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Goalkeeper Dodd (1) Dallas Defender Maessner (1) D.C. United Elcock (1) Columbus Midfielders Pena (1) Los Angeles Cienfuegos (1) Los Angeles Etcheverry (3) D.C. United Farias (1) New England Johnston (2) Kansas City Forwards Washington (1) Dallas Moreno (2) D.C. United Welton (1) Los Angeles Note: In parentheses is the number of times a player […]

Features U.S. Mexico Share A Wild One In Massachusetts By Ridge Mahoney Passion Pours On To The Field By Ridge Mahoney Johnston Lives Down `Judas’ Label By Bill Ward Soccer America College Choice Including school, program, and scholarship information for hundreds of colleges in the U.S. and Canada Angola And Congo Surprise By Paul Kennedy […]

April 22 in Chula Vista, Calif. USA 0 Costa Rica 0. USA — Kirk, Chulis, McCarty, Parra, Corrales, DiGiamarino, Armas, Poltl, Flores, Waltrip, Quill. Subs: Olsen, Wolff, Stoddard, West. Costa Rica — Gonzalez, Chinchilla, Nossar, Torres, Salas, Sequilla, Villavicencio, Castro, Ducan, Ledezma, Brice. Subs: Fonseca, Solis. Att.: 20.

April 22 in Gelsenkirchen Schalke (Germany) 2 Tenerife (Spain) 0. Goals: Linke 68, Wilmots 107. Schalke — Lehmann, Thon, De Kock, Linke, Eigenrauch, Nemec, Mueller, Anderbruegge, Bueskens, Latal (Held, 110), Wilmots. Tenerife — Andersson, Suarez, Paz (Dani, 59), Ballesteros, Mata, Cruzado, Motaung, Minambres, Jokanovic, Kodro (Neuville, 72), Pinilla (Vidmar, 98). Att.: 56,824. (Schalke wins 2-1 […]

Major League Soccer has signed four college sophomores, one college freshman and one high school senior as part of its Project-40. Ubusuku Abukusumo (N.C. State), Joe DiGiamarino (Cal State Fullerton), Brian Dunseth (Cal State Fullerton), Eric Quill (Clemson) and Tim Sahaydak (North Carolina) all play for the U.S. under-20 team. Nino DaSilva, the 1996 NSCAA/Umbro […]

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

MLS Market Station Rating/Share Los Angeles KABC 3.0/8 Chicago WLS 2.6/7 Kansas City KMBC 2.5/6 Boston WCVB 2.4/6 Columbus WSYX 2.4/7 Denver KMGH 2.3/6 Dallas WFAA 2.2/5 New York WABC 2.0/5 San Francisco KGO 1.9/6 Tampa WFTS 1.8/4 Miami WPLG 1.2/3 Washington WJLA 1.1/6 o Overnight rating equals the percentage of households with televisions watching […]

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

Group 5 April 20 in Phnom Penh Cambodia 0 Yemen 1 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Indonesia 2 1 1 0 8 0 4 Yemen 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambodia 2 0 0 2 0 9 0

KANSAS CITY 2 DALLAS 1 April 18 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Klopas (Johnston) 22, Chung (Johnston, Preki) 80; Elliott (Eck) 39. #195# SA Report Card Kansas City — Ammann (6), Bowers (5), Okafor (5), McKeon (6), Pittman (5), Klopas (5), Preki (5), Chung (6), Johnston (7), Takawira (5), Wright (5). […]

The Dallas Burn has signed former Swiss international midfielder Alain Sutter, the club announced April 21. “This is great news for the Dallas Burn, all of our fans, and for soccer fans across the country,” said Dallas GM Billy Hicks. The 29-year-old Sutter has been capped 63 times for his country, and played in three […]

April 20 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 Mexico 2 . Goals: Pope 35, own goal 74; Hermosillo 1, Hernandez 54. USA — Keller, Pope, Balboa, Lalas (Mason, 78), Agoos, Stewart, Sorber, Dooley (Wagner, 77), Harkes, Reyna, Wynalda. Mexico — Rios, Suarez, Davino, Pardo, R. Ramirez (Pelaez, 90), Garcia Aspe, Coyote, Galindo (Del Olmo, 80), Hernandez, […]

Results April 20 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 Mexico 2. Goals: Pope 35, own goal 74; Hermosillo 1, L. Hernandez 54. Att.: 57,877 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 […]

The following are the starting lineups for the USA-Mexico qualifier at Foxboro Stadium. USA — Keller, Pope, Lalas, Balboa, Agoos, Stewart, Sorber, Dooley, Harkes, Wynalda, Reyna. Mexico — Rios, R. Ramirez, Davino, Suarez, Pardo, Garcia Aspe, Galindo, Coyote, Hernandez, Zague, Hermosillo.

The U.S. and Mexico remain deadlocked at 1-1 at halftime of their World Cup qualifying match in Foxboro, Mass.

Eddie Pope scored in the 35th minute to tie the match at 1-1. Mexico’s Dulio Davino fouled Claudio Reyna outside the right corner of the area (a high kick for which the defender received the first yellow card of the match). Reyna took the resulting free kick and curved a ball into the box. After […]

Carlos Hermosillo scored in the first minute to give Mexico a 1-0 lead over the U.S. Alexi Lalas passed the ball back to Kasey Keller, who attempted to kick a long ball down the field. However, the ball rebounded off of a charging Hermosillo and bounced over Keller’s head and into the goal for a […]

Results Dallas 4 Colorado 1 New England 2 Tampa Bay 1 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 […]

The U.S. and Mexico are tied 2-2 with five minutes to play. Luis Hernandez had given Mexico a 2-1 lead when he scored in the 54th minute, but the U.S. equalized in the 74th minute on an own goal by Mexican substitute Nicholas Ramirez.

Group 3 April 19 in Sharjah, UAE Jordan 4 Bahrain 1. Goals: Shaqran 15, Qassem 33, Khatib 89, Abuaded 90; Rashid 42. Att.: 1,200. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Jordan 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 UAE 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 […]

Garrick Roegner Tallinn, Estonia I felt that Preki’s performance on the national team, as well as his great MLS season, professional experience in England and his superb skills, warranted a regular spot (as a reserve) on the national squad. Yet Sampson has not called him up for Jamaica, Canada, Costa Rica, or Mexico. Why, and […]

Note: The MetroStars signed former New England midfielder/defender John Debrito on April 19. The club waived former Rutgers star Rob Johnson to make room for DeBrito. Results MetroStars 1 D.C. United 2 Columbus 2 San Jose 1 (SO) Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 4 4 0 10 9 […]

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the New England Revolution have confirmed public transportation for the April 20 doubleheader at Foxboro Stadium. The following is the MBTA train schedule for April 20 (all times are eastern): South Station Depart 12:50 p.m. Back Bay Depart 12:55 p.m. Dedham Corp. Depart 1:10 p.m. Norwood Central Depart 1:15 […]

Results Kansas City 2 Dallas 1 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 1 Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 3 3 0 9 8 2 D.C. United 3 3 0 7 7 3 Columbus 3 2 1 4 3 4 New England 3 1 2 3 2 7 MetroStars 4 1 […]

Yes, SA Online’s popular interactive feature, Ask A Star, is back! QPR and U.S. keeper Juergen Sommer will be our first star for 1997. Send Juergen a question by clicking on the Ask a Star link in the INTERACTIVE section of SA Online.