Monthly Archives: January 2004

Former MLS forward Johnny Torres scored two goals as Orange County Blue Star, which plays in the fourth-division Premier Development League, held Swedish club Hammarby to a 2-2 tie Saturday in a closed-door match at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Torres, a 1997 Hermann Award winner at Creighton who played for the New England […]

Coach Glenn Myernick has named his 20-man roster for the U.S. U-23 men's national team, which begins its Olympic qualifying campaign on Feb. 3 in Guadalajara. The U.S. U-23s face Canada Feb. 5 and Honduras Feb. 7. The top two finishers in the group reach the semifinals, whose winners will earn a spot in next […]

Soccer America Magazine named Saint Louis forward Vedad Ibisevic its 2003 Men's College Freshman of the Year: Unpredictable on the dribble, quick on the trigger with either foot and nasty enough to intimidate some defenders, Ibisevic stormed past Brian McBride's freshman scoring record at SLU and finished with 40 points. COLLEGE: Soccer America 2003 Men's […]

Shannon Boxx scored one goal and helped set up one of two by Lindsay Tarpley as the U.S. women's national team rocked World Cup runner-up Sweden, 3-0, Friday in the opener of the annual Four Nations tournament in Shenzhen, China. Teng Wei scored twice as China dominated Canada in a 2-1 victory in the second […]

CHAD BARRETT (UCLA) Forward from Beaver ton, Ore. A hard-nosed approach yielded 10 goals 8 assists for Oregon native, the only non-Californian on the Pac-10 champion Bruins. RYAN BURKE (VIRGINIA) Goalkeeper from Cumberland Foreside, Maine Finished the season with a 1.12 GAA; helped Cavaliers win ACC Tournament by making six saves in penalty kick tiebreakers. […]

U.S. national team forward Heather O'Reilly is Soccer America's choice as the nation's top college women's freshman. The University of North Carolina star, who scored eight of her 16 goals during the Tar Heels' march through the NCAA tournament toward its 18th national championship, heads Soccer America's 2003 College Women's All-America team. The 11-player team […]

Coach John Ellinger has invited three South Californians — Eder Robles, Andreas Andrews and David Arvizu — to join his U-17 residency players in a six-camp in Carson, Calif., beginning Jan. 31. The camp will include a scrimmage with the Los Angeles Galaxy. U-17 '87s TRAINING CAMP ROSTER: GOALKEEPERS: Marcus Rein (Modesto, Calif.), Stephen Sandbo […]

Mexico will face Chile at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 18. It will mark the Mexican national team's second appearance at the Depot, having played El Salvador there last July, a month after the stadium's unveiling. Mexico's last game on U.S. soil was a scoreless tie with Iceland in San […]

Marco Etcheverry, who has left D.C. United after eight years, will play in Sunday's farewell game for Colombian great Carlos Valderrama. Valderrama, a veteran of three World Cups, played seven seasons in MLS (1996-2002) for Tampa Bay, Miami and Colorado. The game in Barranquilla will pit Colombians against a world all-star team including Eric Cantona, […]

Saturday, April 3 San Jose at D.C. United MetroStars at Columbus Chicago at Kansas City Colorado at Dallas New England at Los Angeles Saturday, April 10 Chicago at San Jose D.C. United at Los Angeles Saturday, April 17 D.C. United at MetroStars San Jose at New England Columbus at Kansas City Dallas at Chicago Los […]

Alexi Lalas, who played for the Los Angeles Galaxy last season, has been named president and general manager of the 2003 MLS champion San Jose Earthquakes. ''There is no one as qualified to help us take the sport and franchise to the next level as Alexi,'' said Timothy Leiweke, president of the Anschutz Entertainment Group […]

ENGLAND (FA Cup, Fourth Round) * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL), at Everton (PL), 1-1. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 8. Bocanegra, who helped set up Fulham's goal, was The Sun's ''Dream Team Star Man … Looks like he has been playing over here for years.'' Bocanegra saved a shot off his own goal […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named 17 MLS players for a training camp beginning Feb. 4 in Bradenton, Fla., in preparation for a Feb. 18 friendly against the Netherlands in Amsterdam. The group will train for 10 days prior to Arena selecting the final roster, which will consist of a mix of MLS and European-based […]

CONCACAF has unveiled the venues for the Under-20 and U-17 final qualifying stages that will take place in 2005. The United States and Honduras have been selected as the host nations for the respective qualifying groups in winter 2005 for the U-20 competition that will lead four CONCACAF places into the World Youth Championship later […]

The Chicago Fire has signed an agreement with the Village of Bridgeview to build a $70 million, 20,000- to 25,000-seat soccer stadium in Chicago's Southland region that will house the Major League Soccer team permanently with a targeted move-in date of Spring 2006. With last summer's completion of The Home Depot Center, home to MLS's […]

Mexico's under-23 national team, preparing for CONCACAF's Feb. 2-12 Olympic qualifying tournament, closed a two-match U.S. tour Saturday with a 3-2 victory over Swedish club Hammarby at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Stadium. Morelia's Rafael Marquez, who scored the lone goal in last weekend's 1-0 victory over Honduras' U-23s in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., netted a pair, […]

Denmark closed its Southern California training camp Friday night with a 3-1 loss to Salvadoran club Aguila at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Rudi Corrales and Alexander Campos scored second-half goals and Danish defender Martin Albrechtsen netted an own goal as Aguila, which begins play in the Salvadoran Clausura on Wednesday, finished its Southern California camp […]

Neil Sedgwick has been hired as the second women's head soccer coach at the University of Montana, taking over the Grizzlies following three seasons on USC coach Jim Millinder's staff. Sedgwick, a Canadian national team staff coach, replaces Becky Duerksen, who resigned in November after 10 years as head coach. Sedgwick, who played at Dalhousie […]

Marco Etcheverry is one of only 23 players to have played in all eight MLS seasons. He is one of only six players to play all eight seasons at the same club. Of the six, only one player — Columbus defender Mike Clark — is currently under contract for 2004. *JEFF AGOOS (D.C. United, 1996-2000, […]

Marco Etcheverry, the last remaining foreign star brought in for MLS's launch in 1996, is leaving D.C. United. The 33-year-old Bolivian playmaker will not return in 2004. He was the only player remaining from United's inaugural 1996 season and finished his eighth MLS campaign as United's top scorer with 19 points on six goals and […]

William and Mary menÆs coach Al Albert has stepped down from coaching after 33 years with the Tribe and will immediately assume a position with the Tribe Club, the fundraising arm of the athletic department. Former Tribe standout and long-time assistant coach Chris Norris will replace Albert. 'It is tough to walk away from a […]

ENGLAND (FA Cup, Fourth Round) * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL), at Everton (PL), Sunday. * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), no action. * Tim Howard (Man. Utd., PL), at Northampton (D3), Sunday (TV: closed circuit/Setanta, live, 11 am). * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL), at Man. City (PL), Sunday (TV: closed circuit/Setanta, live, 8 am). * Jovan […]

All six college players in the U.S. women's national team training camp in Carson, Calif., have been selected for the squad that will play Sweden, China and Canada at the annual Four Nations tournament in Shenzhen, China. Two of the sextet — defender Catherine Reddick and forward Heather O'Reilly — are a national-team regulars, but […]

U.S. national team defender Brandi Chastain and Brazilian star Sissi have signed to play with the California Storm of the Women's Premier Soccer League, a Division II outfit headquartered in California. They will be joined in Sacramento by San Jose CyberRays teammate Keri Sanchez. The trio were lured to the WPSL after the collapse of […]

Goalkeepers: D.J. Countess (Dallas Burn), Doug Warren (D.C. United). Defenders: Nat Borchers (Colorado Rapids), Jose Burciaga (Kansas City Wizards), Ricky Lewis (Los Angeles Galaxy), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Logan Pause (Chicago Fire), David Stokes (D.C. United), Zak Whitbread (Liverpool/England), Chris Wingert (Columbus Crew). Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire), Kyle Beckerman (Colorado Rapids), Brian Carroll (D.C. […]