Monthly Archives: December 2000

Cindy Parlow came off the bench to score two goals in the United States’ 3-2 come-from-behind win over Mexico Dec. 10 in Houston in the second to last game of the Glory Tour. The goals upped Parlow’s international total to 45 in 98 games. Mexico had never scored against the world champions before, but took […]

Here are the complete results of the 15-round WUSA inaugural draft, held Dec. 10-11 in Boca Raton, Fla. Chinese star Sun Wen, the first overall pick in the draft, is now expected to play at the start of the inaugural season; her knee injury is not as bad as originally thought: Pick No. Round Name […]

A Federal Court jury in Boston unanimously found that Major League Soccer is not an illegal monopoly, as the lawyers for the soccer players had claimed in in a class-action lawsuit that was originally filed by a group of MLS players in 1997. The verdict resolves all but some minor claims in the case. The […]

The following are Dec. 11 MLS press conference quotes, in the wake of the leagueÆs legal victory, from Don Garber (MLS Commissioner), Mark Abbott (MLS chief operating officer), Ivan Gazidis (MLS executive V.P. player Relations and operations), Michael Cardozo (Proskauer Rose LLP, MLS legal counsel) and Paul Robbins (U.S. Soccer Federation Legal Counsel). On Dec. […]

Gene Kuc (North Little Rock, Ark.) asks: Would you be able to point me in a direction to find the lineup for the USA in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona against Italy on July 24, 1992? Mike Woitalla: Gene, youÆre referring to what I consider one of the most exciting and disappointing games in U.S. […]

Atlanta made injured Chinese star Sun Wen the first pick in the Dec. 10-11 WUSA Global Draft, while the CyberRays made Thori Bryan, at No. 8 in the first round, the first American selected overall. Since the first six rounds of the draft moved along more quickly than the league had anticipated, the draft ran […]

The Connecticut Huskies are national champion. Dec. 10 in Charlotte, N.C. Venue: Ericsson Stadium Attendance: 11, 421 Referee: Paul Tamberino Assistants: Rich Heron, Alex Prus, Rich Grady Connecticut 2 Creighton 0 Goals: Gbandi 15, Lewis (Castellanos) 85. Lineups CONNECTICUT — Bryheem Hancock, Rui Fernandes, Chris Gbandi, Darin Lewis, Mansour Ndiaye, Lindon Pecorelli, Brent Rahim, Will […]

Two U.S. national team players saw action in England Dec. 9. BlackburnÆs Brad Friedel was credited with a game-saving stop in a scoreless tie with Queens Park Rangers. Nottingham ForestÆs Ben Olsen, who also played the full 90 after missing last weekÆs game with an injury, enjoyed a 2-0 win over Portsmouth. The midfielder cleared […]

NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division I All-America Teams First Team Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown G, Chris Hamblin, Sr., Boston College, Bristol, England D, Chris Gbandi*, Jr., Connecticut, Houston, Texas D, Cory Gibbs, Sr., Brown, Plantation, Fla. D, Ryan Suarez, Sr., San Jose State, Roseville, Calif. M, Mark Lisi, Sr., Clemson, Englewood, Colo. M, Jorge Martinez, Sr., […]

Watching North Carolina win this year’s Women’s NCAA Division I title reminded me of following the Florida election saga. I loved the drama, but I had no doubt about the outcome. There was an air of inevitability to the Women’s College Cup. True, the Tar Heels had lost a record three ACC games this fall. […]

Colorado youth coach jumped at the chance to work in WUSA It meant leaving Colorado, where he was turning into a local soccer icon, but Tom Stone couldn’t pass up the chance to get in on the ground floor of the WUSA. He had been the director of coaching for the girls’ side of the […]

Dec. 8 in Charlotte, N.C. Connecticut 2 SMU 0. Goals: Lewis (Rahim) 14:44, Cueller (Lewis) 49:11. Connecticut — Hancock, Gbandi, Zieky, Thornton, Vargas, Fernandes, Lewis, Ndiaye, Pecorelli, Rahim, Cuellar. Subs: Mark, Rivera, Castellanos, Forko. SMU — Foss, Brown, Kenyon, Suarez, Bussey, Corbin, Dolan, Walsh, Whiteley, Fahim, Gonzalez. Subs: Hudson, Sacasa, Doi, Fraser. Yellow cards: Connecticut […]

NSCAA/adidas Women’s NCAA Division I All-America Teams First Team Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown G, Emily Oleksiuk*, Jr., Penn State, Willow Grove, Pa. D, Jenny Benson, Sr., Nebraska, Huntington Beach, Calif. D, Rhegan Hypio, Sr., Marquette, St. Petersburg, Fla. D, Jaclyn Ravenia, Sr., Richmond, Fairfax, Va. D, Danielle Slaton**, Jr., Santa Clara, San Jose, Calif. […]

The menÆs NCAA Division I final four kicks off today in Charlotte, N.C. Indiana meets Creighton at 5 pm (ET) and SMU meets UConn 7:30 p.m (ET). The TV broadcast is tape delayed: 12:30 pm ET Saturday, Dec. 9, ESPN2. Here are quotes from the Dec. 7 press conference: Creighton coach Bret Simon: “This was […]

Carla Overbeck, making her final international appearance, is among 16 players on April Heinrichs’ roster for the U.S. friendly against Japan on Dec. 17 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. MT and the game will be televised live on ESPN2. Overbeck, the long-time U.S. captain, will retire from the national […]

Notre Dame’s Anne Makinen and Duke’s Ali Curtis won the Missouri Athletic Club’s Player of the Year Awards. The awards are the official Division I Player of the Year selections by the NSCAA. Makinen, a senior midfielder who is a native of Helsinki, Finland, is the first MAC winner from a foreign country. She led […]

(All times are ET and subject to change) Saturday, April 7 New England at MetroStars 7:00 Kansas City at DC United 7:30 Colorado at Miami 7:30 Tampa Bay at Dallas 8:30 San Jose at Los Angeles 10:00 Chicago at Columbus 7:30 Saturday, April 14 Miami at New England 7:30 Columbus at Tampa Bay 7:00 Los […]

Of the four U.S. national team players whose teams saw UEFA Cup, third round action Dec. 7, only keeper Kasey KellerÆs Rayo Vallecano survived. With Keller in goal the whole 90 minutes, Rayo Vallecano beat Lokomotiv Moscow, 2-0, in the second leg after a scoreless tie in the first leg. KellerÆs performance was lauded by […]

Tampa Bay Mutiny president & GM Bill Manning today named Alfonso Mondelo as the fourth head coach in team history. Mondelo, 42, brings nearly two decades of coaching experience to Tampa. He took the MetroStars to a playoff berth in 1998 (but was replaced by Bora Milutinovic before the postseason) and guided the Long Island […]

The following are the results of the poll in which 1,220 fans picked the best of MLS’s first five years: Who has done or did a better job as MLS commissioner? Don Garber – 851 – 69.8% Doug Logan – 252 – 20.7% Who has done or did the best job as coach? Bruce Arena […]

A draft lottery gave the Atlanta Beat the first pick in the Dec. 10-11 draft. The order will reverse each round, meaning Atlanta will pick last in the second round, first in the third round and so on. Each team logo was put in a separate envelope and placed in a box. Rob Kaler, vice […]

Arena saw MLS playersÆ stock rise during the semifinal round of qualifying How best to encapsulate advancement to the final round of 2002 World Cup qualifying? Which clichT is most relevant? The changing of the guard, the growing importance of MLS, and a worrisome lack of attacking flair were all reiterated during the semifinal phase. […]

A busy year for the U.S. national teams has ended. Bruce Arena's men's national team moved one step closer to the 2002 World Cup. There was a silver medal for the U.S. women at the Olympics and a historic fourth-place finish for the U.S. men — not to mention the U-21 women's Nordic Cup title. […]

Penn State women’s coach Patrick Farmer resigned his position. He is expected to be named the WUSA’s New York Power head coach. In seven years, Farmer has guided the young Nittany Lion program since its inception in 1994 to the 1999 NCAA College Cup. This fall, Farmer led Penn State to its sixth consecutive NCAA […]

Gordon Bradley, the only person to coach Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff, has announced his retirement as the men’s soccer head coach at George Mason University, effective Dec. 1. Bradley, 67, will remain at George Mason as a special assistant to the Athletic Director. A search for his successor will begin immediately, and Bradley […]