Monthly Archives: June 2005

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine Sources at Anschutz Entertainment Group and reports in the Houston press confirm that the long-negotiated purchase of the San Jose Earthquakes by Grupo Televisa, the Mexican conglomerate that counts Mexican team Club America among its holdings, has been finalized contingent upon the decision on where the team […]

American DANNY KARBASSIYOON, a 20-year-old Virginia product, has signed with English second-tier club Burnley. Karbassiyoon was waived in May by Arsenal, which he joined 2003. In the 2004-05 season, he made two League Cup appearances for Arsenal, scoring once, and five league appearances while on loan to second-tier Ipswich. … The MetroStars have acquired defender […]

Winner: Brazil Runner-up: Argentina Third place: Germany Fourth place: Mexico Golden Ball (MVP): Adriano (Brazil) Silver Ball: Juan Riquelme (Argentina) Bronze Ball: Ronaldinho (Brazil) Golden Shoe (leading scorer): Adriano (Brazil) 5 goals Silver Shoe: Michael Ballack (Germany) 4 Bronze Shoe: John Aloisi (Australia) 4 Note: Ballack wins assist tiebreaker over Aloisi. Fair Play Award: Mexico

Western Mass Pioneers (USL2) 5 (McFarland 6, 61, Fletcher pen. 41, Qosa 59, McMenamin 79) Indianapolis Reggae Boyz (USASA) 0. Virginia Beach Mariners (USL1) 3 (Castellanos 5, Caskey 24, O'Niell 74) Richmond Kickers Future (PDL) 0. Wilmington Hammerheads (USL2) 5 (Bundy 6, Chase 12, Hill 36, Gledhill 75, Zarate 90) Dallas Roma (USASA) 0. Ocean […]

MLS Summaries (June 29) June 29 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 Columbus 1. Goals: Burciaga Jr. (Gutierrez) 76; Rodriguez 69. Kansas City – Oshoniyi, Zotinca (Jewsbury, 62), Garcia, Thomas, Burciaga Jr., Klein, Gutierrez, Zavagnin, Victorine, Sealy (Preki, 46), Arnaud. Columbus – Gaudette, Herdsman (Kelly, 38), Fraser, Marshall, Schulte, Rodriguez, Elliott, Martino (Armstrong, 78), Henderson, […]

Under-19 Boys Sockers FC Chicago (Illinois) 2 (Marsico 57, Person 63) Thunder SC (Ohio South) 0. Under-18 Boys FC Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 1 (Ratka 111) Dynamo Katner (Indiana) 1 (Shrack 120). (FC Milwaukee wins on penalties.) Under-17 Boys Vardar (Michigan) 0 Chicago Sockers (Illinois) 0. (Vardar wins on penalties.) Under-16 Boys Vardar (Michigan) 1 (Simon 74) […]

U-19 Boys CESA Premier (SC) 1 (Arrietta 86) Atlanta Fire United (GA) 2 (Chambers 32, Charowski 43). U-18 Boys AFC Lightning (GA) 1 (Knott 40) Dallas Texans Red (TX N) 2 (Nguyen 70, 93). U-17 Boys Dallas Texans Red (TX N) 4 (Brown 13, Sajjadi 43, Nigh 52, Akpan 58) TN FC Blue (TN) 0. […]

Semifinals June 28 Argentina 2 (Messi 7, Zabaleta 93) Brazil 1 (Renato 75). Nigeria 3 (Taiwo 34, Adefemi 70, Ogbuke 75) Morocco 0.

Premier Boys Region B Champions U12 û PDA (NJ) U13 û South Jersey Barons (NJ) U14 û Roanoke Star (VA) U15 û NOVA (VA) U16 û PA Classics Leeds (PA) U17 û Matchfit Academy (NJ) Super Group Boys Region B Champions U13 û NASA (NJ) U14 û Matchfit Academy (NJ) U14 û Black Watch (NY) […]

U-19 Boys CESA Premier (SC) 1 (Morris 5) Texans Red (TX S) 0. Atlanta United Fire (GA) 1 (Beam 20) CASL Elite (NC) 0. U-18 Boys AFC Lightning Premier (GA) 3 (Waasdorp 35, Jackson 80, Mitrovich 90+) NOW Spirit (OK) 2 (Mooney 28, Hammond 66). Dallas Texans Red (TX N) 3 (goalscorers n/a) GSC Green […]

MLS Previews (June 29) Wednesday, June 29, 8 pm ET/7 pm CT/5 pm PT KANSAS CITY (5-3-6, 21 pts) vs. COLUMBUS (4-8-1, 13 pts) TV: ONN. Direct Kick: DirecTV – 791; Dish Net – 464; In Demand. Key Players Out: Kansas City – MF Diego Walsh (athletic pubalgia), FW Josh Wolff (National Team Duty – […]

Under-13 Boys Bangu Tsunami (Minnesota) 3, Scott Gallagher (Missouri) 1 Chicago Magic Chelsea (Illinois) 4, Carmel United Storm (Indiana) 1 Under-13 Girls BV Stars (Kansas) 1, CIS Knockouts (Illinois) 3 Internationals (Ohio North) 1, Vardar (Michigan) 8 Under-14 Boys Dakota Gold Fury (South Dakota) 0, Ohio FC Mutiny (Ohio South) 6 Chicago Magic (Illinois) 3, […]

Listeners tuned in to a live radio interview with Brazilian star Roberto Carlos heard the famous left back say, ''They just robbed my car, they just robbed my car.'' The Real Madrid player was in Belo Horizonte, conducting the interview via cell phone while in the passenger seat, when armed robbers who arrived on motorcycle […]

Leading scorers among new foreigners in MLS: Hector Cuadros (Chivas USA/Mexico) 3 Youri Djorkaeff (Metrostars/France) 3 Roberto Minna (Dallas/Ecuador) 3 Thiago (Chicago/Brazil) 3 MLS leading scorers: Jeff Cunningham (Colorado) 8 Pat Noonan (New England) 8 Carlos Ruiz (Dallas) 7 Clint Dempsey (New England) 6 Landon Donovan (Los Angeles) 6 Nate Jaqua (Chicago) 6 Jaime Moreno […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena has replaced forward Eddie Johnson, who has not recovered from a toe injury, with D.C. United's Santino Quaranta, who has two goals in 10 MLS appearances this season. … Chivas USA has released defenders Ryan Suarez and Alfonso Loera, who have appeared in 15 and nine games, respectively. Suarez, after being […]

Premier Boys Region D Champions U12 û Chicago Magic (IL) U13 û Chicago Magic (IL) U14 û FC Barrington (IL) U15 û CIS (IL) U16 û Metro United (IL) U17 û Ft. Wayne Fever (IN) Super Group Boys Region D Champions U15 û Metro United (IL) Premier Girls Region D Champions U12 û Century United […]

U-18 Boys Comets Blue (TX N) 1 NOW Spirit (OK) 3 LFC Cajun Burn (LA) 0 Dallas Texans Red (TX N) 1 AFC Lightning Premier (GA) 6 Texas Premier FC (TX S) 1 CESA Premier (SC) 0 GSC Green (NC) 3 U-17 Boys TNFC Blue (TN) 2 CASL Elite (NC) 1 Dallas Texans Red (TX […]

Under-13 Boys Grand Valley Premier (Michigan) 4, Red River United (North Dakota) 0 PaceSetter Soccer Club (Ohio North) 1, Bangu Tsunami (Minnesota) 1 Great Plains Force (South Dakota) 3, Eagles SC Blue (Ohio South) 1 Thoroughbreds SC (Kentucky) 0, Chicago Magic Chelsea (Illinois) 3 CSA Gold Precision (Nebraska) 0, FC Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 1 KCFC Alliance […]

Winners … FC DALLAS' 3-1 win over Colorado, on goals by Aaron Pitchkolan, Bobby Rhine and Abe Thompson, extended its lead over Los Angeles at the top of the Western Conference to nine points. NEW ENGLAND maintains a five-point lead over Chicago at the top of the East after its 4-2 comeback win over the […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, July 1 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL W-League CHARLOTTE-ATLANTA (live), 8 pm. SATURDAY, July 2 MLS DIRECT KICK MLS COLUMBUS-D.C. UNITED (live), 7:30 pm. MLS CHIVAS USA-CHICAGO (live) 10 pm FOX SOCCER CHANNEL World Youth […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine SPARTAN POSTSCRIPT: Not every Quakes fan in attendance last Saturday at Spartan Stadium turned out to jeer Landon Donovan. Long after a pinata in his image had been swatted and stomped on by angry fans, and the Quakes had done the same to the Galaxy in a […]

June 21 New Hampshire 1 (King 16) Boston 3 (Brown 29, Stoia 51, Johnson 67). June 22 Chicago 5 (Langsfield 56, Krivacek 59, Lipinski 65, Masar 80, Buczkowski 87) Fort Wayne 3 (Halls 10, Heyer 34, 57). June 23 Richmond 1 (Stannard 10) Charlotte 3 (Wilson-Schmades 10, 42, 76). Denver 0 Vancouver 3 (McGhee 18, […]

June 25 Boston-North 0 New England 3 (Monroe 49, Maurer 55, Spinelli 72). California 2 (MacMillan 14, Tapscott 75) Ajax America 0. Maryland 2 Philadelphia 3. San Francisco 1 (Garcia 14) San Diego 0. Steel City 0 Bay State 3 (Lima 22, Noronha 33, Sewall 79). Utah 1 Elk Grove 1. *Las Vegas 1 (Roberts […]

USL First Division June 21 Seattle 1 (Sturm 86) Rochester 0. June 22 Montreal 4 (Vincello 26, Gerba 30, Grande 84, Sebrango 90) Charleston 2 (Smith 57, own goal 78). Puerto Rico 1 (Villegas 35) Vancouver 2 (Fuller 5, Klein pen. 43). June 24 Puerto Rico 3 (Villegas 10, Velez 68, Woolfolk 80) Richmond 1 […]

Semifinals June 25 Germany 2 (Podolski 23, Ballack pen. 48) Brazil 3 (Adriano 21, 76, Ronaldinho pen. 43). June 26 Argentina 1 (Figueroa 110) Mexico 1 (Salcido 104). (Argentina wins 6-5 on penalties.)