Monthly Archives: June 2001

San Diego has elevated defender Joy Fawcett from the maternity leave list to the 20-player active roster. The Spirit waived Mexico defender Gina Oceguera to make room for the three-time world champion who helped the USA to WomenÆs World Cup titles in 1991 and 1999 and won an Olympic gold medal in 1996. Fawcett, who […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 5-8-0 (15 points)/T-3rd D.C. United will play the New Jersey Stallions (D3-Pro League) in a U.S. Open Cup second round match on Wednesday, June 27 at the Maryland Soccer-Plex in Germantown, MD … D.C. will host the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, June 30 at RFK Stadium … Midfielder Ben […]

The MetroStars and Kansas City Wizards have been drawn in Groups B and C, respectively, for the Merconorte Cup, the Latin American club competition. The MetroStars will face Deportivo Italchacao of Venezuela, Millonarios of Colombia and Guadalajara of Mexico, and Kansas City was drawn with Sporting Cristal of Peru, Barcelona of Ecuador and Mexican champion […]

WUSA: Announced a one-game suspension of the New York PowerÆs D Gro Espeseth for yellow card accumulation. Atlanta Beat: Placed F Cindy Parlow and M Nikki Serlenga on the National Team Duty List. Signed M Bryn Blalack to the reserve squad and then activated her. Announced that D Laurie Black has cleared waivers and was […]

Spending 10 days at the foot of the Andes covering the U.S. U-20s proved a delight for Senior Editor Scott French thanks to the friendly folks of Mendoza. By the time the Yanks left for Buenos Aires, the Mendocinas were sad to see them go. BY SCOTT FRENCH in Mendoza, Argentina It’s true, what they […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 13 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery-R & L); DOUBTFUL: D Mark Watson (groin possible stress fracture, foot-R); PROBABLE: D Brian Kamler (partially torn hamstring-R) METROSTARS – IR: F Martin Klinger (strained hamstring-L), F […]

Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French is in Argentina, where talent scouts are everywhere one turns, seeking young stars for clubs all over the world. Here are three Americans who have impressed: 1. Oguchi Onyewu (Clemson). Incredible physical specimen with unlimited potential, right back has everyone drooling — and he hasn’t yet had opportunity to […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH in Buenos Aires On paper, it’s a game the United States can’t lose, but Wolfgang Suhnholz knows better than that. When the U.S. under-20 squad takes on Egypt on Wednesday in its second-round clash at the World Youth Championship, the odds will have no bearing on what occurs. The consensus is that […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Joe-Max Moore is living proof that the fortunes of goalscorers can rise and fall abruptly. He played 25 league and cup matches for Everton this past season without scoring a goal. He hasn’t connected for the United States in his last six appearances. For a goal-thirsty man who scored 22 times for […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 13 10 1 2 32 31 12 MetroStars 14 6 5 3 21 19 18 D.C. United 13 5 8 0 15 24 24 New England 14 4 7 3 15 17 23 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 Atlanta 11 5 1 5 20 12 8 Philadelphia 11 5 4 2 17 17 15 Bay Area 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 Washington 11 4 5 2 14 14 17 San Diego 11 3 […]

Group A RESULTS June 17 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 39, D’Alessandro 64) Finland 0. Egypt 0 Jamaica 0. June 20 in Buenos Aires Argentina 7 (Saviola 8, 16, pen. 44, Coloccini 20, Romagnoli 58, Rodriguez 69, 71) Egypt 1 (El Yamany 6). Finland 1 (Vayrynen 43) Jamaica 0. June 23 in Buenos Aires […]

In a hard-fought, bruising game, the Carolina Courage held the Atlanta Beat to a 1-1 tie in front of 4,858 fans at Fetzer Field on Sunday. The defenses dictated the pace of play for both teams, stifling the depleted offenses. Both teams were missing players due to international duty, injury or card accumulation. The tie […]

U.S. Soccer is not your typical business. It has no profit motive. There are no shareholders to report to. Its president is a volunteer. American soccer’s governing body exists by statute. Its mission? Serve its members. The goals? They are entirely left up to the membership to decide. U.S. Soccer was founded as the U.S. […]

The U.S. tied the Ukraine, 1-1, to advance to the second-round of the under-20 World Youth Championship in Argentina. Afterwards U.S. head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz and goalkeeper D.J. Countess met the press. U.S. Head Coach Wolfgang Suhnholz “I think today overall we played an good game. I think technically and tactically we played a very […]

Boston Breakers Maren Meinert and Dagny Mellgren each scored as their respective teams — Germany and Norway — took the early lead at the European Championship in Germany. Host Germany spotted Sweden a 1-0 lead on June 23 before roaring back for three straight strikes. Meinert, who played the whole match up front, scored the […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played June 20 and June 23. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) June 20 New England 3 Colorado 3. Goals: Torres 26, Chronopoulos (Asad, Torres) 71, Asad (Cate, Alvarez) 88; Carrieri (Diaz Arce, Paule) 9, Spencer (Paule) 20, Bravo (Paule, Balboa) 92. Colorado (3-5-2) — […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY U.S. coach Bruce Arena says goalkeeper Brad Friedel asked not to be included on the team’s roster for the upcoming qualifier against Mexico and will be considered for future games. Friedel, who played the first two games of the Hexagonal against Mexico and Honduras but sat out three subsequent qualifiers, was not […]

The big surprise on the U.S. roster for the Mexico-USA World Cup qualifier July 1 is the absence of Brad Friedel. Friedel was expected to start after Kasey Keller started the last three qualifiers. With Tony Meola injured, Keller’s backups will be Tom Presthus (Columbus Crew) and Nick Rimando (Miami Fusion). Three other European-based players […]

The following is Soccer AmericaÆs MLS Team of the Week from games played June 20 and June 23. GOALKEEPER Scott Garlick (2) Tampa Bay DEFENDERS Jeff Agoos (2) San Jose Danny Califf (2) Los Angeles Mike Lapper (1) Columbus MIDFIELDERS Cate (2) New England Eric Quill (1) Tampa Bay Cobi Jones (2) Los Angeles Steve […]

Here is Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French’s All-Group C team following the end of play in Mendoza: Goalkeeper D.J. Countess, United States Defenders Du Wei, China Oguchi Onyewu, United States Bogdan Shershun, Ukraine Midfielders DaMarcus Beasley, United States Landon Donovan, United States Ming Gao, China Sun Xiang, China Yan Song, China Forwards Jaime Valdes, […]

U.S. under-19 women’s national team coach Tracey Leone named her 18-player roster for two matches vs. the Canadian U-19 national Team. The two youth national teams will meet on June 30 in Toronto at 4:30 p.m. ET in a preliminary to the Independence Day Series clash between the full national teams of the USA and […]

SCHEDULE SECOND ROUND June 26 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) @ Connecticut Wolves (A-League) Veterans Memorial Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET June 27 Chico Rooks (D3) @ El Paso Patriots (A-League) Socorro Student Activities Complex 7:35 p.m. MT Colorado Rapids (MLS) @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) Bethel Park High School 7:35 p.m. ET Seattle Sounders (A-League) @ Kansas […]

Australia won the Oceania World Cup qualifying group by beating New Zealand, 4-1, to take the final, 6-1, on aggregate. The Socceroos will face the South America No. 5 team in a playoff in November. FINAL, FIRST LEG June 20 in Wellington New Zealand 0 Australia 2 (Emerton 5, 82). FINAL, SECOND LEG June 24 […]

San Jose extended its club record unbeaten streak to 11 games with a 2-0 win over Kansas City at Spartan Stadium. The Wizards have now lost four in a row (by a margin of 14-1) and had Nick Garcia red carded for his second straight game. Tampa Bay’s 3-2 win over D.C. United ended the […]