Monthly Archives: January 2002

As it had hoped, the United States landed in South Korea. Better yet, the Americans were drawn with South Korea, the weakest of the eight seeds at the 2002 World Cup. Busan is a testament to the economic miracle that is South Korea. The first thing you notice in this port city is the cargo […]

Shannon MacMillan had a hat trick — the first of her national team career — and added an assist to lead the United States to a 7-0 win over Mexico in its first women’s international of the 2002 season. The game was played before a sell-out crowd of of 5,634 fans at Blackbaud Stadium. Chilly […]

As part of its preparations for the 2002 World Cup, the USA will play Honduras in Seattle March 2 (1 pm PT). Honduras, which split games with the USA in qualifying, finished fourth behind the third-place Americans, thereby missing its chance to return to the World Cup for the first time since 1982. Ticket information […]

D.C. United continued its wheeling and dealing, just like it did last winter, making two trades before and after the MLS Allocation and Dispersal Drafts in New York. United dealt midfielder Stephen Armstrong to Kansas City for defender Brandon Prideaux and sent U.S. international striker Chris Albright and the No. 24 overall pick in 2002 […]

Colorado — D Pablo Mastroeni (A1, Miami), M Mark Chung (in trade with MetroStars for A4 pick in SuperDraft), M Chris Henderson (D1, Miami), M Kyle Beckerman (D11, Miami). Draft picks: No. 16 and No. 29 overall picks in 2002 SuperDraft (Mark Chung trade with MetroStars for A4 pick in SuperDraft), No. 26 overall pick […]

New England’s Fernando Clavijo: “We have some duplication of positions that we need to solve but it is easy when you have the players.” “With these 10 teams, clubs are going to be level and more competitive, not only during the season but in practice and within the team fighting for roster spots.” On picking […]

Five college players are among the 18 U.S. players picked for Saturday’s friendly with Mexico in Charleston, S.C. (live at 7 pm ET on ESPN2). Danielle Slaton, who was also on the 2000 Olympic Team, and midfielder Aly Wagner of NCAA Division I champion Santa Clara head the list. The other youngsters named were North […]

MLS conducted its Allocation and Dispersal Draft of players from the Miami Fusion and Tampa Bay Mutiny, which folded on Tuesday. New England picked up the last two MLS scoring champions in selecting Mamadou Diallo and Alex Pineda Chacon. The Revolution picked up Diallo, the 2000 champion, with the No. 2 pick in the Allocation […]

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown Club Hahn, Adam G 5-10 140 01/05/86 Irvine, Calif. Irvine Strikers Marfuggi, Phil G 5-11 165 01/15/86 West Windsor, N.J. PDA United Harrison, Drew D 5-8 160 02/17/86 Roanoke, Va. Roanoke Star Premier Helton, Kyle D 5-7 155 05/20/86 Alpharetta, Ga. IAYMCA Eagles Lewis, Cameron D 6-0 155 01/02/86 […]

Five young players, all attacking midfielders have signed contracts with Project-40, the player development venture created by MLS and U.S. Soccer in 1997. The quintet includes Craig Capano, 16, and Justin Mapp, 17, in addition to three former U.S. U-20 selections — Virginia’s Kyle Martino, Portland’s Kelly Gray, and Brad Davis of St. Louis — […]

1999 Under-17 Residency Roster (20 players): Nelson Akwari*, DaMarcus Beasley*, Kyle Beckerman*, Danny Bolin, Filippo Chillemi, Jordan Cila*, Bobby Convey*, D.J. Countess*, Steve Cronin*, Kenny Cutler*, Landon Donovan*, Adolfo Gregorio*, Bryan Jackson*, Kellen Kalso*, Greg Martin*, Oguchi Onyewu*, Raul Rivera, Matt Roberts, Seth Trembly*, Alexander Yi* 2000 Under-17 Residency Roster (18 players): Craig Capano*, David […]

A third U.S. U-17 men’s national team has entered U.S. Soccer’s full-time residency program in Bradenton, Fla. The 20 U-17s have enrolled in private school and will train daily under the guidance of U.S. U-17 head coach John Ellinger. The players have been placed in a professional setting where they attend classes at nearby Bradenton […]

Jan. 10, 2001 in Chula Vista, Calif. USA 1 Canada 0. Goal: Magee (Grabavoy) 3. USA — Steve Cronin (Schuerman, 90), Hartman (Harvey, 62), Marshall, Cochrane, Klaas (Dinnal, 46; Chun, 88), Clark, Stone (Saavedra, 46; Dempsey, 88), Grabavoy, Magee (Enfield, 62), Johnson (Wiesner, 62; Capano, 88), Ambersley (Mapp, 76). Canada — Rayner, Matthews, Akingbohungbe (Eustache, […]

Players from the defunct Miami Fusion and the Tampa Bay Mutiny will discover their futures during FridayÆs Dispersal Draft. HereÆs how it works: ò All former Fusion and Mutiny players will be placed into a pool for Friday’s Allocation and subsequent Dispersal Drafts, along with all first round picks in the 2002 SuperDraft held by […]

Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 2-1 away loss to Chelsea a first-leg semifinal League (Worthington) Cup encounter. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored on TottenhamÆs American keeper Kasey Keller in the 10th and 77th minutes. Les Ferdinand notched TottenhamÆs goal in the 65th minute. HasselbainkÆs second goal came on a 30-yard free kick that Keller did not react […]

Striker Luchi Gonzalez, who carried Southern Methodist through difficult times early in the season and led the Mustangs through a perfect regular season, has been selected the College Men’s Player of the Year by Soccer America magazine. Gonzalez, a senior from Miami who scored 21 goals and 12 assists to lead SMU to the NCAA […]

The dizzying spin spun by U.S. soccer officials since the qualifying process began in July 2000 turned more than a few heads. From shrouding the list of players called up for the first Hexagonal match in Columbus to puffing up U.S. chances in Group D at the 2002 World Cup, U.S. Soccer has stretched the […]

Hours after MLS announced the folding of the Miami Fusion, its coach, Ray Hudson, was named coach of D.C. United. Hudson replaces Thomas Rongen, whose contract was not renewed after the 2001 season marked his second consecutive failure to take D.C. United to the playoffs. Hudson compiled a 16-5-5 regular-season record with the Fusion last […]

The Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Miami Fusion are no longer. After more than a month of speculation that Major League Soccer would contract for the 2002 season, Commissioner Don Garber announced on Tuesday (Jan. 8) that Tampa Bay and Miami will immediately cease operations. MLS also announced that it is in continuing negotiations with […]

MLS Commissioner Don Garber participated in a press conference call hours after the Jan. 8 announcement of the leagueÆs folding of its Florida franchises Tampa Bay and Miami. Here are selected quotes from the commissioner: Don Garber: Opening comments: “Earlier this morning we announced to the staffs of the Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Miami […]

MLS deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis participated in a press conference call hours after the Jan. 8 announcement of the leagueÆs folding his franchise, the Miami Fusion. Here are selected quotes from the deputy commissioner: Ivan Gazidis On the status of players under contract who are not selected in the dispersal draft: “Those players would be […]

MLS investor Ken Horowitz participated in a press conference call hours after the Jan. 8 announcement of the leagueÆs folding his franchise, the Miami Fusion. Here are selected quotes from Horowitz: Ken Horowitz: Opening comments: “This decision literally came down to Friday, just a few days ago, and it was a very difficult decision. We […]

Midfielder Aly Wagner, the centerpiece of a spectacular Santa Clara squad that captured the NCAA Division I women’s soccer championship in 2001, has been selected Player of the Year by Soccer America magazine. Wagner, a junior playmaker from San Jose, Calif., scored 17 goals — including a tremendous blast to the upper-left corner that beat […]

Perennial underachiever Santa Clara toughens up its beautiful game and finally wins a national championship. It all made sense, finally, two years ago. Jerry Smith, the women’s coach at Santa Clara University, had assembled the finest in a series of spectacularly talented Bronco squads, one that mowed down everything on its path toward certain coronation. […]

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