Monthly Archives: November 2004

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor LATEST ON LANDON: What it means definitively, nobody knows, but Landon Donovan putting his house up for sale last week is somewhat of an indication heÆs probably not planning on being in San Jose next year. As to what it might cost for MLS to purchase DonovanÆs contract, Deputy Commissioner […]

By Ridge Mahoney, senior editor Every MLS player with an Hispanic surname has been rumored as a possible CD Chivas USA pick in FridayÆs expansion draft, and among those prime candidates are Ryan Suarez of Los Angeles and Ramiro Corrales of San Jose. However, ChivasÆ possible acquisition of Suarez and Corrales is complicated by the […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor REAL MOVES: Whether or not Kasey Keller joins MLS û- and he tried to come to MLS last summer on a loan û- Real Salt Lake has already lined up one goalkeeper. D.J. Countess backed up Henry Ring for most of the season in Chicago prior to the arrival of […]

Nov. 17 Kenya 2 (Oliech 9, Mkenya 70) Guinea 1 (Feindouno pen. 18). Standings: Guinea 8 points; Kenya, Morocco, Botswana 6; Tunisia 5; Malawi 3.

Group A Nov. 10 in Bangkok Thailand 0 Germany 6 (Mittag 10, Goessling 12, 40, Okoyino Da Mbabi 17, 24, Laudehr 43). Canada 2 (Timko 14, 19) Australia 1 (McCallum 49). Nov. 13 in Bangkok Germany 4 (Okoyino Da Mbabi 4, Mattag 26, 73, Blaesse 85) Australia 0. Thailand 0 Canada 7 (Dennis 11, Timko […]

The United States moved into the quarterfinals of the U-19 Women's World Championship with a perfect record after edging Spain, 1-0, Thursday in Phuket, Thailand. The win, thanks to a first-half goal from Jessica Rostedt, gave the Americans first place in Group C and a date with Australia Sunday in Chung Mai (kickoff: 7:45 am. […]

GROUP A Nov. 17 in Columbus, Ohio USA 1 Jamaica 1. Goals: Johnson 15; Williams pen. 27. USA — Keller, Albright, Onyewu, Sanneh, Gibbs, Mastroeni, Corrales (Dempsey, 66), Ralston (Spector, 77), Donovan, McBride, Johnson (Twellman, 88). Jamaica — Ricketts, Ziadie, Stewart (Hue, 24), Goodison, Gardner, Marshall, J.Lawrence, Williams, Whitmore (Euell, 71), Ralph (King, 68), Fuller. […]

Ecuador 1 (Mendez 77) Brazil 0. Uruguay 1 (Montero 78) Paraguay 0. Colombia 1 (Yepes 18) Bolivia 0. Peru 2 (Farfan 55, Guerrero 86) Chile 1 (Gonzalez 90). Argentina 3 (own goal 4, Riquelme 45, Saviola 66) Venezuela 2 (Moran 33, Vielma 72). Standings: Argentina 22 points; Brazil 20; Paraguay, Ecuador 16; Uruguay 14; Colombia, […]

Nov. 17 in Columbus, Ohio USA 1 Jamaica 1. Goals: Johnson 15; Williams pen. 27. USA — Keller, Albright, Onyewu, Sanneh, Gibbs, Mastroeni, Corrales (Dempsey, 66), Ralston (Spector, 77), Donovan, McBride, Johnson (Twellman, 88). Jamaica — Ricketts, Ziadie, Stewart (Hue, 24), Goodison, Gardner, Marshall, J.Lawrence, Williams, Whitmore (Euell, 71), Ralph (King, 68), Fuller. Yellow cards: […]

EUROPEAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS GROUP 1 Nov. 17 Andorra 0 Netherlands 3 (Cocu 21, Robben 31, Sneijder 78). Armenia 1 (Dokhoyan 63) Romania 1 (Marica 29). Macedonia 0 Czech Rep. 2 (Locvenc 87, Koller 90). Standings: Netherlands, Romania 10 points; Czech Rep., Finland 9; Macedonia 4; Andorra 3; Armenia 1. GROUP 2 Nov. 17 Georgia […]

New Page 1 Here's a breakdown of the three CONCACAF groups heading in to today's final round of the semifinal stage. The top two teams in each group advance to next year's final round of qualifying. (Note: The first tiebreaker is head-to-head, not goal difference, as used in previous World Cup qualifying competitions.) GROUP A […]

U.S. under-17 national team assistant coach John Hackworth has been promoted to head coach, replacing John Ellinger, who was recently named head coach of MLS expansion team ReAL Salt Lake. Hackworth will direct U.S. Soccer's full-time U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Fla. The program that began in 1999 has grown to 40 players. Hackworth joined […]

Brazilian club Flamengo is conducting its training sessions more than 70 miles from its Rio de Janeiro grounds to escape its extremely upset fans. Flamengo lost, 6-1, to Atletico Mineiro on Sunday to drop into the relegation zone. Upon their return to the Rio de Janeiro airport, fans greeted Flamengo's players with insults and jeers, […]

Group 1 Nov. 17 Iran 7 (Daei 7, 19, 27, 58, Nekounam 63, 72, Borhani 68) Laos 0. Qatar 2 (Salem 60, Al Khater 75) Jordan 0. Final Standings: *Iran 15 points; Jordan 12; Qatar 9; Laos 0. *Advances to final round of Asia qualify. Group 2 Nov. 16 Iraq 4 (Munir pen. 55, 59, […]

MLS teams unveiled their lists of unprotected players which will be available for selection by the League's 2005 expansion teams — Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake. The 2004 MLS Expansion Draft will be held on Friday, Nov. 19. at 4:00 p.m. ET and will be televised live on ESPNEWS. CD Chivas USA won a […]

BRUCE ARENA, U.S. Head Coach On getting ready for the final round of qualifying: ''The problem we always have with our MLS players is their layoff. That will be a difficult challenge over the next couple months, to get a group of players ready for February 9. '' On McBride: ''McBride is a warrior. Some […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa, Calif.)# 24-0-0 1 Upper St. Clair (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 24-0-0 3 Valparaiso (Ind.)* 22-0-2 4 DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 14-0-4 5 Bloomington (Minn.) Jefferson* 20-1-2 6 LaSalle Academy (Providence, R.I.)* 21-1-1 7 Liberty (Colorado Springs, Colo.)* 19-0-1 8 Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.) 29-2-1 9 Ocean City (N.J.) […]

Group A Nov. 10 in Bangkok Thailand 0 Germany 6 (Mittag 10, Goessling 12, 40, Okoyino Da Mbabi 17, 24, Laudehr 43). Canada 2 (Timko 14, 19) Australia 1 (McCallum 49). Nov. 13 in Bangkok Germany 4 (Okoyino Da Mbabi 4, Mattag 26, 73, Blaesse 85) Australia 0. Thailand 0 Canada 7 (Dennis 11, Timko […]

By Will Kuhns, Senior Editor A closer look at this year's NCAA Division I men's tournament reveals some odd decisions by the selection committee. The committee put a very high premium on strength of schedule, but placed little emphasis on conference tournament results. All the high seeds went to teams from the five most successful […]

After referee Vitalie Onica awarded a penalty kick for Politehnica Chisinau against Roso Floreni in Moldova, he had to dodge not bottles or coins but a car driven onto the field by Roso chairman Mihai Macovei. Onica evaded several attempts by Macovei to run him over before Macovei drove off the field and was intercepted […]

New Page 1 3 Three teams will be making their first appearance in the NCAA Division I men's tournament: Marist, Northwestern and Western Illinois. 6 The Big Ten led all conferences with six of its seven teams making the NCAA tournament. Indiana, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern and Ohio State all qualified. Only Wisconsin […]

GOALKEEPERS Jason Tillman (Michigan State) Soph. (1) Makes 13 saves in three Big Ten tournament games: a 1-0 win against Wisconsin, a 2-1 upset of Indiana and a 1-0 victory over Northwestern in the final. DEFENDERS Gary Flood (Hofstra) Soph. (1) Locks down the attacks of UNC Wilmington, VCU and Old Dominion to help the […]

New Page 1   (All times Eastern. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) TUESDAY, Nov. 16 TVE INTERNACIONAL Under-21 International Friendly  SPAIN-ENGLAND (live) 3:40 pm WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17 ESPN2 World Cup Qualifying, CONCACAF USA-JAMAICA (live), 7:30 pm. TELEMUNDO World Cup Qualifying, CONCACAF MEXICO-ST. KITTS (live), 10 pm. TVE INTERNACIONAL International […]

New Page 1 ACC — Virginia. America East — Boston Univ. Atlantic Soccer — FIU. Atlantic Sun — UCF Atlantic 10 — George Washington. Big East — Connecticut. Big South — Coastal Carolina. Big Ten — Michigan State Big West — UC Santa Barbara. CAA — Hofstra. Conference USA — Memphis. Horizon — UW-Milwaukee. Ivy […]

FIRST ROUND Nov. 19-21 FIU (11-6) vs. UCF (10-6-2) North Carolina (10-8-2) vs.George Washington (9-8-4) San Francisco (14-4-1) vs. Wis.-Milwaukee (13-4-3) South Carolina (12-6-1) vs. Coll. of Charleston (16-5-1) Ohio State. (10-6-2) vs. Memphis (16-3-1) Duke (14-5) vs. Coastal Carolina (14-7-1) Washington (11-6-2) vs. Portland (11-7-2) American (14-5-2) vs. Long Island (9-6-4) Seton Hall (12-6-3) […]