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Here is the schedule for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup: FIRST ROUND Eight matches to be played between June 9 and June 21 Date Matchup/Result June 9 Austin (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas (USASA Region IV) 1 June 10 Delaware (D3 Pro) 2 Detroit (Premier) 1 (OT) June 11 Chicago (D3 Pro) 8 Wisla (USASA […]

Results June 18 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 1 June 17 Chicago 1 Dallas 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 29 41 28 MetroStars 14 8 6 22 25 24 Columbus 14 7 7 21 27 21 Miami 15 5 10 11 13 32 New England 13 4 […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 5 4 1 13 4 12 Long Island 5 5 0 14 6 11 Maryland 5 4 1 12 5 12 Delaware 7 1 6 8 20 3 NJ Wildcats 5 0 5 3 19 0 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 7 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 7 4 3 19 13 12 New Hampshire 4 4 0 16 3 10 Cape Cod 5 2 3 5 6 6 Rhode Island 6 2 4 12 19 6 Vermont 2 1 1 2 5 3 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Reading […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 10 10 0 19 2 30 Montreal 10 8 2 18 14 16 Long Island 10 5 5 19 13 15 Worcester 11 5 6 15 21 13 Toronto 9 4 5 11 11 12 Staten Island 8 3 5 9 11 9 Connecticut […]

Results June 17 Chicago 1 Dallas 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 17 13 4 29 41 28 MetroStars 14 8 6 22 25 24 Columbus 14 7 7 21 27 21 Miami 15 5 10 11 13 32 New England 13 4 9 10 21 28 Tampa Bay 15 […]

Features U.S. Gets Blitzed In Opener By Mike Woitalla Wynalda Gets A Third Chance By Mike Woitalla Yugoslavia: Little To Be Pleased With After Iran Game By Duncan Irving Brazil: A Champion’s Luck By Duncan Irving Evansville’s Weir Makes Scottish Team By Poul Swain A French Embrace in Marseilles By Duncan Irving Spain’s Sock Wars: […]

RESULTS June 17 Group B Chile 1 Austria 1 Italy 3 Cameroon 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Morocco 2 0 1 1 2 5 […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 5 5 0 38 7 15 Cocoa 7 5 2 23 11 15 Bradenton 6 3 3 18 15 9 Alabama 7 3 4 15 20 9 South Florida 8 3 5 17 29 9 Miami T. 7 3 4 10 12 7 Central Florida 5 […]

Lalas draws praise for leadership role Alexi Lalas has drawn praise from his coaches and teammates since the team’s disappointing loss to Germany on Sunday. Always known as the nation’s most gregarious player, Lalas has been impressive in training this week, both emotionally and physically. “At halftime of the Germany game,” said head coach Steve […]

Here is an injury update for the MLS teams in action this week: Chicago — MF Piotr Nowak (strained knee) and F Roman Kosecki (strained calf) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — none. Columbus — MF Billy Thompson (hip flexor) is doubtful; F Marcelo […]

Steve Sampson On the mood of the U.S. team: “It’s natural to go through an angry period after a game like that, which I think is healthy. The best way to deal with that is to train. The second match is always the most important. I don’t have any question that these players will come […]

June 17 in St. Etienne Chile 1 Austria 1. Goals: Salas 70; Vastic 90. Chile — Tapia, Fuentes, Villarroel (Castaneda, 67), Margas, Reyes, Rojas, Acuna, Parraguez, Estay (Sierra, 57), Zamorano, Salas. Austria — Konsel, Feiersinger, Schoettel, Pfeffer, Cerny (Schopp, 46), Kuehbauer (Herzog, 46), Maehlich, Pfeifenberger, Wetl, Haas (Vastic, 74), Polster. Yellow cards: Chile — Villarroel […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 14 12 9 33 Lassiter (D.C. United) 16 9 6 24 Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 12 7 9 23 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 16 6 11 23 Moreno (D.C. United) 16 7 8 22 Diaz Arce (New England) 13 8 […]

The following is the MLS television schedule for the games of June 17-21. Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television June 17 Dallas at Chicago 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago June 18 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. ESPN2 June 20 MetroStars at Columbus 7:30 p.m. MSG network June 20 D.C. United at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. […]

Hejduk rally falls short Frankie Hejduk, he of the surfer lingo and post-goal Bob Marley dance, played the entire second half yesterday with his shorts on backwards. And he did it on purpose. Just before getting the call as a substitute for Mike Burns to open the final 45 minutes, Hejduk took his shorts off […]

Frankie Hejduk On his near goal against Germany: “It could have changed the tempo of the game, but he (German goalkeeper Andreas Koepke) got his fingertips on it. I guess it wasn’t meant to be.” Tab Ramos On the political importance of the Iran game: “We don’t care about that. In a political sense, it […]

RESULTS June 16 Group A Scotland 1 Norway 1 Brazil 3 Morocco 0 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 Norway 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Morocco 2 0 1 1 2 5 […]

June 16 in Nantes Brazil 3 Morocco 0. Goals: Ronaldo 9, Rivaldo 45, Bebeto 50. Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos, Cesar Sampaio (Doriva, 68), Dunga, Leonardo, Rivaldo (Denilson, 88), Ronaldo, Bebeto (Edmundo, 72). Morocco — Benzekri, Saber (Abrami, 76), Naybet, Rossi, El Hadrioui, El Khalej, Hadji, Chippo, Chiba (Amzine, 76), Bassir, […]

MLS: SA Team of the Week (June 11-14) Goalkeeper Ian Feuer (3) New England Defenders C.J. Brown (4) Chicago Ramiro Corrales (1) MetroStars John Harkes (3) D.C. United Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (6) D.C. United Rich Kotschau (1) Chicago Piotr Nowak (6) Chicago Mike Sorber (1) MetroStars Forwards Jerzy Podbrozny (1) Chicago Ante Razov (1) Chicago […]

CHICAGO 5 SAN JOSE 2 June 11 in Chicago Chicago 5 San Jose 2. Goals: Razov (Podbrozny) 4, Nowak (Kosecki, Razov) 33, Nowak (Podbrozny) 49, Kotschau (Kosecki, Razov) 52, Wolff (Podbrozny, Salcedo) 74; Uribe 76, Cerritos 80. Chicago — Thornton (5), Kubik (5), Okaroh (5), Brown (6), Armas (5), Kosecki (6), Marsch (5), Kotschau (6), […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-18 national team will travel to Moscow, Russia on July 5 to compete in the first-ever World Youth Games, an Olympic-style competition open to athletes who were born after January 1, 1981. The World Youth Games feature thirteen different sports challenged for in much the same manner as the Summer Olympic Games, […]

Germany continues to lead the U.S. 1-0 at halftime of their Group F match in Paris. Germany has dictated the pace and controlled most of the possession thus far, and has created more scoring chances. In addition to Moeller’s goal, Oliver Bierhoff headed wide in the 20th minute, and Kasey Keller did well to punch […]

Juergen Klinsmann scored in the 65th minute to give Germany a 2-0 lead over the U.S. A ball bounced off of David Regis to a German player on the right side, and he played a fine ball to Klinsmann, who was one-on-one with Thomas Dooley towards the far post in the penalty box. The German […]

June 15 in Paris USA 0 Germany 2. Goals: Moeller 9, Klinsmann 65. USA — Keller, Regis, Dooley, Pope, Burns (Hejduk, 46), Deering (Ramos, 70), Maisonneuve, Jones, Reyna, Stewart, Wynalda (Wegerle, 64). Germany — Koepke, Woerns, Kohler, Thon, Reuter (Ziege, 69), Heinrich, Moeller (Babbel, 90), Haessler (Hamann, 50), Jeremies, Klinsmann, Bierhoff. Yellow cards: USA — […]