Monthly Archives: January 2002

Coach Glenn Myernick has named an 18-man roster for the U.S. U-23 team’s Feb. 1-14 Europe tour. The team, which will try to qualify for the 2004 Olympic tournament (a U-23 competition), currently comprises of players under age 21. The squad named by Myernick, which will play at the Madeira International Tournament in Portugal and […]

MLS has signed three young players SuperDraft 2002 eligibility: ò Forward Taylor Twellman, 21, a St. Louis, Mo., product who played two years at the University of Maryland before spending two years playing with GermanyÆs 1860 MunichÆs amateur team. Twellman won the Bronze Boot at the 1999 U-20 World Cup with four goals. He also […]

TODD SALDANA, head coach of UCLA’s powerhouse men’s program, won’t be back in 2002. He agreed to step down after it was revealed he had received his college degree from Columbia State University, shut down in 1998 for being a “diploma mill.” UCLA has an expectation that all head coaches have received undergraduate degrees from […]

L.A. Galaxy defender Greg Vanney, on loan to Bastia of the French first division, started his second consecutive match in a 1-0 loss to Auxerre. Joe-Max Moore, meanwhile, played 90 minutes for Everton for the fifth time this season in a scoreless draw at Aston Villa and Brad Friedel’s Blackburn Rovers lost to Arsenal. France […]

SEMIFINALS Jan. 30 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 0 Canada 0 (USA wins 4-2 on penalties). Penalties: USA — Donovan G, McBride G, Agoos G, Mathis G; Canada — McKenna NG, Stalteri G, DeRosario G, Nsaliwa NG. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Mastroeni, Agoos, Bocanegra, Jones (West, 106), Armas, Lewis (Beasley, 65), Donovan, McBride, Wolff (Mathis, 75). […]

Following the USAÆs Gold Cup semifinal win over Canada, on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie, Coach Bruce Arena, midfielders Landon Donovan and Cobi Jones, and goalkeeper Kasey Keller offered their perspectives on WednesdayÆs victory in Pasadena, Calif. U.S. coach BRUCE ARENA “I thought we played very well tonight. We were a little unlucky tonight […]

By Hijiri Kono South Korea Guus Hiddink, unhappy with his team’s play throughout the Gold Cup, finally blew his top late in his team’s quarterfinal match with Mexico. The Dutch coach was ejected after kicking the ball on the field to interrupt the match in the 117th minute. He said he kicked the ball because […]

On Tuesday, U.S. captain Claudio Reyna played his first English Premier League match since injuring his ankle in a New Year’s Day game against Aston Villa. Reyna started for Sunderland in a 1-0 loss to visiting Middlesborough and played 90 minutes. Noel Whelan put struggling Middlesborough ahead in the 14th minute and three minutes later, […]

The Colorado Rapids have acquired Nigerian striker Daniel Amokachi, 29, who played in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, and on NigeriaÆs 1996 Olympic gold medal-winning team. Amokachi is a former captain of Nigeria, for which he has scored 14 goals in 45 appearances. He has struggled with injuries for the last few years. Amokachi […]

The USA has finalized a trio of World Cup preparation matches against Italy, Germany and Ireland in Europe over the next three months. Feb. 13: ITALY-USA at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Sicily, at 2:45 p.m. ET/8:45 p.m. local (U.S. television TBD). March 27: GERMANY-USA at the Ostseestadion in Rostock (U.S. television, same-day delay, 10 […]

U.S. Soccer’s top two annual awards went to midfielder Earnie Stewart (Chevrolet Male Athlete of the Year) and forward Tiffeny Milbrett (Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year). Young Male Athlete of the Year went to DaMarcus Beasley and Young Female Athlete of the Year went to Aleisha Cramer. Stewart and Milbrett each receive a one […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY in Pasadena, Calif. They’ve met 13 times in World Cup qualifying and 11 times in friendlies but never before have neighbors Canada and the United States faced each other in the Gold Cup. The CONCACAF championship enters the semifinal stage Wednesday night at the Rose Bowl. After guest team South Korea plays […]

Products of the U.S. national team’s rise since the mid-1980s are bringing their expertise to the college game. Occasionally, as his Loyola Marymount men’s team watches tapes, Coach Paul Krumpe throws old snippets of his own games into the mix. As expected, his players laugh. Yet the chuckles come not because Krumpe can’t play – […]

The United States beat Canada, 4-2, on penalty kicks to advance to the Gold Cup final for the fourth time after their game ended in a 0-0 tie. The Americans totally dominated the defending champions but they couldn’t beat Canadian keeper Lars Hirschfeld. Canada’s luck finally ran out in the shootout when Kasey Keller saved […]

A cooperative relationship between club and school created New York’s best high school girls team. South Side High School’s girls soccer success is legendary. The Rockville Centre, N.Y., squad recently won its 10th New York state championship in 15 years, finishing 23-0-0 for the second consecutive season. The Lady Cyclones ended the year atop the […]

The all-time U.S. leader in caps and assists still has much to attain. He is set to return to the World Cup for the third time and hopes to finally win an MLS championship. A month off, an eternity by his standards, has revived and recharged Cobi Jones. Left behind are the triumphs and disappointments […]

MLS has signed three college stars — Luchi Gonzalez (SMU), John Barry Nusum (Furman) and Mohamed Fahim (SMU). Gonzalez is the winner of the Hermann Trophy, MAC and Soccer America Player of the Year awards in 2001. “For me, MLS really is the best place to get my feet on the ground as a professional,” […]

The following is the transcript of the speech given by Cliff McCrath at the NSCAA Coaches Convention in January in Philadelphia for Bill Holleman, the 60th recipient of the NSCAA Honor Award. The 60th Annual NSCAA Honor Award By C. Clifford McCrath Speeches honoring special people usually end with summary descriptives — adjectives and adverbs […]

Honor Award Bill Holleman (Atlanta, Ga.) A 1968 graduate of Campbell University, Holleman has guided his teams to six state championships in either North Carolina or Georgia. He also has coached a variety of club teams to state and regional championships in the U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-19 age groups, building his U-16 youth team […]

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The USA reached the semifinals of Gold Cup 2002 thanks to a 4-0 victory over El Salvador on Sunday in which Brian McBride notched a hat trick and Ante Razov scored once. Here are reactions from the U.S. locker room at the Rose Bowl: U.S. Coach Bruce Arena: “We obviously started the game in strong […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Senior Editor in Pasadena, Calif. In and of itself, the U.S. demolition of El Salvador (4-0) in the Gold Cup quarterfinals isn’t a major accomplishment. A good win, yes, and really not as close as a four-goal margin would indicate, but this is an opponent that did not reach the final round […]

(All times ET.) (Schedule subject to change.) Saturday, April 13 Boston at San Jose 4:00 pm Carolina at San Diego 6:00 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta 7:00 p.m. New York at Washington 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 20 New York at San Diego 4:00 p.m. Atlanta at Boston 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 21 San Jose at Washington […]

The United States broke out of a two-game scoring slump, striking twice in the first nine minutes to beat host China, 2-0, on the final day of the Four Nations Women’s Tournament in Guangzhou. Shannon MacMillan and Tiffeny Milbrett scored for the United States, which had been shut out by Norway and Germany in the […]

QUARTERFINALS Jan. 26 in Miami Costa Rica 2 Haiti 1 (OT). Goals: Centeno 2, Gomez 97; G. Pierre 62. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Castro (Sunsing, 65), Marin, R.Parks, Martinez, Wallace, Solis, Lopez, Centeno (Medford, 70), Gomez, Wanchope. Haiti — Ferdinand, Altidor, Desir, Bruny, Baptiste, J.-J. Pierre, Alerte, Atis (Tardieu, 76), Descoillines (St. Jean, 67), G. […]