Soccer America Archives

Chicago and Dallas completed a trade of defenders on July 14, with Tom Soehn heading to the Fire and Brian Bates to the Burn. Soehn, a native of Arlington Heights, Ill. who played with the Chicago Kickers youth team and attended Western Illinois, joins the Fire after appearing in 39 games for Dallas over the […]

German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has signed American Frankie Hejduk to a three-year contract. Hejduk, who stars for the Tampa Bay Mutiny and appeared in midfield in all three U.S. matches at the World Cup, will join his new team after the completion of the current MLS season in October. There will not be a […]

The U.S. Boys’ U-18 national team completed play in the World Youth Games in Moscow by hammering Poland 6-1 on July 12. The Americans, already eliminated from the competition after losses to Georgia and Turkey, took out their frustrations on Poland with a superb scoring display. Forward Micah Cooks had a hat trick, and Kevin […]

U.S. women’s national team coach Tony DiCicco has announced his 18-player roster for the Goodwill Games, a four-team competition featuring the USA, Norway, China and Denmark. The opening games are on July 25 as Norway meets China at 12 p.m. (ET) and the USA takes on Denmark at 7:30 p.m. ET. The winners meet for […]

Playing with only ten men for 72 minutes, the U.S. Boys’ U-20 national team tied Trinidad & Tobago, 2-2, in Port-of-Spain on July 12. Following the early ejection of U.S. midfielder Nick Downing the Americans took the lead through Chris Albright in the 32nd minute. Albright has now scored a goal or an assist in […]

Zinedine Zidane’s header in the 28th minute has given France a 1-0 lead over Brazil in the World Cup final. The French attacked immediately at the start of the match, with a long ball to Stephane Guivarc’h resulting in a volley over the bar as the forward fell in the Brazilian box. In the fourth […]

Here are the starting lineups for the World Cup final at the Stade de France: France — Barthez, Thuram, Desailly, Leboeuf, Lizarazu, Karembeu, Deschamps, Zidane, Petit, Djorkaeff, Guivarc’h. Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos, Dunga, Cesar Sampaio, Leonardo, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Bebeto. Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco).

July 12 in St. Denis France 3 Brazil 0. Goals: Zidane 27, 45, Petit 90. France — Barthez, Thuram, Desailly, Leboeuf, Lizarazu, Karembeu (Boghossian, 58), Deschamps, Zidane, Petit, Djorkaeff (Vieira, 76), Guivarc’h (Dugarry, 66). Brazil — Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos, Dunga, Cesar Sampaio (Edmundo, 74), Leonardo (Denilson, 46), Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Bebeto. Yellow […]

Zinedine Zidane scored his second goal of the match on the stroke of halftime, and France leads Brazil 2-0 with 45 minutes left to play in the World Cup final. Brazil, still looking to find its rhythm, did not seriously challenge the French after Zidane’s 28th-minute goal. A long ball for Ronaldo produced a fine […]

July 10 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose (MLS) 2 Morelia (Mexico) 3. Goals: Wynalda (pen.) 35, Mella (pen.) 62; Da Silva (Garcia) 42, Franco (J.Hernandez) 58, Franco (Mora) 82. San Jose — Kramer (Kirk, 46), Barrett, Doyle (Martin, 59), Draguicevich, Figueroa, Cerritos (Rodriguez, 46), Vasquez (Weaver, 46, Lewis, 75), Cloutier, Mella, Baicher (Lozzano, 46), […]

France continues to lead Brazil 2-0 in the World Cup final, but are down to ten men after Marcel Desailly was sent off for a second bookable offense in the 68th minute. Brazil brought in speedy youngster Denilson at the start of the second half, but the French defense continued its solid play, keeping Brazil […]

6 goals — Suker (Croatia). 5 goals — Batistuta (Argentina), Vieri (Italy). 4 Goals — Hernandez (Mexico), Ronaldo (Brazil), Salas (Chile). 3 Goals — Bebeto (Brazil), Bergkamp (Netherlands), Bierhoff (Germany), Cesar Sampaio (Brazil), Henry (France), Klinsmann (Germany), Rivaldo (Brazil). 2 Goals — R.Baggio (Italy), Bartlett (South Africa), Bassir (Morocco), Cocu (Netherlands), R.De Boer (Netherlands), Hadda […]

Zinedine Zidane scored a pair of goals, and Emmanuel Petit added a final tally as France defeated Brazil 3-0 in the World Cup final match at the Stade de France. The victory gives the French their first-ever World Cup title and an automatic berth at the 2002 competition in Japan and South Korea. Zidane, the […]

RESULTS FINAL July 12 France 3 Brazil 0 THIRD-PLACE MATCH July 11 Croatia 2 Netherlands 1 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 Scotland 3 […]

Results July 11 MetroStars 1 Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 2 Dallas 0 Colorado 2 New England 1 July 10 D.C. United 3 Los Angeles 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 20 15 5 35 48 32 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 18 9 9 25 32 […]

Dan Califf scored twice and Nick Garcia and Jamar Beasley added a goal apiece as the U.S. U-20s downed the Trinidad & Tobago U-21 team 4-1 in Port of Spain on July 10. After a scoreless first half, T&T opened the scoring through Sancho in the 63rd minute, but the Americans rallied for four goals […]

July 11 in Paris Croatia 2 Netherlands 1. Goals: Prosinecki 13, Suker 36; Zenden 21. Croatia — Ladic, Stimac, Bilic, Soldo, Jarni, Asanovic, Prosinecki (Vlaovic, 78), Boban (Tudor, 86), Stanic, Jurcic, Suker. Netherlands — Van Der Sar, Cocu (Overmars, 46), Stam, F.De Boer, Numan, Seedorf, Jonk, Davids, Zenden, Bergkamp (Van Hooijdonk, 58), Kluivert. Yellow cards: […]

RESULTS THIRD-PLACE MATCH July 11 Croatia 2 Netherlands 1 FINAL FIRST-ROUND STANDINGS Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P *Brazil 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 *Norway 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 Morocco 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 *-qualified […]

Results July 10 D.C. United 3 Los Angeles 0 July 9 Columbus 3 Chicago 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 20 15 5 35 48 32 Columbus 17 9 8 27 33 23 MetroStars 17 9 8 25 31 30 New England 17 5 12 13 30 39 Miami 17 […]

MLS’s disciplinary committee has suspended Tampa Bay goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli a total of six games and fined the former Swedish national team star $5,000 for an incident that occurred during the Mutiny’s 3-2 loss at home to the New England Revolution on July 4. Following New England forward Raul Diaz Arce’s conversion of a penalty […]

The U.S. Boys U-18 national team suffered its second straight loss at the World Youth Games in Moscow July 10 when it fell 2-1 to Turkey. With the defeat, the U.S. has been eliminated from the competition. The match was delayed for more than an hour while the bus with the Turkish team was late […]

Gabriel Fuentes Manhattan Beach, Calif. After hearing the comments of various “veteran” players on the U.S. squad after the World Cup, I sensed that many of these players did not like or did not appreciate the inclusion of the new players (e.g., Deering and Regis) into the national team. Regis is a proven player, and […]

Before I left for France and upon my return, almost anyone I told about my World Cup trip responded with a crack about soccer hooliganism. The customs officer at SFO asked me, “What’s wrong with them soccer fans?” When I watched a quarterfinal at my uncle-in-law’s house, he joked, “You aren’t going to trash the […]

Here is an injury update for this week’s MLS action: Chicago — GK Zach Thornton (concussion) is doubtful; MF Piotr Nowak (patella tendonitis), F Roman Kosecki (bruised quad) and F Ante Razov (strained hamstring) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — none. Columbus — D […]

July 8 in Union, N.J. MetroStars (MLS) 1 Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 0 (OT). Goal: Hurtado (Ramos, Vega) 98. MetroStars — Meola, Duhaney, Palacios, Lalas, Petke, Sorber, Corrales (Joseph, 59), Ramos, Rooney, Savarese (Vega, 46), Hurtado. Hampton Roads — Busch, Mitchell, Campbell, Branigan, Richards, Herrman (Fenger, 60), Lujan (Haley, 81), Angelov, Pratt, McCreath, Greenwood (Tadlock, […]