Monthly Archives: May 2003

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, May 31, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT BOSTON (3-3-2, 11 pts) vs. SAN JOSE (4-3-0, 12 pts) TV: PAX. Key Players Out: Boston – GK Tracy Ducar (tendonitis in both knees); M Devvyn Hawkins (L foot stress fracture); San Jose – D Dianne Alagich […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, May 31, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT SAN JOSE (4-0-2, 14 pts) vs. CHICAGO (2-1-3, 9 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: San Jose – D Troy Dayak (L knee sprain), F Dwayne De Rosario (R Torn LCL), M Ronnie Ekelund (R ankle surgery), […]

Winless Colorado has signed Jamaican international Darryl Powell, who has played for Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, Derby County and Portsmouth. The 31-year-old midfielder is expected to join the team as soon as he receives his work permit from the United States government. Powell, who played for Jamaica in the 1998 World Cup, made more than […]

Press reports out of Spain indicate that American John O'Brien is among the players being pursued by Spanish giant Barcelona. O'Brien, 25, who plays left back for Ajax Amsterdam, reportedly has one year left on his contract with the Dutch club. Barcelona is also interested in Ajax's Australian goalkeeper Joey Didulica, Dutch defender Jaap Staam […]

Coach Bruce Arena's 23-man roster for the Confederations Cup (June 18-29 in France) is comprised of six foreign-based players and 17 MLS players. Ten are veterans of the 2002 World Cup squad. The squad will begin training camp June 1 in Washington, D.C., and will play a friendly against New Zealand June 8 in Richmond, […]

W-League Player of the Week Laura Piening (Northern Kentucky) W-League Team of the Week G – Lauren Piening (No. Kentucky) * 15 saves in 2-1 and 3-1 road wins D – Dawn Dickten (New Jersey LS) * Solid play in 4-2 win at New York D – Linda Consolante (Ottawa) * Solid play in 3-0 […]

PDL Player of the Week Kenny Uzoigwe (Toledo) PDL Team of the Week G – Stash Graham (Bradenton) * Five saves in 5-0 win over Cocoa D – Steve Gorton (Thunder Bay) * Solid play in 2-0 win over Kalamazoo D – Mark Pehtivhok (Nashville) * Goal in 4-0 win over Austin D – Brian […]

U.S. Pro Select League Player of the Week Rob Jachym (Western Mass) U.S. Pro Select League Team of the Week G – Chris Robinson (Carolina) * Three saves in 2-1 win at Wilmington D – Paul Kyriacou (Westchester) * Overtime winner in 2-1 win over New Jersey D – Seth Lilburn (New Hampshire) * Solid […]

A-League Player of the Week Todd Dusosky (Milwaukee) A-League Team of the Week G – Jim Larkin (Milwaukee) * Eight saves in 2-0 win over Charlotte D – Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal) * Gamewinner in 2-1 win at Richmond D – Nick Dasovic (Vancouver) * Solid play in 0-0 tie at Seattle D – Danny Jackson […]

U.S. U-17 national team star Freddy Adu, who turns 14 on Monday, will be represented by the same agency that negotiates for national team coach Bruce Arena and forward Landon Donovan. In announcing the agreement, SportsNet, LLC, whose principals are Richard Motzkin and Dan Segal, also confirmed that Adu has inked an endorsement deal with […]

John O'Brien's club, Ajax, was unable to catch PSV Eindhoven for the Dutch Honor Division title on the final day of games Thursday. Ajax defeated Heerenveen, 3-0, but PSV''s 0-0 draw with FC Groningen was enough to for it to earn its 17th league championship. O'Brien again did not play, as he is nursing an […]

MLS (10): Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Dallas Burn D.C. United Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes A-League (8): Atlanta Silverbacks El Paso Patriots Milwaukee Wave United Minnesota Thunder Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester Raging Rhinos Seattle Sounders Virginia Beach Mariners. USL Pro Select League (6): Carolina Dynamo Long […]

FIRST ROUND (June 4-8): Two PDL or USASA teams will get a first-round byes, and the eight other teams from the PDL and USASA will be regionally paired. SECOND ROUND (June 25-26): The four-first-round winners and the two USASA or PDL teams with byes meet the six PSL teams. THIRD ROUND (July 16): The six […]

The draw for the first and second rounds of the 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will be held Thursday, May 29 at the U.S. Soccer House in Chicago, Ill. All but two of the 34 qualifiers have been determined. Qualifying is complete for the A-League, Pro Select League (PSA) and Premier Development League (PDL). […]

By Ridge Mahoney in San Jose, Calif. The Welsh didn't bring Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, John Hartson and a few other of their stars, yet neither did they bring the desire and sharpness that has enabled them to win all four of their European Championship 2004 qualifying matches to date. Wales, which hadn't lost in […]

International Friendly May 26 in San Jose, Calif. USA 2 Wales 0. Goals: Donovan (pen) 41, Lewis (Vanney) 59. USA — Rimando, Vanney, Agoos, Brown, Suarez (Petke, 78) Mulrooney, Convey (Ching, 75), Lewis, Stewart (Lagos, 83); Donovan, Kirovski (Eskandarian, 89). Wales — Jones (Ward, 46, Vaughan, Melville, Williams, Jones (ejected, 48); Koumas, Pembridge (Robinson, 78), […]

Northeast Division — Boston 9 points; Ottawa, New Hampshire 3; Rochester, Toronto 0. Northern Division — New York, Long Island 9 points; New Jersey Lady Stallions 3; New Jersey Wildcats, South Jersey 0. Atlantic Division — Charlotte 9 points; Hampton Roads 6; Northern Virginia, Greensboro 3; Asheville 0. Midwest Division — Northern Kentucky 7 points; […]

May 23 Chicago 1 (Graczyk 58) No. Kentucky 2 (Wagner 4, Thomas 90). May 24 Rochester 2 (Burch 7, Blais 53) Long Island (Shulman 12, 34, McCabe 35, Stansfield 41). Boston 7 (Kveton 7, 48, Rahko 10, McNamara 28, Feeney 32, Sedgewick 66, Partridge 83) South Jersey 0. Asheville 2 (Lawson 18, Potts 90) No. […]

Calgary 0 Seattle 1 (Gregor 110) (OT). May 23 Richmond 1 (Goodlett 90) Montreal 2 (Biello 35, Pizzolitto 68). Milwaukee 2 (Todd Dusosky 46, Howes 54) Charlotte 0. Syracuse 0 Rochester 2 (Miller 45, Wilson 88). El Paso 1 (Andrade 110) Indiana 0 (OT). Vancouver 2 (Kindel 50, 69) Seattle 2 (Callahan 21, Tomlinson 83). […]

Northeast Division — Syracuse 12 points; Rochester 11; Montreal 8; Pittsburgh 7; Toronto 4. Southeast Division — Charleston 16 points; Virginia Beach 13; Richmmond 7; Atlanta 4; Charlotte 3. Central Division — Cincinnati, Minnesota 12 points; El Paso 10; Milwauee 6; Indiana 1. Pacific Division — Seattle 14 points; Vancouver 11; Calgary 9; Portland 6.

By Scott French, Senior Editor RARE HOME LOSS: The Boston Breakers saw their 13-match home unbeaten streak snapped Sunday by the Atlanta Beat, but not many others did. The smallest home gathering in Breakers history — just 3,518, the sixth-worst attendance in WUSA history — witnessed Charmaine Hooper score a pair of goals and set […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The Metros take their fifth straight victory against the tepid Burn; Chicago glides over the stagnant Rapids; Brian Kamler kayos the Crew in Columbus; and Preki's magic bedazzles the Galaxy. BEST GOALS: Brian Kamler takes the top prize for a double-cutback dribble that spun around Ross Paule and carved out […]

USA vs. Wales International Friendly Monday, May 26 in San Jose, Calif. (Spartan Stadium) 10 pm ET/7 pm PT TV: espn 2 (live); Telemundo (tape) 11:30 pm ET/PT. * Tonight's game marks the USA's sixth of the year. All games so far have been friendlies: Jan. 18 — USA 4 Canada 0 Feb. 8 — […]

The clubs of two Americans in the German First Division — Energie Cottbus (Gregg Berhalter), Nuremberg (Tony Sanneh) — will be relegated to the Second Division. Two Americans in the German Second Division — Corey Gibbs (St. Pauli) and Jacob Thomas (Braunschweig) — are headed to the Third Division. Hannover, with Americans Steve Cherundolo and […]

As expected, the FIFA Emergency Committee has taken the decision to relocate the 2003 Women's World Cup, originally due to be played in China , to the United States. Four other countries had also submitted an offer to step in for China: Sweden, Australia, Italy and Canada. The tournament will still take place around the […]