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Unsettled MLS defenses are being sliced up Perhaps the scoring explosion in Major League Baseball is imbuing some insight to certain honchos at Major League Soccer. Those honchos, you’ll recall, wanted bigger goals, so terrified were they of boring, sterile, barren games. They may not understand offside or why people wear Carlos Valderrama wigs, but […]

Along with a million other details, Major League Soccer is trying to refine this business of keeping official time on the scoreboard. I like it. It may horrify some purists who are welded to the concept that only the referee knows how much time is left, but aside from the tension and excitement of the […]

May 22 — MetroStars at Kansas City Location: Arrowhead Stadium Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. (ET) Television: None. Satellite: None. Injuries: Sorber (KC), Klopas (KC) doubtful with hip-flexor strains. Preview: In an effort to shore up the league’s most porous defense (20 goals in eight games), Wiz head coach Ron Newman will deploy Scott Uderitz as a […]

May 22 in Rome Juventus (Italy) 1Ajax (Netherlands) 1 (Juventus wins 4-2 on penalties). Goals: Ravanelli (13); Litmanen (41). Juventus — Peruzzi, Ferrara, Pessotto, Torricelli, Vierchowod, Sousa (Di Livio, 57), Deschamps, Conte (Jugovic, 44), Vialli, Del Piero, Ravanelli (Padovano, 78). Ajax — Van Der Sar, Silooy, Blind, F. De Boer (Scholten, 69), Bogarde, R. De […]

Ranking Team Points Previous Ranking 1 Brazil 69.18 1 2 Germany 62.73 2 3 Russia 60.02 3 4 Sweden 58.54 7 5 France 58.07 5 6 Spain 57.84 6 7 Italy 56.91 4 8 Argentina 56.72 8 9 Colombia 55.51 9 10 Czech Republic 55.07 10 11 Denmark 54.90 13 12 Mexico 53.96 10 13 […]

Features Introducing: The One-Named Wonder Of The Midwest! By Bob Luder The First One To Get Three By Steven Goff Akers’ `Signature Goal’ Adds To Legacy By Steven Goff Mexico Is In; Canada Stays Alive Germany Says Good-Bye To Voeller By Adrian Warner Bobby Robson Takes Over For Cruyff Bayern Completes European Hat Trick By […]

Goalkeeper Jorge Campos (1) Los Angeles Defenders Dan Calichman (1) Los Angeles Marcelo Balboa (2) Colorado Midfielders Carlos Valderrama (2) Tampa Bay Alberto Naveda (1) New England Jason Kreis (2) Dallas Marco Etcheverry (2) Washington Forwards Steve Rammel (1) Washington Shaun Bartlett (2) Colorado Giovanni Savarese (2) MetroStars Roy Lassiter (1) Tampa Bay Goal of […]

Select League Eastern Conference No. Atlantic GP W L GF GA P El Paso 6 4 2 13 9 12 California 5 3 2 13 7 9 New Mexico 6 3 3 8 9 9 Sacramento 6 3 3 9 11 9 Reno 4 2 2 5 4 4 So. Atlantic GP W L GF […]

Standings Team GP W L GF GA P Seattle 3 2 1 6 4 6 Montreal 1 1 0 3 1 3 Colorado 2 1 1 4 4 3 New York 1 1 0 1 1 1 Rochester 1 0 1 1 1 0 Vancouver 1 0 1 1 2 0 Atlanta 1 0 1 […]

USA Roster Goalkeepers — Ian Feuer, Juergen Sommer. Defenders — Jeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa, Mike Burns, Paul Caligiuri, *Mike Clark, Thomas Dooley, Alexi Lalas, Steve Pittman. Midfielders — *Jorge Flores, John Harkes, Tab Ramos, Claudio Reyna, Mike Sorber, Martin Vasquez. Strikers — Cobi Jones, Jovan Kirovski, Roy Lassiter, Brian McBride, Ernie Stewart, Eric Wynalda. * […]

May 19 in Indianapolis U.S. U-23 team 0 Australia U-23 team 2. Goals: Viduka (Moric) 53, Viduka (Spiteri) 59. U.S. — Thornton, McKeon, Pollard, Pope, Hejduk, Fisher (Walsh, 46), Amani-Dove, Maisonneuve, I. Baba (Vargas, 57), Wood, Joseph (T. Suarez, 69). Australia — Juric, Lozanovski (Casserly, 38), Babic, Muscat, Foxe, Moric (Aloisi, 59), Mendez (Enes, 78), […]

May 19 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 MetroStars 0. Goals: Naveda 9, Keegan (Naveda, Welton) 18. New England — Heaney, Chronopoulos, Lalas, Burns, Weiszmann, Naveda, Aunger, Woodring, Welton, Keegan, Ukrop. Subs: Sawatzky for Welton in 79th minute. MetroStars — Meola, Zaun, Harty, Caricola, Knowles, Ramos, Vermes, Silvera, Rodriguez, Savarese, Hernandez. Subs: Da Silva for […]

May 19 in Edmonton Jamaica 3 Trinidad & Tobago 2. Goals: Lowe (36, 87), Williams (51); Trotman (11), S. John (89). Jamaica — Reid, Steele, Messam, Johnson, Stewart, Watkins, Dawes, Peterkin, Williams, Lowe, Thomas. Trinidad & Tobago — Austin, Mason, M. Andrews, Garcia, Shu. David (Jeffrey, 59), L. Andrews, Sha. David, Trotman (Lewis, 86), Mulraine, […]

May 18 in Dallas Dallas 3 D.C. United 2. Goals: Kreis (Haynes, Eck) 40, Kreis (Rodriguez) 82, Sanchez (Lozzano, Rodriguez) 88; Sanneh (Etcheverry) 65, Agoos (Etcheverry) 90. Dallas — Dodd, Lozzano, Santel, Farrer, Sonora, Haynes, Alvarez, Ashton (Rodriguez, 74), Kreis, Kerr (Sanchez, 46), Eck. D.C. United — Causey, Imler, Peay, Agoos, Kamler, Williams, Maessner (Etcheverry, […]

May 18 in Washington, D.C. U.S. 1 China 0. Goal: Akers (63). U.S. — Scurry, Chastain, Overbeck, Fawcett, Lilly, Venturini, Foudy, MacMillan (Parlow, 60), Milbrett (Gabarra, 74), Hamm, Akers (Roberts, 74). China — Gao, Wang (Y. Liu, 54), Xie, Shi (Li, 76), Chen (Wei, 21), Zhao, Fan, Wen, Shiu, Sun, A. Liu. Referee: Raul Dominguez. […]

Mexico clinched the CONCACAF U-23 title with a 2-1 win over Jamaica in Round 4 of the Olympic qualifying tournament. Mexico, which conceded its first goal of the tournament to Rhode Island star Andrew Williams late in the game, qualifies for the Olympic finals, where it will meet Ghana, Italy and South Korea. Canada’s 0-0 […]

Note: All times are ET; all telecasts are LIVE except * (same-day tape); all programming subject to change. MLS DateMatchTV KickoffNetwork May 23Tampa Bay at Dallas7:30 p.m.ESPN 2 May 30Washington at MetroStars7:30 p.m.ESPN2 June 6Los Angeles at New England7:30 p.m.ESPN2 June 8Kansas City at Columbus2:30 p.m.ESPN June 20Washington at Kansas City9:00 p.m.ESPN2 June 27Columbus at […]

Saturday, May 18 San Jose at Tampa Bay Location: Tampa Stadium Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (ET) Television: KICU-36, San Jose Satellite: Telstar 401, Tr. 7 Injuries: San Jose — M Paul Holocher (torn ACL) and F Eric Wynalda (separated shoulder) are out; M Ben Iroha (strained hamstring) is doubtful; F Jeff Baicher (sprained ankle) is questionable; […]

May 16 in Horsham, Pa. USA 4, Japan 0. Goals: Venturini 43, Lilly 50, 53, Gabarra 89. USA — Harvey, Chastain, Overbeck (Grubb, 60), Fawcett, Lilly, Akers (Staples, 53), Venturini, MacMillan (Roberts, 53), Milbrett (Parlow, 53), Gabarra, Hamm (Fair, 60). Japan — Sakata, Yamaki, Haneta, Nishina, Obe, Tomei, Sawa, Takakura (Kimura, 62), Otake, Uchiyama (Izumi, […]

May 16 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 3 Colorado 0. Goals: Savarese (Hernandez, Silvera) 11, Savarese (Harty) 30, Savarese (Joseph) 75. MetroStars — Meola, Restrepo (Zaun, 57), Caricola, Knowles (Da Silva, 77), Harty, Silvera, Rodriguez, Vermes, Joseph, Savarese, Hernandez (Wood, 70). Colorado — Woods, Hamlett, Butterworth (Wegerle, 36), Cannon, Kmosko, Trittschuh, Benedetti (Sharpe, 57), Henderson, […]

Millwall’s relegation and Kasey’s future plans Brian Hinkle Issaquah, Wash. Since Millwall has been relegated to the English Second Division, are you going to be looking for a new club at the higher divisions? What clubs are you looking at, and who is interested in you? KK: Well, you’re always looking for a new club […]

It was no easy task to pick Soccer America’s 25 most influential people in American soccer. Many people play key roles in shaping the game, on their own or through the organizations and companies they represent. Our selections are based on those working today in American outdoor soccer who, by virtue of their visibility, leadership, […]

May 15 in Washington, D.C. Washington 5 Columbus 2. Goals: Rammel (Harkes) 28, Rammel (Etcheverry) 49, Rammel (Kamler) 57, Diaz Arce (Rammel, Etcheverry) 67, Diaz Arce (Etcheverry) 70; McBride (Paz) 76, Paz 85. Washington — Causey, Huwiler, Pope, Peay, Agoos, Williams, Maessner, Harkes, Sanneh, Diaz Arce, Rammel. Subs: Etcheverry for Maessner in 46th minute, Kamler […]

Central American Zone First Round, First Leg May 5 in Diriamba Nicaragua 0 Guatemala 1 (Plata 27). Half: 0-1. Att.: n/a. Nicaragua — J. Orellana, Bendana, Gonzalez, Perez, Cruz, Olivas, Gago, Gaston (Villavicencio), M.Orellana, Bermudez, Jerez. Guatemala — Estrada, Miranda, Molina, De Leon, Funes, Giron, Rodas, Ruano, Plata, Acevedo, Westphal. First Round, Second Leg May […]

May 13 in Edmonton El Salvador 3 (Cerritos 19, Prado 47, Montes 89) Jamaica 1 (Lowe pen. 5). Half: 1-1. Att.: 4,952. Canada 0 Trin. & Tobago 0. Att.: 4,952. Mexico 4 (Sol 3, Blanco 20, Arellano 57, Abundis 60) Costa Rica 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 4,952. May 15 in Edmonton Jamaica 2 (Lowe 11, […]