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In a move that should bolster one the league’s lowest-scoring offense, MLS has allocated Brazilian forward Paulinho McLaren to the Miami Fusion. Paulinho, 34, has made four appearances for Brazil and has played for a number of top Brazilian clubs, including Santos, Portuguesa, Cruzeiro and Fluminense, as well as with Porto of the Portuguese First […]

Sampson says Europe doesn’t respect U.S. The U.S. World Cup team is underrated in the eyes of European soccer nations and rightfully so, according to U.S. head coach Steve Sampson. “In Europe, they have no respect for the U.S.,” Sampson said, “and quite frankly, we have not earned it. “We have earned respect in Latin […]

Here is the schedule for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup: FIRST ROUND Eight matches to be played between June 9 and June 21 Date Matchup/Result June 9 Austin (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas (USASA Region IV) 1 June 10 Delaware (D3 Pro) 2 Detroit (Premier) 1 (OT) June 11 Wisla (USASA Region II) at Chicago […]

Results June 11 Chicago 5 San Jose 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 16 12 4 28 38 25 Columbus 13 7 6 21 24 18 MetroStars 13 7 6 19 22 23 Miami 14 5 9 11 12 29 New England 12 4 8 10 20 25 Tampa Bay […]

June 9 in Austin, Texas Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 2 San Nicholas, Calif. (USASA) 1. Goals: Jones 22, Pearce (pen.) 40; May 58. Austin — Weaver, Pearce, Champ (Talley, 64), Barnett, Gilliam, Bryan, Corcoran, Willmann (Flamenco, 71), Crawley, Johnson, Jones. San Nicholas — Pina, O.Hernandez, J.Hernandez, Preciado, May (Diaz, 72), Costello, Lopez, Herrera (Watson, […]

ITALY ALE AND BOBBO SHOW. No team, not even Brazil, has the depth up front that Italy has. Coach Cesare Maldini could afford to pass over such players as Gianfranco Zola, hero of Chelsea's Cup Winners' Cup title, Pierluigi Casiraghi, whose goal qualified Italy for the World Cup, and rising star Francesco Totti for France […]

Focus Changes in U.S. Camp The U.S. World Cup team has finished the first phase of its preparation in France and will now devote 100-percent attention to June 15 and Germany, according to head coach Steve Sampson. “I think there were two phases to our preparation in France,” Sampson said at the Chateau de Pizay. […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 3 3 0 23 5 9 Cocoa 4 3 1 9 5 9 South Florida 6 3 3 14 16 9 Bradenton 4 2 2 15 10 6 Miami T. 5 2 3 7 8 6 Alabama 5 2 3 6 13 6 Central Florida 2 […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 5 4 1 13 4 12 Long Island 4 4 0 12 4 12 Maryland 4 3 1 10 4 9 Delaware 5 1 4 4 12 3 NJ Wildcats 3 0 3 0 12 0 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 6 […]

This article appeared originally in Mßs F·tbol. Mßs F·tbol is Soccer America‘s bilingual (Spanish/English) monthly magazine. The English version of this article follows the Spanish. Biograffa Ronald Cerritos (El Salvador) Club: San Jose Clash Selecci=n (national team): El Salvador Posici=n (position): Delatero (forward) Altura (height): 5-9 Peso (weight): 155 Nacimiento (born): Jan 3, 1975 en […]

June 10 in Montpellier Morocco 2 Norway 2. Goal: Hadji 38, Hadda 59; own goal 45, Eggen 62. Morocco — Benzekri, Saber, Naybet, Rossi, El Hadrioui, El Khalej (Azzouzi, 90), Hadji, Hadda (El Khattabi, 87), Chippo (Amzine, 78), Chiba, Bassir. Norway — Grodas, Bjornebye, Berg, Johnsen, Eggen, Mykland, Leonhardsen, H.Flo (Solbakken, 72), Rekdal, Solskjaer (Riseth, […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 9 9 0 18 2 27 Montreal 8 7 1 16 12 13 Worcester 11 5 6 15 21 13 Long Island 9 4 5 14 13 12 Toronto 8 3 5 9 11 9 Staten Island 6 2 4 7 9 6 Connecticut […]

Features The Triumph Of Sepp Blatter By Duncan Irving The U.S. Camp: Day By Day By Ridge Mahoney Harkes: ‘I Deserve To Be There’ Interview by Ridge Mahoney The Word From U.S. Consultant Carlos Queiroz Interview by Doug Cress New Leader, New Burden For Iran By Frank Dell’Apa All Hype Breaks Loose In England By […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (4) MetroStars Defenders C.J. Brown (3) Chicago Ezra Hendrickson (2) Los Angeles Steve Trittschuh (1) Colorado Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (4) Los Angeles Mo Johnston (2) Kansas City Piotr Nowak (5) Chicago Ben Olsen (1) D.C. United Forwards Damian Alvarez (2) Dallas Harut Karapetyan (1) Los Angeles Musa Shannon (3) Tampa Bay Note: […]

June 9 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 1 Benfica (Portugal) 3. Goals: Sonora (pen.) 26; Deane (Joao Pinto, Bastos) 13, Deane (Poborsky, Nuno Gomes) 22, Pringle (Joao Pinto, Sanchez) 88. MetroStars — Meola (Andracki, 62), Sonora, Knowles (Joseph, 46), Palacios, Petke, Sorber (Zavagnin, 46), Dougherty (Munoz, 56), Kelly (Corrales, 46), Rooney (Walsh, 64), Savarese, […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 5 4 1 18 7 12 New Hampshire 4 4 0 16 3 10 Cape Cod 4 2 2 4 4 6 Vermont 2 1 1 2 5 3 Rhode Island 5 1 4 10 18 3 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

RESULTS June 10 Group A Brazil 2 Scotland 1 Morocco 2 Norway 2 STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P Brazil 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Morocco 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Norway 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Scotland 1 0 0 1 1 2 […]

STEVE SAMPSON On what it will take to succeed: “We need a very special effort to do well in this World Cup. Coming together as a group, and focusing and concentrating, will be a big part of our ability to achieve that kind of success.” On how well prepared his team is “I don’t think […]

The Brazil Road Show Backed by new money from Nike, the Brazilian World Cup team is more hyped than ever. Thousands of French fans travel each day to get a glimpse of the World Cup champions in practice. For just under two months in the summer of 1994, they were in the Bay Area. A […]

We asked MLS coaches to look into their crystal balls. They predict a Brazil victory and a big tournament from Ronaldo. Their big issue is how referees will call new rule changes. 'Foolish to bet against Brazil' Tom Fitzgerald (Columbus) Champion – Brazil. Runner-up – Italy. Third-place – Germany. Fourth-place – France. MVP – Ronaldo […]

BRAZIL He's no idiot: You've got to feel sorry for Mario Zagallo. He's the only guy who's been involved with all four World Cup championship teams, yet he gets little respect. Zagallo played for the first two Brazilian champions, coached the '70 team and was Carlos Alberto Parreira's right-hand man at USA '94. Zagallo came […]

METROSTARS 1 TAMPA BAY 2 June 3 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 1 Tampa Bay 2. Goals: Dougherty (Sorber, Kelly) 38; Ralston (Prampin, Shannon) 41, Shannon (Gilmar, Ramos) 66. MetroStars — Meola (5), Petke (4), Palacios (5), Lalas (6), Sonora (5), Kelly (4), Sorber (5), Rooney (5), Dougherty (6), Savarese (4), Hurtado (4). Subs: Ledesma […]

Joe Public is Caribbean Entrant Joe Public of Trinidad & Tobago will be the representative of the Caribbean region competing in the 1998 CONCACAF Champions Cup in Washington D.C. Aug. 11-16. The team will play as invited guests, as the Caribbean Club Championship is not being played until November, and will likely face MLS champion […]

The Sept. 9 Colorado at MetroStars MLS match has been rescheduled for Aug. 18, with game time remaining at 7:30 p.m. (EST). The scheduling change came after the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the New York Giants and the New York Jets agreed to play three pre-season games in August on natural grass at […]

Here is the television schedule for the MLS matches of June 11-14: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television June 11 San Jose at Chicago 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 June 13 Miami at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. MSG network; Sunshine network June 13 D.C. United at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Home Team Sports June 14 Chicago at New England 3:00 […]