Monthly Archives: October 2000

BRUCE ARENA, U.S. head coach On the match: “I thought it was a good game. But again it is just a friendly. This is a game to help develop our teams and both teams were able to do that. We were able to get one of our good young players in Landon on the field […]

Champions League Landon Donovan (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) DNP vs. Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1-0 Frankie Hejduk (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) DNP vs. Spartak Moscow (Russia) 1-0 Jovan Kirovski (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal) DNP at Real Madrid (Spain) 0-4 Claudio Reyna (Rangers, Scotland) DNP at Sturm Graz (Austria) 0-2. UEFA Cup Kasey Keller (Rayo Vallecano, Spain) started (90 min.) […]

Orlando, a club that is considering moving to Raleigh, N.C., has the first pick in the WUSA’s foreign player draft on Oct. 30. Each of the eight WUSA teams will select a pair of players from among the 16 players available. The order of the draft was determined by a formula devised by the clubs, […]

The Atlanta franchise of the WUSA announced an agreement to play at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium/Grant Field in the club’s inaugural season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 46,000-seat stadium is located at the heart of the Georgia Tech campus on Techwood Drive. The stadium is the home of Georgia Tech football […]

Mike Victory Germantown, Tenn. My son plays for a youth (6 years old) league in Memphis. My question is based on my observation during the last game. Question: Can a goalie catch his own punt and re-kick the ball again (without anybody touching the ball)? This process was completed in approximately five seconds. Mike Woitalla: […]

This is an expanded version of the Soccer America Q&A with Mike Fisher found on page 34 of the Nov. 6, 2000 issue of Soccer America Magazine. Hermann to Hippocrates One of four men to win two Hermann Trophies, Mike Fisher chose medical school over soccer after graduating from Virginia in 1996. INTERVIEW BY WILL […]

These updates supplement information found in In the News on page 4 of the November 6, 2000 issue of Soccer America Magazine Principal Americans Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) started (90 min.) vs. Hrv. Dragovoljac (2-1) (1 goal) Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) DNP vs. AAB (1-2) England Ian Feuer, Wimbledon (D1) DNP at Crewe […]

The USA defeated Mexico, 2-0, in a friendly before 61,072 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Landon Donovan, the 18-year-old star who was left on the bench for most of the U.S. Olympic campaign in Australia by U-23 coach Clive Charles, scored and assisted in the victory. Coach Bruce Arena brought Donovan, considered the one […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Roger Noll (Fairfield) (1) 3 shutouts included blanking of Brown D Max Zieky (Connecticut) (1) 2 assists against Georgetown and W. Virginia D Ryan Suarez (San Jose State) (3) Gamewinner against Fresno State M Robert Russell (Duke) (2) 2 goals in win over Virginia M Diego Walsh (SMU) (2) 5 goals and 3 […]

Match meets stellar standards set by the league this season For the first time since the inaugural season, the MLS Cup game could easily rank among the top five games of the season. According to participants and observers, the lack of scoring in Kansas City’s victory did not detract from the entertainment value of the […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Gretchen Lear (N.C. State) (1) 9 saves in Clemson tie; 8 saves to beat Duke D Kristin Boyce (Florida State) (1) Freshman’s first goal stuns North Carolina D Vanessa Pierce (Washington) (1) 8-yard header in 57th minute beats USC, 1-0 M Terri Greer (Maryland) (1) 3rd-minute winner rocks Florida State M Suzanne Hudak […]

WUSA Boston named Jay Hoffman as head coach Oct. 25. Hoffman comes to the WUSA from the U.S. Soccer Federation. Most recently, he served as the head scout for the U.S. menÆs team at the 2000 Olympics. He was an assistant coach for the U.S. womenÆs national team in 1998-2000. Hoffman served head coach Tony […]

Ian Harrington England, Great Britain Why can’t you guy’s call it football? I am concerned at the steady erosion of the word football. I even heard [the BBC’s] Des Lynam call it soccer recently! What’s going on? The world was playing football way before the USA, and the world was playing football way before you […]

Late Olympian subs provide positives after a no-thrills performance against Costa Rica It didnÆt matter that the call was correct. When the assistant refereeÆs flag went up in the third minute of stoppage time, signifying that Josh Wolff was offside ù his seven-yard strike would not count for a goal ù a cathartic eruption of […]

The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Men’s College Top 20 covering games through Oct. 22. Team Record LastWeek 1. SMU 14-2-0 1 2. Stanford 13-1-1 2 3. North Carolina 14-2-0 3 4. Indiana 13-3-0 5 5. Connecticut 11-2-2 6 6. San Jose State 14-0-1 9 7. Washington 9-4-0 4 8. Clemson 10-3-1 11 9. Duke […]

Principal Americans Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) started (90 min.) vs. Hrv. Dragovoljac (2-1) (1 goal) Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) DNP vs. AAB (1-2) England Ian Feuer, Wimbledon (D1) DNP at Crewe (4-0) Marcus Hahnemann, Fulham (D1) DNP at Wolves (0-0) Eddie Lewis, Fulham (D1) DNP at Wolves (0-0) Brian McBride, Preston North End […]

The Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) announced it will conduct its first-ever Combine and Draft Dec. 4-11, 2000, in Boca Raton, Fla. The WUSA begins play in mid-April 2000. Invitations to approximately 200 players are in the process of being sent out. League personnel, GM’s and coaches from all eight teams will be on hand […]

The following is Soccer America Magazine’s Women’s Top 20 covering games through Oct. 22. Team Record Last Week 1. Notre Dame 16-0-1 1 2. Washington 15-1-0 3 3. UCLA 12-2-1 4 4. Penn State 16-2-1 6 5. California 14-1-1 8 6. Nebraska 17-1-0 10 7. Clemson 15-1-1 7 8. North Carolina 12-2-0 2 9. Stanford […]

The Bay Area entry in the Women’s United Soccer Association is negotiating to play its 2001 season at Spartan Stadium in San Jose. Spartan is the home of San Jose State University and the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS. Spartan Stadium officials say the final agreement for the women’s professional soccer team to play at […]

The Chicago Fire downed the Miami Fusion, 2-1, to win the 2000 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup championship at Soldier Field in front of a crowd of 19,146, the largest modern day crowd at a U.S. Open Cup match. The victory marks the Fire’s third championship in three years as the 1998 and 2000 U.S. […]

Marcos is off to rediscover his Portuguese roots Francisco Marcos, commissioner of the A-League and president of the umbrella USL, is spending the next 12 months in his native Portugal, but he still maintains a firm grasp on the reigns of the organization he started 15 years ago. SOCCER AMERICA: YouÆre living in Lisbon. FRANCISCO […]

This article supplements information found in Soccer America’s College Top 20 on page 21 of the October 30, 2000 issue of Soccer America Magazine. (Through Oct. 15) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Emily Turgeon, Furman Fr. 16 16 15 47 2.94 2 Tammy Waine, Auburn Jr. 12 16 […]

The USA-Mexico friendly to be played at the Los Angeles Coliseum next Wednesday (Oct. 25) will feature two teams, not one, shorn of many stars. U.S. coach Bruce Arena has called up a team heavily laden with MLS players and devoid of those based in Europe, with the exception of teenager Landon Donovan. Also out […]

(Through Oct. 15) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Emily Turgeon, Furman Fr. 16 16 15 47 2.94 2 Tammy Waine, Auburn Jr. 12 16 3 35 2.92 3 Meredith Florance, North Carolina Sr. 13 16 5 37 2.85 4 Missy Gregg, Dayton So. 15 19 4 42 2.80 […]

From Virginia to D.C. United, game in and game out, Bruce ArenaÆs teams have played soccer with an unmistakable confidence born not just out of their successes but also out of the example set by their coach. ArenaÆs manner is notoriously self-assured, even to the point of arrogance at times. Although that manner has put […]