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Quick action by its booster club has saved Cal State-Northridge men’s soccer program for the time being. Just a few weeks after Cal State Northridge announced plans to cut four popular men’s sports, university president Blenda Wilson restored the program for the ’97 season after boosters came up with the funds to cover the program’s […]

Quick action by its booster club has saved Cal State-Northridge men’s soccer program for the time being. Just a few weeks after Cal State Northridge announced plans to cut four popular men’s sports, university president Blenda Wilson restored the program for the ’97 season after boosters came up with the funds to cover the program’s […]

A little more than a month after the conclusion of the ’96 edition in Guatemala City, CONCACAF will crown its ’97 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. North […]

A-LEAGUE Rochester Rhinos Doug Miller and Henry Gutierrez will add a local flavor to the 1997 All-Star Game, which will be played at Rochester’s Frontier Field July 15. The game will highlight a doubleheader that also features an international match between the Rhinos and 1997 Turkish champion Galatasaray…. Miller, the A-League’s leading scorer (27 points) […]

July 6 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Milwaukee (A-League) 2 Columbus (MLS) 4. Goals: Sweeney (Cecharz) 47, Roy (Gentile) 70; Bliss 29, Salcedo 52, Dooley (McBride) 55, Yeagley 79. Milwaukee — Isacco, Sweeney, Ross, Timbers, Gansler, Huwiler, Igel, Siers, Willan, Roy, Berdusco. Subs: Green for Isacco in 46th minute, Ryan for Timbers in 46th, Provan for Huwiler […]

Columbus Crew forward Brian McBride and Los Angeles midfielder Cobi Jones have been added to the rosters of their respective conferences for the MLS All-Star game July 9 at Giants Stadium. McBride joins the Eastern Conference as the 19th player, as MetroStars midfielder Roberto Donadoni’s status for the game is questionable. The former Italian international […]

Columbus Crew forward Brian McBride and Los Angeles midfielder Cobi Jones have been added to the rosters of their respective conferences for the MLS All-Star game July 9 at Giants Stadium. McBride joins the Eastern Conference as the 19th player, as MetroStars midfielder Roberto Donadoni’s status for the game is questionable. The former Italian international […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy defeated Guadalajara of Mexico on penalty kicks to win the inaugural Independence Cup before 27,103 at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Los Angeles had its best scoring chance in the 18th minute, when Paul Caligiuri’s header off of a corner kick was cleared away by a Chivas defender. Guadalajara was awarded a penalty […]

Results D.C. United 3 Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 1 Dallas 3 San Jose 3 New England 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 35 39 25 Tampa Bay 18 9 9 25 31 32 New England 17 10 7 22 20 24 Columbus 16 7 9 17 […]

Oceania Playoff, Second Leg July 6 in Sydney Australia 2 (Zelic 6, Arnold 53) New Zealand 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. (Australia wins 5-0 on aggregate and will meet the fourth-place team from Asia in a playoff for a berth at France ’98.)

June 5 in Santiago Chile 4 Colombia 1. Goals: Salas 16, 26, 41, Zamorano (pen.) 90; Ricard 52. Chile — Tapia, C.Castaneda, Margas, Fuentes, Ponce, Vega (Valencia, 75), Acuna, Musrri, V.Castaneda (Cornejo, 86), Zamorano, Salas. Colombia — Mondragon, Santa, Bermudez, Mendoza, Moreno (Galeano, 73), Alvarez (Morantes, 46), Cabrera, Lozano, Valderrama, Angel (Ricard, 46), Asprilla. Att.: […]

Group A July 5 in Karlskoga, Sweden Spain 1 (Parejo 78) Russia 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 408. July 5 in Karlstad, Sweden Sweden 3 (Andersson pen. 18, own goal 22, Jonsson 45) France 0. Half: 3-0. Att.: 2,751.. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Sweden 3 3 0 0 6 1 9 *Spain […]

Championship July 5 in Shah Alam Argentina 2 Uruguay 1. Goals: Cambiasso 25, Quintana 42; Perez 15. Argentina — Franco, Cufre, Samuel, Serrizuela, Cambiasso, Quintana (Aimar, 54), Riquelme, Romeo (Perezlindo, 77), Cubero, Placente, Scaloni (Rodriguez, 83). Uruguay — Munua, Perea, Rivas, Diaz, Perez, Pellegrin (Pintos, 79), Callejas (Lopez, 56), Coelho, Zalayeta, Olivera, Melono (Cartagena 67). […]

Results Tampa Bay 1 MetroStars 0 Columbus 1 Kansas City 2 Dallas 2 D.C. United 3 Colorado 3 San Jose 1 Los Angeles 2 New England 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 16 12 4 32 36 23 Tampa Bay 17 9 8 25 29 29 New England 16 10 […]

July 1 — Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 0 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (A-League) 1 (OT). July 2 — Richmond Kickers (A-League) 6 Philadelphia Freedom (D3 Pro) 1. July 7 — Central Coast Roadrunners (Premier) vs. California Jaguars (A-League); San Luis Obispo HS or Arroyo Grande HS, 7: 30 p.m. July 8 — Rochester Rhinos […]

San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda will undergo surgery July 3 to repair a nagging groin injury and will be out for 6-8 weeks, the Clash announced. Wynalda, the U.S. national team’s all-time leading scorer, was examined yesterday by Dr. William Meyers, who will perform adductor release surgery at the University of Massachusetts hospital. “The […]

MLS champion D.C. United picked up Roy Wegerle from the Colorado Rapids in a trade for striker Steve Rammel July 3. The deal is the biggest so far this season, sending the veteran U.S. national team striker to Washington. Wegerle had little luck in Colorado, scoring just four goals in 31 games, but his style […]

MLS Television Schedule for July 4-6 Date Match Kickoff (ET) Channel July 4 MetroStars at Tampa Bay 7: 30 p.m. MSG network July 4 Kansas City at Columbus 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 July 4 D.C. United at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Home Team Sports July 4 San Jose at Colorado 9:00 p.m. KICU-San Jose July 4 New […]

Group A July 2 in Karlskoga Sweden 1 (Own goal 6) Spain 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. France 3 (Roujas 27, 56, 74) Russia 1 (Grigorieva 52). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Sweden 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 France 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 […]

MLS has fined Tampa Bay Mutiny midfielder Ivan McKinley $750 and suspended him for two games “for his deliberate and violent head butt of Los Angeles Galaxy defender Paul Caligiuri” in Tampa’s 3-2 win on June 28. McKinley will miss Tampa’s home match on July 4 against the MetroStars, as well as the Mutiny’s showdown […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has acquired Jose Vasquez and Gerardo Laterza from the Orange County Zodiac, the team announced July 1. Vasquez, 28, appeared in 14 games for the Galaxy in 1996, scoring 2 goals and adding two assists. He was a key part of the lineup during Los Angeles’ 12-game winning streak at the […]

July 1 — Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 0 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (A-League) 1. Goal: Trotman 109. July 2 — Richmond Kickers (A-League) vs. Philadelphia Freedom (D3 Pro); University of Richmond Stadium, 7:30 p.m. July 7 — Central Coast Roadrunners (Premier) vs. California Jaguars (A-League); San Luis Obispo HS or Arroyo Grande HS, 7: […]

Features U.S. Ties El Salvador On Lassiter Goal By Duncan Irving A Diary: Showdown in San Salvador By Duncan Irving Patino: Talking And Playing A Good Game By Alan Pearce Diego Sonora Leads The Burn By Steve Davis Ronaldo Gives Brazil Historic Win By Brian Homewood U.S. Ousted From World Youth Championship Robson’s Barcelona Wins […]

Goalkeeper David Salzwedel (3) San Jose Defenders Cle Kooiman (3) Tampa Bay Richard Gough (2) Kansas City Troy Dayak (1) San Jose Midfielders Mo Johnston (2) Kansas City Eddie Lewis (1) San Jose Paul Bravo (2) Colorado Carlos Valderrama (4) Tampa Bay Forwards Alan Prampin (2) Tampa Bay Welton (1) Los Angeles Digital Takawira (1) […]

July 2 in Kuching Argentina 1 Ireland 0. Goal: Romeo 55. Argentina — Franco, Cubero, Scaloni, Serrizuela, Cambiasso, Markic, Quintana (Romero, 61), Riquelme (Rodriguez, 46), Romeo, Aimar (Diez, 74), Placente. Ireland — O’Connor, Worrall, Ryan, Hawkins, Inman (Crowe, 84), Cummins, Morgan, Duff, Kirby, Fenn (Baker, 74), Molloy (Murphy, 58). Att.: 14,976. July 2 in Shah […]