Monthly Archives: August 2001

Predictions Here are Soccer America Executive Editor Mike WoitallaÆs predictions for the games on Aug. 4: Colorado 1 Chicago 2 Tampa Bay 1 San Jose 3 New England 2 Dallas 1 MetroStars 3 Miami 2 Kansas City 1 Columbus 2 Previews All times ET Saturday, August 4 (4:00 p.m.) Chicago Fire at Colorado Rapids (Telemundo) […]

Scoring a great goal requires ambition, confidence, skill and fortune, according to MLS players. Then euphoria takes care of the celebration. ôHave you seen It?ö ôSeen what?ö ôThe Goal.ö ôWhat goal?ö ôThe Goal. You have to see It.ö This conversation repeats itself among soccer fans whenever a great goal is scored. The goal is so […]

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Germany will host the USA for a friendly game on March 27, according to German press reports. U.S. Soccer is expected to confirm the match within days. The game is likely to be televised in the United States. The game could be canceled if Germany and the USA end up in the same World Cup […]

Here are Soccer America’s predictions for the Aug. 1-2 games: San Diego 2 Washington 1 Atlanta 2 Boston 1 Carolina 2 New York 3 Bay Area 2 Philadelphia 0 Previews (all times ET) Wednesday, August 1 (10:00 pm) Washington at San Diego (TV: COX4). Did you know? Washington has lost three in a row and […]

Here are the results of the July poll in which 2,307 fans picked their U.S. national team MVP over the first six games of the final round of World Cup 2002 qualifying: Kasey Keller – 722 – 31.3% Clint Mathis – 470 – 20.4% Earnie Stewart – 349 – 15.1% Jeff Agoos – 302 – […]

Here are Soccer America’s predictions for the Aug. 1 games: D.C. United 1 Miami 3 Columbus 1 Chicago 2 Preview Wednesday, August 1 (8:00 p.m. ET) Miami Fusion at D.C. United Did you know? Miami begins the final stretch of the season with a four-game road trip. … Six Miami players were starters in Saturday’s […]

Columbus hands Chicago its first shutout of the season in a 3-0 win that also breaks the CrewÆs 7-game run of futility against its Midwest rival. … Abdul Thompson Conteh scores twice in the first half for D.C. United, but Diego Serna and Alex Pineda Chacon hit one each for a 2-2 D.C. United-Miami tie. […]

Glasgow Rangers beat NK Maribor of Slovenia, 3-1, in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The win gave Rangers a 6-1 aggregrate win and set up meeting with Turkey’s Fenerbahce later this month. The winner of that clash earns passage into the group phase. American Claudio Reyna, who played […]

The U.S. U-21 women’s national team scored three goals in the first 16 minutes en route to a 6-1 destruction of Sweden to win its third consecutive title at the Nordic Cup, the top U-21 women’s tournament. North Carolina-bound forward Anne Morrell, making her first start of the tournament, scored three goals, all off far […]

Our midterm honor roll has lots of surprises. Who would have figured the MVP award would be a Miami multiple-choice question and San Jose would be in line for four of the six MLS awards? Many players must prove they can perform down the stretch as the playoffs draw near. Here are Soccer AmericaÆs choices […]