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MLS teams waived a total of 34 players in preparations for the league’s annual postseason waiver draft, which will be held Nov. 2. Among the players waived were former U.S. World Cup players Paul Caligiuri (Los Angeles) and Cle Kooiman (Miami). MLS clubs cut down roster size in order to clear room under team salary […]

Tom Shenk Do you think the MLS/USSF has done its best in identifying young talent? It seems the future of the pro league and national team rests squarely on the shoulders of those running Project 2010. I am concerned that not enough is being done to find the prospects which are out there. There are […]

While new U.S. coach Bruce Arena has one eye on the 2002 World Cup, Australia coach Raul Blanco has an eye on the 2000 Olympics in Australia. Following Australia’s surprise loss to New Zealand in the final of the Oceania Nations’ Cup that eliminated it from this winter’s Confederations Cup, Blanco named an experimental team […]

POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Nesa Stefanovic (Jacksonville) 15 17 11 45 3.00 2. Andrew Mittendorf (Lehigh) 15 21 2 44 2.93 3. Bole Acimovic (Jacksonville) 16 19 8 46 2.88 4. Wojtek Krakowiak (Clemson) 16 19 7 45 2.81 5. John Wolyniec (Fordham) 17 19 9 47 2.76 […]

U.S. men’s national team head coach Bruce Arena has named MLS head coaches Bob Bradley and Ivo Wortmann as his assistant coaches for the USA’s Nov. 6 showdown with Australia at Spartan Stadium in San Jose. In addition to Bradley and Wortmann, Milutin Soskic, who has been with the Federation since 1993, will continue in […]

Oct. 30 in Chicago Chicago 2 Columbus 1 (OT). Goals: Podbrozny (pen.) 45, Klopas (Razov) 99; John (Warzycha) 53. Chicago — Thornton, Kubik (Keller, 14, Ibsen 77), Brown, Okaroh, Armas, Marsch, Kotschau (Klopas, 91), Podbrozny, Nowak, Wolff, Razov. Columbus — Sommer, Clark, Dooley, Iribarren, Smith, Warzycha (Farrell, 78), Williams, Maisonneuve (Yeagley, 67), Elcock, John, McBride. […]

POINTS PER GAME Player (Team) GP G A P PPG 1. Kelly Smith (Seton Hall) 15 22 7 51 3.40 2. Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida) 16 23 7 53 3.31 3. Kim Engesser (Nebraska) 16 21 5 47 2.94 4. Jenny Heft (Notre Dame) 17 22 4 48 2.82 5. Marit Foss (Jacksonville) 17 15 17 […]

As it has done since the first season, Soccer America rated the performance of each MLS player on a scale of 1-10 (1-low; 10-high) during the regular season. Polish midfielder Peter Nowak led all players with an average rating of 6.63, the highest in MLS history. He was the cog in the Fire machine that […]

Every week during the MLS season, Soccer America‘s MLS Weekly Report features game summaries and player ratings. Here is SA managing editor Paul Kennedy’s explanation of the our player ratings: Ratings are done on a scale of 1-10. 10 is high. 1 is low. Here’s the basic evaluation: 10 world class (rarely given — Kasey […]

NEWS RELEASE SOCCER AMERICA FANZONERETURNS TO RICHMOND KICKER’S TEEN TOURNEY ENHANCES 4th ANNUAL FESTIVAL RICHMOND, VA — October 28, 1998 — Soccer America FanZone, the interactive family soccer festival presented by Ukrop’s and First Market Bank, returns with an expanded schedule of activities to the Richmond Centre December 10-12. The fourth annual event, held in […]

For the second consecutive year, several Project-40 players will travel overseas during Major League Soccer’s offseason to train with top European soccer clubs during a four-to-six-week stint. This invaluable experience will be followed by a U.S. Pro-40 Select tour of England to culminate the international experience. Defenders Scott Vermillion (Kansas City) and Tim Sahaydak (unassigned) […]

U.S. women’s national team head coach Tony DiCicco has named the first 13 women who will make up the 26-player residency camp beginning in early January, 1999 in Orlando, Fla. at the Lake Sylvan Park training facility. Of the 13 players named, 11 are veterans of the 1996 Olympic gold medalists, including all-time scoring leader […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma 18-0-0 DH CS-Dom. Hills 1-0 (OT), DH CS-Bakersfield 2-1 2 UC Davis 12-4-1 DH CS-San Bernardino 2-0, LH Cal Poly Pomona 1-3 3 CS-Dom. Hills 11-5-1 LA Sonoma State 0-1 (OT), LA San Francisco State 1-3 4 Humbolt State 8-6-1 DH Grand Canyon 3-2 5 Cal Poly […]

FEATURES On This Day The Better Team Won By Ridge Mahoney The Making Of The Champions By Ridge Mahoney The Downfall Of D.C. United By Paul Kennedy Time For Arenaball By Duncan Irving MLS ’98 Ratings Leaders By Allen Hopkins and Paul Kennedy Lippi Rediscovers His Juventus Owen Shows The Full Spectrum Of His Talent […]

WOMENÆS NAIA Pacific Northwest Region 1 Simon Fraser 11-2-1 DA Western Baptist 2-1 2 George Fox 13-3-2 DH Pacific (Ore.) 2-0 3 Concordia (Ore.) 13-4-0 DA Western Baptist 1-0, DH Northwest Nazarene 5-0, DH Albertson 10-0 4 Seattle 10-5-3 LH Whitman 0-1, DH Whitworth 3-0 5 Puget Sound 10-6-2 DN Whitworth 2-0, LN Whitman 0-1 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 13-2-1 DH Rowan 4-1 2 Richard Stockton 14-2-1 DA Widener 3-0, DA Jersey City (Forfeit) 3 Gettysburg 13-2-1 DH Dickinson 2-0, DA Haverford 1-0, TH Oneonta 0-0 4 Johns Hopkins 11-2-1 DA NYU 5-1, DA Catholic 1-0, DH Swarthmore 2-0 5 Messiah 14-2-1 DA Susquehanna 4-0, […]

Tournament host Nigeria and Ghana both won semifinal matches at the African Women’s Soccer Championships on Oct. 27 to earn the continent’s two berths to the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s Super Falcons defeated rival Cameroon, 6-0, while Ghana downed DR Congo, 4-1, in a match that saw the Black Queens score three goals […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 15-1-0 50 DA Kentucky 5-0, DA Ohio State 1-0 (OT) 2 Akron 13-2-1 44 DA Marshall 2-1, DH WI-Milwaukee 2-0 3 Butler 13-3-0 38 DA Louisville 4-1, LA Cincinnati 0-1 4 Cincinnati 10-4-2 37 DA Louisville 2-1, DH Butler 1-0 5 Notre Dame 8-5-3 30 LA […]

Head: College: NSCAA Select Men’s Rankings Date: Oct. 19 -25 MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Indiana 15-1-0 479 2 Clemson 15-1-0 439 3 Washington 13-2-0 419 4 Connecticut 15-1-0 413 5 Virginia 10-2-2 392 6 Creighton 11-2-1 350 7 Duke 14-2-0 346 8 UCLA 11-2-0 314 9 St. John’s 9-3-3 273 10 […]

Bruce Arena has called up eight players who played in MLS Cup ’98 for his first match as U.S. national team coach against Australia Nov. 6 in San Jose. He picked Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Ante Razov and Josh Wolff from MLS champion the Chicago Fire and Jeff Agoos, Eddie Pope, Ben Olsen, and Roy […]

The New England Revolution has announced that former Italian national team keeper and 1997 Revolution MVP Walter Zenga will return for the 1999 season as both the team’s head coach and goalkeeper. Zenga became interim coach of the Revolution on August 24, and guided the team to a 3-3 record in the team’s final six […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 Mercyhurst 13-2-1 DA Findlay 7-2, DH Concord 5-1 2 Truman 10-3-2 DH Missouri Southern 3-1, DH Baker 4-1 3 Quincy 13-2-1 DH IUPFW 2-0, TH N. Kentucky 0-0 4 Charleston 11-4-2 DH N. Kentucky 2-1, TA Wheeling 2-2 5 Rockhurst 10-3-1 DA SIU-E 1-0, DH Benedictine 2-0 6 […]

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 17-0-0 50 DA Maryville 2-1, DH UW-Oshkosh 4-0 2 Trinity (Texas) 12-2-1 45 TA Southwestern 1-1, DA Oglethorpe 5-1, DA Millsaps 6-3 3 University of South 13-2-0 35 DH Rose-Hulman 3-1, LH DePauw 0-1 3 Centre 12-4-0 35 DH Transylvania 5-1, DH Rose-Hulman 5-1, DH […]

In what will be the team’s first home match of 1999, the U.S. men’s national team will play World Cup quarterfinalist Germany in an international friendly on Feb. 6 at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The game is a rematch of the USA’s 1998 World Cup opener against Germany and will be televised live on […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 No. Carolina 17-0-0 300 2 Santa Clara 15-0-1 288 3 Connecticut 15-0-2 276 4 Florida 16-1-0 264 5 Notre Dame 14-2-1 250 6 Portland 12-2-2 242 7 Dartmouth 12-1-1 223 8 Wm.& Mary 12-1-2 217 9 Nebraska 13-2-1 202 10 San Diego St. 15-1-0 190 11 Penn […]