Monthly Archives: August 2002

ENGLAND * Marcus Hahnemann, Reading (D1) vs. Norwich, 0-2. Started: 90 minutes. Third-place Norwich was the third team in a row to shut out Reading, which fell to 3-5-1, smack in the middle of the standings. GERMANY * Mike Duhaney, Mainz (D2) vs. Eintracht Trier, 2-0. DNP. * Grover Gibson, Mainz (D2) vs. Eintracht Trier, […]

Wake Forest and West Virginia continue their climbs through Soccer America's Top 25 this week, winning crucial conference matches and settling among the best 11. The Demon Deacons, off to an extraordinary 8-0-0 start, jumps from 15th to ninth after an impressive 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference triumph over Maryland. Wake Forest entered the Top 25, […]

On the first day of the German First Division 2002-2003 season, American defenders Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) started but came out on the losing side. GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, B1) vs. Bochum, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. In the loss to First Division newcomer Bochum, right back Sanneh and all the Nuremberg […]

On the first day of the German First Division 2002-2003 season, American defenders Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg) and Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) started but came out on the losing side. GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, B1) vs. Bochum, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. In the loss to First Division newcomer Bochum, right back Sanneh and all the Nuremberg […]

History: The Bulldog men's A-League team – now in hiatus, playing an exhibition season – started a U-16 training development team in 1999. The Renegades are the girls teams, affiliated with the W-League team of the same name. The club also is affiliated with the Cape Cod Crusaders (PDL). 2001 Y-League National Championship: U-18 Bulldogs […]

History: The Bulldog men's A-League team – now in hiatus, playing an exhibition season – started a U-16 training development team in 1999. The Renegades are the girls teams, affiliated with the W-League team of the same name. The club also is affiliated with the Cape Cod Crusaders (PDL). 2001 Y-League National Championship: U-18 Bulldogs […]

History: The Bulldog men's A-League team – now in hiatus, playing an exhibition season – started a U-16 training development team in 1999. The Renegades are the girls teams, affiliated with the W-League team of the same name. The club also is affiliated with the Cape Cod Crusaders (PDL). 2001 Y-League National Championship: U-18 Bulldogs […]

JULIE FLEETING'S INTERNATIONAL STRIKE RATE might make Mia Hamm envious, and she's been virtually unstoppable at home, scoring nearly 300 goals in Scotland's top tier. Now she's stepped up to the big league, where her glittering numbers don't mean much. She knows this – she's looking to learn and impress, not to conquer, during her […]

JULIE FLEETING'S INTERNATIONAL STRIKE RATE might make Mia Hamm envious, and she's been virtually unstoppable at home, scoring nearly 300 goals in Scotland's top tier. Now she's stepped up to the big league, where her glittering numbers don't mean much. She knows this – she's looking to learn and impress, not to conquer, during her […]

JULIE FLEETING'S INTERNATIONAL STRIKE RATE might make Mia Hamm envious, and she's been virtually unstoppable at home, scoring nearly 300 goals in Scotland's top tier. Now she's stepped up to the big league, where her glittering numbers don't mean much. She knows this – she's looking to learn and impress, not to conquer, during her […]

Erin O'Grady scored two goals and Meghan Moore added a couple assists as the Boston Renegades captured their second successive W-League title Saturday night, pulling away in the second half to a 3-0 victory over the Charlotte Lady Eagles at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia. Moore fed Rebekah Splaine in the 23rd minute to […]

On the opening day of the 2002 K-League season, Chunnam Dragons had to make some last-minute hires: bodyguards. The Dragons' stadium in Kwangyang was jammed with 23,000 fans who came to see World Cup heroes Kim Nam Il and Kim Tae Young. Neither player took part in the Dragons' 1-0 win over Taejon Citizen, but […]

JULIE FLEETING'S INTERNATIONAL STRIKE RATE might make Mia Hamm envious, and she's been virtually unstoppable at home, scoring nearly 300 goals in Scotland's top tier. Now she's stepped up to the big league, where her glittering numbers don't mean much. She knows this – she's looking to learn and impress, not to conquer, during her […]

Landon Donovan returned from the World Cup a national celebrity. In this exclusive interview he discusses his decision to stay in MLS, at least for now, and his upbringing in Southern California. SOCCER AMERICA: What you did at the World Cup impressed people in Europe, yet you came back adamant you wanted to stay in […]

Aug. 10 in Dallas Dallas 3 Chicago 1. Goals: Pareja (Rhine) 25, Kreis (Suarez, Cerritos) 89, O'Brien (Martinez, Kreis) 91+; Stoitchkov 64. Dallas– Jordan, Bonseu, Morrow, Broome, Suarez, Vaca (O'Brien, 77), Deering, Martinez, Pareja, Rhine (Cerritos, 84), Kreis. Chicago — Thornton, Vaudreuil, Curtin, Perez, Bocanegra, Kovalenko, Marsch, Walsh (Stoitchkov 58), Wolff, Razov, Beasley. Yellow Cards: […]

Jason Kreis made sure MLS didn't lack for fireworks during the World Cup. The seven-year Dallas Burn veteran took the all-time goalscoring lead by hitting the 215-point mark on 78 goals and 56 assists. The Facts Born: Dec. 2, 1972. Hometown: Omaha, Neb. College: Duke. Pro clubs: Dallas Burn (1996-present). USA: 14 caps, 1 goal […]

Philippe Troussier, Japan's national team coach, had tears at the press conference after his team lost to Turkey, 1-0, in Miyagi. ''It's the end of an adventure,'' said the Frenchman after the second-round game, ''but we finished with a Japanese team which has a lot of spirit for the future.'' It's now Japanese soccer's mission […]

The Chicago Fire's players and hard-core fans have had to make big adjustments since the MLS club was forced to move to suburban Naperville. Playing conditions are harsh in what the Fire players call 'The Sandbox.' Chicago's urban fans have had to tone down their act to accommodate local sensibilities. As the yellow school bus […]

With his first World Cup behind him, Colorado midfielder Pablo Mastroeni has had a chance to reflect on how he got to where he is and what happens next. To say soccer saved Pablo Mastroeni from a failed life would be a stretch. He's never been imprisoned, indicted or been implicated in anything sordid or […]

On the opening day of the 2002 K-League season, Chunnam Dragons had to make some last-minute hires: bodyguards. The Dragons' stadium in Kwangyang was jammed with 23,000 fans who came to see World Cup heroes Kim Nam Il and Kim Tae Young. Neither player took part in the Dragons' 1-0 win over Taejon Citizen, but […]

European interest in American players may not be booming like some expected, but how MLS handles the offers it gets will be closely scrutinized. Don't expect an exodus – at least not anytime soon. The U.S. national team's impressive performance at the 2002 World Cup led many to suspect that overseas demand for American players […]

After the Deluge It's hard to imagine the aftermath of France's shocking exit from the 2002 World Cup being any worse than the Korean campaign itself, but that's exactly what's happened. The Bleus were the first defending World Cup champions to fail to win a game in their title defense, but the players shrugged off […]

The Revival What was so surprising about Germany finishing runner-up at the 2002 World Cup? The Germans had reached four of the previous seven finals. The three-time champions' date with Brazil marked their seventh final overall. Consider the four years of malaise that preceded the 2002 finals and it becomes easier to comprehend why the […]

In 1896, a Brazilian journalist noticed British railway and gas company employees playing a game in Sao Paulo. ''It gives them great satisfaction or fills them with great sorrow when this kind of yellowish bladder enters a rectangle formed by wooden posts,'' he wrote, as related by Alex Bellos in ''Futebol, The Brazilian Way of […]

The Carolina Courage completed a worst-to-first climb to win the WUSA's regular-season championship on Sunday, overtaking Philadelphia on the final day of the campaign with a 1-1 tie against San Diego. Hege Riise's 75th-minute goal pulled the Courage (12-5-4, 40 points) with the Spirit before 6,358 at Torero Stadium. Carolina, the last-place squad in the […]