Soccer America Archives

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 Oct. 7 — MetroStars at Columbus (if […]

FEATURES Rating the MLS Playoff Field By Ridge Mahoney The Highs And Lows Of John Harkes’ Season Interview by Duncan Irving Octavio Zambrano: No Need For Bunker Mentality Interview by Mike Woitalla Those College Players Who Didn’t Depart For MLS By Dan Woog Real Madrid Lefties Put Their Best Foot Forward Parma’s Dino Baggio Gains […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION III South Central Region 1 Wheaton (Ill.) 9-0-0 DH North Park 8-2, DA Augustana 1-0 (OT) 2 Rhodes 8-0-1 DH Hendricks 7-0, DA Univ. South 2-1 (OT), DA Centre 1-0 3 Wash. (Mo) 6-2-0 DH Principia 1-0, DH Marian 1-0 4 Sewanee 7-1-0 LH Rhodes 0-1, DH Franklin 6-0, DH Hendricks 4-0 […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I Great Lakes Region 1 Indiana 8-1-0 50 DA Michigan State 3-0, DH Louisville 3-0 2 Notre Dame 4-1-2 44 TH St. JohnÆs 1-1 (OT) 3 Butler 7-1-0 41 DH Oakland 5-1, DA Evansville 1-0 4 Akron 6-2-1 34 LN Fla International 2-3 (OT), DA Navy 2-0 5 Cincinnati 4-2-1 29 LH […]

Colorado Rapids reserve goalkeeper Paul Grafer broke his left wrist in practice Tuesday and will miss the entire 1998 playoffs. With Grafer out, the Rapids have signed goalkeeper Randy Dedini from the A-League’s Nashville Metros to back up starting goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann through the postseason. Grafer, who started four games for the Rapids in 1998 […]

Chicago Fire — F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) and F Josh Wolff (strained groin) are probable; D Andrew Lewis (strained groin), MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) and F Roman Kosecki (pulled hamstring) are on injured reserve. Colorado Rapids — F Paul Bravo (sprained ankle) is probable. Columbus Crew — MF Andrew Gregor (heart condition) […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I Southeast Region 1 N. Carolina 8-0-0 50 DN San Francisco 6-0, DN Baylor 5-0 2 Florida 8-0-0 45 DA Vanderbilt 2-1, DA Kentucky 4-0 3 Clemson 5-3-0 40 DH Charleston Southern 9-0, DA Florida St. 2-0 4 Georgia 6-2-0 35 DH Louisiana St. 2-1, DH Arkansas 5-0 5 Wake Forest 5-3-1 […]

The following are comments from today’s’ teleconference with MLS Commissioner Doug Logan and Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati: Logan on attendance during MLS’ third season: “Last Sunday we finished the first season where the playoff participants were determined a week early, and despite that we had some interesting games and decent attendances on the final weekend […]

G Carly Smolak (Stanford) (1) 5 saves to shut out Santa Clara 0-0 D Emily Janss (Maryland) (1) PKs beat Texas and Colorado D Kristen Palmer (Northwestern) (2) PK beats Minnesota, assist vs. Iowa M Signe Anderson (Hartford) (1) Hits gamewinner vs. Texas A&M in win M Colleen Joyce (Montana) (1) 2 goals, including gamewinner, […]

G Nick Rimando (UCLA) (1) Blanking of USD ran shutout streak to 445 minutes D Anders Ronnevig (South Carolina) (1) Scored on direct free kick to beat Furman 1-0 D David Wright (Creighton) (1) Solid defense and winner against Coll. of Charleston M Maurizio Rocha (Connecticut) (2) 2 goals and 2 assists, PK goal beat […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (6) MetroStars Defenders Mike Burns (1) New England Steve Jolley (2) Los Angeles Lubos Kubik (8) Chicago Frank Yallop (2) Tampa Bay Midfielders Marcelo Balboa (4) Colorado Braeden Cloutier (1) San Jose Mauricio Ramos (4) Tampa Bay Andrew Williams (3) Columbus Forwards Stern John (9) Columbus Josh Wolff (2) Chicago Note: In […]

Mexican national team goalkeeper Jorge Campos is returning to Mexico to play for his off-season club team UNAM Pumas. Campos will leave immediately and will not appear in the playoffs for the Chicago Fire. Campos, whom Chicago acquired from the Los Angeles Galaxy, missed much of the first half of the MLS season due to […]

Rochester vs. Hershey GAME 1 Sept. 26 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 3 Hershey 1. Goals: Glenn 3, Tilley (Glenn, Daligcon) 61, Tilley (Zavala) 89; Tschantret (Orben) 84. Rochester — Onstad, Hardy, Demmin, Schweitzer, Walton, Allnutt, McKay (Zavala, 73), Daligcon (Kirmse, 68), Steenkamp, Glenn, Tilley. Hershey — Azmi, Penny, Williams, Oudin, Regis (Orben, 77), Kelly, Sawatzky, […]

Sept. 29 in Athens AEK Athens (Greece) 3 (Nikolaidis 14, 76, Kopitsis 68) Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands) 3 (Machlas 11, 17, Reuser 51). Half: 1-2. Att.: 23,000. (Vitesse wins 6-3 on aggregate.) Sept. 29 in Belgrade Obilic (Yugoslavia) 0 Atletico Madrid (Spain) 1 (Kiko 55). Half: 0-0. Att.: 11,000. (Atletico Madrid win 3-0 on aggregate.) Sept. […]

CHICAGO 3 NEW ENGLAND 2 Sept. 23 in Chicago Chicago 3 New England 2. Goals: Kubik (pen.) 34, Klopas (Wolff) 74, Wolff (Armas) 89; Gorter 43, Burns (Moore, Gorter) 68. Chicago — Campos (6), Kubik (6), Brown (5), Okaroh (5), Armas (6), Keller (4), Kotschau (5), Podbrozny (4), Nowak (6), Kosecki (6), Razov (4). Subs: […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 27. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 8-0-0 1 2. Notre Dame 8-1-0 3 3. Santa Clara 8-0-1 2 4. Florida 8-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 9-0-0 5 6. Penn State 8-0-1 6 7. Portland 7-0-1 7 8. William & Mary […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20, taking into account games played through Sept. 27: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Indiana 8-1-0 2 2. UCLA 6-1-0 3 3. Duke 8-1-0 1 4. Clemson 7-1-0 4 5. South Carolina 7-1-0 5 6. Virginia 6-0-2 6 7. San Jose State 8-0-0 8 8. Connecticut 8-0-0 9 9. […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P John (Columbus) 27 26 5 57 Jones (Los Angeles) 24 19 13 51 Welton (Los Angeles) 31 17 11 45 Lassiter (D.C. United) 31 18 8 44 Diaz Arce (New England) 32 18 8 44 Moreno (D.C. United) 31 16 11 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 30 13 16 […]

The U.S. men’s national team will return to action against Australia at Spartan Stadium in San Jose on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. (PT). The game marks the USA’s first match since the 1998 World Cup in France, and could be the first appearance of the team’s new head coach. The game will be […]

When Javier Clemente quit as Spain coach, he became the 22nd World Cup coach to move on since France ’98. The story we ran cited “media pressure” as the governing factor behind his resignation. I find this notion debatable, but less reprehensible than Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar’s Twinkie defense for his dismissal of Christian Gross […]

Results Sept. 27 Miami 1 Tampa Bay 3 San Jose 2 Kansas City 0 D.C. United 3 Columbus 2 (SO) Los Angeles 1 Chicago 0 Sept. 26 New England 0 MetroStars 1 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Final 1998 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 32 24 8 58 74 48 […]

Four-time world champion Brazil will face Ecuador in an international friendly on Oct. 14 at RFK Stadium. The match, which is presented by D.C. United, will begin at 7:30 p.m. The match will be Brazil’s second under new head coach Vanderley Luxemburgo, who replaced Mario Zagallo after France ’98. Individual tickets for the match will […]

Results Sept. 26 New England 0 MetroStars 1 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Sept. 24 Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 4 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 31 15 16 45 65 54 *MetroStars 32 15 17 39 54 63 *Miami 31 15 16 35 […]

In conjunction with the launch of SoccerAmerica.com's new Book & Video Source, we posted a two-part interview with The Simplest Game author Paul Gardner. At the end of Part II, you will find out how to order this book and how to post your own review of this book if you've already read it. Now […]

Andrew Lucchese Reading, Pa. Why is Eddie Pope staying in MLS when he has had several offers from top clubs in Europe? Pete Bailey: Eddie certainly has options available to him overseas should he choose to pursue them. MLS deputy commissioner Sunil Gulati said that after the World Cup, two Bundesliga teams (believed to be […]