Soccer America Archives

U.S. midfielder Tab Ramos — injured late in the U.S. win over Trinidad & Tobago when he was tackled by a defender while charging toward the T&T goal — is out 4-6 months. An MRI performed yesterday revealed Ramos, who plays for MLS’s MetroStars, injured the anterior crcuiate ligament in his left knee. U.S. team […]

Nov. 24 in Charlottesvile, Va. Virginia 0 George Mason 1. Goal: own goal 77:40. Att.: 2,236. Nov. 24 in Kingston, R.I. Rhode Island 2 Hartford 3 (OT). Goals: Robinson (McDaniel) 20:21, Robinson 47:25; Weekes (O’Hara) 33:48, Weekes (Jachym) 67:38, Natale (Dulude) 95:32. Att.: 2,063. Nov. 24 in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard 3 Boston Univ. 2. Goals: […]

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Carolina Dynamo Charleston Battery Hampton Roads Mariners Hershey Wildcats Jacksonville Cyclones Raleigh Flyers Richmond Kickers Northeast Division Connecticut Wolves Long Island Rough Riders Montreal Impact Rochester Rhinos Toronto Lynx Worcester Wildfire Western Conference Central Division Atlanta Ruckus Milwaukee Rampage Minnesota Thunder Nashville Metros New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Orlando Sundogs Pacific Division […]

Quarterfinals Brevard 3 Genesee 0 Ocean County 1 SUNY Farmingdale 0 Monroe 3 CC of Rhode Island 0 Meramec 3 Essex (Md.) 2 (OT) Consolation Round SUNY Framingdale 5 Genesee 0 CC of Rhode Island 1 Essex (Md.) 0 Semifinals Monroe 1 Meramec 0 Brevard 2 Ocean County 0 Fourth-Place Game SUNY Farmingdale 2 CC […]

Nov. 24 in Los Angeles Guatemala 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Plata (pen.) 33. Guatemala — Estrada, G.Ruano, Acevedo, Miranda, Giron, Funes (Calderon), Jorge Rodas, Machon, Valencia (Lemus), Julio Rodas, Plata (Quintana). Costa Rica — Barrantes, Marin, Quesada (Ramirez), Wright (Berry), Lopez, Madrigal, Delgado, Solis, J. P. Fonseca (P.Wanchope), R.Fonseca, R.Gomez. Att.: 22,000.

MEN Scott Coufal (Indiana), Leo Cullen (Maryland), Mike Fisher (Virginia), Daniel Hernandez (SMU), Clint Mathis (South Carolina), Ben Olsen (Virginia), Ross Paule (Creighton), Temoc Suarez (North Carolina), Johnny Torres (Creighton), Andrew Williams (Rhode Island). WOMEN Justi Baumgardt (Portland), Bryn Blalack (Texas A&M), Cindy Daws (Notre Dame), Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida), Debbie Keller (North Carolina), Jennifer Lalor […]

USA 3 3 0 0 5 0 9 Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 4 1 6 Guatemala 4 1 1 2 2 6 4 Trinidad & Tobago 4 0 1 3 1 5 1 o USA will qualify Dec. 1 if it beats Costa Rica in San Jose OR if Guatemala does not beat […]

The U.S. national indoor soccer team fell 1-0 to Uruguay in an unusually low-scoring match at the 1996 FIFA World Championship in Spain. It was the first match for both teams in Group C pool play. The U.S. faces a crucial test on Tuesday, when it faces Italy, a 10-1 winner over Malaysia in its […]

NJCAA Men’s Division I Quarterfinals DeKalb 1 Springfield (Ill.) 0 Mercer County 3 Forest Park 1 (OT) Yavapai 2 Tyler 1 DuPage 1 Mt. Ida 0 (2 OT, PK) Consolation Round Springfield (Ill.) 3 Forest Park 0 Mt. Ida 2 Tyler 1 Semifinals Mercer County 3 DeKalb 0 Yavapai 2 DuPage 0 Fifth-Place Game Mt. […]

Nov. 24 in Charlottesvile, Va. Virginia 0 George Mason 1. Goal: own goal 77:40. Att.: 2,236. Nov. 24 in Kingston, R.I. Rhode Island 2 Hartford 3 (OT). Goals: Robinson (McDaniel) 20:21, Robinson 47:25; Weekes (O’Hara) 33:48, Weekes (Jachym) 67:38, Natale (Dulude) 95:32. Att.: 2,063. Nov. 24 in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard 3 Boston Univ. 2. Goals: […]

Group 1 Nov. 24 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 1. Goal: Moore 34. Referee: Marc Forde (Barbados). Att.: 8,000. Nov. 24 in Los Angeles, Calif. Guatemala 1 Costa Rica 0. Goal: Plata (pen.) 34. Att.: 22,727. Group 1 Standings Team GP W T L GF GA P USA 3 3 0 […]

Nov. 24 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 0 USA 1. Goal: Moore 34. Trinidad & Tobago — Maurice, Theodore, Francis, Thomas, Rougier, Nakhid, Charles, Elcock, L. Andrews, Nixon, Yorke. Subs: M. Andrews for Rougier in 46th minute, Faustin for Elcock in 46th, S. John for L. Andrews in 58th. USA — Keller, Dooley […]

Nov. 23 Kenyon 2 Luther 0 Nov. 24 Ithaca 3 Bethany 2 Williams 0 Coll. of New Jersey 1 (OT) Greensboro 1 Chicago 2 Semifinals Nov. 29 or 30 at site TBA Coll. of New Jersey (16-5-0) vs. Ithaca (14-4-1) Chicago (15-3-2) vs. Kenyon (17-2-1)

Semifinals Nov. 22 in Boca Raton, Fla. Franklin Pierce 2 St. Joseph’s (IN) 0 Lynn 2 Regis 1 Championship Nov. 24 in Boca Raton, Fla. Lynn 0 Franklin Pierce 1

Nov. 24 in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame 5 Wisconsin 0. Goals: VanLaecke (Daws, Streiffer) 12:03, Daws (Manthei) 26:11, Daws (VanLaecke) 33:25, VanLaecke (Gerardo) 45:12, VanLaecke (K. Brown, Streiffer) 59:27. Att.: 874. Nov. 24 in Storrs, Conn. Connecticut 2 Massachusetts 0. Goals: M. Tietjen 4:57, McCann 78:28. Att.: 1,681. Nov. 24 in College Park, Md. […]

Nov. 23 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida 5 Wake Forest 0. Goals: Fotopoulos (Olinyk) 8:13, Bridges 19:09, Pini 30:38, Fotopoulos (Olinyk) 43:55, Pini 54:21. Att.: 2,041. Nov. 23 in Portland, Ore. Portland 3 Vanderbilt 1 (OT). Goals: Holan 31:08, McIntosh (Koleski) 95:12, Dutra (Baumgardt) 114:25; Koerner (Pulliam) 25:59. Att.: 2,536. Nov. 23 in Chapel Hill, N.C. […]

Nov. 23 Lynn (Fla.) 5 Tampa 3 So. Connecticut 3 Dowling (N.Y.) 0 Oakland (Mich.) 1 Mercyhurst (Pa.) 0 (OT) Grand Canyon 2 Seattle Pacific 1 (sudden death OT) Semifinals Dec. 5 or 6 Lynn (Fla.) (12-3-4) vs. Grand Canyon (10-4-5) So. Connecticut (20-0-1) vs. Oakland (Mich.) (14-5-2)

Nov. 23 in Miami Florida International 6 South Florida 1. Goals: Marshall (Vargas) 31:40, Kozic (Pino) 36:11, Vargas (Kozic) 38:42, Fajardo (Kozic) 60:17, Marshall (Vargas) 85:00, Andersen 88:36; Holmen (Metrius) 67:03. Att.: 901. Nov. 23 in College Park, Md. Maryland 2 James Madison 1 (OT). Goals: Dougherty (Beach) 80:25, Armas 98:27; Brizendine (Antonnson) 72:07. Att.: […]

The venue for the Trinidad & Tobago-USA World Cup qualifier has been switched from Queen’s Park Oval cricket ground back to the Hasley Crawford Stadium, the old National Stadium where the two teams met in their historic match in 1989. Kickoff time is noon local time (11:00 am EST). The match will be showed with […]

Block tickets for first-round matches at the 1998 World Cup in France go on sale to the public Nov. 27. Individual tickets range in price from $29-70 for first-round matches and as high as $590 for the final. The France ’98 organizing committee will not announce plans for the sale of tickets abroad, to tour […]

Note: Some responses have been edited. General Comments Anu Khare So far, so good for the USA!!! I can’t believe they’ve done great with two victories. I just know they will be at France ’98. I am very impressed with the team’s performance. Looks like the 3-5-2 formation works after just a little practice. I […]

Michael Moore’s book Downsize This! notes a propensity to scapegoat immigrants when the economy struggles. So he includes the Mayflower’s passenger list and suggests if your relatives’ names aren’t on it, you’re in no position to bash the more recent arrivals. You wouldn’t expect complaints about immigrants from the soccer community, which profits immensely from […]

Group A Nov. 20 in Amsterdam Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1 Auxerre (France) 2. Goals: Babangida 44; Diomede 11, Marlet 56. Ajax — Van Der Sar, Veldman (Splinter, 23), Bogarde, Melchiot, Willems, R. De Boer, Scholten, Wooter (Dani), Babangida, Overmars, Kluivert. Auxerre — Charbonnier, West, Danjou, Silvestre, Assati (Jay, 70), Henna, Violeau, Saib, Marlet, Laslandes (Tasfaout), […]

Nov. 20 in Los Angeles Mexico 3 El Salvador 1. Goals: Hermosillo 2, Pelaez 15, Ramirez 85; own goal 75. Mexico — Campos, Pardo, Suarez, Davino (Turrubiantes, 88), Romero (Bernal, 82), Coyota, Garcia Aspe (Villa, 63), Ramirez, Galindo, J. Rodriguez (E.Alfaro, 72), Hermosillo (Pelaez, 26). El Salvador — A.Alfaro, Osorio, Trigeros, Carcamo, Lazo, Borja (Rivera, […]

Nov. 19 in Copenhagen Broendby (Denmark) 1 Karlsruhe (Germany) 3. Goals: Bagger 89; Haessler 43, 44, Dundee 77. Broendby — Krogh, Colding, Eggen, P. Nielsen, Skarbalius (Thoegersen, 62), Bjur, Jensen (Bagger, 74), Vilfort, Daugaard, Hansen (Sand, 46), Moeller. Karlsruhe — Reitmaier, Hengen, Schuster, Reich (Metz, 46), Keller (Ritter, 79), Fink (Wittwer, 83), Haessler, Tarnat, Wueck, […]