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Colorado Rapids has released Brazilian midfielder Marquinho at the player’s request to return to his native Brazil. Marquinho, who was allocated to the Rapids before the start of the 1998 season, cited family issues as the reason for his desire to return to South America. Marquinho had recorded three goals and three assists for the […]

Group 1 TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Sweden 4 4 0 0 11 5 12 Iceland 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 6 7 3 Spain 4 0 1 3 3 7 1 RESULTS Aug. 30, 1997 — Iceland 1 Sweden 3. Sept. 7 — Iceland […]

NETHERLANDS No. Name DOB Club 1 Edwin VAN DER SAR 29/10/70 Ajax Amsterdam (GK) 2 Michael REIZIGER 03/05/73 Barcelona 3 Jaap STAM 17/07/72 PSV Eindhoven 4 Frank DE BOER 15/05/70 Ajax Amsterdam 5 Arthur NUMAN 14/12/69 PSV Eindhoven 6 Wim JONK 12/10/66 PSV Eindhoven 7 Ronald de BOER 15/05/70 Ajax Amsterdam 8 Dennis BERGKAMP 10/05/69 […]

ARGENTINA No. Name DOB Club 1 Carlos ROA 15/08/69 Mallorca (GK) 2 Roberto AYALA 12/04/73 Napoli 3 Jose CHAMOT 17/05/69 Lazio 4 Hector PINEDA 13/07/75 Udinese 5 Matias ALMEYDA 21/12/73 Lazio 6 Roberto SENSINI 12/10/66 Parma 7 Claudio LOPEZ 17/07/74 Valencia 8 Diego SIMEONE 28/04/70 Inter Milan 9 Gabriel BATISTUTA 01/02/69 Fiorentina 10 Ariel ORTEGA […]

BRAZIL No. Name DOB Club 1 TAFFAREL 08/05/66 Atletico Mineiro (GK) 2 CAFU 07/06/70 AS Roma 3 ALDAIR 30/11/65 AS Roma 4 JUNIOR BAIANO 14/03/70 Flamengo 5 CESAR SAMPAIO 31/03/68 Yokohama Flugels 6 ROBERTO CARLOS 10/04/73 Real Madrid 7 GIOVANNI 04/02/72 Barcelona 8 DUNGA 31/10/63 Jubilo Iwata 9 RONALDO 22/09/76 Inter Milan 10 RIVALDO 19/04/72 […]

FRANCE No. Name DOB Club 1 Bernard LAMA 07/04/63 West Ham United (GK) 2 Vincent CANDELA 24/10/73 AS Roma 3 Bixente LIZARAZU 09/12/69 Bayern Munich 4 Patrick VIEIRA 23/06/76 Arsenal 5 Laurent BLANC 19/11/65 Olympique Marseille 6 Youri DJORKAEFF 09/03/68 Inter Milan 7 Didier DESCHAMPS 15/10/68 Juventus 8 Marcel DESAILLY 17/09/68 AC Milan 9 Stephane […]

ITALY No. Name DOB Club 1 Francesco TOLDO 02/12/71 Fiorentina (GK) 2 Giuseppe BERGOMI 22/12/63 Inter Milan 3 Paolo MALDINI 26/06/68 AC Milan 4 Fabio CANNAVARO 13/09/73 Parma 5 Alessandro COSTACURTA 24/04/66 AC Milan 6 Alessandro NESTA 19/03/76 Lazio 7 Gianluca PESSOTTO 11/08/70 Juventus 8 Moreno TORRICELLI 23/01/70 Juventus 9 Demetrio ALBERTINI 23/08/71 AC Milan […]

SPAIN No. Name DOB Club 1 Andoni ZUBIZARRETA 23/10/61 Valencia (GK) 2 Albert FERRER 06/06/70 Barcelona 3 Agustin ARANZABAL 15/03/73 Real Sociedad 4 Rafael ALKORTA 16/09/68 Athletic Bilbao 5 ABELARDO 19/04/70 Barcelona 6 Fernando HIERRO 23/03/68 Real Madrid 7 Francisco MORIENTES 05/04/76 Real Madrid 8 Julen GUERRERO 07/01/74 Athletic Bilbao 9 Juan Antonio PIZZI 07/06/68 […]

To appreciate what it will take for the United States to advance to the second round, you only need to analyze the World Cup field on the eve of the tournament. If you throw out the teams that don’t have a chance of winning the World Cup, you can begin by discarding all the teams […]

ROMANIA No. Name DOB Club 1 Dumitru STINGACIU 09/08/64 Kocaelispor (GK) 2 Dan PETRESCU 22/12/67 Chelsea 3 Christian DULCA 25/10/72 Rapid Bucharest 4 Anton DOBOS 13/10/65 AEK Athens 5 Constantin GALCA 08/03/72 Espanyol 6 Gheorghe POPESCU 09/10/67 Galatasaray 7 Marius LACATUS 05/04/64 Steaua Bucharest 8 Dorinel MUNTEANU 25/06/68 Cologne 9 Viorel MOLDOVAN 08/07/72 Coventry City […]

Results June 4 Dallas 1 Los Angeles 8 June 3 MetroStars 1 Tampa Bay 2 San Jose 0 D.C. United 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 15 12 3 28 34 21 Columbus 12 7 5 21 24 16 MetroStars 12 6 6 16 20 22 Miami 13 5 8 […]

Early arrival The U.S. World Cup team should arrive into Lyons nearly three hours earlier than expected despite the recent Air France strike that went into effect June 1. The American delegation is scheduled to depart New York’s JFK Airport at 6:30 p.m. ET via American Airlines flight # 44 and will arrive into Orly […]

The following is the transcript of U.S. Soccer’s teleconference with U.S. media June 4: Head Coach Steve Sampson: Asked how he plans to play against Germany: “We are prepared to take calculated risks against Germany. We cannot play a wide open game; that would be dangerous. But at the same time we will not sit […]

GERMANY No. Name DOB Club 1 Andreas KOEPKE 12/03/62 Olympique Marseille (GK) 2 Christian WOERNS 10/05/72 Bayer Leverkusen 3 Joerg HEINRICH 06/12/69 Borussia Dortmund 4 Juergen KOHLER 06/10/65 Borussia Dortmund 5 Thomas HELMER 21/04/65 Bayern Munich 6 Olaf THON 01/05/66 Schalke 04 7 Andy MOELLER 02/09/67 Borussia Dortmund 8 Lothar MATTHAEUS 21/03/61 Bayern Munich 9 […]

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Results June 3 MetroStars 1 Tampa Bay 2 San Jose 0 D.C. United 4 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 15 12 3 28 34 21 Columbus 12 7 5 21 24 16 MetroStars 12 6 6 16 20 22 Miami 13 5 8 11 11 27 New England 11 4 […]

Standings Southeast GP W L GF GA P South Florida 4 3 1 11 5 9 Cocoa 3 2 1 8 3 6 Central Florida 2 2 0 7 4 6 Jackson 1 1 0 9 1 3 Bradenton 3 1 2 9 8 3 Miami T. 2 1 1 3 2 3 Alabama 3 […]

Chicago — MF Diego Gutierrez (recovering from knee surgery), F Roman Kosecki (strained calf), F Jerzy Podbrozhny (bruised shin) and F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) are probable; MF Manny Lagos (knee surgery) is on injured reserve. Colorado — none. Columbus — D Ricardo Iribarren (patella tendonitis) is doubtful; F Marcelo Carrera (broken hand) and F […]

W-1 Standings North GP W L GF GA P Boston 4 3 1 11 4 9 Long Island 3 3 0 7 4 7 Maryland 3 2 1 8 3 6 NJ Wildcats 2 0 2 0 6 0 Delaware 4 0 4 3 12 0 South GP W L GF GA P Raleigh 4 […]

1998 World Cup Special Preview UNITED STATES Can U.S. Perform Miracle? The Rise Of Sampson Reyna: Behind The Wheel U.S. Banks On Steady Keller The 22 U.S. Players Baharmast Goes For Record GROUP F OPPONENTS Berti To Bank On Grit The End For Klinsi? Dooley Knows Germans Iran: The Game Of Their Lives Azizi Wins […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Rochester 7 7 0 15 1 21 Montreal 6 6 0 15 7 12 Worcester 9 4 5 13 19 10 Toronto 7 3 4 9 8 9 Long Island 7 3 4 10 11 9 Staten Island 4 2 2 7 6 6 Connecticut […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Western Mass. 4 4 0 17 5 12 New Hampshire 3 3 0 10 2 7 Cape Cod 4 2 2 4 4 6 Rhode Island 4 1 3 9 12 3 Vermont 1 0 1 0 4 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Reading […]

Features Hermosillo Comes To California– But Not To Clash By Duncan Irving Soccer America’s World Cup ’98 Preview Mark Dougherty Keeps Racking Up The Wins By Craig Merz Offseason Work Shifts Welton Into High Gear By Scott French Bob Ley: “Assignment Of A Lifetime” Interview By Dean Caparaz Columns Soccer Talk — Who is indispensable? […]

The U.S. Boys U-20s are competing in the Croix Tournament in France. The U.S. powered to a 5-0 win over Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax in its opener behind a pair of goals from UCLA defender Carlos Bocanegra. After drawing 0-0 with Chile’s Universidad Catolica, the U.S. downed Belgium’s Anderlecht 2-0 in the semifinals behind goals […]

The June 2 match between the U.S. women’s national team and New Zealand in Oneonta, N.Y. was suspended after just 12 minutes due to the threat of lightning and a tornado warning. 18 minutes after the game was stopped, officials moved the capacity crowd into Binder Gymnasium on the Hartwick University campus as rain began […]