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Substitute forward Debbie Keller scored two second half goals, including the winner in the 90th minute, as the U.S. women’s national team rallied for a 2-1 win over Japan May 17 at Tokyo’s National Stadium. More than 23,000 vocal fans filled the stadium during the match, in anticipation of seeing their men’s national team play […]

FanSpeak is a new contest on SoccerAmerica.com that asks fans to give their opinion on a specified subject as outlined in a Fan Forum in (Soccer) American Graffiti. Soccer America editors will choose the best responses to publish in Soccer America magazine and online. Soccer America will also award a prize to those whose responses […]

Results May 17 Columbus 2 Los Angeles 4 May 16 MetroStars 4 D.C. United 3 Tampa Bay 1 Chicago 2 New England 1 Kansas City 3 Dallas 2 Colorado 1 San Jose 2 Miami 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 12 9 3 21 26 18 Columbus 9 5 4 […]

Maryland head coach Sasho Cirovski found himself in a bind when sophomore goalkeeper Andy Kirk decided to enter MLS’s Project-40 program this past winter, instead of finishing his collegiate career with the Terrapins. Cirovski had been aware of Kirk’s desire to eventually turn pro, but the timing of the announcement left him scrambling to recruit […]

Goalkeepers Player Hometown College Bryheem Hancock Wilmington, Del. Connecticut Kyle Singer Plymouth, Minn. Virginia Michael Ueltschey Jackson, Miss. North Carolina Defenders Player Hometown College Daniel Califf Orange, Calif. Maryland Beckett Hollenbach Havertown, Pa. Maryland Marshall Leonard Columbus, Ga. Virginia Lee Morrison Carmichael, Calif. Stanford Mansour Ndiaye New York Connecticut Matt Thompson Wellesley, Mass. Indiana Midfielders […]

Results May 16 MetroStars 4 D.C. United 3 Tampa Bay 1 Chicago 2 New England 1 Kansas City 3 Dallas 2 Colorado 1 San Jose 2 Miami 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 12 9 3 21 26 18 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 MetroStars 9 4 5 […]

MLS Eight MLS teams will join the Open Cup in the third round. They are: Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Kansas City, MetroStars, Miami, San Jose and Tampa Bay. A-League Three teams from the Western Conference (El Paso, Nashville and Orange County) have clinched spots in the Open Cup, and Milwaukee needs just two points from its […]

May 16 in San Jose, Calif. USA 0 Macedonia 0. USA — Keller, Burns, Dooley, Pope, Agoos, Maisonneuve, Deering, Ramos (Radosavljevic, 60), Moore, Jones, McBride (Wegerle, 62). Macedonia — Milosevski, Markovski, Nikolovski, Milosevic (Gjuzelov, 62), Memedi, Veselinovski (Zaharievski, 21), Stojkovski (Lazarevski, 86), Micevski, Hristov, Trenevski (Gosev, 89), Sakiri (Sainovski, 83). Yellow cards: USA — Deering […]

Ben Newton Portland, Ore. Is David Regis originally from Mozambique or Martinique? I suspect the latter because of his current French nationality, but I have seen at least 4 or 5 articles that refer to him as ‘a native of Mozambique’ Paul Kennedy: USA Today had on a number of occasions referred to Regis as […]

The Ohio Expositions Commission today voted 6-2 to approve the form and content of a land lease with the entity the Columbus Crew has formed to build a new stadium at the Ohio Expo Center, site of the Ohio State Fair. After consideration by the State Controlling Board, the lease will be held until a […]

U.S. women’s national team stars Kristine Lilly and Debbie Keller have signed with the USISL’s W-League and will play for the Delaware Genies of the W-1 Division this season. “At our annual meetings last November, our W-1 owners collectively set their sights on signing the best female players in the United States,” said USISL president […]

Television made its World Cup debut in 1954, enabling West Germans to gather around tiny sets in taverns — or outside electronic stores, looking in through the window — to watch their team win in Switzerland. Chile ’62 was filmed and flown to Europe for broadcast. Thanks to communications satellites, Mexico ’70 was the first […]

U.S. national team stars Marcelo Balboa and Tab Ramos were selected to the MasterCard CONCACAF Team of the 20th Century. Balboa and Ramos have a shot at becoming the first Americans to play in their third World Cup this summer. MasterCard’s all-time world team, picked from the five continental all-star teams, will be announced June […]

The following is a transcript of the teleconference May 14 during which Steve Sampson announced he had named Thomas Dooley as his captain for the World Cup: Head Coach Steve Sampson General comments on the team: “This is our fourth day in San Diego and things are going very well. The chemistry in camp has […]

Results May 13 D.C. United 3 New England 2 Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 11 9 2 21 23 14 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 Miami 9 5 4 11 9 16 New England 8 4 4 10 17 14 MetroStars 8 […]

Here are preliminary rosters announced for the World Cup training camps for the following countries: Argentina, Colombia, England, Morocco, Paraguay and Scotland. ARGENTINA 20-man squad: Goalkeepers — Carlos Roa (Mallorca, Spain), German Burgos (River Plate), Pablo Cavallero (Velez Sarsfield). Defenders — Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan, Italy), Roberto Ayala (Napoli, Italy), Roberto Sensini (Parma, Italy), Jose […]

The U.S. women’s national team departs May 13 for it’s first-ever tour of Japan. The U.S. will play the Japanese women’s national team on May 17 in Tokyo, May 21 in Kobe and May 24 in Yokohama, with all three matches played prior to matches in the Kirin Cup men’s tournament. Here is the 18-player […]

Former national team star Shannon (Higgins) Cirovski has been named head coach of the newly formed U.S. U-18 girls national team. Cirovski was a Final Four MVP and Herrman Trophy winners during her career at North Carolina and a member of the 1991 U.S. team that captured the inaugural Women’s World Cup. She has been […]

May 13 in Stockholm Chelsea (England) 1 VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 0. Goal: Zola 72. Chelsea — De Goey, Petrescu, Leboeuf, Clarke, Poyet (Newton, 81), Duberry, Wise, Granville, Di Matteo, Vialli, T.A.Flo (Zola, 71). VfB Stuttgart — Wohlfahrt, Schneider (Endress, 55), Berthold, Poschner, Yakin, Hagner (Ristic, 79), Haber (Djordjevic, 75), Soldo, Balakov, Bobic, Akpoborie. Red cards: […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P South Florida 3 3 0 9 1 9 Bradenton 1 1 0 8 0 3 Miami T. 1 1 0 2 0 3 Central Florida 1 1 0 4 3 3 Alabama 3 1 2 3 3 3 Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cocoa 1 […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0 NJ Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0 0 South GP W L GF GA P Atlanta 0 […]

Features A World Cup Summer Awaits MLS By Duncan Irving Wizards Not Very Magical This Season By Bob Luder Lewis Finds His Niche In Clash Midfield By Dean Caparaz John’s Goals Crucial For Columbus By Craig Merz Germany Recalls Controversial Matthaeus The Life And Death of U.S. Hero Joe Gaetjens Inter Serves Up World Cup […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 3 3 0 6 1 9 Worcester 4 3 1 8 6 7 Montreal 1 1 0 3 1 3 Long Island 3 1 2 1 4 3 Connecticut 2 1 1 1 1 1 Staten Island 2 0 2 3 6 0 Toronto […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 2 2 0 9 4 6 New Hampshire 1 1 0 7 0 3 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 2 0 2 5 7 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Reading […]

Central American Zone, Second Phase Group A May 7 in San Jose Alajuela (C.R.) 5 (Badilla 11, Madrigal 15, Martins 41, Cubero 50, Misso 71) Olimpia (Hond.) 1 (Velasquez 75). Half: 3-0. Att.: n/a. Team GP W T L GF GA P Alajuela 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 L.A. Firpo 2 1 1 […]