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This is the second part of a two-part interview. Click here to go to the first part. The Simplest Game shows, as well as a book possibly could, the whole picture of the world's most popular sport. First published in 1976, it is now in the second printing of its third edition. The first edition […]

Here is the Soccer America Top 20 for Sept. 21, taking into account games through Sunday, Sept. 20: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. North Carolina 6-0-0 1 2. Santa Clara 7-0-0 2 3. Notre Dame 6-1-0 3 4. Florida 6-0-0 4 5. Connecticut 7-0-0 5 6. Penn State 6-0-0 8 7. Portland 6-0-0 10 8. […]

Fans encouraged to Review Paul GardnerÆs The Simplest Game SoccerAmerica.com is introducing a new interactive area on September 21 that will feature a wide variety of soccer related books, videos and CD-ROMs. Fans will be able to order products instantly, hear other fan opinions on particular products, and even write their own reviews. The inaugural […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P John (Columbus) 25 23 4 50 Jones (Los Angeles) 23 18 13 49 Welton (Los Angeles) 30 17 11 45 Diaz Arce (New England) 30 18 8 44 Lassiter (D.C. United) 30 18 8 44 Moreno (D.C. United) 30 16 11 43 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 29 13 16 […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’s Top 20 for Sept. 21, taking into account games through Sept. 20. Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Duke 7-0-0 4 2. Indiana 6-1-0 3 3. UCLA 5-1-0 5 4. Clemson 5-1-0 1 5. South Carolina 5-1-0 7 6. Virginia 4-0-2 6 7. St. John’s 5-1-1 8 8. San Jose […]

D.C. United vs. Miami Fusion Wed., Sept. 30 @ D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ET (ESPN) Sun., Oct. 4 @ Miami 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) *Wed., Oct. 7 @ D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ET Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Dallas Burn Thurs., Oct. 1 @ Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Sun., Oct. 4 @ Dallas 3:00 […]

The MetroStars has named former U.S. national team head coach Bora Milutinovic as the club’s new head coach. A teleconference was scheduled for this afternoon for general manager Charlie Stillitano to confirm the announcement. Milutinovic, who coached Nigeria at France ’98, replaces Alfonso Mondelo. Milutinovic is the fifth MetroStars coach in three years.

Here is the transcript of the today’s Q&A Session with MetroStars General Manager Charlie Stillitano Monday: Q: Michael Lewis (Daily News): To bring in a new coach for one game… is not fair to the coach? A: I think that is a fair point, Michael. There are a couple of good points that are important […]

The U.S. Women’s National Team scored three spectacular goals off crossed balls to defeat Brazil, 3-0, and claim the championship of the U.S. Women’s Cup ’98, once again establishing themselves as a favorite to win next summer’s 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In a physical match that featured 34 fouls, and the ejection of Brazilian […]

Sept. 20 in Richmond, VA Russia 5 Mexico 1. Goals: Bossikova 13, 22, Barbashina 15, Grigorieva 69, Letyushova 81; Dominguez 63. Russia — Petko (Vizirenko, 46), Dmitrienko (Sazonova, 61), Burakova, Dikareva, Komarova, Egorova (Emelianova, 46), Grigorieva, Svetlitskaya, Barbashina (Savina, 46), Bossikova (Letyushova, 25), Barkova. Mexico — Quinonez (I. Valdez, 65), Ireta (Vasquez, 28), Perez, Lopez […]

Results Sept. 20 Los Angeles 0 San Jose 1 Sept. 19 New England 3 Tampa Bay 0 D.C. United 1 Miami 3 Colorado 2 Columbus 1 Kansas City 0 Dallas 1 Sept. 17 Chicago 1 Kansas City 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus […]

Results Sept. 19 New England 3 Tampa Bay 0 D.C. United 1 Miami 3 Colorado 2 Columbus 1 Kansas City 0 Dallas 1 Sept. 17 Chicago 1 Kansas City 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 31 23 8 57 72 46 *Columbus 30 15 15 45 62 50 *MetroStars 31 […]

U.S. women’s national team forward Mia Hamm added to her legend in a style befitting the greatest female goal scorer in history, blasting in her 100th and 101st career international goals in front of a standing-room only, sell-out crowd of 13,125 fans at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y. as the USA defeated Russia, 4-0, in […]

Sept. 18 in Rochester, N.Y. Brazil 11 Mexico 0. Goals: Roseli 1, 36, (pen.) 43, 51, 60, 68, Pretinha 23, 40, 56, 69, Nene 44. Brazil — Maravilha (Didi, 58), Juliana (Catarina, 69), Elane, Valeria, Nene, Raquel, Fabiana, Suzana, Katia, Pretinha (Graziele, 73), Roseli (Karin, 73). Mexico — I. Valdez (Quinonez, 67), Ireta, Perez, Lopez, […]

Germany received an F and the United States got a D when Germany’s kicker magazine handed out grades for all 32 France ’98 teams and came to the category of skill. True, journalists tend to be excessively critical about their own national teams, but can you remember any impressive technical displays from the Germans during […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Pauliina Miettinen, Franklin Pierce SR 3 10 4 24 8.00 Renee Vinnedge, Queens (N.C.) SR 4 8 2 18 4.50 Christy Cousins, S. C.-Aiken SO 5 10 2 22 4.40 Brooke Morgan, West Fla. SO 4 7 3 17 4.25 Rachel Denner, American Int’l […]

Sept. 17 in Newcastle Newcastle United (England) 2 (Shearer 12, Dabizas 71) Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1 (Rasovic pen. 68). Half: 1-0. Att.: 26,599. Sept. 17 in Edinburgh Hearts (Scotland) 0 Mallorca (Spain) 1 (Marcelino 17). Half: 0-1. Att.: 13,573. Sept. 17 in Rome Lazio (Italy) 1 (Nedved 37) Lausanne Sports (Switzerland) 1 (Douglas 65). Half: […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Milos Tomic, Grand Canyon SR 3 5 5 15 5.00 Jon Stefansson, West Fla. FR 4 8 1 17 4.25 Joe Kirkwood, Pfeiffer JR 6 12 1 25 4.17 Asmundur Haraldsson, Gannon JR 5 8 3 19 3.80 Sean Szerba, Millersville SR 5 8 […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Nikki Thole, Missouri SO 3 6 1 13 4.33 Christy Timbers, UNC Wilmington JR 5 9 3 21 4.20 Laurie Seidl, Minnesota SO 4 8 0 16 4.00 Missy Wycinsky, William & Mary JR 3 5 2 12 4.00 Anne Makinen, Notre Dame SO […]

Results Sept. 17 Chicago 1 Kansas City 0 Sept. 16 MetroStars 0 D.C. United 5 Columbus 2 Colorado 4 San Jose 0 Los Angeles 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 30 23 7 57 71 43 *Columbus 29 15 14 45 61 48 *MetroStars 31 14 17 38 54 […]

POINTS PER GAME Player, Team CL GP G A P PPG Heikki Ritvanen, Central Fla. JR 4 9 1 19 4.75 Nesa Stefanovic, Jacksonville SO 5 8 7 23 4.60 David Carlos, Cornell SR 1 2 0 4 4.00 John Wolyniec, Fordham SR 4 7 1 15 3.75 Rafael Solano, LIU-Brooklyn SO 4 6 3 […]

Results Sept. 16 MetroStars 0 D.C. United 5 Columbus 2 Colorado 4 San Jose 0 Los Angeles 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA *D.C. United 30 23 7 57 71 43 *Columbus 29 15 14 45 61 48 *MetroStars 31 14 17 38 54 63 Miami 30 14 16 32 42 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I School Record Points Last Week 1 North Carolina 4-0-0 300 1 2 Santa Clara 5-0-0 286 3 3 Notre Dame 4-1-0 272 2 4 Connecticut 4-0-0 266 4 5 Florida 5-0-0 254 5 6 Portland 4-0-0 238 7 7 William & Mary 4-0-0 226 10 8t Penn State 4-0-0 200 16 […]

WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION III Mid Atlantic Region 1 TCNJ 3-0-1 DA Ramapo 6-0 2 Richard Stockton 3-1-0 LA Wm Paterson 0-1 DH Messiah 5-1 3 Gettysburg 3-2-0 DH Messiah 1-0, DN Allegheny 3-2, LA Wm Smith 2-4 3 Elizabethtown 3-2-0 DA Franklin & Marshall 4-0, LA Scranton 0-1 5 Salisbury State 5-0-0 DH Va Wesleyan […]

GROUP A Sept. 16 in Oporto Porto (Portugal) 2 (Zahovic 64, Jardel 82) Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 2 (Giannakopoulos 87, Gogic 90). Half: 0-0. Att.: 37,000. Sept. 16 in Zagreb Croatia Zagreb (Croatia) 0 Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0. Att.: 30,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Olympiakos 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 […]