Monthly Archives: February 2003

D.C. United closed out its first stint in South Florida with a 5-3 win over Florida Atlantic, its third straight win over college competition. Galin Ivanov, Marco Etcheverry, Alecko Eskandarian, Ben Olsen and Eliseo Quintanilla scored. United looked at Frenchman Simon Toselli and former Georgian U-21 defender Ioseb Devidze. The Colorado Rapids got two goals […]

The MetroStars opened their preseason with a 4-0 win over the U.S. under-17 national team. Only six of the 22 players Coach Bob Bradley used were with the Metros at the end of the 2002 season. Bradley got goals from imports Dillon Sheppard (South Africa) and Mario Rosas (Spain) and an assist from Argentine trialist […]

The San Jose Earthquakes tied Russian club Rubin Kazan, 1-1, Thursday in their second game at the La Manga Cup in Spain. Ronnie Ekelund scored on a penalty kick in the 24th minute, but Rubin responded with a penalty kick of its own 10 minutes later. SAN JOSE-RUBIN SUMMARY: Feb. 20 in La Manga San […]

(Subject to change.) CHICAGO FIRE Training: Feb. 10-23: Bradenton, Fla. Feb. 27-March 12: MLS Spring Training (Boca Raton, Fla., Florida Atlantic Univ.). March 16-: Overseas training. Matches: Feb. 12 vs. U.S. Under-17 National Team (1-2). Feb. 15 — at Univ. of Central Florida (0-1). Feb 19 vs. U.S. Under-17 National Team (2-0). Feb. 22 vs. […]

Midfielder Marshall Leonard scored for New England as it went down, 2-1, against Brazil's Palmeiras in the Revs' first official preseason game. Reinaldo's 89th-minute rocket past keeper Matt Reis provided the Brazilians' gamewinner after Everaldo's 82-minute free kick past Reis equalized the game. Leonard's goal, in the 73rd minute, came after he slotted home a […]

Northern Illinois has not renewed the contract of menÆs coach Willy Roy, ending the National Hall of Famer's 16-year tenure with the Huskies. The 60-year-old Roy — the winningest soccer coach in NIU history with a 142-131-22 won-lost-tie record — is the only coach to have won more than 100 games outdoors in the NASL […]

(Subject to change.) CHICAGO FIRE Training: Feb. 10-23: Bradenton, Fla. Feb. 27-March 12: MLS Spring Training (Boca Raton, Fla., Florida Atlantic Univ.). March 16-: Overseas training. Matches: Feb. 12 vs. U.S. Under-17 National Team (1-2). Feb. 15 — at Univ. of Central Florida (0-1). Feb 19 vs. U.S. Under-17 National Team (2-0). Feb. 22 vs. […]

The Chicago Fire gained revenge for its loss last week to the U.S. U-17s with a 2-0 win over John Ellinger's young Americans Wednesday in Bradenton, Fla. Damani Ralph and sub Craig Capano, a U-17 grad, scored for the Fire. The win was the first for new coach Dave Sarachan after losses to the U-17s […]

FRANCE * David Regis (Troyes, D1), vs. Lille, 2-0. Started: 90 minutes. Troyes remains in last place but is now only one point behind Montpellier and four behind Ajaccio and Sedan. The bottom three go down. GERMANY * Jacob Thomas (Braunschweig, D2), at Reutlingen, 1-0. Came on as sub in the 16th minute. Scored winning […]

ENGLAND * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Sheffield United, 3-1. Started: 90 minutes. Royals moved into third place, three points ahead of Sheffield United. They have little chance of catching the top two –Portsmouth and Leicester — but have a nine-point edge on seventh-place Norwich. The top two go up automatically; teams 3-6 play off […]

Beginning May 2, Fox Sports World will broadcast 25 United Soccer Leagues (USL) games in 2003: The package includes the A-League (18 regular-season, two playoff and the final), USL Pro Select League (final), Premier Development League (final), W-League (final) and a Super Y-League finals highlight show. ''We were very pleased with the response we received […]

FIRST ROUND, FIRST LEG March 4 in San Salvador FAS (El Sal.) vs. Club America (Mex.) March 5 in Kingston Arnett Gardens (Jam.) vs. Necaxa (Mex.) March 12 in Guatemala City Comunicaciones (Guat.) vs. Morelia (Mex.) March 16 in Tegucigalpa Olimpia (Hond.) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy March 16 in Colon Arabe Unido (Pan.) vs. Columbus […]

Feb. 18 in La Manga Los Angeles 5 Lyn (Norway) 0. Goals: Glinton 6, 89, Victorine 16, Lalas 49, Albright 53. Los Angeles — Hartman, Califf, Lalas, Marshall, Hendrickson (Thompson, 70), Hong (Ochoa, 46), Elliott, Victorine (Retiz, 46), Pineda Chacon (Cienfuegos, 46), Albright (Gomez, 61), Glinton.

The Los Angeles Galaxy won its first game at the La Manga Cup in Spain Tuesday with a 5-0 win over Lyn of Norway. The Galaxy, which was playing with 2002 MLS MVP Carlos Ruiz (national team duty with Guatemala at Gold Cup qualifying in Panama City), got two goals from Gavin Glinton (7th and […]

Feb. 17 in La Manga San Jose 0 Rosenborg (Norway) 2. Goals: Johnsen 53, Brattback 65. San Jose — Conway, Dayak, Robinson (Waibel, 63), Agoos, Corrales, Russell, Mulrooney (Roner, 70), Donovan (Dunivant, 74), Lagos (Alvarez, 66), Ching (Walker, 70), Mullan. Att.: 400.

The San Jose Earthquakes opened play at the La Manga Cup in Spain with a 2-0 loss to Rosenborg, winner of 11 Norwegian straight league titles. Frode Johnsen and Harald Brattbakk scored the goals for Rosenborg. Troy Dayak started and played the whole match for the Quakes at right back. It was the first time […]

Total is based from 184 votes. Which MLS team strengthened itself the most with its offseason moves? 3% – Chicago 1% – Colorado 2% – Columbus 49% – D.C. United 4% – Dallas 2% – Kansas City 8% – Los Angeles 22% – MetroStars 7% – New England 2% – San Jose Which MLS team […]

The U.S. women beat Iceland, 1-0, in a friendly Sunday in Charleston, N.C., thanks to a Mia Hamm goal in the third minute. Hamm latched on to a pass from Aly Wagner and beat Iceland goalkeeper Thora Helgadottir from 10 yards out. The Americans outshot Iceland 27-4. Helgadottir made 11 saves. The game marked the […]

GERMANY * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. Hannover, 3-0. Started: 90 minutes. The central defender's fourth straight start since the winter break coincided with the extension of Cottbus' unbeaten streak to four games (three wins, one tie). The team's hopes for top-tier survival seemed minuscule a month ago. But the win against Hannover, which […]

The United States extended its all-time unbeaten record against Jamaica to 13 games with yesterday's 2-1 victory over the Reggae Boyz in Kingston. Defender Carlos Bocanegra put the Americans on the board in the 11th minute with a 6-yard header off a Bobby Convey corner kick. The 19-year-old Convey, who also won the corner kick, […]

Freddy Adu, only 13, scored twice to lead the U.S. under-17 national team to a 2-1 win over MLS's Chicago Fire in Dave Sarachan's first preseason game since taking over as Fire coach. Adu, who is expected to receive his citizenship papers today, scored twice after Damani Ralph put the Fire ahead in the 22nd […]

Devin Barclay, a 19-year-old Project-40 player and U.S. U-20 national team member, has been traded by San Jose to D.C. United. The Earthquakes will swap places with D.C. in the upcoming supplemental draft and will also receive a conditional pick in the 2005 SuperDraft. As the team with the worst record in 2002, D.C. had […]

The U.S. men's national team was drawn into Group B and will face Brazil, Cameroon and Turkey at the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup June 18-29 in France. 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament Schedule Groups: Group A: France, Japan, Colombia, New Zealand Group B: Brazil, United States, Cameroon, Turkey June 18 New Zealand-Japan in Paris France-Colombia […]

Jamaica-USA Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7 pm ET. National Stadium (''The Office'') in Kingston, Jamaica. TV: Telemundo 12:30 am ET/11:30 pm CT & PT (tape) Coach Bruce Arena has added one foreign-based player — Steve Cherundolo of Hannover 96 — to his squad of MLS players that lost, 1-0, to Argentina last Saturday. Gone from the […]

Jay Entlich, a U.S. women's national team staff coach with collegiate coaching experience, was announced Tuesday as the Carolina Courage's new head coach. Entlich, 31, comes to the Courage from his post as Region IV women's head coach. He served as an assistant with the U.S. under-21 team last month at a training camp in […]