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KANSAS CITY 2 COLUMBUS 1 (SO) May 27 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 Columbus 1 (Kansas City wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Kansas City — Ammann (6), Tinsley (6), Vermillion (6), Uderitz (5), Bowers (5), Johnston (5), DeBrito (NR), Chung (4), Preki (6), Rideout (3), Takawira (6). Subs: Klein (4) for DeBrito in 16th minute, […]

Here are the results of the www.socceramerica.com May, 1998 poll, in which 1,853 fans voted for the 1998 World Cup champion. Note: Points are awarded on a 5-3-1 basis, with 5 points for a first-place vote, 3 points for a runner-up vote and 1 points for a beaten semifinalist vote. Country Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Total […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 12 10 6 26 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 13 5 9 19 Diaz Arce (New England) 11 7 4 18 Lassiter (D.C. United) 13 6 5 17 Moreno (D.C. United) 13 5 7 17 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 10 6 […]

The U.S. national team has the next two days off and will resume training June 3 in New York City. Defenders Marcela Balboa and Alexi Lalas took advantage of the break, returning yesterday to play for their respective MLS teams. Balboa played 82 minutes for the Colorado Rapids, who defeated Kansas City, 2-1. Preki, who […]

Results May 31 New England 1 MetroStars 2 (SO) Dallas 2 Miami 0 Colorado 2 Kansas City 1 May 30 Columbus 4 San Jose 1 Tampa Bay 1 D.C. United 2 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Chicago 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 14 11 3 25 30 21 Columbus […]

Results May 30 Columbus 4 San Jose 1 Tampa Bay 1 D.C. United 2 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Chicago 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 14 11 3 25 30 21 Columbus 12 7 5 21 24 16 MetroStars 10 5 5 15 18 19 Miami 12 5 7 […]

The following is reaction after the 0-0 tie between the United States and Scotland today May 30 in Washington, D.C. USA 0 Scotland 0. USA — Keller, Pope, Dooley, Burns, Deering, Regis, Moore (Agoos, 69), Jones, Stewart (Lalas, 82), Ramos (Radosaljevic, 56), Wegerle (Wynalda, 52). Scotland — Leighton, Boyd, Calderwood, Hendry, T.McKinlay (McNamara, 60), Dailly, […]

U.S. World Cup team Head Coach Steve Sampson’s decision on who to start at forward did not become any clearer today, as the U.S. failed to score for the second time in its last three exhibition matches. Though the U.S. created a number of scoring chances in its 0-0 tie against Scotland, they failed to […]

Debbie Keller scored twice and Lorrie Fair tallied her first international goal as the U.S. women’s national team crushed New Zealand, 5-0, at RFK Stadium May 30. In front of a sun-bathed and enthusiastic crowd of 46,037, the U.S. team had little trouble with New Zealand, scoring just six minutes into the game when 20-year-old […]

RESULTS Beginning June 10, results will be posted here each day. The standings, below, will be updated daily as the tournament progresses. STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P Brazil0000000 Scotland 0000000Morocco 0000000Norway 0000000 Group B Team GP W T L GF GA P Italy 0000000Chile 0000000Cameroon 0000000Austria 0000000 Group C […]

MLS Eight MLS teams will join the Open Cup in the third round. They are: Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, MetroStars, Miami, San Jose and Tampa Bay. A-League Six A-League teams have now clinched Open Cup berths. All four Western Conference teams have been decided, with Milwaukee joining El Paso, Nashville and Orange County after […]

Group A June 10 in St. Denis Brazil 2 Scotland 1 June 10 in Montpellier Morocco 2 Norway 2 June 16 in Bordeaux Scotland 1 Norway 1 June 16 in Nantes Brazil 3 Morocco 0 June 23 in Marseilles Brazil 1 Norway 2 June 23 in St. Etienne Scotland 0 Morocco 3 Group B June […]

* All times Eastern. July 11 Third-Place Game 2:30 pm ABC, 2:30 pm Univision July 12 Final 2:30 pm ABC, 2:00 pm Univision * All times Eastern. NOTES Pregame: The first half hour of each ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 telecast consists of a pregame show. Univision adds a 20-minute show to its broadcasts. Primetime: ESPN2 […]

Michael Duggan Jacksonville, N.C. My 12-year-old son loves to play soccer and is very good. I would like to know how to get information regarding the boys national teams at the youth age levels. How does one try out or get invited to camps? Dan Woog: The route to the national team begins at the […]

Results May 28 Colorado 3 Miami 0 May 27 Kansas City 2 Columbus 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 13 10 3 24 29 20 Columbus 11 6 5 18 20 15 MetroStars 10 5 5 15 18 19 Miami 12 5 7 11 11 25 New England 10 […]

MLS produced a videotape showing the worst of soccer in hopes of creating a better game. It’s called “Sending-Off Offenses” and my legs are sore just from watching it. It comprises 28 brutal tackles from 1997 MLS action. Ref boss Joe Machnik created it to teach referees, coaches and players about the new rule — […]

Results May 27 Kansas City 2 Columbus 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 13 10 3 24 29 20 Columbus 11 6 5 18 20 15 MetroStars 10 5 5 15 18 19 Miami 11 5 6 11 11 22 New England 10 4 6 10 18 19 Tampa […]

Star Mexican forward Carlos Hermosillo has agreed to a contract with Major League Soccer and has been allocated to the Los Angeles Galaxy. In addition, San Jose has been allocated Francisco Uribe, who played for Mexican club Veracruz this past season. More information on these transactions will be available later today.

New England has received its fifth foreign allocation, Colombian midfielder Oscar Pareja. “Oscar is an extremely skillful and creative player who will create scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates,” said New England coach Thomas Rongen. “We are fortunate to get such a talented midfielder in the prime of his career.” Pareja has been a […]

Here is the MLS TV schedule for the games of May 27-31: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 27 Columbus at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Ohio May 28 Miami at Colorado 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 May 30 San Jose at Columbus 7:30 p.m. KICU-San Jose May 30 D.C. United at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 3 3 0 14 5 9 New Hampshire 2 2 0 8 1 4 Cape Cod 1 1 0 3 0 3 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 3 0 3 5 10 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Reading […]

U.S. women’s national team forward Mia Hamm will a pair of upcoming matches against New Zealand (May 30 in Washington D.C. and June 2 in Oneonta, N.Y.) due to an injured right hamstring she suffered against Japan on May 17. Hamm, who ranks second all-time for the U.S. in appearances (148) and goals (89), is […]

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Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 5 5 0 11 1 15 Worcester 8 4 4 13 16 10 Montreal 5 5 0 10 7 9 Long Island 6 3 3 8 7 9 Toronto 6 2 4 7 7 6 Staten Island 3 1 2 4 6 3 Connecticut […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Maryland 2 2 0 6 0 6 Long Island 2 2 0 4 2 4 Boston 2 1 1 4 3 3 NJ Wildcats 1 0 1 0 2 0 Delaware 3 0 3 2 9 0 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 3 […]