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STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P West. Mass. 12 10 2 38 16 44 South Jersey 12 10 2 30 14 43 Reading 12 8 4 25 25 38 New Hamp. 12 7 5 28 20 34 New Jersey 12 7 5 26 18 32 North Jersey 13 5 8 31 30 25 […]

Raul Diaz Arce, the second-leading goal and overall point scorer in MLS history, has been traded to the Tampa Bay Mutiny from the San Jose Clash for forward Alejandro Sequeira and future considerations. “We’re so excited to have Raul here,” said Tampa Bay GM Nick Sakiewicz. “We’ve liked him since his first day in MLS. […]

Championship July 18 in Asuncion Brazil 3 Uruguay 0. Goals: Rivaldo 20, 26, Ronaldo 48. Brazil — Dida, Cafu, Joao Carlos, Antonio Carlos, Roberto Carlos, Emerson, Flavio Conceicao, Ze Roberto, Rivaldo, Amoroso, Ronaldo. Uruguay — Carini, Del Campo, Picun, Lembo, Bergara (Guigou, 73), Coelho (Alvez, 57), Fleurquin, Vespa (Pacheco, 46), Callejas, Magallanes, Zalayeta. Yellow cards: […]

The Miami Fusion has acquired left-sided defender/midfielder Brian Kamler from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder John Maessner. The transaction is part of the trade announced Saturday that sent forward Chris Albright to D.C. in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2000 College Draft and future considerations. The Fusion will receive the future considerations […]

Americans’ defense finds its way, and just in time It was easy to fear for the U.S. defense in advance of the Women’s World Cup championship game, particularly after China shredded defending champion Norway for five goals in a semifinal. Sun Wen had been marvelous ù “Unstoppable” is how the Norwegians phrased it ù as […]

USA Briana Scurry (6) Little work until PKs. Brandi Chastain (9) Proved she can be a wonderful left back. Kate Sobrero (6) Her usual good game Carla Overbeck (9) CaptainÆs best performance in long time. Joy Fawcett (8) Great at right back. Michelle Akers (7) Played with reckless abandon. Kristine Lilly (7) Made the biggest […]

U.S. U-20 international forward Chris Albright, who joined the MLS Project-40 program last week, was assigned to the Miami Fusion on July 16. D.C. United then acquired the 20-year-old from the Fusion on July 17. In exchange for Albright, Miami will receive the first-round pick in the 2000 College Draft originally obtained from New England […]

July 17 in San Diego Western Conference 6 Eastern Conference 4. Goals: Preki (Kosecki) 13, Kosecki (Nowak, Lalas) 32, Jones (Preki, Kubik) 36, Preki (Kosecki) 38, Wright (Cerritos) 84, Cerritos (Cienfuegos) 89; Lassiter (McBride) 1, Moore (pen.) 62, Valderrama (Moreno) 73, John 83. Eastern Conference — Presthus (Zenga, 46), Pope (Warzycha, 46), Agoos (Cullen, 46), […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has announced that it will host the inaugural Cruz M. Bustamante Cup at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 4. The Galaxy will take on legendary Mexican First Division club Chivas of Guadalajara., with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. “We are excited to team up with [California] Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante to […]

Making predictions about the future of women’s soccer is risky business these days. We predicted the big crowds and the generous media coverage at USA ’99, but who could have ever anticipated what took place on July 10? Years from now, millions of American women will be able to tell you where they were the […]

Midfielder John Harkes will return to the U.S. national team for the first time in 16 months when he joins the squad for the FIFA Confederations Cup, July 24-Aug. 4 in Mexico. Harkes replaces David Regis, who in the last 36 hours has developed swelling in his left knee and will not be available for […]

Doug Diem Long Beach, N.Y. I don’t mean to put a damper on the celebration, but how come with all the press the WWC final has received, there is no mention that [U.S. keeper Briana] Scurry clearly left the goal line well before the kick she saved was taken? She must have been 3 yards […]

Third Round July 14 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 1 Chicago Fire (MLS) 0. Goal: Allnutt (Kirmse) 51. Rochester — Onstad, Kirmse, Demmin, Schweitzer, Sedgewick, Daligcon, Tanner (Dietrich, 89), Biello, Allnutt, Tilley (Walton, 87), Miller (Restrepo, 80). Chicago — Thornton, Kubik, Okaroh, Soehn (Kovalenko, 85), Marsch, Lagos (Klopas, 63), Gutierrez (Kotschau, 80), Podbrozny, Nowak, […]

July 14 in Blaine, Minn. Minnesota Thunder (A-League) 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) 0. Goal: Saunders 10. Minnesota — Warren, Coughlin, Abboud, Gramenz, Raines, Otto, Zeba, Mladenov, Schneider, Saunders, Labastida. Subs: Lagos, Leventhal, Bankov. Tampa Bay — Kirk, Sa.George, Trittschuh, Porter, Alvarado, Dougherty, Salcedo, Quill, Ramos, Marino, Sequeira. Subs: Keller, Houser, Shannon, McCarty. Att.: 4,804. […]

After five days of training in Denver, Bruce Arena has named the 20 players who will represent the United States at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico. Leading the team are the USA’s foreign-based legion of players, including Gregg Berhalter, Brad Friedel, Frankie Hejduk, Kasey Keller, Jovan Kirovski, David Regis and Ernie Stewart. The […]

Goalkeeper Zach Thornton (1) Chicago Defenders Chad McCarty (1) Tampa Bay Ezra Hendrickson (1) Los Angeles Edwin Gorter (1) Miami Midfielders Steve Ralston (2) Tampa Bay Henry Gutierrez (1) Miami Leonel Alvarez (3) Dallas Mauricio Cienfuegos (4) Los Angeles Forwards Jorge Dely Valdes (3) Colorado Joe-Max Moore (5) New England Jason Kreis (6) Dallas ò […]

U.S. international Joe-Max Moore has rediscovered his scoring touch to hit four goals in the last three games for New England. SOCCER AMERICA: Life with Walter Zenga: How’s it working out? JOE-MAX MOORE: Real well. We’re in third place. Getting into the playoffs is the most important thing we’re looking to do this year. We’re […]

Semifinal July 14 in Ciudad del Este Brazil 2 Mexico 0. Goals: Amoroso 25, Rivaldo 43. Brazil — Dida, Cafu, Joao Carlos, Antonio Carlos, Roberto Carlos, Emerson, Flavio Conceicao (Ronaldinho, 78), Ze Roberto, Rivaldo, Ronaldo (Beto, 75), Amoroso (Alex, 80). Mexico — Campos, Marquez, Suarez, Carmona, Pardo, Terrazas (Ramirez, 46), Torrado, Palencia (Osorno, 55), Blanco, […]

MLS announced today that Columbus Crew forward Stern John has been added to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for Major League Soccer’s fourth All-Star game on Saturday, July 17 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. John will join Crew teammates Brian McBride, Thomas Dooley, Brian Maisonneuve and Robert Warzycha, all of whom were named to […]

Here are quotes from Bruce Arena’s July 15 media teleconference call about the upcoming Confederations Cup: On the exclusion of midfielder Claudio Reyna: I know a lot of you are probably wondering why Claudio [Reyna] is not on the roster, but I weighed the pros and cons of his personal struggle to be a regular […]

July 13 in Asuncion Uruguay 1 Chile 1 (Uruguay wins 5-3 on penalties). Goals: Lembo 23; Zamorano 63. Uruguay — Carini, Del Campo, Picun, Lembo, Bergara (Callejas, 81), Coelho, Fleurquin (Guigou, 65), Garcia, Magallanes, Zalayeta, Alvez (Alonso, 52). Chile — Ma.Ramirez, Vargas, Reyes, Mi.Ramirez, Acuna, Palacios, Aros, Estay, Sierra (Pizarro, 73), Zamorano (Gonzalez, 89), Salas. […]

FEATURES Final Provides Storybook Ending By Dean Caparaz U.S. Spells Victory With A ‘D’ By Scott French Inside WWC ’99: U.S. Women Grow Richer Edited by Scott French A Few Good Women By Dean Caparaz Bruce Arena: ‘You Have To Be Fair To Everybody’ Interview by Mike Woitalla Marco Etcheverry: Now On To Mexico As […]

Midfielder Mark Chung has been selected by Eastern Conference All-Star coach Thomas Rongen to replace the injured Tab Ramos at the MLS All-Star Game in San Diego, California, on July 17. Chung, 29, has started every game for the MetroStars this season, and is tied for the team lead in assists. The left-sided midfielder was […]

Fortunately for the United States, goalkeeper Briana Scurry has put law school and her hoop dreams on hold. Since junior high, Briana Scurry wanted to be a lawyer. A corporate lawyer, to be exact. She has been sidetracked. Becoming the world’s best female goalkeeper created the diversion. As her college soccer career was coming to […]

Third Round July 13 in Piscataway, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 2 Staten Island Vipers (A-League) 3 (OT). Goals: Walsh (Kelly) 69, Walsh 81; Inneh (Mohammed) 32, Tschantret (Johnson) 85, Ke.Wilson (Tschantret) 95. MetroStars — Ammann, Petke, Semioli, Khakpour, Corrales, Duhaney (Kalonji, 46), Villegas (Knight, 84), Walsh, Kelly, Chung, Hurtado. Staten Island — Zaratin, da Silva, Mohammed, […]