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Steve Sampson’s decision to drop captain John Harkes from the U.S. national team surprised a great many people. We at Soccer America would like to hear your thoughts on the decision. Do you agree with Sampson? Should Harkes get another chance? Who should be the new U.S. captain? Share your opinions in the Soccer America […]

The MetroStars at Chicago match Friday, April 17, will feature the 1998 Major League Soccer debut of two internationals. In addition to Chicago goalkeeper Jorge Campos making his debut in a Fire uniform, referee Juan Carlos Paniaqua will make his MLS debut, serving as the senior referee for the match at Soldier Field. The 33-year-old […]

San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda will undergo arthroscopic surgery April 16 to repair a small cartilage tear in his left knee. The procedure is not expected to delay Wynalda’s return to action, according to San Jose GM Peter Bridgwater and U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson. Wynalda sprained the tibiofibular ligament in his left […]

Features Dougherty Back Outdoors With MetroStars By Frank Giase Miami Picks Up Wins Without Valderrama By Jeff Rusnak Clash Nurtures A Young Talent By Mike Woitalla Sampson Cuts Captain Harkes By Duncan Irving Lapuente Not About To Jump ‘Tri-tanic’ Youth Leaders Rate U.S. Soccer Election Interviews by Phil Stephens European Races Going Down To The […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Staten Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worcester […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Western Mass. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P N.Y. […]

April 15 in Monaco Monaco (France) 3 Juventus (Italy) 2. Goals: Leonard 38, Henry 50, Spehar 83; Amoruso 14, Del Piero 74. Monaco — Barthez, Martin, Christanval, Diawara, Leonard (Sagnol, 64), Djetou, Benarbia, Collins, Ikpeba (Spehar, 70), Trezeguet, Henry. Juventus — Peruzzi, Torricelli, Birindelli, Iuliano, Marquez, Dimas, Conte, Tacchinardi, Zidane (Pecchia, 60), Pessotto, Del Piero, […]

The U.S. women’s national team will travel to Japan in May to play the Japanese women’s national team in three matches, all preliminary games to the Kirin Cup, a men’s national team tournament featuring 1998 World Cup participants Japan and Paraguay, as well as the Czech Republic. Japan was one of the first teams to […]

Steve Sampson has announced the U.S. roster for its April 22 friendly match against Austria in Vienna (kickoff 2:30 p.m. ET, televised live on Fox Sports World). Players with MLS matches on April 18 will arrive in Vienna on Sunday, April 19. All other players will arrive on April 20 except for Marcelo Balboa and […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for April 17-19 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 17 MetroStars at Chicago 8:30 p.m. ESPN April 18 D.C. United at New England 3:00 p.m. ABC April 18 Miami at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Sunshine Network April 18 Los Angeles at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports West 2 April […]

KANSAS CITY 1 CHICAGO 0 April 8 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 Chicago 0. Goal: Marino 76. Kansas City — Ammann (6), Tinsley (6), McKeon (5), Okafor (6), Bowers (5), Klein (3), Sabanadzovic (6), Chung (4), Preki (4), Rideout (6), Takawira (5). Subs: Marino (6) for Takawira in 40th minute, Debrito (5) for Klein […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 4 3 5 11 McBride (Columbus) 4 4 1 9 Moreno (D.C. United) 4 2 3 7 Wynalda (San Jose) 3 3 1 7 Welton (Los Angeles) 4 3 1 7 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 5 1 4 6 Hurtado (MetroStars) 4 2 2 6 Kreis […]

April 14 in Moscow Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1 Inter Milan (Italy) 2. Goals: Tikhonov 12; Ronaldo 45, 76. Sp. Moscow — Filimonov, Gorlukovich, Khlestov, Romashchenko, Ananko, Yevseyev (Buznikin, 75), Tsymbalar, Alenichev, Titov, Tikhonov, Robson. Inter Milan — Pagliuca, Bergomi, Colonnese, Sartor, West, Moriero (Fresi, 64), Simeone, Cauet, Zanetti, Ronaldo (Recoba, 84), Zamorano (Kanu, 79). Att.: […]

Steve Sampson’s Teleconference The following is the transcript of Steve Sampson’s teleconference with U.S. media April 14: About his roster selections for the Austria match: “There is a mix of European-based players and domestic players on this roster, and obviously there are a few players missing, most notably John Harkes, Eric Wynalda, Joe-Max Moore, Roy […]

In a media conference call held April 14, U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson announced that midfielder John Harkes will not be a part of the roster for France ’98. Sampson said the decision was based on technical and leadership issues. He was upset at Harkes’ unwillingness to embrace a more defensive role, particularly that […]

The Sept. 12 MLS match at Mile High Stadium between Colorado and Los Angeles has been rescheduled for Aug. 5 at 7:00 mountain time. The change became necessary due to a scheduling conflict between the Rapids and the NFL’s Denver Broncos. United trip to Egypt postponed D.C. United’s trip to Egypt to face Egyptian champions […]

The U.S. Men’s U-20 national team took third place at the 1998 Paolo Valenti tournament in Italy. Coach Sigi Schmid’s squad completed the competition with a 2-2-1 record. In the semifinals, the U.S. and Belgium played in cold and rainy conditions. Both sides had a player ejected (Axel Vergeyen of Belgium in the 78th minute […]

The U.S. women’s national team will face Canada Aug. 2 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. as part of a doubleheader that will feature the 1998 MLS All-Star Game. The U.S.-Canada match will kick off at 1:00 p.m. (ET), with the All-Star Game following at 3:30 p.m. The All-Star Game will be shown live […]

The U.S. Boys U-17 national team went undefeated in consolation-bracket play to conclude the Montaigu tournament in France with a 4-0-2 record. The Americans edged New Zealand 3-2 on April 9 behind a pair of goals from Landon Donovan (including an 80th-minute penalty that proved to be the gamewinner) and one from DaMarcus Beasley. On […]

Results April 11 MetroStars 2 Los Angeles 3 San Jose 1 Chicago 0 Miami 2 Kansas City 1 (SO) Tampa Bay 3 Dallas 1 D.C. United 4 Colorado 3 (SO) Columbus 3 New England 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA Columbus 4 3 1 9 8 6 D.C. United 5 4 1 […]

After posting a 1-0-2 record at the Montaigu tournament in France, the U.S. Boys’ U-17 national team will compete in the consolation bracket. The Americans opened with a 3-1 loss to Germany on April 5, with DaMarcus Beasley (younger brother of project-40 forward Jamar) scoring for the U.S. Yugoslavia then beat the U.S. 2-0 on […]

Matt Fundenberger Bloomington, Ind. For MLS to be a long term success, it needs better players. These players have to come from the United States. As a college player myself, it is clear that playing only three months a year is not enough. A total contrast to this is in Europe, where players get only […]

U.S. coach Tony DiCicco has called 24 players in for a six-day training camp in San Diego before the U.S. women’s national team hosts Argentina April 24 at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif. (7:30 PT) and April 26 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif. (12:30 PT, live on ESPN). The two matches will kick […]

The U.S. men’s U-20 national team has advanced to the semifinals of the Paolo Valenti tournament in Italy. Under the leadership of coach Sigi Schmid, the Americans finished second in Group B with a 1-2-0 record, tying 0-0 with Wales and Norway and beating Switzerland 3-1 on April 8 behind goals from Dan Califf, Nick […]

Relegation makes grown men cry. Promotion ignites city-wide celebrations. Relegation battles are as exciting as title races and the prospect of promotion to a higher level becomes an issue of civic pride. In the U.S., we are denied the drama of a system that sees bottom-finishing major league teams exchange places with the top finishers […]