Monthly Archives: May 2001

The good news for Columbus — it ended its scoreless streak at 382 minutes with a goal by 19-year-old forward Edson Buddle. The bad news — it lost, 2-1, to New England, which has a two-game winning streak going after starting the season with a six-game losing streak. The CrewÆs John Harkes, playing against the […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: D.C. UNITED 3-3-0 (9 points)/3rd D.C. United fielded the youngest player in MLS history last Wednesday, when F Santino Quaranta entered the game vs. the Revs in the 74th minute. At 16 years and 7 months old, he was three months younger than M Bobby Convey when Convey first appeared in […]

Conference Call Guests: Miami Fusion Head Coach – Ray Hudson Tampa Bay Mutiny Head Coach – Alfonso Mondelo Alfonso Mondelo’s Opening Comments: “We’ve had a rough start to the season with a lot of injuries and players who have been suspended for games. For one match, we ended up with seven starters out. Little by […]

Prediction Here is Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s prediction for May 16: Bay Area 1 Boston 0 Preview (all times ET) Wednesday, May 16 – (7:00 pm) – Boston (1-1-2) at Bay Area (1-2-1) (AT&T 3, Fox Sports Net Bay Area). Season series: Tied (1 match: 1-1, April 29); All-time regular-season series: Tied (teams […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for games on May 16: New England 2 Columbus 1 MetroStars 3 Colorado 1 Previews (all times ET) Wednesday, May 16 (7:30 p.m.) – Columbus Crew at New England Revolution (Sport!TV, FOX New England) Season series: First Meeting; All-time regular season series: Columbus leads 15-4-1 […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 7 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle fracture-R); QUESTIONABLE: D Carey Talley (concussion); PROBABLE: F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery-R), D Eddie Pope (big toe sprain-L); M Bobby Convey (groin strain-R) METROSTARS – IR: D Daniel […]

The college season doesn’t start until next fall, but North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance is keeping busy as the color commentator for both the Carolina Courage and the Atlanta Beat. INTERVIEW BY DEAN CAPARAZ SOCCER AMERICA: How has your TV work gone so far? ANSON DORRANCE: I can’t believe how much fun it is. There’s […]

The U.S. women’s under-21 national team defeated the full Mexican women’s national team for the second time in three days, getting two goals from Abby Wambach and one from Devvyn Hawkins to register a 3-1 victory on a warm night at the Guasave 89 Stadium in Guasave, Mexico. Unlike the 2-1 victory last Friday in […]

Standings TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Philadelphia 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 Washington 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 Atlanta 4 1 0 3 6 2 1 New York 4 1 0 3 6 5 3 Boston 4 1 1 2 5 4 4 San Diego 4 1 1 […]

RESULTS Group 1 May 11 in Aleppo Syria 9 (Mustafa 2, 49, Srour pen. 35, Bayazid 37, Shehadi 46, Al Raher 53, 65, Al Khatib 75, Al Sayed 80) Laos 0. May 11 in Muscat Oman 2 (Juma 11, 56) Philippines 0. Group 5 May 13 in Beirut Thailand 4 Sri Lanka 2 Lebanon 6 […]

A summary of MLS transactions for May 2001: May 11 Columbus Crew — Traded midfielder Roland Aguilera and a conditional 2002 draft pick to New England for midfielder John Harkes. New England Revolution — Traded midfielder John Harkes to Columbus for midfielder Roland Aguilera and a conditional 2002 draft pick. May 10 Dallas Burn — […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played May 9 & 12. GOALKEEPER Tim Howard (1) MetroStars DEFENDERS Robin Fraser (1) Colorado Lubos Kubik (1) Dallas Ryan Suarez (2) Dallas MIDFIELDERS Bobby Convey (2) D.C. United Ian Russell (1) San Jose Manny Lagos (1) San Jose Carlos Valderrama (2) Tampa […]

Trinidad & Tobago, which faces the United States June 20 in Foxboro, Mass., in World Cup qualifying, has called up 10 foreign-based players, including MLS players Ansil Elcock (Columbus) and Gary Glasgow (Kansas City) for the Copa Caribe, which begins May 15 in Trinidad. Other foreign-based players include Avery John (Boston Bulldogs, D3 Pro League) […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA MetroStars 7 5 1 1 16 16 10 Miami 6 4 1 1 13 7 4 D.C. United 6 3 3 0 9 14 11 New England 7 1 6 0 3 6 15 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Mamadou Diallo and Abdul Thompson Conteh, who each had four-goal games, garnered the highest ratings in Soccer AmericaÆs Week 6 Report Card. Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played May 9 and May 12. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) May 9 Tampa Bay 4 Los Angeles 4. Goals: Diallo (Quill, […]

Ante Razov drew a penalty kick to help his club, Racing Ferrol, win a crucial match against Leganes. Kasey Keller’s Rayo Vallecano was outclassed by host Barcelona and Eddie Lewis got to put the finishing touches on Fulham’s rout of the Miami Fusion. England Gregg Berhalter, Crystal Palace (D1) Season complete. Ian Feuer, Wimbledon (D1) […]

Lee Berke is leaving his job as the league’s chief television and marketing officer for the WUSA to establish his own sports and entertainment consulting company with the WUSA as his first client. Berke was one of the league’s first employees. He was the league’s acting president for over a year and was named to […]

May 12 in Homestead, Fla. Miami Fusion 0 Fulham (England) 5. Goals: Saha (pen.) 43, Clark 57, Stolcers 65, Betsy 84, Lewis 85. Miami — Rimando (Cassar 46), McKinley (Gibbs 46), Llamosa, Mastroeni, Marshall (Cullen 66), Henderson (Heaps 46), Rooney (Bylik 66), Bishop, Preki (Sahaydak 86), Pineda Chacon, Serna (Ngon 76). Fulham — Taylor, Finnan […]

Clint Mathis continued his hot streak, scoring once and assisting on the second goal, to give the MetroStars a 2-0 win over Los Angeles in the marquee matchup of the MLS’s sixth week. The big news of the weekend was that crowds averaged in excess of 20,000. More than 36,000 turned out at RFK Stadium […]

May 11 in Chula Vista, Calif. U.S. U-20 national team 1 Costa Rica U-20 national team 1. Goals: Gray 12, Salazar 5. USA — D.J. Countess; Alex Yi, Nelson Akwari, Ricky Lewis (Gus Kartes, 44; Charles Kazlauskas, 85); Philip Salyer, Brian Carroll, Kenny Arena, Brad Davis, David Wagenfuhr (Logan Pause, 30); Kyle Martino, Kelly Gray. […]

The Bay Area CyberRays came from behind for their first win at the expense of winless Carolina, 2-1. In San Jose, Calif., Carolina’s Tiffany Roberts did a masterful job of containing the CyberRays’ Sissi until the 67th minute, when the Brazilian star lofted a perfect pass to teammate Tisha Venturini in the Carolina penalty area. […]

West Virginia forward Katie Barnes scored twice to lead the U.S. women’s under-21 national team to a come from behind 2-1 win over the full Mexico national team on May 11 in Tepic, Mexico. Barnes scored in the 54th minute to equalize and then got the winner in the 71st minute. The U-21s remained undefeated […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Veteran midfielder John Harkes, whose listless play was cited as a major factor in the team’s 0-6 start, has been traded to Columbus for midfielder Roland Aguilera and a conditional draft pick in 2002. Coach Fernando Clavijo says there will be further changes to his roster. In the past two months, the […]

The Colorado RapidsÆ youngest player is homegrown Seth Trembly, whoÆs shooting for a starting spot during his second MLS year. Get to know the 19-year-old in this segment of SoccerAmerica.comÆs series on the USAÆs top young talent. Name: Seth Trembly. Position: Midfielder/defender. Height: 5-6. Weight: 140. Born: March 21, 1982. Hometown: Littleton, Colo. 2000 MLS […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Court dates and more court dates loom for the two opposing sides in the legal battle between MLS and its players. A meditation session held Wednesday before retired Massachusetts state judge Neil Lynch did nothing to bring the sides closer to a settlement. “There were discussions, but I’m precluded from stating what […]