Monthly Archives: March 2002

Carlos Bocanegra Chicago Fire 1 game, 3/30 Red card Bobby Convey D.C. United 1 game, 3/30 Red card

The U.S. under-17 national team beat Portugal’s U-17s, 3-0, at on the opening day of the 30th edition of Montaigu’s “Mondial Minimes” in Poirevie, France. Guillermo Gonzalez and Mike Harrington each had one goal and one assist. John DiRaimondo closed out the scoring in the 79th minute. Gonzalez and DiRaimondo have scored four goals apiece […]

March 23 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 0 Chicago 2. Goals: Own goal (McCarty) 18, Wolff (Razov) 70. Columbus — Presthus, Clark (Buddle 85), McCarty (Washington 74), Torres, Denton, Maisonneuve, Warzycha, Perez, West, Cunningham (Martino 87), McBride. Chicago — Thornton, Brown, Whitfield, Bocanegra, Beasley, Nowak (Daniv 69), Armas, Marsch, Kovalenko, Razov (Gray 75), Wolff. Yellow cards: […]

Long-time University of Portland men’s and women’s coach Clive Charles is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Charles, the 2000 U.S. men’s Olympic team coach, will continue as Director of Soccer while he completes his treatment and recovery, said athletic director Joe Etzel. Assistant coaches Bill Irwin and Garrett Smith will assume day-to-day coaching duties.

OWN UP TO IT: Two own goals, including the first goal of the 2002 season, marked the first weekend of play. Chad McCarty, in his first game for the Crew after four seasons in Tampa Bay, put a Peter Nowak cross into his own net to open the scoring in Chicago’s 2-0 win over Columbus. […]

Conor Casey got his fourth straight start and played 90 minutes in Hannover’s 1-0 victory at SVW Mannheim on Monday. Hannover remains in first place in the German Second Division, 10 points ahead of second-place Mainz. It is 13 points clear of fourth-place in the 18-team league from which the top three are promoted to […]

MLS: Weekend Previews Saturday, March 23 (4:00 p.m. ET) CHICAGO at COLUMBUS (ABC Sports, live) Key players out: Chicago: D Jim Curtin (ankle sprain-L), F Hristo Stoitchkov (hernia); Columbus: D Mike Lapper (sprained MCL-R). Referee: Kevin Stott. Saturday, March 23 (7:30 p.m. ET) NEW ENGLAND at METROSTARS (MSG, live, 7:30 p.m. ET; FOX Sports New […]

Southern California high schooler Jill Oakes, a UCLA-bound defensive midfielder and central defender who has played for the United States at the U-19 and U-21 levels, is Soccer America‘s choice as the No. 1 college women’s recruit in the 2002 class. Oakes, a West Hills native who is a senior at Harvard-Westlake High School and […]

Oscar Pareja — Dallas Burn — 1 game, 3/23, Red card. Manny Lagos — S.J. Earthquakes — 1 game, 3/23, Red card.

The U.S. national team will begin their final preparation for the 2002 World Cup with a training camp at the State Capital Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. beginning May 1. The 10-day camp will run through May 10 before firendly matches with Uruguay (May 12 in Washington, D.C.), Jamaica (May 16 in in East Rutherford, […]

Star Polish goalie Jerzy Dudek, who skipped Poland’s trip to Cyprus last month because of a groin injury, is back in the Polish team for its friendly with World Cup co-host Japan Wednesday, March 27. Legia Warsaw midfielder Bartosz Karwan, the only Polish-based starter, and Schalke defender Tomasz Hajto are the other starters returning from […]

CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: D Jim Curtin (ankle sprain-L), F Hristo Stoitchkov (hernia-R); DOUBTFUL: F Aleksey Korol (bursitis-left knee), F Ante Razov (groin strain-L); PROBABLE: F Josh Wolff (shoulder injury-R). COLUMBUS CREW – OUT: D Mike Lapper (sprained MCL-R). D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery), F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery). METROSTARS – […]

With perhaps three games remaining before Coach Bruce Arena picks his 23 players for the 2002 World Cup, who to choose to try to put the ball in the net will be one question he must answer. The predatory prowess of Landon Donovan and Clint Mathis in 2002, along with the rugged, resolute work of […]

1. Jill Oakes, M-D, West Hills, Calif. — UCLA 2. Lori Chalupny, M, Chesterfield, Mo. — North Carolina 3. Amy Steadman, D, Brevard, N.C. — North Carolina 4. Lindsey Tarpley, F, Kalamazoo, Mich. — North Carolina 5. Manya Makoski, M, Trumbull, Conn. — Arizona State 6. Kendall Fletcher, D, Cary, N.C. — North Carolina 7. […]

Goalkeepers: Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool/ENG), Radoslaw Majdan (Goeztepe/TUR), Adam Matysek (RKS Radomsko). Defenders: Tomasz Klos (Kaiserslautern/GER), Jacek Bak (Lens/FRA), Tomasz Hajto (Schalke 04/GER), Tomasz Waldoch (Schalke 04/GER), Michal Zewlakow (Excelsior Mouscron/BEL), Tomasz Rzasa (Feyenoord/NED). Midfielders: Marek Kozminski (Ancona/ITA), Tomasz Iwan (Austria Vienna/AUT), Radoslaw Kaluzny (Energie Cottbus/GER), Piotr Swierczewski (Marseille/FRA), Jacek Krzynowek (Nuremberg/GER), Bartosz Karwan (Legia Warsaw), […]

Germany will be without several key players for its match with the United States on Wednesday, March 27, in Rostock, Germany. The game at the renovated Ostseestadion is a sellout. Kickoff is set for 2:45 p.m. ET (8:45 p.m. local), and the match will be shown tape delayed on ESPN2 at 10 p.m. ET and […]

Portuguese national team coach Antonio Oliveira recalled Liverpool defender Abel Xavier and Spanish club Tenerife’s Bino for the match with Finland March 27. The only new player in the squad is goalie Nelson Pereira of Sporting. Back in the team after missing February’s 1-1 tie with Spain with injuries are AC Milan star Rui Costa […]

Goalkeepers: Joerg Butt (Bayer Leverkusen), Frank Rost (Werder Bremen). Defenders: Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen), Joerg Heinrich (Bor. Dortmund), Sebastian Kehl (Bor. Dortmund), Christoph Metzelder (Bor. Dortmund), Christian Woerns (Borussia Dortmund), Thomas Linke (Bayern Munich), Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen). Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen), Carsten Ramelow (Bayer Leverkusen), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Joerg Boehme (Schalke 04), […]

The following is the draw for the quarterfinals of the FC Champions Cup (home teams in first leg listed first): Comunicaciones (Guat.) vs. Alajuela (C.R.) Pachuca (Mex.) OR Defence Force (Trin. & Tob.) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (USA). Morelia (Mex.) vs. Chicago Fire (USA) Santos (Mex.) OR Tauro (Pan.) vs. Kansas City Wizards (USA).

MLS Commissioner Don Garber spoke to the media on the eve of the 2002 season. Garber emphasized the five key areas MLS is concentrating on: (1) the game on the field, (2) stadium development, (3) internationalization of the game, (4) Hispanic market; (5) and youth market. Key updates: no McKinney stadium for the Burn, deal […]

Bruce Arena spoke to the media after announcing his roster for the Germany-USA game next Wednesday. Among the key points: * The selection of Kasey Keller to start in goal was made in advance, thereby freeing up Brad Friedel to travel with Blackburn Rovers to the UAE; * There was no need to risk Claudio […]

The Chicago Fire got goals from former UCLA stars Ante Razov and Carlos Bocanegra to beat Municipal of Guatemala, 2-0, March 20 and advance to the quarterfinals of the FC Champions Cup with a 3-0 win on aggregate. The game was the first this season at Cardinal Field, the Fire’s MLS home for the 2002 […]

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Boavista), Nelson Pereira (Sporting). Defenders: Nuno Frechaut (Boavista), Jorge Costa (Charlton/ENG), Jorge Andrade (Porto), Sergio Conceicao (Inter Milan/ITA), Fernando Couto (Lazio/ITA), Abel Xavier (Liverpool/ENG), Rui Jorge (Sporting). Midfielders: Rui Costa (AC Milan/ITA), Jose Vidigal (Napoli/ITA), Hugo Viana (Sporting), Joao Pinto (Sporting), Bino (Tenerife/SPA), Luis Figo (Real Madrid/SPA), Armando Petit (Boavista). Forwards: Nuno […]

March 20 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago Fire (USA) 2 Municipal (Guat.) 0. Goals: Razov 27, Bocanegra 82. Chicago — Thornton, Whitfield, Bocanegra, Gray, Armas (Sleeth, 84), Marsch, Kovalenko, Beasley, Nowak (Capano 84), Razov (Sergi Daniv 71), Josh Wolff. Municipal — Estrada, Zorrilla, Ruano, Donis, Bini, Ponciano (Barros, 46), Giron, Guevara, Plata (Motta, 60), Acevedo, Ramirez […]

World Cup co-host South Korea, which faces the United States in Group D, ended a six-game winleess streak when it beat Finland, 2-0, in Cartagena, Spain. Sub Hwang Sun Hong, who plays for Japanese club Kashiwa Reysol, scored both goals in the last five minues. Next up for the Koreans: A match with Turkey in […]