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On the importance of the game against Honduras: “All the games we play are important, but what’s important to me is to see the players and find out where they are in their development. We’re a very young team. I think we’ve probably got the youngest team here, and we’re trying to find out who […]

Under-19 Boys FIRST ROUND July 20 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads 2 Tulsa (Okla.) Pride 1. Goals: Luna 10, Markman 33, Figard 8. Carpathia Kickers (Mich.) 2 Princeton (N.J.) Union 1. Goals: Mack 59, 75; Nugent 50. July 21 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Tulsa (Okla.) Pride 3 Princeton (N.J.) Union […]

Playing against a wind that gusted up to 30 m.p.h., the United States was unable to hold on to its 1-0 second-half lead and an 89th minute goal from Fatima Leyva allowed Mexico to draw 1-1 in the USA’s second game of the 1999 Pan American Games. U.S. forward Marcia Wallis replaced Kim Patrick to […]

Group A July 25 in Mexico City Bolivia 2 Egypt 2. Goals: Gutierrez 21, Ribera 40; Sabry 8, Ahmed 63. Bolivia — Fernandez, Pena, Arana, Castillo, Justiniano, Tufino, Ribera, E.Sanchez, Botero (Menacho, 46), Gutierrez (Etcheverry, 71), Galindo (Soria, 60). Egypt — El Hadary, I.Hassan, Ramzy, Medhat, Youssef, Radwan, H.Hassan (Basyouny, 61), Sabry (Al Amin, 75), […]

The United States U-23 national team ended its Pan American Games scoring drought in the 57th minute and held for a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cuba in both teams’ tournament opener. “It was a good first game for us,” U.S. coach Clive Charles said. “We had to work hard, but in the end we produced […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCHEDULE July 25 — Bolivia vs. Egypt, Mexico vs. Saudi Arabia. July […]

In front of a sun-drenched capacity crowd of 60,000 at Jalisco Stadium, the U.S. national team defeated New Zealand today, 2-1, on the opening day of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. The victory puts the U.S. in second place on goal-differential in Group B action, behind Brazil, who defeated Germany, 4-0, in the tournament’s opening […]

Led by a two goal performance from midfielder Lauren Molinaro, the U.S. U-18 women’s national team hammered Costa Rica 6-0 in the first game of the inaugural Pan American Women’s Soccer Tournament. The American’s wasted no time jumping on the Costa Ricans, as Marcia Wallis chipped the goalkeeper in just the second minute on the […]

In its first three years, All-Star Game Weekend provided a fairly predictable advertisement for MLS. But things got weird in San Diego. ABC bumped the All-Star Game to espn2 because of JFK Jr. plane-crash coverage. Then Qualcomm Stadium security guards tried to silence the only festive fans among the sparse crowd. As a group with […]

Gabriel Fuentes Manhattan Beach, Calif. Could you please help me to understand why important soccer competitions, especially those in Latin America, are increasingly transmitted over pay-per-view? I am disappointed that I will need to spend over $100 to watch my national team compete in the Confederations Cup. Shouldn’t national team games, especially when a team […]

July 21 in Foxboro, Mass. New England Revolution (MLS) 1 Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2. Goals: Beasley (Gori, Torres) 56; Machlas (Knooper) 10, Arveladze (Laudrup) 68. New England — Zenga (Causey, 46), Dunseth, Addo, Chronopoulos (Gori, 46), McKinley (Jair, 46), Kelderman, Burns (Torres, 46), Parra (Daley, 46), Beasley, Savarese (Dos Santos, 46), Keegan. Ajax — Grim […]

Colorado Rapids midfielder Matt McKeon has been added to the U.S. national team roster for the upcoming Confederations Cup in Mexico. McKeon replaces Chicago Fire midfielder Chris Armas, who was hurt in a U.S. friendly against Egypt on July 20 in Mexico. Armas attempted to get in on a tackle, but his left foot got […]

‘There aren’t strategies you map out for 90 minutes’ Bruce Arena’s first eight months on the job had a honeymoon air to them with wins over Germany and Argentina. Now he takes the United States to the Confederations Cup to face New Zealand, Brazil and Germany. SOCCER AMERICA: What’s life like for a national team […]

Ecuadorian national team scoring sensation Ariel Graziani is the newest international addition to Major League Soccer, the league announced July 22. Graziani, a 28-year-old forward, is expected to be assigned to an MLS club early next week. Born in Argentina and a naturalized citizen of Ecuador, Graziani recently scored the lone goal in a 2-1 […]

Chicago Fire — none. Colorado Rapids — none. Columbus Crew — F Jeff Cunningham (strained hamstring) is doubtful; G Juergen Sommer (torn ACL) is on injured reserve. Dallas Burn — F Dante Washington (sprained MCL) is on injured reserve. D.C. United — F A.J. Wood (sprained MCL) is probable; D Eddie Pope (sprained MCL) and […]

CONCACAF has placed women’s national team soccer on an equal footing with that of men by introducing the first CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup, to be played in the summer of 2000. “This is intended as a stimulus for all female soccer players at all levels throughout the nations and territories of our 38 members,” said […]

July 20 in San Diego San Diego Flash (A-League) 2 Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 3. Goals: Robles (Hetherington) 20, Farias 25; Mathis (Myers) 53, Pena (Hendrickson) 61, Mathis (Vanney) 85. San Diego — Tate, Munro, N’Doumbe, Brown, Legg, Farias, Alegre (Chaisongkram, 67), Hetherington, Farace, Robles (Adair, 46), Dumitru. Los Angeles — Reis, Hendrickson, Jolley, Hernandez, […]

Here’s a look at MLS action on TV this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 22 Tampa Bay at Kansas City 8:00 p.m. ESPN July 23 San Jose at Chicago 8:00 p.m. Fox Sports Bay Area July 24 Miami at MetroStars 3:00 p.m. ABC July 24 Dallas at Columbus 7:30 p.m. No TV July […]

First Qualifying Round, First Leg July 13 in Reykjavik IBV (Iceland) 1 (Johannesson 45) SK Tirana (Albania) 0. Half: 1-0; Att.: 790. July 14 in Lovech Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) 3 (Hadji 11, Bushi pen. 35, Petrov 82) Glentoran (No. Ireland) 0. Half: 2-0; Att.: 4,000. July 14 in Vilnius Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania) 2 (I.Steshko 45, […]

D.C. United star Marco Etcheverry provides an inside look at Bolivia’s Copa America exit and Confederations Cup preparation for Soccer America. Our 1-1 tie against Japan put us out of the Copa America in the first round. We went back to Bolivia frustrated and had to confront the local press, which criticized us for our […]

FEATURES What’s In The Stars For MLS? By Ridge Mahoney Referees: For The Love Of The Game By Dan Woog U.S. Women Start On Prickly Path To Sydney By Scott French WWC: Head In The Skies, Feet On The Ground? By Scott French 1999 Soccer Equipment Buying Guide Copa America: Youth Is Served By Ridge […]

July 20 in Chicago Chicago Fire (MLS) 1 Derby County (England) 0. Goal: Razov (Podbrozny) 24. Chicago — Thornton (Sutton, 46), Soehn (Okaroh, 24), Kotschau, Lewis, Marsch (Lagos, 46), Ball, Kovalenko, Kosecki (Klopas, 46), Podbrozny (Gutierrez, 46), Wolff, Razov. Derby County — Hoult (Oakes, 80), Schnoor, Prior (Elliott, 46), Laursen, Borbokis (Harper, 64), Dorigo (Carbonari, […]

The following are quotes from the July 20 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS Executive VP Ivan Gazidis, Tampa Bay coach Tim Hankinson and San Jose coach Brian Quinn. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “I’d like to start with topics related to the All-Star game … I would like to give many […]

U-15 STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 35 points; Brooklyn 23; Westchester 10; No. Virginia 9; Ironbound 5; Staten Island 0. Southeast Division — Miami T. 10 points; Bradenton, Pinellas Utd., Stone Mountain, Tampa Wanderers, Miami B. 0. *West Division — Calif. Central Elite 19 points; San Fern. Valley 10; SCYSO 9; Sacramento Elite 0. […]

Game Improves as Teams Get More Sophisticated As I followed the U.S. women to each stop on their road to Pasadena, I became more and more impressed with the level of play in the Women’s World Cup. When I followed the U.S. in Sweden ’95, there were only a handful of good teams and players. […]