Monthly Archives: February 2002

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U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named a roster of 12 foreign-based and six MLS players to face Italy in a Feb. 13 friendly in Catania, Sicily. USA roster Name Pos. Age Caps/Goals Club Agoos, Jeff D 33 122/4 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) Armas, Chris M 31 40/2 Chicago Fire (MLS) Berhalter, Gregg D 27 21/0 […]

In a rare occurrence, every European-based American player who was with his first or second division club this weekend saw action. Nine players played 90 minutes, five others came on as substitutes and one played 61 minutes after starting. Kasey Keller, Frankie Hejduk and Eddie Lewis, who normally do not play for their teams, were […]

Contraction has thrown a heavy wrench into this year’s MLS SuperDraft. In what was already labeled a “down year” for draftable college talent, the folding of the Fusion and Mutiny further skewed the picture. Forty fewer jobs exist in MLS, and all but two teams had full rosters entering February, thereby decreasing the already limited […]

Dallas has the first pick when MLS holds its SuperDraft Feb. 10 in Orlando. These are the 12 players Soccer America believes are most likely to be drafted in the first round (not necessarily in the order they are listed): 1. D Chris Gbandi, Connecticut Status: College senior. Scouting report: Left-footed, athletic and tough; unanimously […]

The following are the results of the January 2002 poll in which 1,960 picked the outcome of the three first-round matches at the World Cup: PORTUGAL U.S. win – 143 – 7.3% Tie – 438 – 22.3% Portugal win – 1365 – 69.6% SOUTH KOREA U.S. win – 1133 – 57.8% Tie – 576 – […]

MVP: Brian McBRIDE (USA). Leading Scorer: Brian McBRIDE (USA, 4 goals). Best Goalkeeper: Lars HIRSCHFELD (Canada). Best XI (Chosen before final and third-place game) Odelin MOLINA (Cuba) Luis MARIN (Costa Rica) Jeff AGOOS (USA) Jason deVOS (Canada) Luis Alfonso SOSA (MEXICO) Mauricio SOLIS (Costa Rica) Landon DONOVAN (USA) KIM Nam-Il (South Korea) Ronald GOMEZ (Costa […]

FINAL Feb. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 2 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Wolff 37, Agoos 63. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Mastroeni, Agoos, Bocanegra, Jones (West, 85), Armas, Lewis, Donovan, McBride (Mathis, 89), Wolff (Williams, 79). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Marin (Centeno, 46), Parks, Castro, Solis, Lopez, Bryce, Wallace (Medford, 59), Gomez, Wanchope. Yellow Cards: […]

Costa Rica coach Alexandre Guimaraes: “I want to congratulate the USA side, that today deserved to win the game and played a good football that took us off our game, Congratulations to them and know we know what we need to do in our preparation for the World Cup. “This tournament served as a calculated […]

U.S. Head Coach Bruce Arena “I thought we had an outstanding performance today and certainly deserved to be the champions. We improved in every game in the tournament. This victory means a lot. We faced a lot of criticism last year, maybe some deserved, most unwarranted. Even in the beginning of this tournament we took […]

Gold Cup 2002 final Feb. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 2 Costa Rica 0 Goals: USA — Josh Wolff (Frankie Hejduk) 37th minute. From his own half, Hejduk sent a through ball into the path of Wolff, who outraced, then fended off a Tico defender at the edge of the penalty area, before pushing the […]

Claudio ReynaÆs second start after a one-month injury break ended in another loss — 4-1 to Manchester United. The loss slips Sunderland closer to the relegation zone. Reyna had a few off-target shots. Late in the game, he almost scored directly from a corner kick — forcing a desperate save from keeper Fabian Barthez. Reyna […]

The USA, in one of its more impressive showings of the three-year Bruce Arena era, defeated Costa Rica, 2-0, in the Gold Cup final Saturday in Pasadena, Calif. Josh Wolff scored in the 37th minute on a breakaway. Jeff Agoos curved a 25-yard free kick into the Costa Rican goal in the 63rd minute following […]

The Soccer America SuperStar Jersey Raffle, held Jan. 19 in Philadelphia in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention, raised $11,200.00 for Special Olympics. The winners were: Rivaldo Hank Steinbrecher Joe-Max Moore John White John OÆBrien Adam Dembeck Marcelo Balboa David Simpson Carla Overbeck Diane Thomas Alexi Lalas Karen Colleran MetroStars Richard Herman Francesco Totti Debby Lentz […]

Contraction came as a surprise to no one. MLS was left with 10 teams in two conferences for 2002. Many former Miami and Tampa Bay players were picked up, strengthening the rosters of several teams. But contraction also left several high-profile players looking for work. Since the fledgling days of MLS, speculation has abounded as […]