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For once, he was noticeable for diligence and perseverance, not spectacle. Jovan Kirovski, he of the powerful run and shot against Germany in 1999 and a fierce shot off the goalkeeper's face in Seattle earlier this year, did the gritty work May 26 against Wales in a 2-0 victory. He won balls in the air. […]

GROUP A Standings Team GP W T L GF GA Pts France 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 Colombia 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 Japan 3 1 0 2 4 3 3 New Zealand 3 0 0 2 1 11 0 GROUP B Standings Team GP W T L GF GA Pts. […]

June 22 in St. Denis France 5 New Zealand 0. Goals: Kapo 17, Henry 20, Cisse 71, Giuly 90, Pires 90. France — Landreau, Thuram, Mexes, Desailly, Lizarazu, Pedretti (Dabo, 69), Giuly, Kapo, Wiltord (Pires, 76), Cisse, Henry (Marlet, 74). New Zealand — Utting, Davis, Zoricich, (Oughton, 73), Hay (Smith, 81), Nelsen, Hickey, Burton (Jackson, […]

Colombia joined France and Cameroon in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup when it beat Japan, 1-0, Sunday in St. Etienne to claim second place in Group A. Giovanni Hernandez's second-half goal was the difference in the game. France crushed New Zealand, 5-0, in the other Group A game to second the All Whites home […]

U.S. ABROAD (June 22): Barrett's Aarhus finishes 10th in Denmark NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1), at Lillestrom, 1-1. Started: 90 minutes. Dagbladet rating (10-high; 1=low); 4. Sogndal is tied for fourth, only one point out of second place. DENMARK * Wade Barrett (Aarhus, SL), at FC Copenhagen, 1-4. Started: 76 minutes. AGF finishes 10th […]

Montreal took over first place in the Northeast Division with a pair of wins over Rochester. Cuban Eduardo Sebrango's overtime goal gave the Impact a 3-2 win Friday before 10,159 fans in Rochester and Mark Rowland's goal gave it a 1-0 win Sunday before 5,961 spectators at Claude Robillard Stadium. Charleston stretched its lead to […]

June 20 Northern Kentucky 2 (Oliver 71, Rumpke 100) Cincinnati 1 (Berkemier 15) (OT). New Jersey W 2 (Sherry 82, Hamilton 96) South Jersey 1 (McCarthy 53) (OT). Fort Collins 0 Charlotte 7 (Kreidel 4, 22, Swinehart 7, 30, Timbers 33, Murphy 45, Leonard 66). June 21 Ottawa 6 (Vermuellen 28, Robinson 32, Parker 55, […]

June 20 Richmond 1 (Jeffrey 70) Charlotte 1 (Coggins 90) (OT). Charleston 3 (Klein 9, Trout 19, Henderson 45) Atlanta 0. Syracuse 0 Toronto 1 (Ngon 76). Rochester 2 (Miller 35, Steenkamp 49) Montreal 3 (own goal 80, Lemire 89, Sebrango 97) (OT). Indiana 3 (Allen 12, Tenoff 55, Dresser 85) Cincinnati 1 (Murriagui 68). […]

Cindy Parlow's first WUSA hat trick Sunday sparked Atlanta past Philadelphia and to the top of the standings. The midfielder scored in the 43rd, 54th and 64th minutes in a 4-2 triumph that left the Beat with 19 points (in 11 games), two more than Washington (in 10) and Boston (in 11). The Freedom were […]

June 21 in San Diego San Diego 4 New York 2. Goals: own goal Raveia 11, Zhang (Fleeting, Foudy) 40, Fleeting (Wagner) 62, Fleeting (Zhang, Wagner) 91+; Janss (Rapp) 36, Rapp (Milbrett, Pearce) 68. San Diego – Pagliarulo, Pickup, Fawcett, Krzykowski, Foudy, Bush (Sullivan, 70), Wagner, Zhang, Connors, Latham (Fair, 79), Fleeting. New York – […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY in Lyon, France The testing ground that is the Confederations Cup 2003 has one more session, but from a competitive standpoint the tournament has ended for the U.S. In losses to Turkey (2-1) and Brazil (1-0) some players have gained experience, others have been exposed as perhaps not ready for this level […]

Bruce Arena On how the teamÆs strategy worked against Brazil: ''In fairness to Brazil, we started the game with defensive tactics. Our plan was to get into halftime 0-0. We knew we needed a point in this game, but obviously we were going to try to get three. Our plan worked well until we made […]

June 21 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 1 Los Angeles 0. Goal: Magee (Lisi) 65. MetroStars – Grafer, Ziadie, Forchetti, Jolley, DiGiamarino (Regan, 20), Clark, Guevara, Williams, Lisi (LeBlanc, 85), Magee, Wolyniec (Moreno, 78). Los Angeles – Hartman, Marshall, Lalas, Lewis, Hendrickson, Cienfuegos (Gonzalez, 70), Ochoa (Retiz, 61), Victorine, Jones, Pineda Chacon, Albright (Glinton, 71). […]

Erin Baxter scored her first WUSA goal and the Carolina Courage extended their unbeaten streak and pulled within three points of first place with a 1-0 victory Saturday night at Boston. San Diego snapped a two-game losing streak behind Aly Wagner and Julie Fleeting, beating visiting New York, 4-2, to move within a point off […]

June 21 in Lyons USA 0 Brazil 1. Goal: Adriano 22. USA — Howard, Cherundolo, Berhalter, Bocanegra, Gibbs (Convey, 78), Klein (Lewis, 57), Mastroeni (Twellman, 84), Stewart, Beasley, Donovan, Mathis. Brazil — Dida, Juan, Lucio, Belletti (Maurinho, 70), Kleber, Ricardinho, Emerson, Kleberson, Alex (Gil, 73), Ronaldinho, Adriano (Ilan, 89). Yellow cards: USA — Cherundolo 63, […]

June 21 in St. Denis Cameroon 1 Turkey 0. Goal: Geremi pen. 89. Cameroon — Kameni, Tchato (Mezague, 78), Song, Geremi, Mettomo, Perrier Doumbe, Mbami, Foe, Idrissou (Job, 56), Djemba (Atouba, 70), Eto'o. Turkey — Rustu, Deniz, Fatih A., Servet, Ergun, Ibrahim T., Volkan (Gokdeniz, 60), Selcuk, Basturk, Okan (Necati, 76), Tuncay (Huseyin, 89). Referee: […]

The United States was eliminated from the Confederations Cup Saturday when it fell to Brazil, 1-0, in Lyons. The only goal came in the 22nd minute after central defender Gregg Berhalter coughed up the ball outside the U.S. penalty area. Adriano picked up the ball, broke in on goal and scored on his own rebound […]

A huge day for the Koreas climaxed the AFC Women's Championship in Thailand, with North Korea retaining its Asian title and South Korea booking its place at the Women's World Cup this fall. Ri Kum Suk's 15th goal of the tournament, a penalty kick in the second minute of overtime, gave North Korea a 2-1 […]

June 20 in Lyons Colombia 3 New Zealand 1. Goals: Lopez 58, Yepes 75, Hernandez 85; De Gregorio 27. Colombia — O.Cordoba, I.Cordoba, Yepes, Bedoya (Arriaga, 77), Martinez, Murillo (Valentierra, 46), Velasquez, Hernandez, Lopez, Becerra, Aristizabal. New Zealand — Utting, Oughton, Hay, Nelsen, Davis, Vicelich, De Gregorio, Elliott, Hickey, Killen, Coveny (Smeltz, 83). Referee: Carlos […]

Saturday, June 21, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT SAN DIEGO (3-3-4, 13 pts) vs. NEW YORK (5-5-1, 16 pts) TV: PAX. Key Players Out: San Diego — F Shannon MacMillan (R ACL tear); New York — D Sara Whalen (R ACL tear), D Kristy Whelchel (R ACL tear). Referee: Jesse Johnson. Saturday, June 21, 7 […]

Saturday, June 21, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT METROSTARS (5-3-2, 17 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (2-4-5, 11 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: MetroStars — GK Tim Howard (U.S. national team duty), M/F Clint Mathis (U.S. national team duty), M Jose Galvan (R sprained ankle), F Jaime Moreno (strained lower back), D Eddie Pope (non-displaced […]

By Ridge Mahoney in St. Etienne Only four U.S. players who took the field Thursday against Turkey in the Confederations Cup were playing a European team in Europe for the first time, so inexperience could not be a factor in the disappointing showing by the Americans. Turkey started only three players — backup keeper Omer […]

Maren Meinert, whose MVP-like performance in the first half of the season has carried the Boston Breakers to the top of the WUSA standings, scored two goals and assisted another to lead the World Stars past the American Stars, 3-2, Thursday night in the WUSA All-Star Game before a standing-room-only crowd of 7,068 at SAS […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena On the outcome: ''Over 90 minutes, Turkey were the better team today. They made the important players count and surely deserved to be the victors. We had a bunch of players with sub-par performances, and you can't get away with that. On a given day, two or three players aren't playing […]

The Women's United Soccer Association holds its annual all-star game tonight Thursday at SAS Stadium in Cary, N.C. (TV: ESPN2, live, 7:30 pm ET). The 2003 Hyundai WUSA All-Star Game is a preview of the Women's World Cup with the American Stars facing the World Stars. The game caps a week of activities that include […]