Monthly Archives: April 2002

The incredible start to Carlos Ruiz+s MLS career continues: The Guatemalan has now scored every one of the Los Angeles Galaxy+s first five goals. After scoring the gamewinners in the Galaxy+s first two games of the year, Ruiz headed its equalizer against Dallas in Saturday+s 1-1 tie. Jason Kreis scored the Burn+s goal on a […]

A spectacular 88th-minute volley by Brandi Chastain, making her first appearance in the WUSA as a forward, completed the San Jose CyberRays’ rally for a 2-1 victory over visiting Boston as they began defense of their championship. WUSA President Lynn Morgan presented championship rings to the CyberRays before the nationally televised match, which drew 6,051 […]

Rough roads in Wild West Three of the last four MLS Cup finalists square off with revamped squads in Colorado and Dallas. Management questions have been answered in San Jose, which finished last in attendance despite beating the Galaxy in MLS Cup 2001. Kansas City, the 2000 champ, seeks redemption. The Burn lives on despite […]

Greyhounds are off and running The incumbent is defunct. The traditional power has renewed inspiration. Last year’s favorite is healthy again and reinforced. The league’s all-time winningest team has joined the fray. And yet, the most feared team is the one with the worst record in MLS history. Cataclysmic changes during the offseason have forged […]

Saturday, April 13 (4:00 pm ET) BOSTON (0-0-0) at SAN JOSE (0-0-0) (TV — PAX TV) Key players out: Boston — GK Tracy Ducar (R knee articular cartilage lesion); D Kate Sobrero (L knee meniscus tear); San Jose — none. Referee: Sandra Hunt. Saturday, April 13 (6:00 pm ET) CAROLINA (0-0-0) at SAN DIEGO (0-0-0) […]

Saturday, April 13 (4:00 pm ET) SAN JOSE (2-1-0, 6 pts) at KANSAS CITY (0-0-1, 1 pt) (TV — ESPN2) Key players out: San Jose: none; Kansas City: D – Jose Burciaga (torn ACL-L). Referee: Kevin Stott. Saturday, April 13 (9:00 pm ET) METROSTARS (2-1-0, 6 pts) at COLORADO (2-0-1, 7 pts) (TV — MSG; […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, senior editor As important as a pre-World Cup friendly can be will be played in Dublin next Wednesday (April 17). It’s much more than the last match prior to Coach Bruce Arena presenting his official World Cup list of 23 players. That announcement is expected to be made the following Monday (April […]

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

There were no surprises in Poland coach Jerzy Engel’s squad for its match with Romania April 17 in Bydgoszcz. The only notable addition is Maciej Zurawski of Wisla Krakow, one of only five Polish-based players in the squad.

Saturday, April 13 (4:00 pm ET) SAN JOSE (2-1-0, 6 pts) at KANSAS CITY (0-0-1, 1 pt) (TV — ESPN2) Key players out: San Jose: none; Kansas City: D – Jose Burciaga (torn ACL-L). Referee: Kevin Stott. Saturday, April 13 (9:00 pm ET) METROSTARS (2-1-0, 6 pts) at COLORADO (2-0-1, 7 pts) (TV — MSG; […]

Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira named 20 players for Portugal’s match with Brazil April 17 — the last World Cup warmup before the Portuguese head to Asia. The good news for Portugal is that star Luis Figo is back in the squad after missing the 4-1 loss to Finland in March. The bad news is that […]

John O’Brien may not be available for the United States’ friendly against Uruguay on May 12, because that is the day Ajax will face Utrecht in the Dutch Cup final, likely in search of clinching Holland’s double as league and cup champions. Jonny Walker, meanwhile, continued to help his Chilean club, Universidad Catolica, remain in […]

Goalkeepers: Ricardo (Boavista), Vitor Baia (Porto). Defenders: Jorge Costa (Charlton/ENG), Jorge Andrade (Porto), Fernando Couto (Lazio/ITA), Abel Xavier (Liverpool/ENG), Marco Caneira (Benfica), Rui Jorge (Sporting Lisbon), Fernando Meira (VfB Stuttgart/GER). Midfielders: Jose Vidigal (Napoli/ITA), Paulo Sousa (Espanyol/SPA), Hugo Viana (Sporting Lisbon), Paulo Bento (Sporting Lisbon), Pedro Barbosa (Sporting Lisbon), Armando Petit (Boavista). Forwards: Pedro Pauleta […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named seven MLS players and 11 foreign-based players to his roster for the USA+s April 17 friendly against Ireland in Dublin. (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:30 pm ET/Telemundo, tape, 11:30 pm ET/CT/PT.) U.S. roster Name Pos. Age Caps/Goals Club Agoos, Jeff D 33 126/4 San Jose Armas, Chris M 29 44/2 […]

Philip Anschutz made his first fortune in the oil business. He later moved into the railroad business and made billions with his entry into telecommunications. His business interests now extend to the sports and entertainment world. 1939 – Philip F. Anschutz is born in Russell, Kan. 1961 – Graduates from the University of Kansas with […]

Coach Mick McCarthy named 24 players for the Ireland roster for its match against the United States Wednesday April 17 at Lansdowne Road (Live TV: ESPN2, 2:30 pm ET). Among the players absent through injuries are captain Roy Keane, backup goalkeeper Alan Kelly, winger Mark Kennedy and midfielder Lee Carsley. Tottenham defender Stephen Carr is […]

Atlanta Beat March 3 — University of Georgia (5-0). March 10 — Clemson University (3-0). March 16 — Concorde SC boys U-16 (2-2). March 20 — Boston Breakers (1-1). March 23 — Washington Freedom (0-1). March 24 — New York Power (3-1). March 28 — Clemson University (3-0). April 6 — Carolina Courage (2-1). Boston […]

Two first-half goals by Eduardo Lillingston gave Mexican First Division club Santos a 2-1 win over MLS’s Kansas City Wizards Wednesday night in the first leg of their FC Champions Cup quarterfinal series before 13,000 fans in Torreon. Substitutes Roy Lassiter, Francisco Gomez and Gary Glasgow combined for a late Glasgow goal that gives the […]

Last year, the Kansas City Wizards’ venture into international competition ended with a first-round exit from the Merconorte Cup. The winner of its group was Mexico’s Santos Laguna, which beat the Wizards in Torreon and in Kansas City. Tonight, the Wizards meet Santos again, in Mexico, in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. (The […]

Defenders Jessica Ballweg and Leslie Osborne, members of 2001 NCAA Division I champion Santa Clara University, head the 20-player roster for the U.S. under-19 women’s national team’s final tests before the Under-19 Women’s World Championship qualifying tournament next month on the islands of Trinidad & Tobago. Tracy Leone’s Americans face the Jamaican and Canadian U-19 […]

By SCOTT FRENCH, Senior Editor Everybody except Carolina has completed its 20-player roster by signing two reserves. Three players yet to arrive — Carolina forward Birgit Prinz, Philadelphia defender Stacey Tullock and Washington defender Steffi Jones — do not count against their teams’ totals. Here’s a rundown on the reserves: Atlanta — Veteran defender-midfielder Amanda […]

The USA’s hopes of having a player appear in the second round of the Libertadores Cup depend on Chile’s Universidad Catolica’s clash with Colombia’s Once Caldas. With Tennessee product Jonny Walker in goal, Catolica must defeat the Colombians tonight in Santiago. Walker’s team lost to Once Caldas, 3-0, in their first meeting in Group 8 […]

Kevin Payne has moved up in the American soccer hierarchy but he won't be out of sight. With five MLS teams in tow, AEG has hired the former D.C. United president to oversee its soccer operations. This is the man who went into the stands to quiet rowdy fans at RFK Stadium, who unleashed tirades […]

Why would one of the richest men in America, a man whose real estate and railroad and oil and telecommunications holdings run into the billions, a man who travels by private jet and owns farmlands that encompass three states, go to see the 1994 World Cup final? He and his wife got free tickets. Phil […]

Gus Hiddink, coach of U.S. World Cup opponent South Korea, has invited two students into his latest training camp. Hiddink says he was prompted by his team's scoring drought — six goals in nine games this year — to look at the two U-20 internationals. Chon Jyo Guun, 19, plays for Koryo University and Che […]