Monthly Archives: September 2003

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Philadelphia With the expected result Thursday against Nigeria, and a little help from the North Koreans, the U.S. women can nail down their place in the Oct. 1 quarterfinals at the fourth Women's World Cup. The Americans, coming off an emphatic 3-1 triumph Sunday over Sweden in their Group […]

GROUP A Thurs., Sept. 25 4:45 pm in Philadelphia Sweden vs. North Korea TV: ESPN2, Galavision Thurs., Sept. 25 7:30 pm in Philadelphia USA vs. Nigeria TV: ESPN2, Galavision GROUP D Thurs., Sept. 25 7:15 pm in Carson, Calif. Ghana vs. Russia TV: Galavision (delay, 9/25, 2 am ET; 9/24, 11 pm PT) Thurs., Sept. […]

GROUP A TEAM W-T-L GF GA P North Korea 1-0-0 3-0 3 USA 1-0-0 3-1 3 Sweden 0-0-1 1-3 0 Nigeria 0-0-1 0-3 0 GROUP B TEAM W-T-L GF-GA P Brazil 2-0-0 7 1 6 Norway 1-0-1 3 4 3 France 1-0-1 1 2 3 South Korea 0-0-2 0 4 0 GROUP C TEAM W-T-L […]

GROUP B Sept. 24 in Washington Brazil 4 Norway 1. Goals: Daniela 26, Rosana 37, Marta 59, Katia 68; Pettersen 45. Norway — Nordby, Sandaune, Stangeland, Knudsen, Folstad, Gulbrandsen (Klaveness, 74), Lehn (Riise, 74), Ronning, Pettersen, Mellgren, Rapp (Ormen, 46). Brazil — Andreia, Juliana, Tania, Renata Costa, Rosana, Maicon (Cristiane), Formiga (Rafaela, 88), Marta, Katia, […]

UEFA CUP, first round, first leg (Sept. 24) * Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL) at Lokeren (Belgium), 3-2. Started: 90 minutes * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, England) at Genclerbirligi (Turkey), 1-3. Started: 90 minutes * Oguchi Onyewu (La Louviere, D1) vs. Benfica (Portugal), 1-1. Started: 90 minutes. * Matt Jordan (OB, Denmark) vs.Crvena Zvezda (Yugoslavia), 2-2. […]

GOALKEEPER Cori Alexander (Portland), Fr. (1) Registers 10 saves in 2-0 win over Texas, then finishes Husky Invitational with another shutout against Fresno State (2-0). DEFENDERS Kim Brandao (Rutgers), Soph. (1) Helps shut out Penn State (0-0), marking the first time this season that the Lions have gone scoreless. Kara Kornfeld (Saint Louis), Jr., (1) […]

The Chicago Fire moved into the final of the U.S. Open Cup with a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy Tuesday night at Cardinal Stadium. The Fire got goals from DaMarcus Beasley, Damani Ralph and Ante Razov in the space of 14 minutes in the second half to open up a 3-0 lead before […]

UEFA CUP, first round, first leg (Sept. 24) Claudio Reyna got his first start for Manchester City in its 3-2 win over BelgiumÆs Lokeren in the first round, first leg of the UEFA Cup. He had previously come off the bench in one of Manchester CityÆs two Premier League games played since he joined the […]

Kroenke Sports Enterprises has purchased the Colorado Rapids from the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). Kroenke Sports Enterprises, whose holdings include the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, is headed by Stan Kroenke, 56, who is ranked No. 140 on Forbes' list of The Richest People in America with $1.5 billion. Kroenke Sports Enterprises, […]

GOALKEEPERS: Scott Conway (Rutgers) Sr. (1) Brother of San Jose Earthquakes' Jon Conway makes nine saves against UConn for his first career shutout. DEFENDERS: Kevin Goldthwaite (Notre Dame) Jr. (1) Leads the Fighting Irish to shutouts against Indiana and West Virginia. Scores game's only goal against Indiana. Trevor McEachern (Old Dominion) Jr. (2) Helps Monarchs […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine Nothing decided in the East although the Metros stun the Crew in overtime as D.C. and the Fire loses; Quakes slam Kansas City to widen their lead in the West as Los Angeles moves into third place. BEST GOALS: John Wolyniec's overtime goal that downed the Crew […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Portsmouth, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Arsenal, 0-0. Started: 90 minutes. Howard had a quiet day while Ruud van Nistlerooy hit a penalty kick against Arsenal's crossbar. Howard remains unscored upon at Old Trafford. […]

1. North Carolina (9-0-0) 1 2. Florida (7-0-0) 4 3. Notre Dame (7-0-1) 2 4. UCLA (5-1-2) 3 5. Pepperdine (7-1-0) 6. Virginia (6-1-1) 7 7. West Virginia (7-1-0) 8 8. Portland (6-2-0) 13 9. Texas A&M (6-1-0) 15 10. Penn State (6-1-2) 9 11. Santa Clara (3-2-3) 10 12. Connecticut (4-1-2) 12 13. Washington […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (7-0-0) 1 2 UCLA (5-1-0) 2 3 Saint Louis (6-0-0) 3 4 Old Dominion (6-0-0) 5 5 St. John's (5-2-0) 6 6 Santa Clara (6-0-2) 8 7 Virginia (4-3-0) 17 8 Notre Dame (4-1-2) 13 9 SMU (5-1-1) 9 10 Wake Forest (4-2-0) 7 11 North Carolina (5-1-1) […]

Ted Chronopoulos, Paul Conway and Steve Klein scored first-half goals to lead the Charleston Battery to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Thunder in the 2003 A-League final. Chronopoulos and Klein were two of seven former MLS players who started for Charleston. The Battery's starting lineup also included Terry Phelan, who started for Ireland in […]

GROUP A Sept. 20 in Philadelphia North Korea 3 Nigeria 0. Goals: Jin Pyol Hui 13, 88, Ri Un Gyong 73. North Korea — Ri Jong Hui, Yun In Sil, Ra, Jang, Jon, Yun Yong Hui (Pak Kyong Sun, 57), Pak, Ri Un Gyong, Ri Hyang Ok, Ri Kum Suk (Ho, 81), Jin. Nigeria — […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (7-0-0) 1 9/21 — at Duke (2-0) 2 UCLA (5-1-0) 2 9/21 — Portland (2-0) 3 Saint Louis (6-0-0) 4 9/20 — at Charlotte (2-1, OT) 4 North Carolina (5-1-1) 5 9/21 — at Virginia (0-1) 5 Old Dominion (5-0-0) 6 9/19 — Wake Forest (2-0) 6 St. […]

1. North Carolina (9-0-0) 1 9/17 — Guilford (9-0); 9/19 — UCLA (5-2); 9/21 — Richmond (2-0). 2. Notre Dame (7-0-1) 2 9/19 — Stanford (0-0); 9/21 — at Santa Clara (2-1). 3. UCLA (5-1-2) 4 9/19 — North Carolina (2-5); 9/21 — at Duke (2-1). 4. Florida (7-0-0) 6 9/21 — Missouri (4-0). 5. […]

The United States opened the defense of its Women's World Cup title with a 3-1 win over Sweden in Group A Sunday. Kristine Lilly, Cindy Parlow and Shannon Boxx scored for the Americans. They three goals were set up by Mia Hamm — Lilly's with nifty backpass and the other two off corner kicks. The […]

Sept. 18 in Foxboro, Mass New England 0 Colorado 0 (OT). New England – Brown, Heaps, Llamosa (Leonard, 71), Pierce, Franchino, Joseph, Ralston, Kamler, Cancela, Twellman, Noonan. Colorado – Garlick, Hart, Borchers, Fraser, Kotschau, Chung, Beckerman, Henderson (Crawford, 81), Mastroeni, Spencer, Carrieri. Yellow Cards: New England – Pierce 46+, Twellman 53 ; Coloado – Mastroeni […]

Sept. 20 in Philadelphia North Korea 3 Nigeria 0. Goals: Jin Pyol Hui 13, 88, Ri Un Gyong 73. North Korea — Ri Jong Hui, Yun In Sil, Ra, Jang, Jon, Yun Yong Hui (Pak Kyong Sun, 57), Pak, Ri Un Gyong, Ri Hyang Ok, Ri Kum Suk (Ho, 81), Jin. Nigeria — Dede, Kayode, […]

No. 7 Wake Forest will try to cope without star striker Jeremiah White as it faces No. 5 Old Dominion in the weekend's marquee matchup. White suffered a broken facial bone during the Demon Deacons' loss to Virginia last week and miss the rest of the regular season and possibly the playoffs. In other key […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Arlington, Va. The biggest question concerning the U.S. team in its Women's World Cup title defense quest is how it will be impacted by the demise of the WUSA. There is optimism among players that additional sponsorship can be found to fund a 2004 season and beyond. League founder […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Arlington, Va. The United States on Sunday starts its title defense at the fourth Women's World Cup against Sweden, possibly the strongest opening opponent it has faced in a major world event. U.S. coach April Heinrichs says this is the best team the Swedes have ever fielded, an experienced, […]

Two years ago, UCLA soccer alums were screaming that the program had gone down the tubes. Last year, the Bruins survived a traumatic coaching change to win the national championship. Still feeling underappreciated, the team's seniors have set their sights on becoming the first Bruin team to repeat. Symmetries exist within the senior leadership of […]