Monthly Archives: March 2001

D.C. United D.C. United moved training indoors March 5 (snow) and March 6 (below freezing temperatures and unplayable field) as the team continues to focus on conditioning prior to departing next week for MLS Spring Training in Ft. Lauderdale … Marco Etcheverry continues his loan with Oriente Petrolero in Bolivia, and is expected to rejoin […]

UCLA coach Jillian Ellis announced her resignation as coach of the U.S. under-21 national team. Ellis, who is in her third year with the U-21s and second as head coach, has decided to step down due to an illness in her family. She will remain the U-21 coach through a training camp scheduled to be […]

A summary of MLS transactions for March 2001: March 5 Los Angeles Galaxy — Waived midfielder Ivan Polic and forward Sebastien Vorbe (Haiti). March 2 Kansas City Wizards — Traded midfielder Preki to the Miami Fusion for a third-round draft pick in 2002 and future considerations. Miami Fusion — Traded a 2002 third-round draft pick […]

After eight years in England, goalkeeper Kasey Keller last season joined Spain’s Rayo Vallecano – the capital’s other team – and contributed mightily to the club’s unexpected success. ‘WE’RE NO. 3!” “We’re definitely the third team in Madrid,” Kasey Keller acknowledges. “Everyone goes to see Real Madrid or Atletico [Madrid], but they like Rayo. For […]

Honduras, the next U.S. opponent on the Hexagonal schedule (March 28 in San Pedro Sula), faces Peru March 7 at Miami’s Orange Bowl. Honduran coach Ramon Maradiaga called in three new players: Gerson Vasquez and Carlos Paes of Olimpia and Rony Morales of Platense. Injured are veteran striker Wilmer Velasquez and promising youngster Elvis Danilo […]

Bad break for CyberRay Bay Area CyberRays midfielder Lauren Molinaro broke her ankle on the fourth day of preseason training camp at West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif. The former Connecticut star is expected to be out for two months. The CyberRays, who selected her in the third round of the February supplemental draft, will […]

Jeb Burbott of Upland, Calif., asks: What can you tell me about the last time USA beat Mexico in a World Cup qualifying in 1980 in Florida. Now that would seem like an upset (assuming Mexico hadn’t already clinched and sent a less-than-best squad.) Who played? What happened? Mike Woitalla: When the USA beat Mexico […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy, winner of the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup, was drawn with 2000 European Champions League champion Real Madrid, 2000 African Champions League champion Hearts of Oak (Ghana) and 1999 Asian Super Cup champions Jubilo Iwata for the second FIFA Club World Championship. The Galaxy opens July 31 against Hearts of Oak, plays […]

Update on Americans in Europe Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) started (90 min.) at Cibalia (2-2) Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) no game England Gregg Berhalter, Crystal Palace (D1) DNP at Preston North End (0-2) Ian Feuer, Wimbledon (D1) DNP at Stockport County (2-2) Brad Friedel, Blackburn (D1) started (90 min.) vs. West Bromwich (1-0) […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena and goalscorer Clint Mathis from the U.S. locker room after the 2-1 loss to Brazil at the Rose Bowl: U.S. coach Bruce Arena: “I thought that this was a good game today. We were a little undermanned, losing Jeff Agoos this morning to a viral infection and we had to move […]

The following are results from MLS preseason games: March 3 in Brandon, Fla. Tampa Bay 3 U.S. under-17 national team 0. Goals: Badeio (Kotschau) 39, McCarty 55, Addo (Maessner) 80. Tampa Bay — Throop, McCarty, Demmin, Trittschuh (Bankov 46), Maessner, Keller, Ralston (Armas 35), Munoz (Navarrete 76), Kotschau, Diallo (Addo 71), Badeio (Bojovic 69, Garlick […]

The United States played Brazil almost even for most of the game but lost, 2-1, in an international friendly in Pasadena, Calif. The United States, starting only five players from the 2-0 win over Mexico three days earlier, fell behind when Ronaldinho Gaucho struck on a free kick from 20 yards in the 24th minute. […]

Brad Friedel and David Regis had winning starts upon their return to Europe after starring in the 2-0 win over Mexico three days earlier. England Gregg Berhalter, Crystal Palace (D1) DNP at Preston North End (0-2) Ian Feuer, Wimbledon (D1) DNP at Stockport County (2-2) Brad Friedel, Blackburn (D1) started (90 min.) vs. West Bromwich […]

Why Chicago Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra wants to spend his career in the United States … A typical week for Bocanegra and roommates John Wolyniec and Evan Whitfield … What music he listens to to get pumped up before games … The keys to the Fire’s success. Get to know Bocanegra, in SoccerAmerica.comÆs series on […]

The Miami Fusion acquired U.S. national team veteran midfielder Preki from the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for a third round pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft and future considerations (an allocation when Preki retires). “With Preki we will be more dynamic, explosive and stronger in the final third,” said Miami vice-president and general manager […]

European soccer is booming, it would seem. Big crowds. Expanded television coverage. New money pouring into the game. But when you scratch the surface, you discover a sport in trouble. Real Madrid, Europe’s top team, has run up debts in the tens of millions of dollars. English soccer is finding the pay-per-view money on which […]

Bay Area CyberRays draft pick Carmel Murphy gave up a shot at playing professional soccer to continue to pursue her medical career. “It will be a big loss for our team, but she acted shocked that I was happy for her,” CyberRays coach Ian Sawyers said on March 1, the first day of training camp. […]

A summary of MLS transactions for March 2001: March 2 Kansas City Wizards — Traded midfielder Preki to the Miami Fusion for a third-round draft pick in 2002 and future considerations. Miami Fusion — Traded a 2002 third-round draft pick and future considerations to the Kansas City Wizards for midfielder Preki.

Interview with John McHugh, president, by Soccer America Youth Soccer Letter executive editor Dan Woog Location: Baltimore, Md. History: Founded in 1990 by Kevin Healy (current NPSL Baltimore Blast coach) and Bob Mezzadra. At that time, soccer clubs in Columbia and Bethesda were drawing players from Baltimore; SCB was devised as a way to keep […]

The following is the U.S. roster for its game against Brazil March 3 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. (live on ABC 4 pm ET). Only five players who started in the 2-0 win over Mexico are with the team. Goalies — Tony Meola (Kansas City Wizards), Zach Thornton (Chicago Fire). Defenders — Frankie […]

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The following are the results of the poll in which 1,616 fans picked the three CONCACAF teams to qualify for the 2002 World Cup: USA (1439) 89.0% Mexico (1437) 88.9% Costa Rica (600) 37.1% Honduras (559) 34.6% Trinidad & Tobago (434) 26.9% Jamaica (282) 17.5%

Eleven players will be looking for their first cap when April Heinrichs takes a new-look squad to represent the United States in Europe. With the national team veterans in preseason training camps with their WUSA clubs, or, in the case of Santa Clara’s Danielle Slaton, awaiting knee surgery, the U.S. head coach will lead a […]

The following are results from MLS preseason games: March 1 in Lisbon, Portugal Orientale* 0 Colorado Rapids 1. Goal: Agogo 13. Colorado — Adin Brown, Scott Vermillion, Ryan Lee (Matthew Okoh 54), Chris Martinez, Lance Key, Ross Paule, Jason Moore, Paul Bravo, Aljosa Asanovic, Junior Agogo, Wes Hart. *Second Division March 1 in Lisbon, Portugal […]

After almost two decades of college, amateur and youth coaching in Southern California, Carlos Juarez gets his first shot at the professional ranks with the San Diego Spirit. Kevin Crow jokes that sometime during the next two years, he’s going to get Carlos Juarez. Crow, the former San Diego Sockers star who now works as […]