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June 12 in San Jose San Jose 2 UNAM (Mexico) 1. Goals: Bravo (Lewis, Espinoza) 34, Rodas 66; Nieto (Olaloe) 56. San Jose — Salzwedel, Dayak, Doyle, Martin, Draguicevich, Iroha, Lewis, Emenalo, Espinoza, Bravo, Baicher. Subs: Corrales for Iroha in 52nd minute, Rodas for Baicher in 58th, Brownell for Bravo in 77th. UNAM — Bernal, […]

June 13 in Newcastle Bulgaria 1 Romania 0. Goal: Stoichkov 3. Bulgaria — Mihailov, Ivanov, Kishishev, Tsvetanov, Lechkov (Genchev, 90), Yankov, Yordanov, Balakov, Kostadinov (Bormirov, 32), Stoichkov, Penev (Sirakov, 72). Romania — Stelea, Belodedici, Petrescu, Selymes, Prodan, Hagi, Popescu (Ilie, 78), Lupescu (Galca, 46), Munteaunu, Lacatus (Moldovan, 29), Raducioiu. Yellow cards: Bulgaria — Kishishev 48, […]

June 12 in Cali America Cali (Colombia) 3 Gremio (Brazil) 1. Goals: Bermudez 39, 48, Escobar 56; Jardel 14. Half: 1-1. America Cali — Cordoba, Cardona, Bermudez, M. Asprilla, Mazziri, Berti, Cabrera, Oviedo, Escobar, De Avila, Zambrano (Dinas). Gremio — Danrlei, Arce, Rivarola, Lucinao (Joao Antonio), Roger, Ailton, Goiano, Emerson, Carlos Miguel, Paulo Nunes, Jardel. […]

June 13 in Birmingham Netherlands 2 Switzerland 0. Goals: Cruyff (66), Bergkamp (79). Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Bogarde, Blind, Seedorf (De Kock, 26), R. De Boer (Davids, 81), Winter, Witschge, Hoekstra, Bergkamp, Cruyff (Kluivert, 85). Switzerland — Pascolo, Hottiger, Vega, Henchoz, Quentin, Jeanneret (Comisetti, 69), Vogel, Sforza, Chapuisat, Grassi, Turkyilmaz. Yellow cards: Netherlands […]

FIFA informed U.S. Soccer today (June 12) that Claudio Reyna would be eligible to represent the United States in the 1996 Olympic men’s soccer tournament, according to U.S. Soccer secretary general Hank Steinbrecher. FIFA’s position had been that Reyna was ineligible due to its new rule that players are no longer eligible to play in […]

FEATURES An Experiment Fails But U.S. Succeeds By Ridge Mahoney The Galaxy’s Diligent `Emperor’ Inspires Troops By Scott French From Ipswich Town To Tampa By Bill Ward Brown Wipes Smiles Off Experts’ Faces By Duncan Irving in Birmingham England Blows Golden Opportunity By Duncan Irving in London Kohler’s dream up in smoke COLUMNS Soccer Talk […]

June 12 in Washington, D.C. USA 0 Bolivia 2. Goals: Moreno 2, Coimbra 88. USA — Friedel, Agoos (Lassiter, 78), Balboa, Lalas, Burns, Ramos, Harkes, Reyna, Jones, Kirovski (Dooley, 59), Wynalda. Yellow cards: USA — Ramos; Bolivia — Etcheverry, Coimbra, Baldivieso. Referee: Dino Bucci. Att.: 20,000. June 12 in East Rutherford, N.J. Mexico 2 Ireland […]

League bends rules on yellow cards Players always have, and always, will complain about referees. But even a mediocre referee will earn some grudging respect if he is consistent in his decisions. Major League Soccer referees striving to be consistent must deal with an unforeseen obstacle: The league’s own policies. As it debated the punishment […]

Five East Coast venues will probably be used for expanded tourney The FIFA executive committee surprised no one May 31 when it awarded the 1999 Women’s World Championship to the United States. In contrast to the hotly contested race between Japan and South Korea for the right to host the 2002 World Cup, the United […]

So, the bidding war for the 2002 World Cup is finally over and the co-hosted idea is declared “a good thing.” Don’t believe that for a minute. The awarding of the 2002 World Cup merely served as the latest battleground in the power struggle between incumbent FIFA president Joao Havelange and Swedish pretender Lennart Johansson. […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Seattle 7 6 1 10 6 14 Colorado 6 4 2 13 7 12 Montreal 4 3 1 7 2 9 New York 4 2 2 5 7 4 Vancouver 5 1 4 2 7 3 Atlanta 5 1 4 5 11 3 Rochester 3 0 3 […]

STANDINGS Eastern GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 11 8 3 24 23 15 D.C. United 12 5 7 13 21 22 Columbus 11 3 8 9 25 27 New England 9 4 5 8 14 15 MetroStars 11 4 7 8 11 19 Shootout records: MetroStars 2-0, New England 2-1, D.C. United […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dougherty (3) Tampa Bay Defenders Mark Semioli (2) Los Angeles Jorge Salcedo (3) Los Angeles Mark Santel (2) Dallas Midfielders Preki (2) Kansas City Marco Etcheverry (4) D.C. United John Harkes (1) D.C. United Martin Vasquez (2) Tampa Bay Forwards Eduardo Hurtado (2) Los Angeles Steve Rammel (2) D.C. United Hugo Sanchez (1) […]

Group C Team GP W T L GF GA P Germany 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Italy 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Russia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Czech Rep. 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Group D Team GP W T L GF GA P Croatia 1 […]

June 11 in Nottingham Croatia 1 Turkey 0. Goal: Vlaovic 86. Croatia — Ladic, Jarni, Stimac, Bilic, Jerken, Asanovic, Prosinecki, Boban (Soldo, 57), Stanic, Suker (Pavlicic, 90), Boksic (Vlaovic, 73). Turkey — Rehber, Inceefe, Ozalan, Kerimoglu, Temizkanoglu, Zafer, Yalcin, Ercan, Erdem (Mandirali, 82), Kafkas (Sancakli, 89), Sukur. Yellow cards: Croatia — Asanovic 40, Boban 55, […]

June 11 in Liverpool Italy 2 Russia 1. Goals: Casiraghi 4, 51; Tsymbalar 20. Italy — Peruzzi, Mussi, Costacurta, Apolloni, Maldini, Di Livio (Fuser, 62), Albertini, Di Matteo, Del Piero (Donadoni, 46), Zola, Casiraghi (Ravanelli, 80). Russia — Cherchesov, Tetradze, Bushmanov (Yanovsky, 46), Onopko, Kovtun, Kanchelskis, Karpin (Kiryakov,63), Mostovoi, Tsymbalar (Dobrovolsky, 70), Kolyvanov, Radimov. Yellow […]

Third Round, First Leg June 10 in Port of Spain Cuba 6 (E.Rodriguez 18, Perdosa 44, Martinez 61, 70, 71, Henninghon 81) Haiti 1 (Rosemond 84). Half: 2-0. June 15 — Dominican Rep. vs. Trin. & Tobago in Santo Domingo. June 23 — Barbados vs. Jamaica in Bridgetown; St. Kitts/Nevis vs. St. Vincent & Gren. […]

Standings Select League EASTERN CONFERENCE No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 8 5 3 19 19 15 Connecticut 10 6 4 21 17 14 Richmond 7 3 4 8 11 9 Cape Cod 5 3 2 12 7 7 Delaware 8 3 5 8 10 7 NY/NJ Stallions 8 1 7 […]

By Mike Woitalla Shock waves were sent through U.S. Soccer when a close look at the FIFA eligibility rules revealed that Claudio Reyna is technically ineligible to play in this summer’s Olympic Games. FIFA is reviewing a request from U.S. Soccer to grant eligibility to Reyna, on whom it is counting to lead the United […]

Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P England 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Switzerland 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Group B Team GP W T L GF GA P France 1 1 […]

June 10 in Newcastle France 1 Romania 0. Goal: Dugarry.24. France — Lama, Blanc, Thuram, Desailly, Di Meco (Lizarazu, 68), Geurin, Deschamps, Karembeu; Djorkaeff, Zidane (Roche, 80), Dugarry (Loko, 68). Romania — Stelea, Belodedici, Petrescu (Filipescu 78), Mihali, Selymes, Hagi, Popescu, Lupescu, Munteaunu, Lacatus (Ilie, 56), Raducioiu (Moldovan, 46). Yellow cards: France — Di Meco […]

June 10 in Birmingham Netherlands 0 Scotland 0. Netherlands — Van der Sar, Reiziger, De Kock, Bogarde, Davids, R. De Boer (Winter, 68), Seedorf, Witschge (Cocu, 78), Taument (Kluivert, 63), Cruyff, Bergkamp. Scotland — Goram, McKimmie (Burley, 85), Calderwood, Hendry, Boyd, McCall, McAllister, Collins, Gallacher (McKinlay, 56), Booth (Spencer, 46), Durie. Yellow cards: Netherlands — […]

June 9 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Los Angeles 4. Goals: Hurtado (Jara) 14, Hurtado (Jara) 26, Hurtado (pen.) 81, Razov (Hurtado, Shue) 86. MetroStars — Meola, Joseph, Harty, Caricola, Gillen, Vermes, Kydes, Rodriguez, Hernandez, Savarese, Wood. Subs: Knowles for Rodriguez in 27th minute, Baba for Kydes in 43rd. Da Silva for Hernandez in […]

June 9 in Sheffield Denmark 1, Portugal 1. Goals: B.Laudrup 21; Sa Pinto 53. Denmark — Schmeichel, Helveg, Rieper, J.Hogh, Risager, Steen Nielsen, Thomsen (Piechnik, 83), M.Laudrup, H.Larsen (Vilfort, 90), Beck, B.Laudrup. Portugal — Vitor Baia, Paulinho Santos, Helder, Fernando Couto, Dimas, Oceano (Folha, 37), Rui Costa, Paulo Sousa (Tavares, 78), Figo (Dominguez, 63), Joao […]

June 9 in Manchester Germany 2, Czech Rep. 0. Goals: Ziege 26, Moeller 32. Germany — Koepke, Sammer, Kohler (Babbel 13), Reuter, Eilts, Helmer, Ziege, Haessler, Moeller, Bobic (Strunz, 65), Kuntz (Bierhoff, 82). Czech Republic — Kouba, Hornak, Kadlec, Suchoparek, Latal, Bejbl, Frydek (Berger 46), Nemec, Nedved, Kuka, Poborsky (Drulac, 46). Yellow cards: Germany — […]