Monthly Archives: July 2004

Below are the 22 starters for the 2004 MLS All-Star Game July 31. They were elected through voting by (a) fans, (b) media, (c) players and (d) coaches and general managers with each group representing 25 percent of the final tally. The 17-year old MetroStars midfielder Eddie Gaven becomes the youngest player ever selected to […]

Carlos Bocanegra's goal two minutes from the final whistle gave the United States a 1-1 tie with Poland Sunday before 39,529 fans at Chicago's Soldier Field in its last game before opening the semifinal round of World Cup qualifying. The tie increases the U.S. undefeated streak to seven games. Its is 5-1-3 in 2004. Bocanegra's […]

Three Americans scored goals in European women's action over the weekend, leading their clubs to victories in Finland and Iceland. Rachel Kruze made her debut for Iceland's IBV, and her former Philadelphia Charge teammate Hope Solo posted her seventh shutout for Sweden's Kopparbergs/Goteborg. Former Duquesne University defender Becky Barritt scored her first Finnish League goal […]

July 10 in East Rutherford, NJ Metrostars 2 San Jose 0. Goals: Wolyniec (Ziadie, Guevara) 63, Guevara pen. 93+. MetroStars – Walker, Ziadie, Arena, Parke, Leitch, Vaca, Clark, Magee (Glen, 89), Wolyniec, Guevara, Galvan Rey (Brenes, 76). San Jose – Onstad, Waibel, Cochrane (Alvarez, 32), Dunivant, Agoos, Mulrooney, Corrales (Dombrowski, 74), Hart, Ekelund, De Rosario, […]

The USA faces Poland in Chicago on Sunday (7 pm ET, live on ESPN2) in its the final tune-up before the start of the semifinal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, which the USA kicks off Aug. 18 at Jamaica. The USA, which lost to Poland, 3-1, in the first round of the 2002 World […]

CLINT MATHIS, who established himself as Hannover 96's attacking midfielder after joining the German First Division team at the winter break of last season, will get competition next season from 25-year-old Portuguese Ricardo Sousa, whom Hannover signed from Boavista to a three-year contract. ''He is just the player I wanted,'' said Hannover coach Ewald Lienen. […]

IBV and Stjarnan, both with two Americans on their rosters, look for spots in the Icelandic Women's Cup final four this weekend. IBV, making its debut in the VISA-Bikar Kvenna, takes on lower-division Throttur Reykjavik in a quarterfinal match Friday. Former Philadelphia Charge defender Rachel Kruze hopes to make her club debut in the match […]

Saturday, July 10, 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT METROSTARS (5-6-4, 19 pts) vs. SAN JOSE (4-5-5, 17 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: San Jose – DF Chris Roner (R ankle surgery), DF Eddie Robinson (L hamstring rupture), FW Brian Ching (national team duty – USA), MD Brian Mullan (national team duty – USA), MD […]

Day 3 of the Copa America produced the lowest-scoring action of the tournament after its first four games averaged four goals per game. Paraguay needed a penalty kick to down Costa Rica while an incohesive Brazil mustered a win over Chile with a Luis Fabiano header from a stoppage-time penalty kick. Group C July 9 […]

GOALKEEPER Jose Luis Campi (Edmonton * 16 saves in wins over Calgary, Vancouver DEFENDERS Ryan Edwards (Seattle) * Goal in 2-2 draw at Milwaukee Dustin Branan (Minnesota) * Goal, solid play in 3-0 win over Seattle Fred Degand (Atlanta) * Two goals in 4-1 win over Puerto Rico MIDFIELDERS Sean Fraser (Edmonton) * Two goals, […]

The Dallas Burn snapped a three-game losing streak and extended San JoseÆs winless run to four games with a 2-1 victory in San Jose Wednesday evening. The win moved Dallas out of the Western ConferenceÆs cellar, where San Jose now resides. Landon DonovanÆs stoppage-time penalty was saved by Burn goalkeeper Jeff Cassar — just a […]

The Dallas Burn snapped a three-game losing streak and extended San JoseÆs winless run to four games with a 2-1 victory in San Jose Wednesday evening. The win moved Dallas out of the Western ConferenceÆs cellar, where San Jose now resides. Landon DonovanÆs stoppage-time penalty was saved by Burn goalkeeper Jeff Cassar — just a […]

FredrikstadÆs Brian West notched his fourth goal of the Norwegian First Division season in a 4-1 loss to Lillestrom while Robbie Russell received high ratings for his final performance for Sogndal (2-3 loser at Ham-Kam) before joining Rosenborg. NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1). at Ham-Kam, 2-3. Started, 90 minutes. In his last game for […]

By Ridge Mahoney The Rapids win twice, D.C. and K.C. pile up the goals, L.A. takes the latest leg of the California clasico, and the Crew outmuscles the Fire. BEST GOALS: In six games played including that of last Wednesday, 25 goals were scored, and two of the best were classic buildups. In its 6-2 […]

USL W-LEAGUE June 28 Edmonton Aviators 2 (Ash 10, Jamani 53) Mile High Mustangs 2 (Quinn 14, Clarke 21) (OT). June 30 Northern Virginia Majestics 0 Charlotte Lady Eagles 5 (Swinehart 15, 21, Timbers 40, Murphy 58, Tisdale 90). July 1 Calgary Wildfire 0 Edmonton Aviators 1 (Flock 54). Denver Lady Cougars 2 (Boersma 41, […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE June 30 Denver Kickers 0 Denver Diamonds 5 (Warren 24, 88, Huppert 56, Grimditch 66, Braman 67) July 3 East Bay Power 2 (Takekawa 12, Hamm 36) Elk Grove Pride 0 July 4 San Diego WFC 3 (Callier 16, Sanford 49, 61) California Storm 3 (Sanchez 11, E. Burt 47, Schott […]

Rachel Kruze on Monday watched her first Icelandic league game — but did not play — as IBV fell, 3-1, to first-place Valur, and Danica Carey is heading home following a short stint with Russia's FC Energy Voronezh. Kruze, a former West Virginia University star who played last year with the WUSA's Philadelphia Charge, arrived […]

June 28 Edmonton 1 (Chin 105) Calgary 0. July 2 Milwaukee 2 (Dusosky 40, Torres 52) Seattle 2 (Edwards 15, Levesque 51). Syracuse 0 Toronto 1 (Gerba 66). Virginia Beach 2 (Washington 90, Garcia 99) Montreal 1 (Grande 52). Portland 0 Vancouver 2 (Sulentic 10, Jordan 68). July 3 Richmond 2 (Delicate 50, Cephas 92) […]

Under-19 Boys Baltimore Bays 2 Braddock Road (Va.) Condors 1 Under-18 Boys FC Greater Boston Bolts 4 FC Delco Dynamo (Pa.) 2 Under-17 Boys Albertson (N.Y.) Red Storm Clash 2 Rochester (N.Y.) Jr. Rhinos 0 Under-16 Boys Casa Mia Bays (Md.) 2 South Shore Utd. Blazers (Mass.) 0 Under-15 Boys Bethesda (Md.) United 2 FC […]

Rachel Kruze is expected to make her Icelandic league debut Monday when IBV takes on Valur in a top-of-the-standings showdown. Kruze, a former West Virginia University star who was a WUSA rookie last season, joins fellow Philadelphia Charge defender Mary McVeigh with IBV (4-0-2). Valur (6-0-0) holds a four-point edge in the Landsbankadeild Kvenna standings. […]

Heather Mitts capped a marvelous week Saturday, scoring her first international goal to lift the U.S. women's national team to a 1-0 victory over Canada in a friendly in Nashville. Mitts, who emerged this year as a top-flight defender with the national team, knocked home a Shannon Boxx header in the 73rd minute to prevent […]

July 3 in Washington D.C. DC United 6 Metrostars 2. Goals: Nelsen (Convey) 30, Moreno 37, Eskandarian (Kovalenko, Moreno) 41, Stewart (Kovalenko) 57, Eskandarian (Moreno) 69, Olsen 92+; Gaven (Guevara) 18, Taylor (Gaven) 63. DC United – Perkins, Namoff, Nelsen, Petke (Hendrickson, 57), Stewart (Gros, 65), Carroll, Kovalenko, Olsen, Convey (Adu, 82), Eskandarian, Moreno. MetroStars […]

Former Duke University star and Massachusetts product Robbie Russell, 24, has finalized his transfer from modest Norwegian club Sogndal to Rosenborg, winner of the last 12 Norwegian league titles. The move means Russell could see European Champions League action, which begins for Rosenborg at the second-round preliminary stage July 28. ''We expect … Russell to […]

Swedish World Cup star Kristen Bengtsson spoiled Hope Solo's bid for a seventh shutout this season, lifting Djurgarden/Alvsjo to a 1-0 Damallsvenskan triumph Wednesday over visiting Kopparbergs/Goteborg. Bengtsson, who played in the WUSA with San Diego and Carolina in 2001, converted a 90th-minute penalty kick as second-place D/A (10-0-2) remained within a point of Swedish […]

(home team listed first) Saturday, July 3, 5:00 pm ET/2:00 pm PT DC UNITED (4-5-5, 17 pts) vs. METROSTARS (5-5-4, 19 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: DC United – FW Santino Quaranta (adductor surgery), FW Thiago Martins (L lateral meniscus tear), FW Eliseo Quintanilla (R fractured fibula); Metrostars -MD Michael Bradley (R foot stress […]