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Jan. 14 in Los Angeles Brazil 5, Honduras 0. Goals: Caio (9, 81), Jamelli (31, 61), Savio (80). Brazil — Dida, Ze Maria, Narciso, Carlinhos, Flavio Conceicao (Ze Elias, 72), Andre Luis (Ze Roberto, 81), Amaral, Arilson (Beto, 77th), Caio, Savio, Jamelli. Honduras — Flores, Martinez, Martinez Sambula, Fernandez, Bustillo (Centeno, 83), J.Pineda, A.Pineda (Dolmo […]

Jan. 14 in San Diego Mexico 1, Guatemala 0. Goal: Rizo (89). Mexico — Campos, Gutierrez, Astivia, Davino, Suarez, Lara, Ramirez, Del Olmo (Villa, 46), A. Garcia, Blanco (Rizo, 75). L.Garcia (Pelaez, 46). Guatemala — Estrada, Acevedo, Miranda, Machon, Leon, Giron, Ruano, Jorge Rodas, Julio Rodas (Plata, 74), Edgar (Casteneda, 89), Westphal (Coronado, 78). Att.: […]

Jan. 13 in Anaheim, Calif.: USA 3, Trinidad & Tobago 2. Goals: Wynalda (15, 34), Moore (54); Dwarika (6), Wise (43). USA — Keller; Caligiuri, Balboa, Lalas; Jones, Sorber (Burns, 60), Reyna, Agoos, Ramos; Wynalda, Moore (Lassiter 79). Trinidad & Tobago — Russell; Julian (St. Louis, 85), Theodore, Demmin; Dwarika, Latapy, Nakhid, Rougier; Wise (Faustin, […]

Joe-Max Moore scored in the 54th minute to give the USA a 3-2 lead. Moore scored on a free kick to the far post. Eric Wynalda touched the ball and Tab Ramos set it up for Moore.

Jan. 12 in Los Angeles Brazil 4, Canada 1. Goals: Andre Luis (3), Caio (6), Savio (15), Leandro (89); Radzinski (66th) Brazil — Dida, Ze Maria, Narciso, Carlinhos, Flavio Conceicao, Andre Luis, Amaral, Arilson, Caio, Savio (Leandro, 75), Jamelli. Canada — Forrest, Yallop, Fraser, Miller, Fletcher, Hooper, Aunger (Limniatis 45), Holness (Thompson 56), Radzinski, Bunbury, […]

USA — Keller, Agoos, Balboa, Lalas, Dooley, Harkes, Burns, Jones, Ramos, Moore, Wynalda. El Salvador — Garcia, Mayen, Carcamo, Osorio, Cuvias, Rodriguez, Castro Borja, Cienfuegos, Burgos, Diaz Arce, Cerritos.

The USA and El Salvador were scoreless at the end of the first half in the final first-round match of the Gold Cup. If the game remains scoreless, both teams will advance to the semifinals, but a toss of the coin will needed to determine first and second place and their placement in the semifinal […]

1958 London (England) 2, Barcelona (Spain) 2 Barcelona (Spain) 6, London (England) 0 (Barcelona wins 8-2 on aggregate) 1960 Birmingham City (England) 0, Barcelona (Spain) 0 Barcelona (Sp.) 4, Birmingham City (Eng.) 1 (Barcelona wins 4-1 on aggregate) 1961 Birmingham City (England) 2, Roma (Italy) 2 Roma (Italy) 2, Birmingham City (England) 0 (Roma wins […]

U.S. five-a-side coach John Kowalski has called up 10 players for a five-team indoor tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 16-21. Included in the U.S. roster for the Mundialito II were goalie Brett Phillips and Doug Petras; defenders Ralph Black, Troy Snyder and Sean Bowers; midfielders Jim Gabarra, Peter Smith and Doug Neely; and […]

Brian Purcell and Steven Totten scored in the first 16 minutes to lead the USA to a 2-1 win over Uruguay at the La Serena Under-17 Tournament in the Chilean resort town of La Serena. The USA finishes third with a record of one win and two losses. Jan. 20 in La Serena USA 2, […]

Guatemala beat St. Vincent & the Grenadines 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Anaheim Stadium Jan. 16. Guatemala advances to the semifinals as the best second-place team if the USA beats El Salvador, or vice versa, in the final first-round match.

USA — Keller, Agoos, Balboa, Lalas, Dooley, Harkes, Burns, Jones, Ramos, Moore, Wynalda. El Salvador — Garcia, Mayen, Carcamo, Osorio, Cuvias, Rodriguez, Castro Borja, Cienfuegos, Burgos, Diaz Arce, Cerritos.

AC Milan Address: Via Turati 3, 20121 Milan, Italy. Stadium: Meazza Stadium (capacity: 76,398). League titles: 14. UEFA Cup titles: 0. Roster Goalkeepers: Rossi, Ielpo. Defenders: Tassotti, Baresi, Costacurta, Maldini, Panucci, Coco, Galli. Midfielders: Albertini, Desailly (France), Donadoni, Boban (Croatia), Eranio, Lentini, Viera (95-96 club: Cannes, France). Strikers: Savicevic (Yugoslavia), Baggio (94-95 club: Juventus), Weah […]

Jan. 16 in Anaheim, Calif. USA 2, El Salvador 0. Goals: Wynalda 62, Balboa 75. USA — Keller, Burns, Agoos, Lalas, Balboa, Dooley (Caligiuri), Harkes (Reyna), Jones, Ramos, Wynalda (Kirovski), Moore. El Salvador — Garcia, Mayen, Carcamo (Irahata), Osorio (Renderos), Cuvias, Rodriguez, Castro Borja, Cienfuegos, Burgos, Diaz Arce, Cerritos. Att.: 52,345. In the semifinals, USA […]

Marcelo Balboa scored in the 75th minute to give the USA a 2-0 lead over El Salvador. Balboa scored on a pass from Alexi Lalas after a chip into the box by Claudio Reyna. Steve Sampson has used all three substitutes: Paul Caligiuri for Thomas Dooley, Jovan Kirovski for Eric Wynalda, who scored the first […]

Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored in the 64th minute when he broke through the defense and beat goalie Edgar Estrada to give Mexico a 1-0 win over Guatemala Jan. 19 in the semifinals of the Gold Cup. Mexico was unable to take advantage of its domination (14-3 edge in shots) because of a stellar performance by Estrada, […]

Brazil scored in the 80th minute when Savio’s shot deflected off U.S. captain Marcelo Balboa and went into the net in give the Brazilians a 1-0 win over the USA in the semifinals of the Gold Cup. Brazil dominated the first half, but the USA had the advantage in play through much of the second […]

Savio’s shot deflected off Marcelo Balboa in the 80th minute for an own goal to give Brazil a 1-0 win over the USA.

The following is the USA starting lineup for the Gold Cup semifinal match against Brazil tonight at the Los Angeles Coliseum: Keller; Burns, Lalas, Dooley, Balboa, Agoos; Jones, Harkes, Ramos; Wynalda, Moore.

No soccer event in recent memory has attracted such attention regarding its organization, or lack thereof, than the 1996 Gold Cup. The local Spanish-language newspaper, La Opinion, has been running each day a section on the day’s Gold Cup snafus. Some stories making the rounds: — Following, its 3-2 loss to the USA Jan. 13, […]

Eric Wynalda scored on a header from a cross by Claudio Reyna in the 34th minute to give the USA a 1-0 lead over Guatemala.

The following is the draw for the Caribbean zone conducted Jan. 20 in the Caribbean: Group A First round Bermuda vs. Trin. & Tobago Aruba-Dominican Rep. winner vs. Neth. Antilles Group winner joins USA, Costa Rica and Nicaragua-Guatemala winner. Group B First round Guyana-Grenada winner vs. Haiti Cayman Islands v. Cuba Group winner joins Canada, […]

The following is the USA starting lineup for the Gold Cup third-place match against Guatemala today at the Los Angeles Coliseum: Keller; Burns, Lalas, Balboa, Agoos; Reyna, Jones, Harkes, Ramos; Wynalda, Moore.

Borussia Moenchengladbach Address: Boekelstrasse 165, 41063 Moenchengladbach, Germany. Stadium: Boekelberg Stadium (capacity: 35,000). League titles: 5. Cup Winners’ Cup titles: 0. Roster Goalkeepers: Kamps, Kaessmann. Defenders: Kastenmaier, Klinkert, Andersson (Sweden), Neun, Eichin (94-95 club: Nuremberg), Schulz-Winge, Stadler, Wolf (94-95 club: Ein. Frankfurt). Midfielders: Hochstaeter, Effenberg, Pfipsen, Wynhoff, Hoersen, Krznaric (94-95 club: TB Berlin), Nielsen (Denmark), […]

Eric Wynalda on not scoring with Brazilian goalie Dida beaten: “I’m embarrassed.” Tab Ramos on U.S. domination: “This is a game we should have won.” John Harkes on playing Brazil a third time around, this time against its U-23 team: “We should be beating these teams 2-0, 3-0. I mean, it took them 20 minutes […]