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June 11 in Toulouse Cameroon 1 Austria 1. Goals: Njanka 77; Polster 90. Cameroon — Songo’o, Song, Kalla, Njanka, Wome, Angibeaud, Mboma, Simo (Olembe, 65), Ndo, Ipoua (Job, 65), Omam Biyik (Tchami, 84). Austria — Konsel, Feiersinger, Schoettel, Pfeffer, Cerny (Haas, 83), Kuehbauer, Maehlich, Pfeifenberger (Stoeger, 83), Wetl, Herzog (Vastic, 83), Polster. Yellow cards: Cameroon […]

June 9 in Austin, Texas Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas, Calif. (USASA) 1. Goals: Jones 22, Pearce (pen.) 40; May 58. Austin — Weaver, Pearce, Champ (Talley, 64), Barnett, Gilliam, Bryan, Corcoran, Willmann (Flamenco, 71), Crawley, Johnson, Jones. San Nicholas — Pina, O.Hernandez, J.Hernandez, Preciado, May (Diaz, 72), Costello, Lopez, Herrera (Watson, […]

Results June 11 Chicago 5 San Jose 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 16 12 4 28 38 25 Columbus 13 7 6 21 24 18 MetroStars 13 7 6 19 22 23 Miami 14 5 9 11 12 29 New England 12 4 8 10 20 25 Tampa Bay […]

Here is the schedule for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup: FIRST ROUND Eight matches to be played between June 9 and June 21 Date Matchup/Result June 9 Austin (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas (USASA Region IV) 1 June 10 Delaware (D3 Pro) 2 Detroit (Premier) 1 (OT) June 11 Wisla (USASA Region II) at Chicago […]

ITALY ALE AND BOBBO SHOW. No team, not even Brazil, has the depth up front that Italy has. Coach Cesare Maldini could afford to pass over such players as Gianfranco Zola, hero of Chelsea's Cup Winners' Cup title, Pierluigi Casiraghi, whose goal qualified Italy for the World Cup, and rising star Francesco Totti for France […]

STEVE SAMPSON On what it will take to succeed: “We need a very special effort to do well in this World Cup. Coming together as a group, and focusing and concentrating, will be a big part of our ability to achieve that kind of success.” On how well prepared his team is “I don’t think […]

RESULTS June 10 Group A Brazil 2 Scotland 1 Morocco 2 Norway 2 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 1 0 0 1 1 2 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 5 4 1 18 7 12 New Hampshire 4 4 0 16 3 10 Cape Cod 4 2 2 4 4 6 Vermont 2 1 1 2 5 3 Rhode Island 5 1 4 10 18 3 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

June 9 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 1 Benfica (Portugal) 3. Goals: Sonora (pen.) 26; Deane (Joao Pinto, Bastos) 13, Deane (Poborsky, Nuno Gomes) 22, Pringle (Joao Pinto, Sanchez) 88. MetroStars — Meola (Andracki, 62), Sonora, Knowles (Joseph, 46), Palacios, Petke, Sorber (Zavagnin, 46), Dougherty (Munoz, 56), Kelly (Corrales, 46), Rooney (Walsh, 64), Savarese, […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (4) MetroStars Defenders C.J. Brown (3) Chicago Ezra Hendrickson (2) Los Angeles Steve Trittschuh (1) Colorado Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (4) Los Angeles Mo Johnston (2) Kansas City Piotr Nowak (5) Chicago Ben Olsen (1) D.C. United Forwards Damian Alvarez (2) Dallas Harut Karapetyan (1) Los Angeles Musa Shannon (3) Tampa Bay Note: […]

Features The Triumph Of Sepp Blatter By Duncan Irving The U.S. Camp: Day By Day By Ridge Mahoney Harkes: ‘I Deserve To Be There’ Interview by Ridge Mahoney The Word From U.S. Consultant Carlos Queiroz Interview by Doug Cress New Leader, New Burden For Iran By Frank Dell’Apa All Hype Breaks Loose In England By […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 9 9 0 18 2 27 Montreal 8 7 1 16 12 13 Worcester 11 5 6 15 21 13 Long Island 9 4 5 14 13 12 Toronto 8 3 5 9 11 9 Staten Island 6 2 4 7 9 6 Connecticut […]

June 10 in Montpellier Morocco 2 Norway 2. Goal: Hadji 38, Hadda 59; own goal 45, Eggen 62. Morocco — Benzekri, Saber, Naybet, Rossi, El Hadrioui, El Khalej (Azzouzi, 90), Hadji, Hadda (El Khattabi, 87), Chippo (Amzine, 78), Chiba, Bassir. Norway — Grodas, Bjornebye, Berg, Johnsen, Eggen, Mykland, Leonhardsen, H.Flo (Solbakken, 72), Rekdal, Solskjaer (Riseth, […]

This article appeared originally in Mßs F·tbol. Mßs F·tbol is Soccer America‘s bilingual (Spanish/English) monthly magazine. The English version of this article follows the Spanish. Biograffa Ronald Cerritos (El Salvador) Club: San Jose Clash Selecci=n (national team): El Salvador Posici=n (position): Delatero (forward) Altura (height): 5-9 Peso (weight): 155 Nacimiento (born): Jan 3, 1975 en […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 5 4 1 13 4 12 Long Island 4 4 0 12 4 12 Maryland 4 3 1 10 4 9 Delaware 5 1 4 4 12 3 NJ Wildcats 3 0 3 0 12 0 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 6 […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 3 3 0 23 5 9 Cocoa 4 3 1 9 5 9 South Florida 6 3 3 14 16 9 Bradenton 4 2 2 15 10 6 Miami T. 5 2 3 7 8 6 Alabama 5 2 3 6 13 6 Central Florida 2 […]

Focus Changes in U.S. Camp The U.S. World Cup team has finished the first phase of its preparation in France and will now devote 100-percent attention to June 15 and Germany, according to head coach Steve Sampson. “I think there were two phases to our preparation in France,” Sampson said at the Chateau de Pizay. […]

The Brazil Road Show Backed by new money from Nike, the Brazilian World Cup team is more hyped than ever. Thousands of French fans travel each day to get a glimpse of the World Cup champions in practice. For just under two months in the summer of 1994, they were in the Bay Area. A […]

BRAZIL He's no idiot: You've got to feel sorry for Mario Zagallo. He's the only guy who's been involved with all four World Cup championship teams, yet he gets little respect. Zagallo played for the first two Brazilian champions, coached the '70 team and was Carlos Alberto Parreira's right-hand man at USA '94. Zagallo came […]

We asked MLS coaches to look into their crystal balls. They predict a Brazil victory and a big tournament from Ronaldo. Their big issue is how referees will call new rule changes. 'Foolish to bet against Brazil' Tom Fitzgerald (Columbus) Champion – Brazil. Runner-up – Italy. Third-place – Germany. Fourth-place – France. MVP – Ronaldo […]

The 1998 MLS schedule was announced on Jan. 6 by MLS Commissioner Doug Logan. Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the remodeled home field of the expansion Miami Fusion, will host the 1998 season-opening game live on ABC Sports at 4:00 p.m. (ET) on March 15. The Fusion will host two-time defending champion D.C. United, […]

Former U.S. national team and Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Lothar Osiander has been named as the new coach of the U.S. Pro-40 Select team. Osiander replaces Tim Hankinson, who was named coach of the Tampa Bay Mutiny June 8. He was U.S. national team coach from 1986-88, and coached the Olympic team in both […]

U.S. head coach Steve Sampson General comments following a 4-0 victory over FC Gueugnon: “I was very pleased with the play of Frankie Hejduk. He did very well for 45 minutes today. He’s not ready for a full 90 minutes. Specifically, I was pleased the directness of his play and ability to get behind the […]

U.S. looks strong, healthy in exhibition win The U.S. national team downed French Second Division club FC Gueugnon 4-0 in a 90-minute closed-door scrimmage this afternoon in Saint-Jean D’ardieres, France. The victory was an important measuring stick for head coach Steve Sampson as he prepares the U.S. team for its first match June 15 against […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 14 12 9 33 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 12 7 9 23 Lassiter (D.C. United) 15 8 6 22 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 15 6 10 22 Moreno (D.C. United) 15 6 8 20 Diaz Arce (New England) 12 7 […]