Soccer America Archives

Aug. 30 Panama at Canada Sept. 8 El Salvador vs. Cuba in Mexico Sept. 22 Panama vs. Cuba in Colombia Oct. 6 El Salvador at Panama Oct. 10 Cuba at Canada Oct. 13 Canada vs. Cuba in Canada Oct. 27 Canada at Panama Nov. 3 El Salvador at Canada Nov. 10 Panama at El Salvador […]

Group 1 Sept. 1 Costa Rica at Trinidad & Tobago Oct. 6 Guatemala at Trinidad & Tobago Oct. 16 Costa Rica at Guatemala Oct. 25 Trinidad & Tobago at Guatemala Nov. 3 Guatemala at USA Nov. 9 or Nov. 10 Trinidad & Tobago at USA Nov. 17 Guatemala at Costa Rica Nov. 24 USA at […]

July 14 in East Rutherford, N.J. Eastern Conference 3, Western Confernce 2. Goals: E: Ramos (Valderrama) 14; W: Preki (Cienfuegos) 33; W: Kreis (Hurtado) 37; E: Savarese 69; E: Pittman (Etcheverry, Valderrama) 88 Eastern Conference — Meola (Dougherty 45), Agoos, Lalas, Vasquez (Rammel 67), Kooiman (Pittman 46), Valderrama, Ramos (Khumalo 60), Donadoni (Etcheverry 35), Lassiter […]

July 12 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Maessner) 72. D.C. United — Simpson, Vaudreuil, Imler, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Harkes (Medved, 46), Etcheverry, Sanneh, Diaz Arce, Rammel (Maessner, 71). Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Kooiman, Yallop, Pittman, Ralston, Vasquez, McKinley (Backman, 79), Valderrama (Viera, 79), Wise, Lassiter, Galderisi. Yellow cards: Tampa […]

July 12 in Washington D.C. D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 0. Goal: Etcheverry (Maessner) 77. Att.: 20,014.

Football came home, but England never changes Tuesday, June 25 — Truce reached in tabloid’s soccer war A funny thing’s happened here. No, let’s make that a hilarious thing has happened. The tabloids, you see, have gone too far. The Daily Mirror is the culprit. They’ve trampled on the tulips, told the world about the […]

Best Team: Germany. The Portuguese played some lovely stuff, but as the media here repeated ad nauseam “they flattered to deceive.” England, too, played with great heart and occasionally pieced together some excellent individual moves, but Germany again proved itself as the consummate tournament team. This time around it was more difficult for Berti Vogts’ […]

MLS Bill Pardue Westmont, Ill. I went to high school in Wall, N.J., with George Gelnovatch and was pleasantly surprised to see that he was playing for D.C. United against Kansas City. With respect for the fact that Arena seems to like recruiting Virginia players, is it a little odd that he’d recruit his own […]

It appears that officials of the A-League and USISL have buried the hatchet and agreed on forming a new Division II pro league. The deal — brokered by Jack Stone, whose family owns Umbro, a major sponsor of both leagues, and Peter Gooding, the former NSCAA president on leave from his duties at Amherst College […]

July 11 in Pasadena, Calif. Los Angeles 1 El Salvador 1. Goals: Vasquez (Jones) 21; Escobar (Renderos) 35. Los Angeles — Kramer, Fraser, Semioli, Motajo, Salcedo, Armas, Vanney, Onalfo, Jones, Hurtado, Vasquez. Subs: Jara for Vasquez in 55th minute, Karapetyan for Jones in 58th, Shue for Fraser in 71st, Razov for Hurtado in 76th. El […]

July 11 in Columbus Columbus 1 New England 2 (New England wins shootout 3-0). Goals: Caligiuri 24; Chronopoulos (Woodring) 78. Columbus — Winner, Michallik, Iribarren, Caligiuri, Bliss, Thompson, Warzycha, Carrera, Khumalo, McBride, Marino. Subs: Yeagley for Khumalo in 90th minute. New England — St. Andre, Fraser, Okaroh, Wylie, Lips, Aunger, Woodring, Sawatzky, Welton, Kerr, Keegan. […]

The A-League and the USISL agreed in principle to a merger that will create a new 24-team Division II professional league next year. An official announcement of the merger will be made at the USSF annual general meeting July 11 in Arlington, Va. The new league will be called the A-League, but will incorporate the […]

Features Dissecting The Dynamics Of Sudden Death By Ridge Mahoney A Man Of Three Continents? By Chris Casey Argentina Survives Red Card To Earn Point In Lima 1996 Olympic Preview Soccer America presents its look at the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Summer Olympic Games. Injury Woes Hit Seattle Sounders’ Frontline By Frank MacDonald […]

July 11 — New England at Columbus Location: Ohio Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: ESPN2. Satellite: Galaxy 5, Tr. 14. Previous meeting: Columbus edged the Revs 2-1 in a shootout June 27 in Foxboro, and the Crew scored two goals in the final three minutes for a thrilling 3-2 victory May 11 in Columbus. […]

July 10 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Dallas 2. Goals: Caricola (Donadoni) 35, Savarese (Donadoni) 48, Savarese (Ramos) 77; Alvarez (pen.) 63, Sanchez 66. MetroStars — Meola, Caricola, Gillen, Harty, Vermes, Brauchle, Ramos, Donadoni, Lagos, Savarese, Johnson. Subs: Unger for Gillen in 60th minute, Hennessey for Johnson in 78th, Lembryk for Brauchle in 81st. […]

MLS officials have announced that Salvadoran striker Raul Diaz Arce of D.C. United and defender Cle Kooiman of Tampa Bay will be added to the Eastern Conference all-star team. Diaz Arce, who netted four goals in D.C.’s 6-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday, will replace teammate Marco Etcheverry. The Bolivian playmaker will rest after an […]

STANDINGS Eastern GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 15 9 6 27 32 25 D.C. United 17 7 10 19 33 32 MetroStars 16 7 9 15 18 22 New England 15 7 8 13 20 25 Columbus 17 5 12 11 33 43 Shootout records: MetroStars 3-0, New England 4-2, Columbus 2-4, […]

Dallas at MetroStars Location: Giants Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: MSG network. Satellite: Satcom C4, Tr. 6 Previous meeting: June 19 at Giants Stadium — a 1-0 shootout victory for the MetroStars, who also defeated Dallas 1-0 (no shootout) in the Cotton Bowl on June 2. Injuries: Dallas — M Washington Rodriguez (strained groin) […]

Standings Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 13 8 5 30 23 24 Richmond 12 6 6 19 17 16 Connecticut 14 7 7 26 27 15 Cape Cod 10 4 6 17 19 10 Delaware 11 4 7 11 15 10 NY/NJ Stallions 13 2 11 […]

Note: This conversation occurred on July 5 — CJ = Cobi Jones; PB = Online Editor Pete Bailey. MLS Anu Khare Red Bank, N.J. How do you like playing in MLS? Do you think it’s better for you, as an American, to play here in this country rather than abroad in England or Brazil? CJ: […]

Soccer America Silver XI celebrity nominations GK: Tony Meola Comments: shutouts to qualify USA to `90 World Cup; starter `94 WC Field Players: Paul Caligiuri Comments: Long USA career on youth and national teams Rick Davis Comments: First recognizable American; good USA and NASL careers John Harkes Comments: Best up and down player Eric Wynalda […]

Goalkeeper Jim St. Andre (1) New England Defenders Sean Bowers (1) Kansas City Francis Okaroh (1) New England Steve Pittman (1) Tampa Bay Denis Hamlett (2) Colorado Midfielders John Harkes (3) D.C. United Steve Trittschuh (3) Colorado Peter Woodring (1) New England Forwards Raul Diaz Arce (1) D.C. United Steve Rammel (3) D.C. United Roy […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 11 9 2 16 7 23 Colorado 11 7 4 24 13 19 Seattle 12 8 4 13 11 18 New York 10 5 5 14 12 11 Vancouver 11 4 7 12 17 10 Atlanta 10 2 8 9 18 6 Rochester 9 2 7 […]

July 6 in Santiago Chile 4 Ecuador 1. Goals: Zamorano 21, 85, Salas 75, Estay 83; Aguinaga 74. Chile — Tapia, C. Castaneda, J.Gonzalez, Margas, Miranda, Musrri, Valencia (Estay, 58), Vega (Sierra, 76), V. Castaneda (Mora, 68), Salas, Zamorano. Ecuador — Morales, M.Tenorio (L.Gonzalez, 78), Rivera, Montano (B.Tenorio, 46), Capurro, I.Hurtado, Obregon (Fernandez, 46), Carabali, […]

USA Goalkeepers No. Player Age Club 1 Kasey Keller 26 Millwall (England) 18 Chris Snitko 23 Kansas City Wiz Defenders No. Player Age Club 2 Matt McKeon 21 Kansas City Wiz 4 Eddie Pope 22 D.C. United 5 Clint Peay 22 D.C. United 6 Alexi Lalas 26 New England Revolution 12 Brandon Pollard 22 Dallas […]