Author Archives: Soccer America

Wednesday, July 9, 7 pm ET/4 pm PT ATLANTA (6-3-4, 22 pts) vs. SAN DIEGO (5-3-6, 21 pts) TV: No TV. Key Players Out: Atlanta – M Homare Sawa (National Team Duty – Japan), F Maribel Dominguez (National Team Duty – Mexico), GK Briana Scurry (National Team Duty – United States), F Cindy Parlow (National […]

Wednesday, July 9, 10:30 pm ET/8:30 pm MT/7:30 pm PT LOS ANGELES (3-5-7, 16 pts) vs. COLORADO (3-8-3, 12 pts) TV: HDNet, Regal Cinemas, Comcast 21 (Denver). Key Players Out: Los Angeles – F Herculez Gomez (R fractured 5th metatarsal), D Scot Thompson (L torn ACL), D Dan Califf (National Team Duty – United States), […]

Six years ago, Hannover 96 played in the German Third Division and aver-aged 8,116 fans per game. It won promotion to the Second Division for the 1998-99 season, and in January 1999 signed a 5-foot-6, 19-year-old American. This past season, Steve Cherundolo led Hannover in starts as the team finished 11th in the German First […]

FANS OBSERVED A MOMENT OF SILENCE for the referee's mother, who died that morning before a game hosted by Ecuadoran club Aucas in the 1960s. The ref was praised in a speech for carrying out his duty. He bowed. Long applause followed. The poet Jorge Enrique Adoum, who relayed the story to Eduardo Galeano, was […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor No goals in the showdown of the conference leaders; D.C. is stunned at home by the 10-man Metros in overtime; the Galaxy remains unbeaten in its new home; and the Rapids win again on the Fourth of July. BEST GOAL: Eddie Gaven ran down a long pass from Amado Guevara, […]

Landon Donovan and Earnie Stewart scored to the give the USA a 2-0 win over Paraguay on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. The game served as tuneup for the Gold Cup, in which the Americans open with El Salvador Saturday in Foxboro, Mass. The game marked Claudio Reyna's first appearance for the USA since captaining the […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor OFF DAY: Defense finally betrayed the Beat, which gave up a pair of soft goals in a 3-2 Independence Day loss at Carolina that prevented Atlanta from putting some distance on its rivals at the top of the standings. Danielle Slaton scored from a goalmouth scramble in the 48th minute […]

For the second season in a row, goalkeeper Jonny Walker advanced to the final of the Chilean League playoffs only to be virtually deserted by his team. Walker faced a barrage of shots and three of his Colo Colo teammates were red carded before Cobreloa completed a 4-0 victory in the decisive second leg of […]

Jaclyn Raveia scored a goal and cleared two shots heading for the net and fellow defender Cheryl Salisbury netted her first WUSA goal as New York vaulted to fourth place with a 2-1 victory Saturday over visiting San Jose. San Diego missed a chance to grab the top spot, losing its advantage with Stacey Tullock's […]

July 3 Denver 3 (Everett 63, 78, Gray 110) Arizona 2 (Clark 79, Rogers 86) (OT). July 4 Cincinnati 0 Columbus 1 (Wall 42). (Game called for lighting in the 62nd minute). Toronto 5 (Lincoln 23, Chapman 24, Bonasia 63, Gallacher 87, 90) New Hampshire 0. July 5 New Jersey Wildcats 3 (Bojcun 7, Chabot […]

July 3 Charleston 0 Pittsburgh 0 (OT). Portland 3 (Alvarez 72, 81, 90) Vancouver 0. July 4 Syracuse 1 (Kirmse 9) Montreal 3 (Gervais 16, Rowland 34, Biello 65). Atlanta 2 (Luna 9, Nusum 96) Richmond 1 (Ukrop 84) (OT). Rochester 6 (Paco 10, Miller 42, Sedgewick 45, Commodore 68, 70, 83) Toronto 1 (Barclay […]

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY July 6 in Columbus, Ohio USA 2 Paraguay 0. Goals: Donovan (Beasley) 12, Stewart 95+. USA — Keller, Vanney, Gibbs (Garcia, 87), Bocanegra, Hejduk, Mulrooney, Beasley, Convey (Reyna, 61), Stewart Donovan (McBride, 90), Mathis (Lewis, 71). Paraguay — Justo, Mendoza, Maldonado, Ayala, Nunez, Gavilan (Avalos, 69), Ortiz, Bonet, 1 Campos (Ortiz, 46), Soto […]

July 4 in Denver Colorado 3 Kansas City 2. Goals: Spencer pen. 44, Chung (Hart) 77, Chung (Carrieri) 90; Preki (Quill, Simutenkov) 23, Armstrong (Preki) 90. Colorado – Garlick, Hart, Borchers, Fraser, Kotschau, Kingsley (Henderson, 46), Mastroeni, Trembly (Beckerman, 80), Chung, Carrieri, Spencer. Kansas City – Meola, Zotinca, Conrad, Armstrong, Klein, Gutierrez (Fabbro, 87), Quill, […]

Carolina netted three goals in 16 minutes of the second half Friday against the WUSA's best defensive club, grabbing a 3-2 victory over visiting Atlanta to cheer an Independence Day crowd of 6,411 at SAS Stadium. Danielle Slaton notched her first points of the season, with a 48th-minute goal and an assist on Birgit Prinz's […]

American goalkeeper Jonny Walker had a relatively uneventful night in goal during the first leg of the Chilean league final as his club, Colo Colo, failed to exploit its home-field advantage and settled for a 0-0 tie with Cobreloa. Walker's primary duty was handling crosses and corner kicks, although he did make saves on Jaime […]

Heather Aldama's first WUSA goal lifted Boston to a 1-1 tie Thursday with visiting Washington before 8,105 at Nickerson Field, pulling the Breakers even with Atlanta atop the standings. Aldama's 66th-minute goal answered Lindsay Stoecker's 63rd-minute strike for Washington (5-4-3, 18 points), which hasn't won in its past five games. The Breakers (6-4-4, 22 points) […]

BOYS Under-19: Edmond SC (Okla.) 2 New Orleans SA 1 Under-18: Tulsa Nationals (Okla.) 1 Coral Springs (Fla.) 0 Under-17: Concorde Fire (Ga.) 2 CASL Elite (N.C.) 0 Under-16: Dallas Texans 1 Aiken Fire (S.C.) 0 Under-15: Dallas Texans 3 Concorde Fire Silver (Ga.) 2 Under-14: CASL Elite (N.C.) 1 Dallas Solar SC 1 (CASL […]

June 1 Calgary 0 Toronto 2 (Ngon 6, Vignjevic 17). Vancouver 1 (Dailly 90) Portland 0. June 2 Indiana 1 (Beasley 65) Cincinnati 3 (own goal 9, Piraine 27, Wallace 90). Montreal 3 (Biello 1, Fronimadis 10, Sita-Taty 80) Charlotte 0. Minnesota 1 (Torres 67) Milwaukee 0.

Thursday, July 3, 7 pm ET BOSTON (6-4-3, 21 pts) vs. WASHINGTON (5-4-2, 17 pts) TV: NESN (Boston — tape-delayed at 9:30 pm. ET). Key Players Out: Boston — D Monica Gonzalez (National Team Duty — Mexico), GK Tracy Ducar (tendonitis in both knees); Washington — none. Referee: Erich Simmons. Friday, July 4, 7 pm […]

Friday, July 4, 9:00 pm ET/8:00 pm CT/7:00 pm MT COLORADO (2-8-3, 9 pts) vs. KANSAS CITY (5-2-6, 21 pts) TV: HDNet. DIRECTV: 794; DISHNET: 465. Key Players Out: Colorado — M Pablo Mastroeni (U.S. national team duty), F Zizi Roberts (R MCL tear), D Jeff Stewart (R torn ACL); Kansas City — F Josh […]

U.S. national team stars Clint Mathis and Landon Donovan scored a minute apart in stoppage time to leave the MetroStars and San Jose deadlocked at 4-4 Wednesday night at Giants Stadium. The game marked the first appearance by Donovan with the Quakes at the Meadowlands. He came off the bench for the Quakes, who rallied […]

Per Gold Cup regulations, 18 players from the initial 25-man roster must be named to the final roster, with seven designated as alternates. Each team is allowed to replace a player from the 18-man roster with one of the seven reserve players at any time during the competition, with the approval of CONCACAF. Once replaced, […]

The U.S. national team's busy summer continues when it faces Paraguay Sunday July 6 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:55 p.m. ET). U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena recalled four 2002 World Cup veterans who missed the Confederations Cup for the Gold Cup tune-up. Kasey Keller (injury rehab), Claudio Reyna […]

Rookie Christine Latham scored a pair of goals, the second in the 90th minute, as visiting San Diego rallied to tie San Jose, 2-2, in a WUSA clash before 5,547 at Spartan Stadium. Latham first-timed a cross from Allie Sullivan to pull the Spirit (5-3-5, 20 points) within two points of first-place Atlanta and within […]

U.S. women's national team head coach April Heinrichs named 25 players who will train for five days in New Orleans in preparation to face South American champion Brazil on Sunday, July 13 at Tad Gormley Stadium (TV: ESPN, live, 3 pm). The match will be the last action for the USA before Heinrichs chooses her […]