Monthly Archives: July 2003

July 22 at Seattle Manchester United (England) 4 (van Nistelrooy 7, Giggs 28, Solskjaer 39, Bellion 72) Celtic (Scotland) 0. Att.: 66,772. July 25 at Cleveland Celtic (Scotland) 1 (Sutton 59) Boca Juniors (Argentina) 0. Att.: 20,842. July 27 at Foxboro, Mass. Barcelona (Spain) 2 (Saviola 28, 41) Juventus (Italy) 2 (De Vaio 86, Miccoli […]

Antonio Martinez scored in his first game for Los Angeles since arriving via a multi-player trade from Dallas. The 26-year-old, who was born in Carson, Calif., celebrated his homecoming by chipping Crew keeper Tom Presthus just before halftime in the Galaxy's 2-1 win. Alexi Lalas scored on a header from a Simon Elliott free kick […]

Tatiana Mathelier scored two goals in the first 11 minutes of the second half as the New Jersey Lady Stallions overcame the Long Island Lady Riders, 4-2, as the W-League playoffs opened Wednesday night at DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne, N.J. Mathelier, a junior at Binghamton University, scored in the 47th and 56th minutes […]

Wednesday, July 30, 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT CAROLINA (7-7-3, 24 pts) vs. SAN JOSE (6-8-3, 21 pts) TV: No TV. Key Players Out: Carolina – M Hege Riise (R ACL tear), F Danielle Fotopoulos (L ACL tear); San Jose – F Pretinha (R ACL tear), D Brandi Chastain (L quad strain). Referee: Rachel Woo.

Wednesday, July 30, 10:30 pm ET/9:30 pm CT/7:30 pm PT LOS ANGELES (3-6-7, 16 pts) vs. COLUMBUS (5-6-5, 20 pts) TV: HDNet, select Regal Cinemas. Key Players Out: Los Angeles – D Scot Thompson (L torn ACL); Columbus – F Brian McBride (fractured orbital L eye), M Freddy Garcia (L ankle sprain), M Ross Paule […]

Learning can be a painful process, and much of what the U.S. players were taught at the Confederations Cup they gleaned at a psychologi cal and physical price. They scored one goal, conceded three, and didnÆt get much help from circumstance or luck playing every other day against Turkey, Brazil and Cameroon in stifling heat. […]

Chuck Blazer, general secretary of CONCACAF and highest-ranking American in FIFA, spoke about the Gold Cup at the conclusion of the USA-Costa Rica third-place match at the Orange Bowl in Miami last Saturday. The following are excerpts from that interview: Q: Can you compare this tournament to its previous editions? CHUCK BLAZER: First of all, […]

GOALKEEPERS: 1 Phil Marfuggi (PDA Utd., N.J.), 18 Quentin Westberg (Troyes, France), 20 Stephen Sandbo (Ohio Thunder). DEFENDERS: 16 Adrian Chevannes (Club Dallas), 6 Chris Germani (FC Delco, Pa.), 2 Kyle Helton (Concorde Fire, Ga.), 5 Brandon Owens (La Jolla Nomads, Calif.), 3 Jonathan Spector (Man. Utd., England), 14 Julian Valentin (FC Delco, Pa.). MIDFIELDERS: […]

A squad of 20 players is off to Europe to represent the U.S. at the Under-17 World Cup in Finland Aug. 13-30. Coach John Ellinger selected all 18 of the players that represented the U.S. during qualifying in early March. The United States, the only nation to qualify for all 10 world championships at this […]

Dianne Alagich got her first WUSA goal and Katia scored her second gamewinner this season against Carolina as the San Jose CyberRays captured a critical 2-1 victory over the Courage before 5,877 at SAS Stadium. The CyberRays (7-8-3, 24 points) swept their season series with Carolina and crawled within one point of the playoff zone […]

EASTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals July 30 New Jersey Lady Stallions (11-3-0) vs. Long Island Lady Riders (9-5-0) at DePaul Catholic High School (Wayne, N.J.), 7:30 p.m. July 31 Boston Renegades (13-0-1) vs. Ottawa Fury (11-2-1) at Bowditch Stadium (Framingham, Mass.), 7:30 p.m. Final Aug. 2 or 3 at higher-seeded finalist CENTRAL CONFERENCE Semifinals July 31 Charlotte […]

UNDER-19 BOYS FC Delco Arsenal (E-PA) 2 (Kozicki 78, 83) Chicago Sockers 1 (Gallo 43). UNDER-18 BOYS Michigan Wolves 2 (Popeney 9, Djokic 11) Marin (Calif.) Utd. 2 (Hills 56, Hill 66). (Michigan Wolves win 4-3 on penalties.) UNDER-17 BOYS Chicago Magic 2 (Smithson 17, Ortega 40) Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 0. UNDER-16 BOYS So […]

July 27 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 D.C. United 4. Goals: Twellman 26, Twellman (J.-M. Moore, Cancela) 31; Quintanilla (Etcheverry) 83, Quintanilla pen. 91+, Kovalenko (Eskandarian) 93+, Eskandarian (Quintanilla) 93+. New England — Reis, Heaps, Cullen, D.Kante, Franchino, Noonan (Ralston, 67), Cancela (Harris, 76), Joseph, Kamler, J.-M. Moore, Twellman. D.C. United — Rimando, Ivanov […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Colorado takes its fourth straight and posts another shutout; defensive errors doom the Burn in San Jose; the Fire again wins at home; and D.C. United rallies to roust the Revs and drop the Crew into last place. BEST GOALS: Mark Chung snapped a header past Metros keeper Jonny Walker […]

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Substitute Daniel Osorno scored in the ninth minute of overtime to give host Mexico a 1-0 win over Brazil Sunday and capture the 2003 Gold Cup. The Tricolores and their coach, Ricardo Lavolpe, came under heavy fire early in the tournament, but Mexico deserved the victory in the final against Brazil's U-23s. Mexico did not […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Chicago Sockers 4 (Micklos 36, Ruud 69, Olsen 71, 90) Edmond (Okla.) Royals 2 (Thomas 76, Tarver 90). FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 2 (Coleman 45, Castellanos 90) Colorado Rush Nike 2 (Clark 6, Hendricks 20). Final Standings: Chicago Sockers 9 points; FC Delco Arsenal (9-7), Colorado Rush Nike (8-7) 4; Edmond Royals 0. […]

National honors were almost evenly divided at the 2003 Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. The Far West (Region IV) took home four titles. The East (Region I) and South (Region III) claimed three championships, and the Midwest (Region II), shut out last year, captured two trophies. The […]

Champions World Series raises soccer's profile in the summer In order to figure out how Charlie Stillitano filled several large stadiums well before the kickoff of seven games in 13 days this summer, just work backwards. He wanted to stage successful soccer events. Stillitano's experience as New York's venue director during the 1994 World Cup […]

By SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor DEAR ABBY: Washington is out of its two-month funk and appears to be cruising toward the WUSA playoffs. Much credit goes to forward Abby Wambach, who has scored six goals in the past six games, including a late strike to forge a 2-2 draw Wednesday at Boston and another late […]

The Utah Spiders ended the California Storm's reign as Women's Premier Soccer League champion Sunday, beating the defending champions, 2-1, on Sara Reading's last-minute goal at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The Salt Lake City-based Spiders (11-3-2) are the first team outside California to win the WPSL, an amateur league that serves, along with the […]

Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan scored two goals and set up a sensational strike from Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy as English Premier League champion Manchester United beat Mexico's Club America, 3-1, Sunday in a friendly before 57,365 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The victory, on the six-team, seven-game ChampionsWorld Series exhibition tour, was the second […]

Penn State All-American Joanna Lohman scored two goals as the U.S. women's under-21 team captured the Nordic Cup title for the fifth successive summer, edging Sweden, 2-1, in Sunday's final at Randers, Denmark. Lohman knocked in a rebound to give the Americans a 14th-minute lead, then leaped above the Swedish defense to head home Catherine […]

The Boston Breakers took one more step toward its first WUSA playoff berth and the San Jose CyberRays lost needed points in a 1-1 draw Sunday before 6,187 at Spartan Stadium. Maren Meinert scored her ninth goal of the season in a 64th-minute scramble as the Breakers (7-4-7, 28 points) returned to second place, five […]

Philadelphia was as close to full strength on Saturday as it has been in months, but it couldn't halt the Charge becoming the first team eliminated from the WUSA playoff chase. Venus James scored a pair of second-half goals as visiting Carolina, bolstering its case for a semifinal berth, scored a 3-1 victory, ending Philly's […]