Monthly Archives: January 2003

In an English Premier League game that included three players born and raised in the United States, Brian McBride scored 10 minutes into his debut for Everton, which acquired McBride on a 3-month loan from the Columbus Crew. McBride, who played the whole 90 minutes, met a pass from Scott Gemmill and slotted his shot […]

Brian McBride, who joined Everton on a 3-month loan deal from MLS, celebrated his Premier League debut on Sunday by scoring the first goal in a 4-3 loss to Tottenham Hotspur. Ten minutes into game, McBride met a Scott Gemmill pass and slotted the ball past U.S. teammate goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Tottenham ultimately prevailed thanks […]

(as of Jan. 10) 1st Round 1. D.C. United 2. Metrostars 3. Chicago (from KC) 4. Dallas (from CHI) 5. DC (from MET, DAL) 6. San Jose 7. Columbus 8. LA (from COL) 9. New England 10. Los Angeles 2nd Round 11. D.C. United 12. Dallas (from MET) 13. KC (from DC, KC) 14. D.C. […]

The U.S. U-20 men's national team will kick off their 2003 preparation for the World Youth Championship this spring in the United Arab Emirates with a 13-day camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 12-24. The U.S. will play three matches against MLS Combine teams Jan. 1-14 at the Sunrise Hilton and conclude camp with a […]

The U.S. under-23 men's national team will play five games in Portugal Jan. 14-23. The U.S. opens with three games in three consecutive days — Sporting Lisbon reserves Jan. 14, Benfica reserves Jan. 15 and Santarem District Jan. 16 — then take a four-day break before facing Russia's U-23s on Jan. 21 in Almeirim and […]

The U.S. womenÆs national team kicks off 2003 with a friendly against Japan on Sunday: 4 pm ET, Torero Stadium in San Diego, live on ESPN. The USA is preparing to defend its World Cup title in China (Sept. 23-Oct. 11), for which it qualified while winning last yearÆs Gold Cup. Japan is preparing for […]

U.S. Soccer has awarded Radio Unica, the Spanish-language talk and sports radio network, the exclusive Spanish-language radio broadcast rights to all U.S. national team home matches through 2006. Radio Unica will deliver live, play-by-play coverage of U.S. men's national team action, as well as select women's games. The coverage will be augmented with interviews with […]

Alecko Eskandarian, Soccer America's 2002 College Men's Player of the Year, heads a list of 12 college underclassmen and high school players Major League Soccer signing ahead of the 2003 SuperDraft. All 12 players will be available for selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft Jan. 17 at 3:30 p.m. (ET) from the Kansas City (MO) […]

ARTURO ALVAREZ Position: Forward Ht: 5-9 Wt: 145 Hometown: Houston Born: June 28, 1985 – Led the U.S. Under-18s with seven goals in 2002. – The tournament's second leading scorer as the U-18s' won the Talence International Tournament (France). – A natural finisher, he combines skill and poise near the goal. BRIAN CARROLL Position: Forward […]

RICARDO CLARK (Furman) So./M Perhaps the top two-way player in college soccer; spearheaded the Paladins' bittersweet season. ALECKO ESKANDARIAN (Virginia) Jr./F Leaves UVa for MLS after having scored a school-record 25 goals in 2002; finished career with 50 goals in 60 games. WILLIAM HESMER (Wake Forest) Jr./G The last line of the nation's second-best defense; […]

Virginia junior forward Alecko Eskandarian has been selected Soccer America's 2002 College Men's Player of the Year. The strength of the Virginia Cavaliers' 20 opponents is what makes Eskandarian's 25 goals such an astounding figure. In a year rife with shutouts, Eskandarian personally ensured that Virginia got on the board on all but two of […]

The Colorado Rapids have signed 32-year-old French defender Gilles Grimandi. Grimandi has been a free agent since Arsenal released him after the 2001-2002 season. He made 114 English Premier League appearances and scored four league goals after joining the Gunners from Monaco for a $1.5 million transfer fee in 1997. He played 22 league games […]

U-17 Zoe Bouchelle (Cockeysville, Md.), Jennifer Buczkowski (Elk Grove, Ill.), Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.), Amy Burlingham (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Mary Castalanelli (Lodi, Calif.), Bristyn Davis (Locust Valley, N.Y.), Shannon Foley (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Kerri Hanks (Allen, Texas), Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach, Fla.), Katherine Krambeer (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Stephanie Kron (Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Darby […]

U-17 Arturo Alvarez (Houston), Bryan Amos (Plano, Texas), Chad Barrett (Beaverton, Ore.), Sam Brill (Newton, Mass.), Adam Cristman (Glen Allen, Va.), Hugh Cronin (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ryan Guy (Carlsbad, Calif.), Aaron Hohlbein (Middleton, Wis.), Andrew Kartunen (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Peter Lowry (Irvine, Calif.), Kiel McClung (Palmdale, Calif.), Nathan Norman (Rochester, Mich.), Ramon Nunez (Dallas), Patrick […]

First Round 1) San Diego, 2) New York, 3) Boston, 4) Philadelphia, 5) Atlanta, 6) Philadelphia, 7) Philadelphia, 8) Carolina. Second Round 9) New York, 10) Atlanta, 11) Boston, 12) San Jose, 13) Atlanta, 14) Philadelphia, 15) Washington, 16) Carolina. Third Round 17) San Diego, 18) San Diego, 19) Boston, 20) Washington, 21) Atlanta, 22) […]

The 2003 Women's United Soccer Association Player Draft will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2 in Atlanta. The draft will take place at the WUSA headquarters and is slated to begin at 11:30 am (ET). Comprised of four rounds, the 2003 WUSA Draft will consist of four rounds. The top college seniors and amateur talent […]

Sophomore striker Christine Sinclair, who scored 10 goals in the NCAA Tournament — a pair of them, including the overtime winner, in Portland's title-game triumph over archrival Santa Clara — has been selected Soccer America's 2002 College Women's Player of the Year. The Canadian star, who was Soccer America's Freshman of the Year in 2001, […]

Brad Friedel's Blackburn Rovers took a giant step in its bid to return to the English League Cup final when it held Manchester United to a 1-1 tie Tuesday at Old Trafford. David Thompson's equalizer in the 61st minute, just three minutes later after Paul Scholes gave United the lead, earned the defending champion the […]

Canada coach Holger Osieck is bringing 15 players for its match against the United States Jan. 18 in Ft. Lauderdale (TV: DirecTV, live, 7:30 pm ET). Included are a pair of players — Kevin Harmse and Atiba Hutchinson — from the Canada U-20 team that beat the United States, 3-2, in UAE '03 qualifying last […]

The Columbus Crew has hired Jim Launder, who in 1995 head-coached Wisconsin to the Division I NCAA title, as assistant coach. Launder replaces Oscar Pisano and joins assistant Robert Warzycha on Head Coach Greg Andrulis' staff. Pisano's contract was not renewed at the end of the 2002 season. Launder most recently served as assistant coach […]

Within the last three weeks, the Chicago Fire has traded away a trio of players who combined for 288 appearances, 80 goals and 83 assists for the Fire. Citing a need to meet the salary cap of approximately $1.73 million, the Fire has sent Josh Wolff to Kansas City (for a first-round pick, third overall, […]

Saturday, April 5 Los Angeles at Columbus Saturday, April 12 Columbus at MetroStars Los Angeles at Dallas D.C. United at Kansas City San Jose at Colorado Sunday, April 13 New England at Chicago Saturday, April 19 Los Angeles at MetroStars Columbus at New England Chicago at D.C. United Kansas City at San Jose Saturday, April […]

MLS announced its 2003 regular-season schedule Tuesday. It places an all-time high 89 percent of regular-season matches on weekends or holidays (July 4). The 30-week regular season, the longest in league history, also allows for mid-week U.S. Open Cup match dates as well as various international exhibitions featuring MLS teams. Each team will play four […]

Dec. 26 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. U.S. U-17s 0 Japan U-17s 1. USA — Westberg (Marfuggi, 41), Germani, Owens, Spector, Chevannes, Szetela (Watson, 41), Grazier, DiRaimondo, Ashe, Gonzalez (Harrington, 70), Gaven. Dec. 27 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. U.S. U-17s 1 Region IV '86 1. Goal: Adu 70. USA — Rein, Valentin, Spector (Gonzalez; […]

Phil Marfuggi, Marcus Rein, Stephen Sandbo, Jonathan Spector, Brandon Owens, Drew Harrison, Kyle Helton, Adrian Chevannes, Tomiwa Ogunsola, Chase Wileman, Chris Germani, Daniel Szetela, Brian Grazier, John DiRaimondo, Jose Gomez, Rodrigo Hidalgo, Christian Jimenez, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Gonzalez, Steve Curfman, Tim Ward, Michael Bradley, Brian Mascarenhas, Julian Valentin, Michael Harrington, Freddy Adu, Corey Ashe, Jacob […]