Monthly Archives: April 2006

The inaugural U.S. Club Soccer Champions Cup will be played on Easter weekend at DisneyÆs Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Eight boys clubs and eight girls clubs will compete in U-13, U-15 and U-17 age groups April 13-16. The boysÆ competition features: Atlanta Concorde Fire, CASL Elite, Cleveland Internationals, Colorado […]

Despite losing Eddie Johnson, FC Dallas has a quartet of forwards that could be the best group in the league. Three of them played last weekend in a 3-2 comeback win over Chicago; Kenny Cooper and Roberto Mina scored, and Carlos Ruiz set up one of the goals. Defender Greg Vanney believes this trio and […]

Columbus Blast Cup April 1-2 Ohio Under 14 Boys Serie A COSA Express 3 Northstars 2 Crossroads Classic March 31-April 2 Kansas Under 19 Boys 1st. Great Plains Rapids, 2nd. CSC Celtic Under 18 Boys 1st. Topeka Wolves, 2nd. Topeka Select Comets Under 17 Boys 1st. Kansas Rush, 2nd. River City Warriors Under 16 Boys […]

USL First Division Atlanta Silverbacks: D/M Marlon Rojas (Real Salt Lake), M Scott Buete (Chicago Fire), G Shaun Kalnasy (Chivas USA) Charleston Battery: D Shane Crawford (Village United – Jamaica), M Omar Daley (Portmore United – Jamaica) Montreal Impact: G Andrew Weber (DC United), D David Fronimadis (re-sign through 2007), F Dark Kolic (re-sign) Portland […]

Saturday, April 8, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT D.C. UNITED (0-0-1, 1 pt) vs. CHIVAS USA (1-0-0, 3 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key Players Out: D.C. United – DF Bryan Namoff (L groin strain), GK Nick Rimando (L mid-foot sprain); Chivas USA – MF Francisco Gomez (L knee surgery), FW Matt Taylor (R ankle fracture). Referee: […]

All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change. FRIDAY, April 7 SETANTA SPORTS USA England LEICESTER CITY-CRYSTAL PALACE (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, April 8 ESPN2 MLS D.C. UNITED-CHIVAS USA (live), 4 pm. MLS DIRECT KICK NEW YORK-NEW ENGLAND (live), 7:30 pm. HOUSTON-KANSAS […]

Villarreal and Barcelona have reached the semifinals of the European Champions League, marking the sixth time that a nation has sent two or more clubs to the final four since the European Cup became the Champions League in 1992-93 and invited league runners-up. It is the fourth time that Spanish clubs have done it: 2000 […]

By Ridge Mahoney The two bottom-feeders in MLS last season finished one win apart; after a busy offseason rife with change, they opened the 2006 season separated by three goals. And it could have been more. CD Chivas USA blasted Real Salt Lake, 3-0, and was clearly better all over the field. Midfielder Chris Klein, […]

Updates through April 4. With club affiliations (previous college for transfers is in parentheses). Barton Chris Brown M Eastern Wayne, NC Eric Desloge D Wake County, NC Triangle FC Carter Ellis M/F Wilson, NC Max Holly D/M Mount Pleasant, SC Summerville Inferno Joseph Jeffreys D Smithfield-Selma, NC Triangle FC William Stakes M Wilson, NC Chris […]

Updates through April 4. 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 […]

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 […]

Donovan Ricketts Shawn Sawyers Damion Stewart Claude Davis Garfield Reid Omar Daley Oneil Thompson Demar Stewart Khari Stephenson Jermaine Johnson Fabian Dawkins Jamal Campbell-Ryce Jason Morrison Jermaine Hue Teafore Bennett Newton Sterling Dane Richards Ryan Johnson

U.S. national team Bruce Arena has called up 18 players to face Jamaica on April 11 Cary, N.C., in the final match prior to naming his 23-man roster for the 2006 World Cup. Three-time World Cup veteran Tony Meola will have an opportunity to earn his 100th cap for the United States at sold-out SAS […]

Winners: The HOUSTON DYNAMO (formerly the San Jose Earthquakes) drew 25,462 for the first home game in franchise history and delivered a dazzling display in a 5-2 win over Colorado, in which Brian Ching scored four goals and Dwayne De Rosario notched four assists. The Texas crowd helped MLS opening-day average attendance break the 22,000 […]

MLS GAME SUMMARIES: April 1-2 April 1 in Frisco FC Dallas 3 Chicago 2. Goals: Alvarez (Ruiz) 31, Mina 66, Cooper (Rhine, O'Brien) 70; Barrett 12, Rolfe (Guerrero) 54. FC Dallas – Sala, Gbandi, Vanney, Goodson, Rhine, Alvarez (Cooper, 65), Nunez (Wilson, 64), Valakari, O'Brien, Mina (Pitchkolan, 79), Ruiz. Chicago – Thornton, Mapp, Pause, Curtin […]

Mexico coach Ricardo Lavolpe has named a 26-man preliminary World Cup roster, which must be pared downed to 23 by May 15. The list includes Chivas USA defender Claudio Suarez. Left off is striker Club America Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a vocal critic of Lavolpe. Goalkeepers: Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara), Jesus Corona (UAG Tecos),Guillermo Ochoa (Club America). Defenders: […]

How the London lawer who played for Oxford University at Wembley became an MLS pioneer. By Mike Woitalla Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine By his mid-teens, Ivan Gazidis had comprehended that his chances of becoming a professional soccer player were slim. ''That's when I gave up my defensive responsibilities and started to play forward,'' he […]

Senior Editor, Soccer America Magazine Following up on a landmark media deal for the World Cup and other FIFA events, a new MLS television deal that includes a rights fee is indicative of how media and technology influence soccer in America. Before this year, most soccer fans in the United States had never heard of […]

Executive Editor, Soccer America Magazine What's to get excited about as MLS enters its second decade? It should depend on answers to these questions. 1. Will Freddy be smiling and stylin'? Freddy Adu's big smile turned to a frown last season. He complained about a lack of playing time (oh my!) and refused to apologize. […]

By Paul Kennedy Managing Editor, Soccer America It's a long way from Cheshire, Conn., where Sunil Gulati started out in soccer as a child, to Las Vegas, site of U.S. Soccer's Annual General Meeting, at which he was elected its 29th president. Gulati was so young when he began working in soccer administration that a […]

The Eastern Conference, rough as it was last year, is a treacherous ziggurat his season. Every team looks improved and each is hungry to atone for its own failings in 2005. By Ridge Mahoney GANG OF THREE, OR FOUR. D.C. stumbled, the Revs fizzled, the Fire flickered, and the Wizards vanished. That was then. What […]