Monthly Archives: July 2002

By Will Kuhns, Senior Editor BEST GOALS: With 22 to choose from, we could not narrow it down to one. San Jose's Dwayne DeRosario and Columbus' John Wilmar Perez had equally devastating strikes, while Josh Wolff's free kick was a beauty. Perez hit his on a full volley as a short clearance fell to him […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor NEW BOSS: Carolina owns the top spot in the WUSA after claiming a league-record fifth successive victory Saturday with a fortuitous 2-1 decision over visiting Boston. German star Birgit Prinz headed home Danielle Fotopoulos' cross, setting a WUSA record by scoring a goal in five consecutive matches while extending hers […]

Two outstanding races — for the WUSA regular-season title and for the final two semifinal berths — got tighter on Sunday as Washington held visiting Philadelphia to a 1-1 draw and defending champion San Jose tied host San Diego, 2-2. The results left Carolina (10-2-3, 33 points) on top in the league, two points ahead […]

July 13 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 Kansas City 4. Goals: Cullen (Heaps, Ralston) 41, Pineda Chacon (Twellman, Rooney) 82; Klein (Simutenkov, Fabbro) 12, Zavagnin 55, Klein (Simutenkov) 64, Fabbro (Brown) 84. New England — Brown, Cullen, Franchino, Hernandez, Llamosa (Downing, 37), Heaps, Kamler (Cloutier, 30), Ralston, Rooney, Fuller (Pineda Chacon, 63), Twellman. Kansas […]

MLS players Ryan Nelsen (D.C. United) and Simon Elliott (Los Angeles Galaxy) teamed up for the winning goal to give New Zealand a 1-0 win Sunday over Australia in the final of the Oceania Nations Cup at Auckland's Ericsson Stadium and qualify the All Whites for the 2003 Confederations Cup. Nelsen scored with a header […]

Birgit Prinz scored for the fifth successive game Saturday, tying Tiffeny Milbrett's WUSA record, but Carolina needed a own goal to get past visiting Boston, 2-1, and become the first team to notch its 10th victory. Danielle Fotopoulos' back heel in a goal-mouth scramble deflected off Angela Hucles and into the Breakers' net to break […]

Saturday, July 13 (4:00 pm ET) KANSAS CITY (5-5-6, 21 points) at NEW ENGLAND (6-9-1, 19 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: Kansas City – D Jose Burciaga (torn ACL-L), D Peter Vermes (fractured rib-R); New England – F Diego Serna (torn ACL & meniscus-L). Referee: Kevin Terry. Saturday, July 13 (4:00 pm ET) CHICAGO […]

Saturday, July 13 (4:00 pm ET) ATLANTA (6-7-1, 19 points) at NEW YORK (2-11-1, 7 points) (TV: PAX) Key Players Out: Atlanta – none; New York – D Sara Whalen (ACL tear-R). Referee: Terry Vaughn. Saturday, July 13 (7:00 pm ET) BOSTON (4-6-5, 17 points) at CAROLINA (9-2-3, 30 points) (TV: Fox Sports South; AT&T […]

Landon Donovan, one of the stars of the U.S. national team at the World Cup, spoke to the media a day after winning an ESPY as the top male soccer player. He talked about the San Jose Earthquakes' drive to repeat, his desire to remain in MLS and his hectic life since returning from Korea. […]

Mexico's Morelia, playing short-handed, eliminated the Chicago Fire from the CONCACAF Champions Cup last night despite falling to the MLS club, 2-1, in Naperville, Ill. Morelia's 2-0 first-leg win takes it through, 3-2, on aggregate and sets up a semifinal clash with the Kansas City Wizards. Morelia took the lead through Antonio Gonzalez in the […]

Katia scored twice as San Jose netted three second-half goals Wednesday night to beat Atlanta for the first time, climbing from fifth to third in the WUSA standings with a 3-1 triumph at Spartan Stadium. The rematch of last year's championship game, a meeting between .500 clubs struggling to score goals, turned around on Ian […]

The right knee injury that Clint Mathis suffered during his MetroStarsÆ game last Saturday against the Columbus Crew will require surgery to repair torn meniscus. MathisÆ surgery is scheduled for July 17, after which he is expected to be sidelined for three to five weeks. Mathis also suffered a grade 1 sprain of the medial […]

When the U.S. national team programÆs training center and future home to the Los Angeles Galaxy opens in June 2003, it will be known as the Home Depot National Training Center. The 10-year agreement between the home improvement retailer and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) — the main force behind the $130 million project — was […]

FIFA has announced it is firing, or opting not to renew the contracts of seven employees, including director of communications Keith Cooper. Cooper was one of the most visible FIFA officials during the recent World Cup, running daily press conferences and serving as the main spokesman on a variety of issues, including referee controversies and […]

Wednesday, July 10 (7:00 pm ET) SAN DIEGO (3-7-3, 12 points) at BOSTON (3-6-5, 14 points) (TV: No TV) Key Players Out: Washington – GK Siri Mullinix (broken hand-L), D Lindsey Stoecker (ACL tear-L); Boston – none. Referee: Erich Simmons. Wednesday, July 10 (10:00 pm ET) ATLANTA (6-6-1, 19 points) at SAN JOSE (5-5-3, 18 […]

Colorado Rapids forward John Spencer has been fined $4,750 and suspended two games by MLS — on top of a $250 fine and one-game suspension already handed down because his behavior during ColoradoÆs 3-2 win July 4 against Chicago. Referee Noel Kenny red-carded Spencer for leading with his elbow in an aerial battle with C.J. […]

EASTERN GP W L T PTS GF GA MetroStars 16 7 7 2 23 24 21 Chicago 15 6 7 2 20 24 22 New England 16 6 9 1 19 27 31 D.C. United 15 6 8 1 19 18 22 Columbus 16 5 8 3 18 21 27 WESTERN GP W L T […]

By Will Kuhns, senior editor BEST GOAL: Taylor Twellman's league-leading 13th, a full lay-out diving header at the near post, and Josh Wolff's equalizer, a seated header after his own toe-poke hit the post — were both stylish finishes, but Chicago's gamewinner against the Rapids gets top honors for its lead up and significance. In […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor GAME OF THE YEAR? Julie Foudy's stoppage-time penalty kick — her second goal of the afternoon — wrapped up a wild affair Saturday in San Diego, with both teams twice surrendering leads before the Spirit pulled out a 5-4 victory over Boston. WUSA records were set for goals in a […]

July 7 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 2 Colorado 1 (OT). Goals: Wolff (Gray, D. Beasley) 63, Vaudreuil (Kovalenko, Walsh) 95; Henderson (Chung, Valderrama) 12. Chicago – Thornton, Vaudreuil, Curtin, Gray, Bocanegra (Sleeth, 24), Walsh, Marsch, Kovalenko, Beasley (Capano, 84), Wolff, Magee (Moore, 46). Colorado – Kramer, Stewart, Titus, Fraser, Kotschau, Chung, Hart, Palacios (Beckerman, 58), […]

Marinette Pichon picked up a hat trick in the final 14 minutes as Philadelphia stepped back in front in the WUSA with a 3-1 victory Sunday over visiting New York before 6,303 at Villanova Stadium. The French striker took the top spot in the scoring race with her 10th, 11th and 12th goals of the […]

San Diego captain Julie Foudy's stoppage-time penalty kick finished an exhilarating 5-4 triumph over visiting Boston and gave the Spirit its first WUSA victory since May 19. Chrisy McCann fouled Zhang Ouying to set up Foudy's 92nd-minute spot kick, her second goal of the match, as San Diego (3-7-3, 12 points) pulled out a wild […]

U.S. national team regulars Aly Wagner, Cat Reddick and Hope Solo head the 18-player roster that will represent the United States at the 2002 Nordic Cup, the world's premier under-21 women's competition. Wagner, a playmaker who has emerged as one the U.S. women's top attacking players, is one of three Santa Clara University players selected […]

Mia Hamm returns to the U.S. women's national team roster for the first time since the abandoned U.S. Women's Cup last September, one of 23 players called into camp by Coach April Heinrichs in advance of the July 21 friendly against Norway in Blaine, Minn. Goalkeeper Briana Scurry, one of the heroes of the Americans' […]

July 3 in Washington Washington 2 Atlanta 1. Goals: Barr (Makinen) 11, Bai (Barr, Wambach) 19; own goal 49. Washington — Fahey, S. Little, Moore, Grubb, Barr, Jones, Cook (Hamm, 51), Makinen (Gerardo, 24), Pu (Zimny, 83), Bai (J. Little, 68), Wambach. Atlanta — Scurry, J. Augustyniak, Cromwell, Nonen, N. Augustyniak (Sun, 46), Bivens, Serlenga, […]