Monthly Archives: May 2003

His jersey refuses to remain tucked. His stride defaults to a loping gait. When the play drifts far away, he walks; shoulders back, chest out. While toying with over anxious defenders – showing the ball, then stashing it out of reach – he seems to be working alone. Whether consciously or not, Andy Williams emits […]

May 16 Charlotte 2 (Murphy 31, own goal 74) Asheville 0. May 17 Vancouver 2 (Artuso 56, Maglio 86) Arizona 0. Long Island 6 (Forde 6, 36, McCabe 27, Munro 43, Martin 87, Vongvorghoti 88), Rochester 0. New Jersey Lady Stallions 0 Boston 4 (McNamara 29, Stocco 47, 86, Kveton 88). New Jersey Wildcats 1 […]

May 16 Charlotte 1 (Paul) Atlanta 1 (Klinger 12) (OT). Vancouver 1 (Heald 34) El Paso 0. Milwaukee 0 Minnesota 2 (Morehead 31, 72). Indiana 1 (Tenoff 64) Cincinnati 2 (Piraine 24, Carmichael 76). May 17 Rochester 2 (Paco 25, Steenkamp 90) Pittsburgh 1 (Martins 50). Atlanta 1 (Parra 90) Charlotte 1 (Coggins 60) (OT). […]

The Columbus Lady Shooting Stars made their W-League debut with a 1-1 draw against Northern Kentucky. Noelle Meeke and Jessica Reifer scored for New York in a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Wildcats to give the Magic its third win in three games. The Charlotte Lady Eagles won 1-0 in overtime against the Splash […]

The expansion Syracuse Salty Dogs drew 10,721 fans at P&C Stadium for their home-opening 3-0 win over Toronto. The win was the third in a row for Laurie Calloway's team. Idle Vancouver (3-0-0) is the only other unbeaten and untied team. Virginia Beach, the surprise of the early going, moved to 4-1-0 with a 5-2 […]

San Diego rallied to earn a point against visiting Boston in WUSA play Sunday night, but the Spirit lost U.S. national team star Shannon MacMillan, most likely for the season, to a knee injury sustained in the opening minutes. MacMillan fell to a heap in the eighth minute, just seconds after Dagny Mellgren fired Boston […]

May 17 at Uniondale, N.Y. New York 1 Philadelphia 2. Goals: Peters 91+; Pichon (Tullock) 60, Pichon 81. New York – Smolak, Raveia, Salisbury (Orlandos, 64), M. Tietjen, Boxx, Rapp (Beem, 80), Jones, Baumgardt (Janss, 73), Peters, Pearman (Davey, 61), Welsh. Philadelphia – Solo, Fair, McVeigh, Tietjen-Prozzo, Benson, Makinen, Misaki, Hoffmann, Tullock, Arrington (Kruze, 62), […]

Defending champion Carolina and preseason favorite Philadelphia on Saturday halted losing streaks and picked up their first victories of the WUSA season on the road. Danielle Fotopoulos scored two first-half goals and added three assists as the Courage romped past first-place Washington, 5-2, at RFK Stadium, giving rookie coach Jay Entlich his first WUSA triumph. […]

May 17 in Denver Colorado 0 MetroStars 2. Goals: Mathis 51, Magee (Guevara, Clint Mathis) 60. Colorado Rapids – Garlick, Stewart, Fraser, Herdsman (Spencer, 63), Kotschau, Hart, Beckerman, Carrieri (Rizo, 63), Chung, Henderson, Roberts (Schmidt, 55). MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Jolley, Pope, DiGiamarino, Guevara (Wolyniec, 87), Clark, Williams (Regan, 28), Lisi, Magee (Arena, 84), Mathis. […]

It was Cat Reddick's homecoming, but another Southern girl stole the show in the U.S. women's national team's 6-0 rout Saturday of England in Birmingham, Ala. Memphis native Cindy Parlow scored four goals to highlight a superb performance in midfield, netting her sixth international hat trick before, 12,102 at Legion Field. Shannon MacMillan scored four […]

The U.S. women's national team faces England Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. (TV: live, ESPN 1 pm ET, noon CT). Boston Breakers midfielder Jena Kluegel and Philadelphia Charge defender Heather Mitts were late additions to the training camp roster. University of North Carolina freshman Lindsay Tarpley was forced to bow out from training […]

The U.S. women's national team faces England Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. (TV: live, ESPN 1 pm ET, noon CT). Boston Breakers midfielder Jena Kluegel and Philadelphia Charge defender Heather Mitts were late additions to the training camp roster. University of North Carolina freshman Lindsay Tarpley was forced to bow out from training […]

Saturday, May 17 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) NEW YORK (3-3-0, 9 pts) vs. PHILADELPHIA (0-4-0, 0 pts) TV: PAX Key players out: New York — D Sara Whalen (R ACL tear); D Kristy Whelchel (R ACL tear), D Christie Pearce (U.S. national team); F Tiffeny Milbrett (U.S. national team); Philadelphia — F Kelly Smith […]

Saturday, May 17 (4 pm ET/2 pm MT/1 pm PT) COLORADO (0-3-1, 1 pt) vs. METROSTARS (3-1-1, 10 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key players out: Colorado — Pablo Mastroeni (suspension); MetroStars — D Chris Leitch (R sprained ankle), F Jaime Moreno (strained lower back), F Mike Nugent (L great toe infection). Referee: Brian Hall. Saturday, May […]

We asked who the most influential person in soccer was? Here are the results of the survey. Results are based on 553 votes. 4% – Alan Rothenberg (former U.S. Soccer president) 1% – April Heinrichs (U.S. women's national team coach) 2% – Bob Contiguglia (U.S. Soccer president) 13% – Bruce Arena (U.S. men's national team […]

A month after it dropped four varsity sports, Fresno State University reinstated two of four sports, men's soccer and women's swimming. The move came after the Valley Soccer Foundation, formed to save the men's soccer program, raised $530,000 for men's soccer and women's swimming. The amount was $150,000 short of the $680,000 required by May […]

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May 14 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United (USA) 1 Tottenham (England) 0. Goal: Own goal (Carr) 30. Tottenham — Keller, Bunjevcevic (Taricco, 46), Carr (Marney, 46), Perry, Toda, Ziege (Bunjevcevic, 67), Acimovic (Davies, 46), King, Redknapp (Poyet, 46), Keane (Barnard, 78), Sheringham (Acimovic, 78). D.C. United — Rimando, Ivanov (Prideaux 63), Nelsen, Petke, Olsen (Alegria […]

May 14 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 New England 1. Goals: Simutenkov (Preki) 69; Twellman (Moore) 91+. Kansas City — Meola, Conrad, Talley, Garcia, Klein, Gomez, Preki (Armstrong, 72), Zavagnin, Quill, Brown, Fabbro (Simutenkov, 46; Zotinca, 85). New England — Brown, Heaps, Llamosa (Harris, 74), Pierce, Franchino, Ralston, Cullen (Hernandez, 55), Joseph, Kamler (Noonan, […]

The expansion Syracuse Salty Dogs won their second straight game, beating Toronto, 1-0, to spoil the Lynx's school day promotion that drew 3,572 at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium. Still, Toronto midfielder Robbie Aristodemo called Syracuse the worst team he's faced in three years in the A-League and told the Toronto Sun the match ''was a Fifth […]

May 12 Portland 1 (Afash 43) Calgary 0. May 14 Toronto 0 Syracuse 1 (Lyssand 67). Calgary 1 (Korthuis 36) Portland 4 (Afash 1, Tennyson 7, 45, Melendez 80).

The U.S. under-23 national team beat Mexico's U-23s, 3-1, Wednesday night before 9,000 fans at the Estadio Galerias in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan to confirm its status as the team to beat in Olympic qualifying in the CONCACAF region. The Americans got goals from Kelly Gray, Alecko Eskandarian and David Testo to beat the […]

Mississippi State freshman goalie Courtney Hubert and her sister, Erin, were killed Tuesday when the Honda Civic Courtney Hubert was driving crashed into the rear of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer on I-20 between Jackson, the Mississippi capital, and Vicksburg, their hometown. The crash followed another accident ahead of them that had slowed traffic, according to police […]

The U.S. under-23 national team faces Mexico's under-23 national team Wednesday at Guadalajara's Estadio Tres de Marz at 9 p.m. ET. The United States begins Olympic qualifying in November, entering the CONCACAF tournament in the second round against the winner of the St. Kitts & Nevis-Dominica first-round series. Mexico will host the final round of […]

The U.S. U-16 girls national team won the Ballymena International Tournament in Northern Ireland, beating Northern Ireland (2-0), Scotland (5-0) and England (3-0). Mandy Moraca and Cydne Currie both had two goals in the tournament. Moraca added three assists in the wins over Northern Ireland and Scotland. Alexa Orand had a goal and two assists […]