Author Archives: Soccer America

Group A Sept. 14 in Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1 Lazio (Italy) 1. Goals: Neuville 14; Mihajlovic 18. Half: 1-1. Att.: 22,500. Sept. 14 in Kiev Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 0 Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) 1. Goal: Simundza 74. Half: 0-0. Att.: 30,000. Club GP W T L GF GA P Maribor Teatanic 1 0 0 0 […]

Round of 16 Sept. 10 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 2 Lehigh Valley 1. Goals: Zavala 70, Biello 72; Checcio 89. Rochester — Onstad, Restrepo, Schweitzer, Walton, Daligcon (Zavala, 63), Young (Kirmse, 54), Allnutt, Sedgewick, Biello, Tilley (Dietrich, 86), Tim Hardy. Lehigh Valley — Dutra, Franzke, Zaun, Dale Edwards, Imler, Oudin, Stockton (Boney, 63), B.Marshall (Houser, […]

First Round, First Legs Sept. 14 in Sofia Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 0 Montpellier (France) 1. Goal: Loko 6. Half: 0-1. Att.: 8,500. Sept. 14 in Heerenveen Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1 Leeds United (England) 3. Goals: Tomic 20; Bowyer 26, 82, Radebe 39. Half: 1-2. Att.: 4,950. Sept. 14 in Bucharest Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 2 […]

NEW ENGLAND 3 KANSAS CITY 2 Sept. 7 Att.: 7,260. Goals New England: Savarese (Moore) 67, Savarese (Moore, Torres) 81, Moore (Beasley, McKinley) 87. Kansas City: Preki 8, Henderson (Bunbury, Klein) 49. SA Report Card New England: Zenga 6 (Causey, 87th, NR), McKinley 6, Gori 6, Parra 5 (Torres, 51st, 5), Burns 7, Harkes 5, […]

Frank Lopez San Francisco, Calif. I read in one of your past publications (I’m a subscriber) about a soccer tournament in Las Vegas that is part of the World Club Championship playoffs. I would like to find out more so that I might attend and I cannot find anything about it anywhere. Mike Woitalla: The […]

Stan Sansone Houston, Texas What constitutes, or what is the definition of, a shot and an assist? Are there definitions or conventions associated with statistical record keeping? Mike Woitalla: Let’s start with assists, Stan. Coincidentally, Soccer America Magazine columnist Paul Gardner wrote an in-depth article about the concept of awarding assists in his “SoccerTalk” column […]

South Jersey Coach Matt Driver circled 12 players on his roster as starters, before realizing he had one too many. After losing to Western Mass in front of a pro-Pioneer crowd of 5,223, he probably felt as though he played a man short. Playing in front of a club-record home crowd at Lusitano Stadium, the […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, taking into account games played through Sunday, September 12: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Maryland 3-1-0 4 2. Penn State 3-0-0 6 3. SMU 3-0-0 7 4. Indiana 2-2-0 3 5. UCLA 3-1-0 1 6. St. John’s 3-0-1 10 7. Creighton 2-0-0 13 8. Santa Clara 4-0-0 […]

RANK/TEAM RECORD LAST WEEK 1. Santa Clara 5-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 2-1-0 3 3. Nebraska 6-0-0 4 4. North Carolina 4-1-0 2 5. Florida 6-0-0 5 6. Penn State 3-1-0 6 7. Hartford 3-0-0 7 8. Duke 5-1-0 11 9. USC 4-1-0 NR 10. Boston College 2-1-0 NR 11. Stanford 3-1-0 13 12. Clemson […]

The hiring of Don Garber as MLS commissioner brings yet another man unfamiliar with soccer into the league hierarchy. Will this similarity breed contempt from fans desperate to see the league revive its flagging fortunes? Perhaps. Garber might indeed have marketing expertise, but he can’t directly run the half-dozen teams sorely lacking resources and personnel, […]

The American women who lifted this summer’s Women’s World Cup prepared themselves for success back in their college days. When Michelle Akers started at Central Florida in 1984, there was no such thing as a women’s national team. By the time she concluded her stellar college career in 1988, Akers was a premier national team […]

The hiring of Don Garber as MLS commissioner brings yet another man unfamiliar with soccer into the league hierarchy. Will this similarity breed contempt from fans desperate to see the league revive its flagging fortunes? Perhaps. Garber might indeed have marketing expertise, but he can’t directly run the half-dozen teams sorely lacking resources and personnel, […]

Here are the responses from the August poll in which 2,367 fans voted on their ideal eleven for Bruce Arena’s U.S. national team. 1) GOALKEEPER (1) Kasey Keller – 2126 – 89.8% Zach Thornton – 77 – 3.3% Brad Friedel – 76 – 3.2% Tony Meola – 43 – 1.8% Tom Presthus – 36 – […]

Lauren Price Seattle, Wash. When the core of the women’s national team retires, who do you expect to be the future leaders of the team? Shannon MacMillan, Cindy Parlow, Tiffany Roberts? Is there anyone capable of taking over for Carla Overbeck and Julie Foudy? Dean Caparaz: Those are good questions, Lauren. When the veterans on […]

Twenty-year-old midfielder Chris Albright scored his first goal on his first touch of the ball, less than two minutes after entering the game in his international debut to give the U.S. national team a 2-2 draw against Jamaica this evening in Kingston. The goal culminated a wild 90 minutes of soccer that saw the U.S. […]

‘We’re starting to finish games’ Chicago forward Frank Klopas had more than a few flashbacks Aug. 28, when the Fire hosted a reunion of the 1984 Chicago Sting NASL championship team. Klopas broke into pro soccer that year as an 18-year-old right out of high school. SOCCER AMERICA: You must have been the youngest and […]

G Scott Blount (Furman) (1) MVP of UAB Nike Classic made 17 saves D Tim Tedoni (Saint Louis) (1) Helped shut down offenses of Butler and Indiana D David Buehler (Davidson) (1) Anchor against Clemson and South Carolina M Jeff DiMaria (Saint Louis) (1) Winner in double OT against Indiana M Jason Kuska (Gonzaga) (1) […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 UCLA 2-0-0 465 2 Saint Louis 3-0-0 455 3 Indiana 1-1-0 398 4 Penn State 2-0-0 364 5 Davidson 2-0-0 341 6 Creighton 1-0-0 321 7 St. JohnÆs 1-0-1 315 8 Maryland 1-1-0 300 9 Stanford 1-0-1 293 10 Duke 2-0-0 274 11 Connecticut 1-1-0 194 12 […]

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (5) Los Angeles Defenders Jeff Agoos (4) D.C. United Joseph Addo (2) Tmapa Bay Greg Vanney (2) Los Angeles Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (8) D.C. United Mauricio Ramos (2) Tampa Bay Carlos Valderrama (5) Tampa Bay Henry Gutierrez (3) Miami Roy Myers (2) Los Angeles Forwards Jaime Moreno (5) D.C. United Manny Lagos […]

Group 1 Sept. 8 in Naples Italy 2 Denmark 3. Goals: Fuser 10, Vieri 34; Joergensen pen. 39, Wieghorst 57, Dahl Tomasson 63. Half: 2-1. Att.: 40,000. Sept. 8 in Lausanne Switzerland 2 Belarus 0. Goals: Turkyilmaz 68, 86. Half: 0-0. Att.: 12,500. Country GP W T L GF GA P Denmark 8 4 2 […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION III Central Region 1 Macalester 2-0-0 DA WI-River Falls 3-0, DH Pacific 4-1 2 Washington 2-0-0 DH Carthage 7-0, DH Anderson 12-0 3 St. Benedict 2-0-0 D Moorhead State 3-1, DH WI-River Falls 6-0 4 Chicago 0-0-0 No activity 5 Wheaton 1-0-0 DH DePauw 2-0 6 WI-Stevens Point 1-0-0 DA St. Thomas […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 10 Kansas City at Colorado 9:00 p.m. No TV Sept. 10 D.C. United at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. NewsChannel 8 Sept. 11 New England at Miami 7:30 p.m Fox Sports New England Sept. 11 San Jose at Dallas 8:30 […]

Juan Romero Silver Spring, Md. I would like to know if there will be a Copa Merconorte this year. I remember last year it was canceled due to the busy Mexican season. If so, would MLS teams be included in the tournament. Amparo Simón: The Copa Merconorte ’99 started at the end of July without […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Far West Region 1 UCLA 2-0-0 DN Denver 6-0, DN Syracuse 2-1 2 Stanford 1-0-1 DH St. MaryÆs 3-0, TA San Jose State 0-0 3 Santa Clara 1-0-0 DH College Notre Dame 6-0 3 CS Fullerton 2-0-0 DH Syracuse 1-0, DH Denver 2-1 3 Washington 1-0-1 TA Gonzaga 2-2, DN Evansville […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Central Region 1 Nebraska 4-0-0 DH Texas Tech 1-0, DH Baylor 3-0, DH Oral Roberts 6-1, DA Kentucky 5-1 2 Texas A&M 3-0-0 DH Oklahoma State 4-0, DH OU 5-0, DA SMU 2-1 3 Alabama 3-0-0 DH Vanderbilt 2-1, DH OU 1-0, DH Oklahoma State 3-0 4 Baylor 3-1-0 DA Iowa […]