Monthly Archives: March 2006

The 23 referees for the 2006 World Cup: ABD EL FATAH Essam (Egypt) AMARILLA Carlos (Paraguay) ARCHUNDIA Benito (Mexico) BATRES Carlos (Guatemala) BUSACCA Massimo (Switzerland) CODJIA Coffi (Benin) DE BLEECKERE Frank (Belgium) DE SANTIS Massimo (Italy) ELIZONDO Horacio (Argentina) IVANOV Valentin (Russia) KAMIKAWA Toru (Japan) LARRIONDA Jorge (Uruguay) MAIDIN Shamsul (Singapore) MEJUTO GONZALEZ Manuel (Spain) […]

Why Hamburg? By Paul Kennedy Managing Editor, Soccer America in Hamburg Americans do things a little different in soccer. While most finalists at the 2006 World Cup will be bunkered in the German countryside, the U.S. national team will be staying in the heart of Hamburg, Germany's entertainment capital. U.S. Soccer did the castle thing […]

Updates through March 31. With club affiliations (previous college for transfers is in parentheses). AKRON Elliot Bradbrook M England (Ashland) Vedran Ilic M Rockford, Ill. Chicago Magic Ben Zemanski M/F Cuyahoga Falls, OH Cleveland Force AMERICAN Cameron Petty D Manassas, VA Reston FC Karsten Smith D Huntington Station, NY BW Gottschee Jake Van Yahres F […]

USL First Division Atlanta Silverbacks: G Felipe Quintero (Lobos BUAP – Mexico) Miami FC: F Romario (Vasco da Gama – Brazil) Montreal Impact: Dan Antoniuk (trade from Vancouver), M Leonardo Di Lorenzo (Argentinos Juniors – Argentina), D Gabriel Gervais (re-sign through 2008), M – Antonio Ribeiro (re-sign through 2008) Portland Timbers: D Josh Brown (Univ. […]

By Ridge Mahoney The maligned Western Conference, deemed inferior to the East last season, may not be any stronger in 2006, but still it boasts the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup winner (Los Angeles) as well as the team that posted the best regular-season record (San Jose, now Houston: 18-4-10.) TOP DOG. How the […]

BOYS 1 Klein (Spring, Texas) 22-0-0 2 St. Louis (Lake Charles, La.) 31-0-2 3 Clovis West (Fresno, Calif.) 31-2-0 4 Palm Harbor University (Fla.) 26-4-0 5 Coppell (Coppell, Texas) 20-0-2 6 Santa Margarita (Calif.) 25-4-0 7 Countryside (Clearwater, Fla.) 27-4-1 8 Rider (Wichita Falls, Texas) 18-0-2 9 Clinton (Clinton, Miss.) 22-3-4 10 Jensen Beach (Fla.) […]

Chicago Fire Roster NO. POS. PLAYER COUNTRY GP P 1 G David Mahoney USA 3 – 2 D C.J. Brown USA 192 2 3 F Calen Carr USA 0 0 4 D Leonard Griffin USA 12 0 5 D Jim Curtin USA 129 3 6 M Craig Capano USA 22 1 7 M John Thorrington […]

Chivas USA Roster NO. POS. PLAYER COUNTRY GP P 2 D Claudio Suarez Mexico 0 0 3 D Carlos Llamosa USA 141 3 4 M Brent Whitfield USA 0 0 5 D Ezra Hendrickson St. Vin. & Gren. 206 21 6 M Francisco Mendoza Mexico 24 0 7 M Ramon Ramirez Mexico 31 2 8 […]

Chivas USA Schedule April 2 Real Salt Lake April 8 @D.C. United April 15 Los Angeles April 29 Red Bull N.Y. May 14 New England May 20 @Red Bull N.Y. May 27 Chicago June 3 Colorado June 8 @Los Angeles June 11 @FC Dallas June 17 Columbus June 21 @Colorado June 24 @Columbus June 28 […]

Chicago Fire Schedule April 1 @FC Dallas April 8 @Los Angeles April 15 @Columbus April 30 @New England May 6 @Kansas City May 13 @Red Bull N.Y. May 20 @Houston May 27 @Chivas USA June 3 @Real Salt Lake June 11 New England June 17 @Kansas City June 21 @D.C. United June 25 Red Bull […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Chelsea may have pulled out this year's MLS All-Star Game, but it has signed a deal with AEG that takes effect next year. A press conference scheduled for Monday to announce the matchup of the English Premier League champion and an MLS all-star team at the Fire's new […]

The U.S. womenÆs national team will begin residency on April 2 as 25 players come to The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. for a six-month period that will culminate in the fall with CONCACAF qualifying for the 2007 WomenÆs World Cup. This will be the sixth residency camp for the U.S. women, but the […]

Midfielder Eddie Gaven, 19, has been traded from the New York Red Bulls to the Columbus Crew in exchange for 24-year-old forward Edson Buddle. Gaven, who debuted in MLS at age 16, has played in 69 games (62 starts), and tallied 16 goals and 12 assists in three seasons. Gaven played for Crew coach Sigi […]

Border Battle March 18-19 Missouri Under 17/18 Boys KCFC Alliance Rideout 3 Futura Elite 2 (KCFC Alliance Rideout wins on penalties.) Under 16 Boys St. Louis SC Blue 2 Lou Fusz 1 Under 15 Boys CRSA 3 Futura Force 2 Under 14 Boys KCFC Alliance Rideout 13 EFC Attack 1 Under 14 Girls J.B. Marine […]

WINNERS & LOSERS: Convey, Hahnemann reach the top with Reading Winners: READING, which had not reached the top tier of English soccer during its 135-year history, clinched promotion to the Premier League after its 1-1 tie with Leicester. The American duo of keeper Marcus Hahnemann and midfielder Bobby Convey are among four players who have […]

U.S. under-16 girls national team coach Kazbek Tambi will take an 18-player roster to the Netherlands for a three-match tour April 8-16. It will be the first matches abroad for the U-16s this year. The USA will play two teams from the Dutch WomenÆs Premier League as well as the Dutch U-19s. U.S. ROSTER GOALKEEPERS […]

The U.S. U-20 womenÆs national team will play five matches in eight days against four college teams from the Northwest, plus Ohio State: Washington State (April 1, on the Nike Campus in Beaverton, Ore.), Washington (April 2, at the University of Portland), Portland (April 4, at UP), Oregon State (April 6, at UP) and Ohio […]

The U.S. under-16 national team is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for its first foreign tour of the year as it begins its preparations for qualifying next year for the Under-17 World Cup. John HackworthÆs team is playing in the six-team Copa Esperanzas Corea 2007 Tournament. U.S. ROSTER Goalkeepers — Josh Lambo (Middleton, Wis.), Chris Miller […]

U.S. under-16 boys national team March 22 Univ. of Cincinnati 0-3 U.S. under-17 boys national team March 24 Wake Forest Univ. 1-3. Goal: Ibrahim U.S. under-20 womenÆs national team March 20 Long Beach State 3-0 Goals: Adams, Rostedt (2) March 21 U.S. U-21s 3-1 Goals: Averbuch, Adams (2) March 21 U.S. U-21s 1-5 Goal: Heath […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN AKRON Ken Lolla (Louisville coach) à Caleb Porter (Indiana assÆt) BUTLER Joe Sochacki (resigned) à Kelly Findley (Charlotte assÆt) CAL POLY SLO Wolfgang Gartner (contract not renewed) à Paul Holocher (UC Santa Cruz) CAL STATE FULLERTON Al Mistri (retiring)à Bob Ammann (Cal State Fullerton assÆt) CLEVELAND STATE Pete Curtis (contract not […]

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. THURSDAY, March 30 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL CONCACAF Champions' Cup SAPRISSA-TOLUCA, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (delay), 2 am. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores MARACAIBO-UNAM (live), 5 pm. Copa Libertadores EL NACIONAL-LIBERTAD (live), 7 pm. Copa […]

USL First Division Atlanta Silverbacks: Warren Ukah (Virginia Beach Mariners) Portland Timbers: M Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (re-sign), M Luke Kreamalmeyer (Real Salt Lake) Seattle Sounders: M Kevin Sakuda (re-sign), M Andrew Gregor (re-sign), G Preston Burpo (transfer to RSL), M Brent Whitfield (transfer to RSL) Vancouver Whitecaps: M Jay Alberts (Minnesota Thunder), D Adrian Cann (Montreal […]

TRIVIA QUESTION: Which are the only two MLS team to have won at least 10 games in each of the past five regular seasons? ANSWER: The Columbus Crew & the MetroStars

Updates through March 26. With club affiliations (previous college for transfers is in parentheses). AKRON Elliot Bradbrook M England (Ashland) Vedran Ilic M Rockford, Ill. Chicago Magic Ben Zemanski M/F Cuyahoga Falls, OH Cleveland Force AMERICAN Cameron Petty D Manassas, VA Reston FC Karsten Smith D Huntington Station, NY BW Gottschee Jake Van Yahres F […]

Chivas USAÆs Claudio Suarez, with his 174th Mexico appearance on March 29, is the second all-time cap leader. World's all-time cap leaders 1.Mohamed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia) 180 2.Claudio Suarez (Mexico) 174 3.Hossam Hassan (Egypt) 170 4.Cobi Jones (USA) 164 4. Adnan Kh. Al-Talyani (UAE) 164 6.Sami Al-Jaber (Saudi Arabia) 157 7.Lothar Matthaus ((West) Germany) 150 […]