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Features MLS Makes A Big Splash In South Florida By Jeff Rusnak Etcheverry Replaces Harkes As D.C. Captain By Steve Goff A Change Of Attitude In Tampa By Bill Ward Sampson Prepares To Trim His Roster By Ridge Mahoney U.S. Ends Scoring Drought Against Paraguay By Ridge Mahoney Can U.S. Add Its Name to Germany […]

U.S. Soccer president Alan Rothenberg has appointed a seven-person committee to work on the development of women’s professional soccer in the United States. The Women’s Professional Soccer Development Committee is expected to analyze and develop strategies to help the growth of the sport in the U.S. and to implement the groundwork for a women’s professional […]

Colorado has announced the signing of Peruvian international striker Waldir Saenz. Saenz has played his entire career with Alianza Lima of the Peruvian first division, leading the league or finishing second in scoring in each of his five years with the club. Last season, he and fellow Rapids signee Marquinho led Alianza to the Peruvian […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has announced its schedule for the 1998 Copa Merconorte. Los Angeles has been drawn into Group D with Cruz Azul of Mexico (the two teams played in the final of the 1997 CONCACAF Champions Cup), The Strongest of Bolivia and Caracas FC of Venezuela. Here is the Galaxy’s Copa Merconorte schedule: […]

MLS Game Summary March 15 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Miami 0 D.C. United 2. Goals: Williams (Sanneh, Moreno) 16, Sanneh (Etcheverry) 37. SA Report Card Miami — Cassar (5), Cullen (4), Webber (5), Kooiman (5), Kmosko (6), Gutierrez (5), Serna (5), Maessner (4), Herrera (6), Valderrama (5), Stebbins (4). Subs: Vaudreuil (5) for Gutierrez in […]

March 18 in Dortmund Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1 Bayern Munich (Germany) 0. Goal: Chapuisat 109. Bor. Dortmund — Klos, Kohler, Feiersinger, Julio Cesar, Reuter (Zorc, 105), Freund (Ricken, 79), Moeller, But, Heinrich, Decheiver (Schneider, 120), Chapuisat. B. Munich — Kahn, Matthaeus (Lizarazu, 111), Babbel, Kuffour, Fink, Hamann, Scholl, Nerlinger (Strunz, 110), Tarnat, Jancker, Elber (Zickler, […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny has announced that the kickoff for its March 21 home opener against Columbus has been moved to 8:00 p.m. eastern time. The move will allow the game to be televised live on WSYX in Columbus.

March 17 in Moscow Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1 Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0. Goal: Shirko 85. Spartak — Filimonov, Khlestov, Ananko, Yevseev, Alenichev, Titov, Kechinov, Tikhonov, Bouznikin (Tsymbalar, 46), Romashchenko, Shirko. Ajax — Van Der Sar, Melchiot, Rudy, Blind, Oliseh, F. De Boer (Sier, 34), R. De Boer, Gorre (McCarthy, 74), Van Der Meyde (Litmanen, 58), […]

Mia Hamm celebrated her 26th birthday with a hat trick as the U.S. women’s national team thrashed China 4-1 in Group A play at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. The win puts the U.S. in control of the group, and a tie against Norway on Feb. 19 would assure the U.S. of a spot in […]

The U.S. women’s U-20 national team completed a week-long camp in Clemson S.C. by winning a pair of exhibitions over collegiate teams. The U-20s blanked Clemson 4-0 behind goals from Notre Dame’s Jenny Streiffer, Stanford’s Ronnie Fair, North Carolina signee Jena Kluegel and Virginia’s Angela Hucles. The U-20s wrapped up the camp by walloping Nebraska […]

The draw for the 1998 Copa Merconorte has been announced. The competition, which includes MLS clubs D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy as well as clubs from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, will be played from Sept. 9 to Dec. 9. Here is the draw: Group A — Deportivo Cali (Colombia), Emelec […]

Semfinals March 13 in Mar Del Plata Argentina 1 Peru 1 (Argentina wins 4-3 on penalties.) Brazil 11 Ecuador 1 Third-Place Match March 15 in Mar Del Plata Peru 3 Ecuador 3 (Peru wins 2-1 on penalties.) Championship March 15 in Mar Del Plata Argentina 1 Brazil 7 (Brazil advances to WWC ’99; Argentina will […]

The U.S. women’s national team opened play in the Algarve Cup by defeating Finland 2-0 in Olhao, Portugal. The U.S. dominated the match, outshooting the Finns 13-1, but weren’t able to find the net until the 51st minute, when Michelle Akers tapped a rebound past Finnish keeper Johanna Lindell. “It’s fun to be playing and […]

Here are complete results from the current round of the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup. The South Group match between Platense of Honduras and Municipal of Guatemala has been rescheduled for April 1 in Guatemala City. The winners of the North and South Groups will vie for the title at a later date. North Group March […]

We will begin posting weekly MLS Leader tables and statistics beginning March 24.

The Tampa Bay Mutiny wrapped up its exhibition schedule with a 4-1 win over the A-League’s Jacksonville Cyclones. Polish forward Jacek Ziober had a pair of goals for the Mutiny, and midfielder Gilmar had three assists. Adam Frye and project-40 player Eric Quill also scored for Tampa Bay, which opens the MLS season March 21 […]

Results March 15 Miami 0 D.C. United 2 Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 1 1 0 3 2 0 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 MetroStars 0 0 0 0 0 0 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miami […]

March 14 in San Diego, Calif. USA 2 Paraguay 2. Goals: Deering 21, Balboa 50; Caniza 15, Arce (pen.) 75. USA — Sommer, Burns, Balboa, Lalas, Venney, Sorber (Moore, 46), Hejduk, Deering, Jones, Wynalda (Radosavljevic, 74), Wagner (Maisonneuve, 64). Paraguay — Diaz, Arce, Rivarola, Gamarra, Ayala, Acuna, Enciso, Aguilera (Yegros, 56), Caniza, Benitez (Santos, 88), […]

The following are the starting lineups for the USA-Paraguay match at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego: USA — Sommer, Burns, Balboa, Lalas, Venney, Sorber, Hejduk, Deering, Jones, Wynalda, Wagner. Paraguay — Diaz, Arce, Rivarola, Gamarra, Ayala, Acuna, Enciso, Aguilera, Caniza, Benitez, Baez.

The USA and Paragauy have drawn 2-2 in their friendly in San Diego. The U.S. took a 2-1 lead five minutes after the intermission through a superb diving header from Marcelo Balboa, who was just inched off the ground when he connected with the ball. Eric Wynalda sent a fine ball to Alexi Lalas as […]

The USA and Paraguay are tied 1-1 at halftime of their friendly match in San Diego. The U.S. is fielding a lineup consisting of primarily MLS players with David Wagner and Chad Deering, and they have held their own against a Paraguay side featuring many of the country’s top performers. The Paraguayans opened the scoring […]

Corey Ceres, Calif. Mike In N.C. mentioned some Americans playing abroad that are age eligible for the U-23 olympics. Just Thought I’d add a couple of names: 1) Paul Rachubka (Manchester United…only 16 years old, worth a U-20 look) 2) Andy Harris (Southend United…not eligible now, but could be with proper paperwork; I believe his […]

MLS has announced the following changes to the 1998 schedule: March 29 — the kickoff for the New England at D.C. United game has been moved from 7:30 p.m. (ET) to 8:00 p.m. (ET). April 11 — the kickoff for the Colorado at D.C. United game has been moved from 7:00 p.m. (ET) to 7:30 […]

The following is the 1998 MLS national television schedule:. Note: all times are eastern. Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Network March 15 D.C. United at Miami 4:00 p.m. ABC March 21 Kansas City at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 March 26 Miami at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 March 29 Columbus at Dallas 3:00 p.m. Univision […]

Tampa Bay got a 67th-minute penalty kick from Gilmar to earn a come-from-behind 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire March 11. Frank Klopas opened the scoring in the 25th minute when he pounced on a loose ball in the box and scored from ten yards out, but Prampin equalized 15 minutes later from an assist […]