Soccer America Archives

July 7 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United 6 Dallas 1. Goals: Diaz Arce (Rammel) 3, Rammel (Harkes) 18, Diaz Arce (Harkes) 48, Diaz Arce 61, Diaz Arce (Agoos) 63, Rammel (Gori) 78; Ashton 70. D.C. United — Causey, Vaudreuil, Imler, Agoos, Gori, Williams, Medved, Sanneh, Harkes, Diaz Arce, Rammel. Subs: Maessner for Medved in 46th […]

July 6 in Kansas City Kansas City 3 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Uderitz (Gutierrez) 3, Preki 56, Takawira (Bowers) 85; Semioli (Jara) 83. Kansas City — Lagerwey, Ekeme, Okafor, Bowers, Uderitz, Sorber, Preki, Chung, Gutierrez, Takawira, Johnston. Subs: Reasoner for Gutierrez in 86th minute, Klopas for Chung in 87th. Los Angeles — Campos, Calichman, Fraser, […]

July 6 in Pensacola, Fla. U.S. women’s Olympic team 2 Australia 1. Goals: Venturini (Hamm) 3, Lilly 49; Boyd (Hughes) 88. USA — Scurry, Fawcett, Overbeck, Chastain, MacMillan (Roberts, 59), Foudy (Parlow, 65), Venturini, Lilly, Hamm, Akers (Wilson, 74), Milbrett (Gabarra, 59). Australia — Wheeler, McMurtrie (Youman, 74), Gegenhuber, Swaffer, Starr, Casagrande (Thornton, 65), Cooper, […]

July 4 in Tampa Tampa Bay 4 Columbus 1. Goals: Galderisi (Pittman) 15, Ralston (Lassiter) 56, Lassiter (McKinley) 73, Lassiter (Galderisi) 78; Marino (Paz) 18. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Vasquez, McKinley, Ralston, Wise, Viera, Lassiter, Galderisi. Subs: Frye for Lassiter in 85th minute, Backman for Galderisi in 87th. Columbus — Winner, Clark, […]

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: […]

Saturday, July 6 Los Angeles at Kansas City Location: Arrowhead Stadium. Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. (ET). Television: KTLA-5 Los Angeles. Satellite: .Spacenet 3, Tr. 15 Previous meeting: Jorge Campos saved a Preki penalty kick, and Mauricio Cienfuegos scored the gamewinner on a free kick in L.A.’s 2-0 win May 19. Injuries: Los Angeles — M Chris […]

The following are the results of the June, 1996 SA Online poll, in which 328 fans made their picks for the Olympic medal-winners. Men Country Gold Silver Bronze Pts. Brazil 177 82 21 1152 Argentina 53 80 50 555 Italy 29 46 42 425 USA 15 18 96 225 Mexico 8 22 29 135 France […]

Rank Country Previous Ranking 1 Brazil 1 2 Germany 2 3 France 5 4 Czech Republic 10 5 Italy 7 6 Netherlands 13 7 Sweden 4 8 Spain 6 9 Russia 3 10 Denmark 11 11 Portugal 18 12 Colombia 9 13 England 24 14 Mexico 12 15 Argentina 8 16 Zambia 15 17 USA […]

July 4 in Tampa U.S. Women’s Olympic team 2, Australia 1. Goals: Venturini 18, Parlow 81; Black 5. U.S. — Harvey (Scurry, 46), Fawcett, Chastain, Roberts, Lilly (Wilson, 83), Foudy, MacMillan (Overbeck, 71), Venturini, Gabarra (Akers, 61), Milbrett (Parlow, 71), Hamm. Australia — Wheeler, Starr, McMurtrie, Gegenhuber (Swaffer, 64), Cooper (Claydon, 60), Black, Peters, Youman, […]

July 4 in Tampa Tampa Bay 4 Columbus 1. Goals: Galderisi (Pittman) 15, Ralston (Lassiter) 56, Lassiter (McKinley) 73, Lassiter (Galderisi) 78; Marino (Paz) 18. Tampa Bay — Dougherty, Pittman, Kooiman, Yallop, Vasquez, McKinley, Ralston, Wise, Viera, Lassiter, Galderisi. Subs: Frye for Lassiter in 85th minute, Backman for Galderisi in 87th. Columbus — Winner, Clark, […]

July 3 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 U.S. Olympic team 2. Goals: Klopas 17; McKeon (Reyna, Vargas) 65, Maisonneuve 77. Kansas City — Ammann, Koetters, Bowers, Moxom, Reasoner, Klopas, Eichmann, Baumhoff, Peters, Wright, Prampin. Subs: Okafor for Koetters in 24th minute, Gutierrez for Reasoner in 68th, Takawira for Prampin in 69th. U.S. Olympic team […]

Columbus at Tampa Bay Location: Tampa Stadium. Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET). Television: none. Satellite: none. Previous meeting: The Crew got their first shootout victory of the year in a 4-3 thriller at Tampa Stadium June 22. Tampa Bay won 2-1 in Columbus on April 20. Injuries: Columbus — G Bo Oshoniyi (strained shoulder), D Brian […]

With only 16 players available for the first Olympic women’s soccer tournament, U.S. coach Tony DiCicco would seem to have faced some tough choices, but the final picks were almost a no-brainer. Only 12 of the 20 players with the U.S. national team at the Women’s World Championship in Sweden last summer are on the […]

STANDINGS Eastern GP W L P GF GA Tampa Bay 14 8 6 24 28 24 D.C. United 15 6 9 16 26 30 MetroStars 15 7 8 15 17 20 Columbus 15 5 10 11 31 37 New England 13 5 8 9 18 24 Shootout records: MetroStars 3-0, New England 3-2, D.C. United […]

Tuesday, June 18 Dutch love affair is over Down to London for the final Group A match between England and the Netherlands. The pundits favor a tie, Dennis Bergkamp — the scourge of England in World Cup qualifying — promises to turn Arsenal teammate Tony Adams inside out, and the English want to stay at […]

Player availability, preparation time affected by league Weighing the short term against the long term is a constant process for a national team coach, who must balance player development with the stark realities of results. As yet, U.S. mentor Steve Sampson is cautiously optimistic that Major League Soccer can hasten the former while not spoiling […]

Features Bierhoff’s Golden Goal Is Heartbreaking For Czechs By Duncan Irving Promising Results For Americans In Dress Rehearsal By Ray Jordan `Golden Boy’ Comes Back To American Soccer By Steve Davis Solving The MetroStars’ Puzzle By Jerry Hawkins French Fall In The Home Of Their Exiled King By Duncan Irving Venables Is Feted As A […]

Goalkeeper Tony Meola (2) MetroStars Defenders Uche Okafor (1) Kansas City Ian Butterworth (1) Colorado Nicola Caricola (1) MetroStars Matt Kmosko (2) Colorado Midfielders John Harkes (2) Washington Marco Etcheverry (5) Washington Roberto Donadoni (1) MetroStars Michael Emenalo (2) San Jose Forwards Eric Wynalda (1) San Jose Shaun Bartlett (3) Colorado Goal of the Week: […]

The last time I saw it happen in an international game, Joe-Max Moore scored what would have been a U.S. record fifth goal, in a 7-0 thrashing of El Salvador on Dec. 5, 1993. The ball found its way through a hole in the net, however, and instead of the U.S. getting a goal, the […]

Standings Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P Long Island 12 8 4 30 21 24 Connecticut 13 7 6 24 23 15 Cape Cod 10 4 6 17 19 10 Richmond 10 4 6 12 15 10 Delaware 11 4 7 11 15 10 NY/NJ Stallions 12 2 10 […]

Four more players have been added to the MLS All-Star game July 14 at Giants Stadium, league officials announced July 1. Los Angeles defender Dan Calichman and Kansas City forward Mo Johnston have been added to the Western Conference team, while Columbus midfielder Doctor Khumalo and MetroStars midfielder Roberto Donadoni have been added to the […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Montreal 10 8 2 14 7 20 Colorado 11 7 4 24 13 19 Seattle 11 7 4 12 10 17 New York 8 5 3 12 11 11 Vancouver 9 2 7 8 14 6 Atlanta 8 2 6 8 15 6 Rochester 7 1 6 […]

FIFA has announced the draw for the second round of African qualifying for World Cup ’98. There will be five groups consisting of four teams. Each country will play home-and-away matches against the others in its group. The five group winners will advance to France ’98. Group 1– *Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Kenya. Group 2 […]

The USISL has announced the teams for its 1996 All-Star game, to be held July 17 in Blaine, Minnesota. The July 17 game (which will be shown live by Prime Network) will pit the best players from the USISL’s Select League against a combined team of the best players in the Pro and Premier leagues. […]

KTLA-5 Los Angeles will be showing the Galaxy-Rapids game at 3:00 p.m. pacific time on Sunday