Monthly Archives: December 2002

U.S. striker Joe-Max Moore's work permit in England expired Dec. 1. He asked the Premier League club not to apply to the Department of Overseas Labour for its renewal. Moore is therefore unable to play for Everton — first team or reserves — even though his contract extends through the end of the 2002-03 season. […]

The U.S. Project-40 team, which plays the reserve team of Dutch Honor Division squad Utrecht today, lost the first three of its games of its Europe tour. It fell to the reserve squads of Germany's Borussia Moenchengladbach (2-1), Borussia Dortmund (2-1) and the Netherlands' PSV Eindhoven (4-0) Devin Barclay scored for the Americans against Borussia […]

The third time was a charm for French Second Division club Metz and its young American hopeful, Oguchi Onyewu. The DNCG, the French league committee that monitors club spending, approved the former Clemson standout's contract with Metz after twice previously rejecting it. The DNCG ruled that Metz couldn't justify signing the American defender, given its […]

1. Asheville (N.C.) Roberson 28-0-0 1. Hudson (Ohio) 20-0-2 3. Sacramento (Calif.) Christian Brothers 26-0-2 4. Orland Park (Ill.) Sandburg () 26-1-2 5. Naugatuck (Conn.) 19-0-1 6. Penfield (N.Y.) 19-2-2 7. West Chester (Pa.) Henderson 21-1-2 8. Baltimore Calvert Hall 20-0-2 9. Milwaukee Marquette 26-2-0 10. St. Louis Chaminade 31-2-1 11. Littleton (Colo.) Columbine 18-2-0 […]

1. Carmel (Ind.) 25-0-0 2. Wallingford, (Pa.) Strath Haven 24-2-0 3. New Canaan (Conn.) 21-0-1 4. Baldwinsville (N.Y.) Baker 19-2-3 5. Santa Rosa (Calif.) Carrillo 19-2-1 6. Arlington (Va.) Bishop O'Connell 14-2-1 7. Strongsville (Ohio) 19-3-2 8. East Longmeadow (Mass.) 20-0-1 9. Rockville Centre (N.Y.) South Side 17-2-1 10. Highstown (N.J.) Peddie 16-1-1 11. Portland […]

by Soccer America Youth Soccer Letter Executive Editor Dan Woog Once upon a time, long, long ago – way back when many of today's youth soccer coaches were growing up – a coach had two ways of motivating players: yelling and yelling louder. The more mistakes a coach could point out, the better. Today – […]

Top seed Wake Forest was knocked out of the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament when it fell to ACC rival Clemson, 2-1, in overtime in the third round Saturday night. Clemson sophomore Brett Branan scored the winning goal with his second goal of the night at the 99:28 mark to match his season total for […]

by Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French in Pasadena and Fullerton, Calif. How best to assess what the U.S. women accomplished in their most important competition, in terms of what was at stake, since the 2000 Olympics? It's a difficult proposition. The Americans, for the most part, looked sensational in winning the CONCACAF Women's Gold […]

by Soccer America Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney It's taken a few years, but finally MLS teams are making the right coaching moves. The cadre of coaches in the league has never been stronger. Bora Milutinovic and Bob Houghton? Foreign fiascoes. Frank Stapleton and Walter Zenga? Great players, period. If a foreigner wants to make it […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Fulham, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. Less than two weeks after undergoing surgery on cartilage in his knee, Friedel gave an amazing performance. He saved a long-range free kick from Steed Malbranque, thwarted a Luis Boa Morte breakaway, stopped a penalty kick from Steve Marlet and made three key […]

(Dec. 7-8) Clemson (14-4-3) at Stanford (15-4-2) Creighton (17-3-2) vs. Boston College (18-4-0) (at Northeastern) Penn State (16-7-0) at UCLA (15-3-3) Connecticut (17-5-0) at Maryland (19-4-0)

(Nov. 30-Dec. 1) Wake Forest 1 (Lowery 45) Clemson 2 (Branan 6, 100) (OT). UCLA 3 (Lopez 20, McKinley 28, Taylor 51) California 2 (Acosta 80, 83). Connecticut 1 (Cuellar 17) Indiana 0. St. John's 0 Creighton 1 (Ballouchy 108) (OT). Stanford 2 (Wilson 77, Marshall 104) Furman 1 (Dempsey 36) (OT). Boston College 4 […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Fulham, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. Less than two weeks after undergoing surgery on cartilage in his knee, Friedel gave an amazing performance. He saved a long-range free kick from Steed Malbranque, thwarted a Luis Boa Morte breakaway, stopped a penalty kick from Steve Marlet and made three key […]

GERMANY * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) at Borussia Dortmund, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. Nuremberg is in 14th place. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. 1860 Munich, 3-4. DNP. Cottbus is in last place. * Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) vs. Schalke 04 (Sunday) * Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) vs. Schalke 04 (Sunday) * […]

The field for next week's NCAA Division I women's soccer final four in Austin, Texas, looks much like last year's field — and 1996's and 1998's, too. No. 4 Santa Clara and No. 7 Portland — the West Coast Conference's final-four perennials — on Saturday joined second-ranked North Carolina in the semifinals, the fourth time […]

NCAA DIVISION I Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 30 Portland 0 Stanford 0 (Portland advances on penalties, 4-2) Penn State 2 (Lentz 4, Hamilton 87) Connecticut 1 (Barakat 1) Santa Clara 3 (Hawkins 35, Zepeda 37, Wagner pen. 83) Michigan 1 (Morgan 86) Semifinals Friday, Dec. 6, at Austin, Texas North Carolina (21-1-4) vs. Santa Clara (19-4-1) […]