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Sept. 15 Honduras at Jamaica Mexico at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Sept. 21 Mexico at Honduras Sept. 22 Jamaica at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Oct. 13 Honduras at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Oct. 16 Jamaica at Mexico Oct. 27 Jamaica at Honduras Oct. 30 St. Vincent & the Grenadines at Mexico Nov. […]

June 15 in East Rutherford, N.J. Brazil 2 World All-Stars 1. Goals: Bebeto 47, Roberto Carlos 78; Klinsmann (Redondo) 69. Brazil — Dida, Ze Maria, Aldair, Ronaldo Guira, Roberto Carlos, Flavio Conceicao, Amaral (Ze Elias, 67), Juninho, Rivaldo, Bebeto, Savio (Ronaldo, 67). World All-Stars — Campos (Tapia, 46), Matthaeus, Harkes (Fernando Couto, 46), Hierro (Abedi […]

July 14 in East Rutherford, N.J. Eastern Conference 3, Western Confernce 2. Goals: E: Ramos (Valderrama) 14; W: Preki (Cienfuegos) 33; W: Kreis (Hurtado) 37; E: Savarese 69; E: Pittman (Etcheverry, Valderrama) 88 Eastern Conference — Meola (Dougherty 45), Agoos, Lalas, Vasquez (Rammel 67), Kooiman (Pittman 46), Valderrama, Ramos (Khumalo 60), Donadoni (Etcheverry 35), Lassiter […]

July 12 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Maessner) 72. D.C. United — Simpson, Vaudreuil, Imler, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes (Medved, 46), Etcheverry, Sanneh, Diaz Arce, Rammel (Maessner, 71). Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Kooiman, Yallop, Pittman, Ralston, Vasquez, McKinley (Backman, 79), Valderrama (Viera, 79), Wise, Lassiter, Galderisi. Yellow cards: Tampa […]

July 11 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 1 El Salvador 1. Goals: Vasquez (Jones) 21; Escobar (Renderos) 35. Los Angeles — Kramer, Fraser, Semioli, Motajo, Salcedo, Armas, Vanney, Onalfo, Jones, Hurtado, Vasquez. Subs: Jara for Vasquez in 55th minute, Karapetyan for Jones in 58th, Shue for Fraser in 71st, Razov for Hurtado in 76th. El […]

It appears that officials of the A-League and USISL have buried the hatchet and agreed on forming a new Division II pro league. The deal — brokered by Jack Stone, whose family owns Umbro, a major sponsor of both leagues, and Peter Gooding, the former NSCAA president on leave from his duties at Amherst College […]

MLS Bill Pardue Westmont, Ill. I went to high school in Wall, N.J., with George Gelnovatch and was pleasantly surprised to see that he was playing for D.C. United against Kansas City. With respect for the fact that Arena seems to like recruiting Virginia players, is it a little odd that he’d recruit his own […]

Best Team: Germany. The Portuguese played some lovely stuff, but as the media here repeated ad nauseam “they flattered to deceive.” England, too, played with great heart and occasionally pieced together some excellent individual moves, but Germany again proved itself as the consummate tournament team. This time around it was more difficult for Berti Vogts’ […]

Football came home, but England never changes Tuesday, June 25 — Truce reached in tabloid’s soccer war A funny thing’s happened here. No, let’s make that a hilarious thing has happened. The tabloids, you see, have gone too far. The Daily Mirror is the culprit. They’ve trampled on the tulips, told the world about the […]

July 12 in Washington D.C. D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Maessner) 77. Att.: 20,014.

July 10 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Dallas 2. Goals: Caricola (Donadoni) 35, Savarese (Donadoni) 48, Savarese (Ramos) 77; Alvarez (pen.) 63, Sanchez 66. MetroStars — Meola, Caricola, Gillen, Harty, Vermes, Brauchle, Ramos, Donadoni, Lagos, Savarese, Johnson. Subs: Unger for Gillen in 60th minute, Hennessey for Johnson in 78th, Lembryk for Brauchle in 81st. […]

July 11 — New England at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: ESPN2. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14. Previous meeting: Columbus edged the Revs 2-1 in a shootout June 27 in Foxboro, and the Crew scored two goals in the final three minutes for a thrilling 3-2 victory May 11 in Columbus. […]

Features Dissecting The Dynamics Of Sudden Death By Ridge Mahoney A Man Of Three Continents? By Chris Casey Argentina Survives Red Card To Earn Point In Lima 1996 Olympic Preview Soccer America presents its look at the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Summer Olympic Games. Injury Woes Hit Seattle Sounders’ Frontline By Frank MacDonald […]

The A-League and the USISL agreed in principle to a merger that will create a new 24-team Division II professional league next year. An official announcement of the merger will be made at the USSF annual general meeting July 11 in Arlington, Va. The new league will be called the A-League, but will incorporate the […]

July 11 in Columbus Columbus 1 New England 2 (New England wins shootout 3-0). Goals: Caligiuri 24; Chronopoulos (Woodring) 78. Columbus — Winner, Michallik, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Bliss, Thompson, Warzycha, Carrera, Khumalo, McBride, Marino. Subs: Yeagley for Khumalo in 90th minute. New England — St. Andre, Fraser, Okaroh, Wylie, Lips, Aunger, Woodring, Sawatzky, Welton, Kerr, Keegan. […]

Dallas at MetroStars Location: Giants Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: MSG network. Satellite: Satcom C4, Tr. 6 Previous meeting: June 19 at Giants Stadium — a 1-0 shootout victory for the MetroStars, who also defeated Dallas 1-0 (no shootout) in the Cotton Bowl on June 2. Injuries: Dallas — M Washington Rodriguez (strained groin) […]

STANDINGS Eastern GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 15 9 6 27 32 25 D.C. United 17 7 10 19 33 32 MetroStars 16 7 9 15 18 22 New England 15 7 8 13 20 25 Columbus 17 5 12 11 33 43 Shootout records: MetroStars 3-0, New England 4-2, Columbus 2-4, […]

MLS officials have announced that Salvadoran striker Raul Diaz Arce of D.C. United and defender Cle Kooiman of Tampa Bay will be added to the Eastern Conference all-star team. Diaz Arce, who netted four goals in D.C.’s 6-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday, will replace teammate Marco Etcheverry. The Bolivian playmaker will rest after an […]

Note: This conversation occurred on July 5 — CJ = Cobi Jones; PB = Online Editor Pete Bailey. MLS Anu Khare Red Bank, N.J. How do you like playing in MLS? Do you think it’s better for you, as an American, to play here in this country rather than abroad in England or Brazil? CJ: […]

Standings Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 13 8 5 30 23 24 Richmond 12 6 6 19 17 16 Connecticut 14 7 7 26 27 15 Cape Cod 10 4 6 17 19 10 Delaware 11 4 7 11 15 10 NY/NJ Stallions 13 2 11 […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Tony Meola Comments: shutouts to qualify USA to `90 World Cup; starter `94 WC Field Players: Paul Caligiuri Comments: Long USA career on youth and national teams Rick Davis Comments: First recognizable American; good USA and NASL careers John Harkes Comments: Best up and down player Eric Wynalda […]

Goalkeeper Jim St. Andre (1) New England Defenders Sean Bowers (1) Kansas City Francis Okaroh (1) New England Steve Pittman (1) Tampa Bay Denis Hamlett (2) Colorado Midfielders John Harkes (3) D.C. United Steve Trittschuh (3) Colorado Peter Woodring (1) New England Forwards Raul Diaz Arce (1) D.C. United Steve Rammel (3) D.C. United Roy […]

July 6 in Santiago Chile 4 Ecuador 1. Goals: Zamorano 21, 85, Salas 75, Estay 83; Aguinaga 74. Chile — Tapia, C. Castaneda, J.Gonzalez, Margas, Miranda, Musrri, Valencia (Estay, 58), Vega (Sierra, 76), V. Castaneda (Mora, 68), Salas, Zamorano. Ecuador — Morales, M.Tenorio (L.Gonzalez, 78), Rivera, Montano (B.Tenorio, 46), Capurro, I.Hurtado, Obregon (Fernandez, 46), Carabali, […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 11 9 2 16 7 23 Colorado 11 7 4 24 13 19 Seattle 12 8 4 13 11 18 New York 10 5 5 14 12 11 Vancouver 11 4 7 12 17 10 Atlanta 10 2 8 9 18 6 Rochester 9 2 7 […]

July 6 in Pensacola, Fla. U.S. women’s Olympic team 2 Australia 1. Goals: Venturini (Hamm) 3, Lilly 49; Boyd (Hughes) 88. USA — Scurry, Fawcett, Overbeck, Chastain, MacMillan (Roberts, 59), Foudy (Parlow, 65), Venturini, Lilly, Hamm, Akers (Wilson, 74), Milbrett (Gabarra, 59). Australia — Wheeler, McMurtrie (Youman, 74), Gegenhuber, Swaffer, Starr, Casagrande (Thornton, 65), Cooper, […]