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In its three years in the USISL, the Milwaukee Rampage had great success during the regular season and no luck in the playoffs. All that changed this year. The Rampage, which barely made the playoffs, won its second consecutive shootout to capture the ’97 A-League title, beating Carolina 3-0 after the final ended 1-1 before […]

G Carrie Warner (Alabama) (1) Beats Mississippi teams for SEC West leader D Lorrie Fair (North Carolina) (2) Goal, assist as Tar Heels go 2-0 in Texas D Erica Iverson (Massachusetts) (1) Her header gives UMass upset of SMU M Amy Balavac (California) (1) Sets up both goals to shock UMass M Sherrill Kester (Duke) […]

Much of the demise of the North American Soccer League could be blamed on small crowds scattered amongst huge stadiums. I remember gazing around San Diego Stadium in the late 1970s, with 15,000 or so in the stands, and barely hearing the cheer that greeted a goal before the sound dissipated amongst 40,000 empty seats […]

Features Can Better Packaging Improve MLS Product? By Ridge Mahoney Crew Looks For Greener Pastures By Craig Merz MetroStars Begin To Pick Up The Pieces By Frank Giase ‘Spiderman’ Propels Revs Into The Playoffs By Frank Dell’Apa Wegerle Scores Big With Washington Move By Steven Goff Gough’s Unhappy Honeymoon Comes To An End By Bob […]

The Crew’s scoring slipped badly, but it made up for the lack of punch with strong play in goal again from Brad Friedel, the ’97 MLS goals-against average leader. Over two seasons, he has 12 shutouts in 36 games, or one every three games. Final Player Statistics No. Player GP GS Min. GA G A […]

Offseason moves paid dividends for the Rapids, who made the playoffs after missing out in ’96. Five of their six leading scorers were players picked up in the offseason, while leader Chris Henderson doubled his ’96 point total. Final Player Statistics No. Player GP GS Min. G A P 19 Chris Henderson 30 29 2501 […]

COLORADO Offseason moves paid dividends for the Rapids, who made the playoffs after missing out in ’96. Five of their six leading scorers were players picked up in the offseason, while leader Chris Henderson doubled his ’96 point total. Final Player Statistics No. Player GP GS Min. G A P 19 Chris Henderson 30 29 […]

Attendance TEAM Att. Avg. 1 New England Revolution 342,762 21,423 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 330,010 20,626 3 MetroStars 270,388 16,899 4 D.C. United 267,271 16,704 5 Columbus Crew 240,680 15,043 6 San Jose Clash 217,546 13,597 7 Colorado Rapids 188,893 11,806 8 Tampa Bay Mutiny 181,323 11,333 9 Dallas Burn 154,845 9,678 10 Kansas City […]

Attendance TEAM Att. Avg. 1 New England Revolution 342,762 21,423 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 330,010 20,626 3 MetroStars 270,388 16,899 4 D.C. United 267,271 16,704 5 Columbus Crew 240,680 15,043 6 San Jose Clash 217,546 13,597 7 Colorado Rapids 188,893 11,806 8 Tampa Bay Mutiny 181,323 11,333 9 Dallas Burn 154,845 9,678 10 Kansas City […]

For the second straight year, it’s an American who’s led the Burn in scoring. Last year it was Jason Kreis. This year it’s Dante Washington, who went from one goal last year in Columbus and Dallas to 12 for the Burn. Final Player Statistics No. Player GP GS Min. G A P 10 Dante Washington […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 28 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 9-0-1 1 2. Notre Dame 9-0-1 2 3. Texas A&M 9-1-0 3 4. Portland 5-3-0 5 5. Virginia 8-1-1 4 6. Santa Clara 7-0-1 6 7. Connecticut 9-1-0 7 8. Duke 6-2-0 9 9. Clemson 7-2-0 10 10. Maryland 6-1-2 8 11. […]

Sept. 25 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Columbus 1. Goal: Clark (Warzycha) 70. MetroStars — Meola (6), Lagos (4), Semioli (4), Branco (3), Bliss (4), Sorber (4), Joseph (4), Donadoni (5), Kelly (5), De Avila (4), Bartlett (5). Subs: Savarese (5) for Bartlett in 46th minute, Zavagnin (5) for Lagos in 46th, Lewis (5) […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 28 Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 9-0-0 1 2. St. John’s 8-0-1 2 3. SMU 6-1-0 4 4. Virginia 6-1-2 6 5. UCLA 7-1-0 8 6. N.C. State 6-1-0 9 7. South Carolina 4-1-1 7 8. Maryland 6-1-1 10 9. Portland 6-1-1 11 10. Duke 7-2-0 5 11. Washington […]

In response to overwhelming fan requests, D.C. United officials have announced that Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New England Revolution will kick off at 8:00 (ET) on Sunday, Oct. 5 at RFK Stadium. The match was originally scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m., but thousands of D.C. United fans responded […]

Group B Sept. 28 in Tokyo Japan 1 (Yamaguchi 65) South Korea 2 (Seo Jong-won 83, Li Min-sung 86). Half: 0-0. Att.: 60,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P South Korea 3 3 0 0 7 2 9 UAE 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 Japan 3 1 1 1 7 5 […]

Results Columbus 2 Tampa Bay 1 (SO) D.C. United 1 MetroStars 3 Los Angeles 2 Kansas City 0 San Jose 1 Colorado 3 FINAL STANDINGS EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 32 21 11 55 70 53 *Tampa Bay 32 17 15 45 55 60 *Columbus 32 15 17 39 42 41 […]

Note: All series are best of three games. Eastern Conference D.C. United vs. New England Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Sunday, Oct. 5 New England at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. (ESPN2) Wednesday, Oct. 8 D.C. United at New England 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2 — taped at 10:30 p.m.) Sunday, Oct. 12 New England at D.C. United Afternoon […]

A-League Championship Sept. 27 in Milwaukee Milwaukee 1 Carolina 1 (Milwaukee wins shootout 3-0). Goals: Stebbins (Roy) 65; Loftin (Heaney) 80. Milwaukee — Isacco, Lopez, Huwiler, Moxom (Ross, 46), Gansler, Szczepanski, Roy, Gentile, Willan, Marshall (Igel, 46), Stebbins. Carolina — Heaney, Atta, Care, Ball, Radwanski, Breslin (Kelly, 102, Mitchell 114), Stockton, Chan, Allnutt, Hamid (Saunders, […]

Group B Sept. 27 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 2 (Shirshov 12, Bazarov 90) UAE 3 (Bakhit 56, Saad 64, Altalyani 85). Half: 1-0. Att.: 50,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P UAE 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 South Korea 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Japan 2 1 1 0 6 […]

Results Tampa Bay 1 D.C. United 5 Kansas City 5 Colorado 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 21 10 55 69 50 *Tampa Bay 31 17 14 45 54 59 *Columbus 31 14 17 38 41 40 *New England 32 15 17 37 40 53 MetroStars 31 12 19 […]

Group A Sept. 26 in Doha Qatar 1 China 1. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Sept. 26 in Kuwait Kuwait 1 (al-Huwaidi 20) Iran 1 (Bagheri 90). Half: 1-0. Att.: 20,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 3 1 2 0 6 4 5 Kuwait 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 S. […]

All-A-League First Team Goalkeeper — Dusty Hudock (Seattle). Defenders — John Limniatis (Montreal), Travis Rinker (Long Island), Scott Schweitzer (Carolina), Mark Watson (Seattle). Midfielders — Yari Allnutt (Carolina), Mauro Biello (Montreal), Garret Kusch (Vancouver). Forwards — Mark Baena (California), Stern John (New Orleans), Doug Miller (Rochester). All-A-League Second Team Goalkeeper — Paolo Ceccarelli (Montreal). Defenders […]

The San Jose Clash has announced that it will host Atlas of Mexico in an international friendly match Nov. 7 at Spartan Stadium. The friday-night encounter will kick off at 7:30 p.m. (PT). Atlas is currently atop Group 4 of the Mexican First Division and is led in scoring by forward Daniel Guzman, who played […]

Gary Zagha Rumson, NJ Why has Tony Meola not been invited to play for the National Team? Has he been overlooked by the federation for leaving the team to try a pro football career? After watching Tony play last year and this year for the MetroStars of MLS I think the federation should rethink their […]

Note: Through games of Sept. 21 Scoring Name (School) GP-GS G A P Christy Johnson (North Texas) 8-8 15 2 32 Robin Confer (North Carolina) 8-8 6 12 24 Mirela Ninic (Mercer) 8-8 11 2 24 Casey Wheeler (UNC Wilmington) 8-8 10 4 24 Kara Fitzgerald (Georgia State) 9-9 9 5 23 Anne Mucci (Northern […]