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A-League Player of the Week Todd Dusosky (Milwaukee) A-League Team of the Week G – Jim Larkin (Milwaukee) * Eight saves in 2-0 win over Charlotte D – Nevio Pizzolitto (Montreal) * Gamewinner in 2-1 win at Richmond D – Nick Dasovic (Vancouver) * Solid play in 0-0 tie at Seattle D – Danny Jackson […]

U.S. U-17 national team star Freddy Adu, who turns 14 on Monday, will be represented by the same agency that negotiates for national team coach Bruce Arena and forward Landon Donovan. In announcing the agreement, SportsNet, LLC, whose principals are Richard Motzkin and Dan Segal, also confirmed that Adu has inked an endorsement deal with […]

John O'Brien's club, Ajax, was unable to catch PSV Eindhoven for the Dutch Honor Division title on the final day of games Thursday. Ajax defeated Heerenveen, 3-0, but PSV''s 0-0 draw with FC Groningen was enough to for it to earn its 17th league championship. O'Brien again did not play, as he is nursing an […]

MLS (10): Chicago Fire Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Dallas Burn D.C. United Kansas City Wizards Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars New England Revolution San Jose Earthquakes A-League (8): Atlanta Silverbacks El Paso Patriots Milwaukee Wave United Minnesota Thunder Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester Raging Rhinos Seattle Sounders Virginia Beach Mariners. USL Pro Select League (6): Carolina Dynamo Long […]

FIRST ROUND (June 4-8): Two PDL or USASA teams will get a first-round byes, and the eight other teams from the PDL and USASA will be regionally paired. SECOND ROUND (June 25-26): The four-first-round winners and the two USASA or PDL teams with byes meet the six PSL teams. THIRD ROUND (July 16): The six […]

The draw for the first and second rounds of the 2003 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will be held Thursday, May 29 at the U.S. Soccer House in Chicago, Ill. All but two of the 34 qualifiers have been determined. Qualifying is complete for the A-League, Pro Select League (PSA) and Premier Development League (PDL). […]

By Ridge Mahoney in San Jose, Calif. The Welsh didn't bring Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, John Hartson and a few other of their stars, yet neither did they bring the desire and sharpness that has enabled them to win all four of their European Championship 2004 qualifying matches to date. Wales, which hadn't lost in […]

International Friendly May 26 in San Jose, Calif. USA 2 Wales 0. Goals: Donovan (pen) 41, Lewis (Vanney) 59. USA — Rimando, Vanney, Agoos, Brown, Suarez (Petke, 78) Mulrooney, Convey (Ching, 75), Lewis, Stewart (Lagos, 83); Donovan, Kirovski (Eskandarian, 89). Wales — Jones (Ward, 46, Vaughan, Melville, Williams, Jones (ejected, 48); Koumas, Pembridge (Robinson, 78), […]

Northeast Division — Boston 9 points; Ottawa, New Hampshire 3; Rochester, Toronto 0. Northern Division — New York, Long Island 9 points; New Jersey Lady Stallions 3; New Jersey Wildcats, South Jersey 0. Atlantic Division — Charlotte 9 points; Hampton Roads 6; Northern Virginia, Greensboro 3; Asheville 0. Midwest Division — Northern Kentucky 7 points; […]

May 23 Chicago 1 (Graczyk 58) No. Kentucky 2 (Wagner 4, Thomas 90). May 24 Rochester 2 (Burch 7, Blais 53) Long Island (Shulman 12, 34, McCabe 35, Stansfield 41). Boston 7 (Kveton 7, 48, Rahko 10, McNamara 28, Feeney 32, Sedgewick 66, Partridge 83) South Jersey 0. Asheville 2 (Lawson 18, Potts 90) No. […]

Calgary 0 Seattle 1 (Gregor 110) (OT). May 23 Richmond 1 (Goodlett 90) Montreal 2 (Biello 35, Pizzolitto 68). Milwaukee 2 (Todd Dusosky 46, Howes 54) Charlotte 0. Syracuse 0 Rochester 2 (Miller 45, Wilson 88). El Paso 1 (Andrade 110) Indiana 0 (OT). Vancouver 2 (Kindel 50, 69) Seattle 2 (Callahan 21, Tomlinson 83). […]

Northeast Division — Syracuse 12 points; Rochester 11; Montreal 8; Pittsburgh 7; Toronto 4. Southeast Division — Charleston 16 points; Virginia Beach 13; Richmmond 7; Atlanta 4; Charlotte 3. Central Division — Cincinnati, Minnesota 12 points; El Paso 10; Milwauee 6; Indiana 1. Pacific Division — Seattle 14 points; Vancouver 11; Calgary 9; Portland 6.

By Scott French, Senior Editor RARE HOME LOSS: The Boston Breakers saw their 13-match home unbeaten streak snapped Sunday by the Atlanta Beat, but not many others did. The smallest home gathering in Breakers history — just 3,518, the sixth-worst attendance in WUSA history — witnessed Charmaine Hooper score a pair of goals and set […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The Metros take their fifth straight victory against the tepid Burn; Chicago glides over the stagnant Rapids; Brian Kamler kayos the Crew in Columbus; and Preki's magic bedazzles the Galaxy. BEST GOALS: Brian Kamler takes the top prize for a double-cutback dribble that spun around Ross Paule and carved out […]

USA vs. Wales International Friendly Monday, May 26 in San Jose, Calif. (Spartan Stadium) 10 pm ET/7 pm PT TV: espn 2 (live); Telemundo (tape) 11:30 pm ET/PT. * Tonight's game marks the USA's sixth of the year. All games so far have been friendlies: Jan. 18 — USA 4 Canada 0 Feb. 8 — […]

The clubs of two Americans in the German First Division — Energie Cottbus (Gregg Berhalter), Nuremberg (Tony Sanneh) — will be relegated to the Second Division. Two Americans in the German Second Division — Corey Gibbs (St. Pauli) and Jacob Thomas (Braunschweig) — are headed to the Third Division. Hannover, with Americans Steve Cherundolo and […]

As expected, the FIFA Emergency Committee has taken the decision to relocate the 2003 Women's World Cup, originally due to be played in China , to the United States. Four other countries had also submitted an offer to step in for China: Sweden, Australia, Italy and Canada. The tournament will still take place around the […]

May 24 in East Rutherford, NJ MetroStars 2 Dallas 1. Goals: Mathis (Guevara, Lisi) 60, Jolley 84; Kreis 63. MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Jolley, Pope, Regan, Galvan (LeBlanc, 80), Clark, Guevara, Lisi, Magee (Arena, 89), Mathis. Dallas – Countess, Salyer (Vaca, 86), Bonseu, Morrow, Gbandi, Deering, Martinez, Pareja, Davis, Cerritos (Rhine, 76), Kreis (Johnson, 82). […]

Charmaine Hooper scored two goals and assisted a third to lead visiting Atlanta past Boston, 3-1, Sunday evening before 3,518 at Nickerson Field. The result snapped the Breakers' WUSA-record 13-game unbeaten streak, which dated to 2001. The attendance, the smallest in Breakers' home history, failed to top 4,000 for the second time in as many […]

May 24 in Cary, N.C. Carolina 1 San Diego 2. Goals: Fotopoulos (Lehn) 76; Foudy pen. 45, Wagner (Fleeting, Zhang) 78. Carolina – Luckenbill, Burt, Baxter (McCullough, 85), Fettig, Boyd, Roberts, James, Lehn, Overbeck (Borgman, 72), Slaton (O'Hanley, 46), Fotopoulos. San Diego – Pagliarulo, Pickup, Fawcett, Krzykowski, Foudy, Daniela (Nielsen, 58), Connors, Wagner (Fair, 88), […]

ATLANTA BEAT March 7 — U. of Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb. 3-0 (Miller, Burt, Antongiovanni) March 8 — Philadelphia at Lincoln, Neb. 1-2 (Sawa) March 12 — U. of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tenn. 3-0 (Burt 2, Pohlers) March 15 — Auburn U. at Fayetteville, Ga. 5-0 (Sawa, Crumpton, Gragg, Burt, Warren) March 19 — Carolina […]

Mia Hamm scored two goals and Abby Wambach added three assists Saturday as the Washington Freedom bounced back from a dismal performance last weekend to drill host New York, 4-0, and extend its lead in the WUSA standings to four points. Carolina and Philadelphia, which last week earned their first victories following four defeats, dropped […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, May 24, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT KANSAS CITY (2-1-4, 10 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (0-2-4, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2 (tape delayed, 1 am ET). Key Players Out: Kansas City – D Jose Burciaga (R torn ACL); Los Angeles – F Herculez Gomez (R […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, May 24, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT CAROLINA (1-4-0, 3 pts) vs. SAN DIEGO (2-1-3, 9 pts) TV: PAX Key Players Out: Carolina – M Hege Riise (R ACL tear), F Birgit Prinz (National Team Duty – Germany), D Breanna Boyd (National Team Duty […]

Andrea Neil scored two more goals as Canada's women's national team clobbered England, 4-0, Thursday in Ottawa. Neil, who also tallied twice in Canada's 4-0 win over the English on Monday near Montreal, headed home a cross from Kristina Kiss in the eighth minute and a corner kick from Atlanta Beat forward Charmaine Hooper in […]