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Relegation makes grown men cry. Promotion ignites city-wide celebrations. Relegation battles are as exciting as title races and the prospect of promotion to a higher level becomes an issue of civic pride. In the U.S., we are denied the drama of a system that sees bottom-finishing major league teams exchange places with the top finishers […]

The U.S. men’s U-20 national team has advanced to the semifinals of the Paolo Valenti tournament in Italy. Under the leadership of coach Sigi Schmid, the Americans finished second in Group B with a 1-2-0 record, tying 0-0 with Wales and Norway and beating Switzerland 3-1 on April 8 behind goals from Dan Califf, Nick […]

U.S. coach Tony DiCicco has called 24 players in for a six-day training camp in San Diego before the U.S. women’s national team hosts Argentina April 24 at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif. (7:30 PT) and April 26 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif. (12:30 PT, live on ESPN). The two matches will kick […]

Features Pro Game Makes Glorious Return To Chicago By Mike Garofola Kansas City Wins But Fans Stay Home By Bob Luder No Easy Answers In Dallas By Steve Davis Adrian Paz Settles In With The Rapids By Pat Shea Juergen Sommer Is No. 1 In Columbus By Craig Merz Steve Sampson: One Eye On Europe, […]

Chicago — MF Manny Lagos (knee tendonitis) and F Tony Kuhn (sprained MCL) are questionable; D C.J. Brown (sprained ankles) is probable; MF Diego Gutierrez (knee surgery) is on injured reserve. Colorado — MF Chris Henderson (dislocated shoulder) is questionable; MF Marquinho (strained groin) is probable. Columbus — D Thomas Dooley (strained calf) and F […]

MLS has obtained promising young Mexican midfielder Juan Pablo Rodriguez and allocated him to the San Jose Clash. “Everyone who has followed the Clash knows how long and how hard we’ve been working to get a Mexican player,” said Clash GM Peter Bridgwater. “Once they’ve seen Juan Pablo, I think we’ll all agree it’s been […]

Results April 8 Kansas City 1 Chicago 0 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 4 3 1 7 7 5 Columbus 3 2 1 6 5 4 Miami 4 2 2 4 2 5 New England 2 0 2 0 2 3 MetroStars 2 0 2 0 2 5 Tampa Bay […]

April 7 in Cincinnati Cincinnati (A-League) 2 Columbus (MLS) 3. Goals: Yacks (Cairns) 58, Rocket (Cairns) 63; Farrell (Cunningham) 31, Carrera (Smith) 36, Cunningham 66. Cincinnati — Wanamaker, Gallagher, Petry, Crosby, Strang, Yacks, Malachino, Shertzer (Rocket, 40), Caution, Cairns, Roberts. Columbus — Dougherty (Winner, 46), Iribarren, Cannon, Lapper, Yeagley, Theslof, Smith, Farrell (Gregor, 46), Carrera, […]

Here is the MLS television schedule for the games of April 8-11. Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 8 Chicago at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago Plus April 11 Los Angeles at MetroStars 3:00 p.m. ABC April 11 Chicago at San Jose 5:00 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago April 11 Dallas at Tampa Bay […]

COLUMBUS 2 D.C. UNITED 1 April 4 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 2 D.C. United 1. Goals: Lapper (Maisonneuve, Yeagley) 13, McBride (Clark, Dooley) 56; Moreno 21. Columbus — Sommer (7), Clark (6), Lapper (6), Dooley (7), Elcock (6), Yeagley (5), Warzycha (5), Maisonneuve (6), Thompson (5), McBride (7), John (6). Subs: Farrell (5) for Yeagley […]

Here are complete results from the group round of the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup. Necaxa of Mexico will meet Olimpia of Honduras for the title at a date to be determined by CONCACAF. North Group March 4 in Dallas Dallas Burn (USA) 1 Necaxa (Mexico) 4 March 8 in Dallas Dallas Burn (USA) 1 Cruz […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 Western Mass. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mid-Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Central […]

Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Northeast GP W L GF GA P Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Staten Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worcester […]

ò Rosters as of April 3. Key: * Injured Reserve # Project-40. CHICAGO FIRE 1 Jorge Campos 2 C.J. Brown 3 Rich Kotschau 4 Jorge Salcedo 5 Lubos Kubik 6 Brian Bates 7 Manny Lagos 8 *Diego Gutierrez 9 Jerzy Podbrozny 10 Peter Nowak 11 Roman Kosecki 12 Ante Razov 14 Chris Armas 15 Jesse […]

San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda, a crucial performer for the U.S. national team, has suffered a sprained ligament in his knee and will be sidelined for 4-6 weeks. Wynalda suffered the injury when he collided with Dallas Burn keeper Garth Lagerwey during a shootout attempt in San Jose’s loss to Dallas on April 5. […]

Results April 5 San Jose 2 Dallas 3 (SO) April 4 Miami 2 New England 1 Columbus 2 D.C. United 1 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 2 MetroStars 0 Colorado 0 Los Angeles 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 4 3 1 7 7 5 Columbus 3 2 […]

ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will present live coverage of all 64 matches of the 1998 World Cup. With the six-hour time difference between France and the eastern time zone, matches will generally be televised at 8:00 a.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The first 30 minutes of each match on ESPN and ESPN2 will […]

Results April 4 Miami 2 New England 1 Columbus 2 D.C. United 1 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 2 MetroStars 0 Colorado 0 Los Angeles 1 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 4 3 1 7 7 5 Columbus 3 2 1 6 5 4 Miami 4 2 2 […]

Scott Spires San Francisco, Calif. Is it a concern for the national team that the forwards never score goals on headers? Only the defenders seem to get on the scoresheet this way and McBride is the only forward who seems dangerous in the air. Ridge Mahoney: It’s a concern that the forwards can’t score goals, […]

Steve Sampson faces a difficult task in cutting the pool of U.S. players down to 22 for the 1998 World Cup. Here's your chance to make the call on who goes to France… and who stays home.

In a blockbuster April 2 trade, the MetroStars obtained Ecuadorian striker Eduardo “El Tanque” Hurtado from the Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for recently allocated midfielder Wellington Sanchez. “Eduardo is a proven goalscorer,” said MetroStars head coach Alfonso Mondelo. “He provides our forwards with dynamic power and speed.” Hurtado, 30, was named to the MLS […]

April 2 in Vicenza Vicenza (Italy) 1 Chelsea (England) 0. Goal: Zauli 15. Vicenza — Brivio, Viviani, Belotti, Dicara, Mendez, Ambrosetti (Stovini, 73), Ambrosini, Di Carlo, Schenardi (Beghetto, 73), Luiso, Zauli (Firmani, 87). Chelsea — De Goey, Clarke, Duberry, Lebouef, Le Saux, Petrescu (T.A.Flo, 59), Wise, Newton, Di Matteo, Zola (Morris, 89), Vialli. Att.: 20,000. […]

Longtime American soccer standout Fernando Clavijo has been named assistant coach for the U.S. Pro-40 Select team. Clavijo, who made 61 appearances for the U.S. national team from 1990-94, including three games during the 1994 World Cup, joins head coach Tim Hankinson in guiding the U.S. Pro-40 Select Team during its inaugural season. “Fernando is […]

Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 4 New England at Miami 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports New England April 4 D.C. United at Columbus 7:30 p.m. Home Team Sports April 4 Tampa Bay at Chicago 8:00 p.m. SportsChannel Florida April 4 MetroStars at Kansas City 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 April 4 Los Angeles at Colorado 9:00 p.m. […]

Chicago — MF Diego Gutierrez (knee surgery) is on injured reserve; MF Manny Lagos (knee tendinitis) and F Tony Kuhn (sprained MCL) are questionable; D C.J. Brown (sprained ankle) is probable. Colorado — MF Marquinho (strained groin) and F Jason Boyce (strained hamstring) are questionable. Columbus — D Thomas Dooley (strained calf) is doubtful. Dallas […]