Monthly Archives: April 2003

Eddie Lewis scored his sixth goal of the season in Preston North End's 2-0 victory over Sheffield United in the English First Division. In the Premier League, Brad Friedel was unable to halt Manchester United and Kasey Keller split two games. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Manchester United, 3-1. Started: 90 minutes. Monday […]

ATLANTA BEAT March 7 — U. of Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb. 3-0 (Miller, Burt, Antongiovanni) March 8 — Philadelphia at Lincoln, Neb. 1-2 (Sawa) March 12 — U. of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. 3-0 (Burt 2, Pohlers) March 15 — Auburn U. at Fayetteville, Ga. 5-0 (Sawa, Crumpton, Gragg, Burt, Warren) March 19 — Carolina […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor COURAGE CRUMBLES: Reigning WUSA champ Carolina is 0-2 following another home loss, this one to Boston, which ran up a three-goal lead before Birgit Prinz ended the shutout bid. Maren Meinert and Dagny Mellgren each scored their second goals of the season as the Breakers bounced back from last week's […]

MLS veteran Dante Washington scored twice, including the gamewinner in the 90th minute, to lead the Virginia Beach Mariners past the Cincinnati Riverhawks, 3-2, in his Mariners' debut Friday night. Also debuting for the Mariners were MLS vets Hamisi Amani-Dove, Roland Aguilera and all-time leading goalscorer Roy Lassiter. Cincinnati turned around the next night to […]

The U.S. under-17 national team had to settle for second place in the Super Group at the Dallas Cup Sunday when it lost to Tigres of Mexico, 2-1 in the final. The U-17s were trying to become the first American team to win the U-19 Super Group but fell behind on two goals in the […]

April 19 at New York New York 0 San Diego 2. Goals: MacMillan (Wagner) 16, Fleeting (MacMillan) 28. New York — Smolak, Pearce, Salisbury (Peters, 47+), Orlandos, Tietjen, Boxx, Janss (Baumgardt-Yamada, 79), Rapp, Pearman (Davey, 78), Milbrett, Welsh. San Diego — Pagliarulo, Connors, Fawcett, Pickup, Daniela, Foudy, MacMillan, Wagner (Fair, 77), Zhang (Krzykowski, 64), Sullivan […]

The Washington Freedom extended its regular-season unbeaten streak to 12 games Saturday with a 2-0 decision over host San Jose in the opener of an MLS-WUSA doubleheader before 17,032 at Spartan Stadium. Mia Hamm converted a ninth-minute penalty kick and Lori Lindsey headed home Jacqui Little's cross in first-half stoppage time for the Freedom (3-0-0, […]

April 19 at Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Columbus 2. Goals: Ralston (Noonan) 86; Denton 1 (McBride) 12, McBride 1 (Cunningham) 53. New England — Brown, Heaps, Pierce, Franchino, Kante, Ralston, Cullen, Hernandez (Joseph, 45), Kamler (Noonan, 56), Harris (Moore, 80), Twellman. Columbus — Busch, Clark, Hejduk, Denton, Dunseth, Paule, Maisonneuve (Oughton, 75), Martino, Garcia […]

April 19 at Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Columbus 2. Goals: Ralston (Noonan) 86; Denton 1 (McBride) 12, McBride 1 (Cunningham) 53. New England — Brown, Heaps, Pierce, Franchino, Kante, Ralston, Cullen, Hernandez (Joseph, 45), Kamler (Noonan, 56), Harris (Moore, 80), Twellman. Columbus — Busch, Clark, Hejduk, Denton, Dunseth, Paule, Maisonneuve (Oughton, 75), Martino, Garcia […]

April 19 at New York New York 0 San Diego 2. Goals: MacMillan (Wagner) 16, Fleeting (MacMillan) 28. New York — Smolak, Orlandos, Pearce, Salisbury (Peters, 46), Tietjen, Boxx, Janss (Baumgardt, 79), Rapp, Milbrett, Pearman (Davey, 78), Welsh. San Diego — Pagliarulo, Connors, Fawcett, Pickup, Foudy, Daniela, Wagner (Fair, 77), Zhang (Krzykowski, 64), Fleeting, MacMillan, […]

Freddy Adu's first-half goal gave the U.S. under-17 national team a 1-0 win over Newcastle United's youth team Friday night to advance to Sunday's final in the Super Group at the Dallas Cup. The U-17s will try to become the first American team in the history of the Dallas Cup to win the U-19 Super […]

Saturday, April 19 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) SAN DIEGO (0-1-0, 0 pts) vs. NEW YORK (0-2-0, 0 pts) TV: PAX. Key players out: San Diego — D Amy Sauer (L-ankle sprain), M Jen Nielsen (L-broken toe); New York — D Sara Whalen (R-ACL tear); D Kristy Whelchel (R-ACL tear); D Jaclyn Raveia (R-Hair-Line Fracture […]

Saturday, April 19 (4 pm ET) NEW ENGLAND (0-0-1, 1 pt) vs. COLUMBUS (1-0-1, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key players out: New England — F J.-M. Moore (red card suspension); Columbus — none. Referee: Brian Hall.. Saturday, April 19 (7:30 pm ET/6:30 CT). D.C. UNITED (0-1-0, 0 pts) vs. CHICAGO (0-0-1, 1 pt) TV: Fox […]

CENTRAL DIVISION: CINCINNATI RIVERHAWKS Opener: April 18 at Virginia Beach 2002 Record: 8-20-0 (didn't make playoffs) Coach: Nick Ranieri Stadium: Town & Country Complex (capacity: 5,000) Web site: http://www.riverhawks.com The Riverhawks are probably the most-maligned franchises in the A-League. They've never done better than 11-17 in five seasons in the D2 league. Players on the […]

The U.S. under-17 national team moved into the semifinals in the Dallas Cup's Super Group with a 1-0 win over Perez Zeledon of Costa Rica Wednesday night. Los Angeles Galaxy rookie Guillermo Gonzalez's third penalty kick in three games was the difference. The goal came in the 83rd minute when Freddy Adu was taken down […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor More than six years after a lawsuit was filed that cost tens of million of dollars and virtually froze labor relations between MLS and its players, the players have unionized. The players have retained the Washington, D.C. firm of Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, which specializes in union representation […]

Despite quick starts that gave both teams hope of miracle comebacks, MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy and Columbus Crew were eliminated, 6-2, on aggregate by Mexican clubs in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Wednesday night. In Aguacalientes, Mexico, the Galaxy took an early lead against Necaxa on a Chris Albright goal in the 20th […]

The A-League begins its 2003 season Friday night. The following is a preview of the Eastern Conference. A preview of the Western Conference will appear tomorrow. NORTHEAST DIVISION: MONTREAL IMPACT Opener: May 10 at Toronto 2002 Record: 16-9-3 (eliminated in quarterfinals of playoffs) Coach: Bob Lilley Stadium: Claude Robillard Stadium (capacity: 8,000) Web site: http://www.montrealimpact.com/ […]

Christian Jimenez nailed two free kicks, giving him three goals on free kicks in two days, to lead the U.S. under-16 national team to a 3-1 win over the Palo Alto (Calif.) Gold Crew in Bracket G of the Dallas Cup's U-17 Group. Michael Bradley, son of MetroStars coach Bob Bradley, opened the scoring for […]

ENGLAND (Division I) * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Preston North End, 5-1. Started: 90 minutes. Portsmouth has wrapped up promotion; Leicester needs only two to clinch. The next four teams enter the promotion playoffs with the winner going up. The Royals are fourth, six points ahead of seventh place Ipswich with a game in […]

MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy and Columbus Crew will be playing for pride Wednesday when they face Mexican clubs in the second legs of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal series. The Galaxy faces Necaxa, a 4-1 winner in the first leg in California, at Estadio Olimpico in Aguascalientes. Columbus, which trails its two-game series, 6-0, plays […]

Friday, April 18 Cincinnati Riverhawks at Virginia Beach Mariners Saturday, April 19 Charleston Battery at Richmond Kickers Cincinnati Riverhawks at Charlotte Eagles Friday, April 25 Indiana Blast at Richmond Kickers Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Charlotte Eagles Minnesota Thunder at El Paso Patriots Saturday, April 26 Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Atlanta Silverbacks Indiana Blast at Virginia Beach Mariners […]

Major League Soccer begins its eighth season in April. Here's your pick of who will win — and who will slump — in 2003. Results are based on 223 votes. Who will be crowned 2003 MLS champion? 32% – Los Angeles 22% – Columbus 8% – MetroStars 8% – D.C. United 8% – San Jose […]

Leighton O'Brien, the 2002 A-League MVP, is headed to Swedish Superettan (Second Division) club Bodens SK, where he will join fellow A-League 2002 first-teamer Destin Makumbu (Milwaukee Rampage) and American Luchi Gonzalez, the 2001 College Player of the Year. O'Brien, 27, will leave the Seattle Sounders after their third game. The former University of San […]

The U.S. under-17 national team crushed the Azzurri Blue of Canada, 6-0, in its second game in the Dallas Cup's U-19 Super Group. Memo Gonzalez, Trini Gomez and Michael Harrington each scored two goals, and Dallas product Chase Wileman had three assists off the bench. The U.S. U-16s tied the Dallas Texans, 3-3, in the […]