Author Archives: Soccer America

Features No ‘Tio Sam’ revenge By Mike Woitalla More happy days for Costa Rica By Mike Woitalla Year 2 opener: Clash misses The Finisher By Duncan Irving Parreira Era opens with some promise By Ridge Mahoney Dutch toast Miracle in Madrid By Richard Bastin The end of Barca’s Brazilians? Columns Soccer Talk — John O’Brien: […]

March 25 in Liverpool Tranmere youth team (England) 2 USA 1. U.S. goal Wolff 33. USA — Napoleon, Dunseth, Abukusumo, Stoddard, Aldrich, Moore, Evans, Fitchett (Rodriguez, 85), Armas, Quill, Wolff.

March 25 in Milanno Marittima, Italy USA 3 Norway 2. U.S. goals: Albright (2), Norkus. USA — Rimando, Bocanegra, Laycock, Cherundolo, Pierce, Garcia, Morrison, Tsakiris (Potempa), Albright, Goldsmith, Norkus (Baardales). Att.: 250. Next games: March 26 vs. Iceland, March 27 vs. Belgium.

Depleted Mutiny ties in El Salvador The Tampa Bay Mutiny had been scheduled to play a friendly against Aguila of El Salvador’s First Division on Sunday, but the MLS squad ended up playing against the members of the Salvadoran national team instead. Tampa, down 2-0 at halftime and missing several players due to illness, were […]

Group 4 March 23 in Muscat Japan 1 (Yohara 10) Oman 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Macao 1 (Chon 10) Nepal 1 (Khadka 20). Half: 1-1. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Japan 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Macao 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nepal 1 […]

Costa Rica has defeated the U.S. 3-2 in their World Cup qualifying match at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San Jose. The U.S. equalized for a second time in the 68th minute, when substitute Roy Lassiter (who once starred in the Costa Rican First Division) intercepted a lateral pass in front of the Tico box, and […]

Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 USA 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Jamaica 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 2 0 0 2 […]

March 23 in San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica 3 USA 2. Goals: Medford 10, Solis 32, Gomez 76; Wynalda 24, Lassiter 68. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Wallace, Gonzales, Berry, Marin, Mayorga, Solis, Lopez, Gomez, Wanchope (Chaves, 75), Medford (Soto, 63). USA — Keller, Agoos, Lalas, Pope (Burns, 65), Dooley, Harkes, Sanneh, Reyna (Vermes, 75), […]

After a fast-paced first half, Costa Rica leads the U.S. 2-1 in their World Cup qualifier in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Ticos opened the game with an energetic assault on the U.S. half of the field, and in the 10th minute, Hernan Medford ran onto a through ball that split Eddie Pope and Alexi […]

March 22 Results San Jose 1 MetroStars 0 (San Jose wins shootout 4-3). Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L SOW GF GA PTS Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 […]

Discussion Area Restored We appreciate your patience while our Internet Service Provider has been busy trying to figure out how to fix the programming problems which repeatedly caused the discussion area to crash and burn. The basic problem is a nice one to have — the area had gotten so popular that the volume was […]

Mar. 20 in Chula Vista, Calif. U.S. Men’s U-20 national team 1 China 0. Goal: West (Quill) 2nd minute. U.S. U-20s — Kirk, McCarty, Chulis, O’Brian, Dunseth, Polti, Flores, DiGiamarino (Stoddard, 16; Moore, 58), West, Wolff, Quill (Armas, 81). China — Tao, Ran, Yi, Lin, Zhi, Wenjie, Weiguo, Yong, Wenhua, Bin, Kang Yellow cards: China […]

Caligiuri wins arbitration case An arbitrator has ruled in favor of Columbus defender Paul Caligiuri in his case against MLS, clearing the way for him to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. He is expected to move from Columbus to Los Angeles in the next week or so. Clash sign Salvadoran Cerritos The San Jose […]

Eric Oddo Wilmette, Ill. I would like to know when MLS will announce the signing of new players. It is getting pretty close to the end of the preseason and I don’t see any big names except Gough and Machon! Can list the players that are in the rumor mill and new foreign players in […]

UEFA Champions League March 19 in Turin Juventus (Italy) 2 Rosenborg (Norway) 0. Goals: Zidane 29, Amoruso (pen.) 90. Juventus — Peruzzi, Ferrara, Montero, Porrini, Iuliano, Di Livio (Lombardo, 76), Deschamps, Jugovic, Zidane (Tacchinardi, 82), Vieri (Boksic, 44), Amoruso. Rosenborg — Jamtfall, Hoftun, Stensaas, Strand (Brattbakk, 59), Skammelsrud, Jakobsen (K. Fjoertoft, 67), Heggem, Hjelde, Soltvedt, […]

Group 1 March 20 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2 (Ahmad 2, Sulong 17) Taiwan 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: n/a. Saudi Arabia 4 (al-Mowalad 20, al-Temawi 25, al-Shahrani 65, Mehalel 73) Bangladesg 1 (Jwal 41). Half: 2-1. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 6 1 […]

Features Patchy United States Downs Woeful Canadians By Duncan Irving Is The U.S. Central Midfield On The Mend? By Ridge Mahoney Why Canada Can’t Cut It By Mike Woitalla Peter Vermes Shifts His Focus By Frank Giase Charles Musonda Makes Miracle Recovery By Mark Gleeson Ruud Gullit Brings Glamour Back To Chelsea Schools Tap Into […]

Testimonial Slated for March 23 MANCHESTER, CT — Recently retired University of Connecticut Head Soccer Coach Joe Morrone will be honored at a testimonial dinner Sunday, March 23. The dinner will be held at The Colony Restaurant in Vernon, Conn. “We want you to share your recollections and celebrate the many contributions Joe Morrone has […]

March 18 in Centerville, Ohio Columbus 0 Kansas City 1. Goal: Johnston (Preki) 89. Att.: 4,000. Crew Notes o The Crew will play English Premier League team Leeds United May 14 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) at Ohio Stadium. o Former Kansas City Wizards goalkeeper Garth Lagerwey has been released. He is going to sign with […]

Group 1 March 18 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 0 Saudi Arabia 0. Att.: n/a. Taiwan 3 (Lin Wen-Han 60, Huang Che-Ming 62, Cheu Kuei-Jen 77) Bangladesh 1 (Jwal 55). Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Malaysia 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 […]

Ray Thompsett announced his resignation as executive director of the United States Youth Soccer Asociation March 17. Thompsett, who was one of the leaders in getting youth soccer of the ground in Florida in the late ’60s, served as a USYSA regional director before joining the USYSA’s national office in 1990 as director of operations. […]

The Kansas City Wizards, already without injured defenders Sean Bowers, Steve Pittman, and Scott Uderitz, suffered another blow when Diego Gutierrez injured his left knee in a pre-season game against the Columbus Crew March 18. The injury is believed to be a tear of the posterior cruciate ligament; and Gutierrez will be examined in Kansas […]

March 17 in Orlando D.C. United 5 Colorado 1. Goals: Diaz Arce 18, 38, Etcheverry 30, 52, Rammel 76; C. Henderson 66. Notes D.C. United confirmed the signing of Honduran international Arnold Cruz. The 26-year-old Mexican league veteran will probably play in the middle of the defense. D.C. United (5-2 in preseason) closes out its […]

March 15 in Richmond, Va. Richmond (A-League) 3 Columbus 1. Goals: Cannon 22, G.Garcia 36, 47; Yeagley 88. Richmond — McGinty (LaRoche), Cannon, McKay, Wescott, Lekics, Angelov, Sheen (Fickes), Davis (Abdu-Gyamfi), Ukrop, C.Garcia (Cowlishaw), G.Garcia (Rose). Columbus — Winner, Salcedo, Elcock (Miller), Ndoumbe (Clark), Yeagley, Maisonneuve, Marino, R.Smith, Warzycha, Jachym (Caligiuri), Carrera. Att.: 1,257.

U.S. Soccer has named Donna de Varona as chairman of the 1999 Women’s World Championship, which will be played in the United States. De Varona was a double gold-medalist swinner and has been active in the women’s sports movement. She has also served as a commentator for ABC Sports and served on the World Cup […]