Soccer America Archives

Here’s a look at this week’s televised MLS action: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 22 D.C. United at Miami 2:00 p.m. espn2 May 22 Tampa Bay at Columbus 7:30 p.m. WTTA-Tampa* May 22 Kansas City at Chicago 8:00 p.m. MetroSports-KC May 22 MetroStars at Colorado 9:00 p.m. Fox Sports New York May 22 Dallas […]

FEATURES Few Problems, Many Accolades For Crew Opener By Ridge Mahoney MLS: Stadium Possibilities Vary Greatly By Ridge Mahoney Now, Chicago Makes Francis Okaroh Smile By Mike Garofola ‘Captain for Life’: ‘Not A Boy Scout’ By John Harkes with Denise Kiernan Landon Donovan: The future Of U.S. Soccer? By Scott French European Cup: Proper Setting […]

Canadian midfielder Steve Kindel scored an 88th minute equalizer as the U.S. and Canadian U-23 teams played to 1-1 draw at the new Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, S.C. The U.S. dominated play for the majority of the match, and American forward Josh Wolff had put the U.S. ahead with a penalty kick, but lead fizzled […]

Final May 19 in Birmingham Lazio (Italy) 2 Mallorca (Spain) 1. Goals: Vieri 7, Nedved 81; Dani 11. Lazio — Marchegiani, Mihajlovic, Nesta, Favalli, Pancaro, Nedved (Lombardo, 84), D.Stankovic (Sergio Conceicao, 56), Almeyda, Salas, Mancini (Fernando Couto, 90), Vieri. Mallorca — Roa, M.Soler, Siviero, Marcelino, Olaizola, Ibagaza, J.Stankovic, Lauren, Engonga, Biagini (Paunovic, 73), Dani. Att.: […]

Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann (1) Colorado Defenders Mark Semioli (1) MetroStars Thomas Dooley (1) Columbus Richard Farrer (1) Dallas Midfielders Mark Chung (1) MetroStars Joey DiGiamarino (1) Colorado Chris Klein (1) Kansas City Anders Limpar (1) Colorado Forwards Jeff Cunningham (2) Columbus Bobby Rhine (1) Dallas Diego Serna (1) Miami * In parentheses is the number […]

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

STANDINGS North GP W L GF GA P Reading 1 1 0 3 2 5 New Jersey 1 1 0 2 2 2 North Jersey 1 0 1 2 2 1 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 N. Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]

Here are quotes from today’s MLS media teleconference featuring league commissioner Doug Logan, league executive vice-president Ivan Gazidis, Colorado coach Glenn “Mooch” Myernick and MetroStars midfielder Mark Chung. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We had a pretty good weekend with the stadium opening in Columbus, for which I have to doff my hat to [Columbus Crew […]

METROSTARS 3 MIAMI 2 May 15 Att.: 14,879. Goals MetroStars: Chung (Myers, Corrales) 36, Walsh (Chung) 48, Semioli (Chung, Hurtado) 51. Miami: Heaps (Rocha, Serna) 57, Serna (Rocha, Rooney) 75. SA Report Card MetroStars: Ammann 4, Petke 4, Semioli 7, Palacios 5, Corrales 5, Sorber 5, Walsh 6, Chung 7, Myers 6 (Villegas, 84th, NR), […]

W-1 STANDINGS Northern GP W L GF GA P NJ Stallions 3 2 1 16 6 10 Long Island 2 2 0 4 0 9 Maryland 1 1 0 4 1 5 Montreal 2 1 1 6 3 5 Boston 2 1 1 2 4 4 Delaware 2 0 2 0 8 0 Southern GP […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Brooklyn 1 1 0 1 0 4 C. Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Capital 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Westchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York 1 0 1 0 1 0 […]

U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco announced his 20-player 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup team May 17 during a press conference at NIKEtown Chicago. DiCicco was not required to name his roster until June 9, when all 16 competing nations must submit their official squads to FIFA, but he will now have a month […]

TONY DICICCO On the actually process of choosing [the U.S. WWC] team “This was a process that started after the 1996 Olympics. In 1997 we had a tremendous amount of players and in 1998 we narrowed that player pool down. The last couple of weeks, the majority of the roster had been set except for […]

Forward Mia Hamm tied the all-time international goal scoring record at 107 and defender Brandi Chastain scored a pair of goals as the U.S. women’s national team defeated the Netherlands, 3-0, on a warm, but overcast day at Soldier Field, site of the USA’s second match of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup against Nigeria […]

Dom Apollon Mountain View, Calif. I was just wondering about Mike Woitalla’s response to the question about the lack of Mexican player success in Euro leagues [Q&A with the SA Editors, May 7, 1999]. A Mexican-American friend of mine seems to think it is the rampant corruption in the Mexican league that keeps the best […]

With 1999 U.S. Open Cup qualifying in full force this week, U.S. Soccer Secretary General Hank Steinbrecher has announced today that the 86-year-old tournament final will be staged on Sept. 14 at the new Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The match will kickoff at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised live on ESPN […]

Randall’s Island, on the East River between Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens, was home to the New York Cosmos in 1974-75. But on a Saturday morning in May, we’re here to get a glimpse of the future — of Project 2010 in action. Edson Elcock runs to the ball, jumps on it with his right […]

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 […]

The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games are more than a year away, but there will be an Olympic feeling in the air on Wednesday, May 19, when the U.S. U-23 national team faces their counterparts from Canada at 7 p.m. ET at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, S.C. In preparation for the international match, U.S. coach Clive […]

Forward Tiffeny Milbrett scored one goal and sliced open the Dutch defense with three brilliant assists as the U.S. women’s national team defeated the Netherlands, 5-0, on a chilly night at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee, Wisc. “Tiffeny Milbrett was the show tonight,” said U.S. coach Tony DiCicco. “She almost single-handedly dismantled their defense. Not […]

D.C. United has signed defender Clint Peay from the Maryland Mania of the A-League. Peay was an original member of United, selected in the ninth round of the inaugural MLS draft in 1996. He played 38 league matches for D.C. over the first three seasons of MLS before being waived last June 30, scoring one […]

Chicago Fire — G Zach Thornton (sprained finger), D C.J. Brown (hamstring cramps), M Diego Gutierrez (back spasms) and F Frankie Klopas (strained knee) are probable; M Peter Nowak (strained calf) is questionable; G Greg Sutton (bruised eye) and F Ante Razov (sprained ankle) are out. Colorado Rapids — M Anders Limpar (strained calf) is […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on TV this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 15 Miami at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. MSG Network May 15 New England at Columbus 7:30 p.m. *espn2 May 15 D.C. United at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Newschannel 8 May 15 San Jose at Dallas 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Bay […]

The 1999 W-League’s W-2 division will feature a host of new teams. The Austin Lady Lone Stars, Houston Tornados, Jacksonville Jade, North Texas Heat, Northern Virginia Majestics, Piedmont Spark and Springfield Sirens are all new squads, and the New Jersey Wildcats drop to the W-2 after playing in the W-1 last year. Gone are 1998 […]

Final May 12 in Moscow Parma (Italy) 3 Olympique Marseille (France) 0. Goals: Crespo 26, Vanoli 36, Chiesa 55. Parma — Buffon, Thuram, Sensini, Cannavaro, Vanoli, Boghossian, Baggio, Fuser, Veron (Fiore, 77), Chiesa (Balbo, 73), Crespo (Asprilla, 85). Marseille — Porato, Blondeau, Blanc, Domoraud, Edson (Camara, 46), Issa, Brando, Bravo, Gourvennec, Pires, Maurice. Att.: 61,000.