Monthly Archives: August 2003

After a pair of sensational performances on Manchester United's ChampionsWorld Series tour of the United States, Tim Howard is expected to start for the Red Devils over incumbent Fabien Barthez when they open the 2003-04 season against Arsenal in the Community Shield Sunday in Cardiff, Wales. The Premier League kicks off the weekend of Aug. […]

Saturday, Aug. 9, 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT SAN DIEGO (7-6-7, 28 pts) vs. WASHINGTON (9-7-4, 31 pts) TV: PAX. Key Players Out: San Diego — F Shannon MacMillan (R ACL tear), M/F Allie Sullivan (L ACL tear), F Zhang Ouying (National Team Duty — China); Washington – D Emmy Barr (L meniscus tear), D […]

Abby Wambach revives her World Cup dreams after a tough stretch provides a 'wakeup call. Abby Wambach has spent the past two months visualizing what this fall will be like. She can see the stadiums full of fans, all the U.S. players, the Norwegians and Chinese and other foes. She can see plays developing out […]

Freddy Garcia will take a break from his playmaking role in the Columbus Crew midfield to represent Guatemala in this summer's Gold Cup. The Facts Born: Jan. 12, 1977, in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. Hometown: Puerto Barrios. Height: 5-6. Weight: 132. Pro Clubs: Columbus Crew (MLS) 2002-present, Comunicaciones (Guatemala) 1999-2002, Universidad (Guatemala) 1998, Juca (Guatemala) 1996-97, […]

Technology is the star on broadcast of MLS games into Anschutz theaters. The glories of high-definition television – still, sadly, out of reach for most of us – and its particular majesty for showing soccer, are being made available to the common man (and woman) in a series of Major League Soccer broadcasts at big-screen […]

Freddy Adu, the 14-year-old sensation, is on fire in England, where the United States is preparing for the Under-17 World Cup in Finland later this month. Adu scored the tying goal and set up the winning goal in the U.S. U-17s' 2-1 win Thursday over Manchester United's youth team. Earlier, Adu scored three goals in […]

Spanish-language network Galavision will show the three U.S. third-round games and selected games in the knockout phase at the Under-17 World Cup, which will be played Aug. 13-30 in Finland. Aug. 13 — Mexico-Colombia (East feed, live, 12:55 pm ET/9:55 am PT; West feed, delay, 12:55 p.m. PT) Aug. 14 — USA-South Korea (East feed, […]

Aug. 27 Los Angeles Galaxy at Seattle Sounders, at Seahawk Stadium, Seattle, 7 p.m. PT D.C. United at Wilmington Hammerheads, at Legion Sports Complex, Wilmington, N.C, 7:30 p.m. ET Colorado Rapids at Chicago Fire, at Cardinal Stadium, Naperville, Ill., 7:30 p.m. CT New England Revolution at MetroStars, at Yurcak Field, Piscataway, N.J., 7:30 p.m. ET

Aug. 6 in Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington Hammerheads (PSL) 4 Dallas Burn (MLS) 1. Goals: J.Johnson 33, Nylen 52, Murray 69, 85; E.Johnson 11. Wilmington — Platz, Perry, Karalexis, Nylen, Goodfellow, Jackson (Carmichael 46), Payne, Corrie, J.Johnson, Miller (Murray, 63), Keen (Zarate, 67) Dallas — Cassar, Hendrickson, Thomas, Behncke, Salyer, Vaca, Stone (Deering, 68), Pareja (Glinton, […]

The Wilmington Hammerheads of the Pro Select League pulled one of the biggest upsets in the history of the U.S. Open Cup when they crushed MLS's Dallas Burn, 4-1, Wednesday night at Legion Sports Complex in Wilmington, N.C. The Burn took the lead in the 11th minute on a goal by Joselito Vaca, but Wilmington […]

San Diego claimed its first WUSA playoff berth and Atlanta and Boston earned home assignments for the semifinals as Wednesday's results sorted out everything except postseason matchups. The Spirit, idle on Wednesday, claimed the final semifinal berth when Carolina was beaten at Boston and San Jose managed only a tie at home against Atlanta. The […]

GERMANY * Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2), vs. Nuremberg, 2-3. Started: 82 minutes. Debut for big striker at Karlsruhe after two seasons at Hannover. * Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D2), at Karlsruhe, 3-2. DNP — injured. Nuremberg, relegated last spring, led, 3-0, after the hour. NORWAY * Adam Skumawitz (Aalesund, D1), Valerenga, 0-2. Entered game in 46th […]

AUG. 5 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) vs. Seattle Sounders (A-League) at Univ. of Washington, Seattle, 7 p.m. PT Open Cup Series Record: San Jose, 1-0-0. Kansas City Wizards (MLS) vs. Colorado Rapids (MLS), at North Area Athletic Complex, Arvada, Colo., 7 p.m. MT Open Cup Series Record: Colorado, 1-0-0. AUG. 6 Virginia Beach Mariners (A-League) […]

Central Conference: GOALKEEPER Matt Pickens, Chicago Fire Reserves DEFENDERS Denny Clanton, Chicago Fire Reserves Danny Crew, Columbus Shooting Stars Erik Nelson, Mid Michigan Bucks MIDFIELDERS Knox Cameron, Mid Michigan Bucks Tomas Boltnar, Des Moines Menace Tighe Dombrowski, Chicago Fire Reserves Ned Grabavoy, Chicago Fire Reserves FORWARDS Jake Bleyenberg, Kansas City Brass Ken Uzoigwe, Toledo Slayers […]

GREAT CROWDS, USUALLY. It took two hours to drive the final two miles to the Los Angeles Coliseum before the 1996 Gold Cup final, where 88,125 fans would watch Mexico beat Brazil and another 5,000 were stranded outside the stadium. Two years later, 91,255 watched Mexico beat the United States in the final at the […]

By SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor END OF THE RACE: The complex scenarios produced by the tightest of the three WUSA playoff races turned simple in the penultimate week of the regular season, with Atlanta, Boston and Washington — clearly the three best teams this season — nabbing semifinal spots and San Diego taking control in […]

GERMANY * Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1), at Hamburg, 3-0. Started: 90 minutes. Kicker rating (1=high; 6=low): 3.5. Hannover wins on the road before more than 53,000 fans. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D2), vs. Eintracht Trier, 2-3. DNP. * Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2), vs. Nuremberg, Monday. * Joe Enochs (Osnabrueck, D2), at Ahlen, 1-0. […]

Aug. 3 at East Rutherford, N.J. Juventus 1 (Trezeguet 106+) AC Milan 1 (Pirlo pen. 106+), OT. (Juventus wins, 5-3, on penalty kicks.) Att: 54,128.

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 […]

Julie Fleeting netted her 10th goal of the season and the San Diego Spirit gave a dominating performance on Sunday to take a big step toward its first WUSA playoff berth with a 1-0 triumph over visiting Carolina. Fleeting headed home a Daniela cross in the 32nd minute and San Diego (7-6-7, 28 points) took […]

Aisha Alfa netted a hat trick to lead the Ottawa Fury past the New Jersey Stallions on Sunday in the W-League's Eastern Conference final, sending the Canadians to next weekend's final four in Virginia Beach, Va. The Chicago Cobras also advanced to the final four on Sunday, pulling away on second-half goals three minutes apart […]

Amelie Coquet scored in the 18th minute and Lilas Trankia in the 46th as France captured the European U-19 women's championship on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Norway at Leipzig, Germany. The victory was the first in three UEFA U-19 finals for Coach Bruno Blini, whose squad opened the tournament by tying Norway and […]

Tina Frimpong scored goals a minute apart late in the first half Saturday night and the Seattle Sounders Women pulled out a penalty-kick triumph over archrival Vancouver Whitecaps Women in the W-League's Western Conference final at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Sounders (8-3-2) outfired Vancouver, 3-1, in the shootout following a 2-2 tie […]

Mia Hamm netted her first WUSA hat trick and Abby Wambach added two goals and two assists on Saturday as the Washington Freedom routed visiting San Jose, 5-0, to clinch a berth in the semifinals. The Freedom's triumph also clinched a playoff spot for Boston — its first in three seasons — and left four […]

1996 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J. East 3 (Tab Ramos, Giovanni Savarese, Steve Pittman) West 2 (Preki, Jason Kreis). Att.: 78,416 1997 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J. East 5 (Carlos Valderrama, Giuseppe Galderisi, Robert Warzycha, Richie Williams, Brian McBride) West 4 (Dante Washington, Jorge Campos, Digital Takawira, Cobi Jones). Att.: 24,816 1998 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, […]