Monthly Archives: May 2004

Hope Solo notched her fourth shutout in five matches, and Venus James scored in her first game overseas in Swedish League action on Saturday. Solo led surprising Kopparergs/Goteborg to a 2-0 victory at Stattena IF to keep pace with Damallsvenskan leaders Djurgarden/Alvsjo, which pulled away from Mallbackens IF, 2-0, on JamesÆ late strike. Solo, who […]

May 15 in Columbus Columbus 1 New England 0. Goal: Buddle 41. Columbus – Busch, Herdsman, Marshall, Nelson Akwari, Hejduk, Elliott, Martino (Oughton, 79), Paule, Denton, Buddle (Ritch, 88), Cunningham (Scott, 82). New England – Reis, Heaps, Kamler, Kante (Baker, 46), Franchino, Ralston, Cancela, Dempsey, Leonard, Noonan, Twellman. Yellow Cards: Columbus – Herdsman 54, Akwari […]

MLS's Disciplinary Committee has fined D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen and coach Peter Nowak $250 and $500, respectively, for public criticism of game officials following a 1-1 tie against the Columbus Crew at RFK Stadium on Saturday, May 8. Both players lashed out at referee Terry Vaughn for calling a penalty kick after D.C. United […]

American striker Conor Casey, who has 13 German Second Division goals this season, is only one point above the relegation zone with Karlsruhe and faces a crucial match against second-to-last-place Union Berlin. At the other end of the German Second Division standings, Nuremberg (Tony Sanneh) has clinched promotion while Energie Cottbus (Gregg Berhalter) will try […]

(home team listed first) Saturday, May 15, 4:00 pm ET/3:00 pm CT/1:00 pm PT COLUMBUS (0-3-2, 2 pts) vs. NEW ENGLAND (1-2-2, 5 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Columbus – DF Robin Fraser (suspension); New England – MD Shalrie Joseph (suspension), DF Carlos Llamosa (L knee sprain), FW Joe-Max Moore (R – Knee Sprain), […]

Despite playing every minute of Tottenham's 44 matches this season, U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller will have to earn his place next season. Tottenham's Web site confirmed Thursday that the team has agreed to a $2.64 million deal to acquire goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Leeds. Robinson, 24, has made four appearances for England. Leeds has reported […]

May 12 in San Jose San Jose Earthquakes 4 (Mullan 47, 84, Donovan 55, 81) Sporting (Portugal) 1 (Lideon 39). Att.: 5,254. May 12 in Houston El Salvador (Gochez 29, Murgas pen. 43, Martinez 72) Haiti 3 (Peguero 10, Desolines 15, Lormera 82). Att.: 4,000. May 15 in East Providence, R.I. Rhode Island Stingrays vs. […]

Schedule subject to change. May 12 San Jose Earthquakes vs. Sporting (Portugal) in San Jose El Salvador vs. Haiti in Houston May 15 Rhode Island Stingrays vs. Sporting (Portugal) in East Providence, R.I. May 19 New England Revolution vs. Sporting (Portugal) in Foxboro, Mass. May 23 Western Mass. Pioneers vs. Sporting (Portugal) in Ludlow, Mass. […]

Patrick Farmer, a two-time NSCAA national Coach of the Year who guided the New York Power during the first two WUSA seasons, has been hired as the second head coach in Syracuse University women's soccer history. Farmer, who turned 55 on Sunday, takes over for April Kater, who resigned in early April to pursue environmental […]

Tony Sanneh, whose return from a 15-month injury layoff coincided with a five-game Nuremberg winning streak, celebrated promotion back to the German First Division after a 4-3 win over doomed last-place Osnabrueck (Joe Enochs). Because of injuries, John O'Brien was unable to do much this season to help Ajax clinch its 29th Dutch Honor Division […]

Major Indoor Soccer League scoring champion Greg Howes is a near-unanimous selection as the league's MVP after leading the Milwaukee Wave to the championship series. Dallas coach Tatu, Kansas City's Jamar Beasley, Philadelphia's Peter Pappas and Monterrey's Genoni Martinez also were honored with postseason awards. Howes, a four-year MISL veteran, scored 57 goals and amassed […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The Metros and Quakes share 10 goals; Columbus snags a point in stoppage time; Dallas falls from the unbeaten ranks; Adin Brown and Joe Cannon trade heroics as the Rapids and Revs go goalless; and the Fire scores late to tie the Wizards. BEST GOALS: Of the 20 goals scored […]

Hope Solo earned her third shutout in four Swedish League matches with Kopparbergs/Goteborg, and Nancy Augustyniak tried out a new position at German power FFC Turbine Potsdam just before heading home to America to join the U.S. women's national team's Olympic Residency in Carson, Calif. Solo, a former University of Washington All-American who played last […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE May 8 Ajax of Southern California 2 (Colen 23, Delaney 61) San Diego SFC 1 (Esquivel 86) Elk Grove Pride 1 (Serwanga 80) California Storm 3 (Schott 28, Sissi 56) San Francisco Nighthawks 5 (Findlay 17, DeSantis 70, Gudiel 75, pen. 85, Dohrmann 80) Central California Gold 2 (Swartz 34, Gallegos […]

W-LEAGUE May 8 Rhode Island 1 (Leahy 23) Long Island (Kain 48, 90, Mustonen 53). New Jersey Lady Stallions 3 (Negron 56, 84, Gray 73) New York 0. Detroit 1 (Heaton 81) Cincinnati 0. New Jersey Wildcats 6 (Sands 36, 58, K.Smith 41, Hammond 55, 83, Lloyd 63) Boston 1 (Fulton 72). Carolina 3 (Feierabend […]

May 6 Richmond 3 (Jeffrey 5, R.Williams 24, Cephas 85) Toronto 1 (Nusum 67). May 7 Rochester 3 (Wright 5, Carrieri 37, Trout 45) Puerto Rico 0. Vancouver 2 (Corazzin 56, Jordan 110) Minnesota 1 (Morehead 10) (OT). May 8 Atlanta 2 (Ball 67, Iotov 85) Charleston 0. Virginia Beach 3 (Washington 5, 48, Alvarez […]

The U.S. women's national team overcame a humdrum first half, scoring three times in the second half — including Mia Hamm's 149th international goal and the first by Lori Chalupny — to beat Mexico, 3-0, in a friendly in Albuquerque, N.M. Cindy Parlow also tallied, and Shannon Boxx dominated play in the center of the […]

May 7 in Denver Colorado 0 New England 0. Colorado – Cannon, Crawford, Borchers, Mastroeni, Kotschau, Henderson, Beckerman, de la Torre, Chung, Castellanos (Trembly, 69), Peguero (Sullivan, 82). New England – Brown, Heaps, Leonard, Dempsey, Ralston, Franchino (Baker, 82), Joseph, Kamler, Cancela (Dorman, 89), Noonan, Twellman. Yellow Cards: Colorado – Borchers 70; New England – […]

USL W-LEAGUE Saturday, May 8 Rhode Island Lady Stingrays vs. Long Island Lady Riders at Pierce Memorial Stadium (East Providence, R.I.), 5 p.m. EDT New Jersey Lady Stallions vs. New York Magic at DePaul High School (Wayne, N.J.), 5 p.m. EDT Carolina Dynamo Women vs. Richmond Kickers Destiny at Macpherson Stadium (Brown Summit, N.C.), 5:30 […]

FFC Turbine Potsdam looks this weekend to climb within four points of German League leader FFC Frankfurt, which has the weekend off from Frauen-Bundesliga duty to play the first leg of the UEFA Women's Cup final. Turbine Potsdam (14-1-0), featuring former Atlanta Beat defenders Julie and Nancy Augustyniak, is seven points behind FFC Frankfurt (16-0-1) […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH Soccer America Senior Editor The last time the U.S. women's national team saw Mexico's, Maribel Dominguez struck twice in the first 15 minutes — both from balls over the top of the U.S. backline — and an upset appeared in the making. Dominguez had scored two goals two days earlier in a […]

Michelle Akers, widely regarded as the greatest female soccer player in history, and longtime U.S. men's national teammates Paul Caligiuri and Eric Wynalda will be inducted next fall into the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Hall officials announced Wednesday at a Home Depot Center media conference. Caligiuri and Wynalda, who helped blaze the trail for […]

Three Major League Soccer veterans were included in the U.S. national futsal team roster chosen for the May 18 and 20 CONCACAF qualifying series against Honduras. Hermann Award winner Johnny Torres, Jamar Beasley and John Ball are among 17 players U.S. coach Keith Tozer selected for the matches at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee. Sixteen […]

Jenny Benson had an assist as FC Energy Voronezh routed Nika, 9-0, Tuesday in Russian Supreme League action. Benson, a U.S. women's national team pool player who starred for the WUSA's Philadelphia Charge, set up Natalia Zinchenko's 17th-minute goal to give Energy (2-0-0) a 2-0 advantage. Zinchenko scored twice in the win and has four […]

GOALKEEPER Greg Sutton (Montreal) * Two road shutouts at Atlanta, Charleston DEFENDERS Liam DeSilva (Edmonton) * Solid play in 0-0 draw at Vancouver Gavin Wilkinson (Portland) * Solid play in 2-1 win over Seattle John Wilson (Rochester) * Solid play in 4-0 win over Toronto MIDFIELDERS Joey Worthen (Richmond) * Goal, assist in 1-1 draw, […]