Soccer America Archives

Atlanta — Named Bruce Murray assistant coach and director of marketing. Signed South African defender Scott Halkett, No. 7 pick in College Draft out of USC-Spartanburg. Montreal — Signed Jamaican striker Lloyd Barker to a three-year contract. Rochester — Signed striker Zoran Karic and midfielders Tommy Tanner and Doug Miller on loan from the NPSL’s […]

For the third straight year, the East Coast will be the site of a four-team international women’s tournament. The U.S. Women’s Cup ’96 will feature three Olympic finalists: the United States, China and Japan. Canada, which reached last year’s Women’s World Cup Championship finals but didn’t qualify for Atlanta ’96, is the fourth entrant. Matches […]

April 2 in Munich Bayern Munich (Germany) 2 (Witeczek 52, Scholl 57) Barcelona (Spain) 2 (O. Garcia 15, Hagi 77). Half: 0-1. Att.: 63,000. Bayern Munich — Kahn, Matthaeus, Kreuzer (Sforza, 46), Helmer, Scholl, Babbel, Nerlinger, Herzog (Witeczek, 46), Ziege, Papin, Klinsmann. Barcelona — Busquets, Ferrer, Popescu, Celades, O. Garcia (Cruyff, 53), Guardiola, Amor, Hagi […]

Of the four American goalies starting in the English League, only Mike Ammann is playing on a team with a winning record. Ammann, who has split time much of the year in goal with Mike Salmon, recorded the shutout in Charlton’s 1-0 win at Norwich March 30 to solidify its hold on fourth place in […]

Yellow Cards Regular Season Fifth yellow: one-game suspension. Eighth yellow: one-game suspension. Eleventh yellow: one-game suspension. Playoffs *Third yellow: one-game suspension. * The slate is wiped clean for the playoffs, unless a player accumulates the number of yellow cards that trigger a suspension in the final game of the regular season, in which case he […]

March 31 in New Orleans New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (USISL) 1, U.S. Olympic team 1. Goals: Bresk 26; Hejduk (McKeon) 56. New Orleans — Shore, Trotman, Hendrikson, Jordan, Brown, Chalmers, Crouch (Drake, 7), Rebuck (McMullen, 13; McConnel, 62), Schneidt, Bresk, Wellington. U.S. Olympic team — Snitko, Pope, McKeon, Peay, Fisher, Hejduk, Silvera, Baba, Pollard (Vargas, […]

Playoff Teams Baltimore Spirit PlayerMLS TeamGPGAP *John GarveyLos Angeles3232969 Buffalo Blizzard PlayerMLS TeamGPGAP *Marcelo CarreraColumbus414243125 *Pat Harrington (GK)Kansas City33066 Cleveland Crunch PlayerMLS TeamGPGAP *Henry GutierrezSan Jose32323395 *Oscar DraguicevichSan Jose40241759 Harrisburg Heat none Kansas City Attack PlayerMLS TeamGPGAP *Kevin KoettersKansas City394838132 *Goran HunjakTampa Bay394738124 *Brian HaynesDallas37291876 Milwaukee Wave PlayerMLS TeamGPGAP *Matt KnowlesMetroStars354736123 *Geogg AungerNew England2210626 *Ed […]

First Round, Second Leg March 31 in Oranjestad Aruba 1 Dominican Rep. 3. Goals: Davilaar (pen. 37); Jiminez (pen. 8), Rodriguez (75), Perez (82). Att.: 8,000. (Dominican Republic wins 6-2 on aggregate and plays Netherlands Antilles in the second round.) March 31 in St. John’s Antigua 1 Dominica 3. Goals: Edwards (59); Greenway (22), Morancie […]

What if MLS forgot to get referees? It seems possible, considering all the time the league has had to dedicate toward finding funding, coaches, players and sponsors — not to mention debating goal size. So I called Vincent Mauro — the leader of American referees. He joked that the league almost forgot. But yes, his […]

March 27 in Vienna Austria 1, Switzerland 0. Goal: Ogris (73). Austria — Konsel, Schopp, Kartalija, Pfeffer, Feiersinger, Marasek, Pfeifenberger, Wetl, Polster (Ogris 58), Vastic, Stumpf (Haas, 58). Switzerland — Pascolo, Hottiger, Quentin, Henchoz, Jeanneret, Colombo, Comisetti, Ohrel (Cesa, 61), Knup, Koller (Vogel, 61), Grassi. Att.: 23,800. March 27 in Brussels Belgium 0, France 2. […]

Select League Cap Cod Crusaders — Named Roger Thompson head coach. Hampton Roads Mariners — Named general manager Shawn McDonald head coach. Milwaukee Wave — Named former U.S. national team head coach Bob Gansler. Reno Rattlers — Named Pete Petersen head coach. Sacramento Scorpions — Named Santa Rosa JC coach James Maxey head coach. Pro […]

The USISL has reached an agreement with Prime Network to do 17 soccer dates in 1996, including a season preview show, delayed broadcasts of 12 regular-season matches, delayed broadcasts of the Premier Six and Pro Six championship games and live broadcasts of the USISL All-Star Game July 17 in Blaine, Minn., and the Select Six […]

All but two of the 16 teams that will compete in the 1996 Olympic men’s soccer tournament have qualified. Following victories by France, Spain and Italy in European qualifying March 26 and 27 and Saudi Arabia in the third-place game of the Asian U-23 tournament March 27, these are the teams that have qualified: Host […]

Notre Dame loses two starters from its defending NCAA championship squad, but the Irish will still have plenty of fight next fall. Coach Chris Petrucelli’s team adds arguably the top recruit in the nation in U.S. national team defender Jen Grubb as well as possibly the top striker in the country in Jenny Heft. Both […]

Saudi Arabia scored on a goal by Hussain Omar Sulaiman in the sixth minute of overtime to beat Iraq 1-0 March 27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and take third place in the Asian U-23 Championship. The win gave the Saudis a berth in the 1996 Olympic men’s soccer tournament. The other two berths went to […]

France, Spain and Italy all earned berths to the 1996 Olympic men’s soccer tournament with wins in the quarterfinals of European U-21 Championship. France crushed Germany 4-1 before 25,000 fans in Metz to win their series 4-1 on aggregate. Hometown star Robert Pires and Florian Maurice of Lyon both had two goals. The French led […]

The United States will face Scotland in an international friendly May 26 in New Britain, Conn. It will be the first U.S. match since its third-place finish at the Gold Cup and its only match before U.S. Cup ’96 in June. Scotland, which is preparing for the European Championship, has won all three meetings between […]

Two USISL teams will face the U.S. under-23 men’s team preparing for the Olympics. The U.S. Olympic team meets the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers March 31 in New Orleans, and the Hampton Roads Mariners April 27 in Virginia Beach. It finished with two wins and a tie in three scrimmages against MLS opposition at MLS […]

Japan and South Korea have claimed two of the three Asian spots for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament after semifinal victories in the Asian qualifying group March 24. The two countries will meet March 27 to decide the Asian U-23 champion, while semifinal losers Saudi Arabia and Iraq will play to see who will win […]

The MLS training camps in Boca Raton, Fla., and Del Mar, Calif. are winding down. All of the Del Mar teams are heading for home, as are Columbus, Kansas City, and Tampa Bay. New England and the MetroStars will remain in Boca Raton for another week. The MetroStars earned their first victory of the spring […]

The following were the players placed on waivers to get MLS rosters down to 22 players by March 24 (players training with the U.S. U-23 team don’t count against 22-man limit): Colorado — Brian Hurley, Eric Puls, Joel Shanker. Columbus — Manny Catano, Michael Robles. Dallas — Brandon Cavitt, Vagner. Kansas City — Ken Snow, […]

FEATURES Del Mar Diary MLS opened its Southern California training camp, which included, finally, some games. By Ridge Mahoney The Start Of Something Big? Players opened MLS’s first Florida training camp with a clear sense of what is at stake. By David Brousseau Chastain Works Way Back She was a striker in an earlier incarnation […]

The talent pool might be down, but coaches still seem happy. While some college coaches say the talent level of the recruiting pool is down this year as compared to years past, Wisconsin’s NCAA champion coach Jim Launder is of a different opinion. “I had a discussion with [another college coach] who told me talent […]

The Kansas City Wiz and the New England Revolution scored the most goals of any spring training match to date when they drew 3-3 March 18 in Boca Raton, Fla. Rob Ukrop tallied once and Argentine midfielder Alberto Naveda twice for the Revolution, while Frank Klopas notched a pair for the Wiz, and Vitalis “Digital” […]

March 21 in Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) 1 Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany) 0. Goal: Trustfull (84). Feyenoord — De Goey, Boateng, Schuiteman, Koeman, Maas, Bosz, Taument (Trustfull, 74), Van Gastel, Vos (Iwan, 76), Larsson (Obiku, 80), Van Bronckhorst. Borussia Moenchengladbach — Kamps, Kastenmaier, Klinkert, Andersson, Eichin (Hochstaetter, 73), Wolf (Huiberts, 46), Nielsen (Pflipsen, 64), Wijnhoff, Schneider, […]