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Arkansas-Little Rock is the fourth NCAA Division I school in the last two years to drop men’s soccer. UALR dropped men’s soccer and men’s swimming in a move “to strengthen our overall athletic department,” according to director of athletics Rick Mello. Men’s soccer coach Scott Westbrook will remain as coach of the existing women’s soccer […]

Features Crew Cuts Down United Judging by the Columbus opener, Ohio has embraced MLS. By Craig Merz Big-Time Soccer Arrives Los Angeles Galaxy fans overwhelm Pasadena. By Ridge Mahoney Gray United Shelves Uniform Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson blamed his team’s away uniform for a 3-1 loss at Southampton, while Newcastle stayed in the hunt […]

RankingTeamPointsPrevious Ranking 1Brazil68.841 2Germany61.983 3Russia61.165 4Italy59.322 5France59.307 6Spain58.914 7Sweden55.9712 8Argentina55.038 9Colombia54.7219 10Czech Republic54.3713 11Netherlands54.266 12Mexico54.1810 13Denmark53.909 14USA53.5314 15Ghana52.6216 —Zambia52.6215 17Norway52.1817 18Romania51.1111 19South Africa50.5923 20Portugal50.4220 21Ivory Coast49.9924 22Tunisia49.8925 23England49.2527 24Bulgaria49.1417 25Egypt48.5622 26Switzerland48.3221 27Scotland48.0029 28Croatia47.8443 29Japan47.6630 30Turkey46.0731 31Morocco45.8126 32Cameroon45.5334 33Chile45.0033 34Saudi Arabia44.2335 35Uruguay43.9136 —Bolivia43.9140 37Ireland43.7532 38Belgium43.4728 39Slovakia42.7638 40Poland42.5937 41Ecuador42.0654 42Nigeria41.4339 43Austria40.8142 44Israel40.1946 45Greece40.0441 46Algeria39.5044 47Gabon38.3847 48Lithuania38.3748 49Australia38.3552 […]

Goalkeeper Pat Harrington Kansas City Defender Matt KmoskoColorado Robin FraserLos Angeles John DoyleSan Jose Eddie PopeWashington Midfielders Leonel AlvarezDallas Marcelo BalboaColorado Jorge SalcedoLos Angeles Martin VasquezTampa Bay Forwards Shaun BarlettColorado WeltonNew England The Team of the Week is compiled from Soccer America match ratings.

April 21 in Saltillo Mexico 2 (Gutierrez 55, Rodriguez 75) Canada 2 (De Rosario 57, Kindell 87). Half: 0-0. Championship Group Standings TeamWTLGFGAP Canada010221 Mexico010221 U.S.000000 April 23: U.S. vs. Canada April 21 in Saltillo Guatemala 1 Costa Rica 2 Qualification Group Standings TeamWTLGFGAP Costa Rica100213 Jamaica000000 Guatemala001120 April 23: Jamaica vs. Costa Rica

April 21 in Denver Colorado 3 Dallas 1. Goals: Balboa (Harbor) 48, Bartlett (Harbor) 57, Balboa 64; Kerr (Eck) 59. Colorado — Hudock, Butterworth, Edwards, Trittschuh, Hamlett, Kmosko, Balboa, Henderson, Benedetti, Harbor, Bartlett. Sub: Wegerle for Balboa in 82nd minute. Dallas — Dodd, Santel, Pollard, Lozzano, Farrer, Ashton, Sonora, Elliott, Rodriguez, Eck, Kerr. Subs: Kreis […]

Club America 0 Cruz Azul 2 (Palencia 6, own goal 67). Half: 0-1. (Aggregate 3-2.) Club America — Chavez, Hernandez (Del Olmo, 37), Salgado, Gutierrez, Yacuta, Lara, Rossi (Biyik, 46), Villa, Bwalya, Garcia, Zaguinho. Cruz Azul — Scoponi, Castaneda, Valdes, Reynoso, Moreno, Islas, Ruiz, Yegros, Zamora, Hermosillo, Palencia. Red Cards: Del Olmo (83). Attendance: 100,000. […]

April 20 in Fullerton, Calif. U.S. 6 Netherlands 0. Goals: Venturini (Akers) 12, Foudy (Venturini) 15, Lilly (Milbrett) 24, Lilly (Chastain) 27, Venturini (Chastain) 34, Akers (Hamm) 54. U.S. — Scurry, Overbeck, Chastain, Fawcett (Fair, 84), MacMillan (Roberts, 67), Foudy, Venturini (Staples, 84), Lilly (Parlow, 67), Akers, Hamm, Milbrett (Gabarra, 58). Netherlands — Burggraaf, Van […]

April 20 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0, New England 1. Goal: Own goal (Caricola) 88. MetroStars — Meola, Zaun, Knowles, Caricola, Restrepo, Joseph, Silvera, Vermes, Harty, Rodriguez, Savarese. Subs: Da Silva for Zaun in 46th minute, Wood for Rodriguez in 71st, Kydes for Savarese in 78th. New England — Heaney, Ibsen, Lalas, Weiszmann, Burns, […]

The U.S. U-20 team drew 0-0 with Honduras April 19 in Monterrey, and advanced to the championship round as the winner of Group 2. The U.S. will play Group 3 champions Canada April 23 in Saltillo, and host Mexico (victorious in Group 1) April 25 in Saltillo. The top two teams in the championship round […]

April 18 in Dallas Dallas 3 Kansas City 0. Goals: Kreis (Kerr, Eck) 48, Rodriguez 72, Kerr (Pollard) 85. Half: 0-0. Dallas — Dodd, Puskarich, Lozzano (Elliott 58), Sonora, Pollard, Ashton (Santel, 67), Farrer, Alvarez, Kreis, Eck (Rodriguez, 63), Kerr. Kansas City — Harrington, Reasoner, Bowers (Uderitz, 83), Ekeme, Okafor, Eichmann (Wright, 58), Preki, Chung, […]

April 18 in Vienna Rapid Vienna (Austria) 3 (Jancker 2, 34, Stumpf 32) Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) 0. Half: 3-0. Att.: 46,000. Rapid Vienna — Konsel, Hatz, Guggi, Ivanov, Schoettel, Stoeger (Haller, 87), Stumpf, Marasek, Jancker, Kuehbauer (Mandreko, 87), Heraf. Feyenoord Rotterdam — De Goey, Boateng, Schuiteman, Koeman, Van Bronckhorst, Bosz, Taument, Van Gastel, Vos, Larsson, […]

The following are the MLS sponsors and licensees. For more information on these companies, contact Major League Soccer: Telephone: (310) 843-2027. Fax: (310) 843-4836. E-mail: mls96@ix.netcom.com Official Sponsors American Honda (San Jose), AT&T (Dallas), Bandai (Tampa Bay), Budweiser (Los Angeles), Fujifilm (New York/New Jersey), MasterCard (Washington). Team affiliation in parentheses. Official Suppliers Adidas, Puma, Nike, […]

April 17 in Mexico City Cruz Azul 0 Club America 3 (Omam Biyik 19, L. Garcia 50, 57). Half: 0-1. Cruz Azul — Scoponi, Castaneda, Reynoso, Valdez, Taboada, Islas, Pintado, Rangel, Zamora, Hermosillo, Palencia. Club America — Chavez, Hernandez, Salgado, Rossi, Gutierrez, Yacuta, Villa, Bwalya, L. Garcia, Omam Biyik, Zaguinho. Red Cards: Rangel (Cruz Azul) […]

April 17 in Monterrey, Mexico U.S. 2 Martinique 0. Goals: Quill (Rodriguez) 32, Olsen (DiGiamarino) 84. Half: 1-0. Att.: 20,000. U.S. — Kirk, Chulis (Parra, 68), Abukusumo, Sahaydak, O’Brien, Flores, Olsen, Brown (Fitchett, 30), DiGiamarino, Rodriguez, Quill (Wolff, 83). Martinique — Heuroie, Elbene, Benard, Cedric, Marons, Gariner, Avrila (Elinor, 72), Desous (Nimon, 38), Goron, Gabriel […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (MetroStars) Defenders Steve Pittman (Tampa Bay) Mike Emenalo (San Jose) Diego Sonora (Dallas) Tom Reasoner (Kansas City) Midfielders Brian Bliss (Columbus) Mauricio Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) Cobi Jones (Los Angeles) Forwards Brian McBride (Columbus) Vitalis Takawira (Kansas City) Rob Ukrop (New England) The Team of the Week is compiled from Soccer America match […]

UCLA had a banner recruiting year in Region IV, picking up Player of the Year Sasha Venturine. The cycle is a fact of life for college coaches — seniors leave and freshmen arrive. The only thing they can do is try to even their team’s strength throughout its four classes so that from one year […]

Why is it that American TV commentators get so carried away trying to explain a simple sport? During ESPN’s MLS opener telecast, we had Bill McDermott say things like: “The chances are really starting to flow now backwards and forwards for both clubs because of quick one-touch balls out of the backfield and a change […]

U.S. national team coach Steve Sampson is in satisfactory condition after undergoing and emergency appendectomy early this morning. Sampson had complained of stomach pains Tuesday afternoon, checked into the hospital that evening, and underwent surgery at approximately 2:00 a.m. The U.S. coach had planned to leave Thursday to watch the American U-20 team at the […]

April 16 in Monterrey, Mexico Mexico 1 (Rodriguez 32) Guatemala 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 300. Mexico — Alvarez, Campos, Marquez, Ibarra, Sanchez, Torres, Hempkes, Gonzales, Rodriguez, Gutierrez (Ortiz, 66), Lillingston (Briseno, 69). Guatemala — Molina, Marroquin (Espana, 68), Contreras, Stelyous, Alegria, Ramirez (Balan, 87), Estrada (Garcia, 77), Castillo, Lopez, Orozco, Villavicienzo. Also in Group 1: […]

Features Waldo Saves The Day A spectacular Eric Wynalda strike spared MLS’s collective blushes at its inaugural game. By Duncan Irving Just The Beginning MLS delivers with its opener. By Ridge Mahoney Playoffs Mark Maurer’s Swansong The NPSL playoffs have injected new life into veteran forward Steve Maurer. By Ross Forman Blood And Drama At […]

April 17 in Athens Panathinaikos (Greece) 0 Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 3 (Litmanen 4, 77, Wooter 86). Half: 0-1. Att.: 77,000. Panathinaikos — Wandzik, Apostolakis, Markos (Lagonikakis, 85), G. H. Georgiadis, Kalitzakis, Kolitsidakis, Borelli, Kapouranis, Warzycha, Marangos (Nioplias, 75), Donis. Ajax Amsterdam — Van Der Sar, Reiziger, Blind, F. De Boer, Silooy (Wooter, 75), R. De […]

MLS teams had to get their rosters down to 18 players April 15. They are also allowed to carry two developmental players who can train with the team. Players training with the U.S. Olympic team or on injured reserve don’t count against the limit. Key: * = developmental player. ** = injured reserve. # = […]

The attendances for the first full week of MLS action compare very favorably to those of other major leagues around the world this season. CountryLeagueAvg. GermanyBundesliga I35,300 USAMLS33,983 ItalySerie A33,778 SpainDivision I28,773 EnglandPremier League27,991 ScotlandPremier Division15,831 JapanJ-League14,360 FranceDivision I13,311 NetherlandsDivision I11,796 BelgiumDivision I8,050 SwitzerlandDivision I7,983

The following are players MLS clubs cut April 15 to get down to MLS limits: Columbus — none. Colorado — Lance Hill, Josh McKay. Dallas — Gabriel Gentile, Steve Keller, Jimmy McGeough, Rene Ortiz. Kansas City — David Moxom, Dion Sebwe. <Los Angeles — John O’Brien, Ante Razov, Garfield Shaw. B>MetroStars — Jorge Acosta, Matt […]