Monthly Archives: July 2000

Striker Danielle Fotopoulos is five months pregnant, keeper Saskia ‘Party Girl’ Webber models for Wilhelmina. Danielle Fotopoulos didn’t let U.S. national team coach April Heinrichs’ decision to cut her keep her off the field. Nor did her pregnancy. The former Florida striker, who is five months pregnant, continued to play up until the last week […]

About 20 years ago, I was refereeing a game in which an 8-year-old boy tried to intercept a cross with a diving header and instead rifled it into his own goal. He remained on the ground and proceeded to wail in such heart-rending fashion, I felt obliged to offer consolation. So after I pointed to […]

Soccer America Magazine’s MLS Team of the Week from games played July 12-15. GOALKEEPER Zach Thornton (1) Chicago DEFENDERS Eric Dade (3) Dallas Steve Trittschuh (1) Tampa Bay MIDFIELDERS Jaime Moreno (2) D.C. United Bobby Convey (2) D.C. United Wilmar Perez (5) Columbus Oscar Pareja (1) Dallas FORWARDS Junior Agogo (1) Colorado Ariel Graziani (4) […]

The MLS All-Star Game takes place at Columbus Crew Stadium on Saturday, July 29, at 3:30 p.m. ET, live on ABC Sports. What follows are the starting lineups (reserves will be named July 24) and final vote tally. Lothar Matthaeus — the No. 4 vote-getter with 57,160 — is among the starters and remains on […]

Darren Sawatzky has returned to his hometown of Seattle to play for the Sounders, after stints in MLS with New England, Dallas and Colorado. SOCCER AMERICA: How are things going in Seattle? DARREN SAWATZKY: We’re doing real well, considering. We just got back from a real tough East Coast road trip. We have a pretty […]

Spirits soar as U.S. women settle into new version of old system and capture Gold Cup title The United States wanted to show that the difference between itself and Brazil was still more than the flip of a coin. By defeating their rapidly improving South American rival in the final of the inaugural Women’s Gold […]

From U.S. SoccerÆs July 20 conference call — featuring Bruce Arena, Kasey Keller and Earnie Stewart — previewing the Costa Rica-USA qualifier July 23. Coach BRUCE ARENA On Costa Rica’s preparation for the match: “There is the good and there is the bad. The bad, Costa Rica is looking at this match as a must […]

U.S. Soccer provides an update from the national team camp in Florida, where Bruce ArenaÆs team is preparing for its July 23 match in Costa Rica (ESPN2 1 pm ET): Gregg Berhalter joined the rest of his national team teammates at training at Lockhart Stadium this morning after arriving yesterday afternoon from Europe. The team […]

The following are quotes from MLSÆs July 18 conference call the featured MLS executive vice president Ivan Gazidis, Columbus Crew forward Dante WashingtonTampa Bay Mutiny defender Steve Trittschuh. Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments “Congratulations to Dante, it was long overdue for you to win Player of the Week honors with the kind of season you are […]

MetroStars midfielder Tab Ramos has recovered from a plague of injuries to earn a U.S. national team callup for World Cup qualifying. SOCCER AMERICA: A month or so ago, you said you weren’t concerned with the national team because you wanted to devote your time to the Metros. Had you not talked with Bruce Arena […]

DFB Jubilee Tournament Venue: Jahnstadion — Gottingen, Germany Date: July 19, 2000 China 1 USA 1 Goals CHINA – Shui Qingxia 16 USA – Mia Hamm 85. Lineups: USA – Siri Mullinix, Christie Pearce (Shannon MacMillan, 46th), Joy Fawcett, Kate Sobrero, Brandi Chastain, Kristine Lilly, Nikki Serlenga, Julie Foudy, Cindy Parlow (Sara Whalen, 70th), Tiffeny […]

U.S. Soccer provides an update from the national team camp in Florida, where Bruce ArenaÆs team returned to after its 1-1 tie with Guatemala to prepare for its July 23 match against Costa Rica (ESPN2 1 pm ET): The team returned from Mazatenango, Guatemala, late Sunday night following a four-hour bus ride to Guatemala City […]

U.S. Soccer provides an update from the national team camp in Florida, where Bruce ArenaÆs team returned to after its 1-1 tie with Guatemala to prepare for its July 23 match against Costa Rica (ESPN2 1 pm ET): The team returned from Mazatenango, Guatemala, late Sunday night following a four-hour bus ride to Guatemala City […]

Areas of fallibility snowball for yesteryear’s power WASHINGTON, D.C. ù After Colorado reserve Matthew Okoh’s header tied D.C. United in the 90th minute in front of its home crowd, the players in black jerseys hung their heads and sauntered dejectedly away from their bench to start the overtime. It almost looked like playing more soccer […]

Four of U.S. Soccer’s youth national teams — U-20 men, U-18 men, U-18 women and U-16 Girls — will compete in the United States Amateur Soccer Association’s “U.S. Soccer Festival 2000” in Kingston, R.I. The fifth annual tournament, which includes men’s and women’s teams from all four USASA regions, will be played from July 31 […]

TFC (formerly CONCACAF) World Cup qualifying results from July 16, the opening of semifinal round play. GROUP C Panama 0 Mexico 1 (Miguel Zepeda, 86) ò Canada 0 Trinidad & Tobago 2 (Eve, 42, Yorke, 77) GROUP D El Salvador 2 (Montes, 7, Cienfuegos, 85) Honduras 5 (Caballero 12, Turcios 38, Pav=n 41, 61, Suazo […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena after his team’s first qualifier for the 2002 World Cup, in which the Americans conceded a late goal to tie, 1-1, with Guatemala: “We earned an important point on the road. The conditions were difficult with the travel and the heat, but it wasn’t something we weren’t expecting and it wasn’t […]

2002 World Cup CONCACAF Qualifying Semifinal Round Guatemala 1 United States 1 Venue: Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo in Mazatenango, Guatemala Date: July 16, 2000 Weather: 93 degrees, hot and humid Attendance: 9,500 Goals: Guatemala — Ruiz (Dwight Pezzarossi) 88 USA — Ante Razov (Claudio Reyna) 46th+ USA — Kasey Keller, Tony Sanneh, Robin Fraser, Eddie […]

The USA tied, 1-1, against Guatemala in its first game of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. Ante Razov took a feed from Claudio Reyna and put the USA ahead, 1-0, with a 16-yard shot during first-half stoppage time. The USA had a bit more possession than the host in the first half, although the […]

German soccer federation (DFB) Jubilee Tournament Venue: Piepenbrock Stadium — Osnabrnck, Germany Date: July 16, 2000 Attendance: 2,500 USA 1 Norway 0 Goal: Tiffeny Milbrett (Joy Fawcett) 59th minute. Lineups: USA – Siri Mullinix, Christie Pearce, Joy Fawcett, Kate Sobrero, Brandi Chastain (Danielle Slaton, 46th), Kristine Lilly, Lorrie Fair (Nikki Serlenga, 46th), Julie Foudy, Shannon […]

The United States has never beaten Guatemala or Costa Rica in a World Cup qualifier away from home, going 0-3-3 in six qualifying matches over the past 15 years. In all away games against those two nations, the United States is 1-8-4. So on paper, at least, the Americans begin their campaign to play in […]

Seeing Brazil and the United States embarrass Trinidad & Tobago and Costa Rica by an aggregate score of 38-0 in four matches immediately calls into question the merits of a Gold Cup tournament in women’s soccer. Organized by The Football Confederation (formerly CONCACAF), the Gold Cup is intended to be a championship of North and […]

Though better known for its cricket, the small Caribbean country catches soccer fever after TFC wins. The national team of Barbados practices in the evening, because its players work during the day. “Their jobs vary, from your average white-collar to average blue-collar jobs,” says Patrick Beckles, the general secretary of the Barbados Football Association. “Some […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena on the eve of the World Cup 2002 qualifying opener against Guatemala: Q: What can young players who’ve never experienced a World Cup qualifier on the road expect against Guatemala and Costa Rica? A: They’re going to experience the nervousness that everyone feels before a game of this magnitude. […]

The United States beat the Miami Fusion, 2-1, in a 60-minute closed-door scrimmage July 13. Miami coach Ray Hudson used the scrimmage to test some of the teamÆs younger players. MiamiÆs makeshift squad included some non-roster practice players. Welton scored the lone goal for the Fusion in the 55th minute after eluding goalkeeper Kasey Keller […]