Soccer America Archives

Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P p-New York 16 11 5 40 27 52 C. Jersey 16 8 8 40 28 42 p-Brooklyn 16 7 9 29 42 29 Westchester 16 7 9 19 32 29 Vermont 16 4 12 26 42 21 NY Capital 16 2 14 18 65 9 Southeast […]

COLORADO 1 LOS ANGELES 0 July 28 Att.: 5,018. Goal Colorado: Dely Valdes (Vaudreuil, Paule) 34. SA Report Card Colorado: Feuer 5, Vaudreuil 5, Martin 5, Vermes 5, Martinez 5, DiGiamarino 5, Jakins 5, Paule 6, Limpar 6 (Anderson, 74th, 5), Harris 5 (White, 80th, 5), Dely Valdes 6 (Sawatzky, 89th, NR). Los Angeles: Hartman […]

Third-Place Match Aug. 3 in Guadalajara USA 2 Saudi Arabia 0. Goals: Bravo 27, McBride 78. USA — Friedel, Berhalter (Fraser, 75), Balboa, Brown, Hejduk, McKeon, Lewis, Olsen, Kirovski (Williams, 68), Bravo (Jones, 59), McBride. Saudi Arabia — Al Deayea, Zubromawi, Al Khilaiwi, Harthi, Sulimani, Al Harbi (Gahwji, 70), A.Al Shahrani, Al Jahani (Al Subaie, […]

W-1 FINAL STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P p-Maryland 14 10 4 43 16 48 p-Long Island 14 10 4 30 12 46 Boston 14 11 3 35 12 45 NJ Stallions 14 9 5 39 21 40 Laval 14 5 9 19 28 24 Delaware 14 2 12 5 47 4 South […]

‘Don’t count Wizards out’ Kansas City midfielder Chris Klein came off the bench to score a pair of goals, including a last-minute gamewinner, to down Tampa 4-3 July 22. He leads the team in goals with five. SOCCER AMERICA: Kansas City in mid-summer: Hot enough for you? CHRIS KLEIN: The humidity is unbearable. One of […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P West. Mass. 15 12 3 47 23 54 South Jersey 14 12 2 40 18 53 New Hamp. 15 10 5 40 23 48 Reading 15 9 6 31 33 43 New Jersey 16 10 6 34 26 41 Cape Cod 15 6 9 28 24 30 […]

U-15 STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 50 points; Brooklyn 33; Westchester, No. Virginia 15; Ironbound 14; Staten Island 0. Southeast Division — Miami T. 10 points; Bradenton, Pinellas Utd., Stone Mountain, Tampa Wanderers, Miami B. 0. West Division — Calif. Central Elite 24 points; SCYSO 18; San Fern. Valley 14; Sacramento Elite 0. U-14 […]

The United Stats U-18 girls’ national team advanced to the finals of the 1999 Pan American Games with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica that was much more one-sided than the final scoreline suggests, as the Americans outshot their opponents, 34-1. “We had to win this one to get to the gold medal game,” U.S. […]

The Washington Post is reporting in its Aug. 3 edition that Doug Logan, the commissioner of Major League Soccer since its launch in 1996, will be replaced in the near future. The report in an article by Post soccer writer Steven Goff and sports editor George Solomon, attributes unnamed sources. According to the article, several […]

The United States U-21 women’s national team opened the 1999 Nordic Cup with a 1-0 victory over Finland as a first-half goal from Jen Streiffer provided the winning margin in the world’s top competition for Under-21 women. Streiffer’s 20-yard strike in the 22nd minute flew from left to right and struck the net just inside […]

The Chicago Fire and Tampa Bay Mutiny completed a multi-player trade Aug. 2, with the Mutiny sending defender Sam George, midfielder Paul Dougherty and a conditional draft choice to the Fire in exchange for defender Richie Kotschau and midfielder Manny Lagos. “We needed to do this trade to shore up our defensive depth,” said Mutiny […]

Goalkeeper Kasey Keller, fresh off a number of strong performances for the USA at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, has completed a two-year contract to play for Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish First Division beginning with the upcoming 1999-2000 season. Rayo Vallecano was promoted last season from the second division, making the acquisition reminiscent of […]

A sold-out crowd of 1,350 watched the USA clinch the top seed in the medal round with a convincing 3-0 win over Canada in the final first-round match of the 1999 Pan American Games. The U.S. went ahead early when midfielder Lori Lindsey unleashed a 23-yard blast that blew by Canadian keeper Kathryn Clewley. Jena […]

John Harkes, who went from U.S. captain to spectator two months before France ’98, returned to the lineup and played the full 90 minutes against New Zealand. SOCCER AMERICA: So, John, was it a fun return? JOHN HARKES: Yeah. It’s always good to get back on the field, put the shirt on. … It’s been […]

DaMarcus Beasley’s last-minute ejection brought an unhappy ending to a day that saw the USA draw 0-0 with Uruguay and advance to the semifinals of the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Beasley and Uruguay’s Jorge Reyna exchanged shoves in extra time and were both red-carded by referee Carlos Batres. After Batres whistled Uruguay for […]

USA Starters: Keller (8) Stopped everything he could. Fraser (6) Made few mistakes. Agoos (6) Involved in attack. Harkes (6) Ran midfield in solid return. Williams (4) More miss than hit. Stewart (3) Just wasn’t his day. Lewis (4) One great cross. Kirovski (6) Provided goal and assist. Jones (4) Better off the ball than […]

Semifinals Aug. 1 in Mexico City Mexico 1 USA 0 (OT). Goal: Blanco 96. Mexico — Campos, Pardo, Suarez, Marquez, Carmona, Ramirez (Arellano, 72), Torrado (Zepeda, 58), Villa, Terrazas (Palencia, 46), Abundis, Blanco. USA — Keller, Fraser, Berhalter, Agoos, Hejduk, Williams, Jones, Kirovski, Harkes, Stewart, McBride (Lewis, 78). Att.: 65,000. Aug. 1 in Guadalajara Brazil […]

Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored a “Golden Goal” six minutes into the first overtime period today as the U.S. national team dropped a 1-0 decision to Mexico Aug. 1 in the semifinals of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Blanco’s goal ignited the Mexican crowd of 65,000 at Azteca Stadium and came after a goalmouth scramble which […]

Two weeks after the United States won the Women’s World Cup, reality has set in. A few players are heading back to school either as students or coaches. Others are playing out the W-League season. There are camp appearances to make. And for some, it’s simply time to rest. The reality is that U.S. Soccer […]

Ben Olsen and Joe-Max Moore each scored as the U.S. national team battled to an inspirational 2-0 victory over Germany in the FIFA Confederations Cup. The win propels the Americans into the tournament’s semifinals, where they will play host Mexico on Sunday (Aug. 1) at the famous Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The U.S. took […]

Three of U.S. Soccer’s top youth national teams — the U-18 boys, U-17 boys and U-16 girls — will compete in the United States Amateur Soccer Association’s “U.S. Soccer Festival ’99” next week in Portland, Oregon. The fourth annual tournament, which includes men’s and women’s teams from all four USASA regions, will be staged from […]

The U.S. U-18 Women’s national team improved their record 2-1-0 in the 1999 Pan Am Games with a big 9-1 victory over Trinidad & Tobago July 29. The match comes on the heels of a surpring 1-1 draw with Mexico earlier in the week. The U.S. will close out opening round play on Saturday at […]

The United States got a world-class performance from goalkeeper Adin Brown, and Taylor Twellman came off the bench to score the game-winner in a 2-1 victory against Jamaica in the 1999 Pan American Games at the Winnipeg Soccer Complex. A Jamaica win would have eliminated the Americans and sent the Jamaicans into the medal round. […]

Group A FINAL STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P *Mexico 3 2 1 0 8 3 7 *S. Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 6 4 Bolivia 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 Egypt 3 0 2 1 5 9 2 *-advances to semifinals. Group B July 30 in Guadalajara USA […]

Mark Hill Columbus, Ohio In your last Q&A session [July 23], Ridge Mahoney answered a question about pay-per-view television broadcasts of the Copa America and Confederations Cup. In his response Mahoney said: “I, too, find it disappointing that ESPN, which shows most U.S. matches, did not pick up the Confederations Cup, but U.S. Soccer has […]