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The World Cup qualifying match between the USA and Costa Rica to be held Sept. 7 in Portland, Ore. is sold out. Portland’s Civic Stadium, which will have a grass field installed for the match, will hold 27,304 fans. A private sale in the Northwest during May oversold USSF projections by three times, and the […]

The following are the results of the SA Online May poll in which 941 fans voted for the U.S. lineup for the World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador on June 28. Based on the voting, fans would prefer to have Kasey Keller in goal, with (in order of votes received) Eric Wynalda, John Harkes, […]

Results MetroStars 1 Colorado 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 13 10 3 26 31 15 New England 13 9 4 21 16 16 Tampa Bay 12 6 6 16 19 20 Columbus 13 6 7 14 18 19 MetroStars 13 5 8 13 14 20 Shootout records: Tampa Bay […]

Eight teams to participate in U.S. Open Cup Defending U.S. Open Cup champion D.C. United will be among the eight MLS teams vying for the 1997 championship, the league announced today. Four teams from the Eastern Conference (D.C. United, New England, Tampa Bay and the MetroStars) and four from the Western Conference (Colorado, Dallas, Kansas […]

The following are the four-game U.S. Open Cup qualifying schedules and results for the USISL D3 Pro League and the Premier League. D3 Pro League Northeast Division Cape Cod (0-4) — May 10 at North Jersey, L 0-3; May 17 Central Jersey, L 2-4; May 18 at Vermont, L-0-3; May 24 Rhode Island, L 0-1. […]

A-League Western Conference Pacific GP W L GF GA P Seattle 13 9 4 21 9 23 California 10 7 3 20 11 21 Colorado 10 6 4 25 21 16 Orange Cty. 8 4 4 10 13 12 El Paso 13 3 10 10 21 5 Central GP W L GF GA P New […]

Group 2 June 13 in Tehran Kyrgyzstan 6 (Haybayas 2, Merzenken, Cherkov, Kotsov, Ivanov) Maldives 0. Half: n/a. Att.: n/a. Iran 2 (Shahroudi 9, Mansorian 27) Syria 2 (Boushi 11, Bayazdal 39). Half: 2-2. Att.: 100,000. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Iran 6 5 1 0 39 3 16 Syria 5 […]

Group C June 13 in Santa Cruz Mexico 2 Colombia 1. Goals: L. Hernandez 10, 15; Ricard 60. Mexico — Pineda (Zuniga, 46), Pardo, Davino, Suarez, Romero, Blanco, Chavez, Villa, N. Ramirez, Hernandez, Abundis. Colombia — Mondragon, Santa, Bermudez, C. Asprilla, Moreno, Gaviria (Bonillo, 46), Perez, Cabrera, Mafla, Ricard, Aristizabal. Att.: 30,000. June 13 in […]

The pairings for the first round of the 1997 U.S. Open Cup have been announced. Games will be played between June 18 and June 26, with the winners advancing to meet A-League opponents in the second round. Here are the first round pairings: Central Coast Roadrunners (USISL Premier) vs. Albuquerque Geckos (USISL D3 Pro) Friday, […]

Group 1 June 13 in Sydney Australia 5 (Vidmar 17, Trimboli 39, 44, Arnold 46, Bingley 66) Tahiti 0. Half: 3-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Australia 2 2 0 0 18 0 6 Tahiti 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 S. Islands 1 0 0 1 0 13 […]

Group B June 12 in Sucre Peru 1 Uruguay 0. Goal: Hidalgo 74. Peru — Miranda, Reyna, Dulanto, Rebosio, Hidalgo, Munoz, Torres, Rosales (Palomino, n/a), Carazas, Palacios (Saenz, 80), Cominges (Magallanes, 62). Uruguay — Siboldi, Gomez, Rodriguez, Moas, Ramos, Saralegui, Abeijoon, C. Romero (De Los Santos, 46), Recoba (Da Silva, 46), Martinez, L. Romero. Att.: […]

Goalkeeper Mike Ammann (2) Kansas City Defenders Frankie Hejduk (1) Tampa Bay Jeff Agoos (4) D.C. United David Vaudreuil (1) D.C. United Midfielders Richie Williams (1) D.C. United Alan Prampin (1) Tampa Bay Mark Chung (1) Kansas City John Harkes (2) D.C. United Forwards Preki (3) Kansas City Giuseppe Galderisi (3) Tampa Bay Eric Wynalda […]

MLS TV Schedule for June 13-15 Date Match Kickoff (ET) Channel June 13 Colorado at MetroStars 7:30 p.m. MSG network; Fox Sports Rocky Mtn. June 14 D.C. United at New England 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 June 15 San Jose at Kansas City 3:00 p.m. Univision June 15 Colorado at Columbus 5:00 p.m. ESPN June 15 MetroStars […]

Features U.S. Blanked In Stroll In The Park By Duncan Irving Clashing And Losing In San Jose By Mike Woitalla Argentina And Colombia Pull Away From Pack First Three African Countries Clinch Spots Spain Checkmates The Czechs Controversial Goal Gives Mexico First Road Win Soccer America Q&A: U-20 Coach Jay Hoffman Interview by Pete Bailey […]

June 11 in Paris France 2 Italy 2. Goals: Zidane 12, Djorkaeff 72; Casiraghi 61, Del Piero (pen.) 90. France — Charbonnier, Thuram, Leboeuf, Desailly (N’Gotty, 84), Lizarazu, Ba, Karembeu (Vieira, 66), Deschamps, Zidane, Maurice (Djorkaeff, 63), Dugarry. Italy — Pagliuca, Lombardo, Nesta, Costacurta (Torrisi, 46), Cannavaro, Maldini, Di Livio, Zola (Panucci, 56), Di Matteo, […]

Second Round Group 1 June 11 in Sydney Australia 13 (Mori 2, 15, 37, 55, 82, Aloisi 34, 54, 83, 88, 89, Foster 69, Tapai 80, Bosnich 90) Solomon Islands 0. Half: 4-0. Att.: 3,127. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Australia 1 1 0 0 13 0 3 Tahiti 0 0 0 […]

Group 2 June 11 in Tehran Kyrgyzstan 2 (Sardarov 77, Kotsov 90) Syria 1 (al-Boushi 85). Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Iran 9 (Mansourian 15, 45, Bagheri 22, 39, Daei 33, 44, Mahdavikia 35, Shahroudi 68, Azizi 88) Maldives 0. Half: 7-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 5 5 0 […]

June 6 in Dallas Dallas 1 Kansas City 1 (Kansas City wins 3-1 in shootout). Goals: Alvarez (Sutter) 49; Wright (Chung) 52. SA Report Card Dallas — Dodd (6), Pollard (4), Santel (5), Soehn (5), Peinado (4), Eck (5), Kreis (6), Sonora (7), Sutter (6), Elliott (4), Alvarez (5). Sub: Washington (4) for Elliott in […]

The following is the U.S. roster for the friendly match against Israel to be played in Jacksonville, Fla. on June 17: Goalkeepers — Brad Freidel (Columbus Crew), Juergen Sommer (Queens Park Rangers). Defenders — Jeff Agoos (D.C. United), Marcelo Balboa (Colorado Rapids), Mike Burns (New England Revolution), Alexi Lalas (New England Revolution), Eddie Pope (D.C. […]

June 11 in Reykjavik Iceland 0 Lithuania 0. Iceland — Finnbogason, Jonsson, Bergsson, Sigurdsson, Sverrisson, Kristinsson, Gudjonsson (Dadason, 82), Gislason (Gertarsson, 79), Gudjohnsen, A. Gunnlaugsson (Sigurdsson, 72), B. Gunnlaugsson. Lithuania — Stauche, Ziukus, Tereskinas, G. Zutautas, Vainoras, Stumbrys, R. Zutautas, Slekys, Treiksaitis, Skarabalius, Jankauskas. Att.: 4,500. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P […]

Group A June 11 in Cochabamba Paraguay 1 Chile 0. Goal: R. Acuna 28. Paraguay — Chilavert, Arce, Alcaraz, Gamarra, Rojas, Villamayor, R. Acuna (Jara, 77), Struway, Ovelar (Gomez, 46), Soto (Brizuela, 67), Cardozo. Chile — Cossfo, Gomez, Munoz (Ponce, 61), Parraguez, Rojas, Salas, Riveros (C. Acu±a, 67), Valencia (Castillo, 67), Cornejo, Vergara, Nunez. Att.: […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has fired coach Lothar Osiander, Galaxy president and general manager Danny Villanueva announced at a press conference June 10. Assistant coach Octavo Zambrano, a former head coach with the USISL’s L.A. Cobras and the founder of the A-League club Orange County Zodiac, has been named interim coach and is a candidate […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 4 4 0 9 1 12 Rochester 3 2 1 7 4 6 Boston 3 2 1 5 4 6 Buffalo 3 1 2 5 6 3 New York 4 1 3 4 9 3 Connecticut 1 0 1 1 2 0 Rhode Island 2 […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P South Florida 10 7 3 22 13 19 Cocoa 10 6 4 24 13 18 Miami 9 5 4 21 14 15 West Florida 9 5 4 12 16 11 SW Florida 9 0 9 5 32 0 Mid-South GP W L GF GA P Jackson 9 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P New Hampshire 8 7 1 18 10 19 Rhode Island 7 4 3 15 12 12 Cent. Jersey 8 4 4 13 12 12 North Jersey 7 3 4 17 10 9 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 6 2 4 7 13 6 Vermont 7 2 5 5 12 […]