Monthly Archives: May 2006

Super Group Boys Region A Champions U-13 – Soccer Plus FC Black Watch NY South Æ93 (N.Y.) U-14 – Jersey Crew United (N.J.) U-15 – Carolina Goldstar Select (N.C.) U-16 – Match Fit Academy (N.J.) U-17 – Ironbound SC Warriors (N.J.) Premier Boys Region A Champions U-12 – BW Gottschee REAL (N.Y.) U-12 – Carolina […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) THURSDAY, June 1 SETANTA SPORTS USA UEFA U-21 Championship, FRANCE-NETHERLANDS (live), noon. UEFA U-21 Championship, URKAINE-SERBIA (live), 2:30 pm. TELEMUNDO Friendly NETHERLANDS-MEXICO (live), 2 pm. FRIDAY, June 2 No live games. SATURDAY, June 3 […]

* Jaime Moreno's second goal in D.C. United's 3-1 win over Kansas City on Saturday marked his 99th MLS career goal. Moreno is second in all-time scoring to Jason Kreis, whose goal in Real Salt Lake's 2-2 tie with Colorado marked his 103rd. Moreno will try to hit the century mark when United hosts Columbus […]

By Ridge Mahoney SENIOR EDITOR SOCCER AMERICA John OÆBrien probably wonÆt start against the Czech Republic, DaMarcus Beasley might start but in a different position, and at least four players are in contention for two spots that are up for grabs June 12. Those are the conclusions to be drawn after a sorry showing against […]

By Paul Gardner This is the way the World Cup is supposed to work: 48 games of group play, after which 16 teams go home and the survivors go into the knockout round. Not quite. Because the knockout round really begins right at the start of the tournament, when each team plays its opener. A […]

World Cup-bound American defender Gregg Berhalter captained Energie Cottbus to First Division promotion earlier this month but he'll stay in the Second Division, having transferred to 13th place finisher Munich 1860. Berhalter moved on a free transfer to the team he scored on in the 3-1 season finale win that clinched promotion for Cottbus, for […]

After German playmaker Michael Ballack and goalkeeper Oliver ''Olli'' Kahn threatened to sue German sex shop chain Beate Uhse, it took off the market six-inch long vibrators it had dubbed ''Olli K.'' and ''Michael B.'' In a DW-World.de report headlined ''Beate Uhse Loses its World Cup Buzz,'' the company's spokesperson Assia Tschernookof said, ''We will […]

Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup for USL Second Division and Premier Development League teams concluded Monday, adding five USL Second Division teams and eight PDL sides into the pool of USL teams already consisting of the eight USL First Division members of the USSF and the defending USL-2 champion Charlotte Eagles. Here are USL […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference D.C. United 5-1-3 18 Kansas City 4-4-1 13 New England 3-3-2 11 Columbus 3-3-2 11 Chicago 2-2-4 10 New York 1-2-5 8 Western Conference FC Dallas 6-1-3 21 Houston 4-3-2 14 Colorado 3-3-2 11 Real Salt Lake 2-5-2 8 Los Angeles 2-6-1 7 Chivas USA 2-4-1 7 SCHEDULE (all times ET) Wednesday, […]

May 27 in Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake 2 Colorado 2. Goals: Cunningham pen. 73, Kreis (Cunningham, Klein) 88; Kirovski 33, Wasson (Cooke) 84. Real Salt Lake — Garlick, Novak, Akwari (Williams, 69), Torres, Forko, Klein, Cutler (Cunningham, 46), Talley, Ballouchy, Harris, Kreis. Colorado — Coundoul, Wingert, Freeman, Petke, Denton, Cooke, Beckerman, Kirovski, Mathis […]

USL First Division Monday, May 22 Vancouver 0 Rochester 0. Friday, May 26 Toronto 0 Miami 1 (Romario 19). Vancouver 2 (Gjertsen 18, 32) Seattle 2 (Weaver 23, 73). Saturday, May 27 Charleston 0 Atlanta 0. Minnesota 0 Portland 1 (Alvarez 34). Virginia Beach 0 Rochester 0. Seattle 1 (Gregor pen. 43) Vancouver 0. Sunday, […]

By Mike Woitalla In its last game before departing for the World Cup in Germany, the USA mustered a 1-0 win over Latvia, whose only victories in World Cup qualifying came against Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Brian McBride, playing with a golf ball-size welt in his forehead from a clash in the 18th minute with Deniss […]

By Mike Woitalla, Soccer America The USA ended its three-game winless streak with a 2-0 victory over Venezuela highlighted by Bobby Convey's performance on the left wing. In the Americans' penultimate game of their pre-World Cup ''Sendoff Series,'' the 22-year-old Convey set up the opening goal with a precise, low cross that Brian Ching stabbed […]

Saturday, May 27 4 pm ET/3 pm CT/2 pm MT/1 pm PT REAL SALT LAKE (2-5-1, 7 pts) vs. COLORADO (3-3-1, 10 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Real Salt Lake – DF Eddie Pope (National Team – USA), DF Douglas Sequeira (National Team – Costa Rica), DF Paul Broome (L ankle internal derangement), MF […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena has been forced to make his second change to his World Cup roster since announcing it on May 2. Gregg Berhalter, a veteran of the USAÆs 2002 World Cup roster, has been added to the 23-man roster for the 2006 World Cup, replacing defender Cory Gibbs who was diagnosed […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, May 26 ESPN2 Friendly USA-VENEZUELA (live), 7 pm. TELEMUNDO Friendly USA-VENEZUELA (delay), midnight ET/PT. GOL TV Friendly SAUDI ARABIA-CZECH REPUBLIC (live), noon. SETANTA USA UEFA U-21 Championship ITALY-UKRAINE (delay) 6 pm. UEFA U-21 […]

This wasnÆt the way Marcello Lippi hoped to begin ItalyÆs final push before the World Cup. The Azzurri coach faced calls for his resignation after becoming embroiled in the widening Italian soccer scandal. No one accused Lippi of doing anything wrong, other than having coached for eight years at Juventus, which is at the heart […]

Updates through May 24. With club affiliations (previous college for transfers is in parentheses). AKRON Elliot Bradbrook M England (Ashland) Vedran Ilic M Rockford, Ill. Chicago Magic Oscar Odoch M England Wigan Athletic Ben Zemanski M/F Cuyahoga Falls, OH Cleveland Force AMERICAN Cameron Petty D Manassas, VA Reston FC Karsten Smith D Huntington Station, NY […]

U.S. captain Claudio Reyna limped off with a strained hamstring in the 16th minute of the USAs 1-0 loss to Morocco on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn. Reyna, making his first U.S. appearance of 2006, played in only 22 of Manchester Citys 38 Premier League games during the past season because of a broken ankle and […]

Tennessee power Christian Brothers of Memphis and Emmaus of Pennsylvania are the top-ranked boys and girls teams, respectively in the national poll of NSCAA coaches. BOYS Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tenn.) 1 17-0-0 2 Lincoln East (Lincoln, Neb.)* 2 18-0-0 3 Randolph School (Huntsville, Ala.)* 3 25-1-0 4 Thomas Dale (Chester, […]

BRUCE ARENA, coach ''First of all I think our opponents played a better game than us tonight. They had a definite game plan and the objective was to keep the U.S. team off the scoreboard and they certainly accomplished that. They shortened the game with fouling, delaying and all fair and within the rules of […]

Red Bull New YorkÆs U-17 team captured the 2006 New Jersey State Cup championship, defeating the defending state champion Ironbound Warriors 3-1 in the final on Sunday. Red Bull became the first MLS team to win a U.S. Youth Soccer state championship. ôWe are extremely proud of what this group of athletes has been able […]

2.80 MLS goals per game average through Week 8 of the 2006 season. 2.96 MLS goals per game average through Week 8 of the 2005 season. 2.61 MLS goals per game average through Week 8 of the 2004 season. 16,128 MLS attendance average through Week 8 of the 2006 season. 14,095 MLS attendance average through […]

By Ridge Mahoney Africa is Africa, one huge, mysterious continent to the rest of the world, except when you're talking about soccer. Want to get a Nigerian riled up? Tell him how good Cameroon is. Needless to say, the pragmatic Cameroonian reliance on defense doesn't impress fans in Lagos. And vice versa. So to put […]