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MLS Games on Television (weekend of April 5-6) Date Game Kickoff (ET) Channel Satellite April 5 MetroStars at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. ESPN Galaxy 5, Tr. 9 April 5 Los Angeles at Kansas City 8:00 p.m. KTLA-5 Los Angeles Spacenet 3, Tr. 15 April 5 San Jose at Dallas 8:30 p.m. KICU-36 San Jose none […]

The MetroStars filled their final two foreign player slots April 3, when MLS allocated the New York/New Jersey club a pair of Brazilians: defensive midfielder Guido and central defender Joao Luis. Guido is a 21-year-old who played with the MetroStars on their preseason tour of Italy in March. The 5-8 midfielder last played for Sao […]

Paul Carbonaro Dayton, Ohio Are you concerned about the low attendances for the opening day MLS 1997 games at Columbus, Dallas and Kansas City? I think Columbus was about 10,000 (40%) down from last year. Plus, the Dallas stat of 11,000, and the Kansas City stat of 10,000 were surely appalling. Why do you think […]

Note: * denotes a player on injured reserve. COLUMBUS Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel 18 David Winner Defenders 2 Ansil Elcock (’96 team: Malta Carib Acorns, Trinidad & Tobago) 3 Michael Clark 4 Janusz Michallik 6 Todd Yeagley 7 Jorge Salcedo (’96 team: Los Angeles Galaxy) 8 *Brian Bliss 23 Todd Denault (’96 team: South Florida) […]

The Columbus Crew announced today that the club has been allocated Argentine forward Silvio Rudman by Major League Soccer. The 6-1, 180-pound Rudman started his professional career in 1987, playing for Argentinos Juniors, where he scored 30 goals in three years with the club. He then moved on to Independiente for half a season before […]

Note: * denotes a player on injured reserve; ** denotes a Project-40 player. COLORADO Goalkeepers 1 Marcus Hahnemann (’96 team: Seattle, A-League) 24 Paul Grafer Defenders 3 Sean Henderson 4 Steve Trittschuh 5 *Denis Hamlett 7 Rafael Amaya (’96 team: San Jose Clash) 12 Matt Kmosko 15 Tahj Jakins (’96 team: UCLA) 16 Brian Bates […]

April 2 in La Paz Bolivia 2 Argentina 1. Goals: Sandy 8, Ochoazipur 49; Gorosito pen. 42. Att.: 45,000. April 2 in Lima Peru 1 Ecuador 1. Goals: Palacios 61; Aguinaga pen. 80. Att.: 45,000. April 2 in Montevideo Uruguay 3 Venezuela 1. Goals: De los Santos 30, Montero 46, Otero 60; Castellin 57. Att.: […]

The foolowing is the draw for World Youth Championship to be held in Malaysia in June and July: Group A (Shah Alam) Malaysia, Morocco, Uruguay, Belgium. Group B (Kuching) South Korea, South Africa, France, Brazil. Group C (Alor Setar) Ghana, Ireland, China, USA. Group D (Kuantan) Japan, Spain, Costa Rica, Paraguay. Group E (Ipoh) Hungary, […]

Features Soccer America Q&A: Alan Rothenberg Interview by Ridge Mahoney Huge Crowd, No Goals, At Rose Bowl By Scott French Keller Awaits His Day At Wembley By Ridge Mahoney Few On Hand To See Wizards Top Clash By Bob Luder Boys From The Bundesliga Boost U.S. By Mike Woitalla At last! A Home `At Home’ […]

Group 1 April 2 in Sarajevo Bosnia 0 Greece 1. Goal: Franceskos 74. Att.: 30,000. April 2 in Split Croatia 3 Slovenia 3. Goals: Prosinecki 33, Boban 43, 60; Gliha 45, 65, 67 Att.: n/a. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Greece 5 3 1 1 8 3 10 Denmark 3 2 1 […]

The MetroStars claimed former Seton Hall all-America Gerson Echeverry April 2 after the midfielder had been waived by D.C. United. Echeverry should be available for this weekend’s game at D.C…. Brazilian midfielder Guido is expected to make his MetroStars debut, and Colombian forward Antony De Avila should be back after a national team qualifier April […]

Goalkeeper Scott Garlick (1) D.C. United Defenders Michael Clark (1) Columbus Steve Trittschuh (1) Colorado Mark Semioli (1) Los Angeles Dan Calichman (1) Los Angeles Midfielders Adrian Paz (1) Colorado Mo Johnston (1) Kansas City Ted Chronopoulos (1) New England Forwards Pete Marino (1) Columbus Giuseppe Galderisi (1) Tampa Bay Eric Wynalda (1) San Jose […]

Colorado — Waived goalie Dusty Hudock. Columbus — Signed defender Ansil Elcock (from Malta Carib Acorns, Trinidad & Tobago). D.C. United — Waived midfielder Gerson Echeverry. Kansas City — Acquired defender John Diffley from Tampa Bay for future considerations; claimed striker Edmundo Rodriguez on waivers. San Jose — Waived strikers Mac Cozier and Edmundo Rodriguez. […]

The loan deal to bring Honduran international defender Arnold Cruz to defending champion D.C. United has fallen through. D.C. United president Kevin Payne and head coach Bruce Arena backed off when Cruz’s Mexican club, Morelia, decided to put him up for sale in the June Mexican league draft, opening up the possibility that Cruz would […]

The following are the results of the SA Online March 1997 poll, in which 1,347 fans picked this year’s MLS champion, runner-up, and two beaten conference finalists. Team Champion Runner-up Conference Finalist D.C. United 315 211 465 Los Angeles 247 391 408 MetroStars 239 134 301 Tampa Bay 141 156 257 New England 114 86 […]

The following is the roster for the U-20 women’s national team training camp held March 23-29 in North Carolina. Goalkeepers — LaKeysia Beene (Notre Dame), Megan Boehme (Virginia), Siri Mullinix (North Carolina). Defenders — Shannon Boxx (Notre Dame), Kristen Eaton (Portland), Lorrie Fair (North Carolina), Ronnie Fair (Stanford), Jen Grubb (Notre Dame), Renee Reynolds (Florida […]

Group 1 March 31 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Malaysia 1 Bangladesh 0. Goal: al-Abedine (pen.) 32. Saudi Arabia 6 Chinese Taipei 0. Goals: Gaber 3, 17, 63, Mas’ad 5, al-Dhasiri 31, al-Zahrani 46. Final Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 6 5 1 0 18 1 16 Malaysia 6 3 […]

March 29 in Columbus Columbus 2 Colorado 1 (Columbus wins shootout 3-2). Goals: Marino (Carrera) 79; Trittschuh (Paz) 39. Columbus — Friedel, Michallik, Yeagley, Clark, Miguez, Butler, Warzycha, Salcedo, Carrera, Maisonneuve, McBride. Subs: Smith for Butler in 46th minute, Marino for Michallik in 65th. Colorado — Grafer, Vermes, Balboa, Trittschuh, Kmosko, Paz, Bravo, Castaneda, C. […]

Men’s U-20 national team The U-20s have been training in England and have compiled a 1-1-1 record against English club youth teams. The U.S. beat Manchester United’s youth squad 4-0, drew 0-0 with Oldham, and fell to Tranmere 2-1. Shaun Petroski, a native of Granite City, Ill. who plays for Bayer Uerdingen in the German […]

Group 5 March 31 in Luxembourg Luxembourg 0 Israel 3. Goals: Zohar 11, 80, Banin 56. Att.: 6,066. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Israel 5 3 1 1 7 4 10 Russia 4 2 2 0 10 2 8 Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 Cyprus 4 1 1 […]

Group 1 March 29 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 3 Malaysia 0. Goals: Musab 60, 85. al-Dhasiri 87. Att.: 50,000. Taiwan 1 Bangladesh 2. Goals: Hu Sen 53; al-Amin 45, Ahmed 81. Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 5 4 1 0 12 1 13 Malaysia 5 2 2 […]

Several clubs made personnel moves to meet the 20-man roster deadline on March 28. Colorado waived goalkeeper Dusty Hudock, who saw action in nine games last season. San Jose waived former UNC Charlotte star Mac Cozier, who played for Columbus in 1996, and former MetroStar Edmundo Rodgriguez. Tampa Bay placed Polish forward Jacek Ziober on […]

Group 1 March 29 in Split Croatia 1 Denmark 1. Goals: Suker 50; B. Laudrup 82. Att.: 34,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Greece 4 2 1 1 7 3 7 Denmark 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 Croatia 3 1 2 0 6 3 5 Bosnia 3 1 0 2 […]

March 29 Kansas City 3 San Jose 2 (Kansas City wins shootout 4-3) Columbus 2 Colorado 1 (Columbus wins shootout 3-2) Dallas 0 New England 1 Tampa Bay 2 MetroStars 1 Los Angeles 0 D.C. United 1 (D.C. United wins shootout 3-2) Standings Eastern Conference Team GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 1 […]

Anu Khare Red Bank, N.J. One issue in soccer that has intrigued me is television coverage. Of all the major networks in the country, Capital Cities/ABC is the most committed to soccer. I have been very pleased with their recent soccer coverage, especially World Cup USA ’94, U.S. Cups ’95 and ’96 and MLS Cup […]