Monthly Archives: May 2001

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played May 2 & 5. GOALKEEPER Tom Presthus (2) Columbus DEFENDERS Troy Dayak (2) San Jose Zak Ibsen (2) San Jose Danny Califf (1) Los Angeles MIDFIELDERS Rodrigo Faria (1) MetroStars Peter Nowak (1) Chicago Tab Ramos (1) MetroStars Petter Villegas (1) MetroStars […]

After winning Scottish League titles with Rangers in 1999 and 2000, U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna saw Glasgow rival Celtic dominate this season. He reflects on the difficult year — and offers advice the new generation of U.S. stars. INTERVIEW BY SCOTT FRENCH SOCCER AMERICA: How did you think Rangers’ season went this year? It must […]

Gregg Berhalter and Ante Razov helped their teams earn important victories. Berhalter played 90 minutes in central defense in a tense 1-0 victory over Stockport that saved Crystal Palace from relegation to the Second Divsion. England Gregg Berhalter, Crystal Palace (D1) Started (90 min.) vs. Stockport (1-0). Berhalter played central defense in this nail-biter as […]

RESULTS Group 1 May 7 in Muscat Oman 7 (Dhabit pen. 43, 80, Basheer 61, 68, Juma 45, 79, Said 82) Philippines 0. May 7 in Aleppo Syria 11 (goalscorers n/a) Laos 0. Group 7 May 7 in Amman Jordan 1 (Abu Touk pen. 54) Uzbekistan 1 (Maminov pen. 77). Turkmenistan 1 (Azat 37) Taiwan […]

Tab Ramos’ retirement from international soccer last year deprived the U.S. national team of perhaps its most important player of the last decade, but he soldiers on — in superb form — for the surging MetroStars. Soccer America caught up with the midfielder to get his thoughts on the 2001 season, teammate Clint Mathis, World […]

Cameroon blew an opportunity to clinch a berth in next year’s World Cup when it fell to Angola, 2-0. The Indomitable Lions can still clinch with a win over Togo July 1. Nigeria kept its slim hopes alive in Group B with a 2-0 win over leader Liberia. Idle Sudan also remains in contention. Morocco […]

A few publications, Soccer America included, ranked Philadelphia as the worst team in the WUSA in the preseason. But through the first three games, the Charge leads the league with seven points from a 2-0-1 record. Kelly Smith played in the first two games but missed the recent 3-2 win over the Bay Area with […]

Uzbekistan became the sixth team and the first former Soviet republic to earn a berth in the final round of Asian World Cup qualifying when it clinched Group 7 in Amman, Jordan. Teams already through are Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. RESULTS Group 1 May 4 in Aleppo Syria 5 Philippines 1 May […]

Shannon MacMillan scored the first goals of the season for the San Diego Spirit in a 2-0 win over previously unbeaten Washington on May 5 in San Diego. The Spirit’s first win moves its record to 1-1-1 with four points. The Freedom is 2-1-0 with six points. Elsewhere, a crowd of 3,184, the smallest crowd […]

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

Eric Wynalda scored in his first game for the Chicago Fire, which downed Tampa Bay, 2-0. Here are all the game summaries from MLS Week 5: May 5 COLUMBUS 0 MIAMI 0 COLUMBUS– Tom Presthus, Mike Lapper, Mike Clark, Tenywa Bonseu, Mike Duhaney, Todd Yeagley, Brian West (Dante Washington 62), Brian Maisonneuve, John Wilmar Perez, […]

The New England Revolution is the only MLS team without a win, falling to 0-5 with a 3-2 defeat to the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at Spartan Stadium. The Revs doubled their season output in the final five minutes of the match, scoring goals in the 87th and 89th minutes to cut their […]

The remaining 20 games of the WUSA’s national television broadcast schedule on TNT and CNN/SI will also air in China on China Central Television. CCTV is the national TV network of the PeopleÆs Republic of China and it has been in business for more than 40 years. It has eight channels (CCTV-5 is the sports […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 5 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 Jaime Moreno (knee surgery-R), D Eddie Pope (big toe sprain-L); PROBABLE: M Brian Kamler (groin strain-R) […]

Last year, Bobby Convey became the youngest player to make an MLS debut when he entered a March 25th game two months shy of his 17th birthday. Since then he has become an MLS starter, debuted for the national team and helped the U.S. U-20s reach the World Youth Championship. Get to know the high […]

A summary of MLS transactions for May 2001: May 4 D.C. United — Waived defenders Judah Cooks and Ray Goodlett. Los Angeles Galaxy — Signed defender Craig Waibel as a discovery player. Waived midfielder Brian Kelly. May 3 Chicago Fire — Traded forward John Wolyniec and a 2002 draft pick to New England for forward […]

Berkeley, Calif. (May 4) — Soccer America Magazine has announced that with its May 14 issue it will debut as a full-color, glossy bi-weekly magazine. Subscribers will also be able to customize their magazine from a selection of e-delivered newsletters including SoccerAmericaDaily. “New technology and the rise of the internet has had our readers asking […]

FIFA and the Kirch Group have signed an agreement covering U.S. English-language television and radio rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cup. These rights were held out of the deal FIFA struck with ISL and Kirch covering the rights to the next two World Cups. The Spanish-language television and radio rights are held by […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 5 4 1 0 12 7 4 MetroStars 5 3 1 1 10 11 8 D.C. United 3 2 1 0 6 5 5 New England 4 0 4 0 0 2 6 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for this weekend: Columbus 1 Miami 4 MetroStars 3 D.C. United 2 Chicago 3 Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 2 Colorado 1 San Jose 2 New England 2 Los Angeles 2 Kansas City 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, May 5 (4:00 p.m.) – Miami Fusion […]

May 2 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 4 Kansas City Wizards 1 KC –Zavagnin (Johnston) 10 MET–Mathis (unassisted) 16 MET–Mathis (Ramos, Valencia) 32 MET–Mathis (Ramos) 49 MET–Valencia (unassisted) 58 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS — Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Brandon Prideaux, Mike Burns (Mark Santel 46), Matt McKeon, Kerry Zavagnin, Andrew Gregor, Chris Klein (Francisco Gomez 71), […]

A former Argentine international barking at Galaxy players outside the locker room and a practice session illuminated by stage lights would indicate the Galaxy’s friendly with Mexican club Guadalajara last Tuesday was anything but amicable. BY RIDGE MAHONEY “It’s like what I said to one of my youth teams years ago,” said L.A. coach Sigi […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for this weekend: Boston 1 Atlanta 1 San Diego 1 Washington 2 Philadelphia 1 Bay Area 0 New York 2 Carolina 0 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, May 5 – (7:30 pm) – Atlanta Beat at Boston Breakers. Season series: First Meeting; All-time regular-season series: […]

A summary of MLS transactions for May 2001: May 3 Chicago Fire — Traded forward John Wolyniec and a conditional 2002 draft pick to New England for forward Eric Wynalda and a conditional 2002 draft pick. New England Revolution — Traded forward Eric Wynalda and a conditional 2002 draft pick to Chicago for forward John […]

Alvin Corneal is out as Trinidad & Tobago technical director after one game, though the former N.C. State women’s coach says he can’t be fired from a job he never took in the first place. Corneal, a former T&T national team coach, had hoped to appoint former national team coach Bertille St. Clair to replace […]