Author Archives: Soccer America

Can the league’s youngest coach perform a miracle in San Jose? What’s worse than being cut on the eve of the World Cup? In 1994, when Bora Milutinovic had to pare his squad down to 22, the rejected players reacted in various ways. One burned his training gear. Another would be unable to watch the […]

Dan Counce, 45, joined the Colorado Rapids in January. A Hermann Award winner with St. Louis University, Counce played in the NASL and MISL and served as general manager with the MSL’s St. Louis Steamers, Baltimore Blast and St. Louis Storm before founding Global Link Marketing in 1991. SOCCER AMERICA: Tell us a little about […]

Bob Sanderman wears many hats for a corporation run by Rapids operator-investor Philip Anschutz, including investment responsibilities and acting as CEO for the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings. He is president of the Colorado Rapids and will oversee the Chicago expansion franchise. SOCCER AMERICA: What was the learning curve for you with the Rapids? […]

In the tough Denver market, the team that Mooch built searches for a fan base A sweltering morning in Westminster, 15 miles from downtown Denver. Must be 90-odd degrees in the shade ù if there was any shade to be had. The Colorado Rapids lease their training facility here, a steal at $10,000 a year. […]

Antony De Avila says it was all a big misunderstanding. No, the MetroStars striker never denied saying that he dedicated his winning goal in Colombia’s win over Ecuador to the jailed Cali cartel cocaine bosses, but he did do some quick backpedaling when he got back to the Meadowlands. “El Pitufo” (The Smurf) says now […]

Record profits, European trophies, FC Hollywood and Berlin returns to First Division I’d rather have turmoil and titles than no turmoil and no titles,” says Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who repeatedly watches the movie “Papillon” for inspiration. Germany’s biggest, richest club won its record 14th Bundesliga championship last year while bickering between players, the […]

Clubs scramble to fill their rosters as top players bolt to other European countries The defending champion sold its best player. The runner-up lost its star goalie, who was suspended for failing a drug test. The third-place team, which went unbeaten in 30 of its last 31 games, started the season without its veteran coach, […]

Hector Tobar Los Angeles What’s going on with the CONCACAF Champions Cup and why isn’t MLS making a bigger deal out of it? It seems to me that given the large number of Latino fans in this country, there would be potentially huge crowds for, say, a D.C. United-Guadalajara match. The Galaxy, for example, isn’t […]

July 25 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 1 Columbus 1 (D.C. United wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Etcheverry (Maessner) 88; Marino (McBride, Friedel) 76. SA Report Card D.C. United — Garlick (5), Peay (6), Pope (7), Agoos (7), Iroha (6), Williams (6), Sanneh (6), Harkes (6), Etcheverry (7), Diaz Arce (5), Moreno (6). Subs: Wegerle (6) […]

July 27 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Central Coast Roadrunners (Premier) 2 San Jose Clash (MLS) 5. Goals: Schultz (Tomlinson, Munoz) 2, Gutierrez (Tomlinson) 74; Lozzano 28, Zico (pen.) 44; Baicher (Zico) 75, Lozzano (Corrales, Cerritos) 81, Cerritos 83. Central Coast — Beille, Ramirez, Bedrosian, Sanchez, Oetman, Munoz, Warley, Schultz, Gutierrez, Harty, Tomlinson. San Jose […]

The following is the USA’s 18-man roster for the World University Games in Sicily. The U.S. will face China, Russia, and the Czech Republic in the first round, with all three games taking place in Palermo. USA — Lazo Alavanja (Indiana), Matt Chulis (Virginia), Cesidio Colasante (LaSalle), Leo Cullen (Maryland), Andrew Gregor (Portland), Chris Houser […]

July 27 in Chicago Atletico Junior (Colombia) 2 (Sacramento, Mendez) Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany) 0. Necaxa (Mexico) 4 (Montes, Aguinaga, Blanco 2) Palmeiras (Brazil) 1 (Zinho). Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Atl. Junior 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 Necaxa 2 1 0 1 5 3 3 Bor. Moen. 2 […]

Results Colorado 1 Los Angeles 2 Columbus 0 Tampa Bay 1 (SO) D.C. United 1 MetroStars 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 21 14 7 36 44 34 Tampa Bay 22 12 10 30 38 39 New England 21 12 9 28 26 27 Columbus 20 8 12 20 24 […]

Results Kansas City 1 New England 0 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 20 14 6 36 43 32 Tampa Bay 21 11 10 29 38 39 New England 21 12 9 28 26 27 Columbus 19 8 11 20 24 27 MetroStars 18 6 12 16 20 31 Shootout […]

CONCACAF will crown its 1997 Champions Cup champion at the final four, which will be held at Washington’s RFK Stadium Aug. 22-24. Defending MLS champion D.C. United and runner-up Los Angeles Galaxy are both entered in the tournament. The eight quarterfinal berths will go to: the 1996 CONCACAF champion, three teams from North America, three […]

July 25 in Miami Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany) 2 (Pettersen, Juskowiak) Necaxa (Mexico) 1 (Blanco). Atletico Junior (Colombia) 2 (Clovis 20, Villarete 87) Palmeiras (Brazil) 2 (Euller 16, Alex 90). Half: 1-1. Att.: n/a.

Results D.C. United 2 Columbus 1 (SO) Dallas 0 Los Angeles 3 San Jose 1 Colorado 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 20 14 6 36 43 32 Tampa Bay 21 11 10 29 38 39 New England 20 12 8 28 26 27 Columbus 19 8 11 20 24 […]

MLS Television Schedule (July 25-27) Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Channel July 25 Columbus at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. Home Team Sports July 25 Los Angeles at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports West July 25 Colorado at San Jose 10:30 p.m. Fox Sports Rocky Mtn. July 26 New England at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. ESPN July […]

July 24 in San Francisco San Francisco Bay Seals (D3 Pro League) 2 Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 1. Goals: White (Davini) 1, White (Davini) 59; Klopas 40. San Francisco Bay — Wozniak, S.Simpson, Sablo, Weaver, Brown, Folan (K.Simpson, 53), Cowell, Gallo, Davini, Watkins (Ritz, 78), White. Kansas City — Snitko, Tinsley, McKeon, Bowers, Pittman, Okafor […]

The U.S. U-17 national team drew 0-0 with Chile in a friendly match in Bradenton, Fla. on July 23. The two teams are preparing for the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt this September. The U.S., with an 8-10-4 mark in matches this year, will face Costa Rica twice in August before heading to Egypt, […]

July 23 in Foxboro, Mass. New England (MLS) 0 Palmeiras (Brazil) 1. Goal: Euller 70. New England — Coufal, Imler, Dunseth, Lalas (Okaroh, 46), Chronopoulos (Farias, 46), Squadrone (Jachym, 46), George, Baba (Sawatzky, 46), Wise, Naveda, Kerr (Moore, 42). Palmeiras — Veloso, Pimentel, Jose V. Roque Junior, Cleber (Zinho, 46), Galeano, Jenilson Junior, Paulo Viola […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dodd (5) Dallas Defenders Brandon Pollard (1) Dallas Francis Okaroh (1) New England Frankie Hejduk (2) Tampa Bay Midfielders Mark Chung (3) Kansas City Martin Vasquez (1) Tampa Bay Mauricio Cienfuegos (3) Los Angeles Forwards Welton (2) Los Angeles Harut Karapetyan (2) Los Angeles Dante Washington (3) Dallas Chiquinho Conde (4) New England […]

Preliminary Round, First Leg Group A July 23 in Rishon Lezion Hapoel Petah Tikva (Israel) 1 (Marton 90) Flora Tallinn (Estonia) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 2,000. July 23 in Minsk Dynamo Minsk (Belarus) 1 (Chernyavsky 10) Kolkheti-1913 Loti (Georgia) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 2,000. July 23 in Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 6 (Getsko 31, Sharan […]

July 23 in Buenos Aires Racing Club (Argentina) 3 Sporting Cristal (Peru) 2. Goals: Villalonga 30, Ubeda 54, 60; Soto 42, Bonet 85. Racing Club — I.Gonzßlez, H.Gonzalez, Galvan, Ubeda, MacAllister, Michelini, Serrizuela, Cordoba, Capria, Delgado, Villalonga. Sporting Cristal — Balerio, Rebosio, Soto, Astegiano, Marengo, Solano, Amoako, Garay, Torres, Carmona, Julinho. Sub: Bonet Att.: 40,000. […]

July 23 in Richmond, Va. Richmond Kickers (A-League) 0 MetroStars (MLS) 3. Goals: Bartlett (Donadoni) 66, Bartlett 78, Joseph 80. Richmond — Deegan, Cannon, Fox, McKay, Lekics, Davis, Anguelov, G.Garcia (Adu-Gyamfi, 76), Echeverry (C.Garcia, 64), Cozier (Lone, 56), Ukrop. MetroStars — Meola, Lewis, Harty, Bliss, Parra, Ramos (Joseph, 42), Donadoni, Sorber, Lagos (Kelly, 75), Bartlett, […]