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Group 3 April 22 in Sharjah United Arab Emirates 3 (Sohail 14, Saad 49, 60) Bahrain 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P UAE 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 Jordan 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 Bahrain 4 1 0 3 3 9 3 Final match: […]

The following are the points totals for players who have received six or more caution points under the points system for different yellow card offenses: Player (Team) P Brian McBride (Columbus) 8 Mark Santel (Dallas) 8 Tony Sanneh (D.C. United) 8 Matt McKeon (Kansas City) 8 Chris Armas (Los Angeles) 8 Antony DeAvila (MetroStars) 8 […]

Notes The MetroStars have announced that they will host an international friendly against Galatasaray of Turkey at Giants Stadium on Wednesday, July 16. Galatasaray is currently on top of the Turkish First Division and features Romanian internationals Georghe Hagi and Iulian Filipescu. This will be the MetroStars second international match of 1997, as it will […]

Goalkeeper Dodd (1) Dallas Defender Maessner (1) D.C. United Elcock (1) Columbus Midfielders Pena (1) Los Angeles Cienfuegos (1) Los Angeles Etcheverry (3) D.C. United Farias (1) New England Johnston (2) Kansas City Forwards Washington (1) Dallas Moreno (2) D.C. United Welton (1) Los Angeles Note: In parentheses is the number of times a player […]

Features U.S. Mexico Share A Wild One In Massachusetts By Ridge Mahoney Passion Pours On To The Field By Ridge Mahoney Johnston Lives Down `Judas’ Label By Bill Ward Soccer America College Choice Including school, program, and scholarship information for hundreds of colleges in the U.S. and Canada Angola And Congo Surprise By Paul Kennedy […]

April 22 in Chula Vista, Calif. USA 0 Costa Rica 0. USA — Kirk, Chulis, McCarty, Parra, Corrales, DiGiamarino, Armas, Poltl, Flores, Waltrip, Quill. Subs: Olsen, Wolff, Stoddard, West. Costa Rica — Gonzalez, Chinchilla, Nossar, Torres, Salas, Sequilla, Villavicencio, Castro, Ducan, Ledezma, Brice. Subs: Fonseca, Solis. Att.: 20.

April 22 in Gelsenkirchen Schalke (Germany) 2 Tenerife (Spain) 0. Goals: Linke 68, Wilmots 107. Schalke — Lehmann, Thon, De Kock, Linke, Eigenrauch, Nemec, Mueller, Anderbruegge, Bueskens, Latal (Held, 110), Wilmots. Tenerife — Andersson, Suarez, Paz (Dani, 59), Ballesteros, Mata, Cruzado, Motaung, Minambres, Jokanovic, Kodro (Neuville, 72), Pinilla (Vidmar, 98). Att.: 56,824. (Schalke wins 2-1 […]

Major League Soccer has signed four college sophomores, one college freshman and one high school senior as part of its Project-40. Ubusuku Abukusumo (N.C. State), Joe DiGiamarino (Cal State Fullerton), Brian Dunseth (Cal State Fullerton), Eric Quill (Clemson) and Tim Sahaydak (North Carolina) all play for the U.S. under-20 team. Nino DaSilva, the 1996 NSCAA/Umbro […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Long Island 1 1 0 2 0 3 Connecticut 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worcester 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 2 0 2 3 7 0 Atlantic GP […]

MLS Market Station Rating/Share Los Angeles KABC 3.0/8 Chicago WLS 2.6/7 Kansas City KMBC 2.5/6 Boston WCVB 2.4/6 Columbus WSYX 2.4/7 Denver KMGH 2.3/6 Dallas WFAA 2.2/5 New York WABC 2.0/5 San Francisco KGO 1.9/6 Tampa WFTS 1.8/4 Miami WPLG 1.2/3 Washington WJLA 1.1/6 o Overnight rating equals the percentage of households with televisions watching […]

D3 Pro League Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P No. Jersey 1 1 0 4 1 3 New Hamp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cape Cod 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cent. Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 […]

Group 5 April 20 in Phnom Penh Cambodia 0 Yemen 1 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Indonesia 2 1 1 0 8 0 4 Yemen 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambodia 2 0 0 2 0 9 0

KANSAS CITY 2 DALLAS 1 April 18 in Kansas City Kansas City 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Klopas (Johnston) 22, Chung (Johnston, Preki) 80; Elliott (Eck) 39. #195# SA Report Card Kansas City — Ammann (6), Bowers (5), Okafor (5), McKeon (6), Pittman (5), Klopas (5), Preki (5), Chung (6), Johnston (7), Takawira (5), Wright (5). […]

The Dallas Burn has signed former Swiss international midfielder Alain Sutter, the club announced April 21. “This is great news for the Dallas Burn, all of our fans, and for soccer fans across the country,” said Dallas GM Billy Hicks. The 29-year-old Sutter has been capped 63 times for his country, and played in three […]

April 20 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 Mexico 2 . Goals: Pope 35, own goal 74; Hermosillo 1, Hernandez 54. USA — Keller, Pope, Balboa, Lalas (Mason, 78), Agoos, Stewart, Sorber, Dooley (Wagner, 77), Harkes, Reyna, Wynalda. Mexico — Rios, Suarez, Davino, Pardo, R. Ramirez (Pelaez, 90), Garcia Aspe, Coyote, Galindo (Del Olmo, 80), Hernandez, […]

Results April 20 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 Mexico 2. Goals: Pope 35, own goal 74; Hermosillo 1, L. Hernandez 54. Att.: 57,877 Team GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 4 2 2 0 12 2 8 USA 4 1 2 1 7 5 5 Costa Rica 2 1 1 0 3 2 […]

The following are the starting lineups for the USA-Mexico qualifier at Foxboro Stadium. USA — Keller, Pope, Lalas, Balboa, Agoos, Stewart, Sorber, Dooley, Harkes, Wynalda, Reyna. Mexico — Rios, R. Ramirez, Davino, Suarez, Pardo, Garcia Aspe, Galindo, Coyote, Hernandez, Zague, Hermosillo.

The U.S. and Mexico remain deadlocked at 1-1 at halftime of their World Cup qualifying match in Foxboro, Mass.

Eddie Pope scored in the 35th minute to tie the match at 1-1. Mexico’s Dulio Davino fouled Claudio Reyna outside the right corner of the area (a high kick for which the defender received the first yellow card of the match). Reyna took the resulting free kick and curved a ball into the box. After […]

Carlos Hermosillo scored in the first minute to give Mexico a 1-0 lead over the U.S. Alexi Lalas passed the ball back to Kasey Keller, who attempted to kick a long ball down the field. However, the ball rebounded off of a charging Hermosillo and bounced over Keller’s head and into the goal for a […]

Results Dallas 4 Colorado 1 New England 2 Tampa Bay 1 Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 4 4 0 10 9 4 Tampa Bay 4 3 1 9 9 4 New England 4 2 2 6 4 8 Columbus 4 3 1 5 4 5 MetroStars 5 1 […]

The U.S. and Mexico are tied 2-2 with five minutes to play. Luis Hernandez had given Mexico a 2-1 lead when he scored in the 54th minute, but the U.S. equalized in the 74th minute on an own goal by Mexican substitute Nicholas Ramirez.

Group 3 April 19 in Sharjah, UAE Jordan 4 Bahrain 1. Goals: Shaqran 15, Qassem 33, Khatib 89, Abuaded 90; Rashid 42. Att.: 1,200. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Jordan 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 UAE 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 […]

Garrick Roegner Tallinn, Estonia I felt that Preki’s performance on the national team, as well as his great MLS season, professional experience in England and his superb skills, warranted a regular spot (as a reserve) on the national squad. Yet Sampson has not called him up for Jamaica, Canada, Costa Rica, or Mexico. Why, and […]