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Features Preki Rocket Steers U.S. Into Semifinals By Duncan Irving Q&A: Alexi Lalas — Playing In The Big Apple Interview by Ridge Mahoney Cuba Dreams Of 2002 World Cup By Amparo Simon Fresh Fleet Of Foreigners Bound For Foxboro By Frank DellÆApa Iran Prepares For Another European Exodus Indomitable Lions Dash Burkina FasoÆs Hopes By […]

Feb. 10 in Orlando Columbus 1 Chicago 0. Goal: S. John 34. Columbus — Dougherty (Winner, 46), Cannon (Abukusumo, 60), Clark, Lapper, Yeagley, Thompson (Cerro, 77), Carrera (Gregor, 74), Warzycha (Ward, 58), Cunningham (Da Silva, 85), S.John (Vermeulen, 69), West (Smith, 69). Chicago — Thornton, Brown, Kubik, Burkhard (Bates, 46), Kotschau, Marsch (Lekics, 68), Armas, […]

D.C. United defender and national team star Eddie Pope has been named the winner of the 1997 Honda Player of the Year award. Pope edged Claudio Reyna and Kasey Keller to win the honor He receives a 1998 Honda Accord, as well as the trophy, which will later be on permanent display at the National […]

Group A Feb. 11 in Ouagadougou Cameroon 2 (Tchami 9, Nlend 44) Guinea 2 (Oulare 46, 77). Half: 2-0. Att.: n/a. Burkina Faso 2 (Ouedroago 65, Traore 77) Algeria 1 (Saib pen. 80). Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Cameroon 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Guinea 2 […]

D.C. United has announced that it will face the Colombian national team in a friendly match on March 8 at RFK Stadium. The match will be the Colombians’ first preparatory game for the 1998 World Cup (they are also slated to face Germany, Belgium and Chile). It will also be a final tune-up for the […]

The quarterfinals for the three European club competitions will begin in the first week of March. We want to know which teams you think will take home the trophies. Will Manchester United return to European glory? Can Ronaldo lead Inter Milan to the UEFA Cup? Can Real Betis give Spain a second straight Cup Winners […]

The USA has defeated Brazil 1-0 to advance to the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Preki’s 64th minute goal proved to be the gamewinner, and goalkeeper Kasey Keller had one of his finest matches, making save after superb save to keep Brazil at bay. Brazil sent Bayern Munich forward Elber in as a substitute […]

The USA and Brazil are tied 0-0 at halftime of their semifinal match in the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. While the U.S. had a good amount of possession in the half, they never mounted a serious offensive threat. Brazil, through patient attacks and counters, had numerous scoring opportunities. Romario alone has taken five shots on […]

Here are the starting lineups for the USA vs. Brazil Gold Cup semifinal match in Los Angeles. USA — Keller, Burns, Lalas, Pope, Agoos, Hejduk, Harkes, Jones, Moore, Wynalda, Wegerle. Brazil — Taffarel, Ze Maria, Junior Baiano, Goncalves, Mauro Silva, Junior, Flavio Conceicao, Zinho, Sergio Manoel, Edmundo, Romario.

Feb. 10 in Los Angeles USA 1 Brazil 0. Goal: Radosavljevic 65. USA — Keller, Burns, Lalas, Pope, Agoos, Hejduk, Harkes, Jones, Moore, Wynalda (McBride, 81), Wegerle (Radosavljevic, 60). Brazil — Taffarel, Ze Maria, Junior Baiano, Goncalves, Mauro Silva (Doriva, 7), Junior, Flavio Conceicao (Marcus Assuncao, 71), Zinho, Sergio Manoel (Elber, 76), Edmundo, Romario. Yellow […]

The U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. U-16 girls national team will train concurrently at the ARCO training center in San Diego from Feb. 22 to March 1. U.S. coach Tony DiCicco has called in 24 players for the week-long camp, but captain Carla Overbeck is questionable due to a broken toe she suffered […]

Preki Radosavljevic scored in the 64th minute to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead over Brazil in their Gold Cup Semifinal match. Brazil opened the half by controlling possession for the first five minutes, and Flavio Conceicao’s close range shot went just wide in the 49th minute. The U.S. then rallied and began to put […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Cameroon 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Guinea 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Burkina F. 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Group B TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Ghana 1 […]

Feb. 9 in Orlando, Fla. Los Angeles 1 New England 1 (Los Angeles wins 3-1 in shootout). Goals: Caligiuri 29; Rocha (Sherlock, McCarthy) 18. Los Angeles — Hartman, Fraser, Calichman, Vanney, Caligiuri, Pena (Ferruzzi, 76), Karapetyan (Franchino, 46), Jara (Mathis, 58), Botello (Jolley, 46), Vasquez (Molkara, 77), Welton (Magee, 69). New England — Coufal, Klein, […]

Feb. 8 in Orlando, Fla. MetroStars 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Sorber (pen.) 7, Strange (Kelly) 22; L.Alvarez (pen.) 32. MetroStars — Meola (Howard, 76), Zaun (Petke, 46), Semioli, Harty, da Silva (Parra, 69), Sorber (Grdic, 46), Joseph (A.Valderrama, 46), Kelly (Munoz, 46), Grioni, Dougherty, Strange (Colasante, 46). Dallas — Lagerwey (Jordan, 46), Santel (Dade, 46), […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Cameroon 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Guinea 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Burkina F. 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Group B Feb. 9 in Ouagadougou DR Congo 2 (Mbuilua pen. 57, […]

GROUP 1 Feb. 9 in Los Angeles Jamaica 2 (Gayle 41, Simpson 62) El Salvador 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 5,791. Final Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P *Jamaica 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 *Brazil 3 1 2 0 5 1 5 Guatemala 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 El […]

MLS announced a pair of player moves Feb. 8, with the MetroStars receiving Ecuadoran international forward Wellington Sanchez and the San Jose Clash adding Scottish defender Richard Gough. Sanchez, 24, signed with MLS after spending six seasons with Nacional of the Ecuadoran First Division. He has appeared in 12 Libertadores Cup matches for the club, […]

Group A Feb. 7 in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0 Cameroon 1 (Tchami 20). Half: 0-1. Att.: 30,000. Feb. 8 in Ouagadougou Guinea 1 (Oulare 61) Algeria 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Cameroon 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Guinea 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 […]

The following are the results from the first day of 1998 MLS Spring Training: Feb. 7 in Orlando, Fla. Colorado 2 Columbus 0. Goals: Siersbaek (Ianni) 46, Boyce 76. Colorado — Hahnemann (Grafer, 46), S.Henderson (Nunley, 46), Vermes (Jakins, 46), Trittschuh (Ianni, 46), Martinez, DiGiamarino (Boyce, 46), Paule (Bickel, 46), Cengarle (Siersbaek, 46), Marshall, Bravo […]

U.S. Soccer has announced that the U-23 national team, which will represent the USA in Olympic qualifying and competition, will hold a two-week training camp in Portland, Ore. from March 22 to April 4. The team will also play its first international match of the year when it hosts Canada on March 28 at 2:00 […]

GROUP 1 Feb. 8 in Los Angeles Jamaica 3 (Hall 14, 67, Williams 55) Guatemala 2 (Ramirez pen. 16, Gomez 84). Half: 1-1. Att.: 55,027. Brazil 4 (Edmundo 7, Romario 19, Elber 87, 90) El Salvador 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 55,027. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Brazil 3 1 2 0 […]

Due to the severe storms in Northern California, there was a power outage at our local area network on Feb. 7 and we were unable to do our regular goal-by-goal updates of the U.S. national team game. A recap and game summary can be found in the News Briefs section of SA Online.

GROUP 1 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Brazil 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 Guatemala 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 El Salvador 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Jamaica 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 SCHEDULE Feb. 8 — Guatemala vs. Jamaica, El Salvador vs. Brazil […]

A late strike from Preki Radosavljevic gave the USA a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica in their CONCACAF Gold Cup match in Oakland, Calif. The U.S. opened the scoring in the 7th minute, when an unmarked Eddie Pope rushed into the center of the box to head home Joe-Max Moore’s corner kick. Despite the early […]