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Under-19 Boys Atlanta Fire United (Georgia) 4, Reston RFC (Virginia) 0 Goal Scorers: Ryan Roushandel (Fire) 9:00, 66:00, David Bell (Fire) 34:00, 65:00 Sockers FC (Illinois) 1, Nomads SC (California South) 0 Goal Scorers: Dirk Pearson (Sockers) 87:00 Under-18 Boys Dallas Texans Red 87 (Texas North) 3, Real Colorado National (Colorado) 0 Goal Scorers: Sean […]

MLS All-Star team coach Colin Clarke has added Colorado forward Jeff Cunningham, Chicago defender Ivan Guerrero and San Jose midfielder Brad Davis to the squad that faces Fulham on Saturday as replacements for injured Eddie Johnson (Dallas), Eddie Pope (Salt Lake) and Amado Guevara (MetroStars).

Championship July 26 in Karlskoga USA 4 Norway 1. Goals: Cheney 15, O'Reilly 49, Lloyd 65, Chalupny 73; Wiik 85. USA — Barnhart (Bohn, 82), Fletcher, Buehler, Oakes, Lopez, Buczkowski, Lloyd (Huffman, 75), Chalupny (Makoski, 80), Tarpley (Rodriguez, 82), OÆReilly, Cheney (Rapinoe, 69). Norway — Nilsen (Skarbo, 84), Woods, Hansen, Vikestad, Morkved, Knutsen, Giske, Storlokken, […]

MLS Previews (July 27) Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/4:30 pm PT METROSTARS (6-6-7, 25 pts) vs FC DALLAS (10-4-4, 34 pts) TV: No TV. Key Players Out: Metrostars – DF Tim Ward (L hamstring strain), GK Mike Ueltschey (R finger fracture), MF Amado Guevara (L quad contusion/knee sprain), DF Tim Regan (R […]

MLS Average home attendance 23,570 Los Angeles 20,783 Real Salt Lake 18,168 Chicago 16,351 D.C. United 15,343 Metrostars 13,021 New England 12,982 Colorado 11,743 Chivas USA 11,691 Columbus 10,777 San Jose 10,129 Kansas City 9,031 FC Dallas 14,675: Leaguewide

Englishman Eden Diebel, 44, who has directed TV commercials for Coca-Cola, Mercedes and Smirnoff and earlier this year won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, has been found guilty of soccer hooliganism. Diebel, recently named one of the ''Top 10 New Directors'' by Campaign magazine, was among five West Ham fans caught by surveillance […]

On Sunday, when the U.S. national team lifted the 2005 Gold Cup title – the regional championship of CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) – it marked the third official tournament won by the U.S. national team. Also under Coach Bruce Arena, the USA won the 2002 Gold Cup. In 1991, under Coach […]

July 23 Ajax America 3 (Boswell 14, Arkenberg pen. 43, Edwards 61) San Diego 1 (Jouglet 88). Bay State 4 (Norohna 4, D. Lima 9, McGregor 30, Fairweather 62) Boston-North 2 (Macdonald 40, McHugh 70). New England 3 (Connors 23, Schnur 45, Kosloski 68) Steel City 1 (Gantz 87). Rhode Island 2 (Ciccone 20, Lanzire […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, July 29 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL USL First Division VANCOUVER-SEATTLE (live), 11 pm. GOL TV International Friendly BOCA JUNIORS-PORTO (live), 1 pm. International Friendly AJAX-ARSENAL (live), 3 pm. SATURDAY, July 30 ABC MLS MLS […]

GOALKEEPER Jaime Penedo (Panama) DEFENDERS Oguchi Onyewu (USA) Felipe Baloy (Panama) Samuel Caballero (Honduras) MIDFIELDERS DaMarcus Beasley (USA) Landon Donovan (USA) Jairo Patino (Colombia) Luis Perez (Mexico) FORWARDS Luis Tejada (Panama) Wilmer Velasquez (Honduras) Tressor Moreno (Colombia) *Selected by the CONCACAF technical study group.

Winners: After 120 minutes of scoreless play, the USA downed Panama in a penalty-kick tiebreaker, 3-1, to win the 2005 Gold Cup. U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller and his counterpart, Jaime Penedo, each made several big saves before the shootout in which two Panamanians missed and Luis Tejada was stopped by Keller. Santino Quaranta, Landon Donovan […]

Semifinals July 30 in Agawam, Mass. California Storm vs. Pittsburgh Sparks New England Mutiny vs. FC Indiana Final July 31 in Agawam, Mass. For information regarding the WPSL National Championship Tournament call, (413) 330-WPS

USL First Division July 18 Minnesota 1 (C Dombrowski 86) Rochester 3 (Wilson 20, Bolanos 65, Aguilera 77). July 20 Toronto 2 (Fraser 19, Gbeke 37) Atlanta 1 (Dawkins 20). July 22 Charleston 2 (Martinez 23, Hollingsworth 89) Puerto Rico 1 (own goal 27). Toronto 0 Montreal 1 (Biello 38). Richmond 0 Rochester 0. July […]

July 18 Seattle 2 (Baysa 12, Garbin 21) Fort Collins 1 (Stevens 72). July 19 West Michigan 4 (Capel 2, Vierling 73, Vander Kodde 96, Braam 100) Chicago 4 (Krivacek 57, 81, Masar 98, 105). July 20 Carolina 1 (Yates 12) Hampton Roads 3 (Akide 13, 31, 76). Northern Virginia 1 (Jimenez 43) Richmond 2 […]

The United States won the Gold Cup for the third time Sunday at when it beat Panama on penalty kicks after the final at Giants Stadium ended in a 0-0 tie. In the shootout, Kasey Keller saved PanamaÆs first attempt by Luis Tejada, and then got some help from the crossbar and a clear miss […]

July 22 in Saffle USA 4 Denmark 0. Goals: Lloyd 40, 80, Rapinoe 89, Cheney 90. USA — Barnhart, Fletcher (Buehler, 46; Castelanelli, 50), Maxwell (Huffman, 60), Oakes, Lopez, Buczkowski, Lloyd, Tarpley (Rapinoe, 80), Chalupny, OÆReilly, Rodriguez (Cheney, 46). Denmark — Graversen. P.Pedersen, Nielsen, L.Pedersen, Haastrup, Jorgensen (K.Pedersen, 73), Andersen, Larsen, Johansen, Kristensen (Vester, 66), […]

Premier Boys U12 û CASL (NC) U13 û Slammers FC (CA) U14 û Bridge FA (SC) Super Group Boys U13 û Chicago Magic (IL) U14 û Goldstar SC (NC) Premier Girls U12 û Santa Rosa United (CA) U13 û Chicago Magic (IL) U14 û Central Valley Mercury (CA) U15 û Slammers FC (CA)

The U.S. women's national team scored three goals in a six-minute span in the second half to defeat Iceland, 3-0, Sunday in its final match of the summer. Danielle Fotopoulos got two in two minutes, while Shannon Boxx added the clincher in the boiling heat at the Home Depot Center. With the win, the USA […]

MLS STATISTICS (through July 24) STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS Chicago 11-7-3 36 New England 10-3-5 35 D.C. United 8-6-5 29 Kansas City 7-5-8 29 Metrostars 6-6-7 25 Columbus 6-10-3 21 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS FC Dallas 10-4-4 34 San Jose 9-4-7 34 Los Angeles 8-7-4 28 Colorado 6-11-3 21 Real Salt Lake […]

MLS Summaries (July 22-23) July 22 in Carson, Calif. Chivas USA 1 New England 0. Goal: Sequeira (Martinez) 38. Chivas USA – Guzan, Hendrickson, Gomez, Begines, Ochoa, Ramirez (Arias, 68), Sequeira, Mendoza, Torres, Romo (Cuadros, 68), Martinez. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, John, Franchino, Cancela (Leonard, 46), Joseph, Dorman, Riley (Latham, 83), Twellman, Smith […]

The Homeless World Cup kicked off in Scotland this week five teams short because the immigration officials denied entry visas to the players of Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Cameroon and Nigeria, ruling that they did not have the means to support themselves during their visit to Britain. ''To deny homeless people access to the UK on […]

Winners: The USA trailed Honduras for nearly an hour but notched two goals with time running out for a 2-1 semifinal Gold Cup win. Defender Oguchi Onyewu struck with a diving header two minutes into stoppage time off a bending Landon Donovan free kick to notch the gamewinner and his first international goal. Six minutes […]

Winger Ricardo Phillips scored twice to lead Panama past Colombia, 3-2, in the semifinals of the Gold Cup. The win was the second for Panama against Colombia at the Gold Cup and moved it into the final against the United States on Sunday at Giants Stadium. Jorge Dely Valdes also scored for the Canaleros, who […]

The USA trailed Honduras for nearly an hour but notched two goals with time running out for a 2-1 semifinal win Thursday in Giants Stadium to reach the Gold Cup final. Defender Oguchi Onyewu struck with a diving header two minutes into stoppage time off a bending Landon Donovan free kick to notch the gamewinner […]

Winners: According to its official Web site, Real Madrid has invited the MLS ALL-STAR team to play in its annual "team presentation" game Aug. 23 at Real's Santiago Bernabeu stadium. (On July 30, in Columbus, Ohio, the MLS All-Stars face Fulham, 13th place finisher in last season's English Premier League.) Liverpool's former U.S. youth international […]