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This weekend’s matchup between the MetroStars and Kansas City will double as a play-in match for the 1998 U.S. Open Cup tournament. Eight MLS teams will compete in the tournament, with defending champion Dallas, D.C. United, San Jose, Chicago and Columbus already set to compete. The other three teams will be: the winner of the […]

Six Major League Soccer teams have cut a total of nine players in order to fulfill the 20-man roster limit. The following players were waived: Chicago Fire — D Don Gramenz, MF Brad Wilson. Columbus Crew — D Brandon Ward Los Angeles Galaxy — MF Gerardo Laterza, MF/F Guillermo Jara. Kansas City Wizards — MF […]

Features Is There A Silver Lining On San Jose’s Horizon? By Ridge Mahoney D.C. Salvadoran Fans Revolt In RFK Stadium By Steven Goff MetroStars Fail To Upset L.A. Galaxy By Scott French New Crew Site Is Good Fit By Craig Merz MLS Year 3: The Foreign Legion’s Changing Face By Paul Kennedy Germany Stunned By […]

April 1 in Turin Juventus (Italy) 4 Monaco (France) 1. Goals: Del Piero 34, (pen.) 45, 62, Zidane 88; Da Costa 45. Juventus — Peruzzi, Torricelli (Conte, 57), Iuliano, Montero, Pessotto (Birindelli, 46), Di Livio (Tacchinardi, 65), Deschamps, Zidane, Davids, Inzaghi, Del Piero. Monaco — Barthez, Sagnol, Konjic, Christanval, Martin, Diawara, Djetou, Pignol (Da Costa, […]

Goalkeeper Juergen Sommer (1) Columbus Defenders Vicente Figueroa (1) San Jose Cle Kooiman (1) Miami Midfielders Leonel Alvarez (1) Dallas Marco Etcheverry (1) D.C. United Cobi Jones (2) Los Angeles Jason Kreis (1) Dallas Danny Pena (1) Los Angeles Forwards Waldir Saenz (1) Colorado Giovanni Savarese (1) MetroStars Johnny Torres (1) New England Note: In […]

African qualifying for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup began last weekend as four matches took place across the continent. In the first leg of home-and-away matches. Mozambique defeated Lesotho, 3-0, in Maputo; South Africa crushed Swaziland, 9-0, in Johannesburg; Egypt drew 1-1 with Uganda in Cairo; and Ghana trounced Guinea in Accra, 11-0. The […]

MetroStars forward Steve Rammel, recently acquired from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for a 1999 Supplemental Draft pick, has retired from Major League Soccer. The Rutgers graduate has accepted a position as the assistant soccer coach at UCLA. “We’re disappointed by Steve’s decision, because we thought he had the chance to play an important role […]

Here are the results of the March, 1998 poll, in which 1,206 fans picked the MLS Cup ’98 champion. Teams were awarded five points for a first-place vote, 3 points for a runner-up vote and one point for a beaten-semifinalist vote. Team Winner Runner-Up Semifinalist Total Points D.C. United 423 237 363 3189 Kansas City […]

The U.S. national team will compete in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. The eight-team tournament is set to be played in Mexico during the first two weeks of January, 1999. With Mexico as host, the U.S., runner-up in the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, receives an invitation. The other participants will be Asian champion Saudi Arabia, […]

March 30 in Beaverton, Ore. USA U-23s 3 Canada U-23s 1. Goals: Bower 26, 40, Cherundolo 42; Bent 23. USA — Napoleon (Brown, 46), Corrales, Parra, Hooper, Chulis, Cherundolo, Otero, Whitfield, Bower, Wolff, West. Canada — Vohalis, Clarke, Parker, Cameron, McCauley, Bent, Stalteri, Aristodemo, Kindel, Jordon, DeRosario. Yellow card: USA — Whitfield 39. Referee: Juan […]

March 31 in Milan Inter Milan (Italy) 2 Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1. Goals: Zamorano 45, Ze Elias 89; Alenichev 47. Inter Milan — Pagliuca, Sartor, Bergomi, Colonnese, West, Winter (Cauet, 73), Ze Elias, Djorkaeff (Recoba, 62), Zanetti, Zamorano (Kanu, 80), 10-Ronaldo. Sp. Moscow — Filimonov, Gorlukovich, Ananko, Khlestov, Romaschenko, Kechinov, Alenichev, Titov, Tsymbalar (Melyoshin, 46), […]

Sunday, March 15 D.C. United at Miami 4:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21 Columbus at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Miami 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. Colorado at Dallas 8:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles 10:00 p.m. Thursday, March 26 Miami at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28 MetroStars […]

Columbus has announced that Argentine defender Ricardo Iribarren has been cleared to return to the United States. Iribarren, who joined the Crew in July of 1996, was forced to miss the entire 1997 season due to visa problems. He appeared in 16 games for Columbus during the inaugural MLS season, scoring one goal (a spectacular […]

SCORING Player (Team) GP G A P Jones (Los Angeles) 2 2 3 7 McBride (Columbus) 2 2 1 5 Wynalda (San Jose) 2 2 1 5 Johnston (Kansas City) 1 2 0 4 Lozzano (San Jose) 2 2 0 4 Machon (Los Angeles) 2 1 2 4 Washington (Dallas) 2 2 0 4 Wegerle […]

March 29 in New Haven, Conn. Colombia 1 Paraguay 1. Goals: Comas 11; Benftez 42. Colombia — Calero, Santa, Bermudez, Lopez, Moreno, Perez, Rueda, Valderrama, Aristizabal, Comas (Tellez, 61), De Avila (Morantes, 61). Paraguay — Tavarelli, Sarabia, Rivarola, Rojas, Arce, Caniza (Paredes, 62), Enciso, Morales (Gonzalez, 58), Acuna (Aguilera, 87), Benitez, Yegros. Referee: Kevin Terry […]

TAMPA BAY 0 MIAMI 1 (SO) March 26 in Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay 0 Miami 0 (Miami wins shootout 4-2). Tampa Bay — Ravelli (6), Yallop (5), Eriksson (5), Duhaney (6), Houser (6), Hejduk (6), Ralston (5), Kinnear (5), Gilmar (5), Ziober (5), Lassiter (5). Subs: Prampin (5) for Ziober in 62nd minute, Shannon (5) […]

Results March 29 Dallas 2 Columbus 1 D.C. United 2 New England 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 3 3 0 7 6 3 Columbus 2 1 1 3 3 3 Miami 3 1 2 1 0 4 New England 1 0 1 0 1 1 MetroStars 1 0 […]

March 28 in Portland, Ore. USA U-23s 0 Canada U-23s 0. USA — Napolean, Parra, Cherundolo, Corrales, Chulis, Quill (Hooper, 46), Otero, Whitfield, Bower, Wolff, West (Brown, 79). Canada — Franks, Clarke, Skinner, Parker, McCauley, Bent, Stalteri, Aristodemo, Kindel, Jordan, DeRosario (Mathot, 79). Yellow cards: USA — Parra 11, Cherundolo 23; Canada — Parker 30. […]

March 27 in Jacksonville Jacksonville (A-League) 1 Kansas City (MLS) 1 (Jacksonville wins shootout 3-1). Goals: Spiller (Chagas) 80; Marino (Rodriguez) 50. Jacksonville — Clifford, Atta, Guevara, Cerro, Ortiz, Burke, Dominiak, Ramos, Novarini, Tomaro. Subs: Spiller, Sanchez, Heald, Kozic, Chagas. Kansas City — Snitko, Uderitz, Okafor, McKeon, Bliss, Tinsley, Klein, Chung, Johnston, Rideout, Wright. Shootout: […]

Results March 28 Los Angeles 3 MetroStars 2 San Jose 2 Colorado 3 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 2 2 0 6 5 2 Columbus 1 1 0 3 2 1 Miami 3 1 2 1 0 4 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 MetroStars 1 0 […]

John Dullaert Nashville, Tenn. Who are the top keepers in the world today and how does Kasey Keller rate? Ridge Mahoney: Kasey is undoubtedly one of the top keepers in the world, but it’s difficult to assess just how good he is until he plays in a World Cup. Yet, his showings in the Copa […]

Chicago Fire — D C.J. Brown (sprained ankle) is probable; MF Manny Lagos (knee tendinitis) is questionable; MF Diego Gutierrez (knee surgery) is on injured reserve. Colorado Rapids — D Chris Martinez (strained abdominal muscle) is questionable. Columbus Crew — D Thomas Dooley (strained calf) and D Ansil Elcock (separated shoulder) are probable. Dallas Burn […]

Results March 26 Tampa Bay 0 Miami 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 2 2 0 6 5 2 Columbus 1 1 0 3 2 1 Miami 3 1 2 1 0 4 MetroStars 0 0 0 0 0 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa […]

Goalkeeper Zach Thornton (1) Chicago Defenders Brian Kamler (1) D.C. United) Lubos Kubik (1) Chicago Jorge Rodriguez (1) Dallas Midfielders Mauricio Cienfuegos (1) Los Angeles John Harkes (1) D.C. United Cobi Jones (1) Los Angeles Brian Maisonneuve (1) Columbus Forwards Mo Johnston (1) Kansas City Roy Wegerle (1) D.C. United Brian McBride (1) Columbus Note: […]

Two-time defending MLS champion D.C. United will make the first appearance in Africa by an MLS club when it travels to Cairo to face Egyptian club Al-Ahly on May 5. The match will launch an Egyptian-American festival designed to attract U.S. tourists to Egypt and will be played at 12:30 p.m. (U.S. eastern time) in […]