Monthly Archives: August 2002

The United States fell to Brazil, 1-0, Thursday night in the final of the Torneo Internacional de L'Alcunia in Spain. Tavares beat all-tournament goalie Steve Cronin for the only goal in the ninth minute. It was the fifth game in six nights for the team and fourth in four days. Brazil beat the United States, […]

University of Texas All-American Kelly Wilson netted her eighth and ninth goals of the competition and the United States overcame a shaky start on Thursday to earn its spot in the final of the first FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup with a 4-1 semifinal triumph over Germany. University of North Carolina freshman Lindsay Tarpley's 28th-minute […]

Former Swedish standout Pia Sundhage, who as Mark Krikorian's assistant coach has helped the Philadelphia Charge reach the WUSA semifinals in both seasons, was hired Thursday as head coach of the Boston Breakers. Sundhage, who also was courted for the vacant San Diego Spirit job, replaces former U.S. Soccer staff coach Jay Hoffman, who was […]

After helping Sunderland defend a precarious 1-0 victory at Leeds, U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna voiced his support for his embattled coach, Peter Reid. In Chile, meanwhile, goalkeeper Jonny Walker's team was eliminated from one tournament and faces a possible work stoppage in league play. England * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Liverpool, 2-2. Started: 90 […]

Aug. 28 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 3 Colorado 1. Goals: Twellman (Franchino, Griffiths) 27, Hernandez 39, Twellman (Ralston, Heaps) 39; Chung (Henderson, Valderrama) 75. Colorado — Kramer, Fraser (Herdsman 46), Stewart, Hart (Kotschau 46), Titus (Trembly 62), Chung, Palacios, Valderrama, Kingsley, Carrieri, Henderson. New England — Brown, Llamosa (Pierce 11), Kante, Franchino, Heaps, Cullen, […]

The United States reached the final of Spain's Torneo Internacional de La Alcudia, considered the top under-20 summer tournament in the world, with a 3-1 win over Uruguay Wednesday. The Americans play Brazil, which beat them, 2-1, in their opening game, in Thursday's final. The Americans played the last 28 minutes with 10 men after […]

1. North Carolina (24-1-0) 8/30 at Nebraska; 9/1 vs. USC at Nebraska 2. Portland (20-4-0) 8/30 at BYU; 9/1 at Utah 3. Santa Clara (23-2-0) 8/30 vs. Stanford 4. Virginia (17-4-2) 8/31 vs. St. Joseph's 5. Texas (14-6-0) 8/30 vs. New Mexico; 9/1 vs. Duke 6. Penn State (21-4-1) 9/1 vs. Pittsburgh 7. Stanford (15-4-2) […]

German First Division club Energie Cottbus is interested in signing U.S. center back Gregg Berhalter, who has fallen out of favor with English First Division club Crystal Palace. Cottbus, in the former East Germany, is looking for a replacement for Hungarian sweeper Vilmos Seboek, who took blame for Cottbus' bad start to the season — […]

After almost four years with German First Division club Bayer Leverkusen, U.S. outside back Frankie Hejduk is moving to Swiss First Division club St. Gallen. Hejduk, 28, played 19 league games for Bayer Leverkusen during his stint in Germany. Last season, when Leverkusen finished runner-up in the league, German Cup and European Champions League, Hejduk […]

GOALKEEPER Josh Lynk (Indiana) * Seven saves in 0-0 tie against Charleston DEFENDERS Dwayne Demmin (Charlotte) * Gamewinner in 1-0 win over Richmond Brent Sancho (Portland) * Solid in pair of road wins Joe Mattachione (Toronto) * Goal in 2-1 win over Rochester MIDFIELDERS Andy McDermott (Charlotte) * Two goals in 4-2 win at Richmond […]

JUST ONE SPOT LEFT: The Milwaukee Rampage's 6-1 win over Cincinnati on Tuesday night qualified El Paso and Vancouver for the A-League playoffs, and Portland clinched last weekend. With Seattle, Minnesota and Milwaukee, the Western Conference's six-team postseason field is complete. The rest of the regular season, which ends Sept. 2, will determine the seedings. […]

The decisions made under duress at this year's MLS All-Star Game were hardly as appalling as some media outlets portrayed them. Considering the awful luck of the day, the solutions were reasonable. The simple fact is that the field was unplayable immediately after the storm. The 10 minutes attempted at that point were laughable. Simply […]

SCHEDULE and RESULTS (Aug. 30-Sept. 2) Rank Team (2001 Final Record) 1. Indiana (18-4-1) 8/30 — Rutgers; 8/31 — Clemson. 2. Virginia (17-2-1) 8/30 — Kentucky; 9/1 — Rhode Island. 3. North Carolina (21-4-0) 8/30 — Akron; 9/1 — Saint Louis. 4. Stanford (19-2-1) 8/31 — Sacramento State. 5. Connecticut (15-5-2) 8/30 — at Seton […]

In 1916, two Mexico City clubs, Record FC and Colon FC, decided to unite. Representatives of Colon – the Spanish version of the name Columbus, as in Christopher – noted that the merger was going through on Oct. 12, the date in 1492 that Columbus landed in the New World. They proposed the name ''America.'' […]

The term ''relegation'' once carried with it a foreboding sense of doom quite overstated, even in the hyperbolic, sometimes hysterical tone of sports coverage. ''Safety'' and ''survival'' were the rewards if ''the ax'' didn't fall and thus ''the drop'' could be avoided. In ancient times, which date back at least three or four years, dropping […]

Fatigue, injury, demands on her time and difficulties in her personal life took a heavy toll on Mia Hamm during the WUSA's first season. She's rebounded with an electric performance this summer. Mia Hamm is at her best when the complex becomes simple. When her mind is clear, her attention focused and her heart relieved […]

HER NAME'S CHINESE CHARACTER literally means a ripe ear of rice. In Japanese, Homare also means a source of pride and is attached to products to indicate their special value. Atlanta Beat midfielder Homare Sawa, the only Japanese player in the WUSA, is the pride of Japanese soccer. She is only 23 but has been […]

Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]

Selection to the MLS All-Star Game gave Dallas defender Ryan Suarez a weekend to etch into his memory book. Upon taking a cell phone call in an Atlanta hotel lobby last month, Ryan Suarez shouted so loudly, so gleefully that the staff there assumed he was a first-time father. ''Somebody asked if it was a […]

GOOD MOVES. Hands down, Carlos Ruiz is the shrewdest foreign acquisition since the Wizards bagged Miklos Molnar in 2000. Quick and cunning as a fox, yet strong in the box, Ruiz has a propensity for bad dives that he supersedes with good goals. He's dangerous in the air and especially adept at turning half-chances into […]

Mike Magee scored four goals to lead the United States to a 5-2 win over Ukraine Tuesday at the Torneo Internacional de La Alcudia in Spain. The win pushed the U.S. to the semifinals, where it will meet Group A winner Uruguay Wednesday. Brazil faces Group A runner-up Costa Rica in the other semifinal. Magee […]

9/9 TEAM RECORD 9/3 PRE 1 Stanford (3-0-0) 3 4 2 Clemson (2-0-1) 5 8 3 UCLA (3-0-0) 6 12 4 St. John's (2-1-0) 9 6 5 Connecticut (2-1-0) 8 5 6 Virginia (3-1-0) 1 2 7 Furman (3-0-0) 10 13 8 North Carolina (3-1-0) 2 3 9 San Diego (4-0-0) 11 20 10 Washington […]

9/9 TEAM RECORD 9/3 PRE 1 Stanford (3-0-0) 3 4 2 Clemson (2-0-1) 5 8 3 UCLA (3-0-0) 6 12 4 St. John's (2-1-0) 9 6 5 Connecticut (2-1-0) 8 5 6 Virginia (3-1-0) 1 2 7 Furman (3-0-0) 10 13 8 North Carolina (3-1-0) 2 3 9 San Diego (4-0-0) 11 20 10 Washington […]

Selection to the MLS All-Star Game gave Dallas defender Ryan Suarez a weekend to etch into his memory book. Upon taking a cell phone call in an Atlanta hotel lobby last month, Ryan Suarez shouted so loudly, so gleefully that the staff there assumed he was a first-time father. ''Somebody asked if it was a […]

Each day, a dusty courtyard buffeted by high-rise apartments in the Bellas Horizontes subdivision of Guatemala filled with boys playing soccer. Here, Carlos Ruiz was known as one of the best goalkeepers in the barrio. He guarded two large stones as goalposts. When the weekends came and with it league play, Carlos often got bored […]