Monthly Archives: July 2004

July 12 Syracuse 1 (Rivas 56) Charleston 0. July 13 Edmonton 0 Vancouver 2 (Xausa 5, 66). July 14 Montreal 1 (Sebrango 19) Syracuse 2 (own goal 53, Suarez 71). Toronto 2 (Faria 55, Gerba 60) Richmond 3 (Hayes 67, own goal 79, Jeffrey 109). Milwaukee 3 (Todd Dusosky 5, 42, Dombrowski 34) Calgary 2 […]

American defender Jonathan Spector, 18, will join Manchester United on its three-game tour of the United States for the ChampionsWorld Series. Spector, who joined United's youth program last year after starring on the U.S. under-17 national team, was called up because United will be without its stars who played at Euro 2004 or have been […]

WUSA officials, hoping to relaunch the professional women's league in 2005 or 2006, will meet with business leaders and sports executives Monday and Tuesday in New York to hammer out a business model that can be sold to potential investors and sponsors. The WUSA Business Strategy Summit will be led by G&H International Services and […]

July 17 in San Jose San Jose 3 Colorado 1. Goals: Ching (Ekelund, Donovan) 22, Ching (Corrales, Donovan) 50, Donovan (Mullan, Mulrooney) 55; Trembly 83. San Jose – Onstad, Waibel, Agoos, Cochrane (Hart, 69), Dunivant, Mullan, Ekelund, Mulrooney, Corrales (De Rosario, 70), Ching, Donovan (Walker, 84). Colorado – Cannon, de la Torre, Borchers, Kotschau, Crawford, […]

UCLA coach Jorge Salcedo has hauled in the best recruiting class for the 2004 season according to Soccer America MagazineÆs rankings. 1 UCLA. Jorge Salcedo takes over as coach and the Bruins have the top crop again. Kamani Hill is burgeoning into a complete forward. Michael Zaher attacks up the left side and Greg Folk […]

SOCCER AMERICA MAGAZINE TOP 25 COLLEGE MEN'S RECRUITS 2004 (With position, hometown and school) Name Pos. Hometown School 1 Kamani Hill F Berkeley, Calif. UCLA 2 Julian Valentin D Lancaster, Pa. Wake Forest 3 Nico Colaluca M Coventry, R.I. Virginia 4 Danny Vasquez F Miami SMU 5 Rod Hidalgo F Atlantis, Fla. South Florida 6 […]

Venus James scored her fourth and fifth goals of the Swedish Damallsvenskan season Tuesday as defending champion Djurgarden/Alvsjo dominated Linkopings FC, 7-1. James, who won WUSA championships with San Jose and Carolina, has scored seven goals since heading to Sweden in May, also scoring a pair for Alvsjo AIK FF — D/A's top farm club […]

Home team listed first Saturday, July 17, 4:00 pm ET/2:00 pm MT/1:00 pm PT SAN JOSE (4-6-5, 17 pts) vs. COLORADO (5-4-7, 22 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: San Jose – DF Chris Roner (R ankle surgery), DF Eddie Robinson (L hamstring rupture), MD Ian Russell (R hamstring strain); Colorado – DF Jeff Stewart […]

Ashlyn Harris, captain of the U.S. under-19 team and one of the most-honored high school girls soccer players in history, has been chosen the nation's No. 1 recruit for 2004 by Soccer America magazine. Harris, a goalkeeper who has signed with the University of North Carolina but will defer enrollment until January, is one of […]

Texas A&M, with a large, skillful group that Aggies coach G. Guerreri calls the best in school history, sits atop Soccer America's list of the nation's Top 10 college women's soccer recruiting classes. A&M's No. 1 class features 11 standouts, including five Parade and/or NSCAA Youth All-Americans and four players on Soccer America's Top 25 […]

Forward Shannon MacMillan, stunningly left off the 18-player Olympic roster, has returned to the U.S. women's national soccer team's Residency in Carson, Calif., as one of four alternates for the Athens Games. Midfielders Lorrie Fair and Tiffany Roberts also have returned to camp as alternates, and Sweden-based goalkeeper Hope Solo will join the U.S. squad […]

Mike Woitalla Executive Editor Soccer America Magazine With Paul Kennedy & Bryan Alvarez 1. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING 2. WINNERS & LOSERS: Mathis breaks drought; Yanks abroad benched 3. OFF THE POST: Dog-induced bike crash downs Depor defender 4. FOR THE RECORD: MLS summaries, College scores and game reports, USA-Iceland women's friendly * BEST OF THE […]

The MLS San Jose Earthquakes advanced to the quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 3-0 win over the A-LeagueÆs Portland Timbers on Wednesday. July 14 in Portland, Ore. Portland 0 San Jose 3. Goals: Ekelund (pen.), 18, Corrales (Ching) 55, De Rosario (Mullan) 80. Portland — J.Saunders, S. Saunders, Wilkinson, Morrison, […]

TAYLOR TWELLMAN scored twice then received a red card as New England beat Chicago, 3-1, to extend the FireÆs winless streak to six games. … In Denver, Los Angeles and Colorado played to a scoreless tie. (home team listed first) July 14 in Foxborough, Mass. NEW ENGLAND (4-8-4, 16 pts.) 3 CHICAGO (4-6-6, 18 pts) […]

MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced Wednesday that Salt Lake City will be the home to the 9-year-old league's 12th team. Chivas USA, the other expansion team for the 2005 season, has yet to announce where it will play. MLS kicked off its inaugural season in 1996 with 10 teams. In 1998, the Chicago Fire and […]

Lori Chalupny, among the final players cut from the U.S. Olympic women's soccer roster, will head to Iceland instead of Greece — as part of the under-21 team seeking the United States' sixth successive Nordic Cup triumph. Chalupny, a junior at the University of North Carolina, is one of four players making their third appearances […]

U.S. under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen has has two MLS players on his 18-man roster for the 2004 Milk Cup, which takes place in Northern Ireland July 16-23. The Americans face Denmark (July 17), Turkey (July 19) and Wales (July 21) in group play. Rongen's team is preparing for the CONCACAF U-20 qualifying tournament […]

Coach John Ellinger's U-17 U.S. boys national team travels to Blaine, Minn., to play Canada (July 17 & 20) and the youth team of Mexico's Cruz Azul (July 17). Ellinger is preparing a team the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in April or May for the 2005 U-17 World Cup. U-17 ROSTER: GOALKEEPERS Marcus Rein (Modesto, Calif.) […]

American defender Gregg Berhalter was named the fifth best central defender in the German Second Division by German magazine Kicker in its annual season-end rankings. Berhalter, 30, played 31 games and scored five goals during the 2003-04 season for Energie Cottbus, which missed promotion to the First Division on goal difference.

For the second time in three games, host Peru came back from a two-goal deficit to salvage a 2-2 tie. Monday's tie against Colombia came after both had clinched a second-round spot because of Bolivia's 1-1 tie with Venezuela earlier in the day. (Peru had tied Bolivia, 2-2, in their opener.) Bolivia's tie with Venezuela […]

Hope Solo leads Kopparbergs/Goteborg against Sunnana SK on Wedensday, seeking its second successive victory and a winning record heading into the Swedish League's Olympic break. Solo, formerly with the Philadelphia Charge, posted her seventh shutout of the season in a 3-0 victory Sunday over Sjalevads to snap a six-match winless streak. After the match with […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE July 3 Northern California Blues 6 (Schindler 18, Fry 28, 78, Shim 39, Martin 58, Miller 64) Central California Gold 0 Ajax of Southern California 2 (Colen 10, Bucciarelli 45) California Storm 3 (Alberico 8, Schott 9, Sissi 14) SWC Houston Stars 2 (Echavarry 26, Garcia 58) Denver Diamonds 0 July […]

July 5 Virginia Beach 2 (Fenger 17, Washington 80) Syracuse 1 (own goal 61). July 7 Richmond 0 Syracuse 2 (Maher 72, Vendegh 77). Montreal 1 (Grande 52) Rochester 0. Seattle 1 (Sakuda 38) Edmonton 0. Portland 6 (Gordon 11, 49, 60, Alvarez 72, 88, Antoniuk 77) Edmonton 1 (Fraser 17). July 8 Toronto 0 […]

July 6 Fort Collins 0 Vancouver 2 (Haxton 9, Trotman 49 July 7 Long Island 2 (OÆBrien 6, Pardini 82) Long Island 0. Seattle 2 (Gamble 13, Frimpong 86) Edmonton 1 (Flock 52). Denver 2 (Theurer 46, Kemp 60) Vancouver 5 (Hermus 37, 66, Allen 55, Neil 64, Franko 77). Carolina 0 Asheville 3 (Potts […]

D.C. United's Freddy Adu is the among 15 reserve players added to the rosters for the July 31 MLS All-Star game. Adu and Dallas forward Jason Kreis were commissioner's picks. The other reserves were selected by All-Star Game coaches Sigi Schmid and Peter Nowak. They are: EAST Jon Busch (Columbus Crew), Bobby Convey (D.C. United), […]