Monthly Archives: July 2000

San Jose’s leading scorer has lost 17 relatives to the rebel uprisings in Sierra Leone Abdul Thompson Conteh has a lot on his mind. The San Jose forward is trying to help his last-place club string together some good performances after half a season of inconsistency. The Earthquakes are terrible on the road but decent […]

Illinois teams finished the Snickers Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championship tournament with a flourish at the Lawrence Soccer Park Complex, winning three age-group titles to qualify three teams for the upcoming Snickers US Youth Soccer National Championship July 25-30 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Both Michigan and Missouri qualified […]

Veteran defender handles central spot and the captaincy That Joy Fawcett captained the United States’ 8-0 rout of Costa Rica in the Women’s Gold Cup was a big deal to the 32-year-old defender. It wasn’t the biggest honor in the life of a woman who’s won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal. But […]

Tiffeny Milbrett’s 44th-minute goal gave the United States a 1-0 win over Brazil and the Women’s Gold Cup title. The final, a rematch of the 0-0 Group A game played on June 27, was played before 20,123 fans at Foxboro Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Milbrett’s strike was her 76th career goal in 147 international appearances. […]

April Heinrichs’ team easily defeated Canada, 4-1, in the semifinals of the Women’s Gold Cup to set up a rematch with Brazil in the final. The championship will be played July 3 at Foxboro Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. In the semifinal, played in Louisville, Ky., on July 1, Shannon MacMillan ripped two goals past frozen […]

The Colorado Rush finished the Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer Far West Regional Championship with a flourish at the Pleasanton (Calif.) Sports and Recreation Park, taking five titles. California-South teams won eight consecutive age-group titles for the fourth consecutive year. Host California-North teams earned two titles, and Arizona grabbed one. Cal-South and the Rush each qualified […]

Host North Texas won five age-group titles and surprising North Carolina came in second with three Tuesday at the Snickers/U.S. Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championship in Plano, Texas. Champions in six age divisions (Under-14 through Under-19) for boys and girls were determined, narrowed from the original 144 teams at the Russell Creek Park Soccer Complex. […]