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May 6 in Paris Inter Milan (Italy) 3 Lazio (Italy) 0. Goals: Zamorano 4, Zanetti 60, Ronaldo 70. Inter Milan — Pagliuca, Fresi, Colonnesse, West, Zanetti, Winter (Cauet, 68), Ze Elias, Simeone, Djorkaeff (Moriero, 68), Ronaldo, Zamorano (Sartor, 73). Lazio — Marchegiani, Grandoni (Gottardi, 55), Nesta, Negro, Favalli; Fuser, Venturin (Almeyda, 49), Jugovic, Nedved, Mancini, […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P New Hampshire 1 1 0 7 0 3 Western Mass. 1 1 0 4 0 3 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Reading […]

May 5 in Portland, Ore. San Jose (MLS) 1 Guadalajara (Mexico) 1. Goals: Cerritos (Lewis) 36; Varela 58. San Jose — Kirk (Kramer, 46), Weaver, Draguicevich, Martin (Parry, 58), Barrett, Figueroa (Rodriguez, 55), Cloutier, Mella, Lewis, Cerritos (Sebapole, 55), Baicher (Lozzano, 58). Guadalajara — Zuniga (Toxqui, 62), Monarres (Perez, 46), Acosta, Romero, Zarate, Coyote, Castro, […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Worcester 3 2 1 5 5 4 Rochester 1 1 0 2 1 3 Long Island 3 1 2 1 4 3 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Connecticut 1 0 1 0 0 0 Staten Island 1 0 1 2 3 0 Toronto […]

D.C. UNITED 3 SAN JOSE 1 April 29 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 San Jose 1. Goals: Harkes (Etcheverry) 11, Harkes (Peay, Sanneh) 59, Lassiter (Harkes, Agoos) 70; Lozzano (Cloutier, Cerritos) 25. D.C. United — Garlick (6), Peay (5), Pope (7), Llamosa (7), Agoos (6), Williams (6), Sanneh (6), Harkes (8), Etcheverry (7), Moreno […]

Steve Sampson has announced the U.S. roster for World Cup ’98 on May 5. He has made 20 definite selections, with three other players in the running for the final two spots. He also named eight alternates. The 20 Definites Goalkeepers — Brad Friedel (Liverpool, England), Kasey Keller (Leicester City, England), Juergen Sommer (Columbus Crew). […]

The following is a transcript of Steve Sampson’s teleconference with the media May 5 to announce his World Cup squad: General comments on the team: “It is indeed an honor and a privilege to provide you the following 20 names and eight alternates that will represent the U.S. at the World Cup this summer in […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 7 5 7 17 Welton (Los Angeles) 7 5 3 13 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 9 3 7 13 McBride (Columbus) 7 5 1 11 Moreno (D.C. United) 8 3 5 11 Bravo (Colorado) 7 3 4 10 Hurtado (MetroStars) 7 3 4 10 Klopas (Chicago) […]

U.S. women’s national team head coach Tony DiCicco has picked 18 players for the USA’s two matches against Iceland (May 8 at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. and May 10 at Goodman Stadium on the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa.). Notable additions to the roster are midfielder Amanda Cromwell, who last played for […]

MLS With Miami’s 3-2 victory over Colorado on May 2, the eight MLS teams competing in the 1998 U.S. Open Cup are set. The Fusion joins Kansas City, Columbus, San Jose, Dallas, Chicago, the MetroStars and Tampa Bay as entrants. All eight teams will begin play in the third round. A-League Here are the A-League […]

Results May 3 Tampa Bay 0 MetroStars 1 San Jose 1 New England 3 May 2 Miami 3 Colorado 2 Chicago 1 D.C. United 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 7 5 2 15 15 8 D.C. United 9 7 2 15 18 12 MetroStars 6 3 3 9 10 11 […]

Results May 2 Miami 3 Colorado 2 Chicago 1 D.C. United 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 7 5 2 15 15 8 D.C. United 9 7 2 15 18 12 Miami 8 4 4 8 7 16 MetroStars 5 2 3 6 9 11 New England 5 2 3 4 […]

In the April, 1998 poll, we asked you to choose the U.S. 22-man roster for France ’98. Here is the roster (in alphabetical order by position), according to the votes of the 2,480 fans who participated: Goalkeepers — Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, Juergen Sommer. Defenders — Jeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa, Mike Burns, Thomas Dooley, Alexi […]

France '98 is just weeks away. It's time for you to pick the champion. Will Brazil repeat and garner an unprecedented fifth title? Can the host nation pick up its' first trophy? Perhaps another highly-rated team will take the prize — Germany, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Argentina?

If you haven’t checked out the links section at www.socceramerica.com lately, give it a look! We’ve added over 30 international newspapers by country, over 45 A-League links (team pages and newspapers) and 60 MLS links (teams, fan clubs and newspapers). We’ve also added to the International, World Cup, USA, Pro Leagues and FIFA sections. Simply […]

Tom Galperin Carrboro, N.C. Do you think it is too late for Steve Sampson to be considering David Regis and Carlos Llamosa for the national team? Even if they do recieve citizenship in time, don’t you think the lack of time will inhibit their ability to get to know the system, the coaching style, and […]

The following is a transcript of today’s teleconference with MLS Commissioner Doug Logan and deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati Logan on MLS officiating “We wholeheartedly support our referees. They are enforcing the rules and achieving their objectives.” Gulati on MLS officiating “We have had no direct communication with FIFA regarding our referees. FIFA did not ask […]

It has been our position that Steve Sampson’s task of picking the starting 11 for the World Cup is simpler than it appears. Instead of picking specialists at all 10 field positions, he should simply select the 10 best players. Where should they align themselves on the field? That question was answered during the Austria […]

For the first time, soccer fans will have the opportunity to select the starting lineups when MLS USA battles the MLS World All-Stars at the 1998 MLS All-Star Game Sunday, August 2 at 3:30 p.m. (ET) at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando. The game will be televised live on ABC. The new format, a […]

Tickets for the 1999 Women’s World Cup will officially go on sale to the U.S. Soccer family on Friday May 1 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Tickets will be available in Stadium Series packages, which include all games played in a particular city. Members of the U.S. Soccer family will have the first chance to purchase […]

German great Franz Beckenbauer and former U.S. women’s captain April Heinrichs head the list of ’98 inductees into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Beckenbauer, who captained West Germany to the 1974 World Cup title and coached it to the ’90 title, starred in the North American Soccer League for the New York Cosmos (1977-80 […]

April 29 in New Britain, Conn. Connecticut (A-League) 3 New England (MLS) 2. Goals: Bone (Coxon) 18, Barbieri 29, Joseph (Coxon) 56; Jair (Moore) 13, Diaz Arce (Torres) 21. Connecticut — Martini (Lipman, 78), Kelly, McDermott, Sullivan (Fairwheather, 57), Tierney, Boney, Joseph (Yunkin, 73), Levesque (Vaughn, 75), Barbieri (Wright, 57, Procter, 70), Bone, Coxon. New […]

Results April 30 Tampa Bay 0 Columbus 1 April 29 D.C. United 3 San Jose 1 Kansas City 0 Los Angeles 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 7 5 2 15 15 8 D.C. United 8 6 2 12 15 11 MetroStars 5 2 3 6 9 11 Miami 7 3 […]

April 30 in Piestany, Slovakia USA 0 Hungary 1. Goal: Torok 65. USA — Spitieri, Wickart, Gieger, Gibbs, Buddle (Cooks, 70), Martino (Walls, 72), Casabielle, Radcliffe, Joy, Morales, Herrera. Hunary — Simek, Horvath, Kellner, Tokodi, Szollar, Mogyorodi, Hajnal, Udvardi, Terejk (Torok, 43), Solyom, Tulak. Att.: 50. ò The U.S. U-18s concluded play at the Piestany […]

The player that head coach Tony DiCicco says “epitomized” the U.S. women’s team bade her teammates farewell on April 24. Carin (Jennings) Gabarra, 33, who hadn’t played for the U.S. since the gold-medal game of the 1996 Olympic tournament, was honored by U.S. Soccer in a halftime ceremony at Cal State Fullerton, where the U.S. […]