Monthly Archives: March 2004

BRUCE ARENA On the overall performance from the U.S.: ''I thought it was a good game for us today. Beasley's goal was big, since the Polish team was putting us under a lot of pressure early in the game. They also put us under a lot of pressure in the last 15 minutes, and Friedel […]

DaMarcus Beasley scored in the 26th minute to give the United States a 1-0 victory over Poland for its first victory of 2004 and its first victory in Europe since 1998. Beasley scored his fifth in 31 international appearances, finishing a nice combination passing play from Josh Wolff and Conor Casey, the lone player making […]

POLAND vs. USA Wednesday, March 31 in Plock, Poland ESPN2 (live) 1:30 pm ET/10:30 am PT The USA plays its fourth game of 2004, Wednesday in Poland. The Poles beat the USA, 3-1, in their final group game of the 2002 World Cup. Poland had already been eliminated at that point and the USA advanced […]

Brad Friedel and Blackburn lost a crucial match in their fight against relegation from the English Premier League. Conor Casey scored twice in Germany, but lost at home. Daniel Hernandez scored his first Mexican League goal, but was ejected in a 2-2 tie with Puebla. ENGLAND * Brian McBride (Fulham, PL) at Manchester City, 0-0. […]

First Round, First Leg March 26 Dominica (Casmir 88) Bahamas (Horton 66). First Round, Second Leg March 27 Surinam 8 (Kinsaini 6, 49, Loswijk 14, Felter 18, 65, 66, Sandvliet 42, Zinhagel 90) Aruba 1 (Escalona 24). (Suriname wins 10-2 on aggregate.) Cuba 3 (More 5, 50, 66) Cayman Islands 0. (Cuba wins 5-1 on […]

March 23 Colorado 4 Univ. of Denver 0 Dallas 2 SMU 2 March 24 Charleston Battery 1 Columbus 3 Wilmington Hammerheads 0 D.C. United 1 March 25 Los Angeles 1 Syracuse Salty Dogs 2 March 27 Columbus 0 D.C. United 0 Dallas 1 Chicago 0 Los Angeles 1 Kansas City 0 MetroStars 2 Colorado 2 […]

Former Rutgers University standout Denise Reddy played the full 90 minutes as Swedish power Malmo FF held German champion FFC Frankfurt to a 0-0 tie Sunday in the first leg of the UEFA Women's Cup semifinals. Reddy teamed with Swedish national-teamer Karolina Westberg in central defense as Malmo — one of two Swedish clubs in […]

GERMANY * Julie Augustyniak (FFC Turbine Potsdam, D1), vs. FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, Sunday. Season league stats: 2 games, 1 goal. * Nancy Augustyniak (FFC Turbine Potsdam, D1), vs. FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, Sunday. Season league stats: 3 games, 0 goals. * Dianne Garza (SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, D1), vs. VfL Wolfsburg, Sunday. Season league stats: 0 […]

ENGLAND * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL), at Man. City, Saturday(TV: Fox Sports World, delay, noon ET, repeat, 11 p.m. ET; Monday, Fox Sports Espanol, tape, 3 pm ET). Season league stats: 6 games. * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), vs. Portsmouth, Saturday. Season league stats: 29 games; 1 goal. * Tim Howard (Man. United, PL), at […]

March 23 Colorado 4 Univ. of Denver 0 Dallas 2 SMU 2 March 24 Chicago 4 San Juan Jabloteh (Trin. & Tob.) 0, CONCACAF Champions Cup Charleston Battery 1 Columbus 3, Carolina Challenge Cup Wilmington Hammerheads 0 D.C. United 1, Carolina Challenge Cup San Jose 1 Alajuela (Costa Rica) 0, CONCACAF Champions Cup March 25 […]

March 24 in Chicago Chicago (USA) 4 San Juan Jabloteh (T&T) 0. (Chicago wins, 6-5, on aggregate) Goals: Ralph 42 Selolwane 51, 62, Armas 90. Chicago — Ring, Whitfield, Curtin, Brown, Armas, Pause (Selolwane, 46), Williams (Gray, 92+), Mapp, Beasley, Ralph, Jaqua. San Juan Jabloteh — Williams, Daniel, Elcock, C.Gray, I.Gray, Baptiste (Primus, 40), Eve […]

The San Jose Earthquakes hit the crossbar twice and forced Alajuela goalkeeper Ricardo Gonzalez to make several spectacular saves while managing only a 1-0 win, which gave the Costa Ricans a 3-1 aggregate victory and a spot in the semifinals, where they will meet Mexico's Monterrey. San Jose forward Landon Donovan did not dress for […]

The Chicago Fire earned a CONCACAF Champions League semifinal spot with a 4-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago's San Juan Jabloteh. The four-goal win in Chicago followed last week's 5-2 San Juan victory and gave the Fire a 6-5 win on aggregate. Dispy Selolwane scored twice and assisted on the 90th-minute Chris Armas goal that […]

Coach Bruce Arena has named nine foreign-based and 10 MLS players to his 19-man roster for a March 31 friendly against Poland in Plock, Poland (1:30 pm ET, live on ESPN2). Included in a U.S. roster for the first time since the 2002 World Cup is goalkeeper Brad Friedel. ''With the crowded club schedule and […]

Tim Howard's honeymoon at Manchester United officially ended this weekend as coach Alex Ferguson has decided to go with Roy Carroll for the time being. Carroll played well in a 3-0 United bashing of Kasey Keller and Tottenham. Brad Friedel, meanwhile, blanked Aston Villa in an important 2-0 road victory for Blackburn that puts Rovers […]

Preliminary Round, First Leg March 19 Dominican Rep. 0 Anguilla 0. First Round, Second Leg March 21 Dominican Rep. 6 (Zapata 15, Severino 38, 60, Contreras 57, 90, Vasquez 76) Anguilla 0. (Dominican Republic wins 6-0 on aggregate.) Montserrat 0 Bermuda 7 (Hill 15, Nusum 20, 45, Bean 40, Smith 44, 46, Ming 76). (Bermuda […]

2004 US YOUTH SOCCER ODP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at Las Vegas, Nev. Finals Sunday, March 21 1988 Girls Washington 2 (Bell 23, 53) Connecticut 0 1988 Boys Wisconsin 0 California South 7 (Barbeito 7, Ortega 25, 36, 55, Molina 62, 67, Farfan 72) 1986 Girls California South 1 (Dew 2) North Texas 0 1986 Boys New […]

Longtime Georgetown University assistant coach Dave Nolan was promoted to head coach, and Mercer hired Grant Serafy, one of Georgia's top prep coaches, to lead its women's soccer program. Nolan served five years under former Georgetown coach Diane Drake, who resigned last month to take charge at George Mason. He also coached the Bethesda Excel […]

Nancy Augustyniak played 90 minutes for the third successive game, this time on the backline, as German League leader FFC Turbine Potsdam blitzed host FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, 3-0, on Sunday in a German Cup semifinal. Petra Wimbersky scored two goals for Turbine, which will meet FFC Frankfurt in the May 29 final in Berlin. Augustyniak […]

March 16 Academica (Portugal D1) 0 Kansas City 1 March 17 San Juan Jabloteh (Trin. & Tobago) 5 Chicago 2, CONCACAF Champions Cup Santa Clara (Portugal D1) 2 New England 4 Alajuela (Costa Rica) 3 San Jose 0, CONCACAF Champions Cup March 18 MetroStars 2 Florida International University 1 March 19 Virginia Beach Mariners 0 […]

Abby Wambach scored three goals and assisted on another and the U.S. women's national team claimed its third trophy of the year, repeating as Algarve Cup champions with a 4-1 romp over Norway in the final at Faro, Portugal. Lindsay Tarpley added a goal and an assist as the Americans evened their all-time series with […]

2004 ALGARVE CUP in southern Portugal U.S. SUMMARIES March 20 at Faro, Portugal United States 4 Norway 1. Goals: Wambach 30, 39, 51, Tarpley 42; Riise 38. United States — Scurry; Rampone, Reddick, Mitts, Markgraf; Boxx; Foudy (MacMillan, 77), Tarpley (Wagner, 68), Hucles (Osborne, 71); Wambach, Hamm (Parlow, 82). Norway — Nordby; Folstad, Stangeland, Tonnessen […]

2004 US YOUTH SOCCER ODP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at Las Vegas, Nev. Semifinals Friday, March 19 1988 Girls North Texas 0 Washington 1 (Thomas 70) Connecticut 3 (Schoepfer 65, 75, Shean 79) Illinois 2 (Zirlin 39, Moran 73) 1988 Boys North Carolina 2 (Arnoux 4, Carroll 12) Wisconsin 3 (Constancio 41+, Adlard 47, Eslami 68) Eastern […]

The U.S. women's national team on Thursday suffered its first defeat of 2004, but a goal 12 miles away by 2002 WUSA MVP Marinette Pichon sent the Americans to their fifth Algarve Cup title clash in nine tournament appearances. Young striker Josefin Oqvist scored two goals in Sweden's 3-1 victory over the U.S. women at […]

Manchester United returns to America this summer for the second Champions World Series, and AC Milan and Bayern Munich also will play in exhibitions. Chelsea, Liverpool, AS Roma and Glasgow Celtic also will play on the nine-match series. The 2004 Champions World Series will be played July 24-Aug. 3 at six venues in the United […]