Monthly Archives: September 2001

G KRISTEN SAMUHEL (Richmond) (1) Stopped 10 shots, halted late onslaught in 1-0 win over Maryland D JESSICA BALLWEG (Santa Clara) (1) Freshman’s 35-yard bomb beats Wake Forest, 1-0 D LESLIE GASTON (North Carolina) (1) Goals in wins over Charlotte and Penn State, helped shut down Christy Welsh D DEIDRE BASS (Miami, Fla.) (1) Anchored […]

Tonight’s U.S. Women’s Cup doubleheader — USA-Japan, Germany-China — in Columbus, Ohio, has been permanently canceled by U.S. Soccer. As of now, the USA-China game scheduled to be played in Kansas City on Sunday (Sep. 16) will take place as planned.

MLS commissioner Don Garber announced that because of today’s attacks on the Pentagon and New York’s landmark World Trade Center, all four regular-season games scheduled for Wednesday (Sept. 12) have been postponed. The canceled games: D.C. United vs. Dallas, MetroStars vs. Miami, Colorado vs. Columbus, Los Angeles vs. San Jose.

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played Sept. 7, 8 and 9. GOALKEEPER Kevin Hartman (3) Los Angeles DEFENDERS Paul Caligiuri (1) Los Angeles Steve Jolley (4) MetroStars Chris Klein (1) Kansas City MIDFIELDERS Daniel Hernandez (3) MetroStars Brian Maisonneuve (3) Columbus Peter Nowak (4) Chicago John Wilmar Perez […]

Bay Area rivals Santa Clara (from No. 6 to No. 3) and Stanford (from No. 14 to No. 8) make the biggest leaps in this week’s Top 20 after impressive sweeps this past weekend. Santa Clara edged Wake Forest and dominated Florida State at Wake Forest’s tournament, and Stanford toppled Texas and Texas Tech in […]

9/10 RANKING … TEAM (CURRENT RECORD) … 9/3 RANKING 1 SMU (4-0-0) 1 2 Virginia (3-0-1) 3 3 St. John’s (3-0-0) 4 4 Furman (3-0-0) 5 5 Connecticut (3-1-1) 6 6 San Diego (3-0-0) 9 7 UCLA (2-1-1) 10 8 Saint Louis (3-0-0) 13 9 Stanford (4-0-0) 14 10 Washington (3-1-0) 2 11 Indiana (2-2-0) […]

It was a weekend of losses for Americans who played for clubs overseas. Joe-Max Moore, Brad Friedel, Jovan Kirovski, David Regis and Tony Sanneh all saw time in their respective team’s defeats. England Joe-Max Moore, Everton (PL) Entered as a substitute (65th minute) vs. Manchester United (1-4). The game was already 3-0 United at Old […]

Luchi Gonzalez had three goals to lead SMU, the No. 1 team in the Soccer America Men’s Top 20, past South Carolina, 3-2, and College of Charleston, 3-0, at the Aaron Olistky Memorial Classic in Charleston, S.C. No. 2 Washington fell to No. 7 Indiana at the Portland adidas Invitational. Portland won the tournament with […]

Top-ranked North Carolina was missing its top two players, but no matter. The Tar Heels, with winger Jena Kluegel and defender Catherine Reddick off on U.S. national team duty, romped past Charlotte and No. 10 Penn State to capture the Carolina Classic title. Forward Susan Bush, who missed most of last season with an ACL […]

Mia Hamm had two goals to lead the U.S. women’s national team past 2001 European champion Germany, 4-1, on the opening day of the Nike U.S. Women’s Cup. Hamm also had an assist on Tiffeny Milbrett’s winning goal. U.S. coach April Heinrichs used four college players off the bench: Cat Reddick and Jena Kluegel of […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played Sept. 7, 8 and 9. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) Sept. 7 MetroStars 3 New England 1. Goals: Faria (Hernandez) 5, Faria (Villegas, Jolley) 27, Valencia (Jolley, Hernandez) 46+; Williams (Franchino, Cloutier) 14. MetroStars (3-5-2) — Tim Howard (6); Mike Petke (5), Steve […]

The Columbus Crew beat Tampa Bay, 2-1, Sunday in the Mutiny’s final home game of the 2001 season and moved into the fourth playoff spot which would mean home-field advantage in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. Columbus is tied with the San Jose Earthquakes on 45 points but claims the head-to-head series […]

D.C. United’s 3-1 loss to Miami eliminated the three-time MLS champion from the playoffs for the second straight year. The eight playoff teams will be Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, Columbus, the MetroStars, Kansas City and Dallas. The Fusion’s Alex Pineda Chacon had a hat trick to give him a league-high 19 goals. Diego […]

Iran opened up a two-point lead in Asia’s Group A with a 2-1 win over archrival Iraq in Baghdad on a Ali Daei goal in the 84th minute. Bahrain fell out of a tie for first with a 1-1 tie at home with Thailand. In Group B, China remained unbeaten with a 1-1 tie at […]

There are several big clashes on the second weekend of the women’s college season. No. 11 Stanford and No. 14 California travel to Texas to face No. 11 Texas A&M and Nov. 17 Texas. No. 20 Wake Forest hosts No. 3 Portland, No. 6 Santa Clara and No. 12 Florida State at the Nike/Wake Forest […]

In mid-week action, No. 6 Connecticut won twice without 2000 Soccer America Player of the Year Chris Gbandi, who has been suspended seven games by the NCAA for an unnamed rules violation. No. 16 Clemson was upset by Georgia State, 2-1, at Riggs Field. Six games between Soccer America Top 20 teams are on tap […]

GROUP 1 RESULTS Sept. 5 in Torshavn Faeroe Islands 0 Russia 3 (Beschastnykh 19, 30, Shirko 88). Sept. 5 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 1 (Djordjevic 51) Slovenia 1 (Milinovic 10). Sept. 5 in Luxembourg City Luxembourg 0 Switzerland 3 (Frei 12, Turkyilmaz 58, 84). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Russia 9 6 […]

Sept. 5 in San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Rica 2 USA 0 CRC — Rolando Fonseca (pen) 40th minute. CRC — Rolando Fonseca (Mauricio Solis) 68 Costa Rica — Erick Lonnis; Reynaldo Parks, Gilberto Ramirez, Luis Marin; Carlos Castro, Harold Wallace, Mauricio Solis, Walter Centeno (Wilmer Lopez, 56), Rolando Fonseca (Rodrigo Cordero, 80); Roland Gomez […]

RESULTS Sept. 5 in San Jose Costa Rica 2 USA 0. Goals: Fonseca pen. 40, 68. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Parks, Marin, Castro, Centeno (Lopez, 56), Solis, Wallace, Fonseca (Cordero, 80), Gomez (Medford, 71), Wanchope. USA — Friedel, Pope, Llamosa, Agoos, Sanneh, Williams (Donovan, 63), Armas, Stewart, Vanney (Moore, 56), Jones, Kirosvki (Preki, 71). […]

By Paul Kennedy The United States must beat Jamaica Oct. 7 in Foxboro, Mass., and Trinidad & Tobago Nov. 11 in Port of Spain to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Yes, there are other scenarios by which the United States can qualify but they aren’t likely. The only imaginable result that could help the […]

9/3 RANKING TEAM (RECORD) PRESEASON RANKING 1 SMU (2-0-0) 2 9/7 South Carolina, 9/9 at College of Charleston 2 Washington (2-0-0) 11 9/8 Indiana, 9/9 William & Mary. 3 Virginia (1-0-1) 3 9/7 American, 9/9 Creighton. 4 St. John’s (2-0-0) 10 9/8 at Providence. 5 Furman (1-0-0) 5 9/7 Notre Dame, 9/9 FIU. 6 Connecticut […]

The following are the poll results in which 1,780 fans participated:1780 total resps. Who’s the top new American player in MLS? Landon Donovan (San Jose) – 1117 – 62.8% Santino Quaranta (D.C. United) – 229 – 12.9% Ryan Suarez (Dallas) – 90 – 5.1% Jim Curtin (Chicago) – 70 – 3.9% Mark Lisi (D.C. United) […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, Soccer America Senior Editor Just minutes before the WUSA’s Aug. 25 championship game at Foxboro Stadium kicked off, league founder John Hendricks was discussing areas in which the WUSA needed to improve in Year 2. “I think we can do a better job through our investment groups, especially our corporate investors,” said […]

Executive Editor Mike Woitalla predicts: MetroStars 2 New England 1 Miami 3 D.C. United 1 Chicago 2 Dallas 1 Kansas City 0 San Jose 2 Colorado 0 Los Angeles 3 Tampa Bay 1 Columbus 4 Previews (All times ET) Friday, September 7, (8:00 p.m.) New England Revolution at MetroStars (Fox New England, MSG) Did you […]

RESULTS Sept. 4 in Lima Peru 0 Uruguay 2 (Dario Silva 12, Recoba 45). Sept. 4 in Santiago Chile 0 Venezuela 2 (Paez 56, Arango 62). Sept. 5 in Bogota Colombia 0 Ecuador 0. Sept. 5 in Asuncion Paraguay 5 (Paredes 33, Cardozo 45, 90, Chilavert 50, Santa Cruz 70) Bolivia 1 (Paz 15). Sept. […]