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YOUTH: U.S. U-20 result at Suwon Tournament The U.S. U-20 national team fell 1-0 to host South Korea on a freezing cold evening at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in their second match of the Suwon International Tournament. The loss ended Coach Sigi Schmid's streak of eight straight wins since he took over the team […]

(This article appeared in the March 21, 2005 issue of Soccer America Magazine.) The United States has played Mexico eight times in the last four years, but the Americans won't recognize a handful of reinforcements brought in by Coach Ricardo Lavolpe. By Mike Woitalla ANTONIO "SINHA" NAELSON (Toluca). The 28-year-old Sao Paulo native arrived in […]

(This article appeared in the March 21, 2005 issue of Soccer America Magazine.) By Mike Woitalla Forty years ago, Hector Sanchez, a Mexico City car mechanic bounced an 8-year-old boy on his lap and asked his friends, ''Do you know who this guy is?'' They responded that, of course, it's your son Hugo. ''Yes,'' said […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy continued to load up on foreigners, signing a pair of Brazilians and a Costa Rican international. Joining the club are 29-year-old Brazilian forward Naldo, who recently played for Swiss club St. Gallen in 2003-04, 19-year-old Brazilian midfielder Paulo Nagamura, who played in English club Arsenal's reserve system before being released in […]

U.S. players to fade physically late in the game, as they did in the 2-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago to open the Hexagonal. "They know that physically they have problems," Lavolpe said Tuesday, "and that's where we must put pressure on them. In their last game against Trinidad & Tobago, they struggled physically in […]

Chicago Fire No. Goalkeepers/Country GP 1 David Mahoney USA 0 18 Matt Pickens USA 0 24 Zach Thornton USA 170 No. Defenders/Country GP 2 C.J. Brown USA 172 3 Samuel Caballero HON 0 5 Jim Curtin USA 102 33 Hollis Donaldson USA 0 6 Kelly Gray USA 78 4 Leonard Griffin USA 9 23 Ivan […]

March 18 Davidson 3-1 W Marosevic, Ababio (2) March 19 UNC-Wilmington 0-1 L — March 20 Wake Forest 0-2 L —

The U.S. U-21 womenÆs national team will hold a training camp March 26-April 3 in Carson, Calif. U.S. U-21 coach Greg Ryan, who recently returned from Portugal where he coached the senior national team to the Algarve Cup title, will bring 24 players to the Home Depot Center. U-21 Women's National Team Roster Goalkeepers: Erica […]

March 22, 2005 in Suwon, South Korea U.S. U-20s 2, Argentina U-20s 1. Goals: Barrett (John) 18, Hill (Evans) 91; Fabro (Armenteros) 8. USA — Westberg, Freeman (Rogers, 74), Phelan, Ianni, Ward, Feilhaber (Kljestan, 66), Gaven, Dalby, John (Szetela, 57), Barrett (Hill, 74), Peterson (Evans, 68). Argentina — Champagne, Formica, Barroso, Maidana, Domingo, Manicero (Yassogna, […]

Houston teenager Stuart Holden, who recently signed a short-term contract with English club Sunderland, suffered a fractured eye socket in an unprovoked attack outside the Tiger Tiger bar in Newcastle's Newgate Street. The injury required surgery and will probably keep the 19-year-old midfielder out of action for the remainder of the English season. Holden, who […]

Winners EDDIE JOHNSON's goal in the last minute of the first half was enough to give the UNITED STATES a 1-0 victory over Honduras Saturday in an international friendly at University Stadium in Albuquerque, N.M. Johnson has now scored seven goals in six career games since making his debut back on Oct. 9, 2004. The […]

Goalkeepers: Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara), Oscar Perez (Cruz Azul). Defenders: Francisco Javier Rodrfguez (Guadalajara), Carlos Salcido (Guadalajara), Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Gonzalo Pineda (UNAM), Hugo Sanchez (Tigres), Hector Altamirano (Santos), Salvador Carmona (Cruz Azul), Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul). Midfielders: Jaime Lozano (UNAM), Rafael Garcfa (Cruz Azul), Ramon Morales (Guadalajara), Pavel Pardo (Club America), Luis Perez (Monterrey), Antonio […]

Eddie Johnson's goal in the last minute of the first half was enough to give the United States a 1-0 victory over Honduras Saturday in an international friendly at University Stadium in Albuquerque, N.M. The game was the teamÆs final tune-up matches for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers on March 27 against Mexico in Mexico […]

All times Eastern (Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, March 25 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying ENGLAND-GERMANY (live), 2:30 pm. RAI INTERNATIONAL UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying ITALY-SCOTLAND (delay), 5 pm. SATURDAY, March 26 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL World Cup 2006 Qualifying, UEFA BULGARIA-SWEDEN […]

The U.S. national team faces Honduras Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M. (TV: Fox Soccer Channel & HDNet, live, 4 p.m. ET) in its second international friendly before heading to Mexico City and the World Cup qualifying showdown with Mexico March 27. The Americans have been training in altitude in Colorado Springs, Colo., from where they bused […]

JUVENTUS vs. LIVERPOOLThe first meeting between the clubs since the 1985 European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, where 39 fans were killed after a wall collapsed.AC MILAN vs. INTER MILAN''There's a lot of passion in the city,'' said AC Milan spokesman Umberto Gandini. ''It will be very stressful for both clubs.'' It's […]

March 17 in San Jose Saprissa (C.R.) 2 Kanssas City Wizards (USA) 1 (OT). Goals: G.Drummond 90, 97; Burciaga 75. Kansas City — Oshoniyi, Victorine, Conrad, Garcia, Burciaga, Klein, Gutierrez (Zotinca, 83), Zavagnin, Stephenson (Walsh, 46; Jewsbury, 106), Wolff, Arnaud. Saprissa — Porras, J.Drummond, Gonzales, Badilla, Nunez, Centeno (Solis, 75), Gomez, Lopez, Esquivel, Carrillo (Brenes, […]

Dan Van Voorhis, who owned the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, died March 8 at the age of 65 of heart and liver failure. He was an attorney and real estate developer responsible for the development of the two largest real estate projects ever constructed in Northern California at that time, Blackhawk and Canyon Lakes in […]

Winners JAMIL WALKER, picked up after being cut by Chivas USA, scored in the 74th minute to break a 2-2 aggregate tie and lead D.C. UNITED into the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The MLS champions beat Harbour View of Jamaica, 2-1, in Kingston to advance, 4-2, on aggregate. United meets Mexican champion UNAM […]

Quarterfinals, Second Leg March 16 in Kingston Harbour View (Jam.) 1 D.C. United (USA) 2. Goals: Donald Stewart 45; Walker 74, Moreno 777. D.C. United — Rimando, Van Sicklen (Guppy, 65), Prideaux, Petke, Namoff, Gomez (Simms, 80), Olsen, Carroll, Gros, Eskandarian (Walker, 46), Moreno. Harbour View — Murray, Harvey, Taylor, Damion Stewart, Richards (Blackburn, 80), […]

FRIDAY, March 18 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL CONCACAF Champions Cup, Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg SAPRISSA-KANSAS CITY (1-day delay), 3 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores INDEPENDIENTE MEDELLIN-LIBERTAD (delay), 2 am. SATURDAY, March 19 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English Premier League BLACKBURN-ARSENAL (live), 7:30 am. German Bundesliga HAMBURG-BOR. DORTMUND (delay), 9:45 am. English Premier League BOLTON-NORWICH CITY (live), […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine YOURI, OH YOURI: A hamstring injury will sideline the Metros' Youri Djorkaeff for at least a month, which won't help Coach Bob Bradley piece together a midfield that lost Ricardo Clark and Joselito Vaca during the offseason. Djorkaeff, though, might be most critically needed as spring turns […]

NSCAA/adidas Boys W-L-T 1 Miami (Fla.) Sunset 30-0-2 2 Damien (Calif.) 26-0-2 3 Klein (Texas) 23-1-0 4 American Heritage (Fla.) 29-0-3 5 Saddleback (Calif.) 26-0-2 5 New Orleans Jesuit 30-0-2 7 Plano (Texas) West 12-0-6 8 Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Aquinas 27-1-3 9 Watsonville (Calif.) 21-3-1 10 Coppell (Texas) 18-0-3 NSCAA/adidas Girls W-L-T 1 American Heritage […]

A goal by forward Christie Welsh in the 23rd minute gave the United States a 1-0 victory over defending world champion Germany in the final of the Algarve Cup in Portugal. It was the third Algarve Cup championship in a row for the U.S. team, and fourth overall. The Americans completed a perfect run of […]

The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, announced 37 different groups nationwide that it will provide funds as part of its 10th annual grants program cycle. In all, the Foundation made more than $1.3 million available in the current year and, through its history, has awarded nearly $20 […]