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The USA continues to lead Canada 1-0 at halftime of their World Cup qualifier in Burnaby, B.C. Claudio Reyna’s fourth-minute goal was the lone tally of the half. U.S. coach Steve Sampson, without suspended Jeff Agoos and John Harkes and injured Ernie Stewart, started a backline of Eddie Pope, Marcelo Balboa, Alexi Lalas and Mike […]

Roy Wegerle scored in the 80th minute to put the U.S. ahead 2-0. Claudio Reyna sent a perfect long ball to Wegerle in the box, and the D.C. United forward slotted a low shot past the Canadian keeper Dolan from about 15 yards out. Should the result stand, the U.S. will clinch a berth for […]

The USA defeated Canada 3-0 in Burnaby B.C., and clinched a berth at France ’98 when El Salvador and Jamaica tied 2-2 in El Salvador. The result leaves the U.S. second in the hexagonal with 14 points. (leader Mexico has 17), while Jamaica has 13 and El Salvador 10. Costa Rica and Canada have been […]

Results Nov. 9 in Mexico City Mexico 3 (Chavez 1, Galindo 41, Hermosillo 68) Costa Rica 3 (Medford 52, Soto 71, Wanchope 86). Half: 2-0. Att.: 60,000. Nov. 9 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 USA 3 (Reyna 5, Wegerle 81, 90). Half: 0-1. Att.: 8,420. Nov. 9 in San Salvador El Salvador 2 (Nildeson 47, […]

Group B Nov. 9 in Abu Dhabi UAE 1 (Bakhit 58) South Korea 3 (Lee Sang Yoon 11, Kim Do Hoon 42, 67). Half: 0-2. Att.: n/a. Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *So. Korea 8 6 1 1 19 8 19 **Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 13 UAE […]

Nov. 9 in Burnaby, B.C. Canada 0 USA 3. Goals: Reyna 5, Wegerle 81, 90 Canada — Dolan, Yallop, DeVos, I.Fraser, Watson, Miller, Dasovic (Aunger, 69), Bent (Mobilio, 46), Corrazin, Nash (Kusch, 59), Bunbury. USA — Friedel, Pope, Balboa, Lalas, Burns, Dooley, Reyna, Moore, Wynalda (Jones, 71), Radosavljevic (Stewart, 46), Wegerle. Yellow cards: Canada — […]

Nov. 7 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose 1 Atlas (Mexico) 1. Goals: Welton 67; Zepeda 79. San Jose — Kramer, Martin, Emenalo, Draguicevich (Brown, 46), Vanney, Urbanyi (B. Johnson, 60), Sullivan (Farias, 46), Medved (E. Rodriguez, 83), Lewis, Baicher, Welton (Baena, 73). Att.: 11,533.

Group B Nov. 8 in Tokyo Japan 5 (Akita 12, Nakata 16, Nakayama 44, Ihara 67, Takagi 79) Kazakhstan 1 (Yevteyev 73). Half: 3-0. Att.: 56,032. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *So. Korea 7 5 1 1 16 7 16 **Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 13 UAE 7 2 3 […]

Rich Oswald Annandale, NJ Was the Jamaican player (Deon Burton) who scored against the U.S. at RFK offside? I was there and at a point in the stands on the same side of the field and just about even with Agoos when he made the attempted pass that led to the goal. In my mind’s […]

Lazio (Italy) vs. Rapid Vienna (Austria) Schalke (Germany) vs. Braga (Portugal) Twente Enschede (Netherlands) vs. Auxerre (France) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) vs. Atletico Madrid (Spain) Strasbourg (France) vs. Inter Milan (Italy) Steaua Bucharest (Romania) vs. Aston Villa (England) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. VfL Bochum (Germany) Karlsruhe (Germany) vs. Spartak Moscow (Russia) (Matches to be played over […]

Group A Nov. 7 in Doha Qatar 2 (al-Enazi 36, 80) Iran 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 22,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 8 3 3 2 13 8 12 S. Arabia 7 3 2 2 7 6 11 Qatar 7 3 1 3 7 9 10 Kuwait 7 2 2 3 […]

Nov. 6 in Izmit Kocaelispor (Turkey) 0 Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 0. Att.: 12,000. (Lokomotiv Moscow wins 2-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in Copenhagen FC Copenhagen 1 (Nielsen pen. 61) Real Betis (Spain) 1 (Urena 78). Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,140. (Real Betis wins 3-1 on aggregate.) Nov. 6 in London Chelsea (England) 7 (Petrescu 13, 86, […]

Chicago selected forward/midfielder Jason Farrell of the Columbus Crew. Columbus then withdrew midfielder Billy Thompson. Miami picked defender Joey Martinez of the Dallas Burn. Dallas then protected defender Eric Dade.

U.S. national team and New England Revolution defender Alexi Lalas will be loaned to Emelec of Ecuador for a month after the completion of World Cup qualifying. Lalas will depart for Ecuador on Nov. 23 and is expected to return in mid-December. He will join the team for its final regular season games and post-season […]

Chicago chose Columbus midfielder Jorge Salcedo. Columbus then withdrew defender Mike Clark. Miami’s fifth-round pick was goalkeeper Jeff Cassar of the Dallas Burn. Dallas protected forward/midfielder Temoc Suarez.

Here are the complete selections made in the 1998 MLS Expansion Draft: Chicago Fire Round Player Position Previous Team 1 Danny Pena D Los Angeles Galaxy 2 Kevin Hartman GK Los Angeles Galaxy 3 Manny Lagos MF MetroStars 4 Jason Farrell MF/F Columbus Crew 5 Jorge Salcedo MF Columbus Crew 6 Zach Thornton GK MetroStars […]

Group A Nov. 6 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1 (Masaad 4) China 1 (Hao Haidong 12). Half: 1-1. Att.: 60,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Iran 7 3 3 1 13 6 12 S. Arabia 7 3 2 2 7 6 11 Kuwait 7 2 2 3 7 7 8 China 7 […]

Thomas Ravelli, the Swedish national team goalkeeper who starred at World Cup ’94, has signed a multi-year contract with MLS, Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati announced today. The 38-year-old Ravelli, who led Sweden to a third-place finish at the ’94 World Cup, has earned 143 caps with Sweden’s national team — the highest number on record […]

Chicago selected defender Danny Pena of the Los Angeles Galaxy with the first pick of the draft. Los Angeles then chose to protect forward Harut Karapetyan. Miami selected defender David Vaudreuil of D.C. United with its first-round pick. D.C. United then withdrew goalkeeper Scott Garlick.

Chicago selected goalkeeper Kevin Hartman of the Los Angeles Galaxy with the first pick of the second round. Los Angeles then withdrew midfielder Steve Jolley Miami chose midfielder John Maessner of D.C. United with its second-round pick. D.C. United then protected forward Roy Wegerle.

Chicago took MetroStars midfielder Manny Lagos with its third-round pick. The MetroStars then protected defender Brian Bliss. Miami selected midfielder Kris Kelderman of D.C. United. D.C. did not need to protect a player, as Kelderman was the third United player drafted. Teams may lose up to three players.

Chicago chose Colorado defender/midfielder Brian Bates in the tenth round. The Rapids then protected keeper Paul Grafer. Miami selected Tampa Bay Mutiny goalkeeper Scott Budnick. Budnick was the third player taken from the Mutiny, so Tampa did not have to protect a player.

Chicago took Columbus forward A.J. Wood. The Crew did not need to protect a player, as Wood was the third player taken from the team in the draft. Miami selected defender Wade Webber of Dallas. Webber was the third player taken from the Burn, so Dallas did not need to protect a player.

Chicago selected Colorado forward Steve Patterson with its last pick. Patterson was the third player taken from the Rapids, so they did not have to protect a player. Miami selected Los Angeles Galaxy forward Brian Taylor with the final pick of the draft. A complete listing of drafted players will be posted shortly.

Chicago chose Columbus midfielder Jorge Salcedo. Columbus then withdrew defender Mike Clark. Miami’s fifth-round pick was goalkeeper Jeff Cassar of the Dallas Burn. Dallas protected forward/midfielder Temoc Suarez.