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Group 4 June 28 in Tokyo Japan 1 (Nakata 5) Oman 1 (Samir 64). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Macao 2 (Chiman 79, Martins 90) Nepal 1 (Amatya 20) . Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. Final Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Japan 6 5 1 0 31 1 16 Oman 6 4 1 […]

Oceania playoff, first leg June 28 in Auckland New Zealand 0 Australia 3 (Aloisi 19, Vidmar 42, Foster 68). Half: 0-2. Att.: n/a. (Second leg to be played July 5; winner meets fourth-place Asian team for a berth at France ’98.)

Results Tampa Bay 3 Los Angeles 2 Colorado 3 Kansas City 4 (SO) San Jose 3 Dallas 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 15 11 4 29 33 21 New England 15 10 5 22 18 19 Tampa Bay 16 8 8 22 28 29 Columbus 15 7 8 17 […]

June 28 in Oruru Mexico 1 Peru 0. Goal: Hernandez 81. lineups n/a. Att.: 8,000.

The following is the schedule for the 1997 Women’s European Championship to be played June 29-June 12 in Sweden and Norway. Group A June 29 — France-Spain, Sweden-Russia. July 2 — Sweden-Spain, Russia-France. July 5 — Russia-Spain, Sweden-France. Group B June 30 — Germany-Italy, Norway-Denmark. July 3 — Italy-Denmark, Norway-Germany. July 6 — Norway-Italy, Denmark-Germany. […]

The U.S. U-17 men’s national team will test themselves against some of the finest U-17 teams in the world when they host the Born in the USA tournament July 4-6 in Macon, Ga. The U.S. will be joined by Nigeria (the 1993 U-17 world champions), Brazil (the 1995 runners-up) and Ghana (the 1991 and 1995 […]

Here are current 1997 season-ticket sales for the 10 MLS teams, as well as their season-ticket sales for 1996: Team ’97 sales ’96 sales Pct. MetroStars 7,760 8,581 90% New England 6,728 5,220 129% Columbus 6,477 9,078 71% D.C. United 3,534 3,031 117% San Jose 3,358 2,808 120% Kansas City 2,899 4,115 70% Los Angeles […]

First Round June 18 Austin Lone Stars (D3 Pro) 4 Tucson Amigos (Premier) 2 June 20 San Jose Inter SC (USASA) 0 San Francisco Bay Seals (D3 Pro) 4 Central Coast Roadrunners (Premier) 4 Albuquerque Geckos (D3 Pro) 2 June 24 Wilmington Hammerheads (D3 Pro) 2 Mid Michigan Bucks (Premier) 3 Chicago Stingers (D3 Pro) […]

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann (3) Colorado Defenders Alexi Lalas (1) New England Tom Dooley (1) Columbus Sean Bowers (2) Kansas City Matt Kmosko (2) Colorado Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (3) Tampa Bay Mark Chung (2) Kansas City Cobi Jones (1) Los Angeles Forwards Preki (4) Kansas City Chris Henderson (1) Colorado Frank Klopas (1) Kansas City In […]

HERSHEY 0 D.C. UNITED 1 (SO) June 26 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey (A-League) 0 D.C. United 1 (D.C. United wins 4-3 in shootout). Hershey — Petras, Oudin, Leib (Penny, 46), M.Williams, Swords, Longenecker, Waite, Zoric, Feniger, Johnson (Fairchild, 60), Tschantret (D’Ambra, 58). D.C. United — Causey (Presthus, 46), Vaudreuil, Llamosa, Peay, Iroha, R.Williams, Maessner (Marsch, […]

The U.S. will be without forward Eric Wynalda for this weekend’s World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador. Wynalda, who has been bothered by a groin injury throughout the 1997 MLS season, reaggravated the injury during the USA’s 2-1 win over Israel on June 17. He is not expected to travel with the U.S. to […]

MLS TV Schedule for June 28 Date Match Kickoff (ET) Channel June 28 Los Angeles at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. KTLA-Los Angeles June 28 Kansas City at Colorado 8: 00 p.m. ESPN2 June 28 Dallas at San Jose 10:30 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest MLS Yellow Card Update 23 points — Steve Trittschuh (Colorado). Note: Trittschuh […]

June 26 in Santa Cruz Brazil 7 Peru 0. Goals: Denilson 2, Flavio Conceicao 28, Romario 36, 48, Leonardo 45, 61, Djalminha 78. Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Goncalves, Roberto Carlos, Dunga (Mauro Silva, 66), Flavio Conceicao, Denilson, Leonardo (Djalminha, 69), Ronaldo (Edmundo, 66), Romario. Peru — Miranda, Reyna (Saenz, 66), Dulanto, Rebosio, Torres, Hidalgo, […]

June 26 in Kangar Japan 1 Australia 0. Goal: Yanagisawa 44. Japan — Minami, Toda, Miyamoto, Jojo, Myojin, Hiroyama, Yanagisawa, Yamaguchi, Ono, Nagai (Yamashita, 46), Nakamura. Australia — Milosevic, Emerton, Zelic (Baser, 46), Blatsis, Foxe, Damianos, Grella (Gonzalez, 81), Curcija (Allsopp, 78), Salapasidis, Sinozic, Robertson. Att.: 8,000. June 26 in Johor Bahru Argentina 2 England […]

The U.S. will host Ecuador in an international friendly match at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Md. on August 7 at 7:30 p.m. eastern (live TV on ESPN), U.S. Soccer announced today. The match marks the first national team appearance in Baltimore in nearly 25 years. With the U.S. having over two months between qualifying matches […]

MLS Senior Vice President of Operations William C. Sage announced today that five players have been fined for incidents occurring in recent matches. Tony Meola has been fined $750 for post-game comments and actions recorded in The Star Ledger on June 22. The comments were made after the MetroStars 2-1 loss to Columbus on June […]

The organizing committee for the 1999 Women’s World Cup has narrowed the field of potential host stadiums down to twelve finalists in nine communities throughout the U.S. The final candidates are: Legion Field (Birmingham, Ala.), Foxboro Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.), Ericsson Stadium (Charlotte, N.C.), Soldier Field (Chicago), Coliseum (Los Angeles), Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.), Giants Stadium […]

June 25 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 1 Alianza Lima (Peru) 1. Goals: Savarese (Lagos, da Silva) 79; Chevez (Hinostroza) 76. MetroStars — Thornton, Semioli, Joao Luiz, Harty, Lagos, Joseph, Donadoni, Zavagnin, Kelly, Ramos, De Avila. Subs: Wood for Joseph in 46th minute, Rizi for Zavagnin in 46th, Savarese for De Avila in 46th, […]

Former U.S. international Brian Quinn has been named the new head coach of the San Jose Clash, team GM Peter Bridgwater announced today. “Brian was a serious candidate to become head coach when we started the Clash,” Bridgwater said. “Talking with him then and talking with him now, I’ve been impressed with his dynamic, energetic […]

June 25 in La Paz Bolivia 3 Mexico 1. Goals: E.Sanchez 26, R.Castillo 44, Moreno 75; N.Ramirez 5. Bolivia — Trucco, Pena, O.Sanchez, Sandy, S.Castillo, Soria, Baldivieso, E.Sanchez (Moreno, 58, M.Blanco, 75) Etcheverry, R.Castillo (Melgar, 72). Mexico — A.Rios, Villa, Pardo, Suarez, J.Sanchez, Romero (Abundis, 71), Lara, N.Ramirez (R.Garcia, 58), Chavez, Hernandez, Palencia (C.Blanco, 46). […]

Results Kansas City 3 Tampa Bay 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 15 11 4 29 33 21 New England 15 10 5 22 18 19 Tampa Bay 15 7 8 19 25 27 Columbus 15 7 8 17 20 22 MetroStars 15 5 10 13 16 25 Shootout […]

June 25 in Kuching Brazil 10 Belgium 0. Goals: Alvaro 2, 13, Eder 32, Alex 41, 48, 85, Roni 67, 78, Adailton 82, Hamilton 87. Brazil — Marcelo, Paulo Cesar, Alvaro, Sidney, Athirson (Jean), Pedrinho (Hamilton), Fabiano, Fernandao (Roni), Eder, Alex , Adailton. Belgium — Gillet, Rouffignon, Wavreille, De Coninck, Hoefkens, Caluwe, Pardo (Magerman), Remacle […]

Group 4 June 25 in Tokyo Oman 2 (Al Araimi 44, Ali Hassan 89) Macao 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. Japan 3 (Nishizawa 45, K.Miura 73, 87). Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Japan 5 5 0 0 30 0 15 Oman 5 4 0 1 13 1 12 […]

Features Can anybody match Etcheverry’s MLS price? By Ridge Mahoney U.S. rounds out Hex prep with a win By Duncan Irving Cautious Brazil disposes of Paraguay Argentina outdoes itself in Sucre fiasco Ronaldo transfer showdown likely U.S. U-20s go through despite pair of losses Venables enjoys trip Down Under Columns Soccer Talk — Time to […]

Chicago-area native Peter J. Wilt has been named GM of the new MLS Chicago franchise that will begin play in 1998, it was announced June 24. “Peter is a dynamic and proven leader,” said Anshutz Chicago Soccer, Inc. president Bob Sanderman, who introduced Wilt to the media. “His success in marketing the sport of soccer […]