Monthly Archives: April 2003

Fresno State's athletic department called a press conference for today to announce plans to drop men's soccer — one of the country's best-supported programs — and three other sports — men's cross country, men's indoor track & field and women's swimming, effective next school year. Fresno State is the third school to drop its Division […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Charlton, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Hakan Suker knocked down Friedel's punt in the 34th minute to set up Damien Duff's goal. The win keeps Blackburn, three points out of sixth place, in the UEFA Cup hunt. The Sun rating (10=high; 1=low): 7. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor HERO: Two minutes into overtime Chris Brown got on the end of a Josh Wolff cross that was mishandled and smashed a shot into the net off the underside of the crossbar for the winner as Kansas City rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat D.C. United, 3-2. GOAT: D.C. […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor The Atlanta Beat mowed down another foe, destroying Boston, 6-0, after blitzing New York, 5-0, in Week 1. Mexican forward Maribel Dominguez, so impressive in the Power romp, was otherworldly this time, scoring the WUSA's sixth hat trick and creating rookie Abby Crumpton's second goal of the season. Two of […]

OUR LANDSCAPE WILL CHANGE irrevocably in June. Are you prepared? Build a world-class sports facility in the entertainment capital of the world with a soccer stadium as a primary component, and the world wakes up. As glorious as it will be for Galaxy players and coaches and staff and fans to see a match there, […]

Growing up, Carlos Bocanegra never saw an NASL game – he was only 5 when it folded. He never considered professional soccer an option. Soccer was his tertiary sport, and he focused on getting a college football scholarship. Then, in his junior year of high school, that all changed. He was selected to the U.S. […]

April 12 at Atlanta Atlanta 6 Boston 0. Goals: Dominguez 36, Sawa (Hooper, Serlenga) 40, Dominguez 51, Sawa 63, Dominguez 67, Crumpton (Dominguez) 90. Atlanta — Scurry; Bivens (Crumpton, 71), Nonen, N. Augustyniak, J. Augustyniak (Gaston, 64); Miller (Dieke, 46), Serlenga; Parlow, Sawa; Hooper (Pohlers, 55), Dominguez. Boston — LeBlanc;l Kluegel, Sobrero, Gonzalez (McCann, 71), […]

April 12 at Southlake, Texas Dallas 1 Los Angeles 1 (OT). Goals: OÆBrien (Kreis, Rhine 4); Ruiz (Hartman) 30. Dallas — Countess (Cassar, 88), Broome, Morrow, Suarez, Bonseu, O'Brien (Stone, 84), Deering, Vaca, Martinez, Kreis (Davis, 91), Rhine (Johnson, 74). Los Angeles — Hartman, Califf, Lalas, Marshall, Hendrickson, Elliott, Vagenas, Victorine, Jones, Ruiz, Pineda Chacon […]

Maribel Dominguez scored the sixth hat trick in WUSA history and Atlanta Beat routed visiting Boston on Saturday, pinning a 6-0 defeat on the Breakers after swamping New York, 5-0, in last week's opener. Homare Sawa added a pair of goals and rookie ''reserve'' player Abby Crumpton netted her second goal of the season for […]

U.S. women's national team coach April Heinrichs has called up 24 players for the friendly against Nigeria April 26 at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. (TV< ESPN, live, noon ET). She called in all 20 players that helped the U.S. win the prestigious Algarve Cup in Portugal last month, adding midfielder Jena Kluegel (Boston Breakers), […]

The MetroStars acquired Honduran national team midfielder Amado Guevara as an allocation and signed him to a multi-year contract. Guevara, who at 26 already has 76 caps for Honduras, will be joining the Metros after his third stint with Motagua of the Honduran First Division. He will likely join the team next Thursday and will […]

*home team listed first. TV live unless noted. Saturday, April 12 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) ATLANTA (1-0-0, 3 pts) vs. BOSTON (1-0-0, 3 pts) TV: PAX. Key players out: Atlanta — none; Boston – F Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (L-Foot Bone Bruise). Referee: Rachel Woo. Saturday, April 12 (7 pm ET/4 pm PT) WASHINGTON (1-0-0, 3 […]

* home team listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, April 12 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) DALLAS (0-0-0, 0 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (0-0-1, 1 pt) TV: ESPN2. Key players out: Dallas – none; Los Angeles – D Scot Thompson (L-sprained knee). Referee: Alex Prus. Saturday, April 12 (7:30 pm ET/4:30 PT). METROSTARS […]

The Dallas Burn signed defender Philip Salyer as a Developmental Player through an MLS Supplemental Draft. Salyer, 22, spent the last year with the reserve team of German First Division club Werder Bremen. Salyer, who was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Dallas, spent two years at the University of Maryland (2000-01), starting 40 […]

1. FIFA: U-20 World Youth Championship rescheduled The U-20 World Youth Championship, which was postponed from its original dates (March 25-April 16) in anticipation of the war on Iraq, has been rescheduled for Nov. 27-Dec. 19 at its original venue, the United Arab Emirates. The Thomas Rongen-coached U.S. team faces Paraguay, Germany and South Korea. […]

2002 record: 11-5-5 (WUSA runner-up). SCOUTING REPORT The Freedom's climb from next-to-worst to next-to-first was lost amid all the hoopla over Carolina's 2002 turnaround, but it was as impressive. Nobody was hotter at season's end than Washington, which benefited from solid defense, outstanding goalkeeping and massive contributions from, especially, Steffi Jones and Mia Hamm. Jim […]

2002 record: 5-11-5 (didn't qualify for playoffs). SCOUTING REPORT It's tempting to think Aly Wagner might be the Spirit's savior. The No. 1 selection in the college draft is a genuine wild card, a playmaker with such singular ability and influence that she certainly appears capable of turning the team's dismal fortunes around. The reality […]

MLS released the following statement April 9 regarding its Disciplinary Committee's suspension and fining of D.C. United player/assistant coach Hristo Stoitchkov: Major League Soccer's Disciplinary Committee today announced that D.C. United's Hristo Stoitchkov has been fined and suspended as a result of a challenge that severely injured American University midfielder Freddy Llerena during a scrimmage […]

2002 record: 8-8-5 (didn't qualify for playoffs). SCOUTING REPORT It's 20 months and counting since the CyberRays won the inaugural Founders Cup title, a magical experience that made last year's failure to reach the postseason all the more bitter. Injuries and an inability to ease WUSA scoring champion Katia's workload caused problems in 2002, but […]

When asked what sort of team the Quakes will have this year, captain Jeff Agoos scratched the side of his close-cropped head. ''I wish I could tell you,'' says the man who has won four MLS titles, including the 2001 edition with San Jose. ''We've got a couple of new forwards, we've got a new […]

So shallow was the depth on Colorado's roster last season that when an injury sidelined Scottish striker John Spencer, one of the best midfielders in league history had to step in. Chris Henderson, a flank flyer par excellence, responded with a career-best 11 goals, but neither he nor Coach Tim Hankinson wishes to repeat the […]

Los Angeles and Columbus are supposed to be the best of MLS. The Galaxy is the defending league champion. The Crew won last year's U.S. Open Cup. They're Soccer America's picks to win their respective conferences in 2003, but they bombed in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Galaxy lost to Necaxa of Mexico, 4-1, in […]

The U.S. under-17 national team swept three games against Jamaica April 5-9 in Bradenton, Fla. The Americans, who had beaten Jamaica, 3-0, in U-17 qualifying last month, won, 5-0, 4-0 and 3-0. Corey Ashe led all scorers, netting three goals in two games. Freddy Adu, Eddie Gaven and Rodrigo Hidalgo each had two goals. The […]

Forward Hristo Stoitchkov will be banned from playing in D.C. UnitedÆs first two games of the MLS season but he will be allowed to sit on the bench and perform his function as assistant coach. MLS also fined the Bulgarian $2,000 for his red-card foul on Freddy Llerena, the American University freshman whose leg broke […]

2002 record: 3-17-1 (didn't qualify for playoffs). SCOUTING REPORT Hard to believe the Power was into its third game before surrendering a goal – in the inaugural season, of course. Last year's group gave up goals like that was the point, 62 in all, more than New York has scored in two seasons. Everything went […]