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Ranking Team Points Previous Ranking 1 Brazil 69.18 1 2 Germany 62.73 2 3 Russia 60.02 3 4 Sweden 58.54 7 5 France 58.07 5 6 Spain 57.84 6 7 Italy 56.91 4 8 Argentina 56.72 8 9 Colombia 55.51 9 10 Czech Republic 55.07 10 11 Denmark 54.90 13 12 Mexico 53.96 10 13 […]

May 22 in Rome Juventus (Italy) 1Ajax (Netherlands) 1 (Juventus wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Ravanelli (13); Litmanen (41). Juventus — Peruzzi, Ferrara, Pessotto, Torricelli, Vierchowod, Sousa (Di Livio, 57), Deschamps, Conte (Jugovic, 44), Vialli, Del Piero, Ravanelli (Padovano, 78). Ajax — Van Der Sar, Silooy, Blind, F. De Boer (Scholten, 69), Bogarde, R. De […]

May 22 — MetroStars at Kansas City Location: Arrowhead Stadium Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. (ET) Television: None. Satellite: None. Injuries: Sorber (KC), Klopas (KC) doubtful with hip-flexor strains. Preview: In an effort to shore up the league’s most porous defense (20 goals in eight games), Wiz head coach Ron Newman will deploy Scott Uderitz as a […]

Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P El Paso 6 4 2 13 9 12 California 5 3 2 13 7 9 New Mexico 6 3 3 8 9 9 Sacramento 6 3 3 9 11 9 Reno 4 2 2 5 4 4 So. Atlantic GP W L GF […]

Goalkeeper Jorge Campos (1) Los Angeles Defenders Dan Calichman (1) Los Angeles Marcelo Balboa (2) Colorado Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (2) Tampa Bay Alberto Naveda (1) New England Jason Kreis (2) Dallas Marco Etcheverry (2) Washington Forwards Steve Rammel (1) Washington Shaun Bartlett (2) Colorado Giovanni Savarese (2) MetroStars Roy Lassiter (1) Tampa Bay Goal of […]

May 19 in Edmonton Jamaica 3 Trinidad & Tobago 2. Goals: Lowe (36, 87), Williams (51); Trotman (11), S. John (89). Jamaica — Reid, Steele, Messam, Johnson, Stewart, Watkins, Dawes, Peterkin, Williams, Lowe, Thomas. Trinidad & Tobago — Austin, Mason, M. Andrews, Garcia, Shu. David (Jeffrey, 59), L. Andrews, Sha. David, Trotman (Lewis, 86), Mulraine, […]

May 19 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 MetroStars 0. Goals: Naveda 9, Keegan (Naveda, Welton) 18. New England — Heaney, Chronopoulos, Lalas, Burns, Weiszmann, Naveda, Aunger, Woodring, Welton, Keegan, Ukrop. Subs: Sawatzky for Welton in 79th minute. MetroStars — Meola, Zaun, Harty, Caricola, Knowles, Ramos, Vermes, Silvera, Rodriguez, Savarese, Hernandez. Subs: Da Silva for […]

May 19 in Indianapolis U.S. U-23 team 0 Australia U-23 team 2. Goals: Viduka (Moric) 53, Viduka (Spiteri) 59. U.S. — Thornton, McKeon, Pollard, Pope, Hejduk, Fisher (Walsh, 46), Amani-Dove, Maisonneuve, I. Baba (Vargas, 57), Wood, Joseph (T. Suarez, 69). Australia — Juric, Lozanovski (Casserly, 38), Babic, Muscat, Foxe, Moric (Aloisi, 59), Mendez (Enes, 78), […]

USA Roster Goalkeepers — Ian Feuer, Juergen Sommer. Defenders — Jeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa, Mike Burns, Paul Caligiuri, *Mike Clark, Thomas Dooley, Alexi Lalas, Steve Pittman. Midfielders — *Jorge Flores, John Harkes, Tab Ramos, Claudio Reyna, Mike Sorber, Martin Vasquez. Strikers — Cobi Jones, Jovan Kirovski, Roy Lassiter, Brian McBride, Ernie Stewart, Eric Wynalda. * […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Seattle 3 2 1 6 4 6 Montreal 1 1 0 3 1 3 Colorado 2 1 1 4 4 3 New York 1 1 0 1 1 1 Rochester 1 0 1 1 1 0 Vancouver 1 0 1 1 2 0 Atlanta 1 0 1 […]

May 18 in Dallas Dallas 3 D.C. United 2. Goals: Kreis (Haynes, Eck) 40, Kreis (Rodriguez) 82, Sanchez (Lozzano, Rodriguez) 88; Sanneh (Etcheverry) 65, Agoos (Etcheverry) 90. Dallas — Dodd, Lozzano, Santel, Farrer, Sonora, Haynes, Alvarez, Ashton (Rodriguez, 74), Kreis, Kerr (Sanchez, 46), Eck. D.C. United — Causey, Imler, Peay, Agoos, Kamler, Williams, Maessner (Etcheverry, […]

Note: All times are ET; all telecasts are LIVE except * (same-day tape); all programming subject to change. MLS DateMatchTV KickoffNetwork May 23Tampa Bay at Dallas7:30 p.m.ESPN 2 May 30Washington at MetroStars7:30 p.m.ESPN2 June 6Los Angeles at New England7:30 p.m.ESPN2 June 8Kansas City at Columbus2:30 p.m.ESPN June 20Washington at Kansas City9:00 p.m.ESPN2 June 27Columbus at […]

Mexico clinched the CONCACAF U-23 title with a 2-1 win over Jamaica in Round 4 of the Olympic qualifying tournament. Mexico, which conceded its first goal of the tournament to Rhode Island star Andrew Williams late in the game, qualifies for the Olympic finals, where it will meet Ghana, Italy and South Korea. Canada’s 0-0 […]

May 18 in Washington, D.C. U.S. 1 China 0. Goal: Akers (63). U.S. — Scurry, Chastain, Overbeck, Fawcett, Lilly, Venturini, Foudy, MacMillan (Parlow, 60), Milbrett (Gabarra, 74), Hamm, Akers (Roberts, 74). China — Gao, Wang (Y. Liu, 54), Xie, Shi (Li, 76), Chen (Wei, 21), Zhao, Fan, Wen, Shiu, Sun, A. Liu. Referee: Raul Dominguez. […]

May 16 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Colorado 0. Goals: Savarese (Hernandez, Silvera) 11, Savarese (Harty) 30, Savarese (Joseph) 75. MetroStars — Meola, Restrepo (Zaun, 57), Caricola, Knowles (Da Silva, 77), Harty, Silvera, Rodriguez, Vermes, Joseph, Savarese, Hernandez (Wood, 70). Colorado — Woods, Hamlett, Butterworth (Wegerle, 36), Cannon, Kmosko, Trittschuh, Benedetti (Sharpe, 57), Henderson, […]

May 16 in Horsham, Pa. USA 4, Japan 0. Goals: Venturini 43, Lilly 50, 53, Gabarra 89. USA — Harvey, Chastain, Overbeck (Grubb, 60), Fawcett, Lilly, Akers (Staples, 53), Venturini, MacMillan (Roberts, 53), Milbrett (Parlow, 53), Gabarra, Hamm (Fair, 60). Japan — Sakata, Yamaki, Haneta, Nishina, Obe, Tomei, Sawa, Takakura (Kimura, 62), Otake, Uchiyama (Izumi, […]

Saturday, May 18 San Jose at Tampa Bay Location: Tampa Stadium Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET) Television: KICU-36, San Jose Satellite: Telstar 401, Tr. 7 Injuries: San Jose — M Paul Holocher (torn ACL) and F Eric Wynalda (separated shoulder) are out; M Ben Iroha (strained hamstring) is doubtful; F Jeff Baicher (sprained ankle) is questionable; […]

May 13 in Edmonton El Salvador 3 (Cerritos 19, Prado 47, Montes 89) Jamaica 1 (Lowe pen. 5). Half: 1-1. Att.: 4,952. Canada 0 Trin. & Tobago 0. Att.: 4,952. Mexico 4 (Sol 3, Blanco 20, Arellano 57, Abundis 60) Costa Rica 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 4,952. May 15 in Edmonton Jamaica 2 (Lowe 11, […]

Central American Zone First Round, First Leg May 5 in Diriamba Nicaragua 0 Guatemala 1 (Plata 27). Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. Nicaragua — J. Orellana, Bendana, Gonzalez, Perez, Cruz, Olivas, Gago, Gaston (Villavicencio), M.Orellana, Bermudez, Jerez. Guatemala — Estrada, Miranda, Molina, De Leon, Funes, Giron, Rodas, Ruano, Plata, Acevedo, Westphal. First Round, Second Leg May […]

May 15 in Washington, D.C. Washington 5 Columbus 2. Goals: Rammel (Harkes) 28, Rammel (Etcheverry) 49, Rammel (Kamler) 57, Diaz Arce (Rammel, Etcheverry) 67, Diaz Arce (Etcheverry) 70; McBride (Paz) 76, Paz 85. Washington — Causey, Huwiler, Pope, Peay, Agoos, Williams, Maessner, Harkes, Sanneh, Diaz Arce, Rammel. Subs: Etcheverry for Maessner in 46th minute, Kamler […]

It was no easy task to pick Soccer America’s 25 most influential people in American soccer. Many people play key roles in shaping the game, on their own or through the organizations and companies they represent. Our selections are based on those working today in American outdoor soccer who, by virtue of their visibility, leadership, […]

Millwall’s relegation and Kasey’s future plans Brian Hinkle Issaquah, Wash. Since Millwall has been relegated to the English Second Division, are you going to be looking for a new club at the higher divisions? What clubs are you looking at, and who is interested in you? KK: Well, you’re always looking for a new club […]

I’m seven years older than Soccer America and have worked for the magazine a third of my life. I first read Soccer America at age 11 while living in Hawaii. The magazine kept me in touch with the Dallas Tornado, the NASL team I had abandoned after going to every home game. When told of […]

May 15 in Bordeaux Bordeaux (France) 1 Bayern Munich (Germany) 3. Goals: Dutuel (75); Scholl (53), Kostadinov (65), Klinsmann (79). Half: 0-0. Bordeaux — Huard, Bancarel, Lizarazu (Ancelin, 32), Friis-Hansen, Dogon, Lucas (Grenet, 79), Zidane, Croci (Dutuel, 57), Tholot, Witschge, Dugarry. Bayern Munich — Kahn, Babbel, Ziege, Strunz, Helmer, Frey (Zickler, 60), Scholl, Sforza, Klinsmann, […]

Features Goals galore, some of them glorious MLS Beat by Ridge Mahoney Welton sparks Revolution attack By Frank Dell’Apa Manchester United makes more history Michelle Akers joins century club By Jamie Trecker Latino influence is too big to ignore U.S. Soccer Beat by Mike Woitalla Baggio is left off Italy squad Columns Soccer Talk: Is […]