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Here are preliminary rosters announced for the World Cup training camps for the following countries: Argentina, Colombia, England, Morocco, Paraguay and Scotland. ARGENTINA 20-man squad: Goalkeepers — Carlos Roa (Mallorca, Spain), German Burgos (River Plate), Pablo Cavallero (Velez Sarsfield). Defenders — Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan, Italy), Roberto Ayala (Napoli, Italy), Roberto Sensini (Parma, Italy), Jose […]

Results May 13 D.C. United 3 New England 2 Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 11 9 2 21 23 14 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 Miami 9 5 4 11 9 16 New England 8 4 4 10 17 14 MetroStars 8 […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for the games of May 13-17 Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television May 13 New England at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England, Home Team Sports May 13 Kansas City at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. No TV May 16 D.C. United at MetroStars 1:00 p.m. ESPN2 May 16 […]

Goalkeeper Jeff Cassar (1) Miami Defenders Wade Barrett (1) San Jose Eddie Pope (2) D.C. United Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (3) Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry (5) D.C. United Edwin Gorter (1) New England Clint Mathis (1) Los Angeles Carlos Valderrama (2) Miami Forwards Jeff Baicher (1) San Jose Cobi Jones (6) Los Angeles Musa Shannon (1) […]

Chicago — MF Piotr Nowak (bruised foot) and F Ante Razov (dislocated shoulder) are questionable; MF Jorge Salcedo (broken hand) is probable; MF Diego Gutierrez (knee surgery) is on injured reserve until June 15, MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — F Marquis White (strained groin) is […]

This article appeared originally in Mßs F·tbol. Mßs F·tbol is Soccer America‘s bilingual (Spanish/English) monthly magazine. The English version of this article follows the Spanish. Biograffa Pavel Pardo (MTxico) Club: Atlas Posici=n (position): Lateral derecho (left back) Altura (height): 5-8 (1.74m) Peso (weight): 155 (70kg) Nacimiento (born): 26-Julio-1976 en Guadalajara Debut con la selecci=n (national […]

Central American Zone, Second Phase Group A May 7 in San Jose Alajuela (C.R.) 5 (Badilla 11, Madrigal 15, Martins 41, Cubero 50, Misso 71) Olimpia (Hond.) 1 (Velasquez 75). Half: 3-0. Att.: n/a. Team GP W T L GF GA P Alajuela 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 L.A. Firpo 2 1 1 […]

CONCACAF formally re-elected Jack Austin Warner of Trinidad & Tobago as its President at the Congress in Antigua May 9. Warner was the only nomination for the post he has occupied through the last 8 years of dramatic developments in CONCACAF soccer. “It is important that we do not rest on the achievements of the […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 8 8 7 23 Welton (Los Angeles) 8 7 5 19 Etcheverry (D.C. United) 10 4 7 15 Bravo (Colorado) 9 5 4 14 Cienfuegos (Los Angeles) 6 5 3 13 Diaz Arce (New England) 7 5 2 12 Saenz (Colorado) 8 5 2 12 […]

Columbus Crew defender Mike Lapper will miss the remainder of the 1998 season after tearing his left ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in the final moments of the Crew’s 2-0 loss at Miami on May 9. Lapper landed awkwardly on his left leg with just about five minutes remaining in the game on Saturday but stayed […]

Here are preliminary rosters announced for the World Cup training camps for the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, France, Germany, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia. BELGIUM 25-man squad: Goalkeepers — Filip De Wilde (Anderlecht), Dany Verlinden (Club Bruges), Philippe Vande Walle (Aalst). Defenders — Vital Borkelmans […]

METROSTARS 0 DALLAS 1 May 6 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 Dallas 1. Goal: Kreis (Washington, D.Alvarez) 19. MetroStars — Meola (7), Lalas (5), Petke (5), Zaun (5), Sonora (5), Sorber (5), da Silva (5), Kelly (4), Ramos (6), Vega (5), Hurtado (6). Subs: Rooney (6) for Vega in 46th minute, Savarese (5) for […]

Natalie Neaton’s 77th minute goal lifted the U.S. women’s national team to a 1-0 victory over an inspired Iceland team in a misty rain at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pa. May 10. The pace of the game was slowed considerably by a field saturated by five days of steady rain, and the conditions favored the […]

Results May 10 New England 4 Tampa Bay 3 May 9 Miami 2 Columbus 0 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 0 Colorado 2 San Jose 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 10 8 2 18 20 12 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 Miami 9 5 4 11 9 16 […]

Mia Hamm scored two spectacular goals and Tiffeny Milbrett added a goal and an assist, as the U.S. women’s national team defeated Iceland, 6-0 May 8 before a capacity crowd at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis. The U.S., which scored 15 goals in a pair of recent wins over Argentina, needed just three minutes to get […]

Results May 9 Miami 2 Columbus 0 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 0 Colorado 2 San Jose 3 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 10 8 2 18 20 12 Columbus 8 5 3 15 15 10 Miami 9 5 4 11 9 16 MetroStars 8 3 5 9 10 14 New […]

A-League Here are the A-League qualifying standings through May 5. Each A-League team’s first six games count as Open Cup qualifiers. Three points are awarded for a regulation or overtime win, and one point for a shootout win. The top four teams in each conference advance to the Open Cup. Eastern Conference Team GP W […]

The MLS disciplinary committee cleared Colorado Rapids star Marcelo Balboa of any wrongdoing in the matter of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s Dan Calichman, who suffered a broken leg in the MLS match May 6. The committee issued the folloiwng statement: “We have spent many hours reviewing the videotape evidence of the challenge in the game […]

Pete Bailey: A recent Q&A session featured a question about when Project-40 players will count on their MLS teams’ rosters. There was no known answer at the time, but since then, MLS has stated that Pro-40 players will count on the 20-man roster after playing in 20 MLS matches or three years, whichever comes first. […]

CONCACAF Champions Cup Central American Zone, Second Phase GROUP A April 30 in San Salvador L.A. Firpo (El Sal.) 2 (Toro pen. 48, Monterrosa 55) Olimpia (Hond.) 0. Half: 0-0. Att.: n/a. Team GP W T L GF GA P L.A. Firpo 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Alajuela 2 1 1 0 2 […]

Los Angeles Galaxy captain Dan Calichman will undergo surgery May 8 at St. Luke Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. The defender suffered a fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg in a collision with Colorado defender Marcelo Balboa during the opening minutes of the second half of last night’s 7-4 Galaxy win over […]

The Miami Fusion will play its first-ever international friendly on Wednesday May 20, when the MLS club takes on the Honduran national team at 7:30 p.m. (ET) in Lockhart Stadium,. Presented by Inter/Forever Sports, the match will be the first international exhibition at the newly improved and expanded Lockhart Stadium. Honduras is one of 33 […]

How to pick a World Cup roster? Coaches want men hungry for competition — who don’t complain when they’re benched. They want self-confident, decisive individualists with gumption — who always obey the coach. They want a collection of choirboys who fight like warriors. World Cup coaches dream about their players exchanging fine passes and scoring […]

MLS Team of the Week (April 29-May 3) Goalkeeper Tony Meola (3) MetroStars Defenders Dan Calichman (1) Los Angeles Carlos Llamosa (1) D.C. United Todd Yeagley (1) Columbus Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (2) Los Angeles Marco Etcheverry (4) D.C. United John Harkes (2) D.C. United Carlos Valderrama (1) Miami David Vaudreuil (1) Miami Forwards Stern John […]

Here is the MLS injury report as of May 5: Chicago — MF Peter Nowak (bruised foot) is questionable; F Frankie Klopas (flu) is probable; MF Diego Gutierrez (knee surgery) is on injured reserve until June 15, MF Manny Lagos (patella tendon surgery) is on injured reserve until Aug. 1. Colorado — MF Joey DiGiamarino […]