Monthly Archives: July 2002

This month 715 people voted on what team would take home the World Cup championship. Here are the results: Who is your favorite to win the title? 13.0% Argentina 0.1% Belgium 24.9% Brazil 0.4% Cameroon 0.4% China 0.1% Costa Rica 0.6% Croatia 0.7% Denmark 8.4% England 0.4% France 9.4% Germany 0.7% Ireland 12.9% Italy 0.4% […]

Joanna Lohman's goal 10 minutes into the second half provided the U.S. under-21 women's team a 1-0 victory over host Finland in its Nordic Cup opener on Monday. Lohman, an All-American midfielder at Penn State, took a long ball from defender Nandi Pryce off her chest, then toe-poked it past Finnish goalkeeper Liisa Luoto in […]

Head: MLS: Playoff Race Standings Eight of the 10 MLS teams earn a playoff spot, regardless of which conference they are in. Therefore, the MLS playoff race looks like this: Team (wins-losses-ties) points (goal difference) 1. San Jose (11-6-2) 35 pts (+14) 2. Dallas (8-4-6) 30 pts (+2) 3. Los Angeles (8-7-3) 27 pts (0) […]

MLS Leading Scorers PLAYER GP G A P Twellman (New England) 18 14 3 31 Ruiz (Los Angeles) 17 14 0 28 Kreis (Dallas) 18 12 2 26 Graziani (San Jose) 19 11 4 26 Diallo (MetroStars) 14 10 3 23 Ralston (New England) 18 5 13 23 Razov (Chicago) 14 9 3 21 Cunningham […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor SHOWDOWN SWEEP: Goals four minutes apart by Kerry Connors and Marinette Pichon and an outstanding defensive performance by Erica Iverson carried Philadelphia in its first-place showdown with visiting Carolina on Saturday. The Charge's 2-0 victory gave it a one-point lead on the Courage — with one game in hand — […]

July 20 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 4 New England 3. Goals: Williams (Paule, Chronopoulos) 25, Diallo pen. 34, Davis 41, Diallo (Williams, Chronopoulos) 46; Twellman (Pineda Chacon, Ralston) 43, Ralston (Twellman) 59, Hernandez 63. MetroStars — Howard, Jolley, Ziadie, Chronopoulos, Petke, Lisi, Paule, Davis (Moore, 62), Williams, Diallo (Alvarez, 81), Faria. New England – […]

Tiffeny Milbrett fed Cindy Parlow for a pair of headed goals and scored a goal of her own as the U.S. women's national team blitzed a young Norway squad, 4-0, Sunday afternoon in hot, humid conditions at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn. Parlow nodded home Milbrett crosses in the 11th and 30th minutes, […]

Washington used a penalty kick and an own goal to take charge in the battle for playoff berths with a 3-2 victory Sunday afternoon at San Jose. Jen Grubb and Monica Gerardo got goals for the Freedom (7-5-4, 25 points), which captured the season series with the CyberRays (6-6-4, 22 points) and moved into third […]

Kerry Connors and Marinette Pichon scored goals four minutes apart and the Philadelphia Charge vaulted back into the WUSA lead with a 2-0 triumph Saturday afternoon over visiting Carolina, sweeping the season series and halting the Courage's league-record five-game winning streak. New York was eliminated from the WUSA playoff race later Saturday after falling to […]

The Chicago Fire acquired defender Orlando Perez from D.C. United in exchange for the Fire's second-round pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. The Fire also waived Ukrainian forward Aleksey Korol. Perez, a Californian, was the 48th overall pick, by the MetroStars, in the 2000 SuperDraft. He was traded to D.C. United on May. He appeared […]

The U.S. women's national team plays its 10th match of the year, and its third home game of 2002, when it faces archrival Norway at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn., on Sunday (live on ESPN 1 p.m. ET). The USA has a 5-2-2 record in 2002 with both losses coming to Norway (1-0 […]

The annual Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer national championships will be held July 24-28 at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Soccer America begins its preview of the youth finals with the under-14 and under-15 competitions. It continues with the U-16 and U-17 previews Monday and the U-18 and U-19 previews Tuesday. UNDER-14 BOYS Maryland (Baltimore) […]

* Saturday, July 20 (4:00 pm ET) CAROLINA (10-2-3, 33 points) at PHILADELPHIA (9-1-4, 31 points) (TV: PAX) Key Players Out: Carolina – F Kim Yankowski (lower back strain), M Hege Riise (Norweigan National Team), M Unni Lehn (Norweigan National Team), M Tiffany Roberts (U.S. National Team); Philadelphia – M Kelly Smith (ACL tear-R), F […]

* Saturday, July 20 (4:00 pm ET) NEW ENGLAND (6-10-1, 19 points) at METROSTARS (7-8-2, 23 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: New England – D Brian Kamler (strained MCL-R), D Rusty Pierce (strained groin-L), F Diego Serna (torn ACL & meniscus-L); MetroStars – D Marcelo Balboa (knee bone bruise-R), M/F Clint Mathis (torn meniscus […]

U.S. OPEN CUP: Quarterfinal schedule * Aug. 7 in Uniondale, N.Y. (Mitchel Athletic Complex) MetroStars (MLS) vs. Columbus (MLS) 9:15 pm ET * TBD in Franklin, Wis. (Rampage Sports Complex) Milwaukee (A-League) vs. Kansas City * Aug. 7 in Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl) Dallas (MLS) vs. Colorado (MLS) 7:30 pm CT * Aug. 7 in […]

U.S. Lamar Hunt Open Cup * July 17 in Franklin, Wis. MILWAUKEE 1 CHICAGO 0. Goal: Golijanin (Wolyniec, 54). Milwaukee — Popik, Aldrich, Makumbu, Bobo, Bernal, Radoncic (Brennan, 61), Russell, Bilyk (Fadeski, 80), Golijanin (Angelovski, 65), Wolyniec, Takawira. Yellow cards: Bilyk 23, Wolyniec 73, Makumbu 90. Chicago — Ring, Brown, Bocanegra, Gray, Walsh, Sleeth (Vaudreuil, […]

The MLS dominated the A-League in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16. In eight clashes between the first and second tiers of American soccer, only one A-League team claimed victory: The Milwaukee Rampage made the two-time Open Cup champ Chicago Fire its victim. JOHN WOLYNIEC, who played 21 games for the Fire in 2000-2001, […]

The New England Revolution waived Portuguese defender Carlos Semedo on Thursday, ending the discovery player's three-and-a-half month stint with the club. Semedo, 22, started eight of the nine games he played for New England, but had not appeared in the past five games. The Revolution also released midfielder Scott Powers, a developmental player who did […]

The draw for the second UEFA Women's Cup, the European women's club championship, included teams from 35 nations. German power FFC Frankfurt, which was led to the first Women's Cup title by Carolina Courage forward Birgit Prinz and Washington Freedom midfielder Steffi Jones, was paired in the third of eight four-team groups with Irish champion […]

The U.S. Open Cup round of 16 kicked off yesterday with the MetroStars' 1-0 win over the Hampton Roads Mariners of the A-League. The round of 16 will conclude tonight with seven more clashes between MLS and A-League clubs. Rodrigo Faria's 76th-minute goal was enough to see the MetroStars into the quarterfinals. Faria ran onto […]

League-leading scorers Taylor Twellman (New England) and Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles) will provide the firepower for the MLS All-Stars, who will face the U.S. national team in the MLS All-Star game Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C. MLS's starting lineup was selected by fans; MLS players; MLS coaches and general managers; and a media panel. Each […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named his 18-man roster for the team that will take on a MLS selection at the MLS All-Star Game Aug. 3 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. (live on ABC, 3:30 ET). Ten of the players were on the World Cup 2002 roster. No foreign-based players were selected. The U.S. […]

U.S. Under-19 women's national team head coach Tracey Leone called in the 27 players for a 13-day training camp Chula Vista, Calif., July 14-26. Leone will use the camp to pick the 18-woman roster for the Under-19 Women's World Championship Aug. 17-Sept. 1 in Canada. Lindsay Tarpley, Heather O'Reilly and Kelly Wilson, a trio of […]

Site: Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 10 A.M. Under-17 girls: Huntington (N.Y.) Fury vs. Pleasanton (Calif.) Rage (field 9). Under-15 girls: Laguna Hills (Calif.) Eclipse vs. Dallas Sting (field 11). Under-14 boys: La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads vs. Chicago Magic (field 14). Under-14 boys: Maryland Bays vs. Alpharetta (Ga.) Eagles (field 15). Under-15 […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Stony Brook (N.Y.) Panthers 4 Baltimore Stars 0 Chicago Magic 3 Arsenal Crush (Omaha, Neb.) 1 Houston Texans 1 New Bern (N.C.) Coastal 0 San Bernardino (Calif.) Blast 1 Colorado Rush Nike 0 UNDER-18 BOYS FC Delco (Pa.) Arsenal 5 Virginia Beach Utd. 0 NFC Vincere (Omaha, Neb.) 5 Team Dayton 1 Spring […]