Monthly Archives: July 2003

July 26 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 2 Kansas City 0. Goals: Whitfield 12, Mapp 53. Chicago – Thornton, Brown, Curtin, Gray, Whitfield, Armas, Mapp (Pause, 83), Marsch, Perez, Ralph (Jaqua, 89), Razov. Kansas City – Meola, Conrad, Talley, Garcia, Klein, Gomez (Armstrong, 57), Preki, Zavagnin, Quill (Gutierrez, 74), Simutenkov, Arnaud (Brown, 66). Yellow Cards: Chicago […]

July 26 in Miami USA 3 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Bocanegra 29, Stewart 56, Convey 67; Fonseca 24, 39. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Califf, Bocanegra, Vanney, Beasley (Lewis, 78), Convey (Mastroeni, 88), Mulrooney, Ralston (Mathis, 70), Stewart, Donovan. Costa Rica — Mesen, Marin, A.Castro (Bennett, 35) Wright, L.Gonzalez (Parks, 76), Chinchilla, Lopez (Scott, 60), Solis, […]

Bobby Convey scored his first goal for the United States to give it a 3-2 win over Costa Rica Saturday night at Miami's Orange Bowl and claim third place in the Gold Cup. If Brazil, a 2-1 winner over the United States in the semifinals, beats Mexico in the final on Sunday at Mexico City's […]

Stacie Alberico and Valerie Williams scored goals late in the first half and defending champion California Storm rallied to win its Women's Premier Soccer League semifinal Saturday at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The Storm topped the New England Mutiny, 3-1, and will face the Utah Spiders — 3-1 winners over Ajax Southern California — […]

(home teams listed first) Saturday, July 26, 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT CHICAGO (7-4-4, 25 pts) vs. KANSAS CITY (7-3-6, 27 pts) TV: Fox Sports World; HDNet. Key Players Out: Chicago – M DaMarcus Beasley (National Team Duty – USA), D Carlos Bocanegra (National Team Duty – USA); Kansas City – D Jose […]

Mexico's 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Thursday sends it to the Gold Cup final against Brazil on Sunday in Mexico City (live on Univision 1 pm ET). The Steve Sampson-coached Costa Ricans will face the USA in the third-place game on Saturday in Miami (live on Galavision, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT). The third-place […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Chicago Sockers 3 (Micklos 34, Fleps 70 Ruud 83) Colorado Rush Nike 1 (Ryan n/a). FC Delco Arsenal 5 (Castellanos 23, Kinneman 45, George 70, Larentowicz 86, Chambers 89) Edmond (Okla.) Royals 2 (Hudson 39, Felice 57). UNDER-18 BOYS Marin (Calif.) United 3 (Hill 18, Miller 65, Nourafshan 70) Syracuse (N.Y.) Blitz Blizzard […]

Only nine teams won their first two games at the Snickers Cup, U.S. Youth Soccer's national finals, at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Md. A trio of Midwest boys teams were 2-0: U-19 Chicago Sockers, U-18 Michigan Wolves and U-14 Vardar of Michigan. Arizona's Serena Golden Eagles have three teams at the national finals, and […]

Gold Cup, semifinal July 24 in Mexico City Mexico 2 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Marquez 19, Borgetti 28. Mexico — Sanchez, -Briseno, Marquez (Salazar, 46) Osorio, Carmona, Valdez, Bravo (Osorno, 64), Pardo, Borgetti, Garcia, Arellano (Rodriguez, 78). Costa Rica — Gonzalez, Marin, Wright, Castro, Martinez (Chinchilla, 46), Lopez (Bryce, 68), Centeno, Vallejos, Scott, Parks (Fonseca, […]

July 23 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 New England 1 (OT). Matteo 33; Noonan (twellman, Franchino 55. New England — Reis, Heaps, Kante, Llamosa, Franchino, Noonan, Joseph (Cullen, 90), Vazquez (Cancel,a 58), Kamler, Twellman, J.-M. Moore. Columbus — Presthus, Clark, Dunseth, McCarty, Denton, Oughton, Maisonneuve, Matteo, Walsh (Buddle, 60), Martino (Ritch, 89), Cunningham. Yellow cards: […]

Under-19 Boys Colorado Rush 5 (Hendricks 25, Clark 38, Porras 63, Cvilikas 78, 90) Edmond (Okla.) Royals 2 (Robichaux 39 Leach 87). Chicago Sockers 3 (Olsen 3, Reuter 47, Ruud 90) FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 2 (Kozicki 12, Walters 58). Under-18 Boys Michigan Wolves 2 (Katikos 32, Djokic 66) Syracuse (N.Y.) Blitz Blizzard 0. Marin […]

The two defending champions in their age groups fell on Day 1 of the Snickers Cup, U.S. Youth Soccer's national finals, at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Md. DC Delco Arsenal of Pennsylvania lost to the Chicago Sockers, 3-2, in the under-19 boys division, and the Concorde Fire fell to the Baltimore Bays by the […]

Abby Wambach's 85th-minute goal carried Washington to a 2-2 draw at Boston as the Freedom and Breakers took a step toward clinching WUSA playoff berths in action on Wednesday. San Diego and New York also tied, 1-1, in Southern California, a game marred by an apparent torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered by Spirit forward Allie […]

The USAÆs Gold Cup title defense came to an end with a Brazilian golden goal from the penalty spot in overtime on Wednesday in Miami in the semifinals. The penalty kick was called for a Cory Gibbs handball that kept DiegoÆs shot out of the goal. DiegoÆs shot came after keeper Kasey Keller blocked an […]

July 23 in Miami USA 1 Brazil 2. Goals: Bocanegra 62; Kaka 89, Diego, pen 100. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Bocanegra, Gibbs, Convey, Stewart (Beasley, 83), Mastroeni, Reyna (Mulrooney, 71), Lewis, Donovan, McBride (Mathis, 30). Brazil — Gomes, Maicon, Luisao, Alex, Adriano, Paulo Almeida (Ewerthon, 86), Julio Baptista, Kaka, Diego, Robinho (Carlos Alberto, 75), Nilmar […]

Gold Cup semifinal USA-BRAZIL Wednesday, July 23 at the Orange Bowl in Miami (8 pm ET/5 pm PT) TV: live on Galavision The USA's defense of the Gold Cup title is at stake tonight when it faces Brazil in a semifinal that will determine who meets the winner of Mexico-Costa Ric in the final. Brazil […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Nine goals scored and none conceded at the Gold Cup might suggest the U.S. national team has made significant strides, especially in light of its failure to garner a point at the Confederations Cup. Yet all the U.S. has done is beat three regional rivals it should beat at a […]

Rating the new foreign players in MLS this year might well mean introducing them, as they continue to trickle in – quietly relative to previous years. Based on the games through June 25, here's what we think so far: 1/ AMADO GUEVARA, MetroStars (Honduras). Stepped almost seamlessly into the role of conductor and developed chemistry […]

THE TREATMENT BOB BRADLEY encountered during his two trips to Argentina in the past year pleasantly surprised him. From Boca Juniors coach Carlos Bianchi sifting through a postgame media herd, shaking Bradley's hand, to a taxi driver who took time out from watching his son train in order to chauffeur Bradley to the airport, people […]

(all games at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Md.) Wednesday, July 23 10:00 a.m. Field 9 U-17G Greensboro Twisters Green (North Carolina) vs. PDA Galaxy (New Jersey) Field 11 U-15G Cincinnati United Premier Red (Ohio South) vs. PDA Wildcats (New Jersey) Field 14 U-14B Crossfire-James (Washington) vs. Vardar (Michigan) Field 15 U-14B CASL Elite (North […]

AS JOURNALISTS, WE ARE LOATHE to direct attention to ourselves, but every once in a while something happens that makes us stand up and shout. Such is one of those moments. The news came in the form of an e-mail from my sister, Alix Kennedy, editorial director of the monthly magazine Family Fun, forwarding an […]

W-League Player of the Week Stacey Stocco (Boston) W-League Team of the Week G – Kelly Fitzgerald (Northern Virginia) *17 saves in 1-0 loss to Hampton Roads D – Kathleen Sinram (New Jersey LS) *Solid play in 2-0 win over Long Island D – Emily Gilbert (Columbus) *Winner in 1-0 win over No Kentucky D […]

PDL Player of the Week Ricky Francis (Indiana) PDL Team of the Week G – Jeff Wiese (Mid Michigan) *4-0 shutout at Fort Wayne D – Ezzy Ihekoronye (Cascade) *Solid play in 1-0 win over Yakima D – Daryl Brazeau (Des Moines) *Solid play in 2-0 win at Thunder Bay D – Jon Uriarte (Austin) […]

USL Pro Select Player of the Week Byron Carmichael (Wilmington) USL Pro Select Team of the Week G – Matt Henson (Northern Virginia) *1-1 draw vs New York, shutout vs Chesapeake D – Ryan Stocking (California) *Winner in 1-0 OT win over Nevada D – Andrew Kish (Northern Virginia) *Solid play in 1-1 draw against […]

A-League Player of the Week Omar Mora (El Paso) A-League Team of the Week G – Mike Franks (Vancouver) *2-0 win and 1-1 draw against Seattle D – Bill Sedgewick (Rochester) *Winning assist in 2-1 OT win at Charleston D – Carlos Semedo (Syracuse) *Assist in 2-0 win at Virginia Beach D – Peter Luzak […]