Author Archives: Soccer America

ENGLAND (FA CUP, Third-Round Replay, Jan. 14) * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Walsall (D1), 1-1 (1-4 on penalties). The Saddlers were perfect on PKs to knock Reading out of the FA Cup. Hahnemann's hesitation on Darren Wrack's seventh-minute goal proved costly. Reading could only reply via an own goal. FRANCE (Ligue 1, Jan. 15-16) […]

Appalachian State head coach Dan Golan is the new head coach at Evansville, replacing Fred Schmalz, who retired after the 2002 season following 24 years at the Purple Aces' helm. Before taking over at Appalachian State, where he posted a 22-12-1 record in two seasons, Golan served as Mark Berson's assistant coach at the University […]

U.S. women's national team coach April Heinrichs has named a 20-player roster for the Four Nations Tournament in China (Jan. 23-Jan. 29) that includes two members of the USA's 2002 U-19 World Championship-winning squad — 19-year-old UNC freshman Lindsay Tarpley and 18-year-old high school senior Heather O'Reilly. Tarpley earned her first cap in last Sunday's […]

The MLS Combine in Florida, where MLS coaches were getting a final look at prospects in Friday's SuperDraft, concluded on Tuesday with the U.S. U-20s downing adidas Mania, 2-0. The Thomas Rongen-coached U-20s, who are preparing for the World Youth Championship (March 25-April 16), were the only undefeated team at the Combine. In the final […]

Junior McDougald, born in Big Spring, Texas, scored in his sixth straight English FA Cup game to lead Dagenham & Redbridge of the Football Conference to a 2-0 win over Plymouth Tuesday in its third-round replay. McDougald, 28, left Texas when he was 2 years old but maintains close ties to family there. McDougald had […]

D.C. United has signed U.S. national team veteran Earnie Stewart with one of its two allocations. Dallas was the other team that expressed interest in signing Stewart, but United had first crack at him because of its allocations. Stewart, the only player to start at least one game for the United States in the last […]

Trinidadian Dimelon Westfield of Clemson, who scored twice on the first day of the MLS Combine — where MLS coaches are scouting prospects for Friday's SuperDraft — struck again on Monday. Westfield scored for adidas Mania in its 1-1 tie with Supernova, which got on the board thanks to Alex Blake, a Jamaican product from […]

Five days before the MLS SuperDraft, the league signed five collegians — Pat Noonan (Indiana), Jason Cole (St. Louis), Shavar Thomas (Connecticut) and the Stanford duo of Roger Levesque and Todd Dunivant — to regular contracts and added University of Portland junior Nate Jaqua to its 2003 Project-40 class. Their bios: Jason Cole Position: Back/Midfield […]

* Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Everton, 4-3. Started: 90 minutes. Keller had little chance on the three goals he conceded. * Brian McBride (Everton, PL) vs. Tottenham, 3-4. Started: 90 minutes. McBride scored 10 minutes into his Premier League debut, running on to Scott Gemmill's defense-splitting through ball and nailing a low 18-yard shot […]

U.S. national team forward Shannon MacMillan was named 2002 Chevy Female Athlete of the Year. MacMillan, who plays for the WUSA's San Diego Spirit, had a breakout scoring year for the U.S. in 2002, leading the high-scoring U.S. team with an impressive 17 goals and three assists for a team-best 37 points. Lindsay Tarpley, who […]

Adidas Mania 4 Adidas X-3s 1. Goals: Gonzalez 4, Westfield 10, 22, Woodworth 70; Ralph 49. Mania — Singer, Glowienka, Stokes, Thomas, Swann (Jacquette, 46), Mack, Gonzalez (Woodworth, 46), Walsh (Gaven, 46), Noonan (Crawford, 46), Westfield, Carmichael (Quinn, 46). X-3s — Behonick, Curtis, Abrahamson, Cole (Bradley, 46), Lewis (Swenda, 46), Alvarez (El Bialy, 46), Carroll […]

The MLS Combine kicked off Sunday with a pair of games at the Sunrise (Fla.) Hilton Sports Complex. MLS coaching staffs were on hand to work with and scout college seniors, Project-40 players and other invited players for Friday's SuperDraft. The two games produced nine goals, beginning with 16-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez's 25-yard free kick. Among […]

Creating more chances but finishing none of them, the U.S. women's national team started its preparations for next fall's Women's World Cup on Sunday with a 0-0 draw against Japan before 5,099 at Torero Stadium on the University of San Diego campus. The Americans, coming off a two-month layoff and following just three days of […]

In an English Premier League game that included three players born and raised in the United States, Brian McBride scored 10 minutes into his debut for Everton, which acquired McBride on a 3-month loan from the Columbus Crew. McBride, who played the whole 90 minutes, met a pass from Scott Gemmill and slotted his shot […]

Brian McBride, who joined Everton on a 3-month loan deal from MLS, celebrated his Premier League debut on Sunday by scoring the first goal in a 4-3 loss to Tottenham Hotspur. Ten minutes into game, McBride met a Scott Gemmill pass and slotted the ball past U.S. teammate goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Tottenham ultimately prevailed thanks […]

(as of Jan. 10) 1st Round 1. D.C. United 2. Metrostars 3. Chicago (from KC) 4. Dallas (from CHI) 5. DC (from MET, DAL) 6. San Jose 7. Columbus 8. LA (from COL) 9. New England 10. Los Angeles 2nd Round 11. D.C. United 12. Dallas (from MET) 13. KC (from DC, KC) 14. D.C. […]

The U.S. U-20 men's national team will kick off their 2003 preparation for the World Youth Championship this spring in the United Arab Emirates with a 13-day camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 12-24. The U.S. will play three matches against MLS Combine teams Jan. 1-14 at the Sunrise Hilton and conclude camp with a […]

The U.S. under-23 men's national team will play five games in Portugal Jan. 14-23. The U.S. opens with three games in three consecutive days — Sporting Lisbon reserves Jan. 14, Benfica reserves Jan. 15 and Santarem District Jan. 16 — then take a four-day break before facing Russia's U-23s on Jan. 21 in Almeirim and […]

The U.S. womenÆs national team kicks off 2003 with a friendly against Japan on Sunday: 4 pm ET, Torero Stadium in San Diego, live on ESPN. The USA is preparing to defend its World Cup title in China (Sept. 23-Oct. 11), for which it qualified while winning last yearÆs Gold Cup. Japan is preparing for […]

U.S. Soccer has awarded Radio Unica, the Spanish-language talk and sports radio network, the exclusive Spanish-language radio broadcast rights to all U.S. national team home matches through 2006. Radio Unica will deliver live, play-by-play coverage of U.S. men's national team action, as well as select women's games. The coverage will be augmented with interviews with […]

Alecko Eskandarian, Soccer America's 2002 College Men's Player of the Year, heads a list of 12 college underclassmen and high school players Major League Soccer signing ahead of the 2003 SuperDraft. All 12 players will be available for selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft Jan. 17 at 3:30 p.m. (ET) from the Kansas City (MO) […]

ARTURO ALVAREZ Position: Forward Ht: 5-9 Wt: 145 Hometown: Houston Born: June 28, 1985 – Led the U.S. Under-18s with seven goals in 2002. – The tournament's second leading scorer as the U-18s' won the Talence International Tournament (France). – A natural finisher, he combines skill and poise near the goal. BRIAN CARROLL Position: Forward […]

RICARDO CLARK (Furman) So./M Perhaps the top two-way player in college soccer; spearheaded the Paladins' bittersweet season. ALECKO ESKANDARIAN (Virginia) Jr./F Leaves UVa for MLS after having scored a school-record 25 goals in 2002; finished career with 50 goals in 60 games. WILLIAM HESMER (Wake Forest) Jr./G The last line of the nation's second-best defense; […]

Virginia junior forward Alecko Eskandarian has been selected Soccer America's 2002 College Men's Player of the Year. The strength of the Virginia Cavaliers' 20 opponents is what makes Eskandarian's 25 goals such an astounding figure. In a year rife with shutouts, Eskandarian personally ensured that Virginia got on the board on all but two of […]

The Colorado Rapids have signed 32-year-old French defender Gilles Grimandi. Grimandi has been a free agent since Arsenal released him after the 2001-2002 season. He made 114 English Premier League appearances and scored four league goals after joining the Gunners from Monaco for a $1.5 million transfer fee in 1997. He played 22 league games […]