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Group 1 March 27 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Taiwan 0 Malaysia 0 Saudi Arabia 3 Bangladesh 0 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 9 1 10 Malaysia 4 2 2 0 4 0 8 Taiwan 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 Bangladesh 4 0 0 […]

Features No ‘Tio Sam’ revenge By Mike Woitalla More happy days for Costa Rica By Mike Woitalla Year 2 opener: Clash misses The Finisher By Duncan Irving Parreira Era opens with some promise By Ridge Mahoney Dutch toast Miracle in Madrid By Richard Bastin The end of Barca’s Brazilians? Columns Soccer Talk — John O’Brien: […]

Columbus took a step towards shore up a defense weakened by the loss of Ricardo Iribarren and the departure of Paul Caligiuri to the Los Angeles Galaxy by signing Argentine defender Sergio “Pato” Miguez. MIguez, 29, is a ten-year veteran of the Argentine First Division, debuting with River Plate in 1986 and spending the bulk […]

Despite a recent Soccer America Online poll, in which 65 percent of 1,050 fans said they were opposed to the shootout, Major League Soccer plans to keep the tiebreaker. In an interview before the San Jose-MetroStars opener that ended in a 0-0 tie and went to a shootout lasting 11 rounds, MLS commissioner Doug Logan […]

Group 4 March 25 in Muscat, Oman Japan 10 Macao 0 Oman 1 Nepal 0 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Japan 2 2 0 0 11 0 6 Oman 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Nepal 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Macao 2 0 1 1 1 11 […]

March 25 in Liverpool Tranmere youth team (England) 2 USA 1. U.S. goal Wolff 33. USA — Napoleon, Dunseth, Abukusumo, Stoddard, Aldrich, Moore, Evans, Fitchett (Rodriguez, 85), Armas, Quill, Wolff.

March 25 in Milanno Marittima, Italy USA 3 Norway 2. U.S. goals: Albright (2), Norkus. USA — Rimando, Bocanegra, Laycock, Cherundolo, Pierce, Garcia, Morrison, Tsakiris (Potempa), Albright, Goldsmith, Norkus (Baardales). Att.: 250. Next games: March 26 vs. Iceland, March 27 vs. Belgium.

Group 4 March 23 in Muscat Japan 1 (Yohara 10) Oman 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Macao 1 (Chon 10) Nepal 1 (Khadka 20). Half: 1-1. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Japan 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Macao 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nepal 1 […]

Depleted Mutiny ties in El Salvador The Tampa Bay Mutiny had been scheduled to play a friendly against Aguila of El Salvador’s First Division on Sunday, but the MLS squad ended up playing against the members of the Salvadoran national team instead. Tampa, down 2-0 at halftime and missing several players due to illness, were […]

After a fast-paced first half, Costa Rica leads the U.S. 2-1 in their World Cup qualifier in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Ticos opened the game with an energetic assault on the U.S. half of the field, and in the 10th minute, Hernan Medford ran onto a through ball that split Eddie Pope and Alexi […]

March 23 in San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica 3 USA 2. Goals: Medford 10, Solis 32, Gomez 76; Wynalda 24, Lassiter 68. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Wallace, Gonzales, Berry, Marin, Mayorga, Solis, Lopez, Gomez, Wanchope (Chaves, 75), Medford (Soto, 63). USA — Keller, Agoos, Lalas, Pope (Burns, 65), Dooley, Harkes, Sanneh, Reyna (Vermes, 75), […]

Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 USA 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Jamaica 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 2 0 0 2 […]

Costa Rica has defeated the U.S. 3-2 in their World Cup qualifying match at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San Jose. The U.S. equalized for a second time in the 68th minute, when substitute Roy Lassiter (who once starred in the Costa Rican First Division) intercepted a lateral pass in front of the Tico box, and […]

March 22 Results San Jose 1 MetroStars 0 (San Jose wins shootout 4-3). Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L SOW GF GA PTS Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 […]

Eric Oddo Wilmette, Ill. I would like to know when MLS will announce the signing of new players. It is getting pretty close to the end of the preseason and I don’t see any big names except Gough and Machon! Can list the players that are in the rumor mill and new foreign players in […]

Caligiuri wins arbitration case An arbitrator has ruled in favor of Columbus defender Paul Caligiuri in his case against MLS, clearing the way for him to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. He is expected to move from Columbus to Los Angeles in the next week or so. Clash sign Salvadoran Cerritos The San Jose […]

Mar. 20 in Chula Vista, Calif. U.S. Men’s U-20 national team 1 China 0. Goal: West (Quill) 2nd minute. U.S. U-20s — Kirk, McCarty, Chulis, O’Brian, Dunseth, Polti, Flores, DiGiamarino (Stoddard, 16; Moore, 58), West, Wolff, Quill (Armas, 81). China — Tao, Ran, Yi, Lin, Zhi, Wenjie, Weiguo, Yong, Wenhua, Bin, Kang Yellow cards: China […]

Discussion Area Restored We appreciate your patience while our Internet Service Provider has been busy trying to figure out how to fix the programming problems which repeatedly caused the discussion area to crash and burn. The basic problem is a nice one to have — the area had gotten so popular that the volume was […]

Group 1 March 20 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2 (Ahmad 2, Sulong 17) Taiwan 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: n/a. Saudi Arabia 4 (al-Mowalad 20, al-Temawi 25, al-Shahrani 65, Mehalel 73) Bangladesg 1 (Jwal 41). Half: 2-1. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 6 1 […]

UEFA Champions League March 19 in Turin Juventus (Italy) 2 Rosenborg (Norway) 0. Goals: Zidane 29, Amoruso (pen.) 90. Juventus — Peruzzi, Ferrara, Montero, Porrini, Iuliano, Di Livio (Lombardo, 76), Deschamps, Jugovic, Zidane (Tacchinardi, 82), Vieri (Boksic, 44), Amoruso. Rosenborg — Jamtfall, Hoftun, Stensaas, Strand (Brattbakk, 59), Skammelsrud, Jakobsen (K. Fjoertoft, 67), Heggem, Hjelde, Soltvedt, […]

Testimonial Slated for March 23 MANCHESTER, CT — Recently retired University of Connecticut Head Soccer Coach Joe Morrone will be honored at a testimonial dinner Sunday, March 23. The dinner will be held at The Colony Restaurant in Vernon, Conn. “We want you to share your recollections and celebrate the many contributions Joe Morrone has […]

Features Patchy United States Downs Woeful Canadians By Duncan Irving Is The U.S. Central Midfield On The Mend? By Ridge Mahoney Why Canada Can’t Cut It By Mike Woitalla Peter Vermes Shifts His Focus By Frank Giase Charles Musonda Makes Miracle Recovery By Mark Gleeson Ruud Gullit Brings Glamour Back To Chelsea Schools Tap Into […]

The following is the U.S. U-18 boys roster for the Paolo Valenti Tournament in Italy March 26-31: Goalkeepers — Dan Popik (Syosset, N.Y.), Nick Rimando (Montclair, Calif.). Defenders — Carlos Bocanegra (Alta Loma, Calif.), Steve Cherundolo (San Diego), Adam Erhard (North Olmstead, Ohio), Michael Feller (Richmond, Va.), Matt Laycock (Ellicott City, Md.), Lee Morrison (Carmichael, […]

U.S. Soccer has named Donna de Varona as chairman of the 1999 Women’s World Championship, which will be played in the United States. De Varona was a double gold-medalist swinner and has been active in the women’s sports movement. She has also served as a commentator for ABC Sports and served on the World Cup […]

March 15 in Richmond, Va. Richmond (A-League) 3 Columbus 1. Goals: Cannon 22, G.Garcia 36, 47; Yeagley 88. Richmond — McGinty (LaRoche), Cannon, McKay, Wescott, Lekics, Angelov, Sheen (Fickes), Davis (Abdu-Gyamfi), Ukrop, C.Garcia (Cowlishaw), G.Garcia (Rose). Columbus — Winner, Salcedo, Elcock (Miller), Ndoumbe (Clark), Yeagley, Maisonneuve, Marino, R.Smith, Warzycha, Jachym (Caligiuri), Carrera. Att.: 1,257.