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Results New England 2 Kansas City 0 Los Angeles 3 D.C. United 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 18 13 5 35 40 28 New England 18 11 7 25 22 24 Tampa Bay 18 9 9 25 31 32 Columbus 16 7 9 17 21 24 MetroStars 16 5 […]

Colorado (MLS) vs. Chicago (D3 Pro League) Dallas (MLS) vs. New Orleans (A-League) San Francisco Bay (D3 Pro) vs. Kansas City (MLS) Rochester (A-League) vs. Tampa Bay (MLS) New England (MLS) vs. Long Island (A-League) or Bridgeport Italians (USASA) Central Coast (Premier) vs. San Jose (MLS) Richmond (A-League) vs. MetroStars (MLS) D.C. United (MLS) vs. […]

Here is the MLS TV schedule for the weekend of July 12-13. Date Match Kickoff (ET) Channel July 12 Kansas City at New England 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 July 12 D.C. United at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. Home Team Sports July 13 Dallas at Columbus 3:00 p.m. Univision July 13 Tampa Bay at San Jose 5:00 […]

The struggling New York/New Jersey MetroStars have acquired South African striker Shaun Bartlett from Colorado for a first-round draft pick in the 1998 supplemental draft and future considerations. Bartlett has seen action in only 10 games for the Rapids this season, picking up just one goal and two assists. He has been absent for several […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P New Hampshire 13 9 4 30 19 25 North Jersey 11 7 4 26 12 21 Rhode Island 11 7 4 21 17 19 Cent. Jersey 10 5 5 18 17 13 Vermont 11 4 7 12 25 10 Cape Cod 11 3 8 13 23 9 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 8 8 0 17 5 22 Rochester 9 7 2 20 10 21 Boston 8 5 3 19 12 15 Buffalo 8 3 5 14 18 9 Connecticut 7 2 5 15 17 6 New York 8 2 6 8 14 6 Rhode Island 7 […]

July 9 in Karlstad Sweden 0 Germany 1 (Wiegmann 85). Half: 0-0. Att.: 2,500. July 9 in Lillestrom Italy 2 Spain 1. Scorers n/a. Championship: July 12 — Germany vs. Italy.

Young Trinidad & Tobago striker Evans Wise rejoins his former coach Thomas Rongen with the New England Revolution as part of a deal that sent rookie Billy Harte to Tampa Bay. Wise, who holds a green-card and therefore does not count as an international, has two goals this season in 11 games (one start). He […]

MLS fined Kansas City coach Ron Newman $1,500 and Columbus midfielder Marcelo Carrera $500 for their actions during the waning moments of the Wizards’ 2-1 win over the Crew at Ohio Stadium July 4. Newman was fined for his physical confrontation with Crew defender Mike Lapper, his attempts to provoke a fight with several Columbus […]

The following is the summary of the “closed-door” scrimmage involving the United States and Turkish champion Galatasaray, which also meets the MetroStars (MLS) and Rochester (A-League) on their preseason tour. July 10 in Martinsville, N.J. USA 1 Galatasaray (Turkey) 4. Goals: Maisonneuve 26; Hakan 26, 78, Emre 57, A.Ilie 64. USA — Friedel (Napoleon, 46), […]

July 9 in Roswell, Ga. USA 1 Mexico 2 (OT). Goals: Leonard 75; F.Arce 14, Rergis 99. USA — Hancock (Singer, 46), Thomas, Califf, Hollenbach, Downing, Wilson, Yamauchi (Rupsis, 60), Leonard, Purcell (L.Gonzalez, 46), Monsibais, Castellanos. Mexico — Navarrete, Salcedo (Rergis, 66), Penaloza, Vera, Bernal, E.Arce (Glodias, 46), Garcia, Perez (Villagomez, 82), L. Gonzalez (Martinez, […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Cocoa 13 9 4 35 20 25 South Florida 13 9 4 37 16 25 Miami 14 8 6 39 19 24 West Florida 13 8 5 21 21 20 SW Florida 14 0 14 8 61 0 Mid-South GP W L GF GA P Jackson 15 […]

July 1 — Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 0 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (A-League) 1 (OT). July 2 — Richmond Kickers (A-League) 6 Philadelphia Freedom (D3 Pro) 1. July 7 — Central Coast Roadrunners (Premier) 3 California Jaguars (A-League) 2 (OT). July 8 — Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 3 Mid Michigan Bucks (Premier) 2 (OT) in […]

July 9 in East Rutherford, N.J. Eastern Conference All-Stars 5 Western Conference All-Stars 4. Goals: Valderrama (Galderisi, Warzycha) 50, Galderisi (Williams, Valderrama) 63, Warzycha (McBride, Ralston) 66, Williams (Valderrama) 70, McBride (Galderisi) 88; Washington (Preki, Sonora) 11, Campos (Preki, Alvarez) 44, Takawira (Cerritos, Cienfuegos) 80, Jones (Johnston) 86. Eastern Conference — Zenga (Meola, 46), Agoos, […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Montreal 14 11 3 29 5 31 Rochester 15 10 5 34 28 30 Toronto 15 10 5 27 20 28 Long Island 17 8 9 23 22 20 Connecticut 15 6 9 11 23 10 Worcester 16 3 13 13 35 9 Atlantic GP […]

1998 All-Star Game in Orlando The 1998 MLS All-Star Game will be held at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. The game, which will be nationally televised, will be held at the Citrus Bowl on August 2, 1998 at 3:00 p.m. (ET). Orlando was one of nine venues for World Cup USA ’94, averaging over […]

The U.S. U-17 boys national team lost close games to Ghana and Brazil at the Born in the USA tournament in Macon, Ga. The U.S. got goals from Nick Downing and St. Louis high school MVP Taylor Twellman to overcome a 2-0 deficit against Ghana before falling to the defending U-17 world champion 3-2. The […]

Tab Ramos is expected to make his first appearance for the U.S. national team since suffering a severe knee injury last fall when the U.S. national team faces Turkish champion Galatasaray in a closed-door scrimmage July 10 at the Pingry School in Martinsville, N.J. Kansas City Wizards star Preki was called up for the first […]

Goalkeeper Garth Lagerwey (1) Dallas Defenders Jeff Agoos (5) D.C. United Paul Caligiuri (1) Los Angeles Carlos Llamosa (1) D.C. United Midfielders Ben Iroha (1) D.C. United Paul Bravo (1) Colorado Cobi Jones (2) Los Angeles John Maessner (3) D.C. United Jorge Rodriguez (1) Dallas Forwards Digital Takawira (2) Kansas City Ronald Cerritos (2) San […]

Features Soccer America Q&A: Carlos Alberto Parreira Interview by Paul Gardner MLS assistants provide vital link for bosses By Dan Woog Salas and Zamorano prolong Colombia misery Kreis faces tougher tests in Year 2 By Steve Davis Okaroh gives ‘all-star’ performance By Frank Dell’Apa Long Island fosters MLS ambitions By Jeff Green Kluivert can compete […]

The following are the results of the June, 1997 SA Online poll in which 470 fans voted for their MLS All-Star teams. Eric Wynalda was the top vote-getter , as he was named on 395 ballots. Note: * denotes a starter by the fans' voting. EASTERN CONFERENCE Goalkeeper Player (Team) Votes *Brad Friedel (Columbus) 165 […]

The Columbus Crew has acquired forward A.J. Wood from the MetroStars in exchange for midfielder Brian Bliss, the team announced July 8. Wood, a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team that competed in Atlanta, played 21 games for the Metros last season, scoring five goals and adding two assists for 12 points. He has […]

A-LEAGUE Rochester Rhinos Doug Miller and Henry Gutierrez will add a local flavor to the 1997 All-Star Game, which will be played at Rochester’s Frontier Field July 15. The game will highlight a doubleheader that also features an international match between the Rhinos and 1997 Turkish champion Galatasaray…. Miller, the A-League’s leading scorer (27 points) […]

A little more than a month after the conclusion of the ’96 edition in Guatemala City, CONCACAF will crown its ’97 Champions’ Cup champion at the final four, which will be held at Washington’s RFK Stadium Aug. 22-24. Defending MLS champion D.C. United and runner-up Los Angeles Galaxy are both entered in the tournament. North […]

Quick action by its booster club has saved Cal State-Northridge men’s soccer program for the time being. Just a few weeks after Cal State Northridge announced plans to cut four popular men’s sports, university president Blenda Wilson restored the program for the ’97 season after boosters came up with the funds to cover the program’s […]