Monthly Archives: August 2004

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. MONDAY, Aug. 23 MSNBC 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Women, Semifinal Doubleheader GERMANY-USA and BRAZIL-SWEDEN (live), 10:55 am. FOX SPORTS WORLD No live games. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL No live games. TELEMUNDO 2004 Summer Olympic […]

Aug. 21 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 Kansas City 2. Goals: Twellman (Noonan, Baker) 11; Wolff 39, Arnaud (Jewsbury, Wolff) 66. New England – Reis, Ralston, John, Pierce, Leonard (Dorman, 81), Baker (Brillant, 46), Cancela, Joseph, Kamler (Heaps, 60), Noonan, Twellman. Kansas City – Oshoniyi, Graham, Conrad, Thomas, Garcia, Zotinca, Gutierrez, Zavagnin, Simutenkov (Jewsbury, […]

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 […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY in Kingston, Jamaica It was not business as usual at ''The Office'' Wednesday when the U.S. and Jamaica met for the fourth time in the National Stadium for a World Cup qualifier. This time, there were goals in addition to the frenzied play and an electrifying atmosphere. After scoreless draws in 1988, […]

Kristine Lilly and Abby Wambach scored goals, and the U.S. women's national soccer team moved into the Olympic semifinals with a 2-1 victory Friday over Japan in Thessaloniki, Greece. Lilly gave the Americans the advantage just before halftime, and Wambach scored the winner in the 58th minute after a failed Japanese offside trap before 1,411 […]

FC Honka, shut out in its previous three matches, exploded for five goals Tuesday in a 5-2 Finnish League romp at MPS. Former Duquesne University defender Becky Barritt returned to the FC Honka backline, and she assisted Paula Hamalainen's 51st-minute goal that provided a 2-1 lead. Elina Syrjala scored two goals for seventh-place Honka (4-5-4), […]

The University of North Carolina, which last December won its first NCAA Division I women's soccer championship in three years with a perfect 27-0-0 campaign, is the No. 1 team in Soccer America magazine's Preseason Top 25. The Tar Heels, led by Olympians Lindsay Tarpley and Heather O'Reilly and national team midfielder Lori Chalupny, went […]

MLS Previews (Aug. 21) Saturday, Aug. 21, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/4:30 pm PT COLUMBUS (7-5-8, 29 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (6-8-7, 25 pts) TV: Fox SportsNet Ohio. Direct Kick: DirecTV – 794; Dish Net – 462; InDemand. Key Players Out: Columbus – DF Stephen Herdsman (L groin strain), FW Erick Scott (Olympic Team Duty […]

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. FRIDAY, Aug. 20 MSNBC 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Women, Quarterfinal Round USA-TBA (live), 10:55 am. FOX SPORTS WORLD USL A-League VIRGINIA BEACH-CHARLESTON (live), 8 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL No live games. GOL TV […]

It was a tough day for home teams on the opening day of the semifinal round of World Cup 2006 qualifying in the CONCACAF zone. In a battle of teams that changed coaches this summer, Honduras crushed Costa Rica, 5-2, in San Jose. Canada lost to Guatemala, 2-0, at home in the other Group B […]

The United States has Brian Ching's cool finishing to thank for escaping from Jamaica with a point in the opening game of the semifinal round of 2006 World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF zone. Ching, the first Hawaiian to play for the United States, scored in the 89th minute to give the United States a […]

Aug. 18 in Columbus Columbus 2 Kansas City 1. Goals: Paule pen. 43, Martino (Elliott) 92+; Graham (Gutierrez, Thomas) 79. Columbus – Busch, Akwari, Fraser, Marshall, Wingert, Elliott, Oughton, Paule, Denton (Cunningham, 61), Martino, Buddle (Testo 71; Lagos, 93+). Kansas City – Meola, Zotinca, Conrad, Thomas, Garcia, Gomez (Graham, 71), Gutierrez, Jewsbury, Preki (Simutenkov, 46), […]

The United States opens the semifinal round of World Cup 2006 qualifying in the CONCACAF zone when it faces Jamaica Wednesday night in Kingston (TV: ESPN2, live, 7 p.m.). The Americans arrived in Kingston Tuesday after assembling in Miami the day before. U.S. Soccer did not release a list of players on the traveling squad, […]

The U.S. women's national soccer team claimed the top spot in Group G at the 2004 Olympic, settling for a 1-1 tie with Australia after surrendering a late goal Tuesday in Thessaloniki. Former New York Power midfielder Joanne Peters' looping header, from Heather Garriock cross, pulled the Aussies even in the 82nd minute. Kristine Lilly […]

MLS Previews (Aug. 18) Wednesday, Aug. 18, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/4:30 pm PT COLUMBUS (6-5-8, 26 pts) vs. KANSAS CITY (9-6-5, 32 pts) TV: HDNet. Key Players Out: Columbus – DF Stephen Herdsman (L groin strain), DF Frankie Hejduk (National Team Duty – USA), FW Erick Scott (Olympic Team Duty – Costa Rica). Kansas […]

Emily Burt scored in her second Russian League game and Darci Borski scored her second Norwegian League goal of the season last weekend. Burt, who played for the Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Charge of the WUSA, made her Supreme League debut in a FC Energy Voronezh's 1-0 triumph Thursday over CSK WWS. She netted the […]

With 19 players from the 2002 World Cup squad vying for playing time, the United States has plenty of experience, but it also begins the serious phase of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup with lots of question marks. For U.S. coach Bruce Arena and his players, the real work is about to begin anew. […]

The United States claimed its quarterfinal berth Saturday at the 2004 Olympics women's soccer tournament, getting second-half goals from Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach to overcome an often superior Brazilian side in Group G play at Thessaloniki. Hamm converted a 57th-minute penalty kick and Wambach scored following a slicing run from a Lindsay Tarpley header […]

Aug. 14 in Kansas City Kansas City 0 San Jose 2. Goals: Donovan (Mullan) 27, Donovan (Ching) 59. Kansas City – Meola, Burciaga Jr. (Jewsbury, 64), Conrad, Thomas (Detter, 77), Garcia, Simutenkov (Gomez, 54), Gutierrez, Zavagnin, Klein, Wolff, Arnaud. San Jose – Onstad, Waibel, Cochrane, Dayak, Dunivant, Mullan, Ekelund (Dombrowski, 72), Mulrooney, Corrales, Ching (Russell, […]

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. MONDAY, Aug. 16 FOX SPORTS WORLD No live games. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL English Premier League TOTTENHAM-LIVERPOOL (delay), 3 pm. TUESDAY, Aug. 17 MSNBC 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Women, 1st Round USA-AUSTRALIA (live), 10:55 […]

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 […]

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listing guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. SATURDAY, Aug. 14 CNBC 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Women, 1st Round USA-BRAZIL (live), 10:55 am. 2004 Summer Olympic Games, Men, 1st Round ARGENTINA-TUNISIA (live), 1:25 pm. ESPN2 MLS KANSAS CITY-SAN JOSE (live), 4 pm. […]

MLS Previews (Aug. 14-15) Saturday, Aug. 14, 4:00 pm ET/3:00 pm CT/1:00 pm PT KANSAS CITY (9-5-5, 32 pts) vs. SAN JOSE (6-7-6, 24 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Kansas City – DF Alex Zotinca (cautions points suspension); San Jose – DF Chris Roner (R ankle surgery), DF Eddie Robinson (L hamstring rupture), FW […]

Things have gone so well for Robbie Russell that he can laugh while recounting that the first thing he did upon his arrival in Europe was throw up. After the Massachusetts product finished his all-American stint at Duke University he turned down a sure thing with MLS to prove himself abroad. But he would have […]

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-Mexico Aug 14 in Thessaloniki Greece-Mali Aug 17 in Thessaloniki South Korea-Mali Aug 17 in Volos Greece-Mexico Group B […]