Monthly Archives: July 2002

Opening day of the Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships featured two games between former champions. In the under-19 girls competition, the San Diego Surf White, the 2000 U-17 champion, gained revenge for its loss to the Michigan Hawks in last yearÆs U-18 final with a 4-1 victory. In a repeat of the 2000 U-17 […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Stony Brook (N.Y.) Panthers 1 (Gavilla 51) Chicago Magic 1 (Klitzke 54). Houston Texans 2 (Gaworecki 18, Cunliffe 80) San Bernardino (Calif.) Blast 0. UNDER-18 BOYS FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 2 (Chambers 3, Kozicki 78) Classic Bandidos (N.M.) 0. Houston Texans 2 (Watson 6, Webb 72) NFC Vincere (Neb.) 1 (Brown 45). UNDER-17 […]

July 24 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 D.C. United 0. Goal: Washington (West, Maisonneuve) 52. Columbus — Busch, Torres, McCarty (Martino, 32), Dunseth, Leitch, Maisonneuve (Oughton, 77), Perez, Denton, West, Washington (Cunningham, 74), McBride. D.C. United — Rimando, Prideaux, Reyes, Nelsen, Namoff (Curtis, 74), Alavanja (Mapp, 89), Villegas, Convey, Williams, Moreno (Alegria, 63), Lassiter. Yellow […]

The lowly New York Power, eliminated from the WUSA playoff chase last weekend, overcame a two-goal deficit in the final seven minutes Wednesday, rallying to upset first-place Philadelphia, 3-2, to snap a record nine-game losing streak and claim only its third victory of the season. Washington took a step closer to a playoff berth — […]

MEN'S OPEN July 19/Semifinals AAC Eagles (Ill.) 8 Tyneside United (Nev.) 2 Vereinigung Erzebirge (Pa.) 2 (TXS) Real Madrid (Texas) 1 (OT) July 20/Final AAC Eagles (Ill.) 2 Vereinigung Erzebirge 1 MEN'S AMATEUR July 19/Semifinals Milwaukee Bavarians 2 N. Huntington Beach (Calif.) 1 Baltimore Colts 3 Iguana (Ala.) 1 July 21/Final Milwaukee Bavarians 3 Baltimore […]

American hopes for a fourth successive Nordic Cup title were badly damaged with Wednesday's 1-0 loss to Denmark in a combative match in Kaarina, Finland. Pernille Schmidt came off the bench to score the goal in the 79th minute, picking up a poor clearance by Betsy Barr and beating U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo with a […]

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Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm ET) NEW YORK (2-13-1, 7 points) at PHILADELPHIA (10-1-4, 34 points) (TV: CSN, Metro TV) Key Players Out: New York – none; Philadelphia – D Heather Mitts (hip pointer). Referee: Todd Perry. Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm ET) BOSTON (4-8-5, 17 points) at WASHINGTON (7-5-4, 25 points) (TV: No TV) […]

Wednesday, July 24 (7:30 pm ET) D.C. UNITED (6-9-1, 19 points) at COLUMBUS (6-8-4, 22 points) (TV: No TV) Key Players Out: D.C. United – GK Mike Ammann (elbow surgery), D Eddie Pope (patella tendonitis-L), M Marco Etcheverry (caution points suspension), D Ivan McKinley (caution points suspension); Columbus – D Mike Clark (caution points suspension). […]

Jeff Tipping has been named the Director of Coaching Education of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), which is, with 16,000 members, the largest coaches' organization in the United States The NSCAA, founded in 1941, provides courses nationwide for more than 3,000 soccer coaches each year. It is also known for its college […]

Seven reserves have been added to the MLS team's 11 starters for its Aug. 3 All-Star Game against the U.S. national team in Washington, D.C. Coach Frank Yallop picked five: forward Ariel Graziani (San Jose), midfielder Wade Barrett (San Jose), goalkeeper Joe Cannon (San Jose), forward Jason Kreis (Dallas) and midfielder Chris Klein (Kansas City). […]

The annual Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer national championships will be held July 24-28 at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Soccer America concludes its previews with a look at the U-18 and U-19 competitions. UNDER-18 BOYS Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) Bandidos Nebraska Flash Vincere Spring (Texas) Texans Red FC Delco (Pa.) Arsenal NEBRASKA FLASH VINCERE, the […]

One American is gone and another American appears set to step into the starting lineup at French club Metz. David Regis, a member of the 1998 and 2002 U.S. World Cup teams, was one of four veterans released by Metz after the Lorraine club was officially relegated to the Second Division. French administrative body DNCG […]

EMMY BARR'S APPROACH TO SOCCER, her work ethic and the tenacity with which she patrols the left flank, stems substantially from her father, former major-league pitcher Jim Barr. The Washington Freedom defender has been learning to be a professional longer than anybody else associated with the WUSA, since a childhood spent watching Dad perform on […]

Former Santa Clara teammates Nikki Serlenga and Kylie Bivens bring very different qualities to the Atlanta Beat's superb midfield. Tom Stone says things really started clicking for the Atlanta Beat once Kylie Bivens, primarily an outside back in the club's earliest days, joined former college teammate Nikki Serlenga as a defensive midfielder in his boxed […]

Having had a little time to digest his team's World Cup achievements, U.S. coach Bruce Arena looks back at his historic month in South Korea. SOCCER AMERICA: For those of us who weren't there, can you give us an overall sense of what is was like? BRUCE ARENA: Well, I don't think it was very […]

D.C. United, which has had to endure the wrath of Washington's Salvadoran community since it traded Raul Diaz Arce after the 1997 season, has acquired 19-year-old Salvadoran forward Eliseo Quintanilla. As a ''transitional international,'' Quintanilla, who trained with D.C. United for two weeks, will not count against the team's three foreign-player limit. The left-footed forward, […]

The annual Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer national championships will be held July 24-28 at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Soccer America continues its preview of the youth finals with a look at the under-16 and under-17 competitions. It concludes the previews with the U-18 and U-19 previews Tuesday. UNDER-16 BOYS Sereno (Phoenix, Ariz.) Golden […]