Monthly Archives: February 2004

RESULTS First Round, First Leg Feb. 22 Cayman Islands 1 (Elliott 72) Cuba 2 (More 52, Marten 89). British Virgin Islands 0 St. Lucia 1 (Elva 54). First Round, Second Leg Feb. 21 Turks & Caicos 0 Haiti 2 (Lomera pen. 9, own goal 42). (Haiti wins 7-0 on aggregate.) SCHEDULE First Round, First Leg […]

American goalkeeper Brad Friedel scored an 89th minute goal for Blackburn to tie Charlton 2-2 — then was beaten on a stoppage-time volley as his team lost, 3-2, on Saturday. With his team trailing 2-1, Friedel left his goal to join a Blackburn corner kick. When Charlton failed to clear the corner kick, Friedel shot […]

ABC and ESPN2 will combine to offer viewers 29 MLS telecasts in 2004. A total of 26 games will appear on ESPN2, while ABC will televise the League's opening match (Saturday, April 3), the MLS All-Star Game (Saturday, July 24) and MLS Cup 2004 (Sunday, Nov. 14.) ESPN2 MLS 2004 Schedule: All times ET. Sat., […]

Kerry Dziczkaniec, an assistant coach at the Division I level nearly a dozen years, has been hired as women's soccer coach at the University of Vermont. Dziczkaniec, 32, arrives from the University of Maryland, where she's been an assistant to Shannon Higgins Cirovski the past five years. She previously was an assistant coach at Florida […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Some miserable individual performances and a questionable tactical scheme unhinged the USA sufficiently for the Netherlands to post a deserved 1-0 victory at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday. There were good points for the USA. Cory Gibbs' eighth cap, which matched him against Dutch predator Ruud Van Nistelrooy, was by […]

Omar Bravo's superb finish in the 50th minute made up for Mexico's lax defending late in the first half, and the Tricolores settled for a 1-1 tie with Chile in a spirited friendly Wednesday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Bravo scored from Israel Lopez's feed to the delight of most in […]

WORLD CUP: CONCACAF Qualifying Results First Round, First Leg Feb. 18 U.S. Virgin Islands 0 St. Kitts & Nevis 4 (Huggins 29, Lake 52, 65, Isaac 63). Haiti 5 (Peguero 6, Descollines 42, 45, 50, Corriolan 70) Turks & Caicos 0. Antigua & Barbuda 2 (Roberts 42, Clarke 89) Neth. Antilles 0.

Asia Group 1 Feb. 18 Jordan 5 (Aqel 39, Al-Shaqran 45, 63, Aburomeh 90, Deeb 90) Laos 0. Iran 3 (Nikbakht-Vahedi 8, Mahdavikia 45, Daei 61) Qatar 1 (Hamza 76) Standings: Jordan, Iran 3 points; Qatar, Laos 0. Group 2 Feb. 18 Uzbekistan 1 (Oliyev 79) Iraq1 (Aiwan 57). Palestine 8 (Al Kord 8, Habiab […]

Arjen Robben's goal in the 57th minute gave the Netherlands a 1-0 victory over the United States Wednesday in an international friendly at the Amsterdam ArenA. The tightly played game produced few great chances. The best U.S. chance came in the 75th minute when DaMarcus Beasley headed the ball back toward Bobby Convey whose shot […]

FIRST ROUND, FIRST LEG Feb. 18 U.S. Virgin Islands vs. St. Kitts & Nevis Haiti vs. Turks & Caicos Islands (in Miami) Antigua & Barbuda vs. Netherlands Antilles Feb. 22 Cayman Islands vs. Cuba British Virgin Islands vs. St. Lucia Feb. 28 Aruba vs. Suriname Grenada vs. Guyana Feb. 29 Bermuda vs. Montserrat March 19 […]

(Netherlands vs. USA, Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Amsterdam, live on ESPN2, 2:30 pm ET/11:30 am PT) 0 — Wins by USA in Europe under Bruce Arena (5 games). 1 — European Championship titles won by Netherlands (1988). 2 — CONCACAF Gold Cup titles won by USA (1991, 2002). 7 — World Cups USA has played […]

Two members of the U.S. team that finished fourth in the CONACAF Olympic qualifying tournament were named to the all-tournament team selected by the CONCACAF Technical Study Group: GOALKEEPER Adrian De Lemos (Costa Rica) DEFENDERS Aaron Galindo (Mexico) Francisco Rodriguez (Mexico) Michael Umana (Costa Rica) MIDFIELDERS Bobby Convey (USA) Jose Luis Lopez (Costa Rica) Diego […]

The U.S. national team will follow up its friendly on Wednesday in the Netherlands with friendlies against Haiti (March 13 in Miami, Fla.) and Poland (March 31 in Plock, Poland). The Americans, who begin their qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup with a two-game series against Grenada or Guyana (June 13 at home; June […]

Nuremberg's 2-2 tie with Mainz on Monday keeps Energie Cottbus (Gregg Berhalter) in second place of the German Second Division, two points above third-place Nuremberg and three points above fourth-place Mainz. The top three teams win promotion to the First Division. Cottbus is hoping to climb back after suffering relegation last season. There are 14 […]

Ajax Amsterdam defender John O'Brien, the one member of the U.S. roster who plays his club ball in the Netherlands, will miss Wednesday's Netherlands-USA friendly in Amsterdam because of a hamstring strain suffered in Ajax practice last Friday.

U.S. coach Bruce Arena welcomes his strongest squad since the 2002 World Cup for tomorrow's clash against the Netherlands as he prepares for 2006 World Cup qualifying while Dutch coach Dick Advocaat is fine-tuning his team for this summer's European Championship in Portugal. (Netherlands vs. USA, Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Amsterdam, live on ESPN2, 2:30 […]

ENGLAND (FA Cup, Fifth Round) * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL), vs. West Ham (D1), 0-0. Started: 90 minutes. Manager Chris Coleman was livid after the game, saying, ''We had too many pretenders and not enough men.'' He also took a shot at Fulham fans. There were 4,500 empty seats in the home end of Loftus […]

Deb Flaherty, a former All-Big Ten selection and three-year captain at the University of Michigan, has been hired as Holy Cross' women's soccer coach. Flaherty arrives from West Chester University in Pennsylvania, where she posted a 31-12-15 in three seasons as head coach and guided the Golden Rams to the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional […]

By Scott French Senior Editor Tiffeny Milbrett, the sprite striker who has scored 99 goals for the U.S. women's national team since debuting in 1991, has cut short her international career, unhappy with the style of play employed by the U.S. women. Milbrett, 31, told Soccer America this week that a clash of philosophies with […]

The U.S. U-23s, whose 4-0 loss to Mexico on Tuesday keeps them out of the 2004 Olympics, finished fourth in the CONCACAF qualifying following a penalty-kick tiebreaker loss to Honduras after a 1-1 tie. Alecko Eskandarian scored his fourth goal of the tournament to give the Americans a 1-0 lead in the 50th minute. Honduras […]

Former Philadelphia Charge coach Mark Krikorian has been hired as the U.S. under-19 women's head coach, taking over for Tracey Leone, who has been promoted to April Heinrichs' assistant with the full women's national team. Krikorian, 43, will accompany the U-19s on their trek next week to Mexico, where they will meet Mexico's senior national […]

The following is the roster Dutch coach Dick Advocaat named for the friendly against the United States on Feb. 18 in Amsterdam: Goalkeepers: Edwin Van der Sar (Fulham), Ronald Waterreus (PSV) Defenders: Michael Reiziger (Barcelona), Frank de Boer (Galatasaray), Wilfred Bouma (PSV), Jaap Stam (Lazio), John Heitinga (Ajax), Boudewijn Zenden (Middlesbrough). Midfielders: Mark Van Bommel […]

American soccer has seen a proliferation of big-money youth clubs in recent years. But just how good are they? Soccer America selects the top 20 boys and girls clubs based on three categories: (1) success in U.S. Youth Soccer championships since 2001; (2) the number of players who went on to national and regional teams […]

The first national championship for girls wasn't held until 1980, but girls club soccer has taken off in recent years. Six of the top eight clubs in the girls Top 20 also ranked in the boys Top 20. California led all states with five girls Top 20 clubs. American soccer has seen a proliferation of […]

America's best youth clubs are sending boys as young as 14 to U.S. Soccer's residency program. Older youth players are skipping college ball and moving directly to the pros, not only to clubs in MLS but also in the English Premier League. American soccer has seen a proliferation of big-money youth clubs in recent years. […]