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There is no score between the USA and Costa Rica at halftime of their World Cup qualifying match in Portland, Ore. The U.S. controlled possession for the bulk of the half, but was only able to generate a few scoring chances. The best opportunity came at about the 20th minute, when Tab Ramos struck a […]

Sept. 7 in Portland, Ore. USA 1 (Ramos 78) Costa Rica 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 27,396. Sept. 7 in Kingston Jamaica 1 (Burton 52) Canada 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 32,000. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 5 3 2 0 13 2 11 USA 6 2 3 1 9 6 9 […]

The USA U-17 national team fell to Asian champion Oman 4-0 Sept. 6 in its first match at the U-17 World Championship in Alexandria, Egypt. The loss leaves the USA tied for third in Group C, with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Oman had the better of play in the first half, […]

Group A no games Team GP W T L GF GA P Egypt 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 Germany 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Thailand 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 Chile 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Group B Sept. 6 in Ismailya Mali 4 (Guindo 33, Coulibaly […]

Tab Ramos scored in the 78th minute to give the USA a 1-0 lead in its World Cup qualifying match against Costa Rica. Second-half substitute Preki beat his man down the right wing and hit a low ball across the area. Marcelo Balboa played the ball back out to Ramos, who cracked a shot from […]

Sept. 7 in Portland, Ore. USA 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Ramos 78. USA — Keller, Pope, Balboa, Dooley, Agoos, Stewart, Sorber, Reyna (Burns, 68), Ramos, Wegerle (Preki, 73), Lassiter (Jones, 73). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Wallace, Berry (Badilla, 80), Wright, Marin, Madrigal, Paniagua (Campos, 28), Guillen, Medford (Soto, 75), Myers, Gomez. Yellow cards: Costa […]

Results Dallas 3 Columbus 0 Colorado 1 Kansas City 2 San Jose 4 MetroStars 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 27 18 9 48 59 44 Tampa Bay 26 15 11 39 47 44 Columbus 27 12 15 32 35 37 New England 27 12 15 28 31 45 MetroStars […]

Tab Ramos will be a pivotal figure when the U.S. takes on Costa Rica in Sept. 7. Sidelined by a knee injury last November, Ramos has returned to form and fitness with the MetroStars. Interview by Duncan Irving SOCCER AMERICA: You’ve been a spectator for the Hexagonal. How hard has that been for you and […]

When the United States faces Costa Rica in Portland, Ore., Sept. 7, it marks their fourth encounter during qualification for the 1998 World Cup. It’s also Juan Luis Hernandez’s first game at the Costa Rica helm. The Spaniard replaced Argentine Horacio Cordero, sacked after a lackluster 0-0 tie at home against El Salvador. Hernandez will […]

Mike Fekula College Park, Md. I would like to hear your thoughts about all this fuss raised by the USSF about the comments made by the Costa Rican coach (Juan Luis Hernandez) who drew an analogy between discussing his soccer tactics and a terrorist announcing that he is going to shoot a missile at the […]

Group A Sept. 5 in Cairo Germany 1 (Adzic 80) Chile 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Team GP W T L GF GA P Egypt 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 Germany 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Thailand 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 Chile 1 0 0 1 0 1 […]

Group A Sept. 4 in Cairo Egypt 3 (Belal 16, 46, Mahmoud 64) Thailand 2 (Boonprom 30, Suksomkit 67). Half: 1-1. Att.: 70,000. Team GP W T L GF GA P Egypt 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]

MLS Television Schedule (Sept. 4-7) Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Channel Sept. 4 MetroStars at Los Angeles 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 Sept. 6 Columbus at Dallas 8:30 p.m. SportsChannel Ohio Sept. 6 Kansas City at Colorado 9:00 p.m. NO TV Sept. 6 MetroStars at San Jose 10:30 p.m. ESPN2; MSG Network Sept. 7 Tampa Bay at Los […]

1994 World Cup veteran Roy Wegerle has joined the U.S. squad training for the Costa Rica match on Sept. 7 in Portland. Wegerle, who has been performing well of late for MLS champion D.C. United, played 20 minutes in United’s 2-1 U.S. Open Cup semifinal victory over the San Francisco Bay Seals on Sept. 3. […]

U.S. international Jovan Kirovski’s bid to return to England has been thwarted, as the young striker was denied a work permit. Kirovski, who had a previous bid for a work permit turned down while playing with Manchester United’s reserve team, had hoped to join Sunderland of the English First Division. The recently relegated club had […]

Results Los Angeles 1 MetroStars 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 27 18 9 48 59 44 Tampa Bay 26 15 11 39 47 44 Columbus 26 12 14 32 35 34 New England 27 12 15 28 31 45 MetroStars 25 10 15 28 35 42 Shootout records: Tampa […]

Sept. 3 in Stockton, Calif. San Francisco Bay Seals (D3 Pro) 1 D.C. United (MLS) 2. Goals: White (Davini) 84; Moreno (pen.) 2, Diaz Arce (Etcheverry, Moreno) 62. San Francisco Bay — Wozniak, Gallo (Bonacorsi, 79), Brown, Weaver, Sablo, Folan (K.Simpson, 30), Davini, S.Simpson, Cowell, Watkins, White. D.C. United — Garlick, Vaudreuil, Peay, Llamosa, Gori, […]

The following are the results of the August, 1997 Soccer America Online Poll, in which 579 fans picked the champions of the top European Leagues. English Premier League Team Votes Pct. Manchester United 242 41.8% Liverpool 113 19.5% Arsenal 87 15.0% Newcastle 50 8.6% Chelsea 27 4.7% Leicester 16 2.8% Aston Villa 7 1.2% Derby […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (3) MetroStars Defenders Eddie Pope (6) D.C. United Brandon Pollard (2) Dallas Cle Kooiman (4) Tampa Bay Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (7) D.C. United Carlos Valderrama (5) Tampa Bay Robert Warzycha (2) Columbus Roberto Donadoni (5) MetroStars Forwards Giovanni Savarese (4) MetroStars Dante Washington (4) Dallas Jaime Moreno (7) D.C. United In parentheses […]

WomenÆs NCAA Division III SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 UC San Diego 0-0-0 200 2 College of New Jersey 0-0-0 192 3 Chicago 0-0-0 180 4 Trinity 1-0-0 168 4 Binghamton 0-0-0 168 6 Amherst 0-0-0 164 7 Macalester 1-0-0 152 8 Wilmington 0-0-0 144 9 Bowdoin 0-0-0 140 10 Ithaca 0-0-0 120 11 Williams 0-0-0 […]

Central Region 1 Nebraska 2-0-0 DH USC 2-1,DH DePaul 4-1 2 Texas A&M 1-0-0 DH Oklahoma 2-1 3 Colorado College 2-0-0 DH Vanderbilt 1-0,DH TCU 4-2 4 Vanderbilt 1-1-0 LA Colorado College 0-1,DN TCU 4-1 5 So. Methodist 1-1-0 DH UAB 6-0,LH North Carolina 0-3 6 Baylor 1-0-0 DH UAB 8-1 7 Alabama 1-0-0 DN […]

MenÆs NCAA Division I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 FIU 2-0-0 156 2 Maryland 2-0-0 152 3 Indiana 0-0-0 150 4 UCLA 2-0-0 148 5 St. JohnÆs 0-0-1 145 6 Creighton 1-0-1 134 7 Rutgers 1-0-0 125 8 Portland 2-0-0 114 9 Wake Forest 1-0-0 98 9 Boston Univ. 1-0-0 98 11 American 1-0-0 94 11 […]

South Region 1 FIU 2-0-0 50DN WI-Milwaukee 4-3,DA Wisconsin 2-1 (OT) 2 Wake Forest 1-0-0 45DA UNC Charlotte 1-0 3 Clemson 1-0-0 38DH Campbell 1-0 4 Duke 1-0-0 36DH Phieffer 3-1 5 UNC Charlotte 0-1-0 24LH Wake Forest 0-1 5 UNC Greensboro 0-1-0 24LA Richmond 0-1 7 South Carolina 1-0-0 22DH Newberry 9-0 8 Furman […]

Features 8 Q&A: Tab Ramos Hopes To Contribute Interview By Duncan Irving 9 ‘Ticos Have Depth In Attack By Mike Woitalla 12 Hardworking Eck Stays In Burn Lineup By Steve Davis 15 Hejduk Sings Red-Card Blues By Bill Ward 18 Agents Manage Business Of Relationships By Doug Cress 20 Vanderbilt’s Kuhn Is Now A Marked […]

Injuries, turnover have changed perennial national power When you think of Stanford soccer history, you think of U.S. Olympian Julie Foudy carving up opposing midfields, former U.S. striker Sarah Rafanelli scoring in bunches, and Jessica Fischer clamping down on opposing forwards. You think of success in the ’90s ù a record of 112-24-5, a winning […]