Monthly Archives: December 2002

(All times Eastern ) (Schedule and times subject to change) Saturday, April 5 New York at Atlanta 7:00 p.m. Washington at Carolina 7:00 p.m. Boston at San Diego 9:00 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose 10:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12 Boston at Atlanta 7:00 p.m. New York at Washington 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Boston at […]

Atlanta Beat — Sun Wen (3 first-place votes, 55 points), Briana Scurry (1, 5), Cindy Parlow (0, 3), Homare Sawa (0, 2) and Charmaine Hooper (0, 1). Boston Breakers — Kristine Lilly (1, 10), Maren Meinert (1, 5), Dagny Mellgren (0, 1) and Bettina Wiegman (0, 1). Carolina Courage — Birgit Prinz (10, 97), Hege […]

Mia Hamm repeated as the FIFA Women's Player of the Year in voting by national team coaches from around the world. The Washington Freedom striker outdistanced Carolina star Brigit Prinz and Atlanta's Sun Wen. U.S.-based players captured the top 10 places in the voting. One unusual selection was Milene Domingues, wife of men's winner Ronaldo. […]

The U.S. Soccer has confirmed men's friendlies against Argentina, Jamaica and Japan. Here's the 2003 schedule: Jan. 18 — Canada (Ft. Lauderdale's Lockhart Stadium) 7:30 p.m ET Feb. 8 — Argentina (Miami's Orange Bowl ) noon ET Feb. 12 — at Jamaica (Kingston's National Stadium) 2:30 p.m. ET Mar. 29 — Japan (Seattle Seahawks Stadium) […]

MLS announced on Wednesday Landon Donovan would remain in the league the next two years after reaching an agreement with Germany's Bayer Leverkusen. MLS and Bayer will share his rights, and the league will pay a reported $100,000 per year to Bayer to keep the San Jose star in MLS for the next two seasons. […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), at Wigan (D2), 2-0 (League Cup quarterfinals). Friedel made several big saves to hold off upstart Wigan. Defending champion Blackburn faces Man. Utd. Jan. 6 and Jan. 20 in the semifinals. Holiday schedule: Dec. 22, vs. Man. Utd.; Dec. 26, at Liverpool; Dec. 28, vs. West Ham; Jan. 1, […]

CONCACAF was awarded an additional half spot for the 2006 World Cup, giving it 3.5 berths for the next world championship in Germany. The No. 4 CONCACAF team will play the Asia No. 5 team in a playoff. The FIFA executive committee meeting today in Madrid awarded the following spots for 2006 (with 2002 spots […]

Bruce Arena has agreed to a new four-year contract as U.S. men's national team coach. Arena, who was hired in October 1998, is the team's all-time leader in victories (34) and winning percentage (.621). In 2002, the United States reached the quarterfinals at the World Cup and won the Gold Cup. In 1999, the Americans […]

Goalkeepers — Megan Brake (Bexley, Ohio), Rachel Cornick (Union-Endicott, N.Y.), Ashlyn Harris (Satellite, Fla.), Andrea Hinshaw (Broughton, N.C.), Liz Markley (Greenon, Ohio), Bonnie Nobles (Mount Carmel Acad. La.), Susan Starr (Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.), Emily Vogelzang (Denver Christian). Defenders — Ronda Brooks (Pope, Ga.), Stephanie Charron (Champlain Valley, Vt.), v Kristy Lynn Collison (Cinco Ranch, Texas), […]

Goalkeepers — Megan Brake (Bexley, Ohio), Rachel Cornick (Union-Endicott, N.Y.), Ashlyn Harris (Satellite, Fla.), Andrea Hinshaw (Broughton, N.C.), Liz Markley (Greenon, Ohio), Bonnie Nobles (Mount Carmel Acad. La.), Susan Starr (Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.), Emily Vogelzang (Denver Christian). Defenders — Ronda Brooks (Pope, Ga.), Stephanie Charron (Champlain Valley, Vt.), v Kristy Lynn Collison (Cinco Ranch, Texas), […]

Goalkeepers — Justin Hughes (Wakefield, N.C.), Casey Latchem (Perrysburg, Ohio), Chris Munroe (North Central, Ind.), Zachary Riffett (Brenham, Texas), Jake Settle (Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Iowa). Defenders — Amartei Amamoo (Carroll Catholic, Ala.), Chris Brown (Timberline, Idaho), Stephen Cavalier (Salesianum, Del.), Daniel Miller (East Brunswick, N.J.), Patrick Phelan (Loomis Chaffee, Conn.), Richard Reddington (Naugatuck, Conn.), Stephen […]

Goalkeepers — D.J. Countess (Dallas Burn), Josh Saunders (Univ. of California), Doug Warren (Clemson Univ.). Defenders — Nelson Akwari (MetroStars), Jose Burciaga (K.C. Wizards), Kelly Gray (Chicago Fire), Ricky Lewis (Clemson Univ.), Matt Oliver (Univ. of Virginia), Scot Thompson (UCLA), Chris Wingert (St. John's Univ.), Alexander Yi (Antwerp, Belgium). Midfielders — Kyle Beckerman (Colorado Rapids), […]

U.S. U-23 men's national team head coach Glenn Myernick named a 25-man roster for the team's friendlies against Canada Thursday (Dec. 19) and Saturday (Dec. 21) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The roster features U.S. World Cup forward Landon Donovan, one of 13 pros called up. Also selected were 2002 MAC/Hermann Award winner Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia) […]

U.S. SOCCER: Chevy Male Athlete of the Year Candidates: Landon Donovan, San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) Brad Friedel, Blackburn Rovers (England) Cobi Jones, Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) Brian McBride, Columbus Crew (MLS) Clint Mathis, MetroStars (MLS) Claudio Reyna, Sunderland (England) Tony Sanneh, Nuremberg (Germany) U.S. SOCCER: Chevy Female Athlete of the Year Candidates: Mia Hamm, Washington […]

by Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla Near my house, there's a wonderful park with two playgrounds and a pond with geese whom you shouldn't feed, because they get aggressive and chase toddlers in hopes of a handout. There's a meadow large enough to handle three soccer practices for young children. Here come the coaches […]

Curt Onalfo and his Tampico Madero teammates hadn't been paid by their Mexican Second Division club in three months. It was 1995. Following the peso's devaluation in 1994, a severe austerity program and sky-rocketing inflation, Onalfo and his teammates, who included fellow American Lawrence Lozzano, sympathized with the club's owner. ''There was nothing he could […]

Curt Onalfo and his Tampico Madero teammates hadn't been paid by their Mexican Second Division club in three months. It was 1995. Following the peso's devaluation in 1994, a severe austerity program and sky-rocketing inflation, Onalfo and his teammates, who included fellow American Lawrence Lozzano, sympathized with the club's owner. ''There was nothing he could […]

She hadn't booted a ball, not for real, in nearly two months. Hadn't pulled on a U.S. jersey in almost half a year. It had been far longer since Tiffeny Milbrett had felt things were right. The sprite striker couldn't have asked for more from her return to the U.S. women's national team, and she […]

She hadn't booted a ball, not for real, in nearly two months. Hadn't pulled on a U.S. jersey in almost half a year. It had been far longer since Tiffeny Milbrett had felt things were right. The sprite striker couldn't have asked for more from her return to the U.S. women's national team, and she […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), Everton, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. Everton's teenage phenom, Wayne Rooney, set up one Toffee goal and scored the second. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL), Arsenal, 1-1. Started: 90 minutes. Even Keller admitted he made a mistake trying to outrun Thierry Henry to the ball late in the first half. […]

Dec. 15 in Dallas UCLA 1 Stanford 0. Goal: Lopez (Futagaki) 89. UCLA — Wells, Lawson, Thompson, Leonard, Lopez, Davis, Enfield, Frazelle, Gregorio, McKinley, Pierce. Subs: Futagaki, Maurin, Taylor, Hoshiyima. Stanford — Fulton, Marshall, Graham, Dunivant, Wilson, Maliza, Geiger, Maines, Levesque, Fernandez, Twellman. Subs: Janusz, Abolaji. Referee: Brian Hall. Att.: 8,498.

Aaron Lopez scored with a volley off Ryan Futagaki's free kick with one minute left to give UCLA 1-0 win over Pac-10 rival Stanford in the NCAA Division I men 's final Sunday afternoon in Dallas. The win was the Bruins' third 1-0 victory over Stanford this season. UCLA had beaten Stanford twice in the […]

MEN University NCAA Division I: UCLA NCAA Division II: Sonoma State NCAA Division III: Messiah NAIA: Mobile Junior College NJCAA Division I: Yavapai (Ariz.) College NJCAA Division III: Richland (Texas) College California COA: Santa Rosa Junior College Club NISRA Championship: Weber State A NISRA Club: Texas A&M WOMEN University NCAA Division I: Portland NCAA Division […]

UCLA and Stanford will meet for NCAA Division I men's title in Dallas Sunday (TV: ESPN2, live, 4:30 pm). UCLA beat Maryland, 2-1, to advance to the final in Tom Fitzgerald's first year as Bruin coach. Adolfo Gregorio's penalty kick with nine minutes left capped a wild finish. All three goals were scored in the […]

Dec. 13 in Dallas UCLA 2 Maryland 1. Goals: Taylor 74, Gregorio pen. 81; Ibrahim 80. UCLA — Wells, Lawson, S.Thompson, Leonard, Lopez, Maurin, Enfield, Frazelle, Gregorio, McKinley, Pierce. Subs: Futagaki, Davis, Taylor, Hoshiyima. Maryland — Palmer, Stammler, Bertz, Lancos, Goodson, Rodway, Buete, Marcantonio, Ibrahim, Mediate, A.Thompson. Subs: Garey, Dello-Russo, Diaz, Herrera. Referee: Bob Martinez. […]