Monthly Archives: August 2001

The New England Revolution, desperate shore up its leaky defense, acquired Miami Fusion defender Leo Cullen in a trade for Johnny Torres and midfielder Shaker Asad. The Fusion and Revs also traded back draft picks. The Fusion acquired a second-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for a first-round choice in the 2002 […]

Group A STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCHEDULE Aug. 17 […]

With a few setbacks sprinkled among numerous successes, the Project-40 program is maturing – much like the players in it. Even though Carlos Parra plays for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the A-League and has no sense of whether he will get back up to MLS, he has no regrets about signing a Project-40 contract instead […]

RESULTS Aug. 14 in Santiago Chile 2 (Salas pen. 35, 77) Bolivia 2 (Baldivieso pen. 11, Coimbra 73). Aug. 14 in Maracaibo Venezuela 2 (Moran 53, Rondon 90) Uruguay 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Argentina 13 10 2 1 33 11 32 Paraguay 13 8 2 3 21 11 26 […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: Columbus 2 Dallas 2 D.C. United 2 MetroStars 1 Chicago 3 Miami 2 Kansas City 0 Los Angeles 1 Previews (All times ET) Wednesday, August 15, (7:30 p.m.) Dallas Burn at Columbus Crew (KSTR) Did you know? Dallas has conceded 36 goals this season in only 13 games. Their other […]

On a goal and two assists by John Wilmar Perez, Columbus extends its unbeaten streak to eight with a 3-0 win over Dallas. … Rodrigo Faria and Mark Chung shoot the MetroStars past D.C. United, 2-1. … League leading scorers Alex Pineda Chacon and Diego Serna each strike in MiamiÆs 2-1 win over Chicago. … […]

U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller is returning to England, where he started his professional career a decade ago. He has signed with Premier Division club Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer from SpainÆs Rayo Vallecano. Keller will try to wrest the starting spot from Neil Sullivan, who started in 35 games for Tottenham as it finished […]

ôBob [Bradley] called me and we had a nice conversation over the phone and he had one question for me. He said ‘Do you still love to play?’ I said ‘Yeah.’ and he said, ‘Good, because I just traded for you.’ “The national team has been functioning very well on its own. I don’t think […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played Aug. 8, 11 and 12. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Aug. 8 New England 1 San Jose 5. Cate (pen.) 44; Donovan (Russell) 35, Donovan (pen.) 44, Agogo (Donovan) 68, Lagos (Donovan, Mulrooney) 71, Agogo (Corrales, Russell) 80. New England (4-3-1-2) — Jeff […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played Aug. 8, 11 and 12. GOALKEEPER Kevin Hartman (2) Los Angeles DEFENDERS Ezra Hendrickson (5) Los Angeles Ritchie Kotschau (2) Colorado Pablo Mastroeni (5) Miami MIDFIELDERS Chris Armas (2) Chicago Peter Nowak (3) Chicago Alex Pineda Chacon (5) Miami Jim Rooney (5) […]

As teams round the final turn in the MLS season, it’s shaping up to be quite a finish. Four teams look equally capable of winning it all: Miami, San Jose, Chicago and Los Angeles. Seven others will dogfight for four playoff spots, and all have enough weaponry to pull off an upset in a three-game […]

Already playoff-bound Philadelphia ended its regular-season campaign with a 2-1 loss to Boston, which finishes the season at 8-10-3 and in sixth place. With the loss, Philadelphia remains in fourth place with a record of 9-8-4. The Charge will take on the first-place Atlanta Beat next Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium in the second WUSA […]

David Regis (Metz/France), Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg/Germany) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover/Germany) played the whole 90 minutes for their clubs. Only Cherundolo, whose Second Division club remains undefeated after tying Unterhaching, didn’t come out on the losing end. FRANCE David Regis, Metz (D1) Started (90 min.) vs. Montpellier (0-3). Metz played a man short for the final […]

The New York Power clinched the fourth and final WUSA playoff berth Saturday by beating the Washington Freedom, 2-0, in the final regular-season match for both teams. New York joins Atlanta, Bay Area and Philadelphia in the playoffs. Philadelphia’s Aug. 12 result against Boston will determine the matchups. Aug. 11 in Annapolis, Md. WASHINGTON 0 […]

Aug. 12 in San Diego SAN DIEGO 2 CAROLINA 2 Scoring Summary: CAR– Burt 2 (Riise 8, Burtini 2) 2 CAR– Burtini 4 (Fotopoulos 5, Burt 4) 8 SD– MacMillan 11 (Foudy 7, Koleski 3) 57 SD– MacMillan 12 (Wen Lirong 1, Boxx 4) 90+ SAN DIEGO — Jaime Pagliarulo, Fan Yunjie (Sherill Kester, 83), […]

Diego Serna and Preki each score once and assist twice in MiamiÆs 4-1 win at New England. … Two strikes from Eric Eynalda and another from Peter Nowak take Chicago past Tampa Bay, 3-1. … Antonio Martinez notches three assists in DallasÆ 3-0 win over the MetroStars, whose Mike Petke gets tossed in the first […]

U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna — who made a bit of history by wearing the captainÆs band in Glasgow RangersÆ first game of the season — is nursing a groin injury. But he expects to return in time for RangersÆ Champions League match Aug. 22 and the Sept. 1 World Cup qualifier against Honduras. INTERVIEW BY […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Help is on the way for an MLS team that sorely needs it. MLS has agreed to terms with three-time All-Star Diego Sonora, who will join Tampa Bay as a discovery player and be eligible to play as soon as he receives a P-1 work visa. Mutiny officials are hopeful signed contracts […]

Aug. 9 in Villanova, Pa. Philadelphia 1 San Diego 1 Scoring Summary: SD– Koleski (Foudy) 47 PHI– Smith (Clemens) 75 PHILADELPHIA — Melissa Moore, Jenny Benson, Erica Iverson, Heather Mitts, Jennifer Tietjen, Michelle Demko (Rebekah McDowell 67), Lorrie Fair, Rakel Karvelsson (Deidre Enos 74), Liu Ailing (Jennifer Soileau 81), Kelly Smith, Mandy Clemens. CAUTIONS: None; […]

Soccer America Assistant Editor Bryan Alvarez predicts: Atlanta 1 Bay Area 1 Philadelphia 2 San Diego 0 Previews (all times ET) Thursday, August 9 (7:00 pm) Bay Area at Atlanta (TV: KICU-TV, San Jose). Did you know? The CyberRays finish their regular season Thursday against the only team in the WUSA they have not beaten. […]

By RIDGE MAHONEY The MetroStars and Rapids are finalizing a trade of picks and players as they fine-tune for the final weeks of the regular season. The Metros will send midfielder/defender Steve Shak, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2000 Superdraft, to Colorado in exchange for veteran midfielder Ross Paule. Also to be exchanged […]

The MetroStars became the first U.S. team to notch a win in the Merconorte Cup, beating VenezuelaÆs Deportivo Italchacao, 2-0, in Giants Stadium Aug. 8. It was the MetroStars’ opening game in Group B in the competition of leading clubs from the Americas’ northern nations — which this year included U.S. teams for the first […]

Defending Mexican League champions Santos downed Kansas City, MLSÆs 2000 champ, 4-2, in Torreon, Mexico in Merconorte Cup play Aug. 8. The loss leaves Kansas City, which lost to PeruÆs Sporting Cristal 2-1 a week ago, at the bottom of Group C with no points. Santos took a 1-0 first-half lead on a 28th-minute penalty […]

U.S. keeper Kasey Keller will reportedly arrive in Istanbul today to sign a contract with First Division club Besiktas. Keller has been looking for a club since his contract with Spanish club Rayo Vallecano expired last June. Besitkas is coached by Christoph Daum, who left Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team last year in […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: New England 1 Miami 3 Chicago 3 Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 1 MetroStars 2 San Jose 2 Columbus 1 Los Angeles 4 D.C. United 2 Colorado 1 Kansas City 0 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, August 11 (7:30 p.m.) Miami Fusion at New England Revolution (WB-56) Did you know? The […]