Soccer America Archives

FINAL May 26 in Barcelona Manchester United (England) 2 Bayern Munich (Germany) 1. Goals: Sheringham 90, Solskjaer 90; Basler 6. Manchester United — Schmeichel, Neville, Johnsen, Stam, Irwin, Beckham, Butt, Giggs, Blomqvist (Sheringham, 67), Yorke, Cole (Solskjaer, 81). Bayern Munich — Kahn, Matthaeus (Fink, 80), Babbel, Linke, Kuffour, Tarnat, Effenberg, Jeremies, Basler (Salihamidzic, 89), Jancker, […]

Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (2) Los Angeles Defenders Steve Jolley (1) Los Angeles Greg Vanney (1) Los Angeles Marcelo Balboa (2) Colorado Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (4) D.C. United Mo Johnston (2) Kansas City Wade Barrett (2) San Jose Diego Gutierrez (1) Chicago Forwards Roy Lassiter (2) D.C. United Paul Bravo (3) Colorado Josh Wolff (1) Chicago […]

FEATURES The Benefits And Risks Of Moving Abroad By Ridge Mahoney Kasey Keller: ‘It’s Also About Looking After Your Family’ Interview by Duncan Irving Rapids’ DiGiamarino Rules The Left Flank By Pat Shea Jair Miscast On Outside By Frank Dell’Apa How Easy It Is: Hamm Breaks The Record By Dean Caparaz Cup Winners Cup: Lazio […]

Chicago Fire — F Ante Razov (sprained ankle) is probable; G Greg Sutton (bruised eye), D Andrew Lewis (strained hamstring), M Diego Gutierrez (back spasms) and F Roman Kosecki (strained hamstring) are questionable. Colorado Rapids — M Joey DiGiamarino (lacerated foot) is probable. Columbus Crew — G Juergen Sommer (torn ACL), M Rob Smith (ruptured […]

The U.S. men’s national team will appear in Colorado for the first time in seven years when it faces Derby County of the English Premier League as part of a July 13 doubleheader with a Colorado Rapids third-round U.S. Open Cup match. The USA-Derby County game kicks off at 6:00 p.m. (MT), with the Rapids’ […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Staten Island 4 4 0 10 1 18 Rochester 5 4 1 10 4 18 Long Island 6 4 2 11 8 17 Boston 6 3 3 9 5 15 Pittsburgh 5 2 3 13 7 11 Lehigh Vall. 4 2 2 3 4 6 […]

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P New Jersey 2 2 0 5 3 7 Cape Cod 1 1 0 5 0 5 West. Mass. 1 1 0 4 1 5 Reading 1 1 0 3 2 5 South Jersey 2 1 1 6 5 5 N. Hamp. 2 1 1 5 6 5 […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P New York 2 1 1 3 2 5 Brooklyn 1 1 0 1 0 4 C. Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Capital 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 1 0 1 1 4 0 Westchester 2 0 2 1 8 0 […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P Maryland 3 3 0 9 2 14 NJ Stallions 4 3 1 17 6 14 Long Island 4 2 2 5 3 10 Montreal 3 1 2 6 4 5 Boston 3 1 2 3 6 4 Delaware 2 0 2 0 8 0 Southern GP […]

MIAMI 1 D.C. UNITED 3 MAY 22 Att.: 7,113. Goals Miami: Serna (Maessner) 80; D.C. United: Lassiter (Williams, Moore) 62, Lassiter 71, Etcheverry (Sonora) 90. SA Report Card Miami: Cassar 4, Mastroeni 4, Rooney 4, Cullen 5, Heaps 4, Parra 5 (Marshall, 68th, 5), Vargas 5 (Maessner, 79th, 6), Rocha 4, Gori 5, Trotman 5, […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 26 Miami at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Sunshine Network May 27 San Jose at Colorado 9:30 p.m. espn2 May 29 New England at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports New England; MSG Network May 29 Tampa Bay at Miami 7:30 p.m. […]

The following are quotes from the MLS media teleconference on May 25 that featured commissioner Doug Logan, Chicago coach Bob Bradley, D.C. United coach Thomas Rongen and D.C. United forward Roy Lassiter. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We had a pretty good week this weekend, with more than 20,000 fans in three venues … It looks […]

The Chicago Fire has announced that it will face Polish First Division Club Legia-Daewoo Warsaw in an exhibition on Wednesday, June 16th at 7:30 p.m. (CT) at Soldier Field. Legia-Daewoo Warsaw is one of the biggest football teams in Poland and arguably its most famous. In February of 1997, Legia Warsaw changed its name to […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has signed New Zealand international and former Stanford all-America midfielder Simon Elliot as its 1999 discovery player. A native of Wellington, New Zealand, Elliot will fill the Galaxy’s fourth and final foreign player slot, which was vacated after the team released Ecuadoran midfielder Jaime Caicedo. Elliot has played 36 times for […]

In the first-ever international match at the new Columbus Crew Stadium, the U.S. U-17 national team defeated El Salvador 4-0, in the second-leg of the 1999 CONCACAF playoff series to clinch the third and final CONCACAF berth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship to be hosted by New Zealand, November 10-27. The USA is […]

To score one goal is to make a woman a hero. To score 108, is to make her a legend. With her goal in stoppage time at the end of the first half, U.S. forward Mia Hamm became the all-time leading scorer in the history of international soccer, and sparked the USA to a rough […]

FIFA will experiment with the two-referee system during the 1999-2000 season. So far, Norway, Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago have volunteered for the test. Currently, the ref and two linesmen must keep track of 22 players. A ridiculous ratio. No other major sport places such a large burden on so few. Plus, the linesmen are […]

The UCLA athletic department has announed the hiring of women’s coach and former men’s assistant Todd Saldana as the new head coach of the Bruin men’s soccer program. Saldana replaces his one-time mentor Sigi Schmid, who resigned last month after 19 years as head coach at UCLA. Saldana was an assistant under Schmid from 1989 […]

For the second consecutive year, Major League Soccer fans will determine the starting lineups for the MLS All-Star teams, which meet this season on July 17 at the 1999 MLS All-Star Game in San Diego, CA. Fans may vote online at Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com), in-stadium at MLS games and also at soccer specialty stores across […]

Qualifying is underway to determine the 32 teams that will compete in the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, which begins in June. The format will be similar to last year, with eight D3 Pro League teams squaring off against four PDL and four USASA teams in the first round, which is set for June 9-13. The […]

Dating back to 1985 the USA is the only country to have qualified for every FIFA U-17 World Championship, a total of seven youth championship appearances. The 1999 U.S. U-17 team, led by head coach John Ellinger, is 90 minutes away from clinching a berth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and will host […]

The Miami Fusion waived Brazilian forward Roberto Gaucho and claimed Trinidad & Tobago forward Mickey Trotman off waivers Trotman will be available for action May 22, when the Fusion takes on D.C. United at Lockhart Stadium. Trotman, 24, has been training with the Fusion in recent weeks since he was waived by the Dallas Burn […]

The Kansas City Wizards have placed midfielder Refik Sabanadzovic on waivers, opening a foreign allocation spot on the roster. Sabanadzovic, 33, appeared in six games this season for the Wizards and 27 games overall since arriving in Kansas City on January 29, 1998. In his MLS career, he has tallied two assists, but only registered […]

Chicago Fire — M Diego Gutierrez (back spasms) and F Ante Razov (sprained ankle) are probable; D Andrew Lewis (strained hamstring) and F Roman Kosecki (strained hamstring) are questionable; G Greg Sutton (bruised eye) is out. Colorado Rapids — none. Columbus Crew — M Rob Smith (ruptured arch) and F Brian McBride (broken cheekbone) are […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena will be armed with arguably his most experienced squad since taking the reins last November, when the United States faces South American heavyweight Argentina on June 13 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Arena has named a preliminary 20-player squad, as U.S. Soccer awaits official confirmation and player releases […]