bradenton 6 3 3 18 15 9 Alabama 7 3 4 15 20 9 South Florida 8 3 5 17 29 9 Miami T. 7 3 4 10 12 7 Central Florida 5 […]

RESULTS June 17 Group B Chile 1 Austria 1 Italy 3 Cameroon 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 2 0 1 1 2 5 […]

Features U.S. Gets Blitzed In Opener By Mike Woitalla Wynalda Gets A Third Chance By Mike Woitalla Yugoslavia: Little To Be Pleased With After Iran Game By Duncan Irving Brazil: A Champion’s Luck By Duncan Irving Evansville’s Weir Makes Scottish Team By Poul Swain A French Embrace in Marseilles By Duncan Irving Spain’s Sock Wars: […]

Results June 17 Chicago 1 Dallas 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 29 41 28 MetroStars 14 8 6 22 25 24 Columbus 14 7 7 21 27 21 Miami 15 5 10 11 13 32 New England 13 4 9 10 21 28 Tampa Bay 15 […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 10 10 0 19 2 30 Montreal 10 8 2 18 14 16 Long Island 10 5 5 19 13 15 Worcester 11 5 6 15 21 13 Toronto 9 4 5 11 11 12 Staten Island 8 3 5 9 11 9 Connecticut […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 7 4 3 19 13 12 New Hampshire 4 4 0 16 3 10 Cape Cod 5 2 3 5 6 6 Rhode Island 6 2 4 12 19 6 Vermont 2 1 1 2 5 3 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Reading […]

June 16 in Nantes Brazil 3 Morocco 0. Goals: Ronaldo 9, Rivaldo 45, Bebeto 50. Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos, Cesar Sampaio (Doriva, 68), Dunga, Leonardo, Rivaldo (Denilson, 88), Ronaldo, Bebeto (Edmundo, 72). Morocco — Benzekri, Saber (Abrami, 76), Naybet, Rossi, El Hadrioui, El Khalej, Hadji, Chippo, Chiba (Amzine, 76), Bassir, […]

RESULTS June 16 Group A Scotland 1 Norway 1 Brazil 3 Morocco 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 2 0 1 1 2 5 […]

Frankie Hejduk On his near goal against Germany: “It could have changed the tempo of the game, but he (German goalkeeper Andreas Koepke) got his fingertips on it. I guess it wasn’t meant to be.” Tab Ramos On the political importance of the Iran game: “We don’t care about that. In a political sense, it […]

Hejduk rally falls short Frankie Hejduk, he of the surfer lingo and post-goal Bob Marley dance, played the entire second half yesterday with his shorts on backwards. And he did it on purpose. Just before getting the call as a substitute for Mike Burns to open the final 45 minutes, Hejduk took his shorts off […]

The following is the MLS television schedule for the games of June 17-21. Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television June 17 Dallas at Chicago 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago June 18 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. ESPN2 June 20 MetroStars at Columbus 7:30 p.m. MSG network June 20 D.C. United at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 14 12 9 33 Lassiter (D.C. United) 16 9 6 24 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 12 7 9 23 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 16 6 11 23 Moreno (D.C. United) 16 7 8 22 Diaz Arce (New England) 13 8 […]

CHICAGO 5 SAN JOSE 2 June 11 in Chicago Chicago 5 San Jose 2. Goals: Razov (Podbrozny) 4, Nowak (Kosecki, Razov) 33, Nowak (Podbrozny) 49, Kotschau (Kosecki, Razov) 52, Wolff (Podbrozny, Salcedo) 74; Uribe 76, Cerritos 80. Chicago — Thornton (5), Kubik (5), Okaroh (5), Brown (6), Armas (5), Kosecki (6), Marsch (5), Kotschau (6), […]

MLS: SA Team of the Week (June 11-14) Goalkeeper Ian Feuer (3) New England Defenders C.J. Brown (4) Chicago Ramiro Corrales (1) MetroStars John Harkes (3) D.C. United Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (6) D.C. United Rich Kotschau (1) Chicago Piotr Nowak (6) Chicago Mike Sorber (1) MetroStars Forwards Jerzy Podbrozny (1) Chicago Ante Razov (1) Chicago […]

Andy Moeller has scored in the ninth minute to give Germany a 1-0 lead over the U.S. The Germans controlled much of the possession in the opening minutes and won a corner after Thomas Dooley tackled the ball away from Joerg Heinrich. Olaf Thon’s kick went to the far post, where Juergen Klinsmann headed it […]

Red Cards The following players were red-carded in the first game of the first round: Nankov (Bulgaria), Ha Seok Ju (South Korea), Kluivert (Netherlands). Each will sit out their team’s next game. In addition, Kluivert will miss the Netherlands’ third first-round match as FIFA handed him a two-match suspension for elbowing Belgium’s Lorenzo Staelens. Yellow […]

Here are the top scorers in the World Cup after the first game of the first round: 2 Goals: Salas (Chile), Hernandez (Mexico). 1 Goal: Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Collins (Scotland), Eggen (Norway), Hadji (Morocco), Hadda (Morocco), Vieri (Italy), R.Baggio (Italy), Njanka (Cameroon), Polster (Austria), Rieper (Denmark), Dugarry (France), Henry (France), Hierro (Spain), Raul (Spain), Adepoju […]

Juergen Klinsmann set up teammate Andy Moeller for one goal and scored another as Germany defeated the USA 2-0 in their World Cup Group F match at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The second German goal seemed to deflate the Americans, who had played well in the opening 20 minutes of the second half. […]

June 12 in Davidson, N.C. Charlotte (D3 Pro) 4 Los Lobos (USASA) 3. Goals: Wellington (Mott) 2, Wellington 41, Payne (McDowell) 54, Wellington (Mott) 59; Vetree (F.Chavez) 52, Schwab 74, Archambeau (G.Chavez) 79. Charlotte — Andrews, Hess, O’Brien, Mobley, Endicott (McDowell, 46), Farrar, Leib, Sorzano, Mott, Payne (Webb, 74), Wellington (Tassy, 63). Los Lobos — […]

RESULTS June 15 Group F USA 0 Germany 2 Group G England 2 Tunisia 0 Romania 1 Colombia 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P Brazil 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Morocco 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Norway 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Scotland […]

Here are the starting lineups for the Group F match between the USA and Germany at the Parc des Princes in Paris: USA — Keller, Regis, Dooley, Pope, Burns, Deering, Maisonneuve, Jones, Reyna, Stewart, Wynalda. Germany — Koepke, Woerns, Kohler, Thon, Reuter, Heinrich, Moeller, Haessler, Jeremies, Klinsmann, Bierhoff.

June 15 in Marseilles England 2 Tunisia 0. Goals: Shearer 42, Scholes 90. England — Seaman, Southgate, Adams, Campbell, Anderton, Batty, Ince, Scholes, Le Saux, Sheringham (Owen, 85), Shearer. Tunisia — El-Ouaer, H.Trabelsi (Thabet, 79), Badra, Boukadida, S.Trabelsi, Clayton, Chihi, Souayah (Beya, 46), Ghodbane, Ben Slimane (Ben Younes, 65), Sellimi. Yellow cards: England — Campbell […]