Monthly Archives: June 2003

Cindy Parlow's first WUSA hat trick Sunday sparked Atlanta past Philadelphia and to the top of the standings. The midfielder scored in the 43rd, 54th and 64th minutes in a 4-2 triumph that left the Beat with 19 points (in 11 games), two more than Washington (in 10) and Boston (in 11). The Freedom were […]

June 21 in San Diego San Diego 4 New York 2. Goals: own goal Raveia 11, Zhang (Fleeting, Foudy) 40, Fleeting (Wagner) 62, Fleeting (Zhang, Wagner) 91+; Janss (Rapp) 36, Rapp (Milbrett, Pearce) 68. San Diego – Pagliarulo, Pickup, Fawcett, Krzykowski, Foudy, Bush (Sullivan, 70), Wagner, Zhang, Connors, Latham (Fair, 79), Fleeting. New York – […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY in Lyon, France The testing ground that is the Confederations Cup 2003 has one more session, but from a competitive standpoint the tournament has ended for the U.S. In losses to Turkey (2-1) and Brazil (1-0) some players have gained experience, others have been exposed as perhaps not ready for this level […]

Bruce Arena On how the teamÆs strategy worked against Brazil: ''In fairness to Brazil, we started the game with defensive tactics. Our plan was to get into halftime 0-0. We knew we needed a point in this game, but obviously we were going to try to get three. Our plan worked well until we made […]

June 21 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 1 Los Angeles 0. Goal: Magee (Lisi) 65. MetroStars – Grafer, Ziadie, Forchetti, Jolley, DiGiamarino (Regan, 20), Clark, Guevara, Williams, Lisi (LeBlanc, 85), Magee, Wolyniec (Moreno, 78). Los Angeles – Hartman, Marshall, Lalas, Lewis, Hendrickson, Cienfuegos (Gonzalez, 70), Ochoa (Retiz, 61), Victorine, Jones, Pineda Chacon, Albright (Glinton, 71). […]

Erin Baxter scored her first WUSA goal and the Carolina Courage extended their unbeaten streak and pulled within three points of first place with a 1-0 victory Saturday night at Boston. San Diego snapped a two-game losing streak behind Aly Wagner and Julie Fleeting, beating visiting New York, 4-2, to move within a point off […]

June 21 in Lyons USA 0 Brazil 1. Goal: Adriano 22. USA — Howard, Cherundolo, Berhalter, Bocanegra, Gibbs (Convey, 78), Klein (Lewis, 57), Mastroeni (Twellman, 84), Stewart, Beasley, Donovan, Mathis. Brazil — Dida, Juan, Lucio, Belletti (Maurinho, 70), Kleber, Ricardinho, Emerson, Kleberson, Alex (Gil, 73), Ronaldinho, Adriano (Ilan, 89). Yellow cards: USA — Cherundolo 63, […]

June 21 in St. Denis Cameroon 1 Turkey 0. Goal: Geremi pen. 89. Cameroon — Kameni, Tchato (Mezague, 78), Song, Geremi, Mettomo, Perrier Doumbe, Mbami, Foe, Idrissou (Job, 56), Djemba (Atouba, 70), Eto'o. Turkey — Rustu, Deniz, Fatih A., Servet, Ergun, Ibrahim T., Volkan (Gokdeniz, 60), Selcuk, Basturk, Okan (Necati, 76), Tuncay (Huseyin, 89). Referee: […]

The United States was eliminated from the Confederations Cup Saturday when it fell to Brazil, 1-0, in Lyons. The only goal came in the 22nd minute after central defender Gregg Berhalter coughed up the ball outside the U.S. penalty area. Adriano picked up the ball, broke in on goal and scored on his own rebound […]

A huge day for the Koreas climaxed the AFC Women's Championship in Thailand, with North Korea retaining its Asian title and South Korea booking its place at the Women's World Cup this fall. Ri Kum Suk's 15th goal of the tournament, a penalty kick in the second minute of overtime, gave North Korea a 2-1 […]

June 20 in Lyons Colombia 3 New Zealand 1. Goals: Lopez 58, Yepes 75, Hernandez 85; De Gregorio 27. Colombia — O.Cordoba, I.Cordoba, Yepes, Bedoya (Arriaga, 77), Martinez, Murillo (Valentierra, 46), Velasquez, Hernandez, Lopez, Becerra, Aristizabal. New Zealand — Utting, Oughton, Hay, Nelsen, Davis, Vicelich, De Gregorio, Elliott, Hickey, Killen, Coveny (Smeltz, 83). Referee: Carlos […]

Saturday, June 21, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT SAN DIEGO (3-3-4, 13 pts) vs. NEW YORK (5-5-1, 16 pts) TV: PAX. Key Players Out: San Diego — F Shannon MacMillan (R ACL tear); New York — D Sara Whalen (R ACL tear), D Kristy Whelchel (R ACL tear). Referee: Jesse Johnson. Saturday, June 21, 7 […]

Saturday, June 21, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT METROSTARS (5-3-2, 17 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (2-4-5, 11 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: MetroStars — GK Tim Howard (U.S. national team duty), M/F Clint Mathis (U.S. national team duty), M Jose Galvan (R sprained ankle), F Jaime Moreno (strained lower back), D Eddie Pope (non-displaced […]

By Ridge Mahoney in St. Etienne Only four U.S. players who took the field Thursday against Turkey in the Confederations Cup were playing a European team in Europe for the first time, so inexperience could not be a factor in the disappointing showing by the Americans. Turkey started only three players — backup keeper Omer […]

Maren Meinert, whose MVP-like performance in the first half of the season has carried the Boston Breakers to the top of the WUSA standings, scored two goals and assisted another to lead the World Stars past the American Stars, 3-2, Thursday night in the WUSA All-Star Game before a standing-room-only crowd of 7,068 at SAS […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena On the outcome: ''Over 90 minutes, Turkey were the better team today. They made the important players count and surely deserved to be the victors. We had a bunch of players with sub-par performances, and you can't get away with that. On a given day, two or three players aren't playing […]

The Women's United Soccer Association holds its annual all-star game tonight Thursday at SAS Stadium in Cary, N.C. (TV: ESPN2, live, 7:30 pm ET). The 2003 Hyundai WUSA All-Star Game is a preview of the Women's World Cup with the American Stars facing the World Stars. The game caps a week of activities that include […]

Ri Kum Suk scored her 12th and 13th goals of the tournament and North Korea dominated Japan, 3-0, Thursday to book its berth in the Women's World Cup and earn a spot in Saturday's title game at the AFC Women's Championship in Thailand. The North Koreans meet China, which beat South Korea, 3-1, in the […]

June 19 in St. Denis Cameroon 1 Brazil 0. Goal: Eto'o 83. Brazil — Dida, Belleti, Juan, Kleber, Lucio, Emerson, Kleberson (Adriano de Souza, 80), Gil, Ricardinho, Ronaldinho; Adriano (Ilan, 66). Cameroon — Kameni, Tchato, Song, Geremi, Mettomo, Perrier Doumbe, Mbami, Foe (Atouba, 64), Idrissou (Job, 67), Djemba, Eto'o (N'Diefi, 90). Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia. […]

June 19 in St. Etienne USA 1 Turkey 2. Goals: Beasley 36; Okan pen. 39, Tuncay 70. USA — Howard, Hejduk, Berhalter (Twellman, 81), Califf, Vanney, Beasley, Armas, Convey, Lewis (Stewart, 71), Donovan, Kirovski (Mathis, 60). Turkey — Omer, Fatih, Alpay, Bulent, Ibrahim U., Ahmet (Ergun, 40), Gokdeniz, Volkan, Selcuk, Tuncay (Ibrahim T., 80), Okan […]

The United States fell to Turkey, 2-1, Thursday night in St. Etienne, France, in the opening Group B game at the Confederations Cup. The Americans took a 1-0 lead very much against the run of play in the 36th minute when DaMarcus Beasley headed home Landon Donovan's header. The turning point of the game came […]

USA 1 Turkey 1. Goals: Beasley 38; Okan pen. 41. USA — Howard, Hejduk (captain), Berhalter, Califf, Vanney, Beasley, Armas, Convey, Beasley, Donovan, Kirovski. Turkey — Omer, Fatih, Alpay, Bulent, Ibrahim, Ahmet, Gokdeniz, Volkan, Selcuk, Tuncay, Okan.

June 18 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 4 Dallas 1. Goals: Razov pen. 21, Ralph (Razov) 49, Gray (Futagaki, Razov) 84, Razov 87; Suarez (Deering) 78. Chicago — Thornton, Whitfield, Brown, Curtin, Perez (Jaqua 86), Gray, Pause, Williams (Marsch 79), Mapp (Futagaki 72), Ralph, Razov. Dallas — Countess, Salyer, Bonseu, Suarez, Gbandi, Rhine, Davis (Johnson, 70), […]

USA vs. TURKEY (June 19 in St. Etienne) The United States faces Turkey, third at the 2002 World Cup, in the opening Group B game. U.S. coach Bruce Arena is expected to adopt the same formula that worked four years ago at the 1999 Confederations Cup in Mexico, where he alternated lineups for the short […]

BRAZIL vs. Cameroon (June 19 in St. Denis) Kickoff: noon ET. TV: Galavision (delay), 9 pm ET (DISH & Direct TV), 9 pm ET/PT (cable). Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia). Brazil, the 2002 World Cup champion, faces Cameroon, the two-time African champion Brazil will be led by Paris St. Germain star Ronaldinho, one of three starters […]