Monthly Archives: April 2001

World Cup 2002 Qualifying: Europe Standings, complete results and schedule There were only six World Cup qualifiers in Europe on a day dominated by friendlies. The biggest result was Russia’s 1-0 win over Yugoslavia in Belgrade that gives the Russians a five-point lead in Group 1 at the midway point in qualifying. RESULTS Group 1 […]

A summary of MLS transactions for April 2001: April 25 MetroStars — Placed forward Martin Klinger on injured reserve. San Jose Earthquakes — Waived midfielder Harut Karapetyan. April 19 Colorado Rapids — Traded a second-round draft pick in 2002 to the MetroStars for midfielder/defender Christopher Dawes (Jamaica). Waived midfielder Keyeno Thomas (Trinidad & Tobago). MetroStars […]

Defender Fuseini Dauda (above), who played with the Rochester Rhinos from 1996-98, is back after a stint in Belgium. It’s hard to bet against them. In the last five years, the Rochester Rhi nos have made it to the A-League final four times and won the championship twice. They’re also won one U.S. Open Cup […]

Jamaica and Honduras settled for a 1-1 tie in an exciting match that featured a goal directly off a corner kick and a missed penalty. TV NOTE: Galavision will be showing the Jamaica-Honduras game today: East feed — 7 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. CT, 5 p.m. MT; West feed — 7 p.m. PT. GOAT: Honduran […]

Argentina has all the luck, and Brazil has no luck at all. The Argentines escaped from La Paz with a 3-3 tie against Bolivia, scoring twice in the last five minutes Brazil had to settle for a 1-1 tie with lowly Peru in Sao Paulo, leaving it in fourth place in South American qualifying. RESULTS […]

League is no longer budgeting huge outlays for expensive buys How far has the value of an MLS player allocation plummeted since the heady, glorious days of Peter Nowak and Marco Etcheverry? Far enough that the Rapids traded a second-round draft pick – more or less – to the MetroStars to acquire an extra discovery […]

Interview with Tim Santoro, U-16/U-17 director of coaching Location: Charlotte, N.C. History: Formed in 1994 as Charlotte Park Sharon United Soccer Club for boys and girls teams; name simplified in 1998. In the last three to four years, have earned renown at USYSA Region III level. Championships: 2000: 10 state champions, six advanced to Region […]

Saturday, April 28 – (4:00 p.m.) – Chicago Fire at Tampa Bay Mutiny (ESPN) Season series: First Meeting; All-time regular season series: Chicago leads 5-1-2 (Chicago leads 15-7 in aggregate goals) Leading scorers: Chicago: M Dema Kovalenko and D Carlos Bocanegra (each w/ 1g, 1a = 3pts); Tampa Bay: M Steve Ralston (3g, 1a = […]

HereÆs what Coach Bruce Arena had to say after the USA beat Costa Rica, 1-0, to secure the full nine points after its first three Hexagonal games. ON THE VICTORY: “We are obviously happy with the three points. We did a good job defensively and had a lot of numbers behind the ball. They were […]

USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Llamosa, Agoos, Regis, Sanneh, Armas, Reyna, Stewart, Mathis, Wolff. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Parks, Martinez, Drummond, Wallace, Castro, Cordero, Fonseca, Bryce, Medford, Wanchope.

Ecuador remained on course for its first appearance in the World Cup finals when it came from behind to beat Paraguay, 2-1. Ecuador, which finished with nine players, has now won six games and tied one in seven games in Quito. It is in third place in the 10-team South American competition. The top four […]

After the third game day of the final round of CONCACAF qualifying, the USA took a commanding lead of the Hexagonal. In other games, Mexico tied, 1-1, in Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras tied, 1-1, in Jamaica. The USA is on top of the standings with 9 points, followed by Costa Rica (4), Mexico (4), […]

April 25 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 1 Mexico 1. Goals: Andrews 13; Pardo 60. Trinidad & Tobago — Ince, M.Andrews, Elcock, Rougier, Rahim (L.Andrews, 83), Lawrence, Mauge (Sanders, 68), Eve, Latapy, Yorke S.John (Dwarika, 79). Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Suarez, Marquez, Davino, M.A. Ruiz, Villa (Arellano, 45), V.Ruiz, Palencia (Borgetti, 54), De […]

BY DEAN CAPARAZ FOUNDING PLAYER SITS: Philadelphia’s Saskia Webber was the league’s first founding player — besides injured Michelle Akers (Carolina) and pregnant Joy Fawcett (San Diego) — to start the season on the bench. Charge coach Mark Krikorian started Melissa Moore over Webber in Philadelphia’s season-opening win over San Diego on April 22. Moore […]

TEAM GP W T L GF GA P USA 3 3 0 0 5 1 9 Mexico 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 Jamaica 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 Honduras 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 Trin. & Tobago 3 0 1 […]

Josh Wolff’s goal in the 70th minute gave the United States a 1-0 win over Costa Rica for its third straight win in World Cup qualifying. Wolff scored on a tap-in after receiving the ball via Clint Mathis’ arm after his air duel with Tico defender Reynaldo Parks for Jeff Agoos’ cross into the box. […]

The U.S. under-17 national team will face off against the Haitian under-17 national team on Saturday, April 28 immediately following the Miami Fusion’s home match against the New England Revolution. The United States comes into the match fresh off its recent qualification for the 2001 FIFA Under-17 World Championship taking place this summer in Trinidad […]

Iraq clinched a berth in the final round of Asian qualifying when it tied host Kazakhstan, 1-1, in Almaty and edge the former Soviet Republic on goal difference for the Group 6 title. RESULTS Group 6 April 25 in Almaty Nepal 6 (Rayamajhi 38, 49, 56, Maharjan 52, Lama 67, Thapa 90) Macao 1 (Leong […]

April 25 in Kingston Jamaica 1 Honduras 1. Goals: Gardner 55; Caballero 78. Jamaica — Ricketts, Goodison, Thomas, McDonald, Gardner, Davis (Fuller, 81), Lawrence, Williams (Hyde, 73), Whitmore, Burton (Harris, 86), Lowe. Honduras — Valladares, Rosales, Clavasquin, Medina, Caballero, Morales, Mejia (D.Suazo, 61), M.Suazo, Guevara, Nunez (Garcia, 88), Pavon (De Leon, 63). Att.: 40,000.

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: D.C. UNITED 2-1-0 (6 points)/2nd D.C. United has the weekend of April 28 off, a rare occurrence during an MLS season … The Black-and-Red were originally set to travel to Miami for a league fixture, but that match was rescheduled to accommodate United’s participation in the CONCACAF Giants Cup … Defender […]

The United States and Costa Rica were tied, 0-0, at halftime of their World Cup 2002 qualifier in Kansas City. The best chance came to the United States in the 16th minute when Josh Wolff’s flick header was cleared off the line by Tico defender Reynaldo Parks. Clint Mathis also had two good chances for […]

Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French reports from Kansas City, Mo. Seven months remain in the Hexagonal from which three CONCACAF nations will advance to the 2002 World Cup, but the U.S. national team knows it can all but assure a berth with a rare qualifying victory over nemesis Costa Rica on Wednesday evening. The […]

MLS Conference Call guests: MLS Deputy Commissioner — Ivan Gazidis MetroStars/ U.S. national team forward — Clint Mathis Clint Mathis’ opening comments: “I think the (U.S. national) team as a whole is very excited about this game. Right now we’ve played two games and earned two good wins. It’s been great here in Kansas City. […]

RESULTS April 23 in Tashkent Turkmenistan 2 (Meredov 52, Agabayev 81) Jordan 0. Uzbekistan 7 (Irismetov 3, 23, 68, 74, Dionisiyev 21, Maminov 35, Georgiyev 43) Taiwan 0. GROUP 1 STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Laos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 4 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED — OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle fracture-R); QUESTIONABLE: M Marco Etcheverry (hip flexor strain-R, partial shoulder separation-R), F Jamie Moreno (knee surgery-R), D Eddie Pope (big toe sprain-L); PROBABLE: M Brian Kamler (groin strain-R) […]