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SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 17 12 9 33 Diaz Arce (New England) 17 13 4 30 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 15 9 11 29 Lassiter (D.C. United) 18 10 6 26 Moreno (D.C. United) 18 9 8 26 Jones (Los Angeles) 9 9 7 25 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 18 6 […]

Here are the starting lineups for the World Cup semifinal match between Brazil and the Netherlands in Marseille: Brazil — Taffarel, Ze Carlos, Aldair, Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos, Cesar Sampaio, Dunga, Leonardo, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Bebeto. Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Stam, F.De Boer, Cocu, R.De Boer, Jonk, Davids, Zenden, Bergkamp, Kluivert.

MLS SA Team of the Week (July 1-4) Goalkeeper Mike Ammann (1) Kansas City Defenders Jeff Agoos (1) D.C. United Lubos Kubik (4) Chicago Steve Trittschuh (2) Colorado Midfielders Ronald Cerritos (3) San Jose John Harkes (4) D.C. United Piotr Nowak (8) Chicago Forwards Raul Diaz Arce (3) New England Cobi Jones (7) Los Angeles […]

The Netherlands and Brazil are scoreless at halftime of their semifinal match in Marseille. The first half featured a few scoring opportunities and some excellent defense, as Dennis Bergkamp and Ronaldo had limited opportunities to create chances. Perhaps the most dangerous opportunities for the Dutch were headers by Patrick Kluivert — a driven one that […]

The Netherlands and Brazil remain deadlocked 1-1 after the first period of extra time. A second 15-minute period will now be played. Brazil turned up its attack in extra time, as Roberto Carlos broke free on the left side of the box and fired a cross towards the center of the area that was well […]

Brazil has defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootout after the teams tied 1-1. Ronaldo took the first penalty and beat Van Der Sar to the keeper’s upper right after the Dutchman dove the wrong way. Frank De Boer then tied the score by drilling his shot into the side netting to Taffarel’s right. […]

July 6 in Virginia Beach, Va. Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 2 D.C. United (MLS) 1. Goals: Pratt (Lujan) 41, Fenger (Greenwood) 70; Harkes (Olsen) 43. Hampton Roads — Busch (Tucker, 72), Branigan (Tomlin, 46), Campbell, Mitchell, McCreath, Richards, Angelov (Daughtridge, 69), Lujan (Haley, 63), Hermann (Scrofani, 46), Greenwood, Pratt (Fenger, 63). D.C. United — Simpson, […]

East (Region I) Championship — July 5 in Erie, Pa. Under-20 Boys Columbia Darby (Md.) 5 Beadling Blue (Pa.-W) 0. Goals: Lockerman 3, DiSalvo 4, Wierzbowski 35, Watson 43, Buehler 76. Under-19 Boys Baltimore FC Bullets (Md.) 2 South Central Premier (Conn.) 0. Goals: Lampton 15, Cuomo 86. Under-18 Boys SC Baltimore Stars (Md.) 3 […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-20 national team closed out its three-game trip to Chile with wins over Universidad de Chile on July 3 and Universidad Catolica on July 5. Chris Albright and Nick Garcia scored within two minutes of each other to boost the Americans to a 2-0 lead against Univ. de Chile and the U.S. […]

CHICAGO 4 DALLAS 1 July 1 in Chicago Chicago 4 Dallas 1. Goals: Kubik (Podbrozny) 7, Razov 16, Kosecki (Podbrozny, Kotschau) 20, Podbrozny (Kubik, Armas) 36; Haynes (Eck) 14. Chicago — Thornton (6), Kubik (8), Okaroh (5), Brown (6), Armas (5), Marsch (5), Kotschau (5), Nowak (6), Kosecki (7), Podbrozny (8), Razov (7). Subs: Ibsen […]

The U.S. Girls’ U-20 national team began a week-long training camp in Portland, Oregon on July 5 in preparation for the 1998 Nordic Cup, an annual eight-team U-21 women’s tournament being hosted this year by the Netherlands. Under the guidance of head coach Lauren Gregg, who serves as Tony DiCicco’s assistant coach with the full […]

Delroy Wallace Coral Springs, Fla. Now that the U.S. team did not go beyond the first round, do you believe that Coach Sampson got the best out of his players? Did the “best” players play?

RESULTS QUARTERFINALS July 4 Netherlands 2 Argentina 1 Croatia 3 Germany 0 July 3 France 0 Italy 0 (France wins 4-3 on penalties) Brazil 3 Denmark 2 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 […]

5 goals — Batistuta (Argentina), Vieri (Italy). 4 Goals — Hernandez (Mexico), Salas (Chile), Suker (Croatia). 3 Goals — Bebeto (Brazil), Bergkamp (Netherlands), Bierhoff (Germany), Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Henry (France), Klinsmann (Germany), Rivaldo (Brazil), Ronaldo (Brazil). 2 Goals — R.Baggio (Italy), Bartlett (South Africa), Bassir (Morocco), Cocu (Netherlands), R.De Boer (Netherlands), Hadda (Morocco), Hierro (Spain), […]

Results July 4 Tampa Bay 2 New England 3 Dallas 0 Chicago 1 Colorado 1 MetroStars 0 Los Angeles 2 Kansas City 0 July 3 San Jose 2 Columbus 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 19 14 5 32 45 32 MetroStars 17 9 8 25 31 30 Columbus […]

July 4 in Marseille Netherlands 2 Argentina 1. Goals: Kluivert 12, Bergkamp 90; Lopez 18. Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Stam, F.De Boer, Numan, R.De Boer (Overmars, 64), Jonk, Davids, Cocu, Bergkamp, Kluivert. Argentina — Roa, Zanetti, Ayala, Sensini, Chamot (Balbo, 90), Simeone, Almeyda (Pineda, 68), Veron, Ortega, Batistuta, Lopez. Yellow cards: Netherlands — […]

Here is an overview of cards and suspensions for the semifinals: Brazil Suspended — Defender Cafu has accumulated two yellow cards and will miss the match against the Netherlands. Holding yellow cards: Aldair, Leonardo, Roberto Carlos. Netherlands Suspended — Defender/midfielder Arthur Numan was red-carded against Argentina and will miss the Brazil match. Holding yellow cards: […]

Here are the results of the June poll, in which 1,375 fans voted for the best national play-by-play announcer and analyst. Play-By-Play Broadcaster (Network) Votes Andres Cantor (Univision) 406 Bob Ley (ABC/ESPN) 248 J.P. Dellacamera (ABC/ESPN) 196 Mike Hill (ABC/ESPN) 140 Derek Rae (ESPN) 103 Phil Schoen (ABC/ESPN) 68 Jorge Ramos (Telemundo) 61 Roger Twibell […]

RESULTS QUARTERFINALS July 3 France 0 Italy 0 (France wins 4-3 on penalties) Brazil 3 Denmark 2 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 Scotland […]

Results July 3 San Jose 2 Columbus 1 (SO) July 2 D.C. United 3 Miami 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 19 14 5 32 45 32 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 16 8 8 24 30 23 Miami 17 6 11 12 15 36 Tampa Bay […]

In the first match of their tour of Chile, the U.S. Boys U-20 national team fell 2-1 to the Chilean U-20s in Santiago on July 1. Chris Albright had the lone U.S. goal. The Americans are scheduled to play Universidad Catolica or a third-division Chilean club team on July 3, and then face Catolica’s U-20 […]

July 3 in St. Denis France 0 Italy 0 (France wins 4-3 on penalties). France — Barthez, Thuram, Blanc, Desailly, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Petit, Djorkaeff, Karembeu (Henry, 66), Zidane, Guivarc’h (Trezeguet, 66). Italy — Pagliuca, Costacurta, Maldini, Bergomi. Cannavaro, D.Baggio (Albertini, 52), Pessotto (Di Livio, 90), Di Biagio, Moriero, Del Piero (R.Baggio, 67), Vieri. Penalty shootout: […]

Following their surprise elimination in the quarterfinals of the ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics — the first tournament to feature NHL all-star teams — a bunch of American hockey players trashed their dormitory in Nagano, drawing headlines across the country. At the time, it was hard to believe that the U.S. World Cup […]

Here is the updated schedule and results of the 1998 U.S. Open Cup: FIRST ROUND Date Matchup/Result June 9 Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas (USASA Region IV) 1 June 10 Delaware Wizards (D3 Pro) 2 Detroit Dynamite (Premier) 1 (OT) June 11 Chicago Stingers (D3 Pro) 8 Wisla (USASA Region II) 0 […]

Results July 2 D.C. United 3 Miami 1 July 1 Kansas City 1 New England 0 Chicago 4 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 19 14 5 32 45 32 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 Miami 17 6 11 12 […]