Monthly Archives: July 2002

July 4 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 4 Columbus 1. Goals: Twellman (Kamler) 11, Ralston (Fuller, Kamler) 31, Cullen 39, Ralston (Fuller) 65; McBride (Harkes) 82. New England — Brown, Llamosa, Pierce (Hernandez, 71), Franchino, Heaps, Ralston, Kamler, Cullen (Downing, 71), Rooney, Twellman, Fuller (Harris, 67). Columbus — Presthus, McCarty, Clark (Wilmar Perez, 46), Dunseth, […]

Hege Riise's 88th-minute strike Thursday night lifted Carolina past visiting San Jose, 2-1, and into first place in the WUSA standings, three points ahead of Philadelphia. Riise, who beat the CyberRays with a late goal in the teams' previous meeting, in late April, knocked in the rebound of her own blocked shot to carry the […]

Emmy Barr scored her first WUSA goal and played a role in another strike as the Washington Freedom grabbed an early lead and held off visiting Atlanta, 2-1, Wednesday before 6,578 at RFK Stadium. The Freedom (6-5-3, 21 points), which has won four of its past five games, moved from fifth place to third while […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor It should have come as no surprise when Patrick Farmer was canned as the New York Power's head coach last week. His team was giving up goals by the boatloads and losing far more games than it won or tied, and the custom in pro sports when a team isn't […]

Wednesday, July 3 (7:00 pm ET) ATLANTA (6-5-1, 19 points) at WASHINGTON (5-5-3, 18 points) (TV: CSN, Fox Sports South) Key Players Out: Atlanta – D Lisa Krzykowski (broken ulna-L); Washington – D Lindsey Stoecker (ACL tear-L). Referee: Sandra Hunt. Thursday, July 4 (7:00 pm ET) SAN JOSE (5-4-3, 18 points) at CAROLINA (8-2-3, 27 […]

Thursday, July 4 (7:30 pm ET) COLUMBUS (5-6-3, 18 points) at NEW ENGLAND (4-9-1, 13 points) (TV: Fox Sports New England, DIRECTV: 795)) Key Players Out: Columbus – D Mike Lapper (sprained knee-R); New England – F Diego Serna (strained meniscus-L). Referee: Alex Prus. Thursday, July 4 (8:00 pm ET) METROSTARS (6-6-2, 20 points) at […]

Team: Goals scored per game—Goals against per game San Jose: 1.67—0.93 Chicago: 1.54—1.38 New England: 1.50—2.14 MetroStars: 1.50—1.21 Dallas: 1.50—1.29 Colorado: 1.33—1.60 D.C. United: 1.31—1.38 Columbus: 1.29—1.43 Kansas City: 1.29—1.43 Los Angeles: 1.29—1.43 Leaguewide: 398 goals in 140 games for a 2.84 goals per game average.

The U.S. Soccer Federation, along with the federations Australia, France and South Africa, to host the 2003 Confederations Cup. The FIFA Executive Committee name the host during its meetings Sept. 23-24. The biennial tournament is scheduled for June 18-29, 2003. It will be contested by the five confederation champions (AFC, CAF, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, UEFA), Brazil, […]

Dear Reader: We hope you've enjoyed the [adidas 2002 FIFA World Cup Bulletin]. Today is its last issue. It has been a World Cup month of late nights, excitement, upsets, surprises and so much more. We salute Brazil for its record 5th World Championship! Next week you will be receiving a special offer for a […]

Brazil's nationwide celebrations on Sunday were followed by a quiet Monday. But the revelry re-ignited on Tuesday, as the winning team arrived in the capital of Brasilia, where they were greeted by a crowd of 300,000. The players were taken from the airport by two trucks on a nine-mile route — the road lined with […]

June 9-12/First Round Raleigh CASL Elite (PDL) 5 (Crawford 6, Karim 36, Pause 70, Perea 74, Kneipper 86) Carolina Dynamo (D3) 2 (Benjamin 28, Felician 60). Vereinigung Erz. (USASA) 0 South Jersey Barons (D3) 4 (goalscorers n/a). AAC Eagles (USASA) 0 New York Freedoms (D3) 1 (Joseph 124) (OT). Texas Spurs (D3) 0 Memphis Express […]

MLS Leading Scorers PLAYER (TEAM) GP G A P Twellman (New England) 14 11 1 23 Kreis (Dallas) 14 11 1 23 Graziani (San Jose) 15 10 3 23 Ruiz (Los Angeles) 13 10 0 20 Razov (Chicago) 12 8 3 19 Cunningham (Columbus) 13 8 3 19 Diallo (MetroStars) 12 7 2 16 Chung […]

Can you give us examples of crazy things that happen in soccer, like coaches getting shot and fans going berserk? IÆve been getting asked such questions a lot as the mainstream media call for opinions on the World Cup. I say: If a billion people were deeply involved in badminton, youÆd find myriad examples of […]

From a distance, the Jeonju World Cup Stadium looks like a giant spaceship that landed in the middle of a rice paddy. Located in the middle of nowhere, on the outskirts of the provincial city of Jeonju, the stadium actually is shaped like a Hapjukseon, a Korean fan. Jeonju will be remembered as the place […]

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. 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. 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 […]

Based on the magnitude of the players involved and the impacts they made afterward, Soccer America picked the 10 biggest trades in MLS history and a winner in each: 1 May 24, 2002: New England trades Mamadou Diallo, Ted Chronopolous and Andy Williams to the MetroStars for Diego Serna, Brian Kamler and Daniel Hernandez. ADVANTAGE: […]

Based on the magnitude of the players involved and the impacts they made afterward, Soccer America picked the 10 biggest trades in MLS history and a winner in each: 1 May 24, 2002: New England trades Mamadou Diallo, Ted Chronopolous and Andy Williams to the MetroStars for Diego Serna, Brian Kamler and Daniel Hernandez. ADVANTAGE: […]

From a distance, the Jeonju World Cup Stadium looks like a giant spaceship that landed in the middle of a rice paddy. Located in the middle of nowhere, on the outskirts of the provincial city of Jeonju, the stadium actually is shaped like a Hapjukseon, a Korean fan. Jeonju will be remembered as the place […]

From a distance, the Jeonju World Cup Stadium looks like a giant spaceship that landed in the middle of a rice paddy. Located in the middle of nowhere, on the outskirts of the provincial city of Jeonju, the stadium actually is shaped like a Hapjukseon, a Korean fan. Jeonju will be remembered as the place […]

From a distance, the Jeonju World Cup Stadium looks like a giant spaceship that landed in the middle of a rice paddy. Located in the middle of nowhere, on the outskirts of the provincial city of Jeonju, the stadium actually is shaped like a Hapjukseon, a Korean fan. Jeonju will be remembered as the place […]

From a distance, the Jeonju World Cup Stadium looks like a giant spaceship that landed in the middle of a rice paddy. Located in the middle of nowhere, on the outskirts of the provincial city of Jeonju, the stadium actually is shaped like a Hapjukseon, a Korean fan. Jeonju will be remembered as the place […]

Never before had the U.S. men won an elimination-round game at the World Cup. Against its North American rivals, Bruce Arena's team used a new lineup and several players with limited finals experience to gain passage. BEST PLAYER. Landon Donovan played in his fourth position in four games and had his best game of the […]

Never before had the U.S. men won an elimination-round game at the World Cup. Against its North American rivals, Bruce Arena's team used a new lineup and several players with limited finals experience to gain passage. BEST PLAYER. Landon Donovan played in his fourth position in four games and had his best game of the […]