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The U.S. took a 1-0 lead over Argentina in the first minute of play when Claudio Reyna scored on a left-footed volley from about 10 yards out. Imad Baba hit a cross, which deflected off an Argentine defender and landed at Reyna’s feet.

Group A Team GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Portugal 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 USA 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Group B Team GP W T L GF GA P France 1 1 […]

Argentina’s Gustavo Lopez tied the game at 1-1 with a 27th minute strike. Teammate Marcelo Delgado lofted a pass across the goalmouth to the far side, where Lopez hammered a five-yard shot into the upper corner of the goal.

Hernan Crespo scored off a cross from Javier Zanetti in the 56th minute to give Argentina a 2-1 lead over the U.S. Crespo assisted on Argentina’s first goal, not Delgado as had previously been stated. The Americans had a dangerous free kick opportunity in the 57th minute, but Reyna’s blast went into the Argentine wall.

July 18 in Tampa Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 2. Goals: Lassiter (Pittman, McKinley) 15, McKinley (Wise) 41, Galderisi (Lassiter) 56; Johnston (Takawira, Sorber) 48, Prampin (Chung) 85. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Backman, Yallop, Vasquez, McKinley, Valderrama, Ralston, Wise, Galderisi, Lassiter. Subs: Frye for Ralston in 82nd minute, Viera for Wise in 88th. Kansas […]

Date Game Time (EDT) Network Coordinates July 20 D.C. United at New England 12:00 pm ESPN Galaxy 5, Tr 8 July 20 San Jose at Columbus 7:30 pm KICU 36-San Jose SBS6 5 Tr 15 July 21 Tampa Bay at Colorado 3:00 pm Univision Spacenet 3, Tr 5 (scrambled) July 21 MetroStars at Los Angeles […]

U.S.A. women’s Olympic preview DiCicco shuffles lineup and rethinks tactics after disappointment of Sweden ’95 There won’t be any excuses this time. Last summer in Sweden the United States faltered in its attempt to stay atop the international women’s soccer scene as it suffered its first real bout of adversity, from injuries to poor form. […]

U.S.A. men’s Olympic preview Can `college all-stars,’ with a sprinkling of veterans, reach the second round? U.S. Olympic history? Colorful and unsuccessful. In its first attempt, in 1924, Boston Daily Globe columnist George Matthew Collins coached the team. He had used a pseudonym as a player so his worrying wife wouldn’t know he was risking […]

Soccer America Online will be posting live coverage of all USA Women's and Men's Olympic soccer games! We will also be posting lineups, goals, and updates of men's and women's soccer semifinal and medal games. Soccer America senior editor Mike Woitalla will be covering the men's games and Soccer America associate editor Dean Caparaz will […]

First Round Group E Date Match Site Kickoff July 21 USA vs. Denmark Orlando 4:00 p.m. July 21 Sweden vs. China Miami 4:00 p.m. July 23 USA vs. Sweden Orlando 6:00 p.m. July 23 Denmark vs. China Miami 6:00 p.m. July 25 USA vs. China Miami 6:30 p.m. July 25 Denmark vs. Sweden Orlando 6:30 […]

First Round Group A Date Match Site Kickoff July 20 Tunisia vs. Portugal Washington 3:00 p.m. July 20 USA vs. Argentina Birmingham, Ala. 7:30 p.m. July 22 USA vs. Tunisia Birmingham, Ala. 7:30 p.m. July 22 Argentina vs. Portugal Washington 7:30 p.m. July 24 USA vs. Portugal Washington 7:30 p.m. July 24 Argentina vs. Tunisia […]

GROUP A USA 1 Kasey Keller (Millwall England) 2 Matt McKeon (Kansas City Wiz) 3 Billy Walsh (Univ. Virginia) 4 Eddie Pope (D.C. United) 5 Clint Peay (D.C. United) 6 Alexi Lalas (New England Revolution) 7 Imad Baba (New England Revolution) 8 Jovan Kirovski (Manchester Utd. England) 9 A.J. Wood (MetroStars) 10 Claudio Reyna (Bayer […]

July 17 in Denver Colorado 1 San Jose 2. Goals: Bartlett (Henderson) 80; Bravo (Espinoza) 14, Bravo (Iroha) 50. Colorado — Woods, Kmosko, Cannon, Trittschuh, Hamlett, Wegerle, Benedetti, Henderson, F.Rodriguez, Harbor (Bates, 46), Bartlett. San Jose — Salzwedel, Dayak, Martin, Draguicevich, Iroha (Ianni, 88), Wynalda, Lewis, Espinoza, Baicher (Amaya, 71), Emenalo, Bravo (Rodas). Yellow cards: […]

GROUP E USA 1 Briana Scurry (U.S. Soccer) 2 Mary Harvey (U.S. Soccer) 3 Cindy Parlow (Univ. North Carolina) 4 Carla Overbeck (U.S. Soccer) 5 Tiffany Roberts (Univ. North Carolina) 6 Brandi Chastain (U.S. Soccer) 7 Staci Wilson (Univ. North Carolina) 8 Shannon MacMillan (U.S. Soccer) 9 Mia Hamm (U.S. Soccer) 10 Michelle Akers (U.S. […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 14 11 3 23 11 29 Colorado 13 8 5 28 15 22 Seattle 14 8 6 15 16 18 New York 10 5 5 14 13 11 Vancouver 12 5 7 14 19 11 Rochester 11 3 8 11 22 7 Atlanta 10 2 8 […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (3) MetroStars Defenders Uche Okafor (2) Kansas City Nicola Caricola (2) MetroStars Ted Chronopoulos (2) New England Midfielders Tab Ramos (4) MetroStars Marco Etcheverry (6) D.C. United Roberto Donadoni (1) MetroStars Frank Klopas (1) Kansas City Jason Kreis (4) Dallas Strikers Giovanni Savarese (4) MetroStars Digital Takawira (3) Kansas City Goal of […]

Norway World champion is formidable threat The defending world champion is the only team with a legitimate chance of knocking out the host U.S. Since the World Championship, the Scandinavians have lost two of three to Americans, but even in its losses Norway has shown it can disrupt the U.S. game. Norway is solid from […]

Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 15 8 7 33 29 24 Richmond 13 6 7 21 20 16 Connecticut 14 7 7 26 27 15 Cape Cod 10 4 6 17 19 10 Delaware 12 4 8 12 14 10 NY/NJ Stallions 14 2 12 15 […]

Boys Under 16 Baltimore SC Stars 3 FC Delco (Pa.) Arsenal 0 Overland Park (Kan.) Legends 2 West Omaha (Neb.) Hotspurs 1 Strike Force (Fla.) 3 Memphis FC 2 La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads 4 San Jose (Calif.) Chivas USA 1 Boys Under 17 Columbia (Md.) City Utd. 2 Braddock Road (Va.) American Eagles 0 St. […]

GHANA Squandering talent? The only African nation ever to win an Olympic soccer medal, Ghana is looking to improve upon its third-place finish in 1992. But infighting among team stars, endless coaching changes and indifferent results during the Olympic qualifying tournament leave the Black Meteors an enigma. Ghana, which enters its fifth Olympic tournament, will […]

ARGENTINA Serious medal contender Which Argentine team will show up: the team that buried the U.S. U-23s 3-0 at the 1995 Pan-American Games or the team that the U.S. senior team humiliated by the same score just a few months later at the Copa America? Most Argentine observers are betting on the former. Coach Daniel […]

SPAIN Clemente takes charge No team has won two Olympic soccer gold medals in a row since Hungary did it in 1964 and 1968, but Spain, the gold medalist at Barcelona ’92, has as good a shot of winning this year’s title as any team in the 16-team field. The Spaniards won’t have the home-field […]

BRAZIL Roster shines like gold While most Olympic teams scheduled warmup matches against A-League and USISL franchises and local colleges upon arriving in the U.S., the World All-Stars awaited Brazil July 14 at Giants Stadium. ‘Nuff said about Brazil’s determination to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta and finally complete its FIFA collection. The […]

June 15 in East Rutherford, N.J. Brazil 2 World All-Stars 1. Goals: Bebeto 47, Roberto Carlos 78; Klinsmann (Redondo) 69. Brazil — Dida, Ze Maria, Aldair, Ronaldo Guira, Roberto Carlos, Flavio Conceicao, Amaral (Ze Elias, 67), Juninho, Rivaldo, Bebeto, Savio (Ronaldo, 67). World All-Stars — Campos (Tapia, 46), Matthaeus, Harkes (Fernando Couto, 46), Hierro (Abedi […]

Sept. 15 Honduras at Jamaica Mexico at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Sept. 21 Mexico at Honduras Sept. 22 Jamaica at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Oct. 13 Honduras at St. Vincent & the Grenadines Oct. 16 Jamaica at Mexico Oct. 27 Jamaica at Honduras Oct. 30 St. Vincent & the Grenadines at Mexico Nov. […]