Monthly Archives: May 2003

May 24 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Mathis (Guevara, Lisi) 60, Jolley 84; Kreis 63. MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Jolley, Pope, Regan, Galvan (LeBlanc, 80), Clark, Guevara, Lisi, Magee (Arena, 89), Mathis. Dallas – Countess, Salyer (Vaca, 86), Bonseu, Morrow, Gbandi, Deering, Martinez, Pareja, Davis, Cerritos (Rhine, 76), Kreis (Johnson, 82). […]

Charmaine Hooper scored two goals and assisted a third to lead visiting Atlanta past Boston, 3-1, Sunday evening before 3,518 at Nickerson Field. The result snapped the Breakers' WUSA-record 13-game unbeaten streak, which dated to 2001. The attendance, the smallest in Breakers' home history, failed to top 4,000 for the second time in as many […]

May 24 in Cary, N.C. Carolina 1 San Diego 2. Goals: Fotopoulos (Lehn) 76; Foudy pen. 45, Wagner (Fleeting, Zhang) 78. Carolina – Luckenbill, Burt, Baxter (McCullough, 85), Fettig, Boyd, Roberts, James, Lehn, Overbeck (Borgman, 72), Slaton (O'Hanley, 46), Fotopoulos. San Diego – Pagliarulo, Pickup, Fawcett, Krzykowski, Foudy, Daniela (Nielsen, 58), Connors, Wagner (Fair, 88), […]

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 […]

Mia Hamm scored two goals and Abby Wambach added three assists Saturday as the Washington Freedom bounced back from a dismal performance last weekend to drill host New York, 4-0, and extend its lead in the WUSA standings to four points. Carolina and Philadelphia, which last week earned their first victories following four defeats, dropped […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, May 24, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT KANSAS CITY (2-1-4, 10 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (0-2-4, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2 (tape delayed, 1 am ET). Key Players Out: Kansas City – D Jose Burciaga (R torn ACL); Los Angeles – F Herculez Gomez (R […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, May 24, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT CAROLINA (1-4-0, 3 pts) vs. SAN DIEGO (2-1-3, 9 pts) TV: PAX Key Players Out: Carolina – M Hege Riise (R ACL tear), F Birgit Prinz (National Team Duty – Germany), D Breanna Boyd (National Team Duty […]

Andrea Neil scored two more goals as Canada's women's national team clobbered England, 4-0, Thursday in Ottawa. Neil, who also tallied twice in Canada's 4-0 win over the English on Monday near Montreal, headed home a cross from Kristina Kiss in the eighth minute and a corner kick from Atlanta Beat forward Charmaine Hooper in […]

The Canadian Soccer Association on Thursday announced it had withdrawn its bid to stage Women's World Cup matches in Edmonton so that CONCACAF could present ''a unanimous bid to host the World Cup.ö The Canadian decision, CSA President Andy Sharpe said in a release, was reached after conversations with CONCACAF President Jack Warner, who had […]

Canadian national team coach Holger Osieck called up five players based in U.S. leagues for its June 1 clash against Germany in Wolfsburg. The German Osieck selected San Jose Earthquakes goalie Pat Onstad from MLS and Carl Fletcher (Atlanta Silverbacks), Nick Dasovic (Vancouver Whitecaps), Martin Nash (Montreal Impact), Jason Jordan (Vancouver Whitecaps) from the A-League. […]

A-League Player of the Week Gabe Valencia (Syracuse) A-League Team of the Week G — Paul Nagy (Syracuse) * Ten saves in two shutouts against Toronto D — Don Gramenz (Minnesota) * Two assists in 2-0 win over Milwaukee D — Gabriel Gervais (Montreal) * Solid play in 0-0 draw against Richmond D — Khary […]

W-League Player of the Week * Caitlin Fisher (Boston) W-League Team of the Week G — Shannon O'Brien (Charlotte) * Eight saves in two shutouts against Asheville D — Lisa Day (No. Kentucky) * Solid play in 1-1 draw against Columbus D — Lindsey Beam (Charlotte) * Solid play in two shutouts against Asheville D […]

Premier Development League Player of the Week Doco Wesseh (Thunder Bay) Premier Development League Team of the Week G — Eric Pogue (Toledo) * 14 saves in 1-1 draw at Indiana D — Chris Redhage (Des Moines) * Gamewinner in 2-1 win at St Louis D — Michael Parkhurst (Bradenton) * Equalizer in 1-1 draw […]

USL Pro Select League Player of the Week Dwayne Bergeron (Carolina) USL Pro Select League Team of the Week G — Brian O'Quinn (Western Mass) * Six saves in 2-1 win over New Hampshire D — Shane Carew (Long Island) * Solid play in 1-0 win over Carolina D — Adolfo Ovalle (Utah) * Solid […]

A-League Player of the Week Gabe Valencia (Syracuse) A-League Team of the Week G — Paul Nagy (Syracuse) * Ten saves in two shutouts against Toronto D — Don Gramenz (Minnesota) * Two assists in 2-0 win over Milwaukee D — Gabriel Gervais (Montreal) * Solid play in 0-0 draw against Richmond D — Khary […]

FRANCE * Joe Cannon (Lens, D1), at Le Havre, 3-1. DNP. Cannon's future at Lens is uncertain. Injuries may make management consider some kind extension of loan arrangement. * David Regis (Troyes, D1), vs. Nantes, 2-0. Substitute: came on in the 46th minute. Troyes is already relegated. * Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1), vs. Sochaux, 2-2. […]

Players from San Jose and D.C. United, the two MLS teams without games this weekend, dominate U.S. coach Bruce ArenaÆs roster for MondayÆs friendly against Wales (live on ESPN2, 10 pm ET/7 pm PT). Five San Jose players, including the uncapped Brian Ching, and six D.C. United players, including the uncapped Alecko Eskandarian are among […]

Andrea Neil and Kara Lang scored two goals apiece and the Canadian women's national team spanked England, 4-0, Monday in Lachine, Quebec. Neil scored in the 20th and 36th minutes and Lang, a high school junior, added goals in the 66th and 72nd minutes before a sellout crowd of 2,125 at the Catalogna Soccerplexe near […]

Wales coach Mark Hughes will be without many of his top players for the international against the United Stakes May 26 in San Jose. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) is out following the recent birth of his first child, Liberty. Also out on paternity leave is Robbie Savage (Birmingham). John Hartson is with Celtic, which is […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Kansas City ties in midweek and on the weekend; the Revs snuff the Fire; the defending champion Galaxy is still winless; and the Metros take over the top spot in the East when Crew loses a 4-3 thriller in San Jose. BEST GOALS: Gavin Glinton and Brad Davis thundered home […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor OUT FOR THE SEASON: U.S. national team forward Shannon MacMillan suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee early in San Diego's 1-1 tie Sunday against visiting Boston. She will miss the remainder of the WUSA season and, most likely, next fall's Women's World Cup. An magnetic imaging […]

With one week left in the German season, Gregg Berhalter's club, Energie Cottbus, and Tony Sanneh's club, Nuremberg, are set to drop to the Second Division next season. On Saturday, Cottbus defeated Nuremberg, with Berhalter playing the whole match and Sanneh out with a back injury. Cory Gibbs is experiencing relegation for the second time […]

For MLS, the cost of doing business – both financially and philosophically – is about to go up. For professional soccer players in this country, the value of an MLS career is about to go up as well. The players have unionized and will be backed by the Washington, D.C. legal firm Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, […]

Shortly after MLS players formed their union, I'm watching a game and thinking they must have called a strike and I'm watching the replacement players. Of course, that wasn't the case. The players have made it clear that striking isn't on their agenda. The poor quality of so many of the early games — the […]

The bus rolls south on an April afternoon, skirting the western portion of Missouri on its way to Springfield, where the passengers will play an exhibition soccer match against a college team. With several hours to kill, Nick Garcia chats with his Kansas City teammates, gazes out the window and reads. He majored in legal […]