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After the USA's disappointing performance at France '98, it's obvious that some changes will have to be made if the national team is to attain any future success on the international stage. With that in mind, we'd like to know: What players should the U.S. build around for 2002? What players should never wear the […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 9 6 3 27 14 18 Rhode Island 10 5 5 19 24 15 New Hampshire 8 5 3 20 11 13 Cape Cod 10 3 7 11 17 9 Vermont 4 1 3 5 12 3 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 14 13 1 28 5 37 Montreal 12 9 3 20 15 19 Long Island 12 7 5 23 14 19 Worcester 13 6 7 18 23 16 Toronto 13 5 8 15 16 15 Staten Island 9 4 5 9 11 10 Connecticut […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 9 9 0 47 11 27 Cocoa 10 7 3 32 14 21 Bradenton 10 5 5 29 25 15 South Florida 10 4 6 21 34 12 Miami T. 10 4 6 23 26 10 Alabama 8 3 5 16 24 9 Central Florida 8 […]

(Region IV) Saturday, June 27 in Albuquerque, N.M. Under-19 Girls West Coast Shamrocks (Cali.-S) 2 Colorado Rush Nike 1. Goals: Rigamat 11, 40; Weber 8. Under-18 Girls Central Valley Mercury (Calif.-N) 8 Littleton United (Colo.) 1. Goals: Wallis 1, 18, 63, Kraus 24, Wagner 11, 23, 25, Duncan 72; Carlson 85. Under-17 Girls Colorado Rush […]

Midwest Regional Championship (Region II) Wednesday, July 1 in Cincinnati Under-20 Women Cincinnati Team Acceleration (Ohio-S) 3 Michigan Hawks 2. Goals: Mentrup 23, Kohake 89, Reinshagen PK n/a; Dawson 27, Leplae n/a. Under-19 Girls St. Louis JB Marine 2 Cincinncati Cardinal Premier 0. Goals: McCombs 50, Kraeger 86. Under-18 Girls Columbus Cosa Express (Ohio-S) 5 […]

Features The Early-Exit American Men By Mike Woitalla Alan Rothenberg: I Had A Feeling Interview by Ridge Mahoney U.S. National Team: Dead Last, On Merit By Ridge Mahoney Another Sad Day For U.S. Against Yugoslavia By Mike Woitalla Mexico Lindo Captures The Hearts Of France ’98 By Mike Woitalla Dunga Proves Point To Brazilian Fans […]

Results July 1 Kansas City 1 New England 0 Chicago 4 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 18 13 5 29 42 31 MetroStars 16 9 7 25 31 29 Columbus 15 8 7 24 29 22 Miami 16 6 10 12 14 33 Tampa Bay 17 4 13 […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 8 7 1 20 7 21 Long Island 8 7 1 22 10 17 Maryland 7 5 2 14 7 15 Delaware 7 1 6 8 20 3 NJ Wildcats 8 1 7 8 24 3 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 9 […]

Chicago — D C.J. Brown (sprained ankle) and D Francis Okaroh (lacerated eye) are questionable; MF Piotr Nowak (strained knee) and F Roman Kosecki (strained calf) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — none. Columbus — MF Robert Warzycha (torn ankle tendon) is on injured […]

June 30 in Norfolk, Va. Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 0 Central Jersey Riptide (D3 Pro) 0. (Hampton Roads wins shootout 3-2). Hampton Roads — Busch, Campbell, Tomlin, Branigan (Mitchell, 99), Haley, Angelov (Scrofani, 61), Lujan, McCreath, Fenger, Greenwood, Pratt (Sells, 46). Central Jersey — Idzahl, Ciesla, Wygonik (McOmish, 102), A. Passucci, V. Passucci, Gouldstone, Maier, […]

Southern Regional Championship (Region III) Tuesday, June 30 in Columbus, Ga. Under-19 Girls Tophatters ’97 Gold 2 Tampa Bay Heather (Fla.) 0. Goals: Halter 36, Horney 69. Under-18 Girls Tophatters ’98 Gold (Ga.) 3 Texas Image ’81 (Texas-N) 2. Goals: Ghani 5, Nelson 16, Robertson 86; Ragsdale 17, 90. Under-17 Girls Tophatters 99 Gold (Ga.) […]

The Miami Fusion added some defensive depth by trading its third-round pick in the 1999 MLS College Draft to the MetroStars for defender Matt Knowles. Knowles, 27, is a three-time NPSL Defensive Player of the Year who has been with the MetroStars since the inaugural MLS season. This season, since fulfilling his indoor commitments, Knowles […]

The following players carry a yellow card into their quarterfinal matches: Italy — Luigi Di Biagio, Paolo Maldini, Francesco Moriero. France — none. Brazil — Cafu, Leonardo. Denmark — Marc Rieper. Germany — Markus Babbel, Dietmar Hamann, Lothar Matthaeus, Michael Tarnat. Croatia — Zvonimir Boban, Slaven Bilic. Netherlands — none. Argentina — Matias Almeyda, Carlos […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for July 1-4: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 1 New England at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England July 1 Dallas at Chicago 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago Plus July 2 Miami at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN July 3 Columbus at San Jose 10:30 p.m. […]

Canada has been awarded the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, and will stage the event in the Toronto, Ontario area from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6 Originally planned to take place in Haiti, the tournament had to be switched when disputes broke out between the Haiti Government and the Haitian […]

MLS: SA Team of the Week (June 24-27) Goalkeeper Jeff Cassar (2) Miami Defenders C.J. Brown (6) Chicago Paul Caligiuri (1) Los Angeles Richard Gough (1) San Jose Midfielders Edwin Gorter (2) New England Brian Kelly (1) Metrostars Roman Kosecki (2) Chicago Piotr Nowak (7) Chicago Ross Paule (3) Colorado Forwards Damian Alvarez (3) Dallas […]

METROSTARS 5 NEW ENGLAND 3 June 24 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 5 New England 3. Goals: Kelly (Savarese, Dougherty) 40, Savarese (Sonora) 43, Kelly (Sonora, Rooney) 53, Petke (Dougherty) 69, Dougherty (Hurtado) 88; Diaz Arce (Pareja, Baba) 31, Gorter 64, Diaz Arce (Gorter, Pareja) 68. MetroStars — Meola (4), Sonora (6), Palacios (5), Knowles […]

5 goals — Batistuta (Argentina), Vieri (Italy). 4 Goals — Hernandez (Mexico), Salas (Chile). 3 Goals — Bierhoff (Germany), Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Henry (France), Klinsmann (Germany), Ronaldo (Brazil), Suker (Croatia). 2 Goals — R.Baggio (Italy), Bartlett (South Africa), Bassir (Morocco), Bebeto (Brazil), Bergkamp (Netherlands), Cocu (Netherlands), R.De Boer (Netherlands), Hadda (Morocco), Hierro (Spain), Kiko (Spain), […]

June 30 in Bordeaux Croatia 1 Romania 0. Goal: Suker (pen.) 45. Croatia — Ladic, Stimac, Jarni, Bilic, Simic, Stanic (Tudor, 83), Jurcic, Asanovic, Boban, Vlaovic (Krpan, 77), Suker. Romania — Stelea, Petrescu (Marinescu, 76), Cibotariu, Gheorge Popescu, Filipescu, Munteanu, Hagi (Craioveanu, 57), Galca, Gabriel Popescu (Niculescu, 61), Moldovan, Ilie. Yellow cards: Croatia — Boban […]

RESULTS SECOND ROUND June 30 Croatia 1 Romania 0 Argentina 2 England 2 (Argentina wins 4-3 on penalties) June 29 Germany 2 Mexico 1 Netherlands 2 Yugoslavia 1 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 […]

The Colorado Rapids defeated Leon of the Mexican First Division, 1-0, in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup match on June 28. Rapids midfielder Marcelo Balboa, who played for Leon for two seasons before joining Colorado in 1996, scored the game’s lone goal with just seven minutes remaining. Balboa had only returned to […]

June 28 in Blaine, Minn. Minnesota (A-League) 2 Chicago (MLS) 3. Goals: Mladenov (Shaw) 78, Anderson (pen.) 90; Wolff (Razov) 3, Salcedo (Ibsen) 34, Kuhn (Marsch) 77. Minnesota — Swallen, Abboud (Shaw, 70), Coughlin, Menk (Alvarado, 46), Gramenz (Sylvester, 46), Foster (Leventhal, 66), Mladenov (Stanici, 79), Gotsmanov, (Zeba, 44), Anderson, Magee, Garcia (Horvath, 66). Chicago […]

Steve Sampson resigned today as national team coach of the United States, it was announced by the United States Soccer Federation. “We at the Federation thank Steve for his tremendous service to our national team program and to soccer in the USA,” said U.S. Soccer president Alan Rothenberg. “His tireless work has helped advance our […]

The U-27 boys national team recently completed a training camp in Chula Vista, Calif., where the squad split a pair of matches with the England U-17s. The USA rolled to a 4-1 win on June 23 behind a hat trick from Landon Donovan and a goal from Kyle Beckerman. In the rematch, Raul Rivera gave […]