Monthly Archives: June 2001

RESULTS June 16 in Kingston Jamaica 0 USA 0. Jamaica — Ricketts, Goodison, Sinclair, Gardner, Marshall, Whitmore, Williams, Lawrence, Dawes (Hyde, 83e), Lowe, Harris (Fuller, 71). USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Llamosa, Agoos, Regis, Sanneh (Razov, 78), Armas, Reyna, Stewart, McBride (O’Brien, 69), Moore (Kirovski, 58). Referee: Aquino (PAR). Att.: 35 000. June 16 in Mexico […]

GROUP A June 17 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 39, D’Alessandro 64) Finland 0. Egypt 0 Jamaica 0. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Egypt 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Jamaica 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Finland 1 0 […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played June 13 & 16. GOALKEEPER Tim Howard (3) MetroStars DEFENDERS Troy Dayak (3) San Jose Bryan Namoff (1) D.C. United Ryan Suarez (3) Dallas MIDFIELDERS Mauricio Cienfuegos (1) Los Angeles Santino Quaranta (1) D.C. United Jim Rooney (4) Miami Joselito Vaca (1) […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 13 10 1 2 32 31 12 MetroStars 13 6 4 3 21 19 16 D.C. United 12 5 7 0 15 22 21 New England 12 4 7 1 13 13 19 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 10 5 1 4 19 16 10 Atlanta 10 5 1 4 19 11 7 Philadelphia 10 5 3 2 17 17 12 Washington 10 4 4 2 14 12 14 Boston 10 3 4 3 12 15 16 Bay Area 9 3 4 […]

WOLFGANG SUHNHOLZ, U.S. head coach General comments … “I am a little disappointed, but on the other hand I thought we saw two good teams out there play good soccer for the first game in this tournament. It must have been exciting for everyone to see these teams, because I thought both teams performed very […]

The United States lost, 1-0, to China on the opening day of the World Youth Championship. June 17 in Mendoza, Argentina China 1 USA 0: Goal: Qu Bo 50. China — An Qi, Du Wei, Zhou Lin, Wang Sheng, Hu Zhaojun, Gao Ming, Yan Song (Wang Xinxin, 65), Xu Liang, Yaokun Zhang, Qu Bo (Ma […]

Soccer America’s player ratings for the U.S. under-20 team in the Americans’ 1-0 loss to China in their World Youth Championship Group C opener Sunday, June 17 at Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, Argentina: Goalkeeper D.J. Countess: 6. Huge saves — leaping to tip Gao Ming’s blast over the crossbar in the 38th minute, diving to […]

New York moved into a first-place tie with Atlanta after a 2-1 win over Philadelphia on Sunday in Uniondale, N.Y. Tiffeny Milbrett added two more goals to her league-leading 16 points. Both New York and Atlanta, which beat San Diego, 3-2, on Sunday, have 5-1-4 records with 19 points. Elsewhere, Boston defeated Washington, 1-0, for […]

The USA remained the only unbeaten team in the final round of World Cup qualifying after tying Jamaica, 0-0, in Kingston. Costa Rica beat Mexico, 2-1, to become the first team in World Cup qualifying history to beat the Tri at Azteca Stadium.

Trinidad & Tobago 2 Honduras 4 Goals: Latapy 55, John 92; Pavon 12 (pen.), Turcios 21, Morales 54, Guevara 89 (pen.). Trinidad & Tobago — Clayford Ince, Marvin Andrews, Raymond Carrinton (Russel Latapy), Denis Laurence, Arnold Guarica, Brent Rahim, Amcil Elcock, Stern John, Michael Brokman, Anthony Rougier (Dale Saunders), Dwight Yorke. Honduras — Noel Valladares, […]

On the fourth Hexagonal game day, Costa Rica beat Mexico, 2-1, in Mexico City, the USA and Jamaica tied, 0-0, in Kingston, and Honduras downed Trinidad & Tobago, 4-2, in Port of Spain. Here are the standings of CONCACAF’s final round of World Cup qualifying with six games to play for each team. STANDINGS TEAM […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, senior editor In Kingston, Jamaica Four years ago, the U.S. national team started on the Hexagonal round to the 1998 World Cup by tying Jamaica 0-0 in Kingston. On Saturday, the U.S. and Jamaica met again at the National Stadium, where the Jamaicans had not lost in their last 50 games. Again, […]

The USA tied Jamaica, 0-0, to remain undefeated after four games of the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup qualifying play from which three of six CONCACAF teams will qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The tie marked the first Hexagonal game in which the first-place USA failed to garner the full three points. […]

June 16 in Mexico City Mexico 1 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Abundis 6; Fonseca 71, Medford 86. Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Suarez, Davino, Carmona, Marco Antonio Ruiz, Vfctor Ruiz, del Olmo (Palencia, 74), Luis Hernandez, Zepeda (Victorino, 50), Abundis (Osorno, 67). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Marin, Drummond, Castro (Sunsing, 58), Parks, Bryce, Solis, Lopez, […]

Columbus and Dallas each score six goals in their respective wins. … Carlos Valderrama sees red in the 12th minute of Tampa BayÆs 6-1 loss to the Crew and Dante Washington gets a hat trick. … Raul Diaz Arce scores twice in his Colorado debut but the RapidsÆ fall 6-3 to the Burn. … 16-year-old […]

STANDINGS 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. & Tob. 3 0 […]

MEXICO-COSTA RICA TV: Telemundo (live), 12:30 pm ET. Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA). STANDINGS: Mexico, tied for 2nd in Hexagonal on goal difference (1 win, 1 loss, 1 tie, 5 goals for, 3 goals against, 4 points); Costa Rica, tied for 2nd in Hexagonal on goal difference (1 win, 1 loss, 1 tie, 5 goals for, […]

Conference call with U.S. national team head coach Bruce Arena. Arena on the close proximity of the two qualifiers and if that determines what players to use: “A little bit, but to be honest with you, our focus is on the first game and to get the three points. Then we can make the adjustments […]

The U.S. U-20 national team is hoping to become the second U.S. team in history to reach the final four of the World Youth Championship. The best performance so far by a U.S. team came with its fourth-place finish in 1989. BY SCOTT FRENCH Here are the keys to U.S. success: 1. Solidify the defense. […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 11 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery-R & L), M Brian Kamler (partially torn hamstring-R); PROBABLE: F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery-R) METROSTARS – OUT: M Clint Mathis (torn ACL-R); PROBABLE: D/M Steve Shak (Sprained […]

The United States plays its fourth game of the Hexagonal, the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, Saturday, June 16 in Kingston, Jamaica. HereÆs a look at the matchup: JAMAICA-USA TV: ABC (live), 2:00 pm ET; tape 2:00 pm PT. (Times vary on West Coast; check local listings) Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (PAR) STANDINGS: Jamaica, […]

The USA is making its eighth appearance at the U-20 World Youth Championship. HereÆs a look at the tournament, By the Numbers By PAUL KENNEDY 2 The United States has advanced as far as the quarterfinals twice. In 1989, it beat Iraq, 2-1. In 1993, it fell to Brazil 3-0. 3 Brazil and Argentina have […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 12 10 1 1 31 28 9 MetroStars 12 6 4 2 20 19 16 New England 12 4 7 1 13 13 19 D.C. United 11 4 7 0 12 19 21 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

U.S. women’s national team coach April Heinrichs announced her 18-woman roster for the two-game Independence Day Series vs. Canada on June 30 in Toronto, Ontario, and July 3 in Blaine, Minn., naming 15 WUSA players and three under-21 national team regulars, all of whom are still in college. The clash in Blaine at the National […]