Monthly Archives: April 2005

Fined … Steaua Bucharest's stadium announcer, $140, for making racist comments over the public address system during the Bucharest derby against Rapid. Held in custody … Quilmes defender Leandro Desabato for 40 hours in a Brazilian jail for alleged racist insults. The incident took place last week at Quilmes' Libertadores Cup game at Sao Paulo. […]

Glasgow Celtic chairman Brian Quinn told the press that only five English Premiership teams had a bigger payroll than his club. Celtic manager Martin O'Neill then gave an interview disputing Quinn's figures. In response, Quinn tried to call his club's public relations officer but dialed the wrong number and left this message on the cell-phone […]

The U.S. under-18 boys national Team will be gathering for a weeklong camp April 23-30 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., where they will play two matches, facing the Chivas USA reserve team and the Southern California SeaHorses . Coach Bob Jenkins has invited 22 players into the camp. U.S. U-18 Roster Goalkeepers […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Miami (Fla.) Sunset 30-0-2 2 Damien (Calif.) 26-0-2 3 Klein (Texas) 32-1-0 4 American Heritage (Fla.) 29-0-3 5 Saddleback (Calif.) 26-0-2 6 New Orleans Jesuit 30-0-2 7 Coppell (Texas) 24-1-3 8 Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 27-1-3 9 Watsonville (Calif.) 21-3-1 10 Madison (Miss.) St. Joseph's 18-2-0 NSCAA/adidas Girls W-L-T 1 American […]

The U.S. Under-16 boys national team will travel to Northern Ireland to compete in the Ballymena International Tournament April 25-April 29. U.S. U-17 assistant coach Keith Fulk will lead the team in the tournament, along with assistants Brian Maisonneuve and Raul Diaz Arce. The U.S. will bring all 13 Æ89 players from U-17 residency, along […]

Peter Cargill became the third Reggae Boy to die in a road accident en route to Montego Bay in less than four years when the minivan he was traveling in skidded off a wet road and struck an embankment Saturday. Cargill, 41, was en route to a Jamaican National Premiere League in Montego Bay, where […]

MLS STATISTICS STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS Columbus 2-1-0 6 New England 1-0-1 4 Kansas City 1-0-1 4 D.C. United 1-1-1 4 Chicago 1-1-1 4 Metrostars 0-0-2 2 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS FC Dallas 2-0-1 7 Real Salt Lake 1-1-1 4 Los Angeles 1-1-0 3 San Jose 0-1-2 2 Colorado 0-2-1 1 Chivas […]

Winners: The 25,287 who showed up for REAL SALT LAKE's home debut were treatedá to just one goal, but defender BRIAN DUNSETH's strike gave the expansion franchise its first ever win. Argentine forward SERGIO GALVAN REY was a huge disappointment in 2004, scoring just twice all season for the MetroStars after arriving from the Colombian […]

Division I April 16 Richmond 3 (Jeffrey 37, Delicate 71, 73) Atlanta 1 (Rios pen. 40). April 17 Virginia Beach 0 Atlanta 2 (Dawkins 62, 70). Standings: Richmond, Atlanta 3 points; Charleston, Minnesota, Montreal, Portland, Puerto Rico, Rochester, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Virginia Beach 0. Division II April 15 Charlotte 7 (Swinehart 5, 24, 60, Coggins […]

MLS SUMMARIES: April 15-16 April 15 in Columbus Columbus 1 D.C. United 0. Goal: Buddle (Elliott) 26. Columbus – Busch, Kelly, Fraser, Marshall, Hejduk, Elliott, Martino (Lagos, 85), Szetela (Wingert, 83), Testo (Mediate, 54), Razov, Buddle. D.C. United – Perkins, Stokes, Boswell, Petke, Gros, Adu, Carroll (Gomez, 70), Simms, Guppy (Eskandarian, 60), Quaranta, Walker (Moreno, […]

The United States captured the first of three CONCACAF berths for the 2005 U-17 World Championship with a 2-1 victory over host Costa Rica. The Americans captured the Group A title to advance to their 11th straight U-17 World Championship, keeping the streak alive as the only country that has qualified for every championship at […]

Kyle Nakazawa scored in the first minute, but that was all the scoring for the U.S. under-17 national team, which had to settle for a 1-1 tie in their second match in Group A of the CONCACAF U-17 Qualifying Tournament The surprising draw drops the U.S. into second place in Group A with four points […]

Kyle Nakazawa scored in the first minute, but that was all the scoring for the U.S. under-17 national team, which had to settle for a 1-1 tie in their second match in Group A of the CONCACAF U-17 Qualifying Tournament The surprising draw drops the U.S. into second place in Group A with four points […]

MLS Previews (April 15-16) Friday, April 15, 8 pm ET/7 pm CT/5 pm PT COLUMBUS (1-1-0, 3 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (1-0-1, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Columbus – DF Stephen Herdsman (groin strain), MF Duncan Oughton (R knee), MD Ross Paule (post-concussion syndrome); D.C. United – MF Dema Kovalenko (Jones fracture). Referee: […]

Semifinals, First Leg April 6 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United (USA) 1 UNAM (Mex.) 1. Goals: Gomez 10; Ailton pen. 51. D.C. United — Rimando, Stokes, Boswell, Petke, Gros, Carroll, Gomez (Adu, 79), Olsen, Guppy (Quaranta, 69), Eskandarian (Walker, 83), Moreno. UNAM — Bernal, Castro, Beltran, Pineda, Veron, Galindo, Leandro Augusto, Ailton (Del Olmo, 83), […]

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: April 12-13 Quarterfinals, Second Leg April 12 Bay. Munich (Germ.) 3 (Pizarro 65, Guerrero 90) Scholl 95) Chelsea (Eng.) 2 (Lampard 30, Drogba 80). (Chelsea wins 6-5 on aggregate.) Inter Milan (Italy) 0 AC Milan (Italy) 1 (Shevchenko 30). (AC Milan wins 3-0 on aggregate.) *Abandoned after 73 minutes. April 13 Juventus […]

April 12 in Munich Bayern Munich (Ger.) 3 (Pizaaro 65, Guerrero 90, Scholl 90) Chelsea (England) 2 (Lampard 30, Drogba 80). Bayern Munich — Kahn, Sagnol, Lucio, Kovac, Lizarazu (Salihamidzic, 78), Schweinsteiger, Demichelis (Scholl, 52), Ballack, Ze Roberto, Pizarro, Makaay (Guerrero, 73) Chelsea — Cech, Ricardo Carvalho, Huth, Terry, Gallas, Cole (Nuno Morais, 90), Makelele, […]

The United States opened play in Group A of the CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament play Tuesday with a 3-0 victory over El Salvador in Heredia, Costa Rica. Ryan Soroka and Preston Zimmerman each had a goal and an assist for John Hackworth's squad. Soroka got the U.S. on the board in the 17th minute, and Kyle […]

The U.S. U-16 national team and U-15 developmental team will hold concurrent girls camps April 15-20 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. U.S. U-15 Girls Developmental Team Goalkeepers — Bianca Henninger (San Jose, Calif.), Shaine Millheiser (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Catherine Parkhill (Apple Valley, Minn.), Chante Sandiford (Owing Mills, Md.). Defenders — Jennifer […]

The U.S. U-16 national team and U-15 developmental team will hold concurrent girls camps April 15-20 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. U.S. U-16 Girls National Team Goalkeepers — Rachel Bachtel (Columbus, Ohio), Hannah Messick (Greenwood, Ind.). Defenders — Lauren Brown (Los Altos, Calif.), Nicole Forrest (Upland, Calif.), Melissa Gonzales (Mohegan Lakes, N.Y.), […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Rock Hill (S.C.) Northwestern 16-0-0 2 Parkview (Ga.) 13-0-0 3 Norman (Okla.) North 8-0-1 4 Bellarmine (Wash.) 5-0-1 5 Broken Arrow (Okla.) 9-0-0 6 Lincoln (Neb.) East 5-0-0 7 Oak Mountain (Ala.) 11-0-2 8 Mt. Spokane (Wash.) 7-0-0 9 Brentwood (Tenn.) 5-0-0 10 Bettendorf (Iowa) 3-0-0 11 South Aiken (S.C.) 12-0-1 […]

Winners: LANDON DONOVAN tallied twice and assisted in his debut for the Los Angeles Galaxy, which downed Real Salt Lake, 3-1, before a 27,000 sellout crowd at the Home Depot Center. Brazilian THIAGO MARTINS scored Chivas USA's first league goal in their 3-3 tie at San Jose. The other expansion club, Real Salt Lake, also […]

Chicago Fire has hired John Guppy, previously executive vice president of the MetroStars, to replace Peter Wilt, who has served as Chicago's team president since 1997. Under Wilt, Chicago won the 1998 MLS title during its expansion season, lifted three U.S. Open Cups and finished MLS runner-up twice. Wilt will remain general manager during the […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) THURSDAY, April 14 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores SAO PAULO-QUILMES (delay), 2:30 am. Copa Libertadores ATL. PARANAENSE-AMERICA CALI (live), 8 pm. Copa Libertadores CUENCA-SP. CRISTAL (delay), 10:30 pm PT. GOL TV South America […]

MLS SUMMARIES: April 9 April 9 in San Jose San Jose 3 Chivas USA 3. Goals: Davis 45, Dayak (Davis) 75, Ching (Davis) 79; Martins (Perez) 3, Cuadros (Hendrickson) 73, Sequeira (Ochoa) 90. San Jose – Onstad, Waibel, Cochrane, Dayak, Barrett, Mullan (De Rosario, 71), Clark (Russell, 76), ORourke, Davis, Cerritos (Moreno, 80), Ching. Chivas […]