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The San Jose Earthquakes opened play at the La Manga Cup in Spain with a 2-0 loss to Rosenborg, winner of 11 Norwegian straight league titles. Frode Johnsen and Harald Brattbakk scored the goals for Rosenborg. Troy Dayak started and played the whole match for the Quakes at right back. It was the first time […]

Total is based from 184 votes. Which MLS team strengthened itself the most with its offseason moves? 3% – Chicago 1% – Colorado 2% – Columbus 49% – D.C. United 4% – Dallas 2% – Kansas City 8% – Los Angeles 22% – MetroStars 7% – New England 2% – San Jose Which MLS team […]

The U.S. women beat Iceland, 1-0, in a friendly Sunday in Charleston, N.C., thanks to a Mia Hamm goal in the third minute. Hamm latched on to a pass from Aly Wagner and beat Iceland goalkeeper Thora Helgadottir from 10 yards out. The Americans outshot Iceland 27-4. Helgadottir made 11 saves. The game marked the […]

GERMANY * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. Hannover, 3-0. Started: 90 minutes. The central defender's fourth straight start since the winter break coincided with the extension of Cottbus' unbeaten streak to four games (three wins, one tie). The team's hopes for top-tier survival seemed minuscule a month ago. But the win against Hannover, which […]

The United States extended its all-time unbeaten record against Jamaica to 13 games with yesterday's 2-1 victory over the Reggae Boyz in Kingston. Defender Carlos Bocanegra put the Americans on the board in the 11th minute with a 6-yard header off a Bobby Convey corner kick. The 19-year-old Convey, who also won the corner kick, […]

Freddy Adu, only 13, scored twice to lead the U.S. under-17 national team to a 2-1 win over MLS's Chicago Fire in Dave Sarachan's first preseason game since taking over as Fire coach. Adu, who is expected to receive his citizenship papers today, scored twice after Damani Ralph put the Fire ahead in the 22nd […]

Devin Barclay, a 19-year-old Project-40 player and U.S. U-20 national team member, has been traded by San Jose to D.C. United. The Earthquakes will swap places with D.C. in the upcoming supplemental draft and will also receive a conditional pick in the 2005 SuperDraft. As the team with the worst record in 2002, D.C. had […]

The U.S. men's national team was drawn into Group B and will face Brazil, Cameroon and Turkey at the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup June 18-29 in France. 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament Schedule Groups: Group A: France, Japan, Colombia, New Zealand Group B: Brazil, United States, Cameroon, Turkey June 18 New Zealand-Japan in Paris France-Colombia […]

Jamaica-USA Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7 pm ET. National Stadium (''The Office'') in Kingston, Jamaica. TV: Telemundo 12:30 am ET/11:30 pm CT & PT (tape) Coach Bruce Arena has added one foreign-based player — Steve Cherundolo of Hannover 96 — to his squad of MLS players that lost, 1-0, to Argentina last Saturday. Gone from the […]

Jay Entlich, a U.S. women's national team staff coach with collegiate coaching experience, was announced Tuesday as the Carolina Courage's new head coach. Entlich, 31, comes to the Courage from his post as Region IV women's head coach. He served as an assistant with the U.S. under-21 team last month at a training camp in […]

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) vs. Gillingham, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. The win moves Reading into fifth place. The top two finishers in the First Division win promotion to the Premier Division. Third-place through 6th-place finishers play off for the third promotion spot.

Peter Nowak, who was traded by the Chicago Fire to the New England Revolution for a future draft pick as part of the Fire's moves to get under the salary cap, has retired. Nowak captained the Fire for five seasons, helping it win one MLS title (1998) and two Open Cup titles (1998 and 2000). […]

April Heinrichs has six months or so to determine which 20 players will accompany her to China for the fourth Women's World Cup. There are nearly three dozen players in the running for a roster spot: LAKEYSIA BEENE. Superb inaugural WUSA season carried her to No. 1 job in 2001, but she struggled with the […]

April Heinrichs has six months or so to determine which 20 players will accompany her to China for the fourth Women's World Cup. There are nearly three dozen players in the running for a roster spot: LAKEYSIA BEENE. Superb inaugural WUSA season carried her to No. 1 job in 2001, but she struggled with the […]

April Heinrichs has six months or so to determine which 20 players will accompany her to China for the fourth Women's World Cup. There are nearly three dozen players in the running for a roster spot: LAKEYSIA BEENE. Superb inaugural WUSA season carried her to No. 1 job in 2001, but she struggled with the […]

Paul Ratcliffe, who built St. Mary's College's women's soccer program into a burgeoning power, was hired Monday to become the new women's coach at Stanford University. Ratcliffe, 33, arrives after five seasons at St. Mary's, located across the San Francisco Bay from Stanford. The former UCLA standout was the West Coast Conference's and the NSCAA […]

The fact that Florida International University would even consider dropping its men's soccer program – it did just that, then granted a reprieve – reminds us of how low on the totem pole men's college soccer finds itself. Coach Karl Kremser's program is the most successful sport on campus. It has sent scores of players […]

The landscape has changed dramatically since the U.S. women's national team last prepared for a major championship, so the schedule Coach April Heinrichs has devised in advance of next fall's Women's World Cup shouldn't surprise anybody. The Americans will spend less time together, play fewer games and leave the heavy-duty treks to their rivals as […]

The landscape has changed dramatically since the U.S. women's national team last prepared for a major championship, so the schedule Coach April Heinrichs has devised in advance of next fall's Women's World Cup shouldn't surprise anybody. The Americans will spend less time together, play fewer games and leave the heavy-duty treks to their rivals as […]

Like his full name, Earnest, U.S. International Earnie Stewart is honest, forthright, blunt, matter-of-fact. On the field, he may or may not play well but he plays direct. Off the field, he gives it to you the same way: straight-up, no ice, no chaser. ''It's probably a Dutch thing,'' he says of a boldness and […]

CONCACAF's executive committee also approved the format for both the womenÆs qualifying tournaments to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The womenÆs tournament will have 17 entrants. The United States, silver medalist at Sydney 2000, Canada and host Mexico advance to the final round. The remaining 14 teams will be divided into four groups […]

CONCACAF's executive committee approved formats Friday for both the CONCACAF menÆs and womenÆs qualifying tournaments to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The menÆs qualifying competition will consist of 26 teams. First- and second-round play will consist of head-to-head series. Seven survivors will join Mexico, which, as host, will receive a bye into the […]

Feb. 9 in Mafikeng Moroka Swallows (South Africa) 0 Kansas City 0. Kansas City — Meola (Oshoniyi, 64), Brunt, Conrad, Burciaga, Gutierrez (Morrison, 89), Jewsbury (Simutenkov, 64), Talley, Preki (Gomez, 59), Quill, Fabbro (Brown, 59), Armstrong. Feb. 9 in San Francisco San Jose 4, Shanghai Shenhua (China) 0. Goals: Alvarez (Corrales) 43, Tennyson (Dunivant) 66, […]

The San Jose Earthquakes opened their preseason campaign with a convincing 4-0 win over Shanghai Shenhua of China Sunday before 2,400 fans at Negoesco Stadium on the campus of the University of San Francisco. Draft picks Arturo Alvarez and Jamil Walker each had a goal and an assist for the Quakes. American Jonny Walker, who […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Southampton, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Blackburn broke a two-game losing streak. Blackburn is in 11th place. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Sunderland, 4-1. Started: 90 minutes. Tottenham is in 7th place. * Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham, PL) vs. Chelsea, 1-3. DNP. Kirovski sat out after 11 straight appearances. […]