Monthly Archives: September 2002

Marcelo Balboa, who joined the MetroStars from Colorado in the past offseason but has yet to see action because of a knee injury, has been taken off injured reserve and will suit up for Saturday's regular-season finale against New England. The MetroStars also called up goalkeeper Jeff Cassar from the A-League's Atlanta Silverbacks. Cassar, an […]

John O'Brien started and played 90 minutes for Ajax Amsterdam on Tuesday in its first game of the UEFA Champions League first group phase. Dutch champion Ajax beat French champion Lyon, 2-1, on a pair of first-half strikes by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. In other Group D action, Inter Milan tied Rosenberg, 2-2, in Norway. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE […]

Goalkeeper Chrissy Dolan (Villanova), Jr. (1) Made 23 saves in three games, nine of them to earn a 1-1 tie at Connecticut, and claimed shutouts in unbeaten Wildcats' 1-0 win over Towson and 0-0 draw with unbeaten Navy. Defenders Mikel Casey (Charlotte), Sr. (1) Surprising 49ers improve to 5-0 as veteran back scores gamewinner in […]

MLS: Leading Scorers Rank. Player (team) Goals-Assists-Points 1. Taylor Twellman (NE) 22-5-49 2. Carlos Ruiz (LA) 23-1-47 3. Jeff Cunningham (CLB) 15-5-35 4. Ante Razov (CHI) 13-8-34 5. Ariel Graziani (SJ) 14-5-33 6. Mark Chung (COL) 10-10-30 6. Jason Kreis (DAL) 13-4-30 8. Mamadou Diallo (MET) 12-5-29 8. Steve Ralston (NE) 5-19-29 8. Rodrigo Faria […]

Rank. Team: Attendance average 1. Colorado: 20,311 2. Los Angeles: 19,047 3. MetroStars: 18,155 4. Columbus: 17,429 5. D.C. United: 16,721 6. New England: 16,674 7. Dallas: 13,122 8. Chicago: 12,725 9. Kansas City: 12,255 10. San Jose: 9,990 League-wide: 15,656

Rank. Team: Goals scored per game 1. New England 1.70 2. San Jose 1.67 3. Columbus 1.59 4. Los Angeles 1.59 5. Colorado 1.56 6. MetroStars 1.52 7. Chicago Fire 1.52 8. Dallas Burn 1.48 9. Kansas City 1.33 10. D.C. United 1.04 Overall: 405 goals in 135 games for 3.00 goals per game average.

G Peter Billmeyer (Oregon State), jr. MVP of OSU/Diadora Classic with shutout wins over Gonzaga (3-0) and No. 24 Tulsa (3-0) for Beavers, who are off to best start (4-1-0) in eight years. D Tony Lawson (UCLA), jr. Clears shot by San Diego star Ryan Coiner off the line in unbeaten Bruins' 3-1 victory over […]

Results are based on 242 votes. First-year Americans (Project-40) 27% – Brad Davis (MetroStars) 2% – Craig Capano (Chicago) 4% – D.J. Countess (Dallas) 3% – Jordan Stone (Dallas) 4% – Justin Mapp (D.C. United) 29% – Kelly Gray (Chicago) 26% – Kyle Martino (Columbus) 4% – Nelson Akwari (MetroStars) First-year Americans (College) 7% – […]

By Will Kuhns, Senior Editor MetroStars coach Octavio Zambrano is exasperated with Clint Mathis, arguably his top player. Zambrano seemed calm but disheartened Saturday night when he heard that Mathis said he unintentionally stepped on the back of D.C. United's Jose Alegria in the 30th minute — a move that earned him a red card […]

9/16 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/9 Ranking 1 Stanford (5-0-0) 1 2 UCLA (4-0-0) 3 3 St. John's (4-1-0) 4 4 Connecticut (3-1-0) 5 5 Wake Forest (3-0-1) 13 6 South Carolina (6-0-0) 11 7 Notre Dame (3-0-2) 14 8 Indiana (4-1-2) 12 9 Virginia (3-2-0) 6 10 Clemson (2-1-1) 2 11 San Diego […]

The U.S. under-17 national team finished second at the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy, falling to Uruguay, 2-0, in the final Monday night. The Celeste won on first-half goals by Juan Albin and Ivan De la Sierra. The U.S. U-17s are preparing for qualifying for the 2003 Under-17 World Cup. Qualifying will […]

Steve Cherundolo's club, Hannover 96, shocked host Bayer Leverkusen and won its first game of the season in Germany's Bundesliga. Greg Vanney, meanwhile, saw his first action of the season for Bastia in France. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Manchester City, 2-2. Started: 90 minutes. Blackburn surrendered another late goal and thereby allowed […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor THE EXORCISTS: Los Angeles scored in stoppage time to down the Quakes, 1-0, and became the first team this season to win three straight. On more than two dozen previous occasions, teams with two consecutive wins had failed to notch No. 3. The weirdest example came on Aug. 31 when […]

West Virginia and Wake Forest made the biggest progressions in Soccer America's College Women's Top 25 following impressive victories over the weekend. The Mountaineers jumped from 22nd to 13th after beating Virginia in the Cavaliers' Soccer Classic and whipping James Madison, which had begun the season impressively. Wake Forest moved from 25th to 15th after […]

Sept. 12 in Montreal Montreal 0 Rochester 0. Montreal — Sutton, Pizzolitto, Gervais, Barker (Corneli 75), Kopp (Braz 50), DiTullio, DeSantis (Rowland 74), Ze Roberto, Bernier, Sebrango, Biello. Rochester — Onstad, Demmin (Walton 89), Schweitzer, Sedgewick, Bankov, Lavrinenko, Mladenov, Nash (Tanner 76), Steenkamp, Amani-Dove (Suarez 89), Wilson (Simmonds 68) Yellow cards — Montreal — Sebrango […]

Sept. 14 in Washington D.C. D.C. United 2 MetroStars 1. Goal: Convey (Villegas P., Etcheverry) 46+, Curtis (Etcheverry, Convey) 87; Faria 6. D.C. United – Rimando, Namoff, Pope, Prideaux, Olsen, Etcheverry, Alegria, Convey, Villegas (Mapp, 74), Zambrano (Curtis, 71), Quintanilla (Lassiter, 83). MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Jolley, Petke, Akwari, Paule (Grafer 97,+), Ramos (Williams, 67), […]

The United States moved into the final of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Italy with a 2-1 win over Yugoslavia Sunday. Eddie Gaven and Guillermo Gonzalez scored for the Americans, who won their group with 2-1 wins over England and Yugoslavia and a 0-0 tie with Russia. They meet Uruguay in the final […]

9/9 Ranking … Team (Record) … 9/3 Ranking 1 Stanford (5-0-0) 3 9/13 — Denver (4-2); 9/15 — at St. Mary's (1-0). 2 Clemson (2-1-1) 5 9/14 — at Duke (1-2, OT). 3 UCLA (4-0-0) 6 9/15 — San Diego (3-1). 4 St. John's (4-1-0) 9 9/11 — Adelphi (3-0); 9/14 — Virginia Tech (1-0). […]

NO. 1: Alyssa Ramsey scored her fifth and sixth goals of the season and freshman Lindsay Tarpley netted her fourth and fifth as No. 1 North Carolina cemented its hold on the top spot in Soccer America's Top 25 with victories over No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 3 Texas at the Houston College Challenge […]

The U.S. under-17 national team is in first place in its group after two days of the Football International Solidarity Foundation Tournament in Gaeta, Italy. The Americans opened with a 2-1 win over England Thursday thanks to goals from Guillermo Gonzalez and Jacob Peterson. Gonzalez, who is being courted by MLS and several foreign clubs, […]

Saturday, September 14 (7:30 pm ET) CHICAGO (10-12-4, 34 points) at COLUMBUS (10-11-5, 35 points) (TV: Fox Sports Net Chicago; DIRECTV: 794/DISHNET: 525, live on inDemand) Key Players Out: Chicago — M Dema Kovalenko (red card suspension), M Chris Armas (torn ACL-R), M Sergi Daniv (turf toe-R), F Mike Nugent (torn meniscus-L), D Evan Whitfield […]

(8 teams qualify) 1. x*San Jose 45 points (+12 goal dif.) @ Galaxy, vs. Galaxy. 2. *Columbus 35 (0) vs. Fire, @ Fire. 3. x Los Angeles 45 (+9) vs. Quakes, @ Quakes. 4. x Dallas 40 (+1) vs. Revs, @ United. 5. x Colorado 39 (-6) @ Wizards, vs. Wizards. 6. MetroStars 35 (-2) […]

Sept. 12 in Montreal Montreal 0 Rochester 0. Montreal — Sutton, Pizzolitto, Gervais, Barker (Corneli 75), Kopp (Braz 50), DiTullio, DeSantis (Rowland 74), Ze Roberto, Bernier, Sebrango, Biello. Rochester — Onstad, Demmin (Walton 89), Schweitzer, Sedgewick, Bankov, Lavrinenko, Mladenov, Nash (Tanner 76), Steenkamp, Amani-Dove (Suarez 89), Wilson (Simmonds 68). Yellow cards — Montreal — Sebrango […]

Sept. 12 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 0 D.C. United 1. Goal: Etcheverry 46+. MetroStars — Howard, Ziadie, Petke, Jolley, Chronopoulos (Akwari, 62), Ramos, Moore (Diallo, 74), Paule (Davis, 87), A.Williams, Mathis, Faria. D.C. United — Rimando, Reyes, Pope, Prideaux, Convey, Villegas, R.Williams, Olsen, Etcheverry, Zambrano (Lassiter, 73), Quintanilla (Namoff, 92+). Yellow cards: MetroStars — […]

The men's college season has moved into its third week with several Soccer America Top 25 matchups. No. 3 UCLA and No. 9 San Diego, both unbeaten, meet Sunday in Westwood. No. 6 Virginia travels to No. 13 Wake Forest Saturday on the opening weekend of ACC play. No. 14 Notre Dame closes out its […]