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The U.S. U-16 boys national team, featuring younger players in the U.S. under-17 residency program, will travel to England on July 4 to participate in a U-17 tournament organized by Notts County. The four-team tournament includes the U.S., England, Brazil and Portugal in a round-robin format with matches set for July 7, 10 and 13. […]

The U.S. under-19 women's national team departed June 30 for Europe, where the team will play three matches, facing Germany on July 2 in Duisburg and then facing the Netherlands on July 5 in Groensbek and July 9 in Heenk. Two players from the USA's 2002 U-19 world champion team are on the roster: forwards […]

USA GOALKEEPERS: Adin Brown (New England Revolution), Tim Howard (MetroStars), Kasey Keller (Tottenham/ENG); DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago Fire), C.J. Brown (Chicago Fire), Dan Califf (Los Angeles Galaxy), Bobby Convey (D.C. United), Nick Garcia (Kansas City Wizards), Cory Gibbs (St. Pauli/GER), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Greg Vanney (Bastia/FRA); MIDFIELDERS: Chris Armas (Chicago Fire), DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago […]

July 2 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 4 San Jose 4 (OT). Goals: Guevara (Mathis) 7, Magee 36, Mathis (Guevara, Williams ) 43, Mathis (Lisi) 91+; Ching (Dunivant) 15, Ching (Waibel, Mullan) 34, Lagos (Mulrooney, Waibel) 78, Donovan (Lagos, Mulrooney) 92+. MetroStars — Howard, Arena, Ziadie, Forchetti, Bartolomeu, Clark, Williams, Guevara, Lisi (Gaven, 107+), Magee […]

GOALKEEPERS Sara Allen, New Jersey LS Five saves in 1-0 OT win over New York DEFENDERS Jenna Szyluk, Hampton Roads Assist and solid play in 1-0 OT win over Chicago Annie Hoecherl, Asheville Solid play in 1-0 win over Greensboro Sasha Andrews, Vancouver Solid play in pair of road wins MIDFIELDERS Andrea Neil., Vancouver Four […]

GOALKEEPERS John O'Hara, Richmond Two shutout wins over Greenville, Raleigh DEFENDERS Tony Lawson, Orange County Solid play in 5-1 win over Fresno Garrett Buck, Fort Wayne Three goals in two wins over Columbus, Toledo Brian Hinkle, Williamsburg Solid play in 1-0 win over Chesapeake MIDFIELDERS Manny Brito, Rhode Island Four goals in 2-2 win over […]

GOALKEEPER Chris Robinson, Carolina Two shutout road wins DEFENDERS Brandon Curran, New Hampshire Solid play in 3-0 win over Westchester Ricardo Coehlo, Long Island Solid play in 1-0 win at Reading Kurt Nusshag, Reading Solid play in 1-0 loss to Long Island MIDFIELDERS Steve Armas, Carolina Goal, assist in pair of wins Mark Manganello, Western […]

GOALKEEPER Josh Saunders, Portland Two shutout wins over Calgary DEFENDERS Kevin Sakuda, Seattle Goal in 2-0 win at El Paso Alan Woods, Atlanta Goal in 2-0 win over Charlotte Zach Scott, Seattle Goal in 2-0 win at El Paso MIDFIELDERS Ted Chronopoulos, Charleston Two goals in 2-1 win over Syracuse Kevin Jeffrey, Richmond Goal, two […]

CHILE * Jonny Walker (Colo Colo) at Universidad Concepcion, 3-2. Started: 90 minutes. Colo Colo, having won the first leg of the semifinal series on Thursday, 3-0, sweeps into the Chilean League final, where it meets Cobreloa. The final will also be played over two legs. Walker lifted the Chilean League title with Unversidad Catolica […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena recalled four 2002 World Cup veterans who missed the Confederations Cup for the Gold Cup tune-up against Paraguay July 6 in Columbus, Ohio (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:55 p.m. ET) and the Gold Cup (July 12-27). Kasey Keller (injury rehab), Claudio Reyna (injury rehab), Josh Wolff (returning from injury), Brian […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor No change at the top of the Western Conference standings as the Quakes hold their one-point lead by tying the Wizards, 0-0; Chicago takes over top spot in the East by shading the Metros, 2-1; the Galaxy blasts the Burn, 3-0, and the Crew drills D.C. by the same score; […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor CARD PARTY: Referee Arnold Baldeaux was the star of San Diego's 2-1 victory Sunday over visiting San Jose, issuing red cards to Joy Fawcett and Pretinha that left players on both sides — and a Torero Stadium gathering of 6,220 — aghast. Both ejections were answered by free-kick goals, Sissi […]

Third-Place Game June 28 in St. Etienne Turkey 2 Colombia 1. Goals: Tuncay 2, Okan pen. 86; Hernandez 63. Turkey — Omer, Fatih S. (Selcuk, 60), Serkan, Volkan (Ergun, 87), Ibrahim U., Servet, Ibrahim T., Gokdeniz, Deniz, Necati (Okan, 66), Tuncay. Colombia — O.Cordoba, I.Cordoba, Yepes, Becerra (Arriaga, 41), Hernandez, Velasquez, Lopez (Valentierra, 28), Bedoya, […]

June 27 New Jersey Lady Stallions 1 (Negron 101) New York 0 (OT). Hampton Roads 1 (Callebaut 104) Chicago 0 (OT). June 28 Fort Collins 3 (Kidwell 49, 69, Knotteck 72) Denver 4 (Everett 52, Theuer 55, Butcher 58, Gray 88). Toronto 1 (Booth 4) Ottawa 2 (Nault 62, Alfa 71). Boston 3 (Stocco 45, […]

June 27 Virginia Beach 2 (Hutchison 13, Washington 31) Richmond 3 (Simmonds 6, Testo 50, Jeffrey 79). Portland 1 (Alvarez 92) Calgary 0 (OT). June 28 Atlanta 2 (Parra 5, Woods 86) Charlotte 0. Charleston 2 (Chronopoulos 9, 11) Syracuse 1 (Rivas 42). Richmond 1 (Simmonds 97) Virginia Beach 0 (OT). Rochester 2 (Mladenov 39, […]

BOYS Under-14: Crossfire Premier (Wash.) 2 Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 1. Under-15: Irvine (Calif.) Strikers 2 Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 1. Under-16: SoCal United 3 Rio Vista Striker (N.M.) 0. Under-17: Sereno Golden Eagles (Ariz.) 5 Colorado Rush Nike 0. Under-18: Marin (Calif.) United 1 Irvine (Calif.) Strikers 0. Under-19: Colorado Rush Nike 2 Westside […]

Red cards led to goals for both sides before Scottish striker Julie Fleeting's seventh goal of the season sent San Diego past visiting San Jose, 2-1, in a wild WUSA encounter Sunday before 6,220 at Torero Stadium. Sissi fired San Jose ahead with a free kick in the seventh minute following Joy Fawcett's ejection, and […]

June 28 at Villanova, Pa Philadelphia 2 Boston 2. Goals: Pichon (Misaki, Hoffmann) 25; Pichon (Fair, Hoffmann) 84; Mellgren (Hucles) 29, Gulbrandsen (Hucles) 88. Philadelphia – Moore, Fair, McVeigh, Kruze, Tietjen-Prozzo, Makinen, Misaki (Hall, 77), Hoffmann, Tullock, Burt, Pichon. Boston – LeBlanc, Kluegel (Gulbrandsen, 80), Sobrero, McCann, Gonzalez, Mugneret-Beghe, Hucles, Monroe (Hawkins, 57), Lilly, Meinert, […]

June 28 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 2 MetroStars 1 (OT). Goals: Ralph (Mapp, Williams) 35, Razov (Beasley) 94; Clark 60. Chicago – Thornton, Brown, Bocanegra, Curtin, Mapp (Whitfield, 90), Armas, Pause (Marsch, 61), Williams (Gray, 92), Beasley, Ralph, Razov. MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Arena, Forchetti, Regan (Bartolomeu, 60), Clark, Guevara, Williams, Lisi, Magee, Mathis (Moreno, […]

Atlanta rode an early Charmaine Hooper goal to beat Washington in a showdown and return to first place, and Carolina netted two late goals to earn a dramatic draw at New York in WUSA action on Saturday. Marinette Pichon scored her league-leading ninth and 10th goals of the season as last-place Philadelphia grabbed a tie […]

COSTA RICA: American coach Steve Sampson announced the Tico roster for a training camp at the Cancha de Conducen in San Jose on June 28 in preparations for the upcoming 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The squad is led by nine players from local club Alajuela. Seven are with overseas teams — three in Greece, two […]

MEXICO: Only seven 2002 World Cup players were on Mexican coach Ricardo Lavolpe's preliminary roster for the Gold Cup: goalie Oscar Perez, defenders Melvin Brown, Salvador Carmona and Rafael Marquez, midfielder Rafael Garcia and forwards: Jesus Arellano and Jared Borgetti. Mexico opened training camp June 23 at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Mexico City. […]

JAMAICA: Three MLS players — Andy Williams of Chicago, Craig Ziadie of the MetroStars and Tyrone Marshall of Los Angeles — are expected to play for the Reggae Boyz. They were among 12 foreign-based players on Coach Carl Brown's training camp roster. The Reggae Boyz are scheduled to host Cuba in an international friendly on […]

In recent friendlies, Martinique, which faces the U.S. June 14 in Gold Cup first-round action in Foxboro, Mass., lost to a team European-based Martinique all-stars, 5-3, Fluminense of Brazil, 1-0, and Trinidad & Tobago's U-23s, 3-0. Bernard Lama, goalie on France's 1998 World Cup team, has been brought in to work Martinique, who hopes to […]

El Salvador will send out a well-prepared team when it faces the United States July 12 in the opening game of the Gold Cup in Foxboro, Mass. El Salvador is playing four warm-up games: Honduras June 29 in Tegucigalpa, Paraguay July 2 in San Francisco, Mexico July 6 in Carson, Calif., and Guatemala July 8 […]