Monthly Archives: January 2001

Ivan Gazidis has been promoted to MLS Deputy Commissioner. Gazidis, who most recently served as MLS’s Executive Vice President of Player Relations and League Operations, has the second longest tenure of any employee at Major League Soccer, having joined the league office in April 1994, two years before the league’s inaugural game. In his new […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy continued its preparations for the TFC Champions Cup with a 2-1 win over Nacional Tijuana of the Mexican Division 1A (Second Division) before an estimate crowd of 2,000 in Tijuana Jan. 7. Adam Frye and Simon Elliott scored for the Galaxy, which was without Cobi Jones and Greg Vanney, who have […]

With the start of the 2000 FC Champions Cup just a week away, the Mexican and Central American club are still in the midst of league seasons, while the U.S. and Caribbean clubs are engaged in preparation matches with no home season to occupy attentions. D.C. United has headed to southern California early, where it […]

In his home debut for Racing Ferrol of the Spanish second division, Ante Razov scored his second goal in as many games. Razov tied the game against Getafe in the 90th minute with a strike from outside the area that Diario de Ferrol termed “a stroke of genius.” Racing went on to win, 2-1, on […]

Youth champions by the numbers 2 The Colorado Nike Rush won the under-18 and under-19 girls championships at the Snickers/U.S. Youth Soccer national final, becoming only the second girls club to capture two national titles in the same year. The Tacoma FC Flyers won U-17 and U-18 girls titles in 1996. 4 The Southern California […]

In the Jan. 6 playoff between Guatemala and Costa Rica, who were tied for second place in the CONCACAF semifinal round group that the USA won, Costa Rica prevailed, 5-2, in Miami. Costa Rica thus joins the USA, which lost to and tied Costa Rica in the semifinal round, Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras and Trinidad & […]

France won the European Championship in July, becoming the first team to claim the European title two years after taking the World Cup. It now sets its sights on the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, where it will attempt to become the first European team in 64 years to repeat as World […]

The United States has played Mexico more than any other foe and, in 43 encounters, has beaten its neighbor only seven times. Two of those wins came in 2000, including a 3-0 victory in June that broke a five-year winless streak and gave Bruce Arena’s team the U.S. Cup. USA ruled the rivalry in 2000 […]

If there wasnÆt enough soccer already, the 1999-2000 season marked the debut of the FIFA Club World Championship and a expanded Champions League. HereÆs our European Top 10, taking into account play throughout the calendar year. Real Madrid tops European soccer Power within European soccer is increasingly concentrated among a few countries. With the exception […]

Germany’s Kicker magazine reports that MetroStars defender Mike Petke has joined Kaiserslautern of the German First Division. The magazine said Petke arrives on a free transfer and that club indicated he had until the summer to prove himself. A club spokesman was quoted as saying, “We want to see how the young man develops.” Petke […]

The transfer of MetroStars defender Mike Petke to German First Division club Kaiserslautern has fallen through, the club announced at a Jan. 2 press conference. According to the German press agency SID, the club would not concede to Petke’s demands, which were not specified.

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has finalized a roster of 25 players for a 14-day training camp in San Diego, which begins on Friday (Jan. 5) and runs through Jan. 18. Among the 25 — former U.S. captain John Harkes. The camp marks the team’s first steps of 2001 toward the team’s 10-game World Cup qualifying […]

Ben Olsen is the pride of Pennsylvania. He left to play for the University of Virginia and then D.C. United but returned in April to help the United States qualify for the 2000 Olympics. After an MLS season marred by injuries, Olsen has rediscovered his form at English club Nottingham Forest. Olsen provides local inspiration […]