Monthly Archives: October 2001

By Will Kuhns In Foxboro, Mass. Forward Ante Razov and midfielder Preki will be unavailable for Sunday’s game against Jamaica. Razov sprained an ankle during Thursday’s scrimmage against the New England Revolution and Preki has been unable to train at full speed because of a hamstring injury he suffered in Game 3 of Miami’s series […]

USA-JAMAICA: Yanks must end winless streak Sunday (Oct. 7) in Foxboro, Mass. (2 pm ET) TV: ABC (live) Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) Standings: USA is 4th (13 points, plus-2 goal difference); Jamaica is 5th (8 points, minus-5 goal difference). At stake: The USA is guaranteed of a World 2002 spot if it beats the […]

Please tell me Claudio will be back. I dare not suggest the U.S. fate in qualifying rests on one playerÆs shoulders. Watching the past three games, however, ought to convert anyone who has doubted ReynaÆs value. For so long, we craved a true No. 10, a guy who could set goals on platters and score […]

10/1 à TEAM RECORD à 9/24 1 SMU (7-0-0) 1 10/5 at Western Kentucky, 10/7 at Vanderbilt. 2 Virginia (8-0-1) 2 Oct. 2 Temple (5-0), 10/6 at VCU. 3 Furman (7-1-0) 4 10/3 South Carolina (2-3), 10/6 at Appalachian State. 4 Saint Louis (7-0-0) 5 10/3 DePaul (3-0), 10/6 Memphis. 5 St. John’s (5-0-1) 3 […]

By Will Kuhns in Foxboro, Mass. Two days before the United States’ crucial World Cup qualifier against Jamaica (Sunday, 2 pm ET/live on ABC), opinions were quite mixed on how each team is going to approach the game. “Jamaica, especially in this game, is going to go forward a lot,” U.S. forward Landon Donovan said. […]

HereÆs how the 23 members of the U.S. roster — for SundayÆs World Cup qualifier against Jamaica — have performed for their clubs over the past two weeks. BY MIKE WOITALLA GOALKEEPERS Brad Friedel Blackburn Rovers (England PL) Friedel, whoÆs played every minute for Blackburn this season, had an outstanding game against Everton Sept. 22, […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena and captain Claudio Reyna met the press Wednesday on a U.S. Soccer conference call. The main topic, of course, was SundayÆs crucial World Cup qualifier against Jamaica: Bruce Arena On how much the team has missed Claudio Reyna during the last three games — all of which were U.S. losses: “The […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Nov. 1 is the target date for the WUSA to complete moving its league offices from New York to Atlanta, but even league president Lynn Morgan acknowledges that it’s an “aggressive deadline.” Nobody has yet made the move, which was announced shortly after the Aug. 25 championship game when Cox Enterprises — […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH RELIEF EFFORTS: The New York Power and Washington Freedom called off their planned treks to China after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and instead will face off in a pair of Unity Games doubleheaders to raise funds for victims of the carnage. The Freedom and Power will meet in the first games […]

By PAUL KENNEDY There’s a 15 percent chance that the United States will qualify for the World Cup Sunday. At least that’s based on the 27 possible combination of results of the three Hexagonal games. Honduras’ chance of clinching is even higher: 19 percent. Mexico can’t clinch Sunday. Nor can any of these three teams […]

(Through Sept. 30) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Ranieka Bean, Howard Fr. 8 12 4 28 3.5 2 Beth Liesen, Eastern Ill. So. 8 12 3 27 3.38 3 Rosie Luzak, Niagara So. 8 10 4 24 3.0 – Marilyn Marin, North Texas So. 7 10 1 21 […]

Trinidad & Tobago international Mickey Trotman, who played for the A-League’s Rochester Rhinos, was killed in a car accident Wednesday morning in his hometown of Arima, Trinidad. Trotman had returned home to prepare for T&T’s World Cup qualifier with Honduras Sunday. Trotman’s brother, Stefan, and a female companion were also killed in the accident near […]

(Through Sept. 30) POINTS PER GAME Player, School Class GP G A P PPG 1 Luchi Gonzalez, SMU Sr. 7 10 6 26 3.71 2 Byron Carmichael, Marshall Jr. 9 13 3 29 3.22 3 Attila Vendegh, Old Dominion So. 7 10 2 22 3.14 4 John Barry Nusum, Furman Sr. 6 7 4 18 […]

Three straight losses in World Cup 2002 qualifying have dropped the United States from first to fourth place in the Hexagonal. The Americans still control their own destiny, though. They will qualify with wins over Jamaica Oct. 7 in Foxboro, Mass., and Trinidad & Tobago Nov. 11 in Port of Spain. Bruce Arena looks back […]

The United States isn’t the only team faced with injuries before the crucial Game 9 of World Cup qualifying. Jamaica, which plays the Americans Oct. 7 in Foxboro, Mass., will be without two English-based stars: midfielder Darryl Powell and defender Frank Sinclair. The United States is hoping for some help from Costa Rica, which faces […]

USA GOALKEEPERS: Brad FRIEDEL (Blackburn Rovers/ENG); Kasey KELLER (Tottenham/ENG), Zach THORNTON (Chicago Fire). DEFENDERS: Jeff AGOOS (San Jose Earthquakes), Carlos BOCANEGRA (Chicago Fire), Steve CHERUNDOLO (Hannover/GER), Robin FRASER (Colorado Rapids), Eddie POPE (D.C. United), David REGIS (Metz/FRA), Greg VANNEY (Los Angeles Galaxy). MIDFIELDERS: Chris ARMAS (Chicago Fire); Manny LAGOS (San Jose Earthquakes), John OÆBRIEN (Ajax/NED), […]

Here are the September poll results in which 1,400 fans participated. What’s the top league in the world? England (Premier League) – 549 – 39.2% Spain (Primera Divisi=n) – 353 – 25.2% Italy (Serie A) – 271 – 19.4% USA (MLS) – 77 – 5.5% Germany (Bundesliga 1) – 40 – 2.9% Argentina (Primera Divisi=n) […]

G MEGHANN LOSEKE (Colorado College) (1) Freshman makes 21 saves — 10 in overtime, three on breakaways in the final five minutes — to secure Lady Tigers a 0-0 draw at Pepperdine D MONICA GONZALEZ (Notre Dame) (1) Move to central defense keys shutout of Nebraska; long balls lead to two goals in romp at […]

G SHAWN ALEXANDER (Richmond) (1) Senior made career-high 10 saves, including stop on penalty kick, in 2-1 win over GW in Spiders’ Atlantic-10 debut D JERROD LAVENTURE (Seton Hall) (1) Freshman anchored Pirates defense from sweeper position in wins over Notre Dame (1-0) and FDU (4-1) D OGUCHI ONYEWU (Clemson) (1) Anchored a Tiger defense […]

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U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena called 23 players into training for the World Cup qualifier with Jamaica Oct. 7 in Foxboro, Mass. With Carlos Llamosa suspended, Arena called in Colorado defender Robin Fraser and Chicago defender Carlos Bocanegra. Also called up was midfielder John O’Brien, back in action at Dutch club Ajax. The big […]

Final Sept. 30 in Port of Spain France 3 (Sinama Pongolle 34, Le Tallec 52, Pietre 80) Nigeria 0. Third-Place Game Burkina Faso 2 (Gorogo 29, Conombo 77) Argentina 0. 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 […]

10/1 TEAM RECORD 9/24 1 SMU (7-0-0) 1 2 Virginia (7-0-1) 2 3 Furman (7-0-0) 4 4 Saint Louis (6-0-0) 5 5 St. John’s (5-0-1) 3 6 Washington (6-1-0) 6 7 Indiana (5-2-0) 7 8 South Florida (8-0-0) 8 9 Stanford (6-0-0) 9 10 San Diego (6-1-0) 12 11 North Carolina (6-2-0) 13 12 Penn […]

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

Impressive victories sparked Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida and Connecticut to make the biggest jumps in this week’s Soccer America college women’s Top 20. The Fighting Irish leapt from ninth to sixth after overcoming Nebraska and West Virginia; Clemson moved up from 12th to ninth with a 4-0 romp over Virginia; Florida jumped from 15th to […]