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STANDINGS EASTERN WLPGFGASOWStreak Tampa Bay226980Lost 2 Columbus2361180Lost 2 New England224561Lost 1 Washington1536120Lost 1 MetroStars131481Won 1 WESTERN WLPGFGASOWStreak Los Angeles4012940Won 4 Dallas428772Won 1 Kansas City32711131Lost 1 Colorado216740Won 2 San Jose236650Won 1 LEADING SCORERS NameTeamGPGAP 1Brian McBrideCLB5328 2PrekiKC5237 3Raul Diaz ArceWAS6306 –Vitalis TakawiraKC5226 –Washington RodriguezDAL6306 –Giovanni SavareseMET4306 7Jason KreisDAL6215 –John KerrDAL6215 –Eric WynaldaSJ5215 –Mauricio CienfuegosLA4215 –Roy LassiterTB4215 […]

This has not been a banner year for American goalkeepers playing abroad. English soccer’s regular season concluded May 5, leaving three U.S. keepers — Queen’s Park Rangers’ Juergen Sommer, Luton’s Ian Feuer, Millwall stalwart Kasey Keller — with the unappealing prospect of playing in lower divisions next season. Sommer’s QPR was relegated from the Premier […]

May 5 in Dallas Dallas 1 Columbus 0. (Dallas wins shootout 3-1.) Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Farrer, Lozzano, Alvarez, Kreis, Rodriguez, Sonora, Elliott, Eck, Kerr. Subs: Haynes for Sonora in 76th minute, Ashton for Kerr in 76th minute. Columbus — Oshoniyi, Michallik, Bliss, Watson, Ward, Yeagley, Battelle, Thompson, Paz, Khumalo, McBride. Subs: Marino for Battelle […]

May 4 in Mexico City Necaxa 0 Celaya 0. (Aggregate: 1-1; Necaxa wins on away goal.) Necaxa — Navarro, Wolf, Vilches, Becerril, Esquivel, Higareda (Herrera, 46), Aguinaga, Garcia Aspe, L. Hernandez, Pelaez, Zarate (Alvarado, 60). Celaya — Pineda, Cabrera, J. Cruz, Hurtado, Leal, J. Patino, F. Cruz (Malibraan, 75), Tiba, Mercado (C. Hernandez, 60), Butragueno, […]

May 4 in Calgary Canadian U-23 team 2 U.S. U-23 team 1. Goals: Kusch (Nash) 77, Thompson 83; T. Suarez 51. Half: 0-0.

May 4 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 San Jose 2. Goals: Aunger (pen.) 86; Wynalda (Iroha) 23, Bravo (Mella, Dayak) 70. Half: 0-1. New England — Heaney, Ibsen, Chronopoulos, Lalas, Burns, Woodring, Aunger, Naveda, Galderisi, Ukrop, Welton. Subs: Keegan for Galderisi in 64th minute, Sawatzky for Ibsen in 81st minute. San Jose — Liner, […]

First Round Group A DateMatchSiteKickoff July 20USA vs. ArgentinaBirmingham, Ala.6:30 p.m. July 20Tunisia vs. PortugalWashington3:00 p.m. July 22USA vs. TunisiaBirmingham, Ala.7:30 p.m. July 22Argentina vs. PortugalWashington7:30 p.m. July 24USA vs. PortugalWashington7:30 p.m. July 24Argentina vs. TunisiaBirmingham, Ala.7:30 p.m. Group B Note: Team B4 will be the winner of a playoff between the CONCACAF runner-up and […]

First Round Group E DateMatchSiteKickoff July 21USA vs. DenmarkOrlando6:30 p.m. July 21Sweden vs. ChinaMiami4:00 p.m. July 23USA vs. SwedenOrlando6:00 p.m. July 23Denmark vs. ChinaMiami6:00 p.m. July 25USA vs. ChinaMiami6:30 p.m. July 25Denmark vs. SwedenOrlando6:30 p.m. Group F DateMatchSiteKickoff July 21Germany vs. JapanBirmingham, Ala.2:30 p.m. July 21Norway vs. BrazilWashington3:00 p.m. July 23Brazil vs. JapanBirmingham, Ala.5:30 p.m. […]

Saturday, May 4 Tampa Bay at MetroStars Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (EST) Television: MSG; WTMV-32 Tampa Satellite: Satcom C4, Tr. 6 Injuries: MetroStars — G Tony Meola (mild shoulder separation) is probable, M Ted Gillen (torn hamstring) and M Nidal Baba (strained groin) are out. Tampa Bay — D Tayt […]

Want to talk to America’s finest soccer players? Well, here’s your chance to… Ask a Star Our first star is U.S. national team goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who is completing his fifth season with Millwall of the English First Division. A former all-American at the University of Portland, Keller has become one of the English League’s […]

The following are the results of the April 1996 Soccer America Online poll, in which 438 fans registered their votes on the future of the A-League. Question #1 Given the arrival of Major League Soccer, do you believe that the A-League will survive in its current form as an independent, Division 2 league beyond the […]

May 2 in Kansas City Kansas City 6 Columbus 4. Goals: Chung (Preki, Sorber) 5, Johnston (Preki) 47, Preki (pen.) 67, Johnston (Takawira) 70, Sorber (Reasoner) 77, Preki (Takawira) 88; McBride (Thompson) 20, Yeagley (McBride) 48, Clark (Thompson) 54, own goal (Reasoner) 65. Half: 1-1. Kansas City — Harrington, Reasoner, Okafor, Bowers, Uderitz, Chung, Preki, […]

May 1 in Coquitlam, B.C. Canada 0, USA 0. Canada — Larkin, Hikida, Pizzolitto, DeVos, Macey (Capasso, 40), Rhode, Oliviero (Kusch, 50), Thompson, Xausa (D’Onofrio, 73), Franks, Heald (Berg, 77). USA — Cassar, McKeon, Pope, Vermillion, Hejduk, Pollard, Silvera, Walsh, Maisonneuve, Joseph, Wood. Referee: Parra (Canada). Att.: 2,168.

April 24 *South Carolina 3 Charlotte 2. April 26 Connecticut 3 New York 2 (OT) *Charleston 0 **Cape Cod 1 El Paso 3 Minnesota 2 (OT) *Mobile 3 *New Orleans 2 (SO) Central Jersey 1 North Jersey 0 Everett 3 Cascade 0 *Orlando 3 *South Florida 2 Montclair 1 Arizona 3; Central Coast 1 So. […]

May 1 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 3 Dallas 1. Goals: Diaz Arce (pen.) 15, Etcheverry 53, Rammel (Harkes) 68; Rodriguez (pen.) 43. Half: 1-1. Washington — Causey, Imler, Peay, Kamler, Williams, Kelderman, Harkes, Agoos, Etcheverry, Diaz Arce, Rammel. Subs: Huwiler for Rammel in 86th minute, Medved for Agoos in 87th minute. Dallas — Dodd, […]

May 1 in Celaya Celaya 1 (C. Hernandez 58) Necaxa 1 (Pelaez 26). Half: 0-1. Celaya — Pineda, Cabrera, J. Cruz, Hurtado, Leal, J. Patino, Mercado (C. Hernandez, 57), F. Cruz (Franco, 82), Tiba, Zambrano, Butragueno. Necaxa — Navarro, Becerril, Vilchis, Esquivel, Wolf, Higareda (Zarate, 46), Aguinaga, Ambriz, Garcia Aspe, Pelaez, L. Hernandez (Herrera, 69). […]

American midfielder Claudio Reyna’s string of 11 straight starts for German First Division Bayer Leverkusen came to an end when he pulled a groin muscle, forcing him miss the match with Uerdingen (a 3-0 loss) April 30. Reyna has won praise for his steady if unspectacular play in midfield. Leverkusen had gone 1-5-5 (won-tied-lost) with […]

May 1 in Munich Bayern Munich (Germany) 2 (Helmer 35, Scholl 60) Bordeaux (France) 0. Half: 1-0. Bayern Munich — Kahn. Matthaeus (Frey, 53), Babbel, Ziege, Kreuzer, Helmer, Hamann, Scholl, Sforza, Klinsmann, Papin (Witeczek, 70). Bordeaux — Huard, Grenet, Lizarazu, Friis-Hansen, Dogon, Lucas, Croci, Dutuel, Tholot (Anselin, 89), Witschge, Bancarel. Attendance: 62,000. Bordeaux to host […]

The following are the results of the April 1996 Soccer America Online poll, in which 438 fans registered their votes on the future of the A-League. Question #1 Given the arrival of Major League Soccer, do you believe that the A-League will survive in its current form as an independent, Division 2 league beyond the […]

Features Washington Divided Three straight losses to open the season isn’t what was expected in the nation’s capital. By Steve Goff Finding Friends In The Media MLS has gotten a warm reception from the fourth estate. By Mike Woitalla Super Reception In Giants Stadium The MetroStars’ Italian veteran once again found his own net as […]

Wednesday May 1 Dallas at Washington Location: RFK Stadium Kickoff: 7:30 (EST) Television: Home Team Sports, delayed 11 p.m. Eastern Satellite: Spacenet 3, Tr. 23. (No raw feed available) Injuries: Washington — M John Harkes (left leg injury) is out. D Mario Gori (strained groin) and D Mike Huwiler (shin splints) are day-to-day. D Jeff […]

MLS has gotten a warm reception from the fourth estate. “Down on the corner, Americans don’t give a boot about soccer.” So read the headline of one of many sports columns, during the 1990 World Cup, citing the inferiority of soccer. That particular column — in which Dave Kindred asked whether something couldn’t be done […]

The Clash-Wiz game in San Jose had a dramatic finish, complete with a desperate, last-gasp equalizer by 10-man Kansas City. An exciting conclusion to a memorable game. Until the shootout. Players, coaches and officials bumbled their way through 16 dreadful rounds of one-on-ones, while the din of 17,000 fans at Spartan Stadium subsided into smatterings […]

Atlanta Ruckus: The Ruckus is finalizing negotiations with defender/midfielder Fabian Davis and midfielder Frank McIntosh. Davis will have to leave for commitments with Jamaica’s U-23 Olympic team for CONCACAF qualifying. McIntosh last played with Baltimore’s NPSL team…. Atlanta plays in a preseason exhibition match May 2 against amateur powerhouse Datagraphic…. The Ruckus and France’s Olympic […]

Standings TeamGPWLSWGFGAP Seattle1100213 Vancouver1010120 Montreal0000000 Atlanta0000000 Colorado0000000 New York0000000 Rochester0000000 Note: Teams earn 3 points for a regulation win and 1 point for a shootout win. Results April 27 Seattle 2, Vancouver 1 Leading Scorers PlayerGAP Chance Fry (SEA)204 Domenic Mobilio (VAN)102 Joey Leonetti (SEA)011 Neil Megson (SEA)011