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1994 — Vanderbilt 1995 — Kentucky

G Jessica Glazer (Washington State) (1) Seven saves in 1-1 tie with Santa Clara D Amy Roberts (North Carolina) (1) Defensive MVP of Wisconsin Invitational D Tasha Taiste (Rutgers) (1) Late sub’s first career goal stuns Penn St. M Samantha Baggett (Duke) (1) OT header beats ACC rival Clemson M Cindy Daws (Notre Dame) (1) […]

U.S. national team Steve Sampson went to Mexico City to watch one of his central defenders and saw him play center forward. “I’ve been pushed up to play as a third forward in about four or five games,” said Marcelo Balboa, whose Leon team has frequently found itself in desperate situations recently. “If we’re behind […]

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As in the 1994 World Cup, Brazil beat the U.S. 1-0. This time, though, the game was played in both halves. Tab Ramos and his family left Uruguay for New Jersey 18 years ago, when he was 10. He returned for the first time on July 4, when the U.S. team bus crossed the Rio […]

Clive Charles and Milutin “Sole” Soskic will remain assistant coaches to U.S. national team head coach Steve Sampson. “They are assistant coaches by appointment of Steve Sampson,” national team general manager Tom King said. “As long as Steve is head coach, it’s Steve’s call to keep Clive and Sole on. “Their priority will be the […]

U.S. keeper Juergen Sommer will tie the knot this summer and, perhaps, cut the ties to his current club. Like many of his U.S. teammates, goalkeeper Juergen Sommer is going to be busy this summer — but not because of playing soccer. Instead, Sommer will marry fiancee Susan Prall next month, and take a brief […]

Who says the U.S. can’t get a result? A tie was all the U.S. needed to win U.S. Cup ’95, and it got it after surviving a late Colombian flurry. Ah, the goalless draw. Supposedly the scourge of soccer, it rings like a death knell every time the subject is brought up in America. The […]

Position: Defender. Height: 6-1. Weight: 180. Birthdate: Aug. 6, 1967. Birthplace: Chicago. Colleges: Cerritos JC, San Diego State. Awards: All-America (1988, 1989). First cap: Guatemala (1988). First goal: Liechtenstein (1990). Titles: Gold Cup (1991), U.S. Cup (1992, 1995). Awards: U.S. Soccer Player of the Year (1992, 1994). Honda Player of the Year (1994). World Championships: […]

Not too many players are driven to excel like Mia Hamm, who at 23 is already one of the top players in the world. In Mia Hamm’s world, there is not much peace and quiet. Oh, it’s better than it used to be, better than when she’d get sick at the halftime of college games […]

Among Costa Rica’s leading scorers this season are Carolinian Roy Lassiter and Californian David Quesada. They took different paths to Costa Rica, but Roy Lassiter and David Quesada’s success has led to calls from the U.S. national team. After his last season at North Carolina State, Roy Lassiter joined the U.S. national team camp in […]

Note: All times Eastern DateOpponentKickoff April 13Colorado8:30 pm April 18at Dallas8:30 pm April 21at San Jose4:00 pm May 2Columbus8:30 pm May 5at Colorado4:00 pm May 8at Tampa Bay7:30 pm May 11Dallas8:30 pm May 19at Los Angeles7:30 pm May 22NY/NJ8:30 pm May 29at San Jose10:30 pm June 1New England8:30 pm June 5Tampa Bay8:30 pm June 8at […]

The U.S. women’s national team continued its tuneup to the Women’s World Cup by shutting out three opponents — including World Cup-bound Canada — en route to a tournament title in France. The U.S. opened the Tournoi International Feminin with a 3-0 win over Italy April 11, then followed with a 5-0 spanking of Canada […]

Note: All times Eastern DateOpponentKickoff April 6Washington8:30 pm April 14at Dallas4:00 pm April 21Kansas City4:00 pm April 28at Los Angeles7:30 pm May 4at New England7:30 pm May 8Colorado10:30 pm May 12Los Angeles7:00 pm May 18at Tampa Bay7:30 pm May 29Kansas City10:30 pm June 1Columbus10:30 pm June 5at Washington7:30 pm June 9at Dallas4:00 pm June 16at […]

Note: All times Eastern DateOpponentKickoff April 13at Kansas City8:30 pm April 21Dallas5:00 pm May 5Kansas City4:00 pm May 8at San Jose10:30 pm May 11Tampa Bay4:30 pm May 16at NY/NJ7:30 pm May 19at Columbus4:00 pm May 25at New EnglandTBA May 29Dallas9:00 pm June 2Washington4:00 pm June 8at Tampa Bay7:30 pm June 12New England9:00 pm June 15at […]

After coaching exclusively indoors since 1985, English native Ron Newman is returning outdoors to coach the MLS’s Kansas City Wiz. “You can’t ignore [youth soccer], but I’ve seen many clubs put enormous energies into that part and get almost nothing out of it.” SOCCER AMERICA: How did you get involved with MLS? RON NEWMAN: About […]

Last year, the Seattle Sounders scored four goals in the semifinals, but they weren’t enough to avoid elimination. This year, one goal proved enough to lead the second-year team into the A-League finals. A goal by 37-year-old Gary Heale in the 80th minute gave Seattle a 1-0 win over Vancouver in the first game of […]

The following are the players invited to the MLS Player Combine in Irvine, Calif, Jan. 5-15, with their most recent club affiliation where known: MLS Signees Goalkeepers — Khalil Azmi (New Hampshire, USISL), Jeff Causey (Richmond, USISL), Mark Dougherty (Hawaii, USISL), Jeff Duback (Charlotte), Pat Harrington (Buffalo, NPSL), Kurt Kelley, David Kramer (Monterey Bay, USISL), […]

Note: Home team is listed first. Aug. 27 AtalantaParma BariNapoli FiorentinaTorino Inter MilanVicenza JuventusCremonese LazioPiacenza PadovaAC Milan SampdoriaRoma UdineseCagliari Sept. 10 CagliariLazio CremoneseSampdoria AC MilanUdinese NapoliPadova ParmaInter Milan PiacenzaJuventus RomaAtalanta TorinoBari VicenzaFiorentina Sept. 17 AtalantaNapoli BariLazio FiorentinaCagliari Inter MilanPiacenza JuventusVicenza PadovaTorino RomaAC Milan SampdoriaParma UdineseCremonese Sept. 24 CagliariJuventus CremoneseRoma LazioUdinese AC MilanAtalanta NapoliInter Milan ParmaFiorentina […]

1971 – Garate (Atletico Madrid), Rexach (Barcelona) 17 1972 – Porta (Granada) 20 1973 – Marianin (Oviedo) 20 1974 – Quini (Sporting Gijon) 20 1975 – Carlos (Athletic Bilbao) 19 1976 – Quini (Sporting Gijon) 21 1977 – Kempes (Valencia) 24 1978 – Kempes (Valencia) 28 1979 – Krankl (Barcelona) 29 1980 – Quini (Sporting […]

The Seattle Sounders won the A-League title with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Atlanta Ruckus, the king of the shootout. As more and more soccer championships are being decided by shootouts, a growing number of players and coaches actually seem to be OK with it. At least that was the case as the A-League […]

First Round Group A DateMatchSite June 8England vs. SwitzerlandLondon June 10Netherlands vs. ScotlandBirmingham June 13Switzerland vs. NetherlandsBirmingham June 14England vs. ScotlandLondon June 18Scotland vs. SwitzerlandBirmingham June 18Netherlands vs. EnglandLondon Group B DateMatchSite June 9Spain vs. BulgariaLeeds June 10Romania vs. FranceNewcastle June 13Bulgaria vs. RomaniaNewcastle June 15Spain vs. FranceLeeds June 18France vs. BulgariaNewcastle June 18Romania vs. […]

1994 Sept. 7Finland 0Scotland 2 Faeroe Islands 1Greece 5 Oct. 12Scotland 5Faeroe Islands 1 Greece 4Finland 0 Russia 4San Marino 0 Nov. 16Scotland 1Russia 1 Greece 2San Marino 0 Nov. 16Finland 5Faeroe Islands 0 Dec. 14Finland 4San Marino 1 Dec. 18Greece 1Scotland 0 1995 March 29Russia 0Scotland 0 San Marino 0Finland 2 April 26San Marino […]

Jeff Agoos scored from 20 yards off an errant clearance in the 37th minute to give the USA a 2-0 lead over Guatemala.

Jan. 16 in Anaheim, Calif. USA 2, El Salvador 0. Goals: Wynalda 62, Balboa 75. USA — Keller, Burns, Agoos, Lalas, Balboa, Dooley (Caligiuri), Harkes (Reyna), Jones, Ramos, Wynalda (Kirovski), Moore. El Salvador — Garcia, Mayen, Carcamo (Irahata), Osorio (Renderos), Cuvias, Rodriguez, Castro Borja, Cienfuegos, Burgos, Diaz Arce, Cerritos. Att.: 52,345. In the semifinals, USA […]