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Features Long Road Ends With Defeat In Belgium By Mike Woitalla in Brussels Q&A: Steve Sampson — Team Chemistry Is Good Interview by Mike Woitalla Dynasty Cup: Late Jo Goal Saves Japan GuivarcÆh And Trezeguet Both Win Points Metros Hope For Better Luck In Italy By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America 1998 Camp Directory Egypt’s Pharaohs […]

San Jose Clash Eric Wynalda scored twice in two minutes to lead San Jose to a 3-0 win over UAG of the Mexican First Division on Feb. 3. The match marked Wynalda’s spring training debut with the Clash, who are set to face Tapatio March 4. Clash non-roster invitee Vicente Figueroa added the third goal. […]

Eric Wynalda scored a pair of goals for the second consecutive day as San Jose drew 2-2 with Mexican minor-league club Tapatio on March 4. The Clash are set to face Atlas on March 8. March 4 in Guadalajara Tapatio (Mexico) 2 San Jose (MLS) 2. Goals: Serrano (Gonzalez) 27, Najar (Munoz) 38; Wynalda (Lozzano) […]

March 4 in Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1 Real Madrid (Spain) 1. Goals: Beinlich 18; Karembeu 74. B. Leverkusen — Heinen, Nowotny, Woerns, Zivkovic, Lehnhoff (Feldhoff, 71), Emerson (Lottner, 87), Ramelov, Beinlich, Heintze, Kirsten, Rink. R. Madrid — Illgner, Panucci, Hierro, Sanchis, Roberto Carlos, Karembeu, Redondo, Seedorf, Raul (Morientes, 71), Savio (Amavisca, 88), Mijatovic. Att.: […]

March 3 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1 Spartak Moscow (Russia) 3. Goals: Arveladze 57; Shirko 26, 52, Kechinov 84. Ajax — Van Der Sar, Rudy (Melchiot, 81), Blind, Oliseh, F. De Boer, R. De Boer, Gorre (Dani, 69), Witschge, Babangida (McCarthy, 76), Arveladze, Laudrup. Spartak — Filimonov, Gorlukovich, Khlestov, Ananko, Alenichev, Titov, Kechinov, Tikhonov, […]

Group A March 2 in Mar Del Plata Brazil 15 Peru 0 Colombia 4 Venezuela 1 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Brazil 1 1 0 0 15 0 3 Colombia 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 1 4 […]

The U.S. women’s national team has just concluded a week-long training camp in San Diego, and head coach Tony DiCicco has named his 18-player roster for the Algarve Cup tournament March 15-21. The U.S. will depart March 10, and will meet Finland, China and Norway in the first round. Here is the U.S. women’s roster: […]

The following is the schedule for group play in the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup tournament: North Group March 4 — Necaxa (Mexico) vs. Dallas Burn (USA) in Dallas. March 8 — Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs. Dallas Burn (USA) in Dallas. March 10 — Necaxa (Mexico) vs. Cruz Azul (Mexico) in Mexico City. South Group March […]

The following are the results of the February 1998 online poll in which 824 fans voted for the winners of the three European Cup tournaments. European Champions Cup Team (Country) Votes (Pct.) Manchester United (England) 345 (41.9%) Juventus (Italy) 174 (21.1%) Real Madrid (Spain) 95 (11.5%) Bayern Munich (Germany) 92 (11.2%) Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 43 […]

With the start of the MLS season approaching on March 15, we want to know who you think will win MLS Cup '98. Will D.C. United be able to threepeat without top scorer Raul Diaz Arce? Will Colorado repeat its late-season success and win the prize this year? Or can another challenger claim the championship?

The Columbus Crew has signed Jamaican international Andrew Williams. The forward/midfielder, a two-time all-America selection while attending the University of Rhode Island, will give Columbus another offensive weapon in addition to Brian McBride and recently acquired Trinidad & Tobago national team performer Stern John. Williams, a likely member of the Jamaican squad that will compete […]

The following players were waived by MLS teams March 1 in order to reach the 22-player roster limit: Chicago Fire — Paul Lekics (MF), Steve Patterson (F). Colorado Rapids — Tayt Ianni (D), Julio Cengarle (MF). Columbus Crew — none. Dallas Burn — Chris Fox (D), Matt Caution (F), Ernest Inneh (F). D.C. United — […]

D.C. United Jaime Moreno scored a pair of goals in his first preseason game with D.C., as the two-time defending MLS champs spanked Ikast of the Danish Super League 4-1 in Pensacola. Moreno, who has been on loan to Middlesbrough of the English First Division, scored in the 4th minute and doubled the D.C. lead […]

The Chicago Fire has acquired its fourth international player, as MLS has allocated former Poland international Roman Kosecki to the Fire. The 32-year-old Kosecki, who has been playing with Legia Warsaw in Poland’s First Division, has made 69 appearances for the Polish national team, scoring 19 goals. He is expected to join Chicago in time […]

D.C. United’s U.S. international defender Eddie Pope underwent surgery Feb. 28 to remove a cyst that was causing pain in his right foot. The operation was performed by D.C. United team doctor Dr. William Hazel in Fairfax, Va. A two-inch incision was made and the cyst was drained. It had attached itself to a nerve […]

MLS has announced the dates for roster cut-downs and the format for roster relief for teams losing players to World Cup ’98. Teams are required to cut their rosters down to 22 players by March 1, with World Cup relief taking effect immediately. The relief formula is as follows: Players Lost to France ’98 Additional […]

Chicago Fire The Fire tied Atlas of the Mexican First Division 2-2 on Feb. 26. Peter Nowak had both Chicago goals, one on a penalty. The Fire outshot Atlas and led 2-0 until the final eleven minutes. Chicago also named former New Orleans Storm (nee Riverboat Gamblers) head coach Mike Jeffries and former Colorado Rapids […]

Championship Feb. 28 in Ouagadougou Egypt 2 South Africa 0. Goals: A.Hassan 5, Mostafa 13. Egypt — El Sayed, Omara, Ibrahim, Ramzy, Abdelhadi, El Sakka, Radwan, Imam (Sabry, 55), Mostafa (Nabih, 80), A.Hassan, H.Hassan. South Africa — Baloyi, Rabutla, Jackson, Fish, Radebe, Makhalele, Moshoeu, Augustine (Fortune, 49), Moeti, McCarthy, Masinga (Ndlanya, 82). Att.: 30,000. Third-Place […]

The Columbus Crew has signed 21-year-old striker Stern John, the Trinidad & Tobago international who has been a standout at spring training, while the New England Revolution added T&T midfielder David Nakhin. John, whose two goals led T&T to a 3-1 win over Honduras at the recent Gold Cup, starred last season for New Orleans […]

Armando Mascorro Visalia, Calif. Watching the USA lose to Mexico in Los Angeles was very hard, but it was even harder watching how the U.S. was treated while they were there. I watched a water balloon sail pass Eric Wynalda’s head and saw trash and other objects thrown at the the U.S. team as they […]

Colorado ended its preseason training in Mexico with a tough 3-2 loss to Atlas of the Mexican First Division on Feb. 25 The Rapids were playing their fifth game in nine days and their second in fourteen hours, but still battled to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals by first-round draft pick Tyrone […]

MLS Director of Player Development Tim Hankinson has been named the first head coach of the U.S. Pro 40 Select team, and longtime MLS consultant Jan Osborne will oversee the team’s logistics as GM. The Pro 40 Select team will consist of players from Project-40, the joint venture between MLS and U.S. Soccer designed to […]

Here are the starting lineups for the USA vs. Belgium friendly in Brussels: USA — Keller, Burns, Lalas, Balboa, Agoos, Jones, Reyna, Harkes, Stewart, Lassiter, Wynalda. Belgium — De Wilde, Boffin, Deflandre, Staelens, Vidovic, Leonard, Van Der Elst, Van Kerckhoven, Wilmots, Mpenza, Nilis.

Feb. 25 in Brussels Belgium 2 USA 0. Goals: Van Kerckhoven 23, 60. Belgium — De Wilde, Boffin, Deflandre, Staelens, Vidovic, Leonard (Borkelmans, 68), Van Der Elst (Karagiannis, 55), Van Kerckhoven, Wilmots (Walem, 46), Mpenza (Verheyen, 55), Nilis (Peeters, 85). USA — Keller, Burns, Lalas, Balboa, Agoos, Jones (Henderson, 64), Reyna, Harkes, Stewart, Lassiter (Radosavljevic, […]

Belgium has defeated the USA 2-0 in their friendly match in Brussels. Nico Van Kerckhoven struck again for the Belgians in the 59th minute. Luc Nilis took a 30-yard free kick that deflected off of the American wall and bounced off of the crossbar near the far post. Jeff Agoos was unable to clear the […]