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———-Ratings———— CHIBOLARGMEXBRACOLAvg. PlayerGPMin.G2-10-13-00-00-11-4 Paul Caligiuri654008588877.3 Kasey Keller3270–8857.0 Eric Wynalda53883977456.4 Brad Friedel3270–6856.3 John Harkes54500658576.2 Tom Dooley54500657576.0 Ernie Stewart651807685545.8 Cobi Jones633705884545.7 Alexi Lalas654015586635.5 Marcelo Balboa3196065–5.5 Mike Burns648206475645.3 Joe-Max Moore54051674545.2 Tab Ramos62630656–545.2 Frank Klopas52521484635.0 Claudio Reyna4230056545.0 John Kerr145055.0 Mike Sorber51930654544.8 Jovan Kirovski145044.0 Mike Lapper190033.0

1994 Sept. 4Israel 2Poland 1 Sept. 7Slovakia 0France 0 Romania 3Azerbaijan 0 Oct. 8France 0Romania 0 Oct. 12Israel 2Slovakia 2 Poland 1Azerbaijan 0 Nov. 12Romania 3Slovakia 2 Nov. 16Poland 0France 0 Azerbaijan 0Israel 2 Dec. 14Azerbaijan 0France 2 Israel 1Romania 1 1995 March 29Romania 2Poland 1 Israel 0France 0 Slovakia 4Azerbaijan 1 April 25Poland 4Israel […]

1994 April 20N. Ireland 4Liechtenstein 1 Sept. 7Liechtenstein 0Austria 4 N. Ireland 1Portugal 2 Latvia 0Ireland 3 Oct. 9Latvia 1Portugal 3 Oct. 12Austria 1N. Ireland 2 Ireland 4Liechtenstein 0 Nov. 13Portugal 1Austria 0 Nov. 15Liechtenstein 0Latvia 1 Nov. 16N. Ireland 0Ireland 4 Dec. 18Portugal 8Liechtenstein 0 1995 March 29Ireland 1N. Ireland 1 Austria 5Latvia 0 […]

1994 Sept. 4Estonia 0Croatia 2 Sept. 7Slovenia 1Italy 1 Ukraine 0Lithuania 2 Oct. 8Estonia 0Italy 2 Oct. 9Croatia 2Lithuania 0 Oct. 12Ukraine 0Slovenia 0 Nov. 13Ukraine 3Estonia 0 Nov. 16Slovenia 1Lithuania 2 Italy 1Croatia 2 1995 March 25Italy 4Estonia 1 Croatia 4Ukraine 0 March 29Slovenia 3Estonia 0 Ukraine 0Italy 2 Lithuania 0Croatia 0 April 26Lithuania […]

Birmingham Stadium: Villa Park (capacity: 40,530). Population: 995,000. Distance from London: 116 miles. Train: from London Euston Station to Birmingham New Street Station (1 hour 50 minutes). Home of Aston Villa, Vila Park is one of England’s most traditional stadiums. It has been renovated on all four sides for Euro ’96. Leeds Stadium: Elland Road […]

36 entrants: three qualify, and one will play off against the Oceania winner. First Round (each group to decide own system of play): Group 1 — Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Taiwan Group 2 — Iran, Syria, Maldive Islands, Kirghizistan Group 3 — United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan Group 4 — Japan, Oman, Nepal, Macao Group […]

30 entrants: three qualify Caribbean Zone First-Round Pairings Series A — Aruba vs. Dominican Republic Series B — Guyana vs. Grenada Series C — Bahamas vs. St. Kitts & Nevis Series D — Dominica vs. Antigua Second-Round Pairings Bermuda vs. Trinidad & Tobago Puerto Rico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines Cayman Islands vs. Cuba Series […]

50 entrants: 14 qualify, plus host France. Group 1 — Bosnia, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Slovenia. Group 2 — England, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Poland. Group 3 — Azerbaijan, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Switzerland. Group 4 — Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Scotland, Sweden. Group 5 — Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Luxembourg, Russia. Group 6 — Czech Republic, Faeroe Islands, […]

36 entrants: five qualify First-Round Byes Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco First-Round Pairings (home teams for opening leg listed first) Sudan vs.Zambia Namibia vs. Mozambique Tanzania vs. Ghana Swaziland vs. Gabon Uganda vs. Angola Mauritius vs. Zaire Malawi vs. South Africa Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe Guinea-Bissau vs. Guinea Rwanda vs. Tunisia Congo vs. Ivory Coast Kenya vs. […]

Aug. 9 Preliminary Round, First Leg Aug. 23 Preliminary Round, Second Leg Sept. 12 First Round, First Leg Sept. 26 First Round, Second Leg Oct. 17 Second Round, First Leg Oct. 31 Second Round, Second Leg Nov. 21 Third Round, First Leg Dec. 5 Third Round, Second Leg March 5 Quarterfinals, First Leg March 19 […]

1956 June 13 in Paris Real Madrid (Spain) 4, Reims (France) 3. Goals: Di Stefano (15), Rial (31, 80), Marquitos (68); Leblond (7), Templin (11), Hidalgo (62). Real Madrid – Alonso, Atienza, Lesmes, Munoz, Marquitos, Zarraga, Joseito, Marchal, Di Stefano, Rial, Gento. Reims – Jacquet, Zimny, Giruado, Siatka, Jonquet, Leblond, Hidalgo, Glovacki, Kopa, Bliard, Templin. […]

First Round Group A DateMatchSite June 8England vs. SwitzerlandLondon June 10Netherlands vs. ScotlandBirmingham June 13Switzerland vs. NetherlandsBirmingham June 14England vs. ScotlandLondon June 18Scotland vs. SwitzerlandBirmingham June 18Netherlands vs. EnglandLondon Group B DateMatchSite June 9Spain vs. BulgariaLeeds June 10Romania vs. FranceNewcastle June 13Bulgaria vs. RomaniaNewcastle June 15Spain vs. FranceLeeds June 18France vs. BulgariaNewcastle June 18Romania vs. […]

Feb. 2 in San Diego United States U-20s 1, Mexico U-20s 5. Goals: Brown (57); Rodriguez (35), Guttierez (43, 65, 78), Torres (47). U.S. — Kirk, Abukusumo (Chulis, 46), Corrales, Armas, Flores, Halupka (Olsen, 46), Parra (Rimando, 46), Rodriguez (Digi-Marino, 46), Victorine, Brown, Henderson (Quill, 66). Mexico — Olivera, Campos, Marquez, Lopez, Ibona, De Leon, […]

10 entrants: one to advance to a playoff with a team from Asia. First-Round Byes Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti. First Round Melanesian Group — Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. Polynesian Group — Cook Islands, Tonga, Western Samoa. Winner of Melanesian group and winner of playoff between the Polynesian Group first-place and Melanesian Group […]

10 entrants: four qualify, plus defending champion Brazil. The nine countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela — will play home and away matches against each other with the top four qualifying for France ’98.

Colorado — Re-signed goalie Trey Harrington and defender Robert Lipp to thre-year contracts. New York — Re-signed striker Darren Eales.

Florida soccer fans will get a preliminary look at the U.S. Olympic teams preparing for the 1996 Olympics when they play five games in Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando in February. The U.S. women’s national team, which finished third in the 1995 Women’s World Cup, plays world champion Norway Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. (EST) at […]

First Round, First Leg Sept. 14 in Batumi Dynamo Batumi (Georgia) 2 Celtic (Scotland) 3. Goals: Machutadze (11), Tugushi (68); Thom (24, 87), Donnelly (42). Att.: 17,000. Sept. 14 in Moscow Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 3 Ararat Yerevan (Armenia) 1. Goals: Teryokhin (45, 90), Safronov (73); Stepanyan (71). Att.: 7,500. Sept. 14 in TiranaApoel (Nicosia) 0 […]

Group A Preliminary Round Panathinaikos 0, Hajduk Split 0 Hajduk Split 1, Panathinaikos 1 (Aggregate: 1-1; Panathinaikos wins on away goal) Dynamo Kiev 1, Aalborg 0 Aalborg 1, Dynamo Kiev 3 (Dynamo Kiev wins 4-1 on aggregate) Champions’ League Sept. 13 in Nantes Nantes (France) 0 Porto (Portugal) 0. Att.: 25,000. Sept. 13 in Kiev […]

Group A Sept. 13 Nantes vs. Porto Aalborg vs. Panathinaikos Sept. 27 Panathinaikos vs. Nantes Porto vs. Aalborg Oct. 18 Nantes vs. Aalborg Porto vs. Panathinaikos Nov. 1 Panathinaikos vs. Porto Aalborg vs. Nantes Nov. 22 Panathinaikos vs. Aalborg Porto vs. Nantes Dec. 6 Nantes vs. Panathinaikos Aalborg vs. Porto Group B Sept. 13 Legia […]

The prospect of winning an all-expenses paid trip anywhere in the world if it captures the title inspired the Atlanta Ruckus to a shooutout win in Game 1 of the championship series. Of all the debts Atlanta Ruckus owner Johnny Imerman faced this season — and there were some doozies — one of the biggest […]

MVP: Peter Hattrup (Seattle). Rookie of the Year: Giuliano Oliviero (Vancouver). Coach of the Year: Lothar Osiander (Atlanta). Defender of the Year: John Doyle (Atlanta). Goalie of the Year: Marcus Hahnemann (Seattle). The “A-Team”: Goalkeeper — Marcus Hahnemann (Seattle). Defenders — Robin Fraser (Colorado), John Doyle (Atlanta), Steve Trittschuh (Montreal). Midfielders — Dan Calichman (New […]

Semifinals Sept. 14 in Atlanta Atlanta 1, Montreal 1 (Atlanta wins 2-1 in shootout). Goals: Steenkamp (Araujo) 71; Barker (De Santis) 70. Atlanta — Young Yi, Martin, Doyle, Sheen, Wurdack, Huwiler (Suri), Murray, Moore, Araujo, Steenkamp, Soebye. Montreal — Ceccarelli, Diotte (Thompson), Trittschuh, Limniatis, Kouzmanis, Holness (Biello), Hooper, Dougherty, DeSantis, Paulinho, Barker. Att.: 2,114. Sept. […]

Final Standings TeamWLGFGAP Montreal177472751 Seattle186402451 Vancouver1014384333 Atlanta1311294132 Colorado816354129 New York618213920 (Teams earn three points for a regulation win, two points for a shootout win and one point for a shootout loss.) Leading Scorers (Final) Player (Team)GAP Hattrup (Seattle)11830 Dougherty (Montreal)10828 Barker (Montreal)10525 Fry (Seattle)9422 Dailly (Vancouver)7721

Atlanta PlayerGPGAP Soebye237317 Steenkamp248016 Murray234210 Araujo23248 Sheen23146 Moore15215 Solberg11135 Huwiler23113 Doyle19102 Gambatese16102 Suri15022 Fashanu4102 Martin23011 Schweitzer15011 Wurdack10011 Andracki18000 Richmond17000 Yung Yi9000 Hellenkamp8000 GoalkeeperGPW-LGAA Yung Yi94-21.45 Andracki189-91.86 Colorado PlayerGPGAP Hooker207014 Roentved245212 Okoh205212 Siersbaek195111 Eck20328 Guthrie19328 M.Santel23135 Fraser22124 Haynes14124 McCreath22113 Boyd9033 Amaya8102 Tadlock8102 Fig6102 Lipp16011 Hauglund10011 Dodd24000 Martinez15000 Mikes10000 Lujan5000 C.Santel4000 Epstein2000 Hesse1000 GoalkeeperGPW-LGAA Dodd248-161.71 Montreal PlayerGPGAP […]