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Third-Place Match Aug. 3 in Guadalajara USA 2 Saudi Arabia 0. Goals: Bravo 27, McBride 78. USA — Friedel, Berhalter (Fraser, 75), Balboa, Brown, Hejduk, McKeon, Lewis, Olsen, Kirovski (Williams, 68), Bravo (Jones, 59), McBride. Saudi Arabia — Al Deayea, Zubromawi, Al Khilaiwi, Harthi, Sulimani, Al Harbi (Gahwji, 70), A.Al Shahrani, Al Jahani (Al Subaie, […]

COLORADO 1 LOS ANGELES 0 July 28 Att.: 5,018. Goal Colorado: Dely Valdes (Vaudreuil, Paule) 34. SA Report Card Colorado: Feuer 5, Vaudreuil 5, Martin 5, Vermes 5, Martinez 5, DiGiamarino 5, Jakins 5, Paule 6, Limpar 6 (Anderson, 74th, 5), Harris 5 (White, 80th, 5), Dely Valdes 6 (Sawatzky, 89th, NR). Los Angeles: Hartman […]

Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P p-New York 16 11 5 40 27 52 C. Jersey 16 8 8 40 28 42 p-Brooklyn 16 7 9 29 42 29 Westchester 16 7 9 19 32 29 Vermont 16 4 12 26 42 21 NY Capital 16 2 14 18 65 9 Southeast […]

Youth National Teams: U.S. squads off to fine start at U.S. Amateur Soccer Festival It didn’t take long for three of U.S. Soccer’s top youth national teams — the U-18 boys, U-17 boys and U-16 girls — to make their mark on the fourth annual U.S. Amateur Soccer Festival, played this year at the Tuatalin […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 19 16 3 33 16 65 Staten Island 19 13 6 36 19 55 Long Island 20 13 7 37 27 52 Pittsburgh 19 11 8 43 29 51 Boston 21 9 12 30 24 44 Lehigh Vly. 18 9 9 25 27 38 […]

The Washington Post is reporting in its Aug. 3 edition that Doug Logan, the commissioner of Major League Soccer since its launch in 1996, will be replaced in the near future. The report in an article by Post soccer writer Steven Goff and sports editor George Solomon, attributes unnamed sources. According to the article, several […]

USA Starters: Keller (8) Stopped everything he could. Fraser (6) Made few mistakes. Agoos (6) Involved in attack. Harkes (6) Ran midfield in solid return. Williams (4) More miss than hit. Stewart (3) Just wasn’t his day. Lewis (4) One great cross. Kirovski (6) Provided goal and assist. Jones (4) Better off the ball than […]

DaMarcus Beasley’s last-minute ejection brought an unhappy ending to a day that saw the USA draw 0-0 with Uruguay and advance to the semifinals of the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Beasley and Uruguay’s Jorge Reyna exchanged shoves in extra time and were both red-carded by referee Carlos Batres. After Batres whistled Uruguay for […]

John Harkes, who went from U.S. captain to spectator two months before France ’98, returned to the lineup and played the full 90 minutes against New Zealand. SOCCER AMERICA: So, John, was it a fun return? JOHN HARKES: Yeah. It’s always good to get back on the field, put the shirt on. … It’s been […]

A sold-out crowd of 1,350 watched the USA clinch the top seed in the medal round with a convincing 3-0 win over Canada in the final first-round match of the 1999 Pan American Games. The U.S. went ahead early when midfielder Lori Lindsey unleashed a 23-yard blast that blew by Canadian keeper Kathryn Clewley. Jena […]

Goalkeeper Kasey Keller, fresh off a number of strong performances for the USA at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, has completed a two-year contract to play for Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish First Division beginning with the upcoming 1999-2000 season. Rayo Vallecano was promoted last season from the second division, making the acquisition reminiscent of […]

The Chicago Fire and Tampa Bay Mutiny completed a multi-player trade Aug. 2, with the Mutiny sending defender Sam George, midfielder Paul Dougherty and a conditional draft choice to the Fire in exchange for defender Richie Kotschau and midfielder Manny Lagos. “We needed to do this trade to shore up our defensive depth,” said Mutiny […]

The United States U-21 women’s national team opened the 1999 Nordic Cup with a 1-0 victory over Finland as a first-half goal from Jen Streiffer provided the winning margin in the world’s top competition for Under-21 women. Streiffer’s 20-yard strike in the 22nd minute flew from left to right and struck the net just inside […]

Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored a “Golden Goal” six minutes into the first overtime period today as the U.S. national team dropped a 1-0 decision to Mexico Aug. 1 in the semifinals of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Blanco’s goal ignited the Mexican crowd of 65,000 at Azteca Stadium and came after a goalmouth scramble which […]

Semifinals Aug. 1 in Mexico City Mexico 1 USA 0 (OT). Goal: Blanco 96. Mexico — Campos, Pardo, Suarez, Marquez, Carmona, Ramirez (Arellano, 72), Torrado (Zepeda, 58), Villa, Terrazas (Palencia, 46), Abundis, Blanco. USA — Keller, Fraser, Berhalter, Agoos, Hejduk, Williams, Jones, Kirovski, Harkes, Stewart, McBride (Lewis, 78). Att.: 65,000. Aug. 1 in Guadalajara Brazil […]

Mark Hill Columbus, Ohio In your last Q&A session [July 23], Ridge Mahoney answered a question about pay-per-view television broadcasts of the Copa America and Confederations Cup. In his response Mahoney said: “I, too, find it disappointing that ESPN, which shows most U.S. matches, did not pick up the Confederations Cup, but U.S. Soccer has […]

Group A FINAL STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Mexico 3 2 1 0 8 3 7 *S. Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 6 4 Bolivia 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 Egypt 3 0 2 1 5 9 2 *-advances to semifinals. Group B July 30 in Guadalajara USA […]

The United States got a world-class performance from goalkeeper Adin Brown, and Taylor Twellman came off the bench to score the game-winner in a 2-1 victory against Jamaica in the 1999 Pan American Games at the Winnipeg Soccer Complex. A Jamaica win would have eliminated the Americans and sent the Jamaicans into the medal round. […]

The U.S. U-18 Women’s national team improved their record 2-1-0 in the 1999 Pan Am Games with a big 9-1 victory over Trinidad & Tobago July 29. The match comes on the heels of a surpring 1-1 draw with Mexico earlier in the week. The U.S. will close out opening round play on Saturday at […]

Three of U.S. Soccer’s top youth national teams — the U-18 boys, U-17 boys and U-16 girls — will compete in the United States Amateur Soccer Association’s “U.S. Soccer Festival ’99” next week in Portland, Oregon. The fourth annual tournament, which includes men’s and women’s teams from all four USASA regions, will be staged from […]

Ben Olsen and Joe-Max Moore each scored as the U.S. national team battled to an inspirational 2-0 victory over Germany in the FIFA Confederations Cup. The win propels the Americans into the tournament’s semifinals, where they will play host Mexico on Sunday (Aug. 1) at the famous Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The U.S. took […]

Two weeks after the United States won the Women’s World Cup, reality has set in. A few players are heading back to school either as students or coaches. Others are playing out the W-League season. There are camp appearances to make. And for some, it’s simply time to rest. The reality is that U.S. Soccer […]

The U.S. national team gave up a goal in the first half, yet attacked exceptionally well and controlled much of the second half in a 1-0 loss to Brazil July 28 in the opening round of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico. Despite the narrow loss, the U.S. will advance to the semifinals of […]

Strengths and shortcomings revealed at All-Star break Judging the future of MLS from the action on the field at the fourth annual All-Star Game would conjure images of matches filled with spectacular goals, razor-sharp passes and besieged goalkeepers flailing about their penalty areas. The East and West stars did their part and played their roles […]

On the heels of the historic victory for the U.S. Women’s national team in the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the U.S. U-21 women’s national team will travel to Iceland to compete in the Nordic Cup from Aug. 2-8. Held annually in Northern Europe, the Nordic Cup brings together the world’s top U-21 women’s national […]