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STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 16 14 2 30 14 57 Staten Island 15 11 4 28 14 46 Pittsburgh 16 9 7 35 23 42 Long Island 16 10 6 27 22 39 Boston 18 7 11 26 22 36 Toronto 19 7 12 18 27 30 Connecticut […]

Game Improves as Teams Get More Sophisticated As I followed the U.S. women to each stop on their road to Pasadena, I became more and more impressed with the level of play in the Women’s World Cup. When I followed the U.S. in Sweden ’95, there were only a handful of good teams and players. […]

U-15 STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 35 points; Brooklyn 23; Westchester 10; No. Virginia 9; Ironbound 5; Staten Island 0. Southeast Division — Miami T. 10 points; Bradenton, Pinellas Utd., Stone Mountain, Tampa Wanderers, Miami B. 0. *West Division — Calif. Central Elite 19 points; San Fern. Valley 10; SCYSO 9; Sacramento Elite 0. […]

The following are quotes from the July 20 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS Executive VP Ivan Gazidis, Tampa Bay coach Tim Hankinson and San Jose coach Brian Quinn. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “I’d like to start with topics related to the All-Star game … I would like to give many […]

U.S. U-20 international forward Chris Albright, who joined the MLS Project-40 program last week, was assigned to the Miami Fusion on July 16. D.C. United then acquired the 20-year-old from the Fusion on July 17. In exchange for Albright, Miami will receive the first-round pick in the 2000 College Draft originally obtained from New England […]

USA Briana Scurry (6) Little work until PKs. Brandi Chastain (9) Proved she can be a wonderful left back. Kate Sobrero (6) Her usual good game Carla Overbeck (9) CaptainÆs best performance in long time. Joy Fawcett (8) Great at right back. Michelle Akers (7) Played with reckless abandon. Kristine Lilly (7) Made the biggest […]

Americans’ defense finds its way, and just in time It was easy to fear for the U.S. defense in advance of the Women’s World Cup championship game, particularly after China shredded defending champion Norway for five goals in a semifinal. Sun Wen had been marvelous ù “Unstoppable” is how the Norwegians phrased it ù as […]

The Miami Fusion has acquired left-sided defender/midfielder Brian Kamler from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder John Maessner. The transaction is part of the trade announced Saturday that sent forward Chris Albright to D.C. in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2000 College Draft and future considerations. The Fusion will receive the future considerations […]

Championship July 18 in Asuncion Brazil 3 Uruguay 0. Goals: Rivaldo 20, 26, Ronaldo 48. Brazil — Dida, Cafu, Joao Carlos, Antonio Carlos, Roberto Carlos, Emerson, Flavio Conceicao, Ze Roberto, Rivaldo, Amoroso, Ronaldo. Uruguay — Carini, Del Campo, Picun, Lembo, Bergara (Guigou, 73), Coelho (Alvez, 57), Fleurquin, Vespa (Pacheco, 46), Callejas, Magallanes, Zalayeta. Yellow cards: […]

Raul Diaz Arce, the second-leading goal and overall point scorer in MLS history, has been traded to the Tampa Bay Mutiny from the San Jose Clash for forward Alejandro Sequeira and future considerations. “We’re so excited to have Raul here,” said Tampa Bay GM Nick Sakiewicz. “We’ve liked him since his first day in MLS. […]

July 17 in San Diego Western Conference 6 Eastern Conference 4. Goals: Preki (Kosecki) 13, Kosecki (Nowak, Lalas) 32, Jones (Preki, Kubik) 36, Preki (Kosecki) 38, Wright (Cerritos) 84, Cerritos (Cienfuegos) 89; Lassiter (McBride) 1, Moore (pen.) 62, Valderrama (Moreno) 73, John 83. Eastern Conference — Presthus (Zenga, 46), Pope (Warzycha, 46), Agoos (Cullen, 46), […]

Doug Diem Long Beach, N.Y. I don’t mean to put a damper on the celebration, but how come with all the press the WWC final has received, there is no mention that [U.S. keeper Briana] Scurry clearly left the goal line well before the kick she saved was taken? She must have been 3 yards […]

Midfielder John Harkes will return to the U.S. national team for the first time in 16 months when he joins the squad for the FIFA Confederations Cup, July 24-Aug. 4 in Mexico. Harkes replaces David Regis, who in the last 36 hours has developed swelling in his left knee and will not be available for […]

Making predictions about the future of women’s soccer is risky business these days. We predicted the big crowds and the generous media coverage at USA ’99, but who could have ever anticipated what took place on July 10? Years from now, millions of American women will be able to tell you where they were the […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has announced that it will host the inaugural Cruz M. Bustamante Cup at the Rose Bowl on Aug. 4. The Galaxy will take on legendary Mexican First Division club Chivas of Guadalajara., with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. “We are excited to team up with [California] Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante to […]

U.S. international Joe-Max Moore has rediscovered his scoring touch to hit four goals in the last three games for New England. SOCCER AMERICA: Life with Walter Zenga: How’s it working out? JOE-MAX MOORE: Real well. We’re in third place. Getting into the playoffs is the most important thing we’re looking to do this year. We’re […]

Goalkeeper Zach Thornton (1) Chicago Defenders Chad McCarty (1) Tampa Bay Ezra Hendrickson (1) Los Angeles Edwin Gorter (1) Miami Midfielders Steve Ralston (2) Tampa Bay Henry Gutierrez (1) Miami Leonel Alvarez (3) Dallas Mauricio Cienfuegos (4) Los Angeles Forwards Jorge Dely Valdes (3) Colorado Joe-Max Moore (5) New England Jason Kreis (6) Dallas ò […]

After five days of training in Denver, Bruce Arena has named the 20 players who will represent the United States at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico. Leading the team are the USA’s foreign-based legion of players, including Gregg Berhalter, Brad Friedel, Frankie Hejduk, Kasey Keller, Jovan Kirovski, David Regis and Ernie Stewart. The […]

July 14 in Blaine, Minn. Minnesota Thunder (A-League) 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) 0. Goal: Saunders 10. Minnesota — Warren, Coughlin, Abboud, Gramenz, Raines, Otto, Zeba, Mladenov, Schneider, Saunders, Labastida. Subs: Lagos, Leventhal, Bankov. Tampa Bay — Kirk, Sa.George, Trittschuh, Porter, Alvarado, Dougherty, Salcedo, Quill, Ramos, Marino, Sequeira. Subs: Keller, Houser, Shannon, McCarty. Att.: 4,804. […]

Third Round July 14 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 1 Chicago Fire (MLS) 0. Goal: Allnutt (Kirmse) 51. Rochester — Onstad, Kirmse, Demmin, Schweitzer, Sedgewick, Daligcon, Tanner (Dietrich, 89), Biello, Allnutt, Tilley (Walton, 87), Miller (Restrepo, 80). Chicago — Thornton, Kubik, Okaroh, Soehn (Kovalenko, 85), Marsch, Lagos (Klopas, 63), Gutierrez (Kotschau, 80), Podbrozny, Nowak, […]

Here are quotes from Bruce Arena’s July 15 media teleconference call about the upcoming Confederations Cup: On the exclusion of midfielder Claudio Reyna: I know a lot of you are probably wondering why Claudio [Reyna] is not on the roster, but I weighed the pros and cons of his personal struggle to be a regular […]

MLS announced today that Columbus Crew forward Stern John has been added to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for Major League Soccer’s fourth All-Star game on Saturday, July 17 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. John will join Crew teammates Brian McBride, Thomas Dooley, Brian Maisonneuve and Robert Warzycha, all of whom were named to […]

Semifinal July 14 in Ciudad del Este Brazil 2 Mexico 0. Goals: Amoroso 25, Rivaldo 43. Brazil — Dida, Cafu, Joao Carlos, Antonio Carlos, Roberto Carlos, Emerson, Flavio Conceicao (Ronaldinho, 78), Ze Roberto, Rivaldo, Ronaldo (Beto, 75), Amoroso (Alex, 80). Mexico — Campos, Marquez, Suarez, Carmona, Pardo, Terrazas (Ramirez, 46), Torrado, Palencia (Osorno, 55), Blanco, […]

The Chicago Fire has acquired John Ball from the Cleveland Crunch of the indoor National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) as a “discovery” player. Ball, a right-sided midfielder and defender, is recovering from a grade 2 left MCL sprain suffered in the final game of the 1998-99 NPSL finals, will likely be available for the Fire […]

Third Round July 13 in Piscataway, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 2 Staten Island Vipers (A-League) 3 (OT). Goals: Walsh (Kelly) 69, Walsh 81; Inneh (Mohammed) 32, Tschantret (Johnson) 85, Ke.Wilson (Tschantret) 95. MetroStars — Ammann, Petke, Semioli, Khakpour, Corrales, Duhaney (Kalonji, 46), Villegas (Knight, 84), Walsh, Kelly, Chung, Hurtado. Staten Island — Zaratin, da Silva, Mohammed, […]