Monthly Archives: September 2004

Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 0 San Jose 1. Goal: Brown (Russell) 48. New England – Reis, Pierce, Howey (Baker, 72), John, Leonard, Ralston, Dempsey (Dorman, 61), Joseph, Kamler (Brillant, 82), Noonan, Twellman. San Jose – Conway, Agoos, Dayak, Waibel, Dunivant, Ekelund, Mullan, Mulrooney, Russell (Walker, 67), Corrales, Brown (Hart, 71). Yellow Cards: […]

By Ridge Mahoney Soccer America Magazine Senior Editor in Foxboro, Mass. Ugly it was, but sometimes ugly wins. Through little fault of its own, the U.S. labored to infuse any flow to its play as it lurched past El Salvador, 2-0, at Gillette Stadium Saturday. A roughshod, chippy Salvadoran team resorted to fouling and playacting […]

BRUCE ARENA U.S. Head Coach On the overall USA performance: ''I think our passing could have been a little better, there is no question about that. But give El Salvador credit, they fought hard. Let's face it, we knew well in advance that that was the way the game was going to look. It is […]

The United States got goals from San Jose Earthquakes Brian Ching and Landon Donovan to in a 2-0 win over El Salvador in the semifinal round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup on Saturday in front of 25,266 fans at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The win sets up a big match Wednesday against […]

Group A Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 (Ching 5, Donovan 69) El Salvador 0. Sept. 4 in Kingston Jamaica 1 (Ralph 77) Panama 2 (Brown 2, Julio Cesar Dely Valdes 90). Standings: USA 4 points; Panama, El Salvador 3; Jamaica 1. Group B Sept. 4 in Edmonton Canada 1 (De Vos 82) Honduras […]

RESULTS Group A Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. USA 2 (Ching 5, Donovan 69) El Salvador 0. Sept. 4 in Kingston Jamaica 1 (Ralph 77) Panama 2 (Brown 2, Julio Cesar Dely Valdes 90). Standings: USA, 4 points; Panama, El Salvador 3; Jamaica 1. Group B Sept. 4 in Edmonton Canada 1 (De Vos 82) […]

SoccerAmerica No. 1 Indiana picked up a 3-2 come-from-behind overtime victory over Boston University in the first game on the newly christened Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Friday night. Brian Plotkin tied the score in the 89th minute and Jacob Peterson struck the winner in overtime to give Mike Freitag the win […]

Olympian Heather O'Reilly scored her first goal of the college season since returning from Athens, helping No. 1 North Carolina beat No. 14 Florida, 3-0, before 3,825 fans at Fetzer Field on Friday night.. All-American Lori Chalupny also scored for the Heels, who opened the scoring after only 27 seconds on an own goal. No. […]

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

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

YANKS IN MEXICO. Two U.S. products and former MLS stars, Daniel Hernandez and Antonio Martinez, could see action Friday for Necaxa, which split its first two games of the Torneo Apertura. TV: VERACRUZ-NECAXA, Friday, Fox Sports en Espanol, 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT. FOXBORO SHOWDOWN. The United States looks to pick up its first win […]

USA-EL SALVADOR Saturday, Sept. 4 in at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. TV: Fox Sports World, Telemundo, live, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT. BY RIDGE MAHONEY, Senior Editor By snagging a 1-1 tie against Jamaica two weeks ago in Kingston with a goal in the final minutes, the U.S. garnered a valuable point in the […]

1 Number of times El Salvador, the USA's World Cup qualifying opponent on Saturday, has beaten the Americans. The Salvadorans' lone win came in a 1992 friendly. 2 The United States has twice hosted El Salvador in Foxboro, Mass., site of Saturday's game. Both games ended with U.S. victory: 4-2 in 1997 in World Cup […]

GOALKEEPER Ashley Phillips (Clemson), fr. U.S. U-19 pool goalkeeper debuts with 14 saves, facing 40 shots, in Tigers' triumphs at No. 4 Texas (1-0) and No. 11 Texas A&M (4-1), surrendering only goal in final minutes of romp. DEFENDERS Betsy Duncan (Western Kentucky), sr. Scored twice in 3-0 win over Murray State, again in 5-0 […]

WINNERS Argentine club Rosario Central has hired as coach 76-year-old ANGEL ZOF, who is replacing Victor Pua, the Uruguayan 2002 World Cup coach who lasted two games at Rosario. Zof has had four previous stints at Rosario. … RUDI VOELLER, who resigned as German national team coach after its Euro 2004 debacle, is the new […]

18 With Ross Paule's successful penalty kick Sunday against the MetroStars, the Columbus Crew extended its MLS record to 18 straight successful penalty kicks, dating back to the 1999 season. The previous record was 14 straight successful penalty kicks, set by Colorado. $503,000 Uniroyal Tire is donating $503,000 in equipment for youth soccer leagues around […]

Hours before the summer transfer deadline, Manchester United completed the acquisition of 18-year-old striker Wayne Rooney, signed to a six-year contract, from Everton. United will pay 20 million pounds ($36 million) for the England striker, with half due immediately and the other half to be paid by Aug. 1, 2005. There could be further contingent […]

Sept. 1 in Chicago Chicago 3 Kansas City 1. Goals: Mapp (Williams) 23, Williams (Mapp, Ralph) 67, Capano (Williams, Mapp) 67; Wolff (Arnaud) 36. Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Graham, Garcia, Thomas, Burciaga, Simutenkov (Preki 46), Gutierrez, Jewsbury (Gomez 71), Zotinca, Wolff (Taylor 88), Arnaud. Chicago — Countess, Whitfield (Griffin 79), Brown, Curtin, Gray, Williams, Marsch […]

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 — […]

Hurricane Frances' impending arrival has led the University of Miami and Florida Atlantic University to call off their women's soccer games Friday and Sunday. Miami, located in Coral Gables, and FAU, in Boca Raton, had home matches scheduled this weekend against third-ranked Florida State and SEC contender Georgia. The Seminoles were to open their Atlantic […]

DaMarcus Beasley, who joined Dutch powerhouse PSV Eindhoven from the Chicago Fire in July, has had the best start to the 2004-05 season among U.S. players abroad. The 22-year-old holds the top spot in Soccer America Magazine's Top 20 Americans Abroad rankings for August. The rankings take into account players' form and their clubs' success, […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor When he met with Galaxy general manager Doug Hamilton the morning of Aug. 23, two days after his team tied Columbus, 0-0, Sigi Schmid planned to lay out the changes he had in mind. Press reports had ripped the teamÆs performance and a rather bland run of games in which […]