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The fast, rugged English game suits Mike Lapper just fine. The English visit the beaches of Southend-on-Sea when they don’t have the time or money to go to warmer, more luxurious resorts. “My teammates ask me, ‘Why’d you come from California to here,’” Mike Lapper said. “I say, ‘To play soccer!’” The North Sea city […]

U.S. Women’s National Team DateOpponentScoreSite Feb. 24Denmark7-0Winter Park, Fla. March 14Finland2-0Faro, Portugal March 16@Portugal3-0Portimao, Portugal March 17Denmark0-2Lagos, Portugal March 19Quarteira3-3 (2-4)Quarteira, Portugal April 11Italy3-0Poissy, France April 12Canada5-0St. Maur, France April 15@France3-0Strasbourg, France April 28Finland2-0Decatur, Ga. April 30Finland6-0Davidson, N.C. May 12Brazil3-0Tacoma, Wash. May 14Brazil4-1Portland, Ore. May 19Canada9-1Dallas May 22@Canada2-1Edmonton June 6China3-3Gaevle, Sweden June 8Denmark2-0Gaevle, Sweden June […]

Former Massachussetts star Briana Scurry has established herself as the top U.S. goalie and as one of the best in the world. How badly do you want to play Norway again? How about Denmark, which beat you the last time you played? And China, Group C’s other powerhouse team? The coaches give a diplomatic response, […]

Coaches and players, players and coaches. Now that the MLS nicknames and logos have been unveiled, soccer fans are anxiously awaiting news of far more important names: Those who will play MLS soccer, and those who will coach the teams. In both cases, some major names are in the mix. Like Jackie Charlton and Gheorghe […]

Address: 1640 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025. Telephone: (310) 445-1260. General Manager: Danny Villanueva Jr. Coach: Lothar Osiander. Players signed: Jorge Campos (Mexico), Dan Calichman (USA).

The following is the agenda for the March 9 meeting of the International Board in Rio de Janeiro. Any decision on allowing Major League Soccer to experiment with larger goals in 1996 would have to be made at this meeting, at which eight representatives have votes (four from FIFA and one from each of the […]

MLS coaches and general managers are preparing for grueling hours at the league player draft. As they sift and sort through the stacks of documents pertaining to the Major Soccer League draft, coaches and general managers will be most cognizant of the cap. Not cap as in international appearance, but the salary cap, which the […]

The New York/New York MetroStars have picked a familiar face to New York area soccer fans as their head coach. The MLS club named Eddie Firmani, coach of the NASL’s Cosmos from 1977-1979 and again in 1984, Jan. 3 to lead the club during its first campaign. At the same time, the MetroStars were assigned […]

(Note: Home team is listed first. The Premier League will often shift matches to accommodate television.) Aug. 19 Aston VillaManchester Utd. BlackburnQPR ChelseaEverton LiverpoolSheffield Wed. Manchester CityTottenham NewcastleCoventry SouthamptonNott. Forest West HamLeeds Utd. WimbledonBolton Aug. 20 ArsenalMiddlesbrough Aug. 21 Leeds Utd.Liverpool Aug. 22 BoltonNewcastle MiddlesbroughSouthampton Aug. 23 CoventryManchester City EvertonArsenal Manchester Utd.West Ham Nott. ForestChelsea […]

1971 – Inter Milan 1972 – Juventus 1973 – Juventus 1974 – Lazio 1975 – Juventus 1976 – Torino 1977 – Juventus 1978 – Juventus 1979 – AC Milan 1980 – Inter Milan 1981 – Juventus 1982 – Juventus 1983 – Roma 1984 – Juventus 1985 – Verona 1986 – Juventus 1987 – Napoli 1988 […]

Atlanta PlayerGPGAP Soebye237317 Steenkamp248016 Murray234210 Araujo23248 Sheen23146 Moore15215 Solberg11135 Huwiler23113 Doyle19102 Gambatese16102 Suri15022 Fashanu4102 Martin23011 Schweitzer15011 Wurdack10011 Andracki18000 Richmond17000 Yung Yi9000 Hellenkamp8000 GoalkeeperGPW-LGAA Yung Yi94-21.45 Andracki189-91.86 Colorado PlayerGPGAP Hooker207014 Roentved245212 Okoh205212 Siersbaek195111 Eck20328 Guthrie19328 M.Santel23135 Fraser22124 Haynes14124 McCreath22113 Boyd9033 Amaya8102 Tadlock8102 Fig6102 Lipp16011 Hauglund10011 Dodd24000 Martinez15000 Mikes10000 Lujan5000 C.Santel4000 Epstein2000 Hesse1000 GoalkeeperGPW-LGAA Dodd248-161.71 Montreal PlayerGPGAP […]

36 entrants: five qualify First-Round Byes Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco First-Round Pairings (home teams for opening leg listed first) Sudan vs.Zambia Namibia vs. Mozambique Tanzania vs. Ghana Swaziland vs. Gabon Uganda vs. Angola Mauritius vs. Zaire Malawi vs. South Africa Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe Guinea-Bissau vs. Guinea Rwanda vs. Tunisia Congo vs. Ivory Coast Kenya vs. […]

1994 Sept. 7Wales 2Albania 0 Georgia 0Moldova 1 Oct. 12Moldova 3Wales 2 Bulgaria 2Georgia 0 Nov. 16Albania 1Germany 2 Georgia 5Wales 0 Bulgaria 4Moldova 1 Dec. 14Wales 0Bulgaria 3 Moldova 0Germany 3 Albania 0Georgia 1 Dec. 18Germany 2Albania 0 1995 March 29Georgia 0Germany 2 Bulgaria 3Wales 1 Albania 3Moldova 0 April 26Germany 1Wales 1 Moldova […]

January 1996 RankTeamLast monthPts. 1.Brazil169.61 points 2.Germany261.58 3.Italy360.87 4.Spain459.38 5.Russia558.59 6.Netherlands657.86 7.Argentina757.06 8.Mexico1255.97 9.Norway1055.43 10.Denmark955.07 11.Romania1154.80 12.Sweden1354.32 13.France854.19 14.Czech Republic1453.61 15.USA1953.52 16.Portugal1653.09 17.Colombia1552.92 18.Bulgaria1752.74 19.Ghana2951.94 20.Switzerland1851.61 21.Ivory Coast2050.87 22.Egypt2350.25 23.Zambia2549.20 24.England2148.57 25.Belgium2447.85 26.Scotland2647.49 27.Ireland2846.74 28.Turkey3046.14 29.South Africa4045.80 30.Japan3145.68

Guatemala beat St. Vincent & the Grenadines 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Anaheim Stadium Jan. 16. Guatemala advances to the semifinals as the best second-place team if the USA beats El Salvador, or vice versa, in the final first-round match.

Jan. 10 in Anaheim, Calif. Canada 3, Honduras 1. Goals: Corrazin (7), Holness (27, 60); Carson (40) Canada — Forrest, Yallop, Fraser, Miller, Fenwick (Fletcher, 46), Holness, Aunger (Limniatis, 81), Kouzmanis (Bunbury, 46), Hooper, Corrazin, Radzinski. Honduras — W. Cruz, Peri (Dolmo Flores, 66), A.Cruz (J.L. Pineda, 46), Martinez, Martinez Sambula, Fernandez, A.Pineda (Bennett, 72), […]

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U.S. 2, Denmark 1 San Diego native Frankie Hejduk scored and set up another goal to give the U.S. under-23 national team a 2-1 win over Denmark Feb. 7 on the campus of UC San Diego. Hejduk stuck in a rebound of a Pete Marino shot in the 24th minute then assisted on A.J. Wood’s […]

10 entrants: four qualify, plus defending champion Brazil. The nine countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela — will play home and away matches against each other with the top four qualifying for France ’98.

Dec. 2 in Durham, N.C. Duke 3, James Madison 2. Goals: Kwon (Smith) 54:00, Kelly (Henderson) 59:03, Heaps (Kelly) 65:15; Ensley (Honeysett) 36:14, Edwards (Fairchild) 53:01. Duke — Morton, Dunne, Whitfield, Jeidy, Smith, Maynard, Heaps, Moghim, Kwon, Shattuck, Kelly. Subs: Henderson, Stein, Otto, Vulpe. James Madison — Purcell, Coker, Miles, Fairchild, Edwards, Takatalo, McSorley, Ensley, […]

TeamNov.Pts. 1.Brazil168.49 2.Germany561.77 3.Italy461.10 4.Spain259.12 5.Russia1358.76 6.Netherlands657.35 7.Argentina1056.88 8.France1956.73 9.Denmark1456.43 10.Norway855.74 11.Romania1155.10 12.Mexico1554.81 13.Sweden354.79 14.Czech Republic3453.40 15.Colombia1753.29 16.Portugal2053.24 17.Bulgaria1653.02 18.Switzerland752.11 19.USA2351.04 20.Ivory Coast2548.98 21.England1848.86 22.Tunisia3048.26 23.Egypt2248.21 24.Belgium2447.99 25.Zambia2147.66 26.Scotland3247.63 27.Nigeria1247.44 28.Ireland947.32 29.Ghana2647.05 30.Turkey4846.26 31.Japan3645.34 32.Uruguay3744.56 33.Poland2943.95 34.Greece2843.83 35.Slovakia4343.80 36.Chile4742.34 37.Cameroon3141.80 38.Morocco3341.46 39.Austria4941.07 40.So. Africa5640.79 41.Croatia6240.45 42.Israel4240.24 43.Lithuania5938.90 44.Finland3838.71 45.No. Ireland4538.54 46.South Korea3538.44 47.Senegal5036.43 48.Algeria5738.39 49.Honduras5338.05 […]

Dec. 1 in Chapel Hill, N.C. North Carolina 0, Notre Dame 1. Goal: Own goal 19:21 North Carolina — Noonan, Fettig, Wilson, A. Roberts, Rubio, T. Roberts, Uritus, Dacey, Parlow, Confer, Keller. Subs: Sheppard, Falk, Karvelsson. Notre Dame — Renola, Scharff, Sobrero, Vogel, Boxx, Fisher, Manthei, Daws, VanLaecke, McCarthy, Gerardo. Subs: Vanderberg, Guerrero. Att.: 7,212

Women’s Leading Scorers Division I Player (Team)GPGAP Garrett (SMU)24321983 Linex (SMU)25311577 MacMillan (Portland)23231662 Keller (North Carolina)26231561 Blalack (Texas A&M)24231258 Confer (North Carolina)26191856 Stephenson (Campbell)2023955 Pierce (Monmouth)19191553 Koop (Texas A&M)24211052 Neaton (William & Mary)22191452 Browning (CS Fullerton)1924351 Gerardo (Notre Dame)25201151 Parlow (North Carolina)26191351 Walek (Minnesota)23161850 Marusak (Centenary)2021446 Jones (Central Florida)2120646 Williamson (J. Madison)2519846 LeDuc (Massachusetts)20181046 McCarthy […]

MLS announced the allocation of two more players Dec. 8. Jeff Agoos will play for Washington D.C. United along with former University of Virginia teammate John Harkes. Dan Calichman, who played for the A-League’s New York Centaurs in 1995, signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Galaxy also named Octavio Zamorano, former coach of the […]

First Team NameSchool Michelle Joyce (GK)Brevard Shannon LarsonChamplain Sheila Best Brevard Danielle WadeSt. Louis CC Mary Beth MillerEssex Shannon CromwellGenesee Karen SloanMonroe Jaime ClarkCamden County Karinia CipriatiNassau Tara MandalaOcean County Yvette BroderickMitchell Second Team NameSchool Kim Bridge (GK)Dean Kelly LaFreniereChamplain Chris ShetleySt. Louis CC Cassidie DunbarCatonsville Jamie BonterMonroe Nicole LohmannSUNY-Farmingdale Staci DowdyLewis & Clark Denise […]