Monthly Archives: August 2004

MLS Preview (Sept. 1) Wednesday, Sept. 1, 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT CHICAGO (5-10-8, 23 pts) vs. KANSAS CITY (10-7-5, 35 pts) TV: Time Warner Cable Channel 5 (KC – cable only), Metro Sports (KC – cable only) delayed 9:30 pm CT. Direct Kick: Dish Net – 462. Key Players Out: Chicago – […]

Group A Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. USA-EL SALVADOR REFEREE: Neal BRIZAN (TRI) Sept. 4 in Kingston JAMAICA-PANAMA REFEREE: Carlos BATRES (GUA) Standings: El Salvador 3 points; USA, Jamaica 1; Panama 0. Group B Sept. 4 in Edmonton CANADA-HONDURAS REFEREE: Benito ARCHUNDIA (MEX) Sept. 5 in Guatemala City GUATEMALA-COSTA RICA REFEREE: Kevin STOTT (USA) Standings: […]

Asker, with former Philadelphia Charge forward Darci Borski, advanced to the Norwegian Cup semifinals on Saturday, beating host Arna-Bjornar on penalties following a 3-3 tie. Lindy Melissa Wiik scored two first-half goals for Asker, but Arna-Bjornar rallied to tie the score on Anne Bugge Paulsen's 82nd-minute goal and go ahead on Kari Forthun strike six […]

1. North Carolina (2-0-0) Sept. 3 — vs. No. 14 Florida (Carolina Nike Classic) Sept. 5 — vs. Kennesaw State (Carolina Nike Classic) 2. Notre Dame (2-0-0) Sept. 3 — vs. No. 13 Stanford (Notre Dame Classic) Sept. 5 — vs. No. 4 Santa Clara (Notre Dame Classic) 3. Florida State (2-0-0) Sept. 3 — […]

Clemson, fresh off a road sweep of Texas and Texas A&M, climbs from 12th to fifth in Soccer America's College Women's Top 25 following the first weekend of play. Washington, unranked in the preseason Top 25, jumps to 15th after victories over Penn State and Ohio State in the Husky Invitational. North Carolina remains atop […]

1. North Carolina (2-0-0) Aug. 27 — at Nebraska (adidas Invitational), W 1-0 Aug. 29 — vs. California at Lincoln, Neb. (adidas Invitational), W 4-2 2. Santa Clara (0-0-1) Aug. 27 — at Cal Poly, T 2-2 3. Notre Dame (2-0-0) Aug. 27 — vs. Baylor, W 7-2 Aug. 29 — vs. Eastern Illinois, W […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named a 23-man roster for upcoming World Cup qualifying games against El Salvador and Panama. Included in the squad that has begun training in Massachusetts is Bobby Convey, 21, who was not called for the USAÆs 1-1 draw against Jamaica Aug. 18, the opening match of semifinal-round qualifying for the […]

Indiana and UCLA, national champions in 2003 and 2002, respectively, both underwent coaching coaches in the offseason, but they're still No. 1 and No. 2 in Soccer America's preseason rankings. At least a half a dozen other teams could challenge for national supremacy in what shapes up as an open race for the College Cup, […]

Aug. 28 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 0 D.C. United 0. New England – Reis, Pierce, Howey (John, 46), Leonard, Ralston, Baker (Dorman, 72), Cancela (Kamler, 46), Joseph, Noonan, Dempsey, Twellman. D.C. United – Perkins, Prideaux, Petke (Stokes, 83), Namoff, Stewart, Gomez (Carroll, 62), Gros, Olsen, Kovalenko, Adu (Kuffour, 89), Moreno. Yellow Cards: D.C. United […]

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. MONDAY, Aug. 30 FOX SPORTS WORLD English Premier League MANCHESTER UTD.-EVERTON (delay), 1 pm. English Premier League PORTSMOUTH-FULHAM (live), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL English Premier League PORTSMOUTH-FULHAM (live), 3 pm. TUESDAY, Aug. […]

Aug. 24 in Overland Park, Kan. Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 1 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 0. Goal: Simutenkov pen.) 45. San Jose — Conway, Waibel, Agoos,Cochrane (Robinson, 76), Dunivant, Mullan, Ekelund (Dombrowski, 56), Mulrooney, DeRosario, Donovan, Ching (Alvarez, 7; Chris Brown, 71) Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Graham, Garcia, Conrad, Burciaga, Simutenkov (Preki, 46, Detter, 80), […]

APRIL HEINRICHS, HEAD COACH On the emotion of the victory: ''We are just elated. We had a belief and a unity within this team that made the difference. A belief not only in those players on the field, but in every player on the team, both on and off the bench, that we had the […]

The United States won the gold medal in women's soccer at the Athens Olympics thanks to an overtime strike from Abby Wambach that gave the Americans a 2-1 victory over Brazil. The victory was fond farewell for the U.S. veterans who captured their first world title at the 1991 World Cup, but the U.S. youngsters […]

FRIDAY, Aug. 27 MSNBC 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Men, 3rd Place IRAQ-ITALY (live), 1:25 pm. FOX SPORTS WORLD UEFA Super Cup PORTO-VALENCIA (live), 2:30 pm. USL A-League PORTLAND-MINNESOTA (live), 11 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL UEFA Super Cup PORTO-VALENCIA (live), 2:30 pm. TELEMUNDO 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Men, 3rd Place IRAQ-ITALY (live), 1 pm ET. […]

MLS Previews (Aug. 28-29) Saturday, Aug. 28, 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT NEW ENGLAND (5-9-8, 23 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (6-8-8, 26 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: New England – MD Clint Dempsey (broken jaw), DF Carlos Llamosa (L knee sprain), FW Joe-Max Moore (R knee sprain), GK Kyle Singer (R shoulder sprain). D.C. […]

Former Philadelphia Charge forward Darci Borski scored her third goal of the season, and second in three games, as Asker climbed to second place in the Norwegian Toppserien with a 5-0 romp Tuesday over Medkila. Borski's 13th-minute goal started Asker (8-1-4) on the rout, with Lindy Melissa Wiik, Lise Klaveness and former New York Power […]

Diana Niland, who guided Missouri-Rolla to a 13-36-6 record in three years as head coach, took charge of Troy State's women's soccer program when preseason camps opened in mid-August. Niland, who previously served as an assistant coach at Arkansas State and head coach at Bowling Green (Ky.) High School, guided Division II Missouri-Rolla to an […]

(With 2003 Record in parenthesis) 1. North Carolina (27-0-0) Aug. 27 — at Nebraska (adidas Invitational) Aug. 29 — vs. California at Lincoln, Neb. (adidas Invitational) 2. Santa Clara (14-4-6) Aug. 27 — at Cal Poly 3. Notre Dame (20-3-1) Aug. 27 — vs. Baylor Aug. 29 — vs. Eastern Illinois 4. Texas (12-9-0) Aug. […]

AUSTRALIA D Dianne Alagich — WUSA: San Jose CyberRays G Cassandra Kell — W-League: Hampton Roads Piranhas M Joanne Peters — WUSA: New York Power; W-League: Charlotte Lady Eagles D Cheryl Salisbury — WUSA: New York Power; W-League: Memphis Mercury M Danielle Small — College: Phillips University, University of Mobile and San Diego State D […]

After six seasons in Germany, Tony Sanneh is returning to MLS and joining the Columbus Crew. Sanneh, who played every minute of the USA's 2002 World Cup quarterfinal run, won two MLS titles while with D.C. United in 1996-98. Sanneh has played for FC Nuremberg since 2001 and last season helped them clinch promotion to […]

Group A Aug. 11 in Thessaloniki Greece 2 (Taralidis 78, Papadapoulos pen. 82) South Korea 2 (Kim Dong Jin 43, own goal 64). Aug 11 in Volos Mali 0 Mexico 0. Aug 14 in Athens South Korea 1 (Kim Jung Woo 16) Mexico 0. Aug 14 in Thessaloniki Greece 0 Mali 2 (Berthe 2, Ndiaye […]

U.S. Soccer's U-17 residency program kicked off its fall semester Wednesday with 40 players in attendance at the first training session of the semester at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Theare 24 players returning to the residency program for the second year, and 16 players will be beginning their first year under the instruction of […]

The U.S. women's national team on Monday avenged its Women's World Cup defeat to Germany, winning a dramatic semifinal on Heather O'Reilly's overtime goal to advance to the Athens Olympics gold-medal match. O'Reilly scored from Mia Hamm's feed in the 99th minute to give the Americans a 2-1 victory before 5,165 spectators at Pankritio Stadium […]

Olympians Heather O'Reilly and Lindsay Tarpley and U.S. national team midfielder Lori Chalupny, among the final cuts from the Olympic squad, give top-ranked North Carolina three players on Soccer America's 2004 College Women's Preseason All-America Team. Chalupny is among a half-dozen players on the 11-woman team who last month helped the United States' under-21 team […]

After going scoreless off the bench in his first two league games for his new club Mainz of the German First Division, CONOR CASEY struck twice in MainzÆs 5-2 first-round German Cup win at VfR Aalen of the Third Division Aug. 22. … STEVE CHERUNDOLO, who hadnÆt scored in 131 league games since joining Hannover […]