Monthly Archives: March 2005

JUVENTUS vs. LIVERPOOLThe first meeting between the clubs since the 1985 European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, where 39 fans were killed after a wall collapsed.AC MILAN vs. INTER MILAN''There's a lot of passion in the city,'' said AC Milan spokesman Umberto Gandini. ''It will be very stressful for both clubs.'' It's […]

March 17 in San Jose Saprissa (C.R.) 2 Kanssas City Wizards (USA) 1 (OT). Goals: G.Drummond 90, 97; Burciaga 75. Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Victorine, Conrad, Garcia, Burciaga, Klein, Gutierrez (Zotinca, 83), Zavagnin, Stephenson (Walsh, 46; Jewsbury, 106), Wolff, Arnaud. Saprissa — Porras, J.Drummond, Gonzales, Badilla, Nunez, Centeno (Solis, 75), Gomez, Lopez, Esquivel, Carrillo (Brenes, […]

Dan Van Voorhis, who owned the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, died March 8 at the age of 65 of heart and liver failure. He was an attorney and real estate developer responsible for the development of the two largest real estate projects ever constructed in Northern California at that time, Blackhawk and Canyon Lakes in […]

Winners JAMIL WALKER, picked up after being cut by Chivas USA, scored in the 74th minute to break a 2-2 aggregate tie and lead D.C. UNITED into the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The MLS champions beat Harbour View of Jamaica, 2-1, in Kingston to advance, 4-2, on aggregate. United meets Mexican champion UNAM […]

Quarterfinals, Second Leg March 16 in Kingston Harbour View (Jam.) 1 D.C. United (USA) 2. Goals: Donald Stewart 45; Walker 74, Moreno 777. D.C. United — Rimando, Van Sicklen (Guppy, 65), Prideaux, Petke, Namoff, Gomez (Simms, 80), Olsen, Carroll, Gros, Eskandarian (Walker, 46), Moreno. Harbour View — Murray, Harvey, Taylor, Damion Stewart, Richards (Blackburn, 80), […]

FRIDAY, March 18 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL CONCACAF Champions Cup, Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg SAPRISSA-KANSAS CITY (1-day delay), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores INDEPENDIENTE MEDELLIN-LIBERTAD (delay), 2 am. SATURDAY, March 19 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English Premier League BLACKBURN-ARSENAL (live), 7:30 am. German Bundesliga HAMBURG-BOR. DORTMUND (delay), 9:45 am. English Premier League BOLTON-NORWICH CITY (live), […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine YOURI, OH YOURI: A hamstring injury will sideline the Metros' Youri Djorkaeff for at least a month, which won't help Coach Bob Bradley piece together a midfield that lost Ricardo Clark and Joselito Vaca during the offseason. Djorkaeff, though, might be most critically needed as spring turns […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Miami (Fla.) Sunset 30-0-2 2 Damien (Calif.) 26-0-2 3 Klein (Texas) 23-1-0 4 American Heritage (Fla.) 29-0-3 5 Saddleback (Calif.) 26-0-2 5 New Orleans Jesuit 30-0-2 7 Plano (Texas) West 12-0-6 8 Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 27-1-3 9 Watsonville (Calif.) 21-3-1 10 Coppell (Texas) 18-0-3 NSCAA/adidas Girls W-L-T 1 American Heritage […]

A goal by forward Christie Welsh in the 23rd minute gave the United States a 1-0 victory over defending world champion Germany in the final of the Algarve Cup in Portugal. It was the third Algarve Cup championship in a row for the U.S. team, and fourth overall. The Americans completed a perfect run of […]

The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, announced 37 different groups nationwide that it will provide funds as part of its 10th annual grants program cycle. In all, the Foundation made more than $1.3 million available in the current year and, through its history, has awarded nearly $20 […]

U.S. under-20 national team coach Sigi Schmid named a 20-man roster for the Suwon International Youth Football Tournament in Suwon, South Korea, March 22-26. The U-20s will face Argentina, Egypt and South Korea in the four-team tournament, which will serve as preparation for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands from June 10-July […]

Winners: Halftime sub DaMARCUS BEASLEY set up PSV EINDHOVEN's final goal, with a corner kick, in a 4-0 win over ADO Den Haag, which keeps PSV's lead at the top of the Dutch Eredivisie at four points ahead of second-place AZ. BLACKBURN, with American BRAD FRIEDEL in goal, downed Leicester, 1-0, to advance to the […]

Ryan Suarez, a California native of Uruguayan descent, has moved from the Los Angeles Galaxy, for which he started last season on the backline, to Chivas USA in exchange for a Conditional Draft pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. The 27-year-old played two full seasons for Dallas before joining L.A. in the middle of the […]

1987 Boys Championship Eastern Pennsylvania 1 (Kouadio 93) Georgia 0. Consolation Indiana 2 (own goal 14, Wilson 80) Washington 1 (Grisham 90). 1987 Girls Championship Maryland 1 (Poach 76) Illinois 0. Consolation California South 6 (Moore 9, Bosio 24, Enyart 51, 71, 86, Lewis 60) Florida 1 (Johnson 79). 1989 Boys Championship Illinois, 2 (Marosevic […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) MONDAY, March 14 No live games. TUESDAY, March 15 ESPN DEPORTES European Champions League, Round of 16, 2nd Leg INTER MILAN-PORTO (live), 2:30 pm. FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English Premier League CHELSEA-WEST BROM (live), 2:30 […]

The U.S, women's national team will meet Germany for the first time since their semifinal match in the 2004 Olympics when they face off in the final of the 2005 Algarve Cup Tuesday in Portugal. The Americans beat Finland, 3-0, and Denmark, 4-0, to finish Group B with a perfect record. Forward Christie Welsh scored […]

Group A March 9 Norway 2 China 1 Germany 2 Sweden 1 March 11 Sweden 2 China 0 Germany 4 Norway 0 March 13 Germany 2 China 0 Sweden 1 Norway 1 Final Standings: Germany 9 points; Sweden 4; Norway 3; China 1. Group B March 9 Denmark 4 Finland 1 USA 1 France 0 […]

Arrested … A German player Steffen Karl, in connection with the German game-fixing scandal that has already seen the arrests of two referees, Robert Hoyzer and Dominik Marks. Karl, who once played for First Division club Borussia Dortmund, is now in the Third Division with Chemnitz and is suspected of intentionally committing a penalty-kick foul […]

Chivas Guadalajara has long been considered Mexico's most popular team, but a poll recently published by La Reforma showed 23 percent of the nation's soccer fans as supporters of archrival Club America, followed by 19 percent Guadalajara supporters. (The difference was within the survey's margin of error.) The Capitalino-Tapatio clash on Sunday marks the 140th […]

The USA will host England in a friendly May 28 in Chicago. The two nations last met in September of 1994, a 2-0 England win at Wembley. In 1993, the Americans downed England, 2-0, in Foxboro, Mass. England will also play Colombia May 31 in East Rutherford, N.J., as part of a doubleheader with the […]

Winners: DaMARCUS BEASLEY came on as a 67th minute sub and scored PSV Eindhoven's second goal in a 2-0 win over at Monaco, which gave the Dutch club a 3-0 aggregate win in the round of 16 encounter. It marked Beasley's fourth goal in nine Champions League appearances. The U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM beat France, […]

4 Four U.S. players — goalie Jon Busch, defenders Richie Kotschau and Chad Marshall and late sub Nat Borchers earned their first caps in the 3-0 victory over Colombia Wednesday night. 6 Six players — Busch, Kotschau, Marshall and defender Brian Mullan and midfielders Clint Dempsey and Pat Noonan — made their first starts for […]

March 9 in Germantown, Md. D.C. United (USA) 2 Harbour View (Jam.) 1. Goals: Eskandarian 5, Gros 64; Shelton 23. D.C. United — Rimando, Stokes, Gomez (Simms, 84), Ben Olsen, Caroll, Gros, Namoff, Eskandarian, Moreno (Quaranta, 88), Adu (Prideaux, 79). Harbour View — Murray, Damion Stewart, Shelton, Hue, McCreath (Gordon, 79), Scarlett, Harvey, Palmer, C.Stewart […]

The United States extended its record unbeaten streak to 15 games with a 3-0 victory over Colombia Wednesday night before 7,086 fans in Fullerton, Calif. Defender Chad Marshall scored in his full international debut when he headed home a cross from Steve Ralston in the 33rd minute, eight minutes after midfielder Pat Noonan finished a […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Round of 16, Second Leg March 8 Chelsea (Eng.) 4 (Gudjohnsen 8, Lampard 17, Duff 19, Terry 76) Barcelona (Spain) 2 (Ronaldinho pen. 27, 38). (Chelsea wins 5-4 on aggregate.) AC Milan (Italy) 1 (Crespo 61) Manchester Utd. (Eng.) 0. (AC Milan wins 2-0 on aggregate.) Lyon (France) 7 (Wiltord 8, 55, […]