Soccer America Archives

Last year, I met a young Salvadoran man at La Oficina, a bar on Mission Street in San Francisco. He showed me pictures of his wife and children. One day, he said, he hoped they would be able to join him in the United States. In the meanwhile, he sends them money he earns as […]

Chicago — D Lubos Kubik (bruised knee) and M Jerzy Podbrozny (strained quadricep) are questionable. Colorado — none. Columbus — M Brian Maisonneuve (sore ankle) is probable; G Juergen Sommer (torn ACL) is out. Dallas — G Mark Dodd (knee tendonitis), M Lazo Alavanja (ankle surgery), M Chad Deering (sprained MCL) and M Mark Santel […]

The United States U-20 national team dropped a 3-1 decision to a skillful Japanese team today, April 8, but with three points remain in a good position to advance into the second round of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. The final group standings will be determined following Sunday’s doubleheader (April 11) in Bauchi, Nigeria, […]

Semifinals, First Leg April 8 in Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) 1 Lazio (Italy) 1. Goals: Dzhanashia 61; Boksic 77. Lokomotiv Moscow– Nigmatullin; Arifullin, Drozdov, Kharlachyov (Maminov, 85), Cherevchenko, Chugainov, Smertin (Loskov, 45), Gurenko, Dzhanashia, Lavrik, Bulykin (Borodyuk, 85). Lazio– Marchegiani; Negro, Favalli, Lombardo, Mihajlovic, Pancaro, Stankovic, De La Pena, Almeyda, Salas (Mancini, 73), Vieri (Boksic, […]

The U.S. under-20 national team lost to Japan 3-1 in their second match of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Bauchi, Nigeria. The first Japan goal was an own goal by the United States’ Nick Downing in the 11th minute. After falling behind 2-0 in the 52nd minute, the U.S. struck back through Ryan […]

Results April 8 Los Angeles 1 Columbus 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 2 2 0 6 6 2 Columbus 3 2 1 4 4 4 MetroStars 3 2 1 4 3 3 New England 2 1 1 3 2 1 Miami 3 1 2 1 4 7 Tampa […]

World Youth Championship April 8 in Bauchi Japan 3 United States 1 Half: 1-0. Att.: 2,000.

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Germany 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 April 10 — Nigeria vs. Paraguay, Costa Rica vs. Germany. Group B […]

Group A April 7 in Lagos Nigeria 2 (Shittu 69, Garba 81) Germany 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: 20,000 Costa Rica 1 (Garita 30) Paraguay 3 (Santa Cruz 26, Vera 50, Cuevas 66). Half: 1-1. Att.: 18,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Germany 2 1 […]

The Brazil under-23 team buried the U.S. U-23 national, 7-0, in Brasilia’s Mane Garrincha Stadium. Brazil, whose lineup featured European-based stars Denilson (Real Betis) and Fabio Junior (Lazio), tore the United States apart in the second half with five goals. The game marked the U-23 debut of 16-year-old Landon Donovan. April 7 in Brasilia Brazil […]

Goalkeeper Walter Zenga (2) New England Defenders Lubos Kubik (2) Chicago Carlos Llamosa (2) D.C. United Mauricio Wright (1) San Jose Midfielders Mike Burns (1) New England Ansil Elcock (1) Columbus Marco Etcheverry (2) D.C. United Eddie Lewis (1) San Jose Peter Nowak (2) Chicago Forwards Stern John (1) Columbus Ante Razov (3) Chicago ò […]

After arriving in the Nigerian city of Bauchi today, April 7, the U.S. under-20 national team spent one hour training at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in preparation for its April 8 opening-round clash with Asian runner-up Japan. The match, which is the United States’ second of the 1999 U-20 World Cup (Nigeria ’99), will […]

The Miami Fusion waived goalkeeper Dusty Hudock and midfielder Andreas Maier April 7 to trim its roster to 20 active players. Hudock started all three games for the Fusion this season compiling a 1-2 record with a 2.33 goals-against average. He became expendable after Jeff Cassar recovered from off-season knee surgery. Coach Ivo Wortman opted […]

Semifinal, First Leg April 7 in Kiev Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 3 Bayern Munich (Germany) 3. Goals: Shevchenko 15, 43, Kosovsky 49; Tarnat 45, Effenberg 78, Jancker 90. Dynamo Kiev — Shovkovsky; Luzhny, Golovko, Vashchyuk, Kaladze, Gusin, Khatskevich (Kiryukhin, 80), Belkevich, Kosovsky, Shevchenko, Rebrov. Bayern Munich — Kahn; Babbel, Strunz, Matthaeus, Kuffour, Tarnat, Jeremies, Effenberg, Salihamidzic, […]

FEATURES MLS: Above And Beyond The Soccer Field By Dan Woog Fusion Vies For South Florida’s Attention By Jeff Rusnak Steve Ralston: Tampa Bay’s Iron Man At 24 By Bill Ward MLS: Salvadorans Score With Contract Accord By Ridge Mahoney Nigeria ’99: U.S. Beats England In Opener By Scott French Nigeria ’99: FIFA Preaches Patience […]

Scoring Player (Team) GP G A P Razov (Chicago) 3 6 3 15 Kreis (Dallas) 2 3 1 7 Lassiter (D.C. United) 2 3 1 7 Nowak (Chicago) 3 2 1 5 Bravo (Colorado) 2 2 0 4 Gottardi (Tampa Bay) 2 2 0 4 Podbrozny (Chicago) 2 1 2 4 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 2 […]

TAMPA BAY 2 COLUMBUS 3 April 3 Att.: 13,456. Goals Tampa Bay: Ralston (Kinnear) 29, Shannon (Dougherty) 65; Columbus: Yeagley (Maisonneuve) 15, John (Farrell, Elcock) 41, McBride (Warzycha) 83. SA Report Card Tampa Bay: Kirk 4, Kinnear 6, Eriksson 5, R.T.Moore 5, Jara 5 (Quill, 87th, NR), Salcedo 4, Ramos 6, Dougherty 6, Ralston 6, […]

The following are quotes from the April 6 media teleconference featuring MLS Commissioner Doug Logan, MLS Executive Vice-President Ivan Gazidis, Colorado Head Coach Glenn “Mooch” Myernick and Miami Head Coach Ivo Wortmann. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “We successfully got through our third weekend with 15 games played and we witnessed rather interesting matches. There was […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 8 Columbus at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. espn2 April 10 San Jose at Kansas City 3:30 p.m. espn2 April 10 D.C. United at New England 7:30 p.m. Newschannel 8 (D.C.); Fox Sports New England April 10 Dallas at Chicago […]

Semifinals, First Leg April 6 in Marseille Olympique Marseille (France) 0 Bologna (Italy) 0. Marseille — Porato, Gallas, Issa, Blanc, Domoraud, Luccin (Bravo, 78), Brando, Pires, Dugarry (Da Silva, 67), Maurice (Camara, 78), Ravanelli. Bologna — Antonioli, Bia, Mangone, Rinaldi, Paramati, Marocchi, Ingesson, Fontolan (Nervo, 67), Binotto (Cappioli, 74), Signori (Maini, 80), Andersson. Att.: 60,000. […]

Of the fifteen players waived last week by Major League Soccer teams, four were claimed in the league’s April 5 waiver draft. The New England Revolution selected former Chicago Fire forward Tony Kuhn with the first pick, while the San Jose Clash chose former New England midfielder Leighton O’Brien and the Miami Fusion took former […]

Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Germany 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Paraguay 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 April 7 — Nigeria vs. Germany, Costa Rica vs. Paraguay. April 10 […]

The Tennessee Rhythm has joined the United Soccer League’s A- League for the upcoming 1999 season, replacing the Nashville Metros franchise, which was recently terminated by the USL. The Rhythm will be operated by Lynn Agee and Devinder Sandhu, the original founders of the Metros, in partnership with Dan Lucas, another former Metros owner. The […]

HEAD COACH SIGI SCHMID “The early goal obviously did a lot for us today. We played with confidence and I feel we showed the fans that we weren’t afraid.” “We were very good today and although there is room to improve, I think we’ll bring another good performance into the next game.” “The atmosphere here […]

U-20 national team defender Dan Califf slammed home a first-half header as the United States defeated England, 1-0, in the team’s opening match of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Kano, Nigeria. The victory puts the U.S. even atop Group E with Cameroon, who came from behind to defeat Japan, 2-1, in the opening […]