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FEATURES Tab Ramos: ‘They Said They Needed My Leadership’ Interview By Duncan Irving Tampa Bay: Optimism Abounds Despite 0-3 Record By Bill Ward Fire Goes Down In Wet And Sloppy Opener By Mike Garofola Revs See Progress In Pointless Homecoming By Frank Dell’Apa Nigeria ’99: U.S. Survives First Round, Spain Up Next By Scott French […]

Results April 9 in Santa Ana, Calif. Orange County 2 San Diego 1. Goals: Foster 51, Leal 96; Dumitru (Farias) 18. Orange County — Littman, Saunders, McDonnell, Lak, Wilson (Foster, 17), Vasquez, Hesse, Guthrie, Patterson, Polowski (Leal, 53), Soto (Engesser, 67). San Diego — Rueda, Brown, N’Doumbe, Munro, Legg, Alegre (Adair, 75), Farias, Hetherington, Chaisongkram, […]

The U.S. U-17 national team, which faces El Salvador May 9 and May 22 in a playoff for CONCACAF’s final spot in the 1999 U-17 World Cup, played two college teams last weekend in its latest preparation matches. April 9 in Orlando, Fla. USA U-17s 3, Stetson 2. Goals: Beasley 43, 45, Donovan 83; Watkins […]

Round of 16 April 14 in Kano Nigeria 1 (Ikedia 70) Ireland 1 (Sadlier 35). Half: 0-1. Att.: 20,000. (Nigeria wins 5-3 on penalties.) April 14 in Kaduna Ghana 2 (Afriyie 18, Ofori-Quaye 82) Costa Rica 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 1,000. April 14 in Calabar Brazil 4 (Ronaldo 21, 45, Baiano 48, Edu 68) Croatia […]

Ron Newman, who was the first coach signed by a Major League Soccer team, stepped down from his coaching duties today, April 14,, effective immediately. Newman, who along with Dallas Burn Coach Dave Dir were the last two original coaches from the inception of MLS, leaves as the winningest head coach in American professional soccer […]

Goalkeeper Matt Jordan (2) Dallas Defenders Uche Okafor (1) Kansas City Brandon Pollard (1) Dallas Maurico Wright (2) San Jose Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (3) D.C. United Mo Johnston (1) Kansas City Mauricio Ramos (1) Tampa Bay Johnny Torres (1) New England Forwards Stern John (2) Columbus Wolde Harris (1) Colorado Roy Lassiter (1) D.C. United […]

D3 Pro League April 10 Houston 1 Texas 0 (SO) *Los Angeles 2 Stanislaus Cty. 3 *Chico 1 California 0 (SO) April 11 Los Angeles 3 San Fern. Valley (PDL) 4 *U.S. Open Cup qualifying. PDL April 11 Los Angeles (D3) 3 San Fern. Valley 4 NPSL Playoffs American Conference First Round Harrisburg vs. Montreal […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 15 Dallas at Miami 8:00 p.m. espn2 April 17 Columbus at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox New England, WSYX – ABC April 17 San Jose at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Bay Area April 17 Los Angeles at […]

The U.S. under-20 national team arrived by charter flight April 12 to Port Harcourt in the far south of Nigeria, where it will prepare for Thursday’s (April 15) round of 16 game against Spain in the U-20 World Cup. The United States, which finished second in Group E, will face a Spanish team that topped […]

The following are quotes from the April 13 media teleconference featuring MLS Commissioner Douglas G. Logan, New England Revolution player-coach Walter Zenga, and Columbus Crew coach Tom Fitzgerald Doug Logan Opening Remarks “The first couple referee exchanges have been determined and are as follows: the No. 3-rated referee in Scotland, Stuart Dougal will do three […]

LOS ANGELES 1 COLUMBUS 2 (SO) April 9 Att.: 4,825. Goals Los Angeles: Jones (Hendrickson, Cienfuegos) 55; Columbus: John (McBride, Williams) 66. (Columbus wins shootout, 3-2) SA Report Card Los Angeles: Hartman 6, Hendrickson 6 (Franchino, 75th, 4), Vanney 5, Jolley 5, Ibsen 5, Pena 5, Hernandez 4 (Lozzano, 77th, NR), Cienfuegos 6, Welton 4, […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Razov (Chicago) 4 6 3 15 Lassiter (D.C. United) 3 4 2 10 Kreis (Dallas) 3 3 1 7 Hurtado (MetroStars) 4 3 0 6 Moore (New England) 3 2 1 5 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 3 0 5 5 Nowak (Chicago) 4 2 1 5 Bravo (Colorado) 2 […]

The PDL has expanded from 33 to 43 teams, including three provisional teams. Nine teams move down from the D3 Pro League. ò Each team will play 16 games in the regular season. Four will count toward qualifying for the U.S. Open Cup. ò The top four teams in each of the three conferences advance […]

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The Chicago Fire has acquired Jesse Van Saun, who appeared in five games (117 minutes total) for the New England Revolution in his rookie season in 1998. He did not see action this season before getting waived by the Revs Chicago is one player under the roster limit, so the defending champ does not need […]

Results April 11 Tampa Bay 1 MetroStars 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 3 3 0 7 8 4 MetroStars 4 3 1 5 4 4 Columbus 3 2 1 4 4 4 New England 3 1 2 3 4 3 Miami 4 1 3 1 5 11 Tampa […]

Forward Taylor Twellman scored a pair of goals today, April 11, as the U.S. Under-20 National Team defeated Cameroon, 3-1, to advance into the Round of 16 here at the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria. The win, coupled with a 2-0 Japanese victory over England, gives the U.S. a runner-up finish in Group E […]

HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID “It’s nice to sit back and watch your team when they are playing well. Today (April 11) we played well, and tomorrow we’ll go back to work so we’ll play well in the second round.” “Right now we will relax and enjoy today.” “Taylor did a great job of making himself […]

First Round, Final Standings Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 6 6 *Nigeria 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 *Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 Germany 3 1 0 2 5 4 3 Group B TEAM GP W T L GF […]

The U.S. U-20 national team scored an emphatic 3-1 victory over Cameroon today, April 11, in their final Group E match of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. The win clinches either first or second place for the U.S., who will have to wait until the conclusion of the evening matches to determine their final […]

First Round, Final Standings Group A April 10 in Lagos Nigeria 1 (Shittu 40) Paraguay 2 (Fernandez 8, Maldonado 19). Half: 1-2. Att.: 16,000. Costa Rica 2 (Brenes 33, Esteban Santana 69) Germany 1 (Timm 38). Half: 1-1. Att.: 13,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 6 […]

Results April 10 Kansas City 1 (San Jose 2 (SO) Chicago 0 Dallas 1 (SO) New England 2 D.C. United 3 (SO) Colorado 4 Miami 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 3 3 0 7 8 4 Columbus 3 2 1 4 4 4 MetroStars 3 2 1 4 3 […]

Last year, I met a young Salvadoran man at La Oficina, a bar on Mission Street in San Francisco. He showed me pictures of his wife and children. One day, he said, he hoped they would be able to join him in the United States. In the meanwhile, he sends them money he earns as […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Germany 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 April 10 — Nigeria vs. Paraguay, Costa Rica vs. Germany. Group B […]

World Youth Championship April 8 in Bauchi Japan 3 United States 1 Half: 1-0. Att.: 2,000.