Monthly Archives: March 2002

MLS clubs San Jose and Kansas City take 1-0 leads into Saturday’s second legs of their first-round series in the FC Champions Cup. The Quakes meet Olimpia of Honduras at Sacramento’s Sheldon Florin Community Stadium at 7:30 p.m. PT. The Wizards will play their first game of the year at Arrowhead Stadium when they face […]

By WILL KUHNS MLS players who make the U.S. World Cup team will be released from their clubs May 1, according to deputy commissioner Ivan Gazidis. The U.S. team’s last game of the first round is June 14. It would play on June 17 or 18 if it advances to the second round, meaning that […]

The 2001 MLS champion San Jose Earthquakes will make their first appearance in a official international tournament when they meet Honduras’ Olimpia in the round-of-16 of the CONCACAF Champions Cup tonight in Miami. Tonight’s game is Olimpia’s “home” leg. The second leg of the two-game series takes place Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. Last year, Olimpia […]

Richard Mulrooney’s goal in the 74th minute gave the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 win over Olimpia of Honduras before 4,318 fans at Miami’s Orange Bowl in the “away leg” of the Quakes’ first-round series in the FC Champions Cup. Mulrooney scored on a blast from 30 yards off a feed from Manny Lagos to […]

D.C. United, the 1998 FC Champions Cup champion, beat Comunicaciones, 2-1, in its first home game of the 2002 campaign but was eliminated, 5-2, on aggregate in the first round of the FC Champions Cup. Mark Lisi and Eddie Pope scored late goals for DCU to overcome an early 1-0 deficit, but it wasn’t enough […]

The USA’s World Cup opponent South Korea plays Tunisia today in Tunis. On the eve of the match, Coach Guus Hiddink decided to grade his team. “In physical ability,” said the Dutch coach, “the team is at 50 percent of the level of European powerhouses, such as France and Italy, 60 percent in technical ability […]

Players selected at MLS’s 2002 SuperDraft were well aware of the major challenges that lie ahead. The emotion and energy that usually accompanies draft day was muted this year when MLS teams selected 65 new players at ABC’s All-Star Cafe. Maybe it was the smaller venue than recent years or the lack of a flashy […]

BY WILL KUHNS AND RIDGE MAHONEY One day after former U.S. and Revolution teammate Eric Wynalda declared his intent to leave MLS, John Harkes re-upped with the league. Harkes said Wednesday he has signed an MLS contract and will report to Columbus later this week. The Crew is traveling back today from a preseason training […]

D.C. United needs to beat Guatemala’s Comunicaciones tonight at RFK Stadium by five goals in order to advance to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Guatemalans beat D.C. United, 4-0, in the round-of-16 first leg last week in the series that will be decided on aggregate goals. If Comunicaciones scores, United would need […]

The U.S. U-20s beat Mexican lower division team Gallos de Jalisco, 2-1, on goals Knox Cameron (University of Michigan) and Ed Johnson (Dallas Burn) on Monday. The Thomas Rongen-coached Americans, whose first training camp was in January in Southern California and whose ultimate goal is to qualify for the 2003 World Youth Championship, have two […]

The U.S. U-20s beat Mexican lower division team Gallos de Jalisco, 2-1, on goals Knox Cameron (University of Michigan) and Ed Johnson (Dallas Burn) on Monday. The Thomas Rongen-coached Americans, whose first training camp was in January in Southern California and whose ultimate goal is to qualify for the 2003 World Youth Championship, have two […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, senior editor Forward Eric Wynalda has left the Galaxy and intends to play for the A-League Charleston Battery. “We’ve agreed to terms and we just have a few personal things to work out,” Wynalda said Monday of his negotiations with the Battery. “I told [President] Nigel Cooper and [Coach] Chris Ramsey I […]

6-1-1 USA’s win-loss-tie record in 2002. (The penalty-kick tiebreaker win over Canada in the Gold Cup is recorded as a tie.) 14 Goals scored by USA in its eight games of 2002. 5 Most players from one team to play for the USA in 2002: The Chicago Fire’s Chris Armas, DaMarcus Beasley, Carlos Bocanegra, Ante […]

Frugality. MLS's word of the year. As D.C. United coach Ray Hudson said, ''We need every red cent, and by the time the season starts, we'll be cutting those red cents in half.'' MLS Commissioner Don Garber, talking recently to SA Senior Editor Will Kuhns*, repeatedly referred to the tight-fisted approach. On contraction: ''Economics. It's […]

Earnie Stewart and Conor Casey each scored goals for their clubs in a positive weekend for several Americans in Europe. Stewart’s impressive solo effort was the difference in a crucial road victory for NAC Breda. Also in Holland, John O’Brien continues to be a staple in midfield for first-place Ajax. In Germany, Casey took a […]

The U.S. U-17 national team beat Uruguay, 3-0, to take fifth place at the Mundialito Joao Havelange in Campos, Brazil. Corey Ashe, John DiRaimondo and Guillermo Gonzalez scored for the USA. DiRaimondo and Gonzalez each scored twice in 5-1 win over Panama. Gonzalez was named to the all-tournament team. Uruguay had players ejected in the […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, senior editor North Carolina, Virginia and UCLA are the big winners in the college women’s recruiting wars this year, but their chief rivals are getting stronger, too. A great majority of the best seniors in the country — the U.S. U-19s, Parade and NSCAA All-Americans, ODP national-teamers — are heading to the […]

A goal in the 21st minute by Eddie Lewis gave the USA a 1-0 win over Ecuador on Sunday in front of 24,133 fans at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. The friendly marked the USAGs eighth game in 2002 in preparation for this summerGs World Cup. It has outscored its opponents, 14-2, in those games […]

After the USA beat Ecuador, 1-0, on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala., Coach Bruce Arena, scorer Eddie Lewis, forward Brian McBride and goalkeeper Tim Howard met the press: U.S. coach BRUCE ARENA: “What I enjoyed the most out of this game today was that it was not a friendly type of game. Ecuador came out and […]

Algarve Cup Scoreboard GROUP A March 1 Germany 3 Denmark 0 China 4 Finland 1 March 3 Denmark 2 Finland 0 China 4 Germany 2 March 5 China 1 Denmark 0 Germany 2 Finland 0 GP W T L GF GA P China 3 3 0 0 9 3 9 Germany 3 2 0 1 […]

After weeks of negotiations, D.C. United has finally signed Milton Reyes, the Honduran national teamGs attack-minded right back. Reyes, 27, who played against the USA in both of its World Cup qualifying meetings with Honduras in 2001, is married to a U.S. citizen and has a green card. He does not count against the three […]

In parentheses are 2001 teams. Key: SI=senior international; TI=transitional international; YI=youth international; P-40=Project-40. Chicago

Key: ABC= ABC telecast ESPN2=ESPN2 telecast Note: All times are Eastern and subject to change. Saturday, March 23 D.C. United at Los Angeles 10 pm Chicago at Columbus 4 pm ABC New England at MetroStars 7:30 pm Colorado at Kansas City 8 pm San Jose at Dallas 8:30 pm Wednesday, March 27 Columbus at MetroStars […]

The following are the results of SoccerAmerica.com’s February Poll in which 2,552 fans picked their ideal starting lineup (4-4-2 formation) for the World Cup. Log in to SoccerAmerica.com and make your MLS predictions in the March Poll. GOALKEEPERS (1) Kasey Keller 1,584, Brad Friedel 779,Zach Thornton 53, Tony Meola 50, Tim Howard 27, Nick Rimando […]

D.C. United lost the first-leg of its FC Champions Cup round-of-16 series with Comunicaciones, 4-0, in Guatemala City. First-half ejections of Richie Williams and Ryan Nelsen left D.C. United playing two-men down for 55 minutes, during which Comunicaciones scored all its goals, three coming from Honduran international Milton Nunez and one from Uruguayan striker Oscar […]