Author Archives: Soccer America

May 22 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 0 Fiorentina (Italy) 2. Goals: Batistuta 80, Robbiati (pen.) 84. New England — St. Andre, Chronopoulos, Lalas, Lips, Wylie, Naveda, Maya, Burns, Ukrop, Sawatzky, Welton. Subs: Ibsen for Lalas in 46th minute, DeBrito for Burns in 46th, Vuckovic for Ukrop in 46th. Fiorentina — Mareggiani, Carnasciali, Amoruso, Piacentini, […]

Features U.S. Outclasses, Outplays And Outscores The Scots By Jerry Hawkins Alvarez Brings His Model Attitude To Big D By Steve Davis GM, Players Speak Out On Firmani’s Failure By Frank Giase Juventus Can Finally Celebrate By Mike Collett Euro ’96 Preview Soccer America looks at the 1996 European Championship. Strati Plays To New Mexico […]

STANDINGS Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 7 4 3 16 17 12 Connecticut 6 5 1 14 8 11 Delaware 6 3 3 7 7 7 Cape Cod 3 2 1 7 4 4 Richmond 5 1 4 4 9 3 NY/NJ Stallions 7 1 6 […]

MLS Ray Sadr Storrs, Conn. At the moment you are the top scorer in MLS, and all of the teams have been scoring a lot. Is this due to great goal scorers or do teams have sloppy defenders who need to improve? BM: I think what you’re seeing right now is a more offensive-oriented league, […]

U.S. Olympic team assistant coach Glenn Myernick recently pointed out the pressure that the Olympic hopefuls find themselves under. 1. Most are going through their first year of professional soccer with their MLS clubs. 2. They are fighting for a spot on the Olympic team itself. 3. They are aware that three wild-card players will […]

The following is the U.S. U-23 roster for it’s friendly against the Irish U-23 team June 1 in Davdison, N.C. Goalkeepers — Kasey Keller (Millwall), Chris Snitko (Kansas City); Defenders — Matt McKeon (Kansas City), Brandon Pollard (Dallas), Eddie Pope (D.C. United), Tony Soto (South Carolina); Midfielders — Hamisi Amani-Dove (Rutgers), Imad Baba (New England), […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Seattle 4 3 1 8 4 9 Montreal 2 2 0 5 1 6 Colorado 3 2 1 9 5 6 New York 2 1 1 1 3 1 Rochester 1 0 1 1 1 0 Vancouver 2 0 2 1 4 0 Atlanta 2 0 2 […]

STANDINGS EASTERN W L P GF GA SOW Streak Tampa Bay 6 2 18 17 11 0 Won 4 Columbus 3 6 9 20 22 0 Lost 3 New England 4 3 8 11 11 2 Won 2 Washington DC 2 7 6 14 18 0 Lost 1 MetroStars 3 5 5 9 13 2 […]

Goalkeeper Mark Dougherty (2) Tampa Bay Defenders Ted Chronopoulos (1) New England Frank Yallop (1) Tampa Bay Matt Kmosko (2) Colorado Midfielders Alberto Naveda (2) New England Carlos Valderrama (3) Tampa Bay Preki (1) Kansas City Roy Wegerle (1) Colorado Forwards Pete Marino (1) Columbus Eduardo Hurtado (1) Los Angeles Harut Karapetyan (1) Los Angeles […]

May 26 in New Britatin, Conn. U.S. 2 Scotland 1. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 13, Jones (Harkes) 72; Durie (Booth) 10. U.S. — Sommer, Balboa, Lalas, Burns, Agoos, Jones, Harkes, Reyna (McBride, 83), Dooley (Kirovski, 54), Ramos, Wynalda. Scotland — Leighton (Walker, 81), Boyd, Calderwood, Hendry, Whyte, Durie (Spencer, 46), Jess, Burley (McCall, 81), Jackson (Collins, […]

Former Portuguese national team coach Carlos Queiroz is the new head coach of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, the team announced May 27. The 43-year-old Queiroz led Portugal to the world U-16 championship in 1989, and the world U-20 title in 1991. He also took the full Portuguese national team through World Cup ’94 qualifying, […]

May 26 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 3 Columbus 2. Goals: Karapetyan (Hurtado) 29, Karapetyan (Hurtado) 50, Hurtado (Motajo) 68; Marino (Paz) 24, Marino (Thompson) 51. Los Angeles — Campos, Fraser, Calichman, Motajo, Semioli, Noamouz, Salcedo, Cienfuegos, Armas, Karapetyan, Hurtado. Subs: Garvey for Cienfuegos in 20th minute, Vanney for Salcedo in 67th, Wilson for Noamouz […]

May 25 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3 Colorado 2 (New England wins shootout 1-0). Goals: Naveda 47, Aunger (pen.) 68; Wegerle (Sharpe, Bartlett) 76, Harbor (Henderson) 88. New England — Heaney, Chronopolous, Weiszmann, Lips, Wylie, Aunger, Woodring, Naveda, Keegan, Ukrop , Welton. Subs: St. Andre for Ukrop in 3rd minute, Mella for Welton in […]

DI = Senior Editor Duncan Irving; RM = Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney; MW = Senior Editor Mike Woitalla; PS = Associate Editor Poul Swain; PB = Online Editor Pete Bailey. MLS Sam Morgan Lawrenceville, Ga. Now that we can watch MLS on ESPN or Univision, I would like to hear more comments about the performance […]

Note: Fiorentina vs. MetroStars Friday night exhibition will be televised live by MSG at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr 17 or Satcom C4, Tr 6. May 25 — Colorado at New England Location: Foxboro Stadium Kickoff: .7:30 p.m. (ET) Television: WABU 68 (Boston), Prime Sports Rocky Mountain. Satellite: Satcom C1, Tr 18. Previous […]

May 23 in Dallas Dallas 0 Tampa Bay 1. Goal: Lassiter (Valderrama) 82. Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Lozzano, Farrer, Sonora, Ashton, Kreis, Haynes, Eck, Kerr, Sanchez. Sub: Rodriguez for Eck in 68th minute. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Ralston, Valderrama, Vasquez, Hunjak, McKinley, Lassiter, Wise. Sub: Galderisi for Pittman in 49th minute. Yellow […]

Eddie Firmani has resigned from his position as head coach of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, the team reported May 24. Assistant coach Ralph Perez will take over as interim head coach while team GM Charlie Stillitano searches for a full-time replacement. “I feel it is in the best interest of the club and the […]

STANDINGS EASTERN W L P GF GA SOW Streak Tampa Bay 5 2 15 16 11 0 Won 3 Columbus 3 5 9 18 19 0 Lost 2 New England 3 3 7 9 9 1 Won 1 DC United 2 7 6 14 18 0 Lost 1 MetroStars 3 5 5 9 13 2 […]

May 23 — Tampa Bay at Dallas Location: Cotton Bowl Kickoff: 7:30 (ET) Television: ESPN2 Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14 Injuries: TB — Adam Frye (D) is questionable because of a strained hip flexor. Dallas reports no injuries. Preview: Once again, the Mutiny jumped out to a 3-0 lead, and once again, they let its […]

Gordon Bradley, one of the North American Soccer League’s pioneers, heads a group of three men who have been chosen by U.S. Soccer for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., June 15. Also selected were Nicholas Kropfelder, an outstanding player for Baltimore area teams in the ’40s and ’50s, and […]

May 22 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 MetroStars 1. Goals: Prampin (Preki) 82, Preki (Johnston) 87; Savarese (Joseph) 26. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Ekeme, Okafor, Bowers, Gutierrez, Eichmann, Uderitz, Preki, Chung, Takawira, Johnston. Subs: Koetters for Uderitz in 72nd minute, Prampin for Gutierrez in 72nd, Wright for Eichmann in 79th. MetroStars — Meola, Da […]

Unsettled MLS defenses are being sliced up Perhaps the scoring explosion in Major League Baseball is imbuing some insight to certain honchos at Major League Soccer. Those honchos, you’ll recall, wanted bigger goals, so terrified were they of boring, sterile, barren games. They may not understand offside or why people wear Carlos Valderrama wigs, but […]

Along with a million other details, Major League Soccer is trying to refine this business of keeping official time on the scoreboard. I like it. It may horrify some purists who are welded to the concept that only the referee knows how much time is left, but aside from the tension and excitement of the […]

May 22 — MetroStars at Kansas City Location: Arrowhead Stadium Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. (ET) Television: None. Satellite: None. Injuries: Sorber (KC), Klopas (KC) doubtful with hip-flexor strains. Preview: In an effort to shore up the league’s most porous defense (20 goals in eight games), Wiz head coach Ron Newman will deploy Scott Uderitz as a […]

May 22 in Rome Juventus (Italy) 1Ajax (Netherlands) 1 (Juventus wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Ravanelli (13); Litmanen (41). Juventus — Peruzzi, Ferrara, Pessotto, Torricelli, Vierchowod, Sousa (Di Livio, 57), Deschamps, Conte (Jugovic, 44), Vialli, Del Piero, Ravanelli (Padovano, 78). Ajax — Van Der Sar, Silooy, Blind, F. De Boer (Scholten, 69), Bogarde, R. De […]