Soccer America Archives

Here are the NSCAA Women’s NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 rankings as sanctioned and conducted by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America: Rank/Team 1997 Record 1. Franklin Pierce 21-0-0 2. West Virginia Wesleyan 21-2-1 3. Lynn 19-2-1 4. Cal State Dominguez Hills 16-4-2 5. Adelphi 18-2-0 6. Truman State 15-6-1 7. Barry 14-2-2 […]

Results July 18 D.C. United 4 Chicago 1 Dallas 1 New England 3 Los Angeles 2 Miami 3 (SO) San Jose 0 Tampa Bay 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 22 17 5 41 53 33 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 18 9 9 25 32 32 […]

The Colorado Rapids have acquired Canadian national team star Jason Bent as a 1998 discovery player. Bent is a defensive midfielder with the ability to also play an outside defensive position. The Canadian citizen will fill one of the Rapids’ five foreign player slots. Colorado now has four of those allotted slots filled, including Bent, […]

Andrew Hoppes Philadelphia Why is Johan Cruyff apparently not a candidate for the U.S. men’s national team coaching position? Would he be a good coach for the U.S., or would he have a difficult time dealing with players who are not of the same superstar caliber as his players at Barcelona? Would he be too […]

The USA and 1998 World Cup champion France are among the eight teams that will compete in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will be hosted by Mexico Jan. 8-20. Brazil won the inaugural championship, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1997. The eight teams will play in two groups (round-robin format) followed […]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the World Cup is too long and he hopes to shorten the length of the tournament for 2002. Before the tournament, he would have gotten no argument from my household. The tournament shaped up to be a source of major conflicts: 33 days of soccer, almost non-stop from early morning […]

The United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues (USISL), has announced that the Kalamazoo Kingdom will serve as the host team for the 1998 PDSL Championship. The championships, which will be played in a true final four format, will be played at the Ed Annen Sports Complex in Kalamazoo, MIch. The semifinals will be played on […]

Here are the final results of fan balloting for the 1998 MLS All-Star Game: (Note: Players in bold are All-Star starters) MLS USA Forwards Rank/Player (Team) Votes 1. Preki (Kansas City) 13,283 2. Brian McBride (Columbus) 12,118 3. Eric Wynalda (San Jose) 11,038 4. Roy Wegerle (Tampa Bay) 10,790 5. Roy Lassiter (D.C. United) 9,372 […]

The Colorado Rapids fell 4-2 to Mexican First Division club Leon July 15 in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup and crashed out of the tournament. The Rapids won the first leg 1-0 on June 28, but fell 4-3 on aggregate. The Emeralds raced out to a 3-0 lead before Steve Trittschuh scored […]

July 15 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester Rhinos (A-League) 2 MetroStars (MLS) 2 (MetroStars win shootout 2-1). Goals: Glenn (Tilley) 22, Domm (Dietrich) 56; Savarese (Vega) 23, Savarese (Ramos, Vega) 44. Rochester — Andracki, Hardy (Dietrich, 55), Demmin (Mercik, 34), Walton, DaSilva, McKay (Britton, 53), Allnutt (Kirmse, 53), Steenkamp (Dauda, 36), Daligcon, Tilley (Alamo, 46), Glenn […]

Here are the starting lineups for the 1998 MLS All-Star Game, to be held Aug. 2 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, as announced by commissioner Doug Logan on July 16: MLS USA Goalkeeper — Tony Meola (MetroStars). Defenders — Marcelo Balboa (Colorado), Alexi Lalas (MetroStars), Eddie Pope (D.C. United). Midfielders — Thomas Dooley (Columbus), […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 11 7 4 30 18 21 Rhode Island 12 7 5 24 25 21 Cape Cod 15 7 8 19 21 21 New Hampshire 11 5 6 21 17 13 Vermont 8 2 6 8 21 4 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P South […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P Jackson 12 12 0 71 14 36 Cocoa 14 9 5 40 29 27 Bradenton 13 6 7 39 36 18 Central Florida 12 5 7 27 34 13 South Florida 13 5 8 26 52 13 Alabama 12 4 8 25 34 12 Miami T. 12 […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 9 8 1 23 8 24 Maryland 9 7 2 16 7 21 Long Island 11 8 3 26 12 20 Delaware 9 3 6 11 20 7 NJ Wildcats 11 2 9 13 34 4 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 11 […]

Here is the television schedule for the MLS games of July 15-19 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television July 15 D.C. United at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England; Home Team Sports July 15 San Jose at Miami 7:30 p.m. Sunshine Network; KICU-San Jose (taped) July 15 Los Angeles at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. […]

After two seasons at German giant Borussia Dortmund, American Jovan Kirovski has been loaned to Second Division club Fortuna Cologne. Kirovski saw considerable time last season due to the defending European Cup championÆs injury problems. He became the first American to win the Toyota Cup and the first American to score in Champions League play. […]

Features France ’98: The Art De Triomphe By Duncan Irving ‘Team B3’ Captures Hearts And Minds By Duncan Irving The Stars Of France ’98 By Ridge Mahoney ‘Thu-Thu’ To The Rescue In The Semifinals By Duncan Irving Orange Crushed By Brazilians On Penalties By Ridge Mahoney Croatian Players Write A Page Of History By Ridge […]

Goalkeeper Juergen Sommer (3) Columbus Defenders Jan Eriksson (2) Tampa Bay Eddie Pope (3) D.C. United Carey Talley (1) D.C. United Scott Vermillion (1) Kansas City Midfielders Marco Etcheverry (7) D.C. United Edwin Gorter (3) New England Ben Olsen (2) D.C. United Adrian Paz (1) Colorado Forwards Brian McBride (2) Columbus Paul Wright (1) Kansas […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 16 15 1 36 6 43 Montreal 17 14 3 32 18 32 Long Island 14 7 7 23 16 19 Staten Island 13 7 6 15 17 19 Toronto 16 6 10 17 24 18 Worcester 16 7 9 24 30 17 Connecticut […]

Results July 15 New England 0 D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 1 Los Angeles 3 Miami 3 San Jose 2 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 21 16 5 38 49 32 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 18 9 9 25 32 32 Tampa Bay 20 5 […]

Chicago — F Jerzy Podbrozny (strained hamstring) is out; GK Zach Thornton (concussion), MF Piotr Nowak (strained hamstring) and F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Sept. 5. Colorado — none. Columbus — D Ricardo Iribarren (sprained MCL) and MF Brian Maisonneuve (sprained ankle) […]

COLUMBUS 3 CHICAGO 0 July 9 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 3 Chicago 0. Goals: John 8, Smith (Farrell, Elcock) 40, McBride (Gregor) 68. Columbus — Sommer (7), Clark (5), Elcock (6), Dooley (6), Smith (6), Thompson (5), Maisonneuve (5), Yeagley (5), Farrell (6), John (6), McBride (6). Subs: Gregor (5) for Maisonneuve in 56th minute, […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Welton (Los Angeles) 18 12 9 33 Diaz Arce (New England) 18 13 4 30 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 16 9 11 29 Lassiter (D.C. United) 19 11 6 28 Moreno (D.C. United) 19 10 8 28 Jones (Los Angeles) 10 9 7 25 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 19 6 […]

Gus Kartes’ 47th-minute goal was the difference as the Boys’ U-18 national team beat Slovakia 1-0 in a friendly match in Moscow July 14. The U.S. victory avenges a 1-0 loss to Slovakia at the Piestany tournament in April. Both teams competed at the World Youth Games but failed to advance to the second round. […]

The U.S. Girls U-20 national team concluded their training camp in Portland, Ore. by playing to a 0-0 draw against their Canadian counterparts on July 12. The U-20s are preparing for the Nordic Cup, the world’s unofficial U-21 women’s championship, which will be held in the Netherlands later this summer. July 12 in Beaverton, Ore. […]