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Fortunately for the United States, goalkeeper Briana Scurry has put law school and her hoop dreams on hold. Since junior high, Briana Scurry wanted to be a lawyer. A corporate lawyer, to be exact. She has been sidetracked. Becoming the world’s best female goalkeeper created the diversion. As her college soccer career was coming to […]

Midfielder Mark Chung has been selected by Eastern Conference All-Star coach Thomas Rongen to replace the injured Tab Ramos at the MLS All-Star Game in San Diego, California, on July 17. Chung, 29, has started every game for the MetroStars this season, and is tied for the team lead in assists. The left-sided midfielder was […]

FEATURES Final Provides Storybook Ending By Dean Caparaz U.S. Spells Victory With A ‘D’ By Scott French Inside WWC ’99: U.S. Women Grow Richer Edited by Scott French A Few Good Women By Dean Caparaz Bruce Arena: ‘You Have To Be Fair To Everybody’ Interview by Mike Woitalla Marco Etcheverry: Now On To Mexico As […]

July 13 in Asuncion Uruguay 1 Chile 1 (Uruguay wins 5-3 on penalties). Goals: Lembo 23; Zamorano 63. Uruguay — Carini, Del Campo, Picun, Lembo, Bergara (Callejas, 81), Coelho, Fleurquin (Guigou, 65), Garcia, Magallanes, Zalayeta, Alvez (Alonso, 52). Chile — Ma.Ramirez, Vargas, Reyes, Mi.Ramirez, Acuna, Palacios, Aros, Estay, Sierra (Pizarro, 73), Zamorano (Gonzalez, 89), Salas. […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 15 13 2 28 13 53 Staten Island 14 10 4 25 14 41 Long Island 15 10 5 26 20 39 Boston 17 7 10 26 22 35 Pittsburgh 14 7 7 27 21 32 Toronto 16 7 9 17 16 30 Connecticut […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P West. Mass. 11 9 2 32 16 39 South Jersey 11 9 2 28 14 39 Reading 11 8 3 24 21 38 New Jersey 11 6 5 22 17 27 North Jersey 11 5 6 29 21 25 Cape Cod 10 5 5 18 13 24 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P New York 11 6 5 27 21 31 C. Jersey 10 5 5 27 21 27 Westchester 11 6 5 15 18 24 Brooklyn 11 5 6 19 29 20 Vermont 11 2 9 21 32 12 NY Capital 10 1 9 11 41 5 […]

U-15 STANDINGS Northeast Division — Central Jersey 20 points; Brooklyn 18; Westchester, No. Virginia 9; Staten Island, Ironbound 0. Southeast Division — Miami T. 10 points; Bradenton, Pinellas Utd., Stone Mountain, Tampa Wanderers, Miami B. 0. West Division — Calif. Central Elite 23 points; SCYSO 13; San Fern. Valley 8; Calif. Jaguars 5; Central Coast, […]

MLS and the world-famous Tahuichi Soccer Academy, based in Bolivia, have established a relationship to give some of the finest young talent in the world a home in the United States. Tahuichi traditionally signs approximately 10 players each year to professional contracts, when the players reach the age of 16-17 years old. Under the new […]

John Kerr, Jr., the Herrman Trophy winner who led Duke to the 1986 NCAA championship and is currently player-coach of the A-League’s Boston Bulldogs, has been named the head men’s coach at Harvard. Kerr, who made 16 appearances for the U.S. national team, replaces Steve Locker as the Crimson coach. Kerr’s wife, Tracy, is a […]

U.S. women capture America’s heart en route to final Tiffeny Milbrett considered how things have changed in so short a span. One moment, she could walk down any street unperturbed. Now? Impossible. Her face, it seems, is familiar to all. She and the other U.S. women have learned firsthand about life in the spotlight these […]

The MetroStars have made another international player move, adding Colombian forward Henry Zambrano to the roster Zambrano, 25, recently played for Colombia in the Copa America in Paraguay, making one start and appearing as a substitute in two games. He collected an assist when he backheeled a ball to set up Neider Morantes’ goal against […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P Long Island 13 9 4 24 10 41 NJ Stallions 11 9 2 35 11 39 Maryland 10 8 2 35 6 39 Boston 12 9 3 26 10 38 Laval 11 3 8 13 27 14 Delaware 10 1 9 4 34 2 Southern GP […]

After going down 1-0 in the first half, the U.S. national team made wholesale substitutions at halftime and took it to Derby County to earn a 2-1 decision in front of 20,376 fans in an exhibition at Mile High Stadium on July 13. U.S. midfielder Eddie Lewis led the U.S. attack, scoring the equalizer in […]

University of Virginia striker Chris Albright has signed a Project-40 contract, joining MLS’ three-year old venture with the United States Soccer Federation as the 12th member of the Class of 1999. Although he was also courted by clubs overseas, Albright opted to remain in the U.S. “Today is an exciting day for the league,” said […]

The prestigious CONCACAF Champions’ Cup, will be held in the renovated, 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. The Champions’ Cup is the symbol of club supremacy among the 38 Members of CONCACAF — the Football Confederation controlling the soccer activities of the countries of North America, Central […]

Third Round July 12 in Saginaw, Mich. Mid Michigan Bucks (PDL) 1 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) 2. Goals: Armstrong 74; Shannon (Valderrama) 2, Shannon (Quill) 70. Mid Michigan — Placek, Hall, Dodd, Djeuking (Schomer, 86), Scicluna, Schomaker, Armstrong, Emert (Stockyi, 75), Mack (Nelson, 78), Snape, Costa. Tampa Bay — Garlick, George, McCarty, Trittschuh, Kinnear, Keller, […]

COLUMBUS 1 D.C. UNITED 2 (SO) July 7 Att.: 18,101. Goals Columbus: John (Maisonneuve, Farrell) 56. D.C. United: Wood (Aunger, Lassiter) 27. SA Report Card Columbus: Dougherty 5, Lapper 5, Clark 5, Dooley 5 (Thompson, 38th, 5), Yeagley 5, Maisonneuve 5 (West, 86th, 5), Farrell 4 (Cunningham, 57th, 6), Elcock 5, Warzycha 5, John 5, […]

USA Briana Scurry (6) Some sharp saves. Brandi Chastain (5) Scored at both ends. Kate Sobrero (6) Emerging as the best U.S. defender. Carla Overbeck (5) Another average game for the captain. Joy Fawcett (6) Clutch header wins game after poor start. Michelle Akers (5) Struggled with hurt shoulder. Kristine Lilly (5) Lots of running, […]

Women’s World Cup champions are not the only soccer players who can say, “We’re going to Disney World.” The country’s top boys and girls club teams are preparing for the 1999 US Youth Soccer National Championship finals at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The country’s most prestigious youth soccer […]

USA Briana Scurry (8) Best game of U.S. career. Brandi Chastain (5) Stayed back most of game. Kate Sobrero (6) Fast, able defender stayed with Brazilians. Carla Overbeck (4) Played OK until late breakdowns. Joy Fawcett (5) Tackled well, but exposed by speedy Brazilians. Michelle Akers (7) Contained Sissi in first half; covered the park. […]

Second Round July 10 in Cocoa, Fla. Cocoa Expos (PDL) 2 Jacksonville Cyclones (A-League) 7. Goals: Phillips 27, pen. 49; Munoz pen. 5, 20, 36, 54, DeOlivera 45, 79, Schmidt 80. Cocoa — Laitenen, Knott, Keneman, Holbert (Plunket, 5; Freeman, 46), Yoshiura, Teittinen, Lova, Phillips, Hinkey, Butcher, Enders. Jacksonville — Larusson, Broderick, Schmidt, Villhjalmsson, Simutone, […]

Quarterfinals July 11 in Luque Chile 3 Colombia 2. Goals: Reyes 25, 49, Zamorano 64; Bolano 7, Bonilla 35. Chile — Ma.Ramirez, Vargas, Reyes, Mi.Ramirez, Acuna, Palacios, Aros, Estay (Cartes, 78), Sierra (Pizarro, 65), Zamorano, Gonzalez (Nunez, 86). Colombia — Calero, Quintana, Bermudez, Cordoba, Cortes, Bolano (J.C.Ramirez, 46), Lozano, Grisales (Morantes, 69), Betancourt, Bonilla, Ricard […]

Injuries prevented both D.C. United defender Eddie Pope and Hertha Berlin’s Tony Sanneh from joining the U.S. national team’s training camp this week in Denver, and the pair will not be eligible for U.S. duty at the Confederations Cup. Pope, who was expected back after recovering from a fractured foot, sprained the MCL in his […]

Quarterfinals July 10 in Asuncion Mexico 3 Peru 3 (Mexico wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Hernandez 29, pen. 33, Torrado 88; Palacios 5, Pereda 15, Solano 40. Mexico — Campos, Sanchez (Garcia, 70), Suarez, Marquez, Carmona, Torrado, Zepeda, Ramirez, Garcia Aspe (Osorno, 49), Palencia (Terrazas, 90), Hernandez. Peru — Ibanez, Jorge Soto, Reynoso, Jose Soto, […]