Soccer America Archives

It was in the shadows of baseball that MLS concluded its third season, and it is in the shadows of the baseball postseason that MLS enters the playoffs. It was said that MLS’s arrival in 1996 provided a golden opportunity for soccer to break baseball’s monopoly on the summer sports dollar. Major League Baseball was […]

Here are the results of the September, 1998 poll, in which 1,074 fans voted for the top MLS performers of 1998: Most Valuable Player Player (Team) Votes Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United) 318 Cobi Jones (Los Angeles) 260 Piotr Nowak (Chicago) 206 Stern John (Columbus) 91 Eddie Pope (D.C. United) 39 Roy Lassiter (D.C. United) 31 […]

Here are the results of the draw for the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, to be held in Mexico Jan. 8-20. Group A — Mexico, Egypt, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia. Group B — Brazil, France, USA, New Zealand. Group A Schedule Jan. 9 in Mexico City — Bolivia vs. Egypt, Mexico vs. Saudi Arabia. Jan. 12 in […]

The U.S. men’s national team faces a tough task at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, to be played Jan. 8-20 in Mexico. The Americans were drawn into Group B with World Cup ’98 champion France and runner-up Brazil, as well as Oceania champion New Zealand. The top two teams from each group advance to the […]

First Round Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. MIAMI Sept. 30 — D.C. United 2 Miami 1 Oct. 4 — D.C. United at Miami Oct. 7 — Miami at D.C. United (if nec.) COLUMBUS VS. METROSTARS Sept. 30 — Columbus 5 MetroStars 3 Oct. 3 — MetroStars 1 Columbus 2 (SO) (Columbus wins series 2-0.) Western […]

The Chicago Fire will host the U.S. Open Cup final against the Columbus Crew Friday, Oct. 30, at Soldier Field in Chicago at 8 p.m. (CT). The Fire and Crew advanced to the finals of the 85-year-old U.S. Open Cup with semifinal victories in New Orleans Aug. 4. Originally scheduled for Aug. 26, the U.S. […]

POINTS PER GAME Rank Player, Team GP G A P PPG 1 Andrew Mittendorf, Lehigh 8 15 1 31 3.88 2 Stuart Duffin, Hofstra 7 10 5 25 3.57 3 Nesa Stefanovic, Jacksonville 9 11 8 30 3.33 4 Chris Dedicik, Dartmouth 4 6 1 13 3.25 5 Taylor Twellman, Maryland 7 9 4 22 […]

Wisla Krakow (Poland) vs. Parma (Italy) Liverpool (England) vs. Valencia (Spain) D. Moscow (Russia) vs. Real Sociedad (Spain) Red Star (Yugoslavia) vs. Lyon (France) AK Graz (Austria) vs. Monaco (France) VfB Stuttgart (Germany) vs. Club Bruges (Belgium) Willem II (Netherlands) vs. Real Betis (Spain) Grasshoppers (Switzerland) vs. Fiorentina (Italy) Vigo (Spain) vs. Aston Villa (England) […]

POINTS PER GAME Rank Player, Team GP G A P PPG 1 Milos Tomic, Grand Canyon 7 9 9 27 3.86 2 Jon Stefansson, West Fla. 6 10 1 21 3.50 2 Moussa Sy, Dowling 6 10 1 21 3.50 4 Sean Szerba, Millersville 9 14 3 31 3.44 5 Asmundur Haraldsson, Gannon 9 12 […]

POINTS PER GAME Rank Player, Team GP G A P PPG 1 Jessica Powers, Creighton 9 14 5 33 3.67 2 Mary Frances Monroe, Connecticut 9 11 10 32 3.56 3 Kim Engesser, Nebraska 8 13 2 28 3.50 4 Missy Wycinsky, William & Mary 8 11 5 27 3.38 5 Kelly Smith, Seton Hall […]

POINTS PER GAME Rank Player, Team GP G A P PPG 1 Pauliina Miettinen, Franklin Pierce 7 19 7 45 6.43 2 Renee Vinnedge, Queens (N. C.) 6 16 6 38 6.33 3 Ashley Pyle, Westminster (Pa.) 6 13 5 31 5.17 4 Rachel Denner, American Int’l 6 11 2 24 4.00 5 Christy Cousins, […]

Lazio (Italy) vs. Partizan (Yugoslavia) Valerenga (Norway) vs. Besiktas (Turkey) Heerenveen (Netherlands) vs. Varteks (Croatia) Genk (Belgium) vs. Mallorca (Spain) Panionios (Greece) vs. Apollon (Cyprus) Ried (Austria) vs. Maccabi Haifa (Israel) Lok. Moscow (Russia) vs. Braga (Portugal) Chelsea (England) vs. FC Copenhagen (Denmark) (First leg to be played Oct. 22, second leg Nov. 5.)

A new era for U.S. Soccer will open on Nov. 6, when the U.S. national team hosts Australia at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif. The match will be the likely debut of the new U.S. coach, and he'll have plenty of personnel decisions to make. Should the U.S. begin fielding a lineup of younger […]

MLS: Playoff Results and Standings (Sept. 30) First Round Eastern Conference D.C. UNITED VS. MIAMI Sept. 30 — D.C. United 2 Miami 1 Oct. 4 — D.C. United at Miami Oct. 7 — Miami at D.C. United (if nec.) COLUMBUS VS. METROSTARS Sept. 30 — Columbus 5 MetroStars 3 Oct. 3 — Columbus at MetroStars […]

Minnesota vs. San Diego GAME 2 Sept. 30 in San Diego San Diego 1 Minnesota 2. Goals: Watson (Conrad) 68; Stanici 18, Zeba 42. San Diego — Cannon, N’Doumbe, Munro, Conrad, Alegre (Smith, 63), Farias (Sinohui, 46), Hetherington, Escalera, Legg, Watson, Robles. Minnesota — Swallen, Coughlin, Abboud, Sylvester, Gramenz, Stanici (Foster, 68), Mladenov, Zeba, Anderson, […]

Oct. 1 in Braga Braga (Portugal) 4 (Ferreira pen. 12, 60, Mladen 35, Elpidio Silva 84) Metalurgs Liepaja (Latvia) 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 8,000. (Braga wins 4-0 on aggregate.) Oct. 1 in Brussels Genk (Belgium) 5 (Oulare 12, 48, Strupar 31, Gudjonsson 72, 79) MSV Duisburg (Germany) 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 19,000. (Genk wins 6-1 […]

Oct. 1 in Glasgow Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 4 (Gattuso 1, Porrini 25, Johansson 60, Wallace 64) Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) 2 (Salloi 34, Ohana pen. 80). Half: 2-1. Att.: 45,610. (Rangers wins 5-3 on aggregate.)

MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 Connecticut 8-0-0 465 2 Indiana 8-1-0 448 3 San Jose State 8-0-0 418 4 Virginia 6-0-2 406 5 Duke 8-1-0 388 6 Creighton 7-1-0 354 7 Washington 7-1-0 321 8 Clemson 7-1-0 292 9 St. John’s 5-1-2 273 10 UCLA 6-1-0 254 11 Maryland 6-2-0 238 12 […]

D.C. United of MLS will face Vasco da Gama of Brazil in the Interamerican Cup on Nov. 14 and Dec. 5. The Interamerican Cup is contested annually by the winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the Libertadores Cup. D.C. United downed Mexico’s Toluca in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, while Vasco da Gama defeated […]

European Champions League: Results and Standings (Sept. 30) GROUP A Sept. 30 in Athens Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 2 (Alexandris 22, Gogic 81) Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 34,000. Sept. 30 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2 (Rudy 57, Litmanen pen. 86) Porto (Portugal) 1 (Zahovic 69). Half: 0-0. Att.: 40,000. TEAM GP W […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION II Central Region 1 U of Charleston 7-1-1 DA Concord 2-1, DH Gannon 2-1, LH Mercyhurst 1-4 1 Rockhurst 6-0-0 3 Wheeling 7-0-0 DA Westminster 5-1 4 Ashland 7-1-0 DH Saginaw Valley 4-0 4 Truman State 4-1-1 6 Mercyhurst 5-1-1 DA WV Wesleyan 2-1 (OT), DA Charleston 4-1 7 Gannon 6-3-0 LA […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Pts. 1 North Carolina 8-0-0 300 2 Notre Dame 8-1-0 278 2 Santa Clara 8-0-1 278 4 Connecticut 9-0-0 270 5 Florida 8-0-0 252 6 Portland 7-0-1 238 7 Penn State 8-0-1 232 8 William & Mary 7-0-1 216 9 Northwestern 8-0-1 190 10 San Diego State 7-1-0 172 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 7-1-1 DA Montclair 5-0, DA Moravian 2-1 2 Richard Stockton 5-2-1 DA Rowan 2-1 (OT), TA NC Wesleyan 0-0 (OT) 3 Gettysburg 7-2-0 DA Elizabethtown 1-0 (OT), DA Bryn Mawr 5-0 4 Haverford 6-2-1 DH Bryn Mawr 7-0, DH Franklin & Marshall 4-1 5 Elizabethtown 5-5-0 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION II West Region 1 Sonoma State 10-0-0 DH Humboldt State 1-0, DA Central Washington 2-1, DA Western Washington 1-0 (OT) 2 Cal State Dom. Hills 6-2-1 TH Cal State Bakersfield 1-1 (OT), DA Cal State Bakersfield 4-1 3 UC Davis 6-2-1 LA Chico State 0-1 (OT), DA Chico State 2-1 3 Chico […]

Here is the television schedule for the first two games of the first round of the MLS playoffs, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television Sept. 30 MetroStars at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New York Sept. 30 Miami at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN Oct. 1 Colorado at Chicago 8:00 […]