Monthly Archives: September 2003

Spanish-language radio giant turns more attention to U.S. soccer. DID YOU KNOW THAT AMERICA'S most-listened-to sports radio program is almost entirely focused on soccer? Yes, you read correctly. With over half a million individual listeners per week, ''Unica en Deportes'' is a four-hour daily marathon of fútbol, fútbol y m&#225s fútbol on Radio Unica, the […]

Sept. 18 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 0 Colorado 0 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+, Colorado — Mastroeni 52, 94. Red cards: […]

The following is the schedule for the 2003 Women's World Cup. Disney networks ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN will air 18 games. Univision networks Galavision and Telefutura, by contrast, will show every game, some on delay. Check your local listings for updates, in particular confirmations of air times of delayed broadcasts on your carrier. NOTE: All […]

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

A full slate of Top 25 women's action is scheduled despite the effects of Hurricane Isabel on the East Coast. No. 1 North Carolina, which used all 27 players in a 9-0 win over tiny Guilford Wednesday, travels to nearby Durham, site of the Duke adidas Classic, which also features No. 22 Duke, No. 6 […]

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. […]

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Panathinaikos, 5-0. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7. The American goalkeeper made his Champions League debut in front of 66,520 at Old Trafford. Howard had a quiet evening apart from saving a sharp header from Michael Konstantinou. Mikael Silvestre, Quinton […]

The United States finished its competitive international season, taking third place at the Gold Cup after the disappointment of going winless at the Confederations Cup in France. Here's your pick of the best (and worst) of U.S. 2003 from among those who played in the Gold Cup or Confederations Cup. Results based on 253 votes. […]

Landon Donovan, Brian McBride and Brian McBride are the finalists for the 2003 Honda Player of the Year award. Last year Donovan became the youngest Honda Player of Year winner ever, and now he attempts to become only the second two-time winner and first back-to-back winner of the most prestigious award an American player can […]

GOALKEEPERS Justin Christafaris (Akron) Jr. (1) Makes 10 saves in helping Zips shut out Indiana and Notre Dame. DEFENDERS Clarence Goodson (Maryland) Jr. (1) Scores Terps' first goal in 4-0 win against Loyola; his marking contributes to shutout against N.C. State and the program's best start in 35 years. Matt Oliver (Virginia) Jr. (1) Anchors […]

GOALKEEPERS Luisa Marzotto (Mississippi State), Fr. (1) Australian records 13 saves in 1-0 win over Missouri to extend shutout streak to MSU-record 370 minutes. DEFENDERS Katie Beal (Florida State), Jr. (1) Records two goals and two assists for six points — two more than in her previous 45 games — in 6-1 win over San […]

Mike Jeffries' stint as Dallas Burn head coach ended Monday after the club asked him to step down. Dallas, with a 4-16-4 (win-loss-tie) record, is MLS's worst team of 2003 and is experiencing its poorest season in club history. Assistant coach Colin Clarke will fill the head-coaching spot on an interim basis. Jeffries, who leaves […]

Claudio Reyna made his debut for Manchester City. … Brad Friedel went down, 3-1, against Liverpool but was hailed for sparing Blackburn from a more embarrassing scoreline. … Kasey Keller and Tottenham went down to Chelsea. … Tim Howard celebrated a 2-0 win with Manchester United. … Steve Cherundolo assisted on the winning goal in […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Pat Noonan carries New England past the Metros; the Rapids clinch a playoff spot as John Spencer strikes again; L.A. stumbles to its second home loss; the Crew wins but so does D.C. as the East race gets tighter. BEST GOALS: Earnie Stewart and D.C. stunned the Quakes in a […]

The Women's United Soccer Association, which completed its third season in August, is ceasing operations. The WUSA's board of governors made the decision on Monday citing insufficient revenue to support a fourth year of play. A league statement, which revealed that WUSA's owners have invested more than $100 million to date to fund the league, […]

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

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

1. North Carolina (6-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) 2 3. UCLA (4-0-2) 4 4. Florida (6-0-0) 6 5. Pepperdine (5-1-0) 7 6. Texas (4-2-0) 5 7. Virginia (4-1-1) 17 8. West Virginia (5-1-0) 8 9. Penn State (4-1-1) 10 10. Santa Clara (2-1-3) 3 11. Tennessee (5-1-0) 13 12. Connecticut (3-0-2) 18 13. Portland […]

Juan Carlos Osorio grew up in Colombia and spent his adult life playing and coaching in the United States. Not the usual background of a English Premier League coach. ''You could say I had two stigmas,'' says Osorio, the fitness coach/assistant coach of Manchester City. ''South American coaches are practically unheard of in England, and […]

At its shortest distance, the English Channel separates England and France by 21 miles, but their soccer cultures are worlds apart. While attendance at French games has improved dramatically since the 1998 World Cup, the Ligue 1's average of 19,805 fans a game in 2002-03 was almost half the Premier League's. French players complain that […]

Officials of the Women's United Soccer Association called a teleconference for 4 pm ET Monday at which time they were expected to announce that the three-year league has suspended operations. The teleconference with President/CEO Lynn Morgan and Founder/Chairman John Hendricks follows the reported decision made today by the league's Board of Governors to suspend operations […]

Semifinals, First Leg Sept. 12 in Rochester, N.Y. Rochester 0 Charleston 0. Rochester — Andracki, Demmin, Schweitzer, Mendez, Sedgewick, Mladenov, Hayes, K.Wilson, Steenkamp, Miller, Fuller. Charleston — Hudock, Lewis, Phelan, Watson, J.Wilson, Chronopoulos (Jackson, 74), Klein, Titus, Goos (Trout, 71), Conway, Henderson (Bagley, 84) Referee: Andrew Chapin. Att.: 10,071. Sept. 12 in Seattle Seattle 0 […]

Top-ranked North Carolina needed a pair of golden goals to knock off No. 5 Texas and No. 15 Texas A&M. Midfielder Maggie Tomecka scored in the 105th minute to beat UT and freshman Elizabeth Guess' goal in the 92nd minute stopped the Aggies. The big winner of the week was No. 17 Virginia, which beat […]

Only two of the top 12 teams faltered this weekend: Third-ranked Wake Forest dropped a 2-1 decision at Virginia. Goals by Matt Oliver and Adam Cristman gave the Cavs the victory in front of 1,794 spectators at Klockner Stadium, ending Wake's 18-game unbeaten streak in the regular season. No. 10 Stanford fell apart in Providence, […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK'S RANK 1 Maryland (6-0-0) 2 9/10 — Loyola, Md. (4-0); 9/14 N.C. State (1-0) 2 UCLA (4-1-0) 1 9/14 — Cal State Fullerton (5-0) 3 Wake Forest (3-1-0) 3 9/13 — at Virginia (1-2) 4 Saint Louis (5-0-0) 10 9/13 — FIU (1-0) 5 North Carolina (5-0-1) 5 9/12 — Michigan […]