Monthly Archives: June 2003

June 7 in Carson, Calif. Los Angeles 2 Colorado 0. Goals: Ruiz 50, Ruiz pen. 91+. Los Angeles – Hartman, Califf, Hong, Marshall (Lalas, 80), Hendrickson, Cienfuegos (Lewis, 83), Elliott, Victorine, Jones, Ruiz, Albright (Glinton, 74). Colorado – Garlick, Hart (Trembly, 81), Fraser, Stewart (Borchers, 13), Kotschau, Henderson, Beckerman (Schmidt, 72), Mastroeni, Chung, Spencer, Carrieri. […]

Jovan Kirovski's second-half goal, deflected off a New Zealand defender, gave the United States a 2-1 win over the All Whites in its final test before the Confederations Cup. Missing several key players because of MLS duty yesterday, the Americans still created numerous chances against New Zealand, which also returns to the Confederations Cup. The […]

Slumping powers Carolina and Philadelphia picked up their second road wins Saturday as WUSA's attendance troubles continued with small crowds in Atlanta and San Diego. Danielle Fotopoulos became the league's all-time scoring leader in the Courage's 2-1 victory at Atlanta, and the Beat's Maribel Dominguez grabbed sole possession of the top spot on this year's […]

Cameroon's German coach, Wilfried Schaefer, named his 23 players for the Confederations Cup, where the Indomitable Lions will face the United States for the first time. Schaefer's squad includes 12 holdovers from the 2002 World Cup, including six starters: defenders Rigobert Song, Bill Tchato, midfielders Marc Vivien Foe, Geremi Njitap and Salomon Olembe and forward […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, June 7, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT ATLANTA (4-1-3, 15 pts) vs. CAROLINA (1-5-1, 4 pts) TV: PAX Key Players Out: Atlanta – M Homare Sawa (National Team Duty – Japan); Carolina – M Hege Riise (R ACL tear); GK Meghan Burke (Facial laceration); […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, June 7, 4 pm ET/2 pm MT/1 pm PT LOS ANGELES (0-4-4, 4 pts) vs. COLORADO (1-5-1, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key Players Out: Los Angeles – F Herculez Gomez (R fractured 5th metatarsal), GK Dan Popik (L severely sprained ankle), D Scot Thompson […]

American forward Conor Casey, 21, with Hannover 96 since October 2001, is to join Karlsruhe of the German Second Division next season. Casey's stint in Karlsruhe is another loan from Borussia Dortmund, which retains his rights. Hannover's attempts to buy him last year from Dortmund were rejected. Conor played 66 minutes over four games for […]

The MLS Disciplinary Committee, upon videotape review, fined MetroStars forward John Wolyniec $500 and suspended him for two games for elbowing Columbus defender Chad McCarty in the face during last Saturday's game. Game officials did not see the incident. The summary of the MLS Disciplinary Committee's findings: ''As the ball is crossed into the penalty […]

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY USA vs. New Zealand Sunday, June 8 (1 pm ET/10 am PT) TV: live on ESPN2 and Telemundo In its final tune-up for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup June 18-29 in France, Bruce Arena's squad faces New Zealand, which is also France-bound, on Sunday. The nations have met once before, a 2-1 U.S. […]

W-League Player of the Week Deanna Kreidel (Charlotte) W-League Team of the Week G – Emily Haynam (Columbus) * 12 saves in 0-0 tie at Northern Kentucky D – Wendy Dunn (Fort Collins) * Solid play in 3-0 win over Mile High D – Heather Herweh (Northern Kentucky) * Solid play in 0-0 tie against […]

PDL Player of the Week David Bulow (Cape Cod) PDL Team of the Week G – Peter Dzubay (Mid Michigan) * One goal allowed in three wins D – Kyle Tanner (Chicago) * Two goals in 3-2 OT win at St. Louis D – Tory Gibson (Texas) * Solid play in 5-0 win over Houston […]

USL Pro Select Player of the Week Enrique Tovar (California) USL Pro Select Team of the Week G – Chris Robinson (Carolina) * Penalty kick save to preserve 2-1 win at Raleigh D – Laurence Piturro (Westchester) * Solid play in 1-0 win at Western Mass D – Damian Munoz (Utah) * Solid play in […]

A-League Player of the Week Eduardo Sebrango (Montreal) A-League Team of the Week G – Michael Ueltschey (Montreal) * Six saves in 4-0 win at Calgary D – Carlos Martinez (El Paso) * Goal in 1-0 win at Indiana D – Abraham Francois (Montreal) * Goal in 1-0 win at Vancouver D – Joe Mattacchione […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena will release eight players to their MLS clubs for weekend games. Six will be released from the U.S. camp in Fairfax, Va., Thursday and miss the Sunday game against New Zealand in Richmond, Va.: Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Jeff Cunningham (Columbus Crew), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Dan Califf (Los […]

New Zealand, which will face the United States Sunday in a tune-up match for the Confederations Cup, beat the A-League's Virginia Beach Mariners, 2-0, on Tuesday evening at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. D.C. United's Ryan Nelsen and substitute Chris Killen scored. New Zealand — Utting, (Paston, 45), Oughton, Zoricich (Hay, 71) Nelsen, Davis, Vicelich (Wilkinson, […]

1 Ramon Nunez (Dallas) M SMU 2 Corey Ashe (Virginia Beach, Va.) F/M North Carolina 3 Brandon Owens (Murietta, Calif.) D UCLA 4 Will Hall (Shirley, N.Y.) M Virginia 5 Brad Guzan (Lockport, Ill.) G South Carolina 6 Adrian Chevannes (Fort Worth, Texas) D Clemson 7 Jed Zayner (Orland Park, Ill.) D Indiana 8 Simon […]

Bridgeport Italians (USASA) 1 (Fernandez 25) Chesapeake Dragons (PDL) 0. Chico Rooks (USASA) 0 Fresno Fuego (PDL) 1 (Espindola 80).

1. UCLA 2. North Carolina 3. St. Louis 4. SMU 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Indiana 8. Clemson 9. Stanford 10. Virginia

Two days after celebrating his 14th birthday, Freddy Adu scored two goals and added two assists in the second half to lead the U.S. under-17 national team to a 5-0 win over Poland on the final day of the Busan International Youth Tournament in Busan, South Korea. Jamie Watson also notched two goals in the […]

1. UCLA 2. North Carolina 3. UCLA 4. SMU 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Indiana 8. Clemson 9. Stanford 10. Virginia

Atlanta Beat defender Kylie Bivens and San Diego Spirit goalkeeper Jaime Pagliarulo, absent from U.S. preparations this year for the Women's World Cup, were among 23 players called into the camp prior to the Americans' June 14 friendly with Ireland in Salt Lake City. Coach April Heinrichs will choose an 18-player roster for the game […]

Eddie Pope is out of the Confederations Cup after suffering a knee injury during the MetroStars' 1-1 tie at Columbus last Saturday. Pope has been diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture in the patella of his left knee. Pope, 29, underwent an MRI examination yesterday after taking a knock in the first half of the game […]

New Zealand coach Mick Waitt called up five U.S.-based players for the Confederations Cup in France. MLS veterans Ryan Nelsen (D.C. United), Duncan Oughton (Columbus Crew) and Simon Elliott (Los Angeles Galaxy) head the list. Also in the squad are Gavin Wilkinson of the A-League's Portland Timbers and Stanford University junior Michael Wilson. Like Nelsen […]

American forward Conor Casey, 21, is leaving Hannover 96 for the amateur team of Borussia Dortmund, which originally brought Casey to Germany. Dortmund loaned Casey to Hannover midway through the 2001-2002 season. He played 17 games and notched seven goals as Hannover won promotion from the Second Division to the top tier. Dortmund turned down […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The torrid play of DaMarcus Beasley leads the Fire's scorching win in San Jose; the Burn and Rapids end their winless skids but there's no relief for D.C. or L.A.; Preki defies time to bring the Wizards a tie; and the Crew is again unable to win at home. BEST […]