Monthly Archives: July 2001

U.S. under-21 women’s national team head coach Jerry Smith will bring 20 players to a three-day training camp in Rhode Island on July 17, then choose 18 to represent the United States at the 2001 Women’s U-21 Nordic Cup Championships, being contested in Norway from July 25-31. Without a sanctioned FIFA championship for U-21 women, […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 5-10-1 (16 points)/T-3rd D.C. United will play the Hershey Wildcats in third round U.S. Open Cup play Wednesday night at Richmond University Stadium … Midfielder Bobby Convey will be out six to eight weeks due to hernia surgery he will undergo this week … … Recently acquired defender Scott […]

MLS Conference Call Guests: Colorado Rapids forward – John Spencer Tampa Bay Mutiny President & GM – Bill Manning Chicago Fire Head Coach – Bob Bradley MLS Deputy Commissioner – Ivan Gazidis Ivan Gazidis’ opening comments: “John has made a huge difference to that team in Colorado. He has come in as a new player […]

Mexico’s new coach, Javier Aguirre, is giving Mexican captain Claudio Suarez, the all-time world caps leader (162), a rest. The Tri will be without Suarez and three other starters from the team that recently beat the United States, 1-0, when it plays in the Copa America, which begins Wednesday in Colombia. The other starters all […]

Players straight out of college had a slow start in the WUSA. Making the adjustment on the field and off hasnÆt been easy. No one expected college players to dominate the WUSA right away. They havenÆt. The U.S. and foreign national team stars, veterans of years of international competition, have had a big edge over […]

Recent moves in bold. School Old Coach New Coach Appalachian State Aidan Heaney Dave Golan Butler Todd Bramble Joe Sochacki Canisius Dave Kreger TBA Cincinnati Jeff Cook Hylton Dayes Creighton Brett Simon Bob Warming Dartmouth Fran O’Leary Jeff Cook Davidson Charlie Slagle TBA George Mason Gordon Bradley Fran O’Leary Lafayette Tim Lenahan Dennis Bohn Liberty […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played July 4 and July 7. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) July 4 Tampa Bay 1 MetroStars 2. Goals: Diallo (Trittschuh, Ralston) 27; Walsh (Hernandez) 85, Butler (Hernandez) 93+. Tampa Bay (4-5-1) — Adin Brown (5); Scott Cannon (5), Craig Demmin (4), Joseph Addo […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played July 4 and 7. GOALKEEPER Scott Garlick (3) Colorado DEFENDERS Ritchie Kotschau (1) Colorado Mike Petke (1) MetroStars Jorge Rodriguez (3) Dallas MIDFIELDERS Daniel Hernandez (1) MetroStars Peter Nowak (2) Chicago Hristo Stoitchkov (1) Chicago Carlos Valderrama (3) Colorado FORWARDS Mamadou Diallo […]

The following is a summary of NCAA Division I women’s head coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason: Key: recent moves in bold. School Old Coach New Coach Arizona State Terri Patraw Ray Leone Arkansas-Little Rock Chris Pratt Greg Hess Cal Riverside new program Veronica O’Brien Cal State Fullerton Al Mistri Ali Khosroshahin Canisius Carlos Obiano […]

Carolina and San Diego combined for the first major trade of the WUSA and the first trade in the league’s regular-season history, with the Courage sending Norwegian goalkeeper Bente Nordby and Chinese defender Wen Lirong to the Spirit for Swedish defender Kristin Bengtsson and goalkeeper Ulrika Karlsson. The trade amounts to the league’s sixth-place team […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA Atlanta 13 6 1 6 24 16 11 New York 13 6 2 5 23 20 13 Bay Area 12 5 4 3 18 14 11 Philadelphia 13 5 5 3 18 18 18 Washington 13 5 6 2 17 18 20 San Diego 13 4 […]

SCHEDULE THIRD ROUND July 11 in El Paso, Texas El Paso Patriots (A-League) vs. Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) July 11 in Overland Park, Kan. Kansas City Wizards (MLS) vs. Chicago Fire (MLS) July 11 in Milwaukee Milwaukee Rampage (A-League) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) July 11 in Fullerton, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) vs. Seattle Sounders […]

Robbie Church, the head coach at Vanderbilt the past two seasons, was named head coach at Duke on Monday, Director of Athletics Joe Alleva announced. Church replaces Bill Hempen, who accepted the women’s head coaching position at Colorado in June. “I am extremely excited and proud to be named the head women’s soccer coach at […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 16 11 2 3 36 36 19 MetroStars 17 8 6 3 27 25 22 D.C. United 16 5 10 1 16 26 31 New England 16 4 8 4 16 19 26 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Julie Murray scored her fourth goal in four games and LaKeysia Beene notched her sixth straight shutout as the Bay Area CyberRays edged the New York Power, 1-0, July 8, in San Jose, Calif. The win moved the CyberRays (5-4-3 record, 18 points) into a third-place tie with Philadelphia, five points behind the second-place Power […]

Argentina won its fourth World Youth Championship title with a 3-0 win over Ghana in the final. Javier Saviola was the runaway winner of the tournament MVP award. “El Conejito” (“The Little Rabbit”), sold from River Plate to Barcelona of Spain for $22 million on the eve of the final, had 11 goals for Argentina […]

A four-goal eruption in the last 15 minutes of the Columbus-Dallas game makes for a 2-2 tie. … Eric Wynalda strikes twice to give Chicago a 3-2 win in Tampa in the MutinyÆs first game since the resignation of Coach Alfonso Mondelo. … Adolfo ValenciaÆs goals hand Miami its first loss after a 12-game undefeated […]

Atlanta: Activated F Cindy Parlow and M Nikki Serlenga from the National Team Duty List. Bay Area: Activated D Brandi Chastain from the National Team Duty List. Added D/F Gina Oceguera to reserve squad. Announced D Amber Reynolds, recently waived from the active roster, will not be added to reserve squad. Boston: Activated M Kristine […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for the games on July 7: Columbus 1 Dallas 1 Tampa Bay 1 Chicago 3 Miami 2 MetroStars 1 D.C. United 2 Los Angeles 2 New England 1 Kansas City 0 Colorado 2 San Jose 3 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, July 7, (4:00 p.m.) […]

Alfonso Mondelo has resigned as head coach of the Tampa Bay Mutiny, president and general manager Bill Manning announced. Assistants Perry Van Der Beck and Jim McGeough will handle coaching duties for Saturday’s home match against the Central Division-leading Chicago Fire. Mondelo, 42, was in his first season with the Mutiny, and compiled a 3-12-1 […]

ItÆs easy to get opinions about referees. Now Socceramerica.com is giving you a chance to hear from the refs with the launch of ôView from the Middle.ö For the seriesÆ inaugural edition, we sought out MLS and FIFA referee Ali Saheli of Columbia, Mo. INTERVIEW BY BRYAN ALVAREZ SOCCER AMERICA: Is there such thing as […]

RESULTS Semifinals July 4 in Cordoba Ghana 2 (Insuah 83, own goal 89) Egypt 0. July 4 in Buenos Aires Argentina 5 (Saviola 18, 24, Romagnoli 41, D’Alessandro 53, Herrera 70) Paraguay 0. SCHEDULE Third Place Match July 8 Paraguay vs. Egypt in Buenos Aires Final July 8 Argentina vs. Ghana in Buenos Aires PAST […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s prediction for the July 7-8 games: Atlanta 0 Washington 0 Carolina 1 Philadelphia 3 Bay Area 1 New York 1 San Diego 2 Boston 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, July 7 – (7:00 pm) – Washington (5-5-2, 4th place, 17 pts) at Atlanta (5-1-6, 2nd […]

The MetroStars pulled off a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay despite trailing 1-0 for most of the game. … Dallas tied New England, 1-1, thanks to an equalizer by 17-year-old Eddie Johnson. … In ColoradoÆs 3-1 win over D.C. United, Scotsman John Spencer became the first Rapid to score a hat trick. … Chicago embarrassed […]

The United States is well on its way to qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. Here's the chance to pick your U.S. national team MVP over the first six games of the final round of World Cup 2002 qualifying.