Monthly Archives: March 2005

The USA is likely to get a look at one of South America's top young stars when it faces Colombia Wednesday night in a friendly in Fullerton, Calif. The game, which will not be televised, is one of two U.S. exhibitions in preparation for World Cup qualifiers against Mexico (March 27) and Guatemala (March 30. […]

The U.S. women's national team beat France, 1-0, to open play at the 2005 Algarve Cup in Portugal. Christie Welsh, who has been playing in France for Lyon, scored the only goal in the 20th minute. The game was the first for interim head coach Greg Ryan. Christie Welsh, who has been playing in France […]

(From the March 7 issue of Soccer America Magazine.) By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor, Soccer America Magazine As MLS teams race to get ready for opening day, questions abound about their readiness. Will the moves already made work out? What moves remain to be made? Here's a look at some burning questions around the league. […]

(From the March 7 issue of Soccer America Magazine) An expanded MLS provides more opportunities than ever for young draftees to break into the 10-year-old league. By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine Knox Cameron (Columbus) Pick-up soccer product He never donned a uniform until he joined the Bronx Lions at age 11, but […]

(From the March 7 issue of Soccer America Magazine.) When he arrived in England, Eddie Lewis was dubbed the 'American Beckham.' He hates the label, but it fits. Lewis is the best crosser of the ball, a true lefty on a U.S. national team long lacking consummate left wingers By Ridge Mahoney The rising blast […]

U.S. UNDER-18 BOYS March 2 U-17s 1-2 L Rogers March 3 IMG U-19 1-1 T Guadarrama March 5 Virginia 2-1 W Zizzo (2) U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS March 6 U-18s 2-1 W Igwe, Kirk U.S. UNDER-16 BOYS March 4 U-15 BNT 2-1 W Nunez, Altidore March 6 U-15 BNT 4-0 W Sorrentino (2), Altidore, Marosevic U.S. […]

USA Roster GOALKEEPERS Jon Busch (Columbus Crew) 0 caps/0 goals Joe Cannon (Colorado Rapids) 1/0 Kevin Hartman (Los Angeles Galaxy) 2/0 DEFENDERS Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy) 12/1 Nat Borchers (Colorado Rapids) 0/0 Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew) 61/5 Ritchie Kotschau (Colorado Rapids) 0/0 Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) 0/0 MIDFIELDERS Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution) 2/0 […]

(From the Feb. 14/21 issue of Soccer America Magazine.) By Mike Woitalla When a new player arrives at Germany's eight-syllable team, the unofficial right of passage occurs when he is compared favorably to a member of the original Foals. In the 1960s, Borussia Moenchengladbach won promotion to the Bundesliga with a lineup of players averaging […]

Ramon Ramirez, Chivas USA's biggest star and captain, has quit the team. According to media reports, the 35-year-old veteran of two World Cups cited his inability to get a visa for the family's nanny as a reason for his departure. It's the second time that a Chivas Guadalajara star changed his mind about MLS. Francisco […]

The 2005 MLS All-Star Game will be hosted by Columbus July 30. It will pit the best of MLS against 15th-place English Premier League club Fulham. Fulham, whose squad includes former Columbus Crew star Brian McBride and former Chicago defender Carlos Bocanegra, is six points above the relegation zone. The MLS All-Star Game included a […]

Manchester United's 19-year-old star Wayne Rooney was caught on camera swearing 20 times in a one-minute exchange with the referee during a game last month against Arsenal, according to a British educator campaigning to ban obscene language from English day-time TV. The suggestion by Martin Ward, deputy general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, would […]

WINNERS: Relegation-threatened German First Division club MAINZ 05 ended a 433-minute scoring drought and ended a nine-game winless streak (8 losses and one tie) with a 5-0 win over Freiburg. American striker CONOR CASEY missed a chance to increase the rout but set up the last goal. Mainz is in 14th place, seven points above […]

The U.S. U-20 men's national team drew Argentina, Germany and Egypt for the 2005 World Youth Championship June 10-July 2 in the Netherlands. ARGENTINA. The Americans fell to Argentina, 2-1, in overtime in the quarterfinals of the 2003 U-20 championships. They led had until the final minute of stoppage time. Argentina has won four titles […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) SATURDAY, March 12 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English FA Cup Quarterfinal BOLTON-ARSENAL (live), 7 am. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Mexican Second Division CRUZ AZUL OAXACA-OBREGON (live), 2 pm. Mexican First Division CHIAPAS-MONTERREY (live) 6 pm. […]

Just 17 days after scoring the winning goal for Tucson Sabino High School to a 1-0 victory over Glendale Cactus in the Arizona Class 4A boys soccer championship, Chris Maier died of bacterial meningitis at a Tucson hospital. Maier, 17, said he didn't feel well after practice Tuesday with his club team and was admitted […]

Lifted … The three-game suspension of Hamburg's EMILE MPENZA from the German Cup. The Belgian star was red carded in HSV's controversial 4-2 loss to Third Division Paderhorn in the first round of the German Cup last summer. Referee Robert Hoyzer has since acknowledged he had engineered the Paderhorn win as part of a match-fixing scheme […]

SETH TREMBLY, the Colorado Rapids' longest-serving player, was one of six players the MLS club let loose. Trembly, a product of suburban Littleton, signed with Rapids after starring for the U.S. U-17 national team. Also waived were goalkeeper SCOTT VALLOW, defender MICHAEL ERUSH and forward CHRIS CARRIERI. Cubans REY ANGEL MARTINEZ and ALBERTO DELGADO did […]

The Colorado Rapids are on the verge of acquiring Uruguayan midfielder Martin Icasuriaga Morales, 26, who refused to let his own wedding interfere with his Colorado training. Martin sent his brother to recite the wedding vows for him with Martin's Argentine bride in front of a South American judge. ''Obviously, 'I do' wasn't accompanied with […]

Rinus Michels, the coach of the 1974 World Cup runner-up Netherlands that dazzled with ''total soccer,'' died Thursday at 77 of complications from heart surgery. Current Netherlands coach Marco van Basten, who starred on the Michels-coached 1988 European Championship-winning team, called Michels the ''father of Dutch soccer.'' After a playing career at Ajax Amsterdam, Michels […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Miami (Fla.) Sunset 30-0-2 2 Damien (Calif.) 24-0-2 3 Plano (Texas) West 11-0-4 4 American Heritage (Fla.) 29-0-3 5 Saddleback (Calif.) 24-0-2 6 New Orleans Jesuit 30-0-2 7 Klein (Texas) 19-1-0 8 Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 27-1-3 9 Watsonville (Calif.) 21-3-1 10 Allen (Texas) 12-0-4 NSCAA/adidas Girls W-L-T 1 American Heritage […]

Trinidad & Tobago defender Marlon Rojas, who started in his team's 2-1 World Cup qualifying loss to the USA last month, has signed with Real Salt Lake. The 25-year-old has seven starts so far in the World Cup qualifying campaign for Germany 2006. Rojas played college ball at St. John's and the University of Tampa. […]

WINNER: American goalkeeper BRAD FRIEDEL helped Blackburn advance to the quarterfinals of the English FA Cup thanks to a 2-1 win over Burnley. Former D.C. United defender Ryan Nelsen of New Zealand wore the captain's band for Blackburn, which faces Leicester City in the quarterfinals on the weekend of March 12. LOSER: American defender STEVE […]

Josmer Altidore — Boca Raton, FL Edgar Barajas — Pacoima, CA Joe Bendick — Marietta, GA Cameron Brown — Garland, TX Andrew Duran — Mokena, IL Greg Eckhart — Orange Park, FL Douglas Ferner — Bloomfield Hills, MI Dan Kelly — Hendersonville, TN Cameron Lamming — San Juan Capistrano, CA Demitrius Omphroy — Alameda, CA […]

ROUND 1 WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY Orange Bowl-Miami Match 1 Group A – Colombia vs. Panama – 7:00 pm Match 2 Group A – Trinidad & Tobago vs. Honduras – 9:00 pm THURSDAY, 7 JULY Qwest Field – Seattle Match 3 Group B – Canada vs Costa Rica – 5:30 pm Match 4 Group B – […]

Jermaine Pennant, who in 1999 became the youngest player ever fielded by Arsenal (16 years and 319 days) has been sentenced to three months in jail for drunk driving. Pennant, who is on loan to Birmingham City, was arrested in January when police spotted him driving his Mercedes while dragging a lamp post. He was […]