Author Archives: Soccer America

Year Teams Score 1997 Iran-Maldive Islands 17-0 1981 New Zealand-Fiji 13-0 1969 West Germany-Cyprus 12-0 1996 Honduras-St. Vincent & Gren. 11-3 1996 Liechtenstein-Macedonia 1-11 1972 Trin. & Tobago-Antigua 11-1 1938 Hungary-Greece 11-1 1992 Mexico-St. Vincent & Gren. 11-0

Group D June 18 in Kuantan Spain 2 (Farisno 22, Angulo 55) Japan 1 (Yanagisawa 66). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Costa Rica 1 (Chincilla 45) Paraguay 1 (Roman 58). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Spain 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 […]

The A-League’s Seattle Sounders scored a club-record 10 goals in demolishing SV Transvaal of Suriname 10-0 in their CONCACAF Champions Cup match in Federal Way, Wash., June 17. Chugger Adair had a hat trick for Seattle, while former New England Revolution midfielder Geoff Aunger had three assists. With the win, Seattle advances to the quadrangular […]

MLS News & Notes: United downs Kickers; L.A.’s Jolley out for season (June 18) Tony Sanneh had a pair of goals as defending MLS champion D.C. United rallied from a 2-1 second-half deficit to defeat its A-League affiliate, the Richmond Kickers, by a score of 4-2 before 7,518 fans in Richmond, Va. Sanneh evened the […]

Group 1 June 17 in Sydney Australia 6 (Slater 16, Arnold 17, own goal 39, Tapai 48, 52, Vidmar 75) Solomon Islands 2 (Pali 29, Suri 66). Half: 3-1. Att.: n/a. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Australia 3 3 0 0 24 2 9 Solomon Isl. 3 1 0 2 6 […]

Summer all-star camps been a part of the basketball scene for years. Rival camps compete to lure the top high school prospects to their camps, not to teach them fundamentals but to show off their skills to hundreds of college scouts. In recent years, big shoe manufacturers like adidas and Nike have gotten into the […]

Division I Cal State Northridge is the first school to feel the impact of Title IX since the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this spring refused to rehear the landmark case involving Brown University. In a move to meet new California state requirements, the Northridge athletic department cut four men’s sports, including soccer. Already in the […]

My neighbor has a bumper sticker, “Kill Your TV.” I just bought a 27-inch Sony Trinitron that’s so big and bright my greyhound salivates during dog food commercials. The TV dominates the small house, but the purchase was justified last week. First, PBS’s marathon art series, “American Visions.” Moran’s waterfall flowed through my living room. […]

The United States beat Israel 2-1 in an international friendly June 17 in Jacksonville, Fla. The U.S. got a first-half goal from Alexi Lalas and an insurance goal from sub Jovan Kirovski in the second half. The Israelis, who had two players sent off in the second half, got a late goal from Moshe Glam. […]

Group A June 17 in Shah Alam Uruguay 3 (Podesta 40, Coelho 55, 77) Belgium 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Uruguay 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 Morocco 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Malaysia 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Belgium 1 0 […]

Virginia freshman Brian West, who just two days earlier was laying in a Malaysian hospital suffering from an intestinal disorder, was an unlikely hero on the first full day of action at the World Youth Championship in Malaysia. West came off the bench with eight minutes remaining and scored the only goal of the game […]

Pirated signals threaten Inter-Forever’s dominance of closed-circuit U.S. market Amongst U.S. soccer fans, “Inter-Forever Sports” are fightin’ words. The Miami-based company enraged American fans last year by embargoing rights to the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup and releasing only live closed-circuit TV rights to the domestic market while putting on a shambles of a competition that […]

June 17 in Cochabamba Ecuador 2 Chile 1. Goals: Graziani 32, Gavica 55; Vergara 51. Ecuador — Ibarra, De La Cruz, Mendez, Capurro, Montano, Smith, Carabali, Sanchez, Gavica (Rosero), E. Hurtado (Delgado), Graziani. Chile — Cossio, Gomez, Poli, Ponce, Rojas, Cornejo, Valencia, Osorio (Villarroel), Acuna (Castillo), Nunez, Vergara (Gonzalez). Att.: n/a. Argentina 1 Paraguay 1. […]

June 16 in Santa Cruz Colombia 4 Costa Rica 1. Goals: Morrantes 13, 23, Cabrera (pen.) 62, Aristizabal 77; Wright 67. Colombia — Calero, Santa, Bermudez, Cordoba, Moreno, Cabrera, Perez, Pacheco (Bonillo, 84), Morantes (Mafla, 84), Ricard (Zuleta, 46), Aristizabal. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Jara, Gonzalez, Wright, Berry, Solis (Myers, 55), Guillen, Lopez, Soto (Ramirez, […]

The MetroStars shored up their defense by acquiring Mark Semioli from the Los Angeles Galaxy for a second-round pick in the 1998 MLS supplemental draft, the team announced June 16. Semioli, 29, was a fifth-round pick of the Galaxy in the inaugural MLS draft and started 27 games for last year’s league runner-up. He was […]

Group A June 16 in Shah Alam Malaysia 1 (own goal 11) Morocco 3 (Sektioui 14, Khamma 31, Barroudi 90). Half: 1-2. Att.: n/a. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Morocco 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 […]

Western Conference Pacific GP W L GF GA P *Seattle 14 10 4 23 10 26 *California 12 7 5 21 18 21 Colorado 11 7 4 28 22 19 Orange Cty. 10 5 5 13 17 15 El Paso 14 3 11 10 23 5 Central GP W L GF GA P *New Orleans […]

Group 1 June 15 in Sydney Solomon Islands 4 (Seni 38, Berry 40, 81, Toata 90) Tahiti 1 (Ludivion 84). Half: 2-0. Att.: n/a. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Australia 2 2 0 0 18 0 6 S. Islands 2 1 0 1 4 14 3 Tahiti 2 0 0 2 […]

June 15 in La Paz Bolivia 2 Peru 0. Goals: Etcheverry 45, Baldivieso 50. Bolivia — Trucco, Rimba, Sandy, Cristaldo, Soria, Blanco, (Sanchez, 46), S. Castillo, Baldivieso, Coimbra (Gutierrez, 56), Etcheverry, I. Castillo (R. Castillo, 46). Peru — Miranda, Reyna, Rebosio, Dulanto, Torres, Munoz, Magallanes, Hidalgo, Palomina (Saenz, 57), Palacios (Prado, 55), Cominges (Cavero, 65). […]

The following are the rosters for the women’s adidas soccer league, which will take place June 26 through July 27 in Portland, Ore. Note: *-graduate Portland Coaches: Carlos Juarez, Everton Edwards. Goalkeeper — Lakeysia Beene (Notre Dame). Defenders — Natalie Campbell (Washington), Lorrie Fair (North Carolina), Elizabeth Martindale (school n/a), Tracy Osborn (Portland). Midfielders — […]

Group 2 June 14 in Katowice Poland 4 Georgia 1. Goals: Ledwon 33, Trzeciak 35, Bukalski pen. 70, Nowak 89; S. Arveladze 24. Poland — Szamotulski, Skrzypek, Kukielka, Michalski, Kaluzny, Sokolowski, Bukalski, Ledwon, Dembinski (Adamczyk, 87), Nowak, Trzeciak (Kucharski, 60). Georgia — Zoidze, Lobdjanidze, Cchadadze, Kobiashvili (Kavelashvili, 72), Kaladze, Gogichaishvili (Kiknaje, 46), Nemsadze, Djamarauli (A. […]

Results Kansas City 1 San Jose 3 Columbus 0 Colorado 2 Dallas 3 MetroStars 1 Los Angeles 4 Tampa Bay 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 14 11 3 29 32 15 New England 14 9 5 21 16 17 Tampa Bay 13 6 7 16 20 24 Columbus 14 […]

Group A June 14 in Cochabamba Argentina 2 Chile 0. Goals: Berti 85, Gallardo 87. Argentina — Ojeda, Vivas, Rotchen, Pellegrino, Cardozo, Bassedas (Husain, 81), Zapata, Cardoso (Berti, 69), Gallardo, Delgado, Calderon (Cruz, 81). Chile — Cossio, Gomez, Rojas, Parraguez, Ponce (Miranda, 55), Salas, Villarroel, (Cornejo, 54), Acuna, Valencia (Riveros, 81), Vergara, Gonzalez. Att.: 8,000. […]

Results New England 0 D.C. United 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 14 11 3 29 32 15 New England 14 9 5 21 16 17 Tampa Bay 12 6 6 16 19 20 Columbus 13 6 7 14 18 19 MetroStars 13 5 8 13 14 20 Shootout records: […]

Daniel Kaplan South San Francisco, Calif. Which MLS team has the most current international players on its roster? I believe the two teams with the most are last year’s finalists, D.C. United and L.A. Galaxy. Coincidence? Pete Bailey: By my count, D.C. has the most current internationals, with seven (Jeff Agoos, John Harkes, Eddie Pope, […]