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June 22 in Richmond, Va. U.S. Olympic team 2 South Africa U-23 team 2. Goals: Reyna (pen.) 10, Kirovski (Wood) 47; Fortune 55, Koumantarakis 80. U.S. — Keller, Pope (McKeon, 85), Lalas, Pollard, Peay, Maisonneuve (Kirovski, 27), Reyna (Joseph, 63), Silvera, Hejduk, Baba, Wood. South Africa — Evans, T. Mnguni, Bobbs, J. Mnguni (Magugula, 88), […]

June 22 in Tampa Tampa Bay 3 Columbus 4 (Columbus wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Ralston (Vasquez, Hunjak) 28, Lassiter (pen.) 64, Vasquez (Hunjak, Valderrama) 71; Caligiuri (Warzycha) 7, Khumalo (pen.) 21, Marino 50. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Vasquez, Hunjak, Ralston, Wise, Valderrama, Galderisi, Lassiter. Columbus — Winner, Clark, Caligiuri, Bliss, Watson, Michallik, […]

Wednesday, June 26 France meets the Czech Republic in Manchester. The match will be shown live on ESPN2 at 10:55 a.m. (EDT). England meets Germany in Wembley Stadium, London. The match will be shown live on ESPN at 2:25 p.m. (EDT).

June 23 in Birmingham Czech Republic 1 Portugal 0. Goal: Poborsky 53. Czech Republic — Kouba, Latal, Suchoparek, Kadlec, Nemecek (Berger, 90), Nemec, Poborsky, Kuka, Bejbl, Hornak, Smicer (Kubik, 85). Portugal — Vitor Baia, Secretario, Oceano (Folha, 65), Fernando Couto, Joao Pinto, Sa Pinto (Domingos, 46), Rui Costa, Teixeira, Helder, Paulo Sousa, Luis Figo (Cadete, […]

June 23 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Dallas 4. Goals: Keegan (Aunger) 27; Lozzano (Sonora) 36, Farrer 48, Santel (Alvarez) 60, Haynes 90. New England — Heaney, Okarah, Chronopoulos, Fraser, Wylie, Aunger, Burns, Woodring, Keegan, Naveda, Welton. Subs: Sawatzky for Woodring in 70th minute, Weiszmann for Okarah in 78th. Dallas — Dodd, Farrer, Puskarich, […]

June 23 in Manchester Germany 2 Croatia 1. Goals: Klinsmann (pen.) 21, Sammer 56; Suker 51. Germany — Koepke, Sammer, Helmer, Babbel, Reuter, Eilts, Ziege, Scholl (Haessler, 88), Moeller, Klinsmann (Freund, 39), Bobic (Kuntz, 46). Croatia — Ladic, Jurcevic (Mladenovic, 78), Stanic, Jarni, Stimac, Jerkan, Bilic, Asanovic, Boban, Suker, Vlaovic. Yellow cards: Germany — Sammer […]

June 22 in Liverpool France 0 Netherlands 0 (after extra time; France wins penalty shootout 5-4). France — Lama, Lizarazu, Blanc, Desailly, Thuram, Zidane, Guerin, Deschamps, Karembeu, Loko (Dugarry 62, Pedros 80), Djorkaeff. Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Blind, De Kock, Bogarde, R. De Boer, Cocu, Witschge (Mulder, 80), Cruyff (Winter, 69), Kluivert, Bergkamp […]

June 22 in London England 0 Spain 0 (England wins 4-2 in penalty shootout). England — Seaman, G. Neville, Adams, Southgate, Pearce, Platt, Gascoigne, Anderton (Fowler, 109), McManaman (Barmby, 109), Sheringham (Stone, 109), Shearer. Spain — Zubizarreta, Belsue, Alkorta (Lopez, 74), Abelardo, Sergi, Hierro, Nadal, Amor, Manjarin (Caminero, 46), Kiko, Salinas (Alfonso, 46). Penatly shootout: […]

Saturday, June 22 Columbus at Tampa Bay Location: Tampa Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (EDT). Television: WB-53 Columbus. Satellite: Telstar 402R, Tr. 20. Previous meeting: Tampa edged the Crew 2-1 in Columbus on April 20. Injuries: Columbus — M Brian Bliss (strained shoulder) and G Bo Oshoniyi (strained shoulder) are probable, D Mark Watson (sprained knee) […]

June 20 in Kansas City Kansas City 5 D.C. United 1. Goals: Preki (pen.) 6, Takawira (Chung, Gutierrez) 28, Chung 30, Sorber (Chung, Preki) 35, Takawira (Chung) 54; Sanneh (Etcheverry) 42. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Koetters, Okafor, Bowers, Uderitz, Sorber, Chung, Preki, Gutierrez, Takawira, Johnston, Subs: Klopas for Takawira in 54th minute, Reasoner for Gutierrez […]

David Pierce Olympia, Wash. What’s it like to go from being a semi-famous forward in the USISL to being one of the top strikers in MLS? Are you surprised at your sudden shot to stardom? GS: When you play in that position — center forward — you have to be optimistic. You have to be […]

Friday, June 7 Gazza takes a rest Summer has arrived early in England: a pounding 90-degree day and matching humidity has sent Londoners racing into their bathing suits and into the parks and onto the rooftops. The nation’s capital is full of white bodies turning scarlet in a matter of minutes. Normally, the hot weather […]

Features The Delights And Drama Of A CONCACAF Derby By Ridge Mahoney When Is An International Match A Preliminary? By Ridge Mahoney France And Spain Leave Their Strikers At Home By Duncan Irving Italians Pay Dearly For Sacchi’s Lineup Changes By Duncan Irving Savarese’s Stock Keeps Growing By Frank Giase Champion Gremio Knocked Out of […]

Jovan Kirovski, who has played for Manchester United’s reserve team the past two years, has been denied a work permit by the Professional Footballers’ Association in England. The PFA has stringent requirements for foreign players, stipulating they must play at least 75 percent of their team’s international games as well as play in a like […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dodd (2) Dallas Defenders Robin Fraser (3) Los Angeles Iain Fraser (1) New England Oscar Draguicevich (1) San Jose Mark Santel (3) Dallas Midfielders Preki (3) Kansas City Jason Kreis (3) Dallas Chris Henderson (2) Colorado Mauricio Cienfuegos (3) Los Angeles Forwards Giovanni Savarese (3) MetroStars Jeff Baicher (1) San Jose Goal of […]

Location: Arrowhead Stadium. Kickoff: 9:00 p.m. (EDT). Television: ESPN2. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14. Previous Meeting: none. Injuries: D.C. — G Jeff Causey (sublexated shoulder) is probable, M Jesse Marsch (calf contusion) is doubtful, D Mike Huwiler is on injured reserve; Kansas City — G Garth Lagerwey and D Uche Okafor (lower back strains) are […]

June 19 in Columbus Columbus 2 Colorado 3 (Colorado wins 4-1 in shootout). Goals: Thompson (Paz) 31, Carrera (Thompson, Paz) 58; Trittschuh (Wegerle) 44, Balboa 48 Columbus — Oshoniyi, Clark, Bliss, Watson, Thompson, Marino, Battelle, Warzycha, Michallik, McBride, Paz. Subs: Carrera for McBride in 26th, Cozier for Battelle in 64th. Colorado — Woods, Kmosko, Butterworth, […]

June 19 in Cali America Cali (Colombia) 1 (De Avila 26) River Plate (Argentina) 0. Att.: 45,000. The second leg will be played in Buenos Aires on June 26.

Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 9 6 3 23 19 18 Connecticut 11 6 5 22 19 14 Cape Cod 6 4 2 13 7 10 Delaware 10 4 6 11 11 10 Richmond 7 3 4 8 11 9 NY/NJ Stallions 9 1 8 11 […]

The June soccer marathon is a week old, and I can say I’ve survived, just barely. Between work and family commitments, I’ve seen all or parts of a dozen games on TV in the past five days: U.S. Cup ’96 on ABC and Telemundo (U.S. Soccer’s new Spanish-language network), MLS on ESPN, ESPN2, Univision and […]

Colorado at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (EDT). Television: Prime Sports Rocky Mountain. Satellite: SBS 5, Tr. 17. Previous Meeting: Colorado scored four second-half goals to rally for a 4-2 victory in Ohio on May 19. Injuries: Colorado — ; Columbus — M Brian Bliss (strained shoulder) and G Bo Oshoniyi (sprained shoulder) […]

June 19 in Liverpool Czech Rep. 3 Russia 3. Goals: Suchoparek 6, Kuka 19, Smicer 88; Mostovoi 49, Tetradze 54, Beschastnykh 85. Czech Republic — Kouba, Hornak, Kubik, Suchoparek, Latal, Bejbl, Berger, Nedved, Nemec, Poborsky, Kuka (Smicer, 68). Russia — Cherchesov, Nikiforov, Tetradze, Gorlukovich, Yanovsky, Simutenkov (Beschastnykh, 46), Khokhlov, Radimov, Tsymbalar (Shalimov, 67), Karpin, Kolyvanov […]

Note: * = advances to quarterfinals Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *England 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 *Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 Scotland 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 (Netherlands qualifies over Scotland by having more […]

June 19 in Nottingham Portugal 3 Croatia 0. Goals: Luis Figo 4, Joao Pinto 33, Domingos 83. (Both teams advance to the quarterfinals.) Portugal — Vitor Baia, Carlos Secretario, Couto, Helder, Dimas, Oceano, Paulo Sousa (Jose Tavares, 70), Rui Costa (Pedro Barbosa, 61), Luis Figo, Sa Pinto (Domingos, 46), Joao Pinto. Croatia — Mrmic, Jarni, […]

June 19 in Sheffield Denmark 3 Turkey 0. Goals: B. Laudrup 49, 84, A. Nielsen 69. Denmark — Schmeichel, Thomsen, Hoegh, Rieper, Schoenberg (Larsen, 46), Helveg, E. B. Andersen, B. Steen-Nielsen, A. Nielsen, M. Laudrup, B. Laudrup. Turkey — Recber, Cetin (Korkmaz, 68), Ozala, Inceefe, Ercan; Korkut, Kerimoglu, Mandirali, Temizkanlioglu, Cikirikci (Sancakli, 68), Sukur (Erdem, […]