Monthly Archives: May 2003

The U.S. U-15 boys national team won three of four games during a seven-day training session in Chula Vista, Calif. The 32-player roster was split into two teams for the four matches played over two days against Southern California youth powers La Jolla Nomads and Mission Viejo Pateadores. Fernando Ayala and Jonathon Villanueva each scored […]

The U.S. under-21 womenÆs national team will play four games in Brazil, facing Santos FC, the current Sao Paulo state champion, May 17, the Brazilian U-21 national team May 19, Saad FC May 22 and a Brazilian XI (U-21 and senior players) May 25. All the matches will be played in Sao Paulo. Coach Chris […]

On the final day of the English Premier League season, Brad Friedel registered his 15th shutout of the campaign to help Blackburn finish in sixth place, thus qualifying Rovers for European competition for the second straight season. The 4-0 result came at the expense of fellow U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller, whose Tottenham team finished the […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor HATS OFF TO ABBY: Washington striker Abby Wambach bounced back from her poorest performance in the WUSA with a hat trick, the first in Freedom history, in Saturday's 4-1 triumph over Philadelphia at RFK Stadium. Wambach, last year's WUSA Rookie of the Year, headed home crosses from Mia Hamm in […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor Everybody except those whose opinions truly matter has decided the fourth Women's World Cup will be played in the United States. Odds are everybody is right. We'll know for certain sometime next week or the week after that, when FIFA's executive committee decides which country will replace China as host. […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor San Jose and Chicago remain unbeaten by tying each other; the Revs get revenge for MLS Cup 2002; Clint Mathis scores and the Metros win — again; the Crew win, too, but Dallas and D.C. lose and have yet to win this season. BEST GOAL: A superb four-player sequence yielded […]

The New York Magic and Hampton Roads Piranhas both moved to 2-0-0 with wins on the roads. The Seattle Sounders women beat Whitecaps Women in Vancouver for first time, 3-1.

May 9 Greensboro 0 Charlotte 2 (Murphy 51, Beam 90). Long Island 1 (McCabe 40) South Jersey 0. May 10 New Jersey Lady Stallions 0 Boston 1 (Partridge 2). New Hampshire 0 New York 9 (Reifer 8, 20, 42, 74, Meeke 9, 24, 35, 77, Nunez 71). Northern Virginia 1 (Sarver 45) Hampton Roads 2 […]

May 9 El Paso 2 (Martinez 17, Pierce 76) Indiana 2 (Mesanovic 26, Musino 49) (OT). Charleston 1 (Chronopoulos 29) Charlotte 0. Rochester 0 Virginia Beach 3 (Amani-Dove 51, Washington 61, Alvarez 86). May 10 Pittsburgh 3 (Villar 13, Martins 58, Wright 71) Richmond 0. El Paso 0 Cincinnati 3 (Matis 10, Child 26, Piraine […]

Former MLS star Dante Washington scored his fourth goal in four games to lead the Virginia Beach Mariners to a 3-0 win at Rochester and move into second place in the Southeast Division behind Charleston. Cincinnati is the surprise leader in the Central Division after its 3-0 win at El Paso. Vancouver beat Portland, 2-1, […]

May 10 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 Los Angeles 0. Goals: Kamler 59, Twellman (Hernandez) 66. New England — Brown, Heaps, Llamosa, Pierce, Franchino, Ralston, Cullen (Hernandez, 58), Joseph, Kamler, Moore (Harris, 75), Twellman. Los Angeles — Hartman, Hendrickson, Califf, Lalas, Marshall (Lewis, 73), Elliott, Hong (Albright, 88), Victorine, Jones, Ruiz, Moreno (Glinton, 63). […]

May 10 in Washington Washington 4 Philadelphia 1. Goals: Wambach (Hamm) 7, Wambach (S. Little, Jones) 19, Hamm pen. 79, Wambach 95+; Tietjen-Prozzo (Mitts, Hoffmann) 33. Washington — Mullinix, S. Little, C. Moore, Grubb, Barr, S. Jones, Stoecker; J. Little (Schott, 81), Lindsey (Golebiowski, 55), Hamm (Zimny, 84), Wambach. Philadelphia — M. Moore, Mitts, McVeigh, […]

Krista Davey scored a late gamewinner for the second week in a row Saturday and the New York Power equaled its 2002 win total by beating visiting Boston, 3-2, for its third successive WUSA victory after an 0-3 start. Davey, whose stoppage-time strike carried the Power past Philadelphia last week, scored in the 89th minute […]

* Home team listed first. * TV live unless otherwise indicated. Saturday, May 10 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) NEW ENGLAND (1-2-1, 4 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (0-1-3, 3 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key players out: New England – Tony Frias (R ankle surgery); Los Angeles – F Herculez Gomez (R-fractured 5th metatarsal), D Scot Thompson […]

Friendly May 8, 2003 in Houston, Texas USA 0 Mexico 0 USA — Howard, Bocanegra, Pope, Califf, Mastroeni (Convey, 66), Armas, Beasley, Hejduk (Klein, 75), Mathis (Stewart, 46), McBride (Jones, 79), Donovan. MEXICO — Sanchez, Carmona, Davino, Briseno, Perez (Lopez, 66), Altamirano, Arellano (Rubirosa, 75), Valdez (Morales, 66), Rodriguez, Bautista (Arce, 82), Bravo (Medina, 59). […]

U.S. coach BRUCE ARENA: ''I thought that the Mexican team played very well tonight. ''The first half, we were very poor. The second half we made some adjustments and I think that we played better. Our teams match fitness is not where it needs to be for international play. ''That is a result of the […]

The richest of the rich in college women's soccer grew richer with the 2003 recruiting class as traditional powers divvied up the best players in a very talented group. Santa Clara, NCAA champions in 2001 and runner-up last fall, topped Soccer America's list of the best recruiting classes, and the Broncos were followed in the […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Houston One of the more intense yet dour battles in the USA-Mexico rivalry resulted in 11 shots, no goals, and few opportunities for a crowd of 69,582 to cut loose. A mostly pro-Mexican crowd filled Reliant Stadium, home of the NFL Texans, to see its team in Houston for the first […]

USA results against Mexico under Coach Bruce Arena: March 13, 1999 (U.S. Cup in San Diego) USA 1 Mexico 2 Aug. 1, 1999 (Confederations Cup in Mexico City) USA 0 Mexico 1 June 11, 2000 (U.S. Cup in East Rutherford, N.J.) USA 3 Mexico 0 Oct. 25, 2000 (friendly in Los Angeles, Calif.) USA 2 […]

MLS's Disciplinary Committee has suspended D.C. United midfielder Dema Kovalenko for one game and fined him $1,000 for breaking the leg of Dallas midfielder Ronnie O'Brien on May 3. The incident marked the second time Kovalenko broke a Dallas Burn player's leg. Brandon Pollard was his victim during a 1999 playoff game while Kovalenko was […]

An unlikely venue surfaced Wednesday in U.S. Soccer's bid to stage the Women's World Cup when the Canadian Soccer Association announced it wanted games played in Edmonton. The CSA announced it has ''officially informed'' FIFA and U.S. Soccer of its interest to play host to one of four first-round groups should the tournament be awarded […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Houston Eleven months have elapsed, but for those Mexican players who lost to the United States 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup, the angst has not gone away. ThursdayÆs meeting (ESPN2/Telemundo, 8 p.m. ET) at Reliant Stadium in Houston has been dubbed Revancha En La Cancha (Revenge on the Field) and […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor U.S. Soccer officials met Tuesday with FIFA brass in Zurich to discuss the possibility of staging the fourth Women's World Cup in the United States, but no decision was reached and an announcement on who would replace China as host was not expected this week. ''Dan [Flynn, who headed the […]

Premier Development League Player of the Week Zico Antunes (Rhode Island) Antunes hit a hat trick in the StingraysÆ opener, a 3-0 victory over the Barons in South Jersey. Premier Development League Team of the Week G — Peter Mahoney (Rhode Island) * 12 saves in 3-0 win at South Jersey D — Gary Sullivan […]

A-League Player of the Week: Kyle Smith (Seattle) Smith scored twice and assisted once in 1-0 and 2-0 Seattle victories over Portland as the Sounders qualified for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. A-League Team of the Week: G — Theo Zagar (Toronto) * Six saves in 2-0 win at Pittsburgh D — Adrian Serioux […]