Monthly Archives: September 2001

MIAMI 2 KANSAS CITY 1 (Miami wins series) Miami coach Ray Hudson: “Tremendous locker room. Spectacular. Mayhem. It’s like the last days of Pompeii. They earned every moment. I’m so pleased for those lads in there. I’m so very delighted for the unit. This was a great win. This [Kansas City] was a very, very […]

Three Game 3 encounters in the MLS quarterfinals on Saturday settled the semifinal matchups. It will be: Miami vs. San Jose and Chicago vs. Los Angeles. Los Angeles, which had a man ejected for the third time in its series, prevailed over the MetroStars with a 3-2 win in a thrilling Game 3 — on […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (7-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU (3-1). 2 Virginia (6-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary (1-0), 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-1) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers (1-1), 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (5-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), 9/28 VCU, […]

China has all but clinched its first berth in the World Cup with a 1-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. Qi Hong’s goal in the 42th minute gave Bora Milutinovic’s team the three points to open up a five-point lead on third-place Qatar with three games to play in Group B. […]

Semifinals Sept. 27 in Port of Spain France 2 (Le Tallec 56, Berthod 58) Argentina 1 (Tevez 49). Sept. 27 in Malabar Nigeria 1 (Opabunmi pen. 4) Burkina Faso 0. Quarterfinals Sept. 23 in Port of Spain France 2 (Sinama Pongolle 38, Le Tallec 40) Brazil 1 (Alberoni 70). Nigeria 5 (Opabunmi 24, 69, 79, […]

With the San Jose Earthquakes being the only team to sweep its quarterfinal opponent (Columbus), the other three series will be decided in SaturdayÆs Game 3 encounters. Saturday, Sept. 29 Los Angeles vs. MetroStars in Pasadena, Calif., 3:30 pm ET (ESPN2) Game 1: Los Angeles 1 MetroStars 1 Game 2: MetroStars 4 Los Angeles 1 […]

Iran moved back into the driver’s seat in Asia’s Group A when it tied Saudi Arabia, 2-2, in Jeddah on Sirous Dinmohammadi’s goal in the 58th minute. The Saudis lead Iran by two points, but the Iranians have a game in hand. The deciding game for Iran may be a match with Iraq Oct. 12 […]

The Columbus Crew has loaned forward Jeff Cunningham to Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga for the MLS offseason. The agreement stipulates that Cunningham will return to Columbus three weeks prior to the start of the 2002 MLS season. Cunningham, 25, became the first player in Crew history to record double-figure totals in both goals […]

Ohio State walk-on Connor Senn died at Akron City Hospital after he collapsed during the second half of the No. 16 Buckeyes’ game at Akron Wednesday night. Senn collapsed making a slide tackle with 19:06 to play in the second half. The freshman defender from Granville, Ohio, was attended to by the medical staffs from […]

San Jose became the first team to advance to the MLS semifinals when it beat Columbus, 3-0, to take the series, 6 points to 0. Miami, first in the regular-season standings, not only fell to Kansas City, 3-0, but has lost Diego Serna and Pablo Mastroeni on red cards for Game 3 Saturday in Ft. […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (6-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU. 2 Virginia (6-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary (1-0), 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-1) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers (1-1), 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (5-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), 9/28 VCU, 9/30 […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (6-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU. 2 Virginia (5-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary, 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-0) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers, 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (5-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston (4-0), 9/28 VCU, 9/30 Cal Poly. […]

Three of the four quarterfinal matchups enter Game 2 this evening (Wednesday, Sept. 26). Miami and San Jose, because of the Game 1 wins, can clinch passage into the semifinals. The MetroStars’ tie at Los Angeles last weekend makes a Game 3 in that series necessary for one team to gain the five points needed […]

Because MLS has created a playoff system unique to anything we’ve seen elsewhere, here’s a review of how the series are settled: ò Quarterfinal and semifinal series consist of a maximum of three games, two of which the higher seeded team would host (if a third game is necessary). ò During the series, teams accumulate […]

The coaches’ darkhorse pick HOW THEY BEAT YOU: The Metros have been revamped since injuries knocked Clint Mathis out for the season and hobbled Adolfo Valencia and Tab Ramos. Gilmar and Ross Paule are wild cards. Their abilities have yet to be incorporated into the Metros’ system, which relies on Mark Chung and Petter Villegas […]

Galaxy is deadly on quick strikes HOW THEY BEAT YOU: Cobi Jones uses his terrifying speed on both wings to unhinge defenses and open up space for front-line mates Luis Hernandez and Sasha Victorine. The Galaxy can be deadly on quick strikes and counterattacks. Victorine often lingers in the goalmouth awaiting opportunities to poach, while […]

G KERRY THOMPSON (Ohio State) (1) Six saves in 4-1 win over Creighton, shutout in 1-0 win over Southwest Missouri State D MATT DOMINICK (Georgia State) (1) Helped unbeaten GSU to OT wins over Atlantic Sun foes Mercer and Campbell D MICHAEL NELSON (Loyola, Md.) (1) Scored off corner kick to give Greyhounds first win […]

G VANESSA SCOTTO (Pennsylvania) (1) Shut out George Mason and William & Mary, making 10 saves to hold Tribe scoreless for first time since ’98 in 0-0 tie D MIKEL CASEY (Charlotte) (1) Box clearance creates decisive goal in 2-1 win vs. Davidson, goal and assist in 4-0 romp over Houston, keyed defense that limited […]

(Through Sept. 23) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Luchi Gonzalez, SMU Sr. 6 10 5 25 4.167 2 John Barry Nusum, Furman Sr. 4 6 3 15 3.75 3 Byron Carmichael, Marshall Jr. 5 9 0 18 3.6 4 Attila Vendegh, Old Dominion So. 6 10 1 21 […]

9/24 … TEAM (RECORD) … 9/17 … 9/10 1 SMU (6-0-0) 1 1 9/27 at TCU. 2 Virginia (5-0-1) 2 2 9/26 William & Mary, 9/30 at N.C. State. 3 St. John’s (4-0-0) 3 3 9/26 Rutgers, 9/29 Villanova. 4 Furman (4-0-0) 4 4 9/25 at College of Charleston, 9/28 VCU, 9/30 Cal Poly. 5 […]

Fire employs extensive arsenal of firepower HOW THEY BEAT YOU: The arsenal of weapons is extensive. Hristo Stoitchkov, Peter Nowak, Dema Kovalenko, DaMarcus Beasley, Ante Razov and Eric Wynalda can all apply the coup de grace. Kovalenko and Nowak are very tough to knock off the ball and can seldom be stopped by a single […]

Harkes and Maisonneuve spark attacks HOW THEY BEAT YOU: MLSÆs hardest-working team ù or so says its slogan ù didnÆt always work that hard or that smart until former head coach Tom Fitzgerald got the ax. Replacement Greg Andrulis has released the brilliance of John Wilmar Perez and Jeff Cunningham and harnessed the savvy of […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for MLS playoff games played Sept. 20, 22 and 23. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Sept. 20 Chicago 2 Dallas 0. Goals: Bocanegra (Wynalda) 40, Whitfield (Nowak) 98+. Chicago (3-5-2) — Zach Thornton (6); C.J. Brown (5), Carlos Bocanegra (6), Diego Gutierrez (5); Chris Armas (6), […]

Quarterfinals Sept. 23 in Port of Spain France 2 (Sinama Pongolle 38, Le Tallec 40) Brazil 1 (Alberoni 70). Nigeria 5 (Opabunmi 24, 69, 79, Mohammed 81, Temile 85) Australia 1 (Engele 86). Sept. 24 in Malabar Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 38, Fanari 96) Mali 1 (D.Diarra 35) (OT). Burkina Faso 2 (Gorogo 56, Sanou 84) […]

Several U.S. players had standout performances for their clubs in Europe this past weekend and John O’Brien returned to action for Ajax. Goalkeeper Brad Friedel’s sparkling performance for Blackburn shut out Everton, defender Tony Sanneh scored a decisive goal in Nuremberg’s victory over FC Cologne and Cory Gibbs had an assist in St. Pauli’s tie […]