Monthly Archives: August 2002

MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave a ''state of the league'' address on Aug. 2, on the eve of the MLS All-Star Game. Don Garber: This is now my third ''State of the League'' address and I can't think of a better place to deliver it: The spectacular Maryland Soccerplex — the host to last week's […]

The U.S. under-23 men's national team beat English club Bolton Wanderers's under-21 team, 4-1, in Chorley, England. Wake Forest midfielder Brian Carroll had two goals, and the Columbu Crew's Edson Buddle and the University of Virginia's Alecko Eskandarian one apiece. The Under-23s face under-21 or reserve teams from Huddersfield Aug. 3, Crewe Alexandria Aug. 5 […]

The U.S. under-23 men's national team beat English club Bolton Wanderers's under-21 team, 4-1, in Chorley, England. Wake Forest midfielder Brian Carroll had two goals, and the Columbu Crew's Edson Buddle and the University of Virginia's Alecko Eskandarian one apiece. The Under-23s face under-21 or reserve teams from Huddersfield Aug. 3, Crewe Alexandria Aug. 5 […]

The Columbus Crew picked up a valuable win on the road against the MetroStars to increase its lead over New England and D.C. United in the race for the eighth and last playoff spot. The 3-2 win over the MetoStars, who lost Joseph Addo to a red card for a violent and senseless foul at […]

Paraguayan club Olimpia, celebrating its 100th anniversary, won its third Libertadores Cup thanks to a penalty-kick win over BrazilÆs Sao Caetano yesterday. Olimpia, which fell 1-0 at home to the Brazilians in the first leg of the final, picked up a 2-1 win in Sao Paulo tie the series, 2-2, on aggregate and force the […]

July 31 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 Columbus 3. Goals: Faria (Williams, Diallo) 3, Diallo (Chronopoulos, Williams) 55; McBride pen. 19, Cunningham (McBride, West) 27, West (Cunningham) 70. MetroStars — Howard, Petke (Alvarez, 81), Chronopoulos, Jolley, Ziadie, Addo, Paule, Williams, Lisi (Sheppard, 75), Diallo, Faria. Columbus — Busch, Leitch, Dunseth, Clark, Torres, Oughton, Maisonneuve, […]

July 31 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 Columbus 3. Goals: Faria (Williams, Diallo) 3, Diallo (Chronopoulos, Williams) 55; McBride pen. 19, Cunningham (McBride, West) 27, West (Cunningham) 70. MetroStars — Howard, Petke (Alvarez, 81), Chronopoulos, Jolley, Ziadie, Addo, Paule, Williams, Lisi (Sheppard, 75), Diallo, Faria. Columbus — Busch, Leitch, Dunseth, Clark, Torres, Oughton, Maisonneuve, […]

GOALKEEPER Dusty Hudock (Charleston) * Two shutouts in win, tie against Atlanta. DEFENDERS Fabio Dos Santos-Terra (El Paso) * Two goals in 3-0 win over Cincinnati Jeremy Aldrich (Milwaukee) * Solid, assist in 1-0 win at Indiana Jason Annicchero (Atlanta) * Solid in tie and loss against Charleston MIDFIELDERS Andrew Gregor (Seattle) * Two goals […]

By Nathaniel Gould NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD: The Seattle Sounders opened up the brand new Seahawks Stadium with a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps July 28. An A-League record of 25,515 fans came out to see the first major sporting event at the venue. The league's previous high was 14,809 in Rochester for the Rhinos' […]

San Jose, Washington and Atlanta scored emphatic WUSA victories Wednesday night, and what had been a three-team battle for the final two playoff berths suddenly has become a five-team race for four semifinal spots. Only four points separate the top four teams, with the defending champion CyberRays another three points back, after first-place Philadelphia (10-3-5, […]