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Features Has The U.S. Put Its Worst Days Behind It? By Ridge Mahoney Canada Continues Its Futile Run Tunisia Needs One Point To Clinch Q&A: Paul Caligiuri Plays The Waiting Game Interview by Scott French As Faces Change, Juventus Still Wins Barcelona, PSG Hold On Despite Stormy Semis Johan Cruyff: The Dutch Master At 50 […]

Group 1 April 30 in Copenhagen Denmark 4 Slovenia 0. Goals: Nielsen 4, 56, Pedersen 28, B. Laudrup 52. Denmark — Schmeichel, Laursen (Bisgaard, 58), Rieper, Hoegh, Heintze, Helveg, Nielsen, Thomsen (Frandsen, 86), Tomasson, Pedersen (Beck, 70), B. Laudrup. Slovenia — Boskovic, Englaro, Krizan, Milanic, Rodonja (Karic, 46), Jermanis, Novak, Gajser (Seslar, 60), Ceh, Gliha, […]

April 29 in Santiago Chile 6 Venezuela 0. Goals: Zamorano 19, 26, 31, 47, 85, Reyes 66. Chile — Tapia, Mora, Reyes, J. Gonzalez, Ponce, Musrri, Acuna, Vega (Villarroel, 81), Sierra (V. Castaneda, 68), Neza, (Goldberg, 68), Zamorano. Venezuela — Dudamel, W. Gonzalez, Echenique, Tortolero, Martinez, Ramos, Rodriguez (Perez, 46), Hernandez, Diaz, Savarese, Guerra (Castellin, […]

D3 Pro League Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P No. Jersey 1 1 0 4 1 3 New Hamp. 1 1 0 3 2 3 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 1 0 0 2 1 3 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cent. Jersey 1 0 […]

Colorado 1 Dallas 0 April 23 in Denver Colorado 1 Dallas 0. Goal: Bravo (Castaneda) 25. Dallas — Dodd (5), Rodriguez (5), Webber (7), Dade (7), Martinez (4), Santel (6), Hattrup (4), Kreis (4), Peinado (4), Eck (5), Washington (5). Subs: Suarez (6) for Webber in 58th minute, Elliott (4) for Hattrup in 68th, G.Jones […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 3 2 1 2 2 4 Connecticut 1 1 0 2 0 3 Worcester 2 1 1 2 2 3 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 2 0 2 3 7 0 Atlantic GP […]

April 26 in Lincoln, Neb. University of Nebraska 1, United States U-20s 2.Goals: Eddleman 87; French 20, Florance 55. Nebraska — Hornbacher, Franck, Vacek, Brown, Nonen, Smith, Uppinghouse, Benson, Hogan, Eddleman, Morneau. Subs: Wright, Nelsen, Officer. USA — Mullinix, R. Fair, L. Fair., Grubb, Whelchel, J. Tietjen, McDowell, French, Streiffer, Erickson, Florance. Subs: Lindsey, Little, […]

April 27 in Tampa, Fla. United States 2, France 1.Goals: Venturini 40, 61; Zenoni 37. USA — Scurry (Ducar, 46), Whalen, Chastain, Pearce, Connors (Cromwell, 73), Venturini, Foudy, Pearman (Staples, 40), Lilly, MacMillan, Confer. France — Roux, Guillemin, Locatelli, Diacre, Ringler, Woock, Mugneret (Banasiak, 86), Soubeyrand, Gout (Jacq, 80), Roujas (Herbert, 46), Zenoni (Pichon, 46). […]

The Mexican contingent in MLS increased by two when the Colorado Rapids signed 29-year-old midfielder David Patino and the Dallas Burn signed Damian Alvarez, a 24-year-old forward. Both players currently play for Mexican First Division clubs — Patino with Monterrey and Alvarez with Leon. The Mexican First Division season ends May 4. Patino, who has […]

April 27 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 Jamaica 0. Canada — Dolan, Yallop, Samuel, Watson, Fraser, Radzinski, Aunger, Aguiar, Nash (Kusch, 52), Bunbury, Corazzin. Jamaica — Lawrence, Sewell, Goodison, Brown, Dixon, Messam, Whitmore (Butler, 67), Dawes, Malcolm, Boyd, Williams (Young, 77). Yellow cards: Canada — Aunger (24), Kusch (89); Jamaica — Messam (60). Red card: […]

Group 1 April 27 in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 1 Nigeria 2. Goals: Zongo 76; own goal 40, Amunike 58. Att.: 20,000. April 27 in Nairobi Kenya 1 Guinea 0. Goals: Otieno pen. 3. Att.: 55,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 Kenya 4 2 1 […]

Results Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 3 (SO) Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 5 4 1 10 12 7 Tampa Bay 5 4 1 10 12 5 New England 5 3 2 7 6 9 MetroStars 6 2 4 6 8 9 Columbus 5 3 2 5 7 […]

Results April 27 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada 0 Jamaica 0 Att.: 7,634 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 4 2 2 0 12 2 8 USA 4 1 2 1 7 5 5 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Jamaica 3 0 2 1 0 6 2 Canada […]

Results MetroStars 2 Columbus 1 New England 2 Colorado 1 (SO) D.C. United 2 San Jose 3 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Dallas 2 (SO) Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 5 4 1 10 12 7 Tampa Bay 4 3 1 9 9 4 New England 5 3 2 […]

The Kansas City Wizards will travel to Bermuda April 29 for a friendly match with Bermuda April 30. The game marks the first-ever pitting an MLS team against a foreign national team on its home soil. The Los Angeles Galaxy will play Aston Villa in a May 21 friendly in the Rose Bowl. The English […]

April 24 in Florence Fiorentina (Italy) 0 Barcelona (Spain) 2. Goals: Couto 30, Guardiola 35. Fiorentina — Toldo, Carnasciali, Padalino, Schwarz, Amoruso, Serena (Pusceddu, 84), Cois (Bigica, 89), Robbiati, Rui Costa, Oliveira, Baiano (Firicano, 89). Barcelona — Vitor Baia, Ferrer, Couto, Nadal, Sergi, Luis Enrique (Amor, 80), Guardiola, Giovanni (Abelardo, 85), De la Pena, Ronaldo, […]

Mark Switzer Provo, Utah I’m thinking a good rule change would be to eliminate offside inside the penalty area, but the best way to find flaws in an idea is to have others criticize it. So, what would be so bad in making it so that if the ball is PASSED from INSIDE the penalty […]

MLS has fined Dallas Burn head coach Dave Dir $250 for verbal abuse of an official following a 2-1 loss in Kansas City April 18. MLS also fined Wizards assistant coach Guy Newman $250 for his actions in the same match. Newman poured the contents of a plastic water bottle on Burn midfielder Mark Santel […]

Results Colorado 1 Dallas 0 Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 4 4 0 10 9 4 Tampa Bay 4 3 1 9 9 4 New England 4 2 2 6 4 8 Columbus 4 3 1 5 4 5 MetroStars 5 1 4 3 6 7 Shootout records: […]

First Round Pick Club Player Ht. Wt. Pos. DOB 1. (1) Washington Victor Nogueira 6-1 190 GK 10/7/70 2. (2) Seattle Carlos Zavala 5-11 170 D n/a 3. (3) Indiana Neil Gilbert 5-9 180 D 11/9/69 4. (4) Arizona Guillermo Ruiz 5-9 160 M 4/24/71 5. (5) Detroit Pat Harrington 6-2 195 GK 4/17/65 6. […]

April 24 in Greensboro, N.C. United States 4, France 2. Goals: Confer 24, Venturini 60, MacMillan 63, Lilly 78; Pinchon 45, Pinchon 74. U.S. — Scurry (Ducar, 46), Whalen (Fair, 73), Chastain, Pearce, Connors (Pearman, 46), Venturini (Cromwell, 67), Foudy, Lilly, MacMillan, Milbrett, Confer (Keller, 57). France — Roux, Guillemin, Locatelli, Diacre, Woock, Jacq (Gravier, […]

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Group 3 April 22 in Sharjah United Arab Emirates 3 (Sohail 14, Saad 49, 60) Bahrain 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P UAE 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 Jordan 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3 9 3 Final match: […]

The following are the points totals for players who have received six or more caution points under the points system for different yellow card offenses: Player (Team) P Brian McBride (Columbus) 8 Mark Santel (Dallas) 8 Tony Sanneh (D.C. United) 8 Matt McKeon (Kansas City) 8 Chris Armas (Los Angeles) 8 Antony DeAvila (MetroStars) 8 […]

Notes The MetroStars have announced that they will host an international friendly against Galatasaray of Turkey at Giants Stadium on Wednesday, July 16. Galatasaray is currently on top of the Turkish First Division and features Romanian internationals Georghe Hagi and Iulian Filipescu. This will be the MetroStars second international match of 1997, as it will […]