Monthly Archives: June 2001

Trinidad & Tobago tied Panama, 0-0, Sunday in Panama City in a friendly game. The game was the last before the Soca Warriors host Honduras June 16 and travel to the United States June 20 in must-win World Cup qualifiers. T&T was without stars Dwight Yorke, Russell Latapy and Shaka Hislop for the Panama game. […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 12 10 1 1 31 28 9 MetroStars 11 6 3 2 20 18 14 New England 12 4 7 1 13 13 19 D.C. United 10 3 7 0 9 17 20 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

RESULTS Third-Place Match June 9 in Ulsan Australia 1 (Murphy 84) Brazil 0. Final June 10 in Yokohama Japan 0 France 1 (Vieira 29). Semifinals June 7 in Yokohama Japan 1 (Nakata 43) Australia 0. June 7 in Suwon France 2 (Pires 7, Desailly 54) Brazil 1 (Ramon 30). Group A June 3 in in […]

Jamaica warmed up for its showdown with the United States Saturday, June 16, by beating Cuba, 4-1, Sunday at Kingston’s National Stadium. The win extended the Reggae Boyz’s unbeaten streak at “The Office” to 50 games. Onandi Lowe scored two goals after playing for Kansas City in MLS action Saturday. Andy Williams, who started in […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played June 6 & 9. GOALKEEPER Joe Cannon (2) San Jose DEFENDERS Eric Dade (1) Dallas Ivan McKinley (3) Miami Mauricio Wright (1) New England MIDFIELDERS Preki (1) Miami Jorge Rodriguez (2) Dallas Jim Rooney (3) Miami Andy Williams (1) New England FORWARDS […]

Sixteen teams advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open Cup from the A-League/D3 Pro League qualifying. Ten group winners along with six wild card teams advanced. The second round, which will also include all 12 MLS teams and four PDL/USASA qualifiers, is slated for June 27. The A-League/D3 Pro League entrants: A-League D3 […]

Kasey Keller and Ante Razov, each playing what is expected to be their last match with their current clubs, helped their respective teams mathematically avoid relegation. Keller made several quality stops for Rayo Vallecano in its 2-1 victory over Numancia and Razov played all 90 minutes of Racing Ferrol’s 1-1 tie with Levante. Spain Kasey […]

For the first time, a club will have two teams entered in the second round of the U.S. Open Cup. The PDL’s Seattle Sounders Select team earned a 4-1 victory over the USASA Region I winner Olympia Stamford of Connecticut in Renton, Wash., to advance to the second round of the U.S. Open Cup, where […]

The U.S. under-18 national team captured first-place of the 2001 International Tournament of Lisbon after battling host Portugal to a 2-2 draw on June 10. Earlier in the four-team round-robin tournament held June 7-10 the U.S., coached by George Gelnovatch, had beaten Austria, 2-1, on goals from midfielders Michael Enfield (Southern California United) and Ned […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played June 6 and June 9. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) June 6 Tampa Bay 0 Dallas 1. Goal: Kreis (Pareja) 15. Dallas (3-5-2) — Matt Jordan (6); Ryan Suarez (6), Richard Farrer (6), Eric Dade (7); Joselito Vaca (6), Chad Deering (5), Jorge […]

U.S. under-21 women’s national team coach Jerry Smith will begin a week-long training camp with 24 players on Thursday, June 14, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego, Calif., as he finalizes preparations for the 2001 Nordic Cup. Without a FIFA-sanctioned tournament for this age group, the annual Nordic Cup tournament serves as […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena announced a 23-man squad that will train for the teamÆs important World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The U.S. first faces Jamaica at the National Stadium in Kingston on June 16. The USA then heads to Foxboro, Mass., and will host Trinidad & Tobago on June 20. The […]

Forward Santino Quaranta (D.C. United) scored five goals and added two assists in six games and was named the Most Valuable Player in leading the U.S. under-17 national team to a third-place finish at the Theesen International Tournament in Bielefeld, Germany. Quaranta’s 12 points made him the leading scorer of the tournament, which had the […]

After 10 weeks of MLS action, here are the best goals of each week so far in the 2001 season, as chosen by Soccer AmericaÆs editorial staff. Week 1 Mark Lisi (D.C. United) The rookie out of Clemson, Mark Lisi, had a dream start to his MLS career, scoring D.C. UnitedÆs 88th-minute winner in a […]

By Soccer America Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney HEROES: The entire Miami lineup. The Fusion is playing breathtaking soccer. They’re nearly as good as their coach says they are. (ôI know how Moses felt when he saw the burning bush,ö Hudson said after watching his team down defending champ Kansas City, 5-1, on June 9.) And […]

Miami avenged its only loss of the season with a resounding 5-1 win over defending MLS champion Kansas City. The win gave the Fusion a 9-1-1 record and came a week after it buried Dallas, 6-2. The victory was the Fusion’s ninth straight at Lockhart Stadium, tying the MLS all-time record, and it also continues […]

England star Kelly Smith returned to action for the Philadelphia Charge after missing five games with a stress fracture on her right ankle. A few days later, she found out that she was on the England roster for this summer’s European Championship in Germany. BY KELLY SMITH England coach Hope Powell called me on Wednesday […]

International Friendly Columbus (Ohio) Crew Stadium June 7 Attendance: 12,572 Weather: 71 degrees, clear USA 0 Ecuador 0 USA — 1-Brad Friedel; 12-Mike Petke, 4- Robin Fraser, 3-Gregg Berhalter (5-Pablo Mastroeni, 46); 2-Steve Cherundolo (13-John Thorrington, 71), 17 John OÆBrien, 22-Tony Sanneh (8-Joe Enochs, 62); 21-Richie Williams, 91+), 7-Eddie Lewis; 10-Claudio Reyna; 19-Jovan Kirovski, 9-Joe-Max […]

GROUP 2 RESULTS June 8 in Albany Solomon Islands 7 (Wickham 18, 48, Menapi 46, 73, Waita 49, Samani 62, Suri 80) Vanuatu 2 (Iwai 9, 90). New Zealand 2 (Hickey 65, 67) Cook Islands 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Solomon Islands 2 2 0 0 16 3 6 New […]

According to press reports out of Trinidad, former Howard University star Shaka Hislop has pulled out of the Trinidad & Tobago squad for its game with Honduras June 16. Hislop, who plays for English club West Ham, started the first two Hexagonal games in goal for the Soca Warriors. T&T headed to Panama for a […]

Four MLS players — Onandi Lowe (Kansas City), Andy Williams (New England), Chris Dawes (Colorado) and Tyrone Marshall (Miami) — are among 23 players called up to prepare for the U.S. World Cup qualifier June 16 in Kingston. Clovis De Oliveira also recalled 10 English-based players, including veteran Fitzroy Simpson, who hasn’t played in the […]

Here are quotes from U.S. coach Bruce Arena, U.S. forward Jovan Kirovski, U.S. defender Pablo Mastroeni and Ecuador coach Hernan Dario Gomez after the United States tied Ecuador, 0-0, last night in Columbus, Ohio: U.S. coach Bruce Arena Opening Comments “I think it was a good game for us to have in preparation for the […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for the June 9-10 games: Atlanta 0 Washington 1 San Diego 1 Boston 2 New York 2 Bay Area 1 Philadelphia 4 Carolina 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, June 9 – (7:00 pm) – Washington (4-2-2, tied for 2nd place, 14 pts) at Atlanta […]

New York powered to a 4-2 win over host Carolina and moved into sole possession of first place. New York (4-1-3 record, 15 points) has won both of its matches over the Courage (2-5-1, tied for 6th place, 7 points) this season. Power forward Tiffeny Milbrett set up Ann Kristin Aarones for the first goal […]

U.S. Soccer held a media conference call today with U.S. coach April Heinrichs upon the announcement of the field for the Nike U.S. Women’ Cup. Here are Heinrichs’ quotes: April Heinrichs On how the existence of the WUSA helps the progress of the national team “The short term benefits of the WUSA for the women […]