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A young Argentina playing without foreign-based players defeated the USA, 1-0, in SaturdayÆs friendly at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The Americans, also fielding a squad of domestic-based players, had far less possession than the Argentines, whose goal came on a superb 20-yard shot from Luis Gonzalez in the ninth minute. Gonzalez, taking a pass […]

Qualifying for the 2006 World Cup will require the USA to play at least four more games than during its run to the 2002 tournament if CONCACAF's new format is approved by FIFA. The USA played 16 games en route to the 2002 World Cup. The new format requires all of the region's team to […]

USA-Argentina Saturday, Feb. 8 noon ET/9 am PT. Orange Bowl in Miami, Fla. TV: Telemundo (live), ESPN2 (live) 11:55 am ET. Radio: Radio Unica (live). The USA and Argentina take the field tomorrow with squads comprised of domestic players only. For the Americans, the encounter marks their second friendly of 2003, having beaten Canada, 4-0, […]

ENGLAND (FA Cup, 4th round replay) * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), vs. Sunderland, 2-2 (0-3 on penalties). Started: 90 minutes. Garry Flitcrift's goal for Blackburn in the 90th minute sent the game into overtime. * Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL), at Blackburn, 2-2 (3-0 penalties). DNP — injured. FRANCE (League) * Joe Cannon (Lens, D1), vs. […]

The MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy will participate in the World Peace King Cup July 15-22 in Seoul, South Korea. The field includes four teams from Europe (Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, Lyon of France, Roma of Italy and PSV of the Netherlands) and one each from Africa (Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa), Asia (Seongnam Ilwha […]

U.S. women's national team head coach April Heinrichs has called 24 players into camp five days before the Feb. 16 friendly against Iceland in Charleston, S.C. (TV: ESPN2, live, 6 p.m.). Veterans Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Julie Foudy — the three most capped players in the history of the international soccer — return after […]

(Subject to change.) CHICAGO FIRE Training: Feb. 3-7: Chicago. Feb. 10-23: Bradenton, Fla. Feb. 27-March 12: MLS Spring Training (Boca Raton, Fla., Florida Atlantic Univ.). March 16-: Overseas training. Matches: Feb. 12 vs. U.S. Under-17 National Team. Feb. 22 vs. MetroStars. March 5 vs. D.C. United (Florida Atlantic Univ.). March 8 vs. San Jose (Orange […]

CONCACAF held the draw Monday for the 2003 FC Champions Cup, the region's club championship. Four MLS clubs are entered in the tournament. The MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy open against Motagua of Honduras. The New England Revolution, runner-up in the 2002 MLS season, has the toughest test, drawing 2002 Central American club champion Alajuela. […]

Toluca (Mex.) vs. W. Connection (Trin. & Tob.) Municipal (Guat.) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (USA) Club America (Mex.) vs. FAS (El Sal.) Alajuela (C.R.) vs. New England Revolution (USA) Comunicaciones (Guat.) vs. Morelia (Mex.) Arabe Unido (Pan.) vs. Columbus Crew (USA) Arnett Gardens (Jam.) vs. Necaxa (Mex.) Motagua (Hond.) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (USA)

Argentina, which faces the United States Saturday at Miami's Orange Bowl (TV: ESPN2, Telemundo, live, noon ET), opened its three-game tour of the CONCACAF region with a 3-1 win over Honduras. Argentina rallied from one goal down after seven minutes to win. Luis Gonzalez of River Plate and Mariano Gonzalez of Racing Club scored two […]

Boston got Devvyn Hawkins, Philadelphia took Hope Solo, and Lauren Orlandos lasted until the second round of Sunday's WUSA draft in Atlanta. Santa Clara University playmaker Aly Wagner, no surprise, was taken by San Diego with the first pick, the second successive year a Broncos star has led off the collegiate/amateur draft. Carolina took former […]

FIRST ROUND 1. San Diego – Aly Wagner, Midfielder, Santa Clara 2. New York – Christie Welsh, Forward, Penn State 3. Boston – Devvyn Hawkins, Midfielder, Santa Clara 4. Philadelphia – Hope Solo, Goalkeeper, Washington 5. Atlanta – Callie Withers, Midfielder, Stanford 6. Philadelphia – Deliah Arrington, Forward, Clemson 7. Philadelphia – Mary McVeigh, Midfielder, […]

For the second game in a row, Brian McBride was unable to score for Everton, but his team won its third straight game. Kasey Keller, meanwhile, turned in a gem for Tottenham against Chelsea. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Aston Villa, 0-3. Started: 90 minutes. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Chelsea, 1-1. […]

The U.S. U-17 national team, which is preparing for March's qualifying tournament for the 2003 U-17 World Cup, lost 2-1 on Wednesday against Costa Rica in San Jose, Costa Rica. The teams meet again today. Eddie Gaven, recently drafted by the MetroStars, scored the U.S. goal in the 33rd minute off a Brandon Owens assist. […]

Jamaica called up three players who played in MLS last season for the Boyz's friendly against the United States Feb. 12 in Kingston. Tyrone Marshall of the MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy and Craig Ziadie and Andy Williams, who played for the MetroStars in 2002, were called up. Williams did not have his MLS option […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), at West Ham, 1-2. Jermain Defoe scored with a blast to the near post in the 89th minute, five minutes after entering the game, to give West Ham the victory, its first in 13 games. Blackburn is now 11th in the Premier League. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL), vs. […]

Argentina national team coach Marcelo Bielsa is bringing 20 players on his team's thre game tour of Honduras and the United States: Jan. 31 vs. Honduras in Tegucigalpa, Mexico Feb. 4 in Los Angeles and the U.S. Feb. 8 in Miami (TV: ESPN2, live, 11:55 a.m. ET). Missing are Argentina's European-based stars, but the squad […]

The United States was drawn today with Paraguay, South Korea and Germany in the World Youth Championship, scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates March 25-April 16. Thomas Rongen's U-20s will face Paraguay, third in the South American under-20 championship completed last night in Uruguay, on March 27, Asian champion South Korea on […]

Group A — UAE (host), Slovakia (Europe No. 3), Panama (CONCACAF No. B1), Burkina Faso (Africa No. 4) in Abu Dhabi. Group B — Argentina (South America No. 1), Spain (Europe No. 1), Uzbekistan (Asia No. 4), Mali (Africa No. 3) in Sharjah. Group C — Brazil (South America No. 2), Canada (CONCACAF No. A1), […]

A 1-0 win over Germany in Shanghai on a goal by midfielder Devvyn Hawkins earned the U.S. womenÆs national team the 2003 Four Nations Tournament title. Coach April HeinrichsÆ team had beaten Norway, 3-1, and had lost to host China, 2-0, but finished atop the round-robin standings because China and Norway played to a 1-1 […]

Forward Conny Pohlers, one of Germany's best young players, will play for the Atlanta Beat in the upcoming WUSA season, Beat coach Tom Stone said Tuesday. An announcement is expected Wednesday. Pohlers, 24, will fill part of the foreign void created with the departures of Chinese stars Sun Wen and Liping Wang. Pohlers, who has […]

Joe Max Moore, the New England Revolution's all-time scoring leader, is returning to the Revs after three years at English club Everton. He left the Premier League this winter after failing to play for Everton's first team since last spring. He netted 10 goals in the 37 games with the first team (League and Cup […]

ENGLAND * Brian McBride (Everton, PL), at Bolton, 2-1. Started: 90 minutes. McBride held scoreless for his time in three starts. * Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL), vs. Southampton, 0-1. DNP — out after knee surgery. * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Leicester, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. Three goals in first 34 minutes doom Royals, whose […]

Florida International University, which on Jan. 16 announced the elimination of its menÆs soccer program, has decided keep the team for two more years. It will review the ''overall'' situation in one yearÆs time. FIU menÆs soccer, the universityÆs most successful sport, became endangered when the school strained its athletic budget by introducing football for […]

Hristo Stoitchkov will play — and serve as assistant coach — for D.C. United after Chicago traded the 36-year-old Bulgarian star for a second-round pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. The deal marks the Fire's fourth major trade in a month as the team tries to stay under MLS's budget guidelines. It has sent Josh […]