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First Round Louisville 3, DePaul 0 Quarterfinals UAB 2, Louisville 0 UNC Charlotte 2, Marquette 1 South Florida 3, Cincinnati 0 Saint Louis 1, Memphis 0 Semifinals UNC Charlotte 2, UAB 0 Saint Louis 3, South Florida 2 Final Saint Louis 2, UNC Charlotte 0

Steve Sampson, 37, was one of four full-time assistant coaches to the United States’ 1994 World Cup team. When head coach Bora Milutinovic’s contract was terminated April 14, U.S. Soccer put Sampson in charge and his first game was a 1-0 loss to Belgium April 22. SOCCER AMERICA: What is your status? STEVE SAMPSON: I […]

Women’s NCAA Division I Northeast Region 1 Connecticut 15-1-0          Seton Hall 4-0          UMass 2-0 2 Harvard 11-0-0          Texas 3-0          Cal-Poly 2-1 3 Dartmouth 8-2-0          Mass 2-0          Yale 4-1 (OT) 4 Colgate 12-2-0          Navy 1-0          Virginia 0-3 5 Massachusetts 10-2-1          Dartmouth 0-2          Connecticut 0-2 6 Yale […]

Intro: Six months after helping Padova dramatically escape relegation, Alexi Lalas is grappling with a dreadful season. As they were last season, the citizens of Padua are once again burdened with one of the weaker teams in Serie A. Like his teammates, U.S. international Alexi Lalas is living through the unique torment losing inflicts upon […]

Goalkeeper — Erin Fahey (Portland); Defenders — Dawn Birdsall (San Diego), Michelle Bush (San Diego); Midfielders — Justi Baumgardt (Portland), Kim Donohue (St. Mary’s), Tracy Giorgetti (Santa Clara), Erin Martinez (Santa Clara); Forwards — Jennifer Evans (Pepperdine), Mikka Hansen (Santa Clara), Shannon MacMillan (Portland), Wynne McIntosh (Portland). Offensive Player of the Year — Shannon MacMillan […]

1995 — Monmouth

U.S. national team midfielder Claudio Reyna made his Bundesliga debut Aug. 12. The 22-year-old New Jersey native signed with Bayer Leverkusen in 1994, but only played for the reserve team. In the club’s first game of the 1995-96 season, Reyna entered in the 52nd minute as Leverkusen beat Hansa Rostock 2-1 on the road. Reyna’s […]

U.S. keeper Kasey Keller played a blinder, but Millwall’s FA Cup run ended with an injury-time penalty and a 1-0 loss to Queen’s Park Rangers. English newspapers seldom bother to look for merits in losers, but they did the day after Millwall went down 1-0 to Queen’s Park Rangers in the fifth round of the […]

Mixed Report Cards More Americans were playing abroad than ever before this past season, though their fortunes were often tied to those of small or struggling clubs. Soccer America’s editors present 1994-95 season-ending report cards on the U.S. players with national team experience who were on the first-team rosters of pro clubs abroad. Grades are […]

At the grand old age of 27, Marcelo Balboa joins the 100 club. Only 25 players have ever attained 100 caps in their careers, and Balboa is the first American to join the illustrious group, celebrating his 100th appearance with the tying goal against Nigeria. 100 caps ‘I was surprised to be the first one’ […]

The U.S. women aren’t wasting much time. Less than two months after U.S. Women’s Cup ’95, the national team will hold a training camp Sept. 21-30 at the ARCO Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., near San Diego, to continue preparations for the 1996 Olympics. But they’ll do so without Linda Hamilton, who has retired. […]

Position: Midfielder. Height: 5-7. Weight: 140. Birthdate: Sept. 21, 1966. Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay College: N.C. State. Awards: All-America (1985, 1986, 1987). First cap: Guatemala (1988). First goal: Costa Rica (1989). Titles: U.S. Cup (1992, 1995). Awards: U.S. Soccer Player of the Year (1990). World Championships: World Cup (1990, 1994), FIFA 5-A-Side (1989), Olympic Games (1988), […]

The U.S. women left Portugal with a fourth-place finish at the Algarve Cup. They hadn’t lost in almost a year. But that changed for the defending World Champion U.S. women’s national team when it lost two of four games in Portugal at the Algarve Cup, an annual tournament featuring some of the top teams in […]

The U.S. women ended Japan’s stay in the Women’s World Cup and set up a rematch of the 1991 World Championship final. “Relax, relax.” That’s what midfielder Julie Foudy was telling her teammates. And that’s what the U.S. team finally had a chance to do in a 4-0 win over Japan in the quarterfinal round […]

Position: Midfielder. Height: 5-6. Weight: 130. Birthdate: Jan. 23, 1971. Birthplace: San Diego, Calif. College: Stanford. Awards: All-America (1990, 1991, 1992), Soccer America Player of the Year (1991). First cap: France (1988). First goal: Hungary (1991). Titles: World Championship (1991), CONCACAF Championship (1991, 1993, 1994). World Championships: World Championship (1991, 1995). College YearTeamGPGAP 1989Stanford18121034 1990Stanford1912327 […]

MLS Unveiled gave us logos and jerseys, but it also gave the first confirmation of the size and breadth of its player pool. Under the glare of flashing lights, Jesus Jones’ “Right Here, Right Now” blaring over the sound system and the obligatory flock of kids, Major League Soccer chairman Alan Rothenberg unveiled his pet […]

U.S. 3, Norway 2; Norway 2, U.S. 1 The U.S. women’s national team defeated nemesis and world champion Norway 3-2 Feb. 2 in Tampa, Fla., but looked unsettled in a 2-1 loss two days later in Jacksonville, Fla. Tiffeny Milbrett was the heroine for the U.S. in the first game, played at Pepin-Rood Stadium on […]

Flurry of allocations before draft MLS announced several more allocations as the countdown to the draft continued, bringing the total number of players signed to 39. Each of the 10 MLS teams, except for Colorado, has now been assigned its full allotment of four allocated players. The Rapids will announce their fourth player Feb. 6 […]

Colombian Leonel Alvarez has signed to play in Major League Soccer, joining longtime midfield partner Carlos Valderrama in the first-year U.S. league. The hard-working midfielder was one of 15 players signed by MLS on the eve of its first Player Combine, scheduled to begin Jan. 5 in Irvine, Calif. Alvarez, who currently plays for Colombian […]

At least one more Major League Soccer team will soon name its head coach. The Los Angeles Galaxy has announced a press conference for Nov. 29 at which former U.S. Olympic head coach Lothar Osiander will be named head coach, although neither Osiander nor Galaxy officials would confirm the deal. “No, I don’t know anything,” […]

1971 – Bayern Munich 1972 – Schalke 04 1973 – Moenchengladbach 1974 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1975 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1976 – Hamburg SV 1977 – FC Cologne 1978 – FC Cologne 1979 – Fortuna Duesseldorf 1980 – Fortuna Duesseldorf 1981 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1982 – Bayern Munich 1983 – FC Cologne 1984 – Bayern Munich […]

Pro League NORTHEAST First Round Pennsylvania 0 Jersey 1 (Butler). North Jersey 1 (Robinson) Cape Cod 4 (Murphy 2, Doyle, McRury). Semifinals New York 1 (Carter) Jersey 0. Att.: 973. Delaware 4 (Ford 2, Morgan, Ross) Cape Cod 4 (Murphy 3, Johnson). Att.: 3,074. (Delaware wins in shootout) Final New York 1 (Saunders), Delaware 0. […]

10 entrants: four qualify, plus defending champion Brazil. The nine countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela — will play home and away matches against each other with the top four qualifying for France ’98.

1994 Sept. 7Cyprus 1Spain 1 Macedonia 1Denmark 1 Belgium 2Armenia 0 Oct. 8Armenia 0Cyprus 0 Oct. 12Denmark 3Belgium 1 Macedonia 0Spain 2 Nov. 16Belgium 1Macedonia 1 Spain 3Denmark 0 Cypus 2Armenia 0 Dec. 17Belgium 1Spain 4 Macedonia 3Cyprus 0 1995 March 29Spain 1Belgium 1 Cyprus 1Denmark 1 April 26Armenia 0Spain 2 Belgium 2Cyprus 0 Denmark […]