Monthly Archives: January 2003

The U.S. U-17 national team, which is preparing for March's qualifying tournament for the 2003 U-17 World Cup, lost 2-1 on Wednesday against Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica. The teams meet again today. Eddie Gaven, recently drafted by the MetroStars, scored the U.S. goal in the 33rd minute off a Brandon Owens assist. […]

Jamaica called up three players who played in MLS last season for the Boyz's friendly against the United States Feb. 12 in Kingston. Tyrone Marshall of the MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy and Craig Ziadie and Andy Williams, who played for the MetroStars in 2002, were called up. Williams did not have his MLS option […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), at West Ham, 1-2. Jermain Defoe scored with a blast to the near post in the 89th minute, five minutes after entering the game, to give West Ham the victory, its first in 13 games. Blackburn is now 11th in the Premier League. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL), vs. […]

Argentina national team coach Marcelo Bielsa is bringing 20 players on his team's thre game tour of Honduras and the United States: Jan. 31 vs. Honduras in Tegucigalpa, Mexico Feb. 4 in Los Angeles and the U.S. Feb. 8 in Miami (TV: ESPN2, live, 11:55 a.m. ET). Missing are Argentina's European-based stars, but the squad […]

The United States was drawn today with Paraguay, South Korea and Germany in the World Youth Championship, scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates March 25-April 16. Thomas Rongen's U-20s will face Paraguay, third in the South American under-20 championship completed last night in Uruguay, on March 27, Asian champion South Korea on […]

Group A — UAE (host), Slovakia (Europe No. 3), Panama (CONCACAF No. B1), Burkina Faso (Africa No. 4) in Abu Dhabi. Group B — Argentina (South America No. 1), Spain (Europe No. 1), Uzbekistan (Asia No. 4), Mali (Africa No. 3) in Sharjah. Group C — Brazil (South America No. 2), Canada (CONCACAF No. A1), […]

A 1-0 win over Germany in Shanghai on a goal by midfielder Devvyn Hawkins earned the U.S. womenÆs national team the 2003 Four Nations Tournament title. Coach April HeinrichsÆ team had beaten Norway, 3-1, and had lost to host China, 2-0, but finished atop the round-robin standings because China and Norway played to a 1-1 […]

Forward Conny Pohlers, one of Germany's best young players, will play for the Atlanta Beat in the upcoming WUSA season, Beat coach Tom Stone said Tuesday. An announcement is expected Wednesday. Pohlers, 24, will fill part of the foreign void created with the departures of Chinese stars Sun Wen and Liping Wang. Pohlers, who has […]

Joe Max Moore, the New England Revolution's all-time scoring leader, is returning to the Revs after three years at English club Everton. He left the Premier League this winter after failing to play for Everton's first team since last spring. He netted 10 goals in the 37 games with the first team (League and Cup […]

ENGLAND * Brian McBride (Everton, PL), at Bolton, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. McBride held scoreless for his time in three starts. * Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL), vs. Southampton, 0-1. DNP — out after knee surgery. * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Leicester, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. Three goals in first 34 minutes doom Royals, whose […]

Florida International University, which on Jan. 16 announced the elimination of its menÆs soccer program, has decided keep the team for two more years. It will review the ''overall'' situation in one yearÆs time. FIU menÆs soccer, the universityÆs most successful sport, became endangered when the school strained its athletic budget by introducing football for […]

Hristo Stoitchkov will play — and serve as assistant coach — for D.C. United after Chicago traded the 36-year-old Bulgarian star for a second-round pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. The deal marks the Fire's fourth major trade in a month as the team tries to stay under MLS's budget guidelines. It has sent Josh […]

Brad Friedel's Blackburn Rovers remain alive in England's FA Cup thanks to a late goal by Dwight Yorke that tied Sunderland. In Germany, Gregg Berhalter and Energie Cottbus blanked host Bayer Leverkusen, 3-0. ENGLAND FA Cup, Fourth Round * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Sunderland, 3-3. Started: 90 minutes. An extra-time goal by Dwight Yorke […]

Host China scored two first-half goals to beat the United States, 2-0, Sunday before 40,000 fans at Wuhan Sports Center Stadium. China's WUSA stars proved to be the difference. China dominated the first half and was rewarded with goals by San Diego Spirit defender Fan Yunjie (off a corner by Zhao Lihong of the Philadelphia […]

Ben Ashwill, New Mexico (F) Finished as the top scorer in the MPSF (12 goals) to lead the Lobos to a school-record 18 victories and second straight NCAA Tournament berth. Mehdi Ballouchy, Creighton (M) Moroccan by way of Henry Gunn High in Palo Alto, Calif., scored five goals and added four assists for the NCAA […]

Stanford defender Chad Marshall is Soccer America Men's Freshman of the Year. Marshall arrived at The Farm with impeccable credentials. The product of Rubidoux (Calif.) High School and Irvine Strikers was Soccer America's top-rated men's recruit in 2002. The U-20 star's influence on the Cardinal grew as the season went on, leading it to the […]

The U.S. under-23 national team concluded its first camp of the year with a 3-1 loss to Mexico before a crowd of 5,236 at Harris Stadium in Homestead, Fla. The Americans played the last 42 minutes with 10 men after the ejection of U.S. defender Heath Pearce. The U.S. team will return to South Florida […]

The United States finished second at the Vale do Tejo under-23 tournament in Portugal when it fell to the host country, 4-2, on penalty kicks Thursday in the final. The game, played in front of a packed house of approximately 5,000 fans at the Municipal Stadium in Abrantes, ended in a 1-1 tie. Nate Jaqua, […]

ENGLAND (LEAGUE CUP, Semifinals, Second Leg) * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), vs. Manchester United, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. Blackburn's bid to repeat as League Cup champion when up in smoke when it fell to Manchester United at home, to go out, 4-2, on aggregate. Blackburn had a two-goal lead on aggregate before a pair of […]

Santa Clara University star Aly Wagner set up all three goals to lead the United States past Norway, 3-1, on the first of the four-nations tournament in China, site of 2003 Women's World Cup. Thori Bryan scored her first goal in 62 games for the United States, opening the scoring in the 24th minute. Boston […]

Teen sensation Lindsay Tarpley, who captained the United States to the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship and helped lead the University of North Carolina to the NCAA College Cup final four, has been selected the nation's top freshman by Soccer America magazine. Tarpley, equally adept up top or in midfield, led the Tar Heels in […]

Coach Bruce Arena has called back all the players who saw action in the USAÆs 4-0 thumping of Canada last Saturday for his training camp in preparation for a Feb. 8 match against Argentina in Miami and a Feb. 12 encounter with Jamaica Feb. 12 in Kingston. All 23 members of the roster are MLS […]

MLS will be conducted the 2003 SuperDraft Jan. 17 in Kansas City. For the first time, the public was allowed to watch the proceedings at the SuperDraft, which was held in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention. Here's your picks for the top college and youth national team prospects by position. Voting ran through January 15, […]

The following is the transcript of the speech given by Cliff McCrath at the NSCAA Coaches Convention in January in Kansas City for Raymond Cieplik, the 61st recipient of the NSCAA Honor Award. By C. Clifford McCrath Every organization has its cornerstones and every cornerstone has a symbol, motto or mission statement reminding its viewers […]

By SCOTT FRENCH, Senior Editor Savior or not, no question Chinese businessman Xu Ming is the biggest thing to happen to the WUSA since the league kicked off nearly two years ago. The 31-year-old industrialist and owner of Dalian Shide, the top men's soccer club in China, is in discussions with WUSA brass to become […]