Monthly Archives: January 2004

The team will train for seven days before Myernick must cut down the roster to 20 players by the Jan. 31 deadline. The U.S. roster is led by two members of the 2002 World Cup team, Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes) and DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire). Myernick also picked Bobby Convey (D.C. United), another U.S. […]

NETHERLANDS (Eredivisie) * John O'Brien (Ajax, D1), at Roda JC, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. O'Brien made first appearance in nine months, recovering from a layoff with an Achilles tendon injury. O'Brien returned to a team devastated by offseason losses and injuries. Only one player — Wesley Sneijder — was in the starting lineup against Roda […]

American defender Cory Gibbs has decided not to follow through with his transfer from German Third Division club St. Pauli to German Second Division club Jahn Regensburg. ''Mr. Gibbs signed over the weekend,'' club official Heinz Groenewold, who was angry about Gibbs' reversal, told NDR. ''We learned of his change of mind in the newspaper. […]

Freddy Adu, the 14-year-old sensation, has signed with MLS. He should become the youngest player to play in an American team sport in more than a century. Now is the time for you to say what you think about Freddy. Here are your picks out of 412 votes. How many goals will Freddy score for […]

Coaches Manfred Schellschiedt and Ken Lolla have taken a U.S. U-15 national team roster of 34 players to Mexico for a seven-day tour. The squad will be split into two teams and play three games each against youth teams of Chivas, Tecos and a to-be-determined opponent. Most of the players on the roster were born […]

Soccer America senior editor Scott French won the 2003 NSCAA Writing Contest award for best college story. His article, ''Clive Charles: 'I Owe This Game Everything''' appeared in the Jan. 20, 2003 issue of Soccer America Magazine. ''[Scott French's] interview with Portland coaching legend Clive Charles stood out in the College division,'' according to the […]

Clint Mathis will join German First Division club Hannover 96 on a free transfer from MLS. The former MetroStar striker has committed to Hannover through 2006, according to a Bundesliga press release. Mathis, 27, who represented the USA at the 2002 World Cup, has played in MLS since 1998 with Los Angeles (1998-99) and the […]

U.S. national team forward Brian McBride, who has played for the Columbus Crew for the last eight years, is moving to English Premier League club Fulham. The two-and-a-half year deal is subject to the granting of a work permit and a successful medical exam. Major League Soccer will receive a transfer fee, the amount of […]

Brian West signed a two-year deal with Norwegian club Fredrikstad, which won promotion to the Tippeliga, the top level of Norwegian soccer, in 2004. West played six seasons with the Crew after joining it out of the University of Virginia. He has seven caps for the United States.

More than 50 jerseys and balls were raffled off at the Soccer America/NSCAA Jersey Raffle on Jan. 17, raising $7,007 for the Special Olympics and the NSCAA Foundation. The winners are: Prize (winner) Manchester United-David Beckham (Michael Taddonio) San Jose Earthquakes (Geroge Noujiam) Celtic (Jay Di Alessandro) China Women's World Cup (Kathy Ziolad) Kashima Antlers […]

MEN'S FINAL ROUND at Guadalajara Group A: Canada, Honduras, Panama, United States Group B: Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Costa Rica Schedule Feb. 2 (Jalisco Stadium): Costa Rica vs. Jamaica, Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago. Feb. 3 (3 de Marzo Stadium): Canada vs. Honduras, Panama vs. United States. Feb. 4 (Jalisco): Costa Rica vs. Trinidad […]

Carlos Bocanegra, who left MLS's Chicago Fire and signed with Fulham Jan. 8, made his English Premier League debut Jan. 19 in a 3-1 loss at Newcastle. Bocanegra played left back. ENGLAND * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL) at Newcastle, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. A crowd of 50,104 at St James' Park watched Newcastle take advantage […]

Carlo Corrazin's 10th-minute goal stood up against Barbados, giving former San Jose Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop a 1-0 victory in his debut as Canadian national team coach. Earthquakes forward Dwayne DeRosario's fed Corrazin for a close-in shot, and the Canadians, featuring seven players making their international debuts, prevailed at Bridgetown, Barbados. ''ItÆs good to start […]

Landon Donovan's 76th-minute penalty kick answered a first-half spot kick by Denmark as the U.S. national team settled for a 1-1 tie Sunday afternoon before 10,461 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Donovan fired inside the right post after Mexican referee Antonio Rodriguez Mendoza whistled Danish defender Per Nielsen for a hand ball […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Carson, Calif. (The USA takes on Denmark Sunday at the Home Depot Center — 3:30 pm ET/12:30 pm PT, live on ESPN) CARSON, Calif. — Another year, another U.S. friendly, and another chance for national team coach Bruce Arena to test a Galaxy midfielder at right back. Twelve months ago, Sasha […]

The U.S. under-23 men's national team, preparing for CONCACAF's Olympic qualifying tournament, closed a grueling camp Friday night, rallying for a 2-1 victory over Salvadoran club Aguila in a heated match at East Los Angeles College's Weingart Stadium. Alecko Eskandarian finished a Kyle Beckerman feed in the 60th minute and Conor Casey converted an 85th-minute […]

Hartwick College, one of the most famous names in college soccer, will be converting its men's soccer program and women's water polo programs from Division I to Division III (non-athletic scholarship) status. Hartwick currently competes at the D3 level in all other sports. The programs will remain at the Division I in 2004, but the […]

Hartwick College President Dick Miller sent the following message to the college community on Thursday, January 15, 2004. Memorandum To: College Community From:áDick Miller Date:áJanuary 15, 2004 Re: Athletics at Hartwick One of the great strengths of a liberal arts community like ours is the ability to consider undergraduate education in its broadest context. We […]

The following are the results of the MLS SuperDraft held Friday in Charlotte, N.C. FIRST ROUND 1 D.C. United (from DAL), F Freddy Adu (U.S. under-17 residency) 2 Columbus, D Chad Marshall (Stanford) 3 Los Angeles, F Joseph Ngwenya (Coastal Carolina/Zimbabwe) 4 Kansas City (from DAL, DC), F Matt Taylor (UCLA) 5 San Jose (from […]

U.S. Soccer named forward Landon Donovan as the 2003 Chevrolet Male Athlete of the Year and forward Abby Wambach as the 2003 Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year. Donovan, who led the San Jose Earthquakes to its second MLS title in three years, is the youngest winner of the U.S. Soccer men's award. Wambach helped […]

The following is the updated order for the MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Friday, Jan. 16, in Charlotte, N.C., beginning at 10 am ET Fox Sports World will air the SuperDraft live for the first time and also present a one-hour SuperDraft recap show Friday evening (7:00 p.m and midnight ET). FIRST ROUND 1 […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Carson, Calif. Santos Laguna rallied from deficits in the first half and during the penalty-kick tiebreaker, claiming Mexico's No. 1 spot in the Libertadores Cup following a 2-2 draw with Atlas on Wednesday night in the Interliga final before another packed house at the Home Depot Center. Julio Pinheiro […]

The following are the updated number of picks each team has and the order of the picks for the MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Friday, Jan. 16, in Charlotte, N.C., beginning at 10 am ET (TV: Fox Sports World, live): Chicago picked up its league-high 11th pick in a deal involving the MetroStars, who […]

The following is the updated order for the MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Friday, Jan. 16, in Charlotte, N.C., beginning at 10 am ET (TV: Fox Sports World, live): Dallas and San Jose both have two first-round selections. Chicago leads all teams with five picks in the first two rounds. The MetroStars' first pick […]

The Columbus Crew continued its wheeling and dealing, picking up veteran Robin Fraser from Colorado for the Crew's 16th overall pick in Friday's SuperDraft and a conditional 2005 pick. Fraser has played in MLS since its inception in 1996. he's a four-time MLS Best XI selection and was Defender of the Year in 1999. He […]