Monthly Archives: June 2003

By Scott French, Senior Editor LATE GOALS: Late strikes were decisive in all three WUSA matches, with Boston beating San Jose on Dagny Mellgren's 83rd-minute goal, Philadelphia tying Carolina on Danielle Fotopoulos' 84th-minute tally, and San Diego tying Atlanta on Julie Foudy's 84th-minute penalty kick. The Breakers, whose 13-game home unbeaten streak ended a week […]

Jonny Walker's club, Colo Colo, left him out to dry in its first playoff game and dropped a 3-0 decision to host Cobresal. Fortunately for Colo Colo, the two-leg series is not determined by aggregate goals, but Walker and his teammates must win this weekend at home to prolong their season. A tie puts Cobresal […]

May 30 South Jersey 2 (Genna 6, Abbott 37) Toronto 5 (Blaskovic 8, 11, Lea 50, Warner 54, 78). Chicago 6 (Sitch 47, 61, Graczyk 52, Cooper 70, Feulner 74, Krueger 78) Windy City 2 (Kent 16, Wayland 37). May 31 Asheville 1 (James 56) Hampton Roads 4 (Akide 20, Davis 31, Crandal 67, Rask […]

May 30 Richmond 4 (Simmonds 15, Burke 20, Testo 60, 74) Cincinnati 1 (Dore 69). Vancouver 0 Montreal 1 (Francois 76). May 31 Atlanta 4 (Iotov 31, 69, Nusum 51, Parra 64) Toronto 2 (DiPlacido 14, Mayard 77). Pittsburgh 1 (Martins 64) Rochester 3 (Steenkamp 20, Miller 23, Fuller 65). Minnesota 4 (Llamas 15, Morehead […]

The Montreal Impact won twice on its road swing through western Canada to move to within one point of Syracuse in the battle for first place in the Northeast Division. El Paso also won twice on the road to close to within two points of Minnesota in the Central Division. Atlanta and Charlotte both picked […]

The U.S. under-17 national recovered from a 3-0 loss to host South Korea to tie South American U-17 champion Argentina, 2-2, Monday, at the Busan International Youth Tournament. Guillermo Gonzalez's late penalty earned a tie for the Americans. Corey Ashe had scored in the 38th minute off a rebound after Eddie Gaven's shot hit the […]

May 31 in Boston Boston 1 San Jose 0. Goal: Mellgren (Meinert) 83. Boston – LeBlanc, Kluegel, Sobrero, McCann, Aldama, Mugneret-Beghe (O'Grady, 46), Hucles, Popper (Monroe, 74), Lilly, Meinert, Mellgren. San Jose – Beene, Sanchez, Bryan, Cromwell, Chastain, Barr (Venturini-Hoch, 85), Sissi, Clemens (Barnes, 46), French, Pretinha, Katia. Referee: Erich Simmons. Att.: 8,168. May 31 […]

May 31 in San Jose San Jose 1 Chicago 4. Goals: Roner (Dunivant) 59; Beasley (Bocanegra) 28, Ralph 47, Razov (Whitfield) 81, Beasley (Jaqua) 90. San Jose – Conway, Waibel, Agoos, Dunivant, Robinson (Alvarez, 37), Lagos, Corrales (Walker, 45), Roner, Russell, Donovan, Mullan. Chicago – Thornton, Brown (Whitfield, 59), Curtin, Bocanegra, Perez, Mapp (Gray, 76), […]

Late goals determined all three WUSA matches Saturday, but Boston was the only winner, tightening the race among the top clubs as the month ended. Dagny Mellgren's 83rd-minute goal lifted the Breakers past visiting San Jose, 1-0, to move within two points of idle Washington and within one of second-place Atlanta. Danielle Fotopoulos' fifth goal […]