Soccer America Archives

In his travels with the East-West Soccer Club and the U.S. Olympic and national teams, Brad Friedel had traveled to many countries, but never Turkey. Now, he’s living in a hotel in east Istanbul that overlooks the Black Sea. The goalkeeper who tried to find employment in Nottingham, Newcastle and Sunderland with English clubs is […]

A tie with Inter Milan would have kept Alexi Lalas in the Italian First Division, but a 91st-minute goal gave Inter a 2-1 win June 4. Serie A newcomer Padova must now play Genoa June 10 in a one-game playoff for survival. SOCCER AMERICA: Conceding a goal in injury time must have been crushing. ALEXI […]

Riding in the soccer player’s dream bubble has yet to faze U.S. defender Alexi Lalas. The day after Padova strutted into the Stadio delle Alpi in Turin and came away with a 1-0 win over Italian Serie A leader Juventus, Lalas was in Rome for a TV appearance. “I have a new album coming out, […]

Twice denied work permits to play in England, U.S. goalkeeper Brad Friedel has finally landed a club — Broendby in the Danish Super League. The championship portion of the season, in which the top eight teams in the first phase play each other twice to decide the title, kicked off March 19 with regular Mogens […]

U.S. players remembered a 4-0 thrashing in Mexico after winning by the same score in U.S. Cup ’95. A sunlit Father’s Day in the nation’s capital became Retribution Day for many American players. Nearly two years after being drubbed 4-0 at the 1993 Gold Cup final in the Azteca Stadium, the U.S. demolished its southern […]

The U.S. national team’s 4-3 win over Saudi Arabia was as stunning as the three-goal lead the Saudis mounted after only 29 minutes. Few players follow the international game as closely as Tab Ramos. The eight-year U.S. national team veteran can recite all sorts of soccer trivia, but even he says he’s never seen anything […]

The University of Portland’s Clive Charles is one of the few college coaches who had an extensive professional playing career. This summer, he became the U.S. national team assistant coach. If you’re far enough away while observing Clive Charles hanging out with U.S. national team players, you might just mistake him as one the players. […]

Position: Midfielder/Striker. Height: 5-9. Weight: 150. Birthdate: Feb. 23, 1971. Birthplace: Tulsa, Okla. College: UCLA. Titles: NCAA Division I (1990). Awards: All-America (1991, 1992). First cap: Canada (1992). First goal: Denmark (1993). Titles: Pan American Games (1991). World Championships: Olympic Games (1992). UCLA YearTeamGPGAP 1990UCLA24111032 1991UCLA2218743 1992UCLA199725 Germany YearTeamGPGAP 94-95Saarbruecken3013–– 95-96Nuremberg–––– U.S. national team YearTeamGPGAP […]

Nothing, it seems, can prevent Alexi Lalas from the dutiful fulfillment of his appointed rounds. Not a regulation playoff, not extra time, not penalties. Not the logistics of getting from Florence to Boston in half a day, not the exhaustion and fatigue and stress thereof. Lalas zipped into Foxboro Stadium in time for the prematch […]

1995 — Stanford

TeamWLT Bucknell600 Colgate510 Army330 Navy231 Lehigh231 Holy Cross240 Lafayette060

Joe-Max Moore’s heroics in the German Cup have been vital for FC Nuremberg. Nuremberg’s Golden Ring is irresistible. About three inches in diameter, almost half an inch thick, it shines bright in contrast within the black of the ornamental wrought iron fence. The fence surrounds the Gothic 14th century Schoener Brunnen — Beautiful Fountain — […]

As in the 1994 World Cup, Brazil beat the U.S. 1-0. This time, though, the game was played in both halves. Tab Ramos and his family left Uruguay for New Jersey 18 years ago, when he was 10. He returned for the first time on July 4, when the U.S. team bus crossed the Rio […]

Victory slipped away — quite literally — in the first U.S. game of the year: a 2-2 tie with Uruguay cut short by a violent Texas storm. As one Texan put it: “When the sky turns green, it’s either a tornado or all hell’s about to break loose.” It turned green in the 82nd minute […]

Semifinals Marist 1, Mount St. Mary’s 0 Monmouth 8, St. Francis (Pa.) 0 Final Monmouth 7, Marist 0

1995 — Monmouth

Goalkeeper — Tina Thompson (Washington); Defenders — Tari Beck (Washington State), Suzie Boots (Stanford), Jessica Fischer (Stanford); Midfielders — Tara Bilanski (Washington), Carmel Murphy (Stanford), Shannon Thomas (UCLA); Forwards — Kelly Adamson (Stanford), Traci Arkenberg (UCLA), Tara Koleski (USC), Valerie Williams (Oregon State). Player of the Year — Carmel Murphy (Stanford) Coach of the Year […]

TeamWLT Stanford700 UCLA520 Oregon State430 Washington430 California340 USC340 Arizona160 Washington State160

Goalkeeper — Christy Barringer (Vanderbilt); Defenders — Kim Bucci (Kentucky), Jennifer Burchett (Vanderbilt), Lea Slatter (Vanderbilt); Midfielders — Jenger Burchett (Vanderbilt), Carrie Landrum (Kentucky), Kristen Schier (Auburn); Forwards — Maggie Cauley (Auburn), Kim LaBelle (Kentucky), Janet Neder (Vanderbilt), Melissa Pini (Florida). Player of the Year — Carrie Landrum (Kentucky) Coach of the Year — Warren […]

TeamWL T Hartford600 Delaware420 New Hampshire420 Vermont321 Hofstra240 Towson State141 Maine060

Semifinals Delaware 2, New Hampshire 0 Hartford 3, Vermont 0 Final Hartford 3, Delaware 0 (OT)

1991 — Hartford 1992 — Hartford 1993 — Hartford 1994 — Hartford 1995 — Hartford

Defenders — Michele Palguta (St. Francis, Pa.), Beth Snarke (Wagner), Kara Yereance (Monmouth); Midfielders — Mary Beth Byrnes (Monmouth), Tereza Perpinen (Monmouth), Amanda Swiderek (Marist); Forwards — Amy DeValue (Monmouth), Melissa Lash (St. Francis, Pa.), Christie Pearce (Monmouth), Christy Wicks (Mount St. Mary’s). Player of the Year — Christie Pearce (Monmouth) Newcomer of the Year […]

TeamWLT Monmouth500 Mount St. Mary’s410 Marist320 St. Francis (PA)140 Wagner140 Robert Morris140

Semifinals Loyola (Md.) 0, Siena 0 (Loyola wins 4-2 on penalties) Fairfield 1, St. Peter’s 1 (Fairfield wins 3-0 on penalties) Final Fairfield 0, Loyola (Md.) 0 (Fairfield wins 3-0 on penalties)