Monthly Archives: March 2001

In their first meeting since MLS Cup 2000, Chicago earned a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Kansas City in MLS Spring Training 2001 action Saturday night at Lockhart Stadium. Striker John Wolyniec had a goal and an assist as Chicago (2-0) jumped to the top of the Spring Training standings. The forward leads Spring Training with […]

Recent signing Neathan Gibson had a pair of goals to lead Colorado past New England, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon in MLS Spring Training preseason action. The Rapids (1-1) have scored seven goals in two games in Ft. Lauderdale. “As long as we don’t run out of goals, we’ll be all set,” first-year coach Tim Hankinson […]

Julie Foudy, Shannon MacMillan and “Marvelous” Mercy Akide all scored as the San Diego Spirit defeated Beijing FC, 3-0, March 18 at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. The loss ends the Chinese club’s U.S. tour with a 1-3-0 record. It’s only win came in its previous game, a 2-1 result against […]

Sasha Victorine and rookie Brian Mullan each scored as Los Angeles knocked off Miami 2-1 in MLS Spring Training 2001 action Friday night at Lockhart Stadium. After an opening flurry by Miami, Los Angeles settled in and posted a pair of last first-half goals to jump ahead, 2-1. Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman stood out for the […]

Norway scored three unanswered goals in the final 17 minutes, all after their star midfielder Hege Riise had entered the match and after the USA’s midfield general Aleisha Cramer had exited, coming from two goals down to defeat the U.S. women’s national team, 4-3, in a wild fifth-place match at the Algarve Cup. Norway fielded […]

Mamadou Diallo and Josh Keller each converted penalty kicks as Tampa Bay downed San Jose 2-1 in Spring Training action Friday night at Lockhart Stadium. Diallo created the game-winning goal in the 77th minute, taking a neat Carlos Valderrama feed through the top of the box. Diallo was taken down by San Jose defender Wade […]

The Carolina Courage recorded its first-ever victory, defeating the Washington Freedom, 1-0, in front of an exuberant crowd of approximately 2,000 spectators at the Maryland Soccerplex in South Germantown, Md., on March 17. Canadian striker, Silvana Burtini carved her way through four Washington defenders before drilling a shot past Freedom goalkeeper Erin Fahey in the […]

After a slow start, the Bay Area CyberRays thrashed the WPSL’s Sacramento Storm, 8-1, on March 17 in Aptos, Calif. The match, played on the campus of Cabrillo College, was scoreless until the C-Rays figured out how to get behind the Storm defense, which limited the WUSA club to long-range shots in the early going. […]

UCLA goalie D.J. Countess, expected to start for the United States at the World Youth Championship qualifying tournament in Trinidad & Tobago, had this to say on the eve of the opener against Guatemala March 18 (Galavision, 5 pm ET/2 pm PT, delayed): ôI’ve been lucky enough to travel the world playing soccer, but I’ve […]

C-Rays hold first pick The Bay Area CyberRays will pick first in the league’s March 20 waiver draft, but only if they cut seven players from their 27-player roster. Each of the eight teams has to cut down to 24 players by Sunday, March 18, because each can only carry 24 players into the league […]

Even in 2001, soccer still suffers from bad press. The traditional enemy was the soccer-basher, the columnist who hated soccer and was proud of it. Soccer-bashing largely disappeared after the 1994 World Cup. But a new form of enemy has appeared. Soccer is the victim of ignorance. The USA-Mexico qualifier in Columbus attracted unprecedented coverage […]

The following is the updated television schedule for the U.S. under-20 team’s games at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Trinidad: GALAVISION (same-day tape delay) Sunday, March 18: USA vs. Guatemala — 5 p.m. ET /2 p.m. PT Thursday, March 22: USA vs. Costa Rica — 7 p.m. ET & PT FOX SPORTS WORLD (tape delay […]

Lazo Alavanja and Jorge Rodriguez had goals as Dallas opened the Mike Jeffries era with a 2-1 victory over D.C. United at MLS’ Spring Training 2001 preseason tournament March 15. Dallas took the lead for good in the 69th minute. Alavanja took a feed from rookie Joselito Vaca and beat United ‘keeper Mike Ammann with […]

The MetroStars and Columbus Crew played to the first draw at MLS’ Spring Training 2001 preseason tournament March 15 at Lockhart Stadium. The teams played a scoreless first 86 minutes, before trading goals to force overtime and ultimately a 1-1 final. Crew (0-0-1) striker Jeff Cunningham took a feed from midfielder Roland Aguilera and danced […]

Honduras: Honduran national team trainer Ricardo Angeles has national team players working out at a gym in San Pedro Sula to prepare for the Honduras-USA game March 28. The three additions for the U.S. game are defenders Reynaldo Clavisquin (Blauber, Austria) and Gerson Vasquez (Olimpia) and midfielder Carlos Pavon (Morelia, Mexico). Clavisquin and Pavon would […]

The Boston Breakers’ Jay Hoffman, whose coaching experience dates back to the NASL, got a head start in the top-level women’s game as a three-year assistant with the U.S. women’s national team. Jay Hoffman didn’t get Tony DiCicco’s old job, but he did get something his former U.S. boss didn’t – a head-coaching position in […]

Why Los Angeles Galaxy defender Danny Califf has switched from surfing to golf … His plans for Raul … Recollections of his honeymoon game … Making it in MLS as at 20 … Get to know Califf in SoccerAmerica.comÆs series on the USAÆs most promising young talent. INTERVIEWED BY BRYAN ALVAREZ Name: Danny Califf Position: […]

Norway coach Age Steen announced his probable starting lineup for Norway’s clash with a young U.S. women’s national team in the Algarve Cup. The long-time rivals, who last met in the gold-medal final at Sydney 2000, will play in the Algarve Cup’s fifth-place match on March 17 in Quarteira, Portugal. Norway’s lineup includes two WUSA […]

The lack of finishing that has recently plagued the veteran U.S. national team players has also hit the younger team. In the Algarve Cup match that determined the finalist from and champion of Group A, a full-strength Sweden squad shut out the U.S. youngsters, 2-0, March 15 in Albufeira, Portugal. April Heinrichs’ new-look U.S. women […]

Roy Lassiter had a goal and two assists in his first game with Kansas City, as the Wizards routed New England 4-0 at Lockhart Stadium March 14. The Wizards (1-0) started off MLS’ Spring Training 2001 preseason tournament impressively. “I am very excited to be with a championship team and it showed,” Lassiter said. “Scoring […]

John Wolyniec came off the bench to score a pair of goals as Chicago rallied to beat Colorado 4-3 in the opening game of the 2001 MLS Preseason Tournament at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale March 14. The Fire (1-0) scored three goals in the final 15 minutes to pull out the victory, which spoiled […]

New York powers past Beijing New York kept Beijing FC winless in the United States with a 3-1 victory over the Chinese club on March 14 in Mission Viejo, Calif. On March 11, Beijing lost, 3-0, to the Bay Area CyberRays. The Power improved its preseason record to 2-1-0 with the win. After an erratic […]

Colorado crowd figures explode with fireworks, but the Rapids’ Fourth of July success is fleeting. The team has yet to establish a regular following. The Colorado Rapids have become part of a Denver tradition by playing in Mile High Stadium on the Fourth of July prior to a fireworks display. The game has drawn a […]

U.S. head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz has named the 18 players who will represent the United States at the Under-20 World Championship CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Trinidad. The final roster includes six professional players, two members of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team and three players who have made an appearance with the senior menÆs national team. […]

Colorado’s surprise 1997 MLS Cup appearance proved an aberration: The club’s futile quest for consistency has plagued it throughout its first five seasons. The metaphor is too obvious. A constant flow of fresh faces, tumultuous lows and wildly exciting highs separated by stretches of stagnation. It sounds like watching rafters on a white-water river, yet […]