Soccer America Archives

BELGIUM WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 32 9 7 16 40 56 Final Fours 1986 — Fourth Place. U.S. RIVALRY July 13, 1930 — USA 3-0 (World Cup) April 22, 1995 — Belgium 1-0 Feb. 25, 1998 — Belgium 2-0. TEAM De Vlieger, Deflandre, Clement, Van Meir, Van Kerkhoven, Vermant, […]

CROATIA WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 7 5 0 2 11 5 Final Fours 1998 — Third place. U.S. RIVALRY No official matches. TEAM Pletikosa, Tudor, Stimac, R.Kovac, Zivkovic, Jarni, Soldo, N.Kovac, Prosinecki, Stanic, Boksic. QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Brussels Belgium 0 Croatia 0. Oct. 11 in Zagreb Croatia 1 […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, SENIOR EDITOR The college women’s soccer playoffs have played out almost as expected, with an upset here (SMU over Texas in the first round) and there (Cincinnati over Notre Dame in the second round) but most of the favorites getting through. The NCAA made a mess of the draw with their insistence […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, SENIOR EDITOR Everybody who cares for women’s soccer must be elated that FIFA now will annually honor the world’s top female player. It’s another step on the road for respect, for which the women’s game continues to battle over much of the globe. It seems another nod — as was establishment of […]

SWEDEN WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 38 14 9 15 66 60 Final Fours 1938 — Fourth place. 1950 — Third place. 1958 — Runner-up. 1994 — Third place. U.S. RIVALRY 1916 — USA 3-2. 1994 — Sweden 3-1. 1995 — Sweden 1-0. 1998 — USA 1-0. TEAM Hedman, Mellberg, […]

TURKEY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 3 1 0 2 10 11 U.S. RIVALRY 1991 — Tie 1-1. TEAM Rustu, Umit Ozat, Alpay, Emre Asik, Umit Davala, Okan, Tugay, Ergun, Abdullah, Basturk, Hakan Sukur. QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Istanbul Turkey 2 (Okan 45, Emre 70) Moldova 0. Oct. 7 in […]

With a new name and innovative ideas, a national coalition of soccer clubs stands poised to alter the youth soccer landscape. In September, the National Association of Competitive Soccer Clubs changed its name to US Club Soccer. Now the organization turns its focus to 2002. In the works are new programs, team rates, membership criteria […]

ITALY WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 66 38 16 12 105 62 Final Fours 1934 — Champion. 1938 — Champion. 1970 — Runner-up. 1978 — Fourth place. 1982 — Champion. 1990 — Third place. 1994 — Runner-up. U.S. RIVALRY 1934 — Italy 7-1 (World Cup). 1984 — Tie 0-0. 1990 […]

IRELAND WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 9 1 5 3 4 7 U.S. RIVALRY June 16, 1924 — Ireland 3-1. Oct. 29, 1979 — Ireland 3-2 June 1, 1992 — Tie 1-1. April 29, 1992 — Ireland 4-1. May 30, 1993 — USA 3-1. June 9, 1996 — USA 2-1. […]

ENGLAND WORLD CUP HISTORY Record GP W T L GF GA 45 20 13 12 62 42 Final Fours 1966 — Champion. 1990 — Fourth place. U.S. RIVALRY June 29, 1950 — USA 1-0 (World Cup). June 8, 1953 — England 6-3. May 28, 1959 — England 8-1. May 27, 1964 — England 10-0. June […]

By Paul Kennedy Soccer America Managing Editor in Pusan, South Korea FIFA has determined the order of the draw for the 2002 World Cup, which will take place Saturday, Dec. 1, in Pusan, South Korea, in ceremonies to begin at 5 am ET (live radio coverage on Futbol de Primera Spanish-language network; live online at […]

Claudio Reyna scored the decisive second goal to help Rangers advance to the semifinals of the CIS Insurance Cup in Scotland. Brad Friedel logged another shutout for Blackburn, this time in a Worthington Cup victory over Manchester City. Scotland CIS Insurance Cup ò Claudio Reyna (Glasgow Rangers, PL) vs. Ross County, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. […]

U.S. striker Brian McBride, who was sidelined for five months by the reoccurence of a rare blood disorder, is back in action. He answered questions at the national team camp in Chula Vista, Calif., where the USA is preparing for its Dec. 9 match against South Korea in Seogwipo. Day 1 complete. Tired? BRIAN McBRIDE: […]

Lessons from the last World Cup guide U.S. plans for its trip to next year’s finals. Frustrated in its failure to win a World Cup despite an abundance of talent, the Brazilian federation took tournament preparation to a new level in 1958. It sent the head of its medical team, Dr. Hilton Gosling, to Sweden […]

Uruguay claimed the final berth in the 2002 World Cup when it beat Australia, 3-0, in Montevideo to win, 3-1, on aggregate. Sub Richard Morales was the hero, scoring two goals in the second half for Uruguay. The 1930 and 1950 World Cup champion returns to the World Cup for the first time since 1990. […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP THIRD ROUND Friday’s games Portland (13-5-1) at Stanford (17-1-1), 7 p.m. PST Saturday’s games UCLA (12-6-2) at SMU (20-0), 7:30 p.m. CST Penn State (14-4-1) vs. St. John’s (15-2-3) at Adelphi, noon EST Loyola, Md. (17-1-2) at Saint Louis (17-1), 7 p.m. CST Sunday’s gmes UAB (15-5) at Clemson (18-4), […]

American Earnie Stewart finished tied for 23 among the players in the world with eight goals in World Cup qualifying — an American record for a qualifying competition. Leading Scorers: 1. Archie Thompson (Australia) 16; 2. Carlos Pavon (Honduras) 15; 3. David Zdrilic (Australia) 14; 4. Golman Pierre (Haiti), Sayed Bayazid (Syria) 12; 6. Ali […]

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Seton Hall stunned second-seeded Virginia, Rutgers ended Connecticut’s hopes of repeating, and Portland pulled out a tight victory at Washington on Sunday as the NCAA Division I men’s soccer championships field was trimmed to 16 teams. Six teams ranked in the Soccer America Top 20 were beaten, with No. 10 Wake Forest, No. 12 South […]

Florida and UCLA joined college women’s soccer’s final eight Sunday with emphatic home victories in the NCAA Division I Championships and will battle for a berth in the College Cup next weekend in Los Angeles.. Keisha Bell and Crystal Frimpong scored goals in the first 25 minutes to start the sixth-seeded Gators (20-3-1) toward a […]

North Carolina had to rally, Penn State and Portland captured showdowns, and Cincinnati’s Cinderella campaign crashed to a Lindsay Gusick hat trick Saturday during third-round action in the NCAA Division I women’s soccer championship. Rutgers (14-8-1) threatened to pull off one of the most significant upsets in NCAA history, grabbing an early lead on 17-time […]

Liam Connors’ goal with three minutes to play in overtime lifted Redlands past No. 1-ranked Messiah and into the title game of the NCAA Division III men’s soccer championships. Connors scored from an Adam Acosta feed to give the Bulldogs (20-3) a 2-1 triumph over the defending champion on Messiah’s field in Grantham, Pa. Redlands […]

Cory Gibbs, the 21-year-old Florida product who played college ball at Brown, scored his first German First Division goal. But his struggling St. Pauli lost to Cologne in a bottom-of-the-standings clash. Tony Sanneh’s Nuremberg, like Gibbs’ St. Pauli a newly promoted team, tied Bayern Munich on the road. In England, only Brad Friedel and Jovan […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS SECOND ROUND Sunday’s games New Mexico (7-11-2) at SMU (19-0), 1 p.m. CST UCLA (11-6-4) at San Diego (12-3-1), 1 p.m. PST South Florida (15-6) at Penn State (13-4-1), 1 p.m. EST St. John’s (14-2-3) vs. Massachusetts (15-5-1) at Adelphi, noon EST Kentucky (14-5-1) at Clemson (17-4), 1 p.m. EST […]

Richard Stockton claimed its first NCAA men’s soccer title Saturday night when Redlands, which twice fought back from deficits, couldn’t answer Mike McAlamen’s 59th-minute goal in the Division III final. McAlamen headed home Jeff Moore’s corner as the Ospreys (25-1-1), from Pomona, N.J., scored a 3-2 triumph in a constant drizzle at Messiah College in […]