Monthly Archives: June 2003

CHILE * Jonny Walker (Colo Colo) at Universidad Concepcion, 3-2. Started: 90 minutes. Colo Colo, having won the first leg of the semifinal series on Thursday, 3-0, sweeps into the Chilean League final, where it meets Cobreloa. The final will also be played over two legs. Walker lifted the Chilean League title with Unversidad Catolica […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena recalled four 2002 World Cup veterans who missed the Confederations Cup for the Gold Cup tune-up against Paraguay July 6 in Columbus, Ohio (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:55 p.m. ET) and the Gold Cup (July 12-27). Kasey Keller (injury rehab), Claudio Reyna (injury rehab), Josh Wolff (returning from injury), Brian […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor No change at the top of the Western Conference standings as the Quakes hold their one-point lead by tying the Wizards, 0-0; Chicago takes over top spot in the East by shading the Metros, 2-1; the Galaxy blasts the Burn, 3-0, and the Crew drills D.C. by the same score; […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor CARD PARTY: Referee Arnold Baldeaux was the star of San Diego's 2-1 victory Sunday over visiting San Jose, issuing red cards to Joy Fawcett and Pretinha that left players on both sides — and a Torero Stadium gathering of 6,220 — aghast. Both ejections were answered by free-kick goals, Sissi […]

Third-Place Game June 28 in St. Etienne Turkey 2 Colombia 1. Goals: Tuncay 2, Okan pen. 86; Hernandez 63. Turkey — Omer, Fatih S. (Selcuk, 60), Serkan, Volkan (Ergun, 87), Ibrahim U., Servet, Ibrahim T., Gokdeniz, Deniz, Necati (Okan, 66), Tuncay. Colombia — O.Cordoba, I.Cordoba, Yepes, Becerra (Arriaga, 41), Hernandez, Velasquez, Lopez (Valentierra, 28), Bedoya, […]

June 27 New Jersey Lady Stallions 1 (Negron 101) New York 0 (OT). Hampton Roads 1 (Callebaut 104) Chicago 0 (OT). June 28 Fort Collins 3 (Kidwell 49, 69, Knotteck 72) Denver 4 (Everett 52, Theuer 55, Butcher 58, Gray 88). Toronto 1 (Booth 4) Ottawa 2 (Nault 62, Alfa 71). Boston 3 (Stocco 45, […]

June 27 Virginia Beach 2 (Hutchison 13, Washington 31) Richmond 3 (Simmonds 6, Testo 50, Jeffrey 79). Portland 1 (Alvarez 92) Calgary 0 (OT). June 28 Atlanta 2 (Parra 5, Woods 86) Charlotte 0. Charleston 2 (Chronopoulos 9, 11) Syracuse 1 (Rivas 42). Richmond 1 (Simmonds 97) Virginia Beach 0 (OT). Rochester 2 (Mladenov 39, […]

BOYS Under-14: Crossfire Premier (Wash.) 2 Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 1. Under-15: Irvine (Calif.) Strikers 2 Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 1. Under-16: SoCal United 3 Rio Vista Striker (N.M.) 0. Under-17: Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 5 Colorado Rush Nike 0. Under-18: Marin (Calif.) United 1 Irvine (Calif.) Strikers 0. Under-19: Colorado Rush Nike 2 Westside […]

Red cards led to goals for both sides before Scottish striker Julie Fleeting's seventh goal of the season sent San Diego past visiting San Jose, 2-1, in a wild WUSA encounter Sunday before 6,220 at Torero Stadium. Sissi fired San Jose ahead with a free kick in the seventh minute following Joy Fawcett's ejection, and […]

June 28 at Villanova, Pa Philadelphia 2 Boston 2. Goals: Pichon (Misaki, Hoffmann) 25; Pichon (Fair, Hoffmann) 84; Mellgren (Hucles) 29, Gulbrandsen (Hucles) 88. Philadelphia – Moore, Fair, McVeigh, Kruze, Tietjen-Prozzo, Makinen, Misaki (Hall, 77), Hoffmann, Tullock, Burt, Pichon. Boston – LeBlanc, Kluegel (Gulbrandsen, 80), Sobrero, McCann, Gonzalez, Mugneret-Beghe, Hucles, Monroe (Hawkins, 57), Lilly, Meinert, […]

June 28 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 2 MetroStars 1 (OT). Goals: Ralph (Mapp, Williams) 35, Razov (Beasley) 94; Clark 60. Chicago – Thornton, Brown, Bocanegra, Curtin, Mapp (Whitfield, 90), Armas, Pause (Marsch, 61), Williams (Gray, 92), Beasley, Ralph, Razov. MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Arena, Forchetti, Regan (Bartolomeu, 60), Clark, Guevara, Williams, Lisi, Magee, Mathis (Moreno, […]

Atlanta rode an early Charmaine Hooper goal to beat Washington in a showdown and return to first place, and Carolina netted two late goals to earn a dramatic draw at New York in WUSA action on Saturday. Marinette Pichon scored her league-leading ninth and 10th goals of the season as last-place Philadelphia grabbed a tie […]

COSTA RICA: American coach Steve Sampson announced the Tico roster for a training camp at the Cancha de Conducen in San Jose on June 28 in preparations for the upcoming 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The squad is led by nine players from local club Alajuela. Seven are with overseas teams — three in Greece, two […]

MEXICO: Only seven 2002 World Cup players were on Mexican coach Ricardo Lavolpe's preliminary roster for the Gold Cup: goalie Oscar Perez, defenders Melvin Brown, Salvador Carmona and Rafael Marquez, midfielder Rafael Garcia and forwards: Jesus Arellano and Jared Borgetti. Mexico opened training camp June 23 at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Mexico City. […]

JAMAICA: Three MLS players — Andy Williams of Chicago, Craig Ziadie of the MetroStars and Tyrone Marshall of Los Angeles — are expected to play for the Reggae Boyz. They were among 12 foreign-based players on Coach Carl Brown's training camp roster. The Reggae Boyz are scheduled to host Cuba in an international friendly on […]

In recent friendlies, Martinique, which faces the U.S. June 14 in Gold Cup first-round action in Foxboro, Mass., lost to a team European-based Martinique all-stars, 5-3, Fluminense of Brazil, 1-0, and Trinidad & Tobago's U-23s, 3-0. Bernard Lama, goalie on France's 1998 World Cup team, has been brought in to work Martinique, who hopes to […]

El Salvador will send out a well-prepared team when it faces the United States July 12 in the opening game of the Gold Cup in Foxboro, Mass. El Salvador is playing four warm-up games: Honduras June 29 in Tegucigalpa, Paraguay July 2 in San Francisco, Mexico July 6 in Carson, Calif., and Guatemala July 8 […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena recalled four 2002 World Cup veterans who missed the Confederations Cup for the Gold Cup tune-up against Paraguay July 6 in Columbus, Ohio (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:55 p.m. ET). Kasey Keller (injury rehab), Claudio Reyna (injury rehab), Josh Wolff (returning from injury), Brian McBride (wife's birth of a baby […]

Saturday, June 28, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT CHICAGO (5-3-3, 18 pts) vs. METROSTARS (6-3-2, 20 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Chicago – none; MetroStars – D Eddie Pope (non-displaced patella fracture). Referee: Jair Marrufo. Saturday, June 28, 6:00 pm ET/4:00 pm MT/3:00 pm PT NEW ENGLAND (4-3-4, 16 pts) vs. COLORADO (2-7-3, 9 […]

Goalkeeper Jonny Walker posted his second straight shutout in the Chilean League playoffs as Colo Colo defeated visiting Universidad de Concepcion, 3-0, in the first leg of the semifinal series. A win or a tie for Colo Colo in Sunday's return match in Concepcion will give them passage to the final, where they will meet […]

7. BOYS Under-13: Vardar (Mich.) 3 Kansas City Legends 1 Under-14: Vardar (Mich.) 2 Internationals (Ohio) 1 (OT) Under-15: Lou Fusz-Popovic (Mo.) 3 Ambassador SC (Ohio) 0 Under-16: Javanon (Ky.) 1 Vardar (Mich.) 0 (PKs) Under-17: Chicago Magic (Ill.) 4 Michigan Wolves 3 (PKs) Under-18: Michigan Wolves 3 Chicago Sockers 2 (OT) Under-19: Chicago Sockers […]

SEMIFINALS June 26 in Lyons Cameroon 1 Colombia 0. Goal: Ndiefi 9. Cameroon — Kameni, Njanka, Song, Mettomo, Tchato, Geremi, Idrissou (Falemi, 89), Foe (Mezague, 75), Mbami, Djemba, Ndiefi (Atouba, 74) Colombia — O.Cordoba, Martinez, Yepes, I.Cordoba, Bedoya (Murillo 70), Patino, Lopez, Hernandez, Velasquez (Becerra 46), Valentierra, Aristizabal. Red card: Cameroon — Tchato 69. Referee: […]

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe, 28, died after collapsing in the middle of the field during the Lions' game against Colombia in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup in Lyons, France. Foe was alive when he was taken off the field on a stretcher late in the game. He received treatment, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and oxygen, […]

Danielle Fotopoulos, tied for the top spot in the WUSA scoring race heading into Wednesday's action, sustained an apparent torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during Carolina's 2-0 loss at San Jose. Fotopoulos tumbled to the Spartan Stadium turf while challenging Thori Bryan for a ball in the 35th minute. She struggled to […]

Paraguay, which reached the second round of the last two World Cups, has announced its roster for its two games in the United States: vs. El Salvador July 2 in San Francisco and vs. the USA July 6 in Columbus, Ohio. On July 9, Coach Anibal Ruiz's team meets Jamaica in Kingston Eight members of […]