Monthly Archives: August 2003

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Wolves, 5-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Bolton, 4-0. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 8. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Birmingham, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 […]

GERMANY * Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) at Bayer Leverkusen, 1-4. DNP. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D2) vs. Alemannia Aachen, 3-1. Started: 90 minutes. * Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2) vs. Oberhausen, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. * Joe Enochs (Osnabrueck, D2) at Wacker Burghausen, 1-4. Started: 90 minutes. * Chuck Kim (Aachen, D2) vs. Nuremberg, […]

Freddy Adu's goal in the 89th minute gave the U.S. under-17 national team a 2-1 win over Sierra Leone Sunday in Lahti, Finland, and clinch a berth in the quarterfinals. Sierra Leone dominated the game for long stretches, outshooting the Americans, 25-12, but John Ellinger's team again came from behind to claim the win. Alimamy […]

U.S. coach John Ellinger ''Sierra Leone is a very dangerous team with great individual players. After watching them play a very good Spain team and tying, 3-3, we did not expect an easy match, but we were hoping we would be able to hang in there defensively and then come away with the win. So, […]

Aug. 16 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 San Jose 1 (OT). Goals: Twellman (Kamler) 52; Ekelund 23. New England — Brown, Cullen, Llamosa (Jas. Moore, 71), Pierce, Franchino, Kamler, Cancela, Joseph, Ralston, Twellman, Harris (Noonan, 84). San Jose — Onstad, Roner, Agoos, Robinson (Waibel, 84), Dunivant, Mullan, Ekelund (De Rosario, 56), Mulrooney, Russell, Ching […]

Siri Mullinix swatted away two penalty kicks and the Washington Freedom advanced to its second successive Founders Cup, overcoming host Boston in a shootout following a scoreless draw in Saturday's WUSA semifinal opener. Maren Meinert — playing her final WUSA contest — fired high with the first kick of the tiebreaker, and Mullinix stopped weak […]

GROUP A Aug. 13 in Helsinki Finland 2 China 1. Goals: Parikka 6, Petrescu 64; Jiang 4. Red card: China — Mao 91+. Att.: 8,344 Aug. 13 in Helsinki Mexico 0 Colombia 0. Red card: Colombia — Bolivar 81. Att.: 3,500. GROUP B Aug. 13 in Turku Argentina 2 Australia 0. Goals: Garay 6, Colzera […]

GROUP A Aug. 13 in Helsinki Finland 2 China 1. Goals: Parikka 6, Petrescu 64; Jiang 4. Att.: 8,344 Aug. 13 in Helsinki Mexico 0 Colombia 0. Att.: 3,500. GROUP B Aug. 13 in Turku Argentina 2 Australia 0. Goals: Garay 6, Colzera 69. Att.: 4,124 Aug. 13 in Turku Costa Rica 1 Nigeria 1. […]

The MetroStars and Kansas City played to a goalless stalemate at a high-noon showdown in New Jersey. … Landon Donovan scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season in a win over Dallas, which lost Jason Kreis to a knee injury in the 6th minute. … Marco Etcheverry notched his 100th MLS assist when […]

Freddy Adu scored a hat trick as the USA launched its U-17 World Cup campaign with a 6-1 rout over South Korea Aug. 14 in Lahti, Finland. The Americans fell behind in the 11th minute when U.S. defender Dwight Owens chested an innocuous Korean cross into his own net, keeper Phil Marfuggi having abandoned his […]

European Champions League Third-round qualifying, first leg Aug. 12 John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) at Graz AK, 1-1. DNP. Injured. English League Cup, first round Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) at Notts County, 0-0 (County wins, 7-6, on PKs) DNP

A-League Player of the Week Shaker Asad (Atlanta) A-League Team of the Week G – Matt Nelson (Virginia Beach) * 12 saves in 0-0 draw against Richmond D – Matt Bobo (Richmond) * Solid play in 1-1 draw against Virginia Beach D – Geordie Lyall (Vancouver) * Solid play in 1-0 win at Toronto D […]

(home team listed first) Wednesday, Aug. 13, 12 pm ET/11 am CT/9 am PT METROSTARS (8-5-5, 29) vs. KANSAS CITY (7-5-6, 27 pts) TV: MSG (New York). DIRECTV: 794; DISHNET: 465. Key Players Out: MetroStars – F Eddie Gaven (U-17 National Team Duty – USA); Kansas City – D Jose Luis Burciaga (R torn ACL). […]

For the second time in his career, midfielder Steve Ralston is raising his profile. One goal and three assists in three Gold Cup games moved him up the U.S. depth chart. ART OF CROSSING. Over the course of seven and a half MLS seasons, Ralston's hallmark has been his crossing ability, although he claims it […]

By Will Kuhns & Mike Woitalla WELCOME BACK, LANDON: After being away more than a month on national team duty, Landon Donovan celebrated his return to the Quakes with the winning goal in San Jose's 1-0 victory of Kansas City. Keeper Tony Meola saved Donovan's first attempt before he knocked in the rebound. WELCOME BACK, […]

By SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor CHAMPIONS, PART 1: A pair of 1-0 wins, both the product of fine defense, superb goalkeeping by Karina LeBlanc and timely late goals, gave the Boston Breakers the WUSA's regular-season crown and No. 1 seed heading into this weekend's semifinals. Dagny Mellgren's 79th-minute goal, from a Kristine Lilly feed, topped […]

MLS's only eight-time all-star is still befuddling opponents with a sharp brain and a lethal foot. The glare is still there, just at it was at Tacoma and Everton and Portsmouth and Miami and with the U.S. national team. Under dark tufts burn a pair of brown eyes, scan-ning the landscape for crevices and spaces […]

ENGLAND Community Shield * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Arsenal, 1-1 (4-3 PKs). Started: 90 minutes. Howard added another a memorable first to his European career — his first match against a Premier League opponent ended with him the hero. Howard stopped two penalty kicks, including the decisive attempt by Arsenal star Robert Pires, […]

Boston captured the regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for the WUSA playoffs on Sunday, beating San Jose, 1-0, to overcome Atlanta in the battle at the top of the standings. Kristine Lilly's 75th-minute penalty kick was the difference for the Breakers (10-4-7, 37 points), who will be home against Washington on Saturday in […]

The Cape Cod Crusaders took advantage of a pair of defensive miscues to claim their second successive USL Premier Development League championship, beating the Chicago Fire Reserves, 2-0, at Cardinal Stadium in Naperville, Ill. Coastal Carolina University star Joseph Ngwenya — the PDL's top scorer — converted a 17th-minute penalty kick, and former Bowdoin College […]

Nigerian national team star Mercy Akide struck in overtime to deliver to the Hampton Roads Piranhas their first W-League championship Sunday with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cobras in Virginia Beach, Va. Akide's goal from a rebound in the 96th minute enabled the Piranhas, host of the W-League final four, to complete a perfect […]

Aug. 8 in Kansas City Kansas City 0 San Jose 1. Goal: Donovan 23. Kansas City — Meola, Conrad, Talley (Gutierrez, 46), Garcia, Klein, Zavagnin, Preki, Gomez (Armstrong, 46), Quill, Arnaud (Brown, 77), Simutenkov. San Jose — Onstad, Roner, Agoos, Robinson, Dunivant, Mullan, Corrales, Mulrooney, Russell (Lagos, 85), Ching (De Rosario, 77), Donovan. Yellow Cards: […]

University of Connecticut star Kristin Graczyk scored two goals and assisted the other as the Chicago Cobras moved within one victory of its second W-League title with a 3-0 semifinal romp Friday over the Ottawa Fury in Virginia Beach, Va. Final four host Hampton Roads Piranhas also advanced to Sunday's final, remaining perfect with a […]

Julie Fleeting and Christine Latham scored goals and the San Diego Spirit wrapped up the No. 3 spot in the WUSA with a 2-1 victory Sunday over the visiting Washington Freedom in a regular-season finale. The Freedom (9-8-4, 31 points) finished even with San Diego (8-6-7, 31 points), but the victory gave the Spirit a […]

Friday, Aug. 8, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT/4:00 pm PT KANSAS CITY (7-4-6, 27 pts) vs. SAN JOSE (8-3-6, 30 pts) TV: Fox Sports Bay Area (San Jose). DIRECTV: 794; DISHNET: 465. Key Players Out: Kansas City — D Jose Burciaga (R torn ACL); Josh Wolff (R torn meniscus/knee surgery); San Jose — none. Referee: […]