Monthly Archives: April 2004

China's and Japan's national women's soccer teams advanced Saturday to the Athens Olympics, winning semifinal matches at the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Japan. Japan, led by former Atlanta Beat midfielder Homare Sawa, routed North Korea, 3-0, to earn its spot among the 10 teams in the Olympic women's soccer tournament. China edged South Korea, […]

Abby Wambach netted her 10th and 11th goals of the year and Mia Hamm played a role in four tallies as the U.S. women's national team routed Brazil, 5-1, Saturday in its first domestic match of 2004. Hamm ran roughshod over the Brazilians, assisting three first-half goals –Julie Foudy's 13th-minute opener and Wambach's scores in […]

Carlos ''Chile'' Farias netted a hat trick and seven other Baltimore Blast players scored goals as the reigning Major Indoor Soccer League champions romped to a 12-3 victory Friday night over host Milwaukee Wave in the opener of MISL Championship series. Farias, who played two games with the MLS's San Jose Clash in 1999, broke […]

Tony DiTucci, in charge of Central Michigan University's women's soccer program since head coach Mark Salisbury departed in January for Idaho State, has been confirmed as the Chippewas' head coach. DiTucci served two years as Salisbury's assistant, directing the program's youth camps and playing key roles in recruiting and fundraising. Salisbury, Central Michigan head coach […]

The Baltimore Blast faces an uphill battle as it seeks its second successive Major Indoor Soccer League title starting Friday with the opening game of the best-of-five championship series. The Milwaukee Wave, which fell in a best-of-three series to the Blast last season, appears to have an edge after posting the best regular-season record in […]

It's another homecoming for Catherine Reddick on Saturday when the U.S. women's national team faces Brazil in Birmingham, Ala. (ESPN2, 11:55 a.m. CDT), in the first of six anticipated domestic friendlies before the Americans compete in the Olympic tournament in Greece. Reddick, from Birmingham, will anchor the U.S. backline at Legion Field in the absence […]

Former WUSA goalkeeper Maite Zabala, still seeking her first Spanish League appearance since signing in late March with Athletic Bilbao, may get the opportunity in Sunday's showdown with Sabadell. Zabala, a former University of California standout who played with Atlanta, Philadelphia and Carolina in the WUSA, couldn't make her debut in a bigger match. The […]

The Chicago FireÆs 2-1 home win over Costa RicaÆs Deportivo Saprissa on Wednesday sends the Costa Ricans, who won the first leg, 2-0, to the CONCACAF Champions Cup final with a 3-2 aggregate win in the semifinal series. Alonso Solis, taking advantage of a misplayed ball by ChicagoÆs Kelly Gray, scored in the 11th minute […]

The U.S. U-20s beat a Haiti Select team, 1-0, on a Craig Capano goal in front of 9,105 fans at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Coach Thomas Rongen's team downed Jamaica's U-20s, 1-0, on a goal by Brandon Owens. ''We played a good game tonight and beat a good Haiti […]

Striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who scored for Mexico in the last two World Cup, has been called up by Coach Ricardo Lavolpe for Mexico's April 28 friendly against the USA in Dallas. Blanco's last appearance for El Tri came in a scoreless tie with Colombia in February 2003. He is one of only three players on […]

Greg Ashton, who averaged nearly 18 wins per season and twice reached the NCAA Division III final four in four years at Trinity (Texas) University, was announced Tuesday as the head women's soccer coach at Davidson. Ashton, a New Zealander who spent nine seasons at the San Antonio school, takes over for Kevin Hundley, who […]

Los Angeles forward Carlos Ruiz, who in his first season MLS, in 2002, scored in each of the GalaxyÆs first four games, has started the 2004 season with a goal in each of the GalaxyÆs first three games. à The Chicago Fire, which scored the second-most goals in the league in 2003 with an average […]

Conor Casey, who has scored 13 goals for German Second Division club Karlsruhe, is the only foreign-based played on Coach Bruce ArenaÆs roster for the friendly against Mexico in Dallas April 28 (8:30 p.m. ET, live on Telemundo and Fox Sports World. U.S. Roster for Mexico friendly Friendly, April 28, 2004 at the Cotton Bowl […]

MLS is headed into preseason after a winter filled with movement. Freddy Adu, the 14-year-old sensation, signed with the league. Several U.S. internationals headed to Europe. Long-time foreign stars were on the way out. Teams loaded up on young talent at the MLS SuperDraft. Now is the time for you to say what you think […]

Tony Sanneh, in his second appearance for Nuremberg after a 15-month injury layoff, scored in a 5-3 win that put his club in command of first place in the German Second Division. Conor Casey of German Second Division club Karlsruhe scored his 13th goal of the season, making him the league's fourth leading scorer and […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The Revs and Fire remain winless, San Jose gets off the schneid, Fabian Taylor upstages Freddy's first goal, and Tony Meola's 50th shutout helps Kansas City to victory. BEST GOAL: Bikes are hard to beat and Dwayne DeRosario's overhead strike keyed a rally that powered San Jose past New England, […]

April 17 Puerto Rico 0 Toronto 1 (Garba 100). Richmond 0 Charleston 2 (Simmonds 31, Goos 54).

Hope Solo, the former University of Washington All-American and Philadelphia Charge goalkeeper, notched her second shutout for Kopparbergs/Goteborg, leading the club to another 1-0 Damallsvenskan victory, this time over Sjalevads IK in K/G's home opener. Solo, who shutout Sunnana SK the previous week, faced few tests in shutting down Sjalevads, and Sofia Palmqvist netted K/Goteborg's […]

WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE April 16 Central California Gold 2 (Tafolla 9, Van Dyke 26) California Storm 5 (Whitney 11, Sissi 15, Phillips 48, Burt 80, Hemoch 90)

The Baltimore Blast, defending Major Indoor Soccer champion, and the Milwaukee Wave advanced to the MISL championship series with one-sided victories in Friday's semifinals. The Blast scored the first four goals and held the visiting Dallas Sidekicks scoreless until the second half in a 6-1 romp at 1st Mariner Arena. Milwaukee also netted the first […]

April 17 in East Rutherford, NJ Metrostars 3 DC United 2. Goals: Taylor 50, Wolyniec (Guevara) 57, Taylor (Gaven) 63; Olsen (Kovalenko, Moreno) 26, Adu (Gros) 75. MetroStars – Walker, Ziadie, Bonseu, Pope (Parke, 66), Leitch, Vaca, Guevara, Lisi (Clark, 73), Gaven, Wolyniec, Magee (Taylor, 46). DC United – Warren, Namoff, Carroll, Nelsen, Petke, Stewart, […]

Former Atlanta Beat defenders Julie and Nancy Augustyniak meet up with ex-UCLA standout Tracey Winzen on Sunday when FFC Turbine Potsdam is home against VfL Wolfsburg in German League action. Turbine, featuring the Augustyniak twins, are one point behind FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga. Wolfsburg, with Winzen (who was in the San Diego Spirit's preseason […]

The USA's final game before the start of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup will pit Bruce Arena's men against Honduras, which is coached by former U.S. national team coach Bora Milutinovic (1991-95). Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., will host the game June 2, 11 days before the USA faces Grenada June 13 in the […]

Ajax Amsterdam has extended American John O'Brien's contract through the summer of 2005. O'Brien, 26, has played only four Dutch League games this season because of various injuries. The Californian, who joined Ajax as a teenager, played every minute of the USA's five games at the 2002 World Cup after helping Ajax win the 2001-02 […]

(Home teams listed first) Saturday, April 17, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT METROSTARS (1-0-0, 3 pts) vs. DC UNITED (1-0-1, 4 pts). TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Metrostars – none; DC United — FW Santino Quaranta (adductor tear), FW Eliseo Quintanilla (R fibula fracture), FW Thiago Martins (L ACL surgery). Referee: Alex Prus. Saturday, April […]