Monthly Archives: September 2004

By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America Magazine Senior Editor in Panama City, Panama The nadir of Coach Bruce Arena's lengthy and successful stint as U.S. head coach nearly arrived, but for the fifth time this year the Americans conjured a goal in the final minutes. A lackluster U.S. team was rescued by one of the nearly […]

U.S. Coach Bruce Arena On the match: ôFirst of all, I give the U.S. credit for passing a character test. Give the Panama team credit for what I thought was a superb second half. Their forwards really won the battle and made a difference in the second half. I still think the big part of […]

Group 1 Sept. 8 Panama 1 (Brown 70) USA 1 (Jones 90). El Salvador 0 Jamaica 3 (King 6, 37, Hyde 39). Standings: USA 5 points; Jamaica, Panama 4; El Salvador 3. Group 2 Sept. 8 Honduras 2 (Guevara 51, Suazo 63) Guatemala 2 (Ruiz 18, Pezzarosi 48). Costa Rica 1 (Wanchope 46) Canada 0. […]

GAME REPORT Sept. 8 in Panama City Panama 1 USA 1. Goals: Brown 69; Jones 90. Panama — Gonzalez, Rivera, Moreno, Henriquez, A.Torres, Mitre, Zapata (Phillips, 38), M.Torres (Cubilla, 78), Julio Cesar Dely Valdes (Jorge Dely Valdes, 72), Medina, Brown. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Pope, Bocanegra, Vanney, Reyna, Beasley, Donovan, Mathis (Jones, 57), Ching (Lewis, […]

Group 1 Sept. 8 Jordan 0 Iran 2 (Vahedi-Nikbakht 78, Daei 89). Laos 1 (Chanthalome 80) Qatar 6 (Rizik 35, Mostafa 42, Bechir 50, Hamza 70, Abdullah 78, Sattam 87). Standings: Iran, Jordan 9 points; Qatar 6; Laos 0. Group 2 Sept. 8 Palestine 0 Uzbekistan 3 (Mirdjalal 8, Djeparov 33, Bikmoev 79). Taiwan 1 […]

England midfielder Steven Gerrard, scorer of England's first goal in a 2-2 with Austria on Saturday, missed the final eight minutes of the game after being subbed by mistake. ''Was I injured? No, it was a bit of a misunderstanding that I came off. Wayne [Bridge] had taken a kick in the Achilles and I […]

A 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Botswana has earned the players of Guinea bonuses from the nation's president, Lansana Conte, of two tractors and plots of land. The players are reportedly being encouraged to help alleviate a serious rice shortage in the West African nation. Meanwhile, Greek national team players are still waiting to […]

0.88 If Colorado goalie Joe Cannon maintains his 0.88 goals-against average, he will break the MLS season record for the lowest goals-against average of 0.91 set by Kevin Hartman in 1999. 2 Kansas City Wizards star Preki, the 2003 MLS MVP, made only two league appearances in 2004 before being sidelined again with ankle problems. […]

RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (4-0-0) 1 Sept. 10 — at No. 15 Tennessee (Lady Vol Classic). Sept. 12 — vs. Mississippi State in Knoxville, Tenn. (Lady Vol Classic). 2. Notre Dame (4-0-0) 2 Sept. 10 — at No. 16 Arizona State. Sept. 12 — at Texas Tech. 3. Florida State (3-0-0) 3 […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Soccer America Senior Editor, in Panama City The rains and lightning came late in the afternoon, as they often do in this narrow nation that is famous for a canal connecting two vast bodies of water. A downpour washed out training sessions for both the United States and Panama yesterday and more […]

GOALKEEPER Anna Picarelli (Pepperdine), jr. (1) Record two shutouts (1-0 win over Columbia and 0-0 tie at Cal), giving her four shutouts in four games. DEFENDERS Jamie Fabrizio (Virginia), sr. (1) A stalwart on defensive unit that posts two more shutouts (5-0 over Liberty and 1-0 over ranked West Virginia); scores against Liberty. Jenn Walters […]

With Victor Miranda, Alberto Blanco and Luis Tejada from the team that beat Jamaica Saturday all suspended for Wednesday's game against the United States, Panama's squad includes three foreign-based players: goalie Ricardo James (Platense, Honduras), defender Mario Anthony (Marathon, Honduras) and Roberto Brown (Salzburg, Austria). The supended Blanco plays in Moldova. The 37-year-old Dely Vades […]

Danny Szetela has signed with MLS, joining Freddy Adu and Eddie Gaven as former U.S. under-17 national team stars who are staying at home. Their former teammate Jonathan Spector, on the other hand, makes his first big trip with Manchester United on its summer tour of the United States in the Champions World Series. Here's […]

Former Jamaica national team midfielder Winston ''Twinny Bugs'' Anglin, 39, and four other former players were killed in a road accident on the way home to Montego Bay after watching the World Cup qualifier between Jamaica and Panama Saturday in Kingston. Their car overturned, hit a rock and landed upside down, close to the scene […]

It seems that no matter how poorly a team plays, the coach will show up at the post-game press conference and spin a pathetic performance into a positive. So here's to Spain coach LUIS ARAGONES' honest assessment after his team's 1-1 tie with Scotland: ''Yes, we're a good deal worse than I first thought.''

Soccer America picks the winners and losers of a busy weekend of World Cup qualifying WINNERS: BRIAN CHING. His second straight goal in his second World Cup qualifying appearance sent the USA on the way to a 2-0 win over El Salvador. GUATEMALA. A 2-1 win over archrival Costa Rica after opening with a 2-0 […]

The following is the first Soccer America College Men's Top 25 of the 2004 regular season, covering games through Sept. 6. RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. Indiana (2-0-0) 1 2. UCLA (2-0-0) 2 3. St. John's (2-0-0) 3 4. Notre Dame (2-0-0) 9 5. Wake Forest (1-0-1) 4 6. Santa Clara (2-0-0) 7 7. North […]

The following is the second Soccer America College Women's Top 25 of the 2004 regular season, covering games through Sept. 6. RANK/TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK 1. North Carolina (4-0-0) 1 2. Notre Dame (4-0-0) 2 3. Florida State (3-0-0) 3 4. Clemson (4-0-0) 5 5. Virginia (4-0-0) 6 6. Texas (3-1-0) 7 7 Santa Clara […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Soccer America Magazine senior editor, in Boston U.S. coach Bruce Arena has selected the 20 players he will take to Panama City for a CONCACAF Group A qualifying match Wednesday against Panama, which beat Jamaica 2-1 Saturday in Kingston to move into a tie with El Salvador in second place with records […]

Note: This week's Soccer America College Men's Top 25 will be released on Tuesday by 6 p.m. ET. Each week for the rest of the regular season, it will be released on Monday by 6 p.m. ET. PRESEASON RANK TEAM (W-L-T RECORD) 1. Indiana (2-0-0) Sept. 3 — vs. Boston University (adidas/IU Credit Union Classic) […]

Quarterfinals, First Leg Sept. 1 Portland 2 (Alvarez 52, Gregor pen. 81) Seattle 1 (Levesque 17). Sept. 3 Richmond 0 Syracuse 1 (Lyssand 63). Rochester 0 Montreal 1 (Sebrango 53). Vancouver 2 (Corazzin 6, Xausa 47) Minnesota 0. Quarterfinals, Second Leg Sept. 5 Minnesota 0 Vancouver 1 (Morris 75). (Minnesota wins 3-0 on aggregate.) Seattle […]

Sept. 4 Uruguay 1 (Bueno 58) Ecuador 0. Sept. 5 Brazil 3 (Ronaldo 1, Ronaldinho pen. 13, Adriano 44) Bolivia 1 (Cristaldo 49). Paraguay 1 (Gamarra 53) Venezuela 0. Chile 0 Colombia 0. Peru 1 (Jorge Soto 62) Argentina 3 (Rosales 14, Coloccini 66, Sorin 90). Standings: Brazil 16 points; Argentina 15; Paraguay 14; Chile […]

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

Jaime Gilbert's fourth goal of the season gave No. 1 North Carolina a 1-0 victory over Kennesaw State Sunday in a battle of last year's NCAA Division I and Division II champions. UNC extended its winning streak to 31 games to win the Carolina Nike Classic. In the other game, No. 14 Florida crushed No. […]

EUROPE Group One Finland 3 (Eremenko 42, 64, Riihilahti 58) Andorra 0. Romania 2 (Pancu 16, Mutu 88) Macedonia 1 (Vasovski 75). Standings: Romania 6 points; Finland, FYR Macedonia 3; Netherlands, Czech Rep., Armenia, Andorra 0. Group Two Denmark 1 (Jorgensen 9) Ukraine 1 (Husin 56). Turkey 1 (Teke 49) Georgia 1 (Asatiani 84). Albania […]