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Group 6 Dec. 18 in Ta’qali Malta 0 Spain 3. Goals: Guerrero 9, 26, 34. Att.: 6,000. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Spain 5 4 1 0 15 3 13 Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 18 4 12 Slovakia 4 3 0 1 12 5 9 Czech Rep. 3 1 1 […]

Dec. 18 in Abu Dhabi UAE 1 Kuwait 0. Goal: H. Ahmed 69. UAE — Fairouz, Hussain (Saleh, 14), Abdullah, Ismail, B. Saad, Al Talyani, Bkhait, Mubarak, Mohamed (K. Saad, 86), H. Ahmed, A. Ahmed. Kuwait — Al-Majidi, Abdullah (Al-Habshi, 59, Al-Saqer, 69), Abdulrahman, Al-Dakhi, Al-Khaledi, Al-Halabeej, Abdulaziz, Seehan, Al-Ahmed, Sakeen, Al-Houwaidi. Att.: 55,000. Dec. […]

(All times Eastern) Saturday, March 22 MetroStars at San Jose 8:00 Saturday, March 29 San Jose at Kansas City 3:00 New England at Dallas 3:00 MetroStars at Tampa Bay 7:30 Colorado at Columbus 8:00 D.C. United at Los Angeles 10:30 Saturday, April 5 Columbus at Colorado 4:00 MetroStars at D.C. United 7:30 Los Angeles at […]

Dec. 15 in La Paz Bolivia 0 Paraguay 0. Bolivia — Trucco, Ochoaizpur, Rimba, Sandy, Pena, I. Castillo, Tufino (Soria, 46), R. Castillo, Etcheverry, Ramallo (R. Suarez, 46), Moreno (J. B. Suarez, 60). Paraguay — Chilavert, Villamayor, Canisa, Ayala, Alcaraz, Acuna (Mesa, 85), Struway, Enciso, Benitez (Boudier, 64), Baez (Cohener, 75), Rojas. Att.: n/a. Dec. […]

Dec. 16 in Dubai Iran 6 South Korea 2. Goals: Bagheri 30, Azizi 51, Daei 66, 76, 83, (pen.) 88; KIm Do Hoon 11, Sin Tae Yong 34. Iran — Nakisa, Sadavi, Bagheri, Peiravang, Mansourian, Rezaestili, Daei, Azizi, Khakpour, Falahatzade, Minrdad. South Korea — Kim Byung Ji, Huh Ki Tae (Park Kwang Hyun, 70), Shin […]

Dec. 15 in San Salvador El Salvador 0 Canada 2. Goals: Watson 61, Burnbury 78. Att.: n/a. Dec. 15 in Panama City Panama 3 Cuba 1. Goals: Mendieta 17, Guevara 55, Jorge Dely Valdez 58; More 68. Att.: n/a. Final Group 2 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P *Canada 6 5 1 […]

Dec. 15 in La Paz Bolivia 0 Paraguay 0. Att.: n/a. Dec. 15 in San Cristobal Venezuela 0 Colombia 2. Goals: Bermudez 7, Valenciano 50. Att.: 25,000.

Medufia Kulego scored in the 88th minute to put St. John’s ahead 4-1. Kulego received the ball in the right half of the box after a St. John’s throw-in. He took a shot that was parried by FIU keeper Sal Fontana, chipped a second shot that bounced off the crossbar, and then headed the ball […]

St. John’s has beaten FIU 4-1 for the 1996 NCAA men’s soccer championship. The Red Storm outplayed FIU, and survived the last 12 minutes of the match without defender Robert Wile, who was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a retaliation against FIU’s Tyrone Marshall. A match summary will be posted shortly.

Group 5 Dec. 15 in Tel Aviv Israel 1 Luxembourg 0. Goal: Ohana 40. Att.: 28,000. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Russia 3 2 1 0 9 1 7 Israel 4 2 1 1 4 4 7 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 Cyprus 3 1 0 2 3 […]

Dec. 15 in Abu Dhabi UAE 1 Iraq 0 (sudden death). Goal: Hussain 103. UAE — Fairouz, Hussain, Abdullah, Ismail, Saad, Al Talyani (Bkhait, 46), Mubarak, Mohamed (Saad, 91), H. Ahmed, Ah. Ahmed, Ad. Ahmed (Ghawas, 36). Iraq — E. Hassan, S. Hassan, Afat, Hanoon, Swadi, Salem (Shaniyn, 86), Sabbar, Drain (Karin, 79), Majeed, Naji, […]

Jesse Van Saun scored in the 28th minute to give St. John’s a 1-0 lead over FIU in the NCAA Championship game in Richmond, Va. FIU’s Jorge Del Corral made a bad clearance that went straight to Ben Hickey of St. John’s. The English midfielder struck a low shot from 25 yards out, which bounced […]

Wojtek Krakowiak scored in the 31st minute to put the Red Storm ahead 2-0. A free kick by Stefani Miglioranzi released Jimmy Buscemi on the left wing. Buscemi proceeded all the way to the end line and towards the goal before sliding a pass on the ground to Krakowiak, who tapped the ball in from […]

St. John’s continues to lead FIU 2-0 at halftime of the NCAA championship match in Richmond, Va. St. John’s dominated most of the play in the first half — FIU has not been able to string passes together, and the Red Storm defense has stifled Panther forward Ignace Moleka. FIU had one excellent scoring opportunity […]

Ignace Moleka scored in the 65th minute to pull FIU within one goal in the NCAA title match. FIU’s Alen Kozic got the ball near the center circle, and rode two tackles on the way to the penalty area, where he dished off to Moleka. The Zaire native poked the ball through St. John’s goalkeeper […]

Dec. 15 in Richmond, Va. FIU 1 St. John’s 4. Goals: Moleka (Kozic) 63:10; Van Saun (Hickey, Buscemi) 26:54, W. Krakowiak (Buscemi, Miglioranzi) 28:12, Hickey (Van Saun, Miglioranzi) 67:03, Kulego 88:47. FIU — Fontana, Cain, Pino, Steele, Fajardo, Del Corral, Vargas, Kozic, Carroll, Marshall, Moleka. Subs: none. St. John’s — Braga, Daly, Wile, P. Krakowiak, […]

Ben Hickey scored in the 70th minute to put St. John’s ahead 3-1. St. John’s won a corner kick, which was taken by Jesse Van Saun. His kick was met by Stefani Miglioranzi nine yards out, where the defender headed it on to Ben Hickey, who headed the ball into the net from six yards.

Costa Rica’s all-out attack dazzles while its fans shower American players. By Mike Woitalla in San Jose, Costa Rica When Christopher Columbus landed in Costa Rica, he thought he’d found the Garden of Eden. For the U.S. national team, this place turned hellish. “The worst place I ever played,” striker Eric Wynalda said. More than […]

Group 5 Dec. 14 in Nicosia Cyprus 1 Bulgaria 3. Goals: Pittas 29; Balakov 23, 34, Iliev 70. Att.: n/a. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Russia 3 2 1 0 9 1 7 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 Israel 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 Cyprus 3 […]

First Team Pos. Name Year College GK Jon Busch Junior UNC Charlotte D Tahj Jakins Senior UCLA D Pete Santora Senior Furman D John Stratton Senior Air Force MF Mike Fisher Senior Virginia MF Steve Klein Senior Bowling Green MF Mike Mekelburg Senior South Florida F Tony Kuhn Junior Vanderbilt F Ignace Moleka Senior Florida […]

FREE! 1,000 mini-balls at the Silver XI unveiling 4pm at the Ukrops Main Stage. MLS coaches Bruce Arena (D.C. United) and Ron Newman (Kansas City Wizards) will be at FanZone today in Richmond, Va. to present College Soccer’s top award (the Hermann Trophy) and to announce the winners of the Soccer America Silver XI. The […]

The U.S. Youth Soccer Girls Olympic Development Program held its annual national trials in Pleasanton, Calif. over the Thanksgiving weekend. The U-16 (1980 birth year) and U-17 (1979 birth year) national team pools were selected by Coaches Tony DiCicco, Lauren Gregg, April Heinrichs, and Carlos Juarez. All members of the U-17 pool were also named […]

Dec. 14 in Richmond, Va. U.S. U-20 team 2 College All- Stars 0. Goal: DiGiamarino (Wolff) 27:04. U.S. U-20 team — Napoleon, Sahaydak, Parra, Stoddard, Flores, Corrales, Rodriguez, DiGiamarino, Wolff, Sastoque. Subs: Quill, Chulis, Aldrich, Dunseth, Olsen, Kirk, Gibson. College All-Stars — Coufal, Leib, Jakins, Rasmussen, Provan, Klein, Kelly, Johnson, Suarez, Timbers, Hughes. Subs: Jolley, […]

By Mike Woitalla in San Jose, Costa Rica Friday, Nov. 29 — Costa Rica’s winning combination The first time I visited Costa Rica was in 1994, on vacation. The aim was to enjoy the beaches and practice Spanish. When I tried to converse, I talked about soccer and invoked Costa Rica at the 1990 World […]

Dec. 14 in Palo Alto, Calif. USA 2 Costa Rica 1. Goals: McBride 17, Lassiter 60; R. Gomez 75. USA — Friedel, Lalas, Agoos, Pope, Burns, Jones, Reyna, Harkes, Stewart, McBride, Lassiter. Subs: Moore for Reyna in 82nd minute, Kirovski for Jones in 84th. Costa Rica — Barrantes, Marin, Gonzales, Delgado, Solis, Lopez, Ramirez, J. […]