Monthly Archives: June 2004

Angela Hucles scored a stirring goal in her San Diego Spirit debut, and Marinette Pichon scored a goal and assisted another for the Philadelphia Charge as the WUSA Soccer Festivals wrapped up Sunday with a doubleheader in Carson, Calif. Hucles, traded from Boston following last season's Founders Cup championship, rocketed an 18-yard shot to give […]

June 26 in Dallas Dallas 1 DC United 1. Goals: Kreis (Pareja) 37; Eskandarian (Convey, Gros) 58. Dallas – Cassar, Salyer (Nunez, 89), Gibbs, Jolley, Gbandi, OBrien, Pareja (Nhleko, 72), Talley, Davis (Quill, 77), Johnson, Kreis. DC United – Perkins, Hendrickson, Namoff, Petke, Convey, Stewart, Carroll, Olsen (Gros, 56), Kovalenko, Eskandarian (Ara, 89), Moreno (Adu, […]

UNDER-19 WSM Rangers 8 ESU Nemesis 1 Irvine Strikers 2 Santa Clara Sporting 1 Team Utah 2 Mesa Bayern '85 4 HSC Bulls 5 Pikes Peak Elite 1 UNDER-18 Central Marin Bandits 0 Colorado Rush Nike 1 Las Vegas Premier '86 0 AUFC 86 3 O-USA Orange 2 Boise Nationals Soccer Club 3 Hotspurs USA […]

Asker, with former Philadelphia Charge forward Darci Borski, faces Roa in a showdown Saturday between two of Norway's top women's clubs, the only game in Europe this weekend involving American players. The Swedish League is off until Tuesday because Sweden's national team plays Italy on Saturday in a European Women's Championship qualifying match. Sweden already […]

The MLS Cup 2004 will return to the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., where San Jose beat Chicago, 4-2, last year for the 2003 MLS title. MLS Cup 2004, the ninth title game in league history, takes place Nov. 14 and will be broadcast live on ABC. It will mark the third MLS Cup […]

A brilliant performance by Honduran playmaker Amado Guevara, who scored and assisted twice, and two goals by 17-year-old Eddie Gaven led the MetroStars to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy Wednesday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The MetroStars, who had beaten the Galaxy 2-1 at Giants Stadium on Saturday, […]

A brilliant performance by Honduran playmaker Amado Guevara, who scored and assisted twice, and two goals by 17-year-old Eddie Gaven led the MetroStars to a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy Wednesday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The MetroStars, who had beaten the Galaxy 2-1 at Giants Stadium on Saturday, […]

Eight MLS teams, last year's playoff qualifiers, join the U.S. Open Cup field at the fourth-round. 2003 bottom finishers Dallas and Columbus enter in the third round. The Open Cup winner earns $100,000 in prize money, $50,000 goes to the runner-up and $10,000 to the team that advances the farthest in the each of the […]

Five days after the MetroStars, fielding the youngest lineup in league history, beat Los Angeles, 2-1, the teams meet again Wednesday evening. The Metros, whose squad's average age was 22 years, 138 days — seven regulars were unavailable because of international call-ups or injuries — got the gamewinner from 19-year-old Mike Magee. Los Angeles forward […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE June 15 Rhode Island Rays 0 New England Mutiny 4 (Monroe 15, 42, Maurer 79, Gjertsen 85) June 18 Elk Grove Pride 4 (Wrightsman 4, 30, 81), Lewis 63) San Diego WFC 1 (Sanford 76) East Bay Power 2 (Lewandowski 34, Churchill 65) California Storm 0 June 19 Rochester Reign 0 […]

FC Honka, with former Duquesne University defender Becky Barritt on its backline, seeks to overcome a 1-0 deficit Thursday at home in the second leg of its Finnish Women's Cup quarterfinal against crosstown rival FC Espoo. Espoo won the first leg last week on a 48th-minute goal by Finnish national-teamer Jannica Tjeder, who will be […]

Former Columbus Crew striker Brian West scored his third goal of the season but his Norwegian First Division club, Fredrikstad, went down, 3-2. NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1), at Odd Grenland, 4-4. Started: 67 minutes. Dagbladet rating (10 high; 1 low): 5. Season stats: 9 games, 2 goals. * Brian West (Fredrikstad, D1), at […]

By Ridge Mahoney Double strikes carry Kansas City and D.C. to victories; Pat Onstad saves another Ante Razov penalty as the Quakes and Fire tie again; the youthful Metros stun the Galaxy in the final minute; and goals two minutes apart leave the Burn and Rapids tied. BEST GOALS: Rarely are the top two nominees […]

Nuno Gomes scored in the 57th minute to give host Portugal a 1-0 victory over neighboring Spain and move into the quarterfinals of Euro 2004. Greece joined Portugal, ahead of Spain on goals scored, in the final eight even though it fell to Russia, 2-1. The Czech Republic became the first team to qualify for […]

June 12 Portugal 1 (Ronaldo 93+) Greece 2 (Karagounas 7, Basinas pen. 51). Spain 1 (Valeron 60) Russia 0. June 16 Spain 1 (Morientes 28) Greece 1 (Charisteas 66). Portugal 2 (Maniche 7, Rui Costa 89) Russia 0. June 20 Portugal 1 (Nuno Gomes 57) Spain 0. Russia 2 (Kirichenko 2, Bulykin 17) Greece 1 […]

The field for the semifinal round of World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF is almost complete. Eleven teams qualified Saturday and Sunday, and Mexico will join them after completing its second-round series with Dominica next weekend. Joining the United States in Group 1 are Jamaica, El Salvador and Panama. Jamaica beat Haiti 3-0 on a […]

Second Round, First Leg June 12 Cuba 2 (More pen. 25, 75) Costa Rica 2 (Sequeira 12, Saborio 42). Surinam 1 (Puperhart 14) Guatemala 1 (Ramirez 35). Haiti 1 (Peguero pen. 48) Jamaica 1 (King 38). Netherlands Antilles 1 (Hose 75) Honduras 2 (D.Suazo 8, 68). June 13 USA 3 (Beasley 45, 71, Vanney 90) […]

The United States beat Grenada, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon before 15,267 fans at the National Cricket Stadium in St. George's, Grenada, to move into the semifinal round of 2006 World Cup qualifying with a 6-2 victory on aggregate. The United States will face Jamaica, El Salvador and Panama, which all qualified Sunday for the semifinal […]

Former Philadelphia Charge goalkeeper Hope Solo played her finest match of the Swedish League season on Saturday, making several exceptional saves to give visiting Kopparbergs/Goteborg a 1-1 tie with first-place Djurgarden/Alvsjo. Lotta Schelin fired K/Goteborg (4-2-3) ahead in the 28th minute, but D/A (9-0-2) — the reigning Damallsvenskan champion — pulled even on Ann-Marie Norlin's […]

June 19 in East Rutherford, NJ Metrostars 2 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Arena (Magee) 42, Magee (Flores, Leitch) 90; Herzog pen. 47. MetroStars – Wells, Arena, Brenes (Stammler, 89), Parke, Leitch, Regan, Flores, Clark, Magee, Gaven, Wolyniec. Los Angeles – Hartman (Popik, 47), Albright, Califf (Hong, 63), Suarez, Lewis, Jones, Herzog, Saragosa, Victorine, Ngwenya (Grabavoy, […]

Mia Hamm scored two first-half goals and Rebekah Splaine assisted two late strikes as the Washington Freedom and Boston Breakers tied, 3-3, in the second game of the first WUSA Soccer Festival in Blaine, Minn. Hamm tallied in the third and 34th minutes and Abby Wambach also tallied for the Freedom, which watched a 3-1 […]

Dominica 0 Mexico 10 (Bautista 9, 38, Borgetti 11, 36, Marquez 25, Osorno 50, 87, Lozano 70, Davino 75, Palencia 90). Honduras 4 (Guevara 7, D.Suazo 22, Alvarez 49, Pavon 70) Netherlands Antilles 0. (Honduras wins 6-1 on aggregate.) St. Kitts & Nevis 3 (Gomez 16, Willock 22, 29) Barbados 2 (Skinner 33, Hall 45). […]

Shannon Boxx scored two goals but the Atlanta Beat rallied with a last-minute penalty kick to tie the New York Power, 2-2, Friday night in the first game of the WUSA Soccer Festival in Blaine, Minn. Boxx scored in the 74th minute, after ''guest'' Mandy Clemens, from the San Jose CyberRays, dropped a Krista Davey […]

2004 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP at Portugal Group A W L T F-A Pts Greece 1 0 1 3-2 4 Spain 1 0 1 2-1 4 Portugal 1 1 0 3-2 3 Russia 0 2 0 0-3 0 Saturday, June 12 Portugal 1 (Ronaldo 93+) Greece 2 (Karagounas 7, Basinas pen. 51) Spain 1 (Valeron 60) Russia […]

(Home team listed first) Saturday, June 19, 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT METROSTARS (3-3-4, 13 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (6-3-3, 21 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Metrostars – MD Michael Bradley (R foot stress fracture), DF Tenywa Bonseu (groin strain), GK Jonny Walker (national team duty – USA); FW Cornell Glen (national team duty […]