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Japan has experienced one of the greatest soccer booms in the history of the sport. The J-League kicks off its 10th season in March with 28 teams in two divisions. The national team draws high television ratings. And fans are scrambling to get tickets to the 2002 World Cup. A look inside Japan’s soccer craze. […]

Danielle Slaton bounced back from a knee injury to earn a starting job with the U.S. women. Now she’s ready to make an impact in Carolina. It’s the magnitude and variety of her gifts, and how she weaves them into a cohesive whole, that has all drooling over Danielle Slaton. She’s as can’t-miss as they […]

Two dedicated coaches formed the Capital Soccer Club to help the Green Mountain State reach new heights. The 21st century was about to dawn, and George Cook and Peter Kim could not believe the state of Vermont soccer. Both men, now 29, had grown up in soccer hotbeds – Cook playing for Connecticut’s famed Oakwood […]

International Friendly USA vs. MEXICO Wednesday, April 3 at Invesco Field in Denver, Colo. TV: Telemundo (live, 10 ET/7 PT) = The USA’s 18-man roster is comprised of 16 MLS players and two foreign-based players (FRANKIE HEJDUK, GREG VANNEY). = Forward BRIAN McBRIDE is questionable because of an ankle injury. = LANDON DONOVAN has played […]

American goalkeeper Jonny Walker shone for his Chilean club, Universidad Catolica, in the Copa Libertadores tournament by making several superb stops in a 1-1 road draw against Olimpia of Paraguay. With one game remaining in the first round of the competition, Catolica needs a win April 10 when it hosts Colombian club Once Caldas to […]

After opening with wins against Portugal (3-0) and Tunisia (2-1), the U.S. U-17s faltered against France (0-3) and Peru (1-3) to finish fourth in the 30th annual Mondial Minimes Montaigu Vendee in France. In the third-place game, Eddie Gavin equalized for the Americans in the 59th minute, but the Peruvians scored twice in the following […]

Jason Moore, picked No. 1 by D.C. United in the 1999 draft, was picked up on waivers by the Chicago Fire. Moore spent his last two seasons with Colorado, which waived him in the offseason. The left-sided midfielder has played in 69 MLS games and notched 11 assists.

Forward Darin Lewis, a Trinidad native who helped the University of Connecticut win the 2000 NCAA title and played for the A-LeagueGs Portland Timbers last season, has signed with the MetroStars. He becomes their third senior international, along with Rodrigo Faria (Brazil) and Diego Serna (Colombia). The 25-year-old also played at junior college power Mercer […]

The Revolution has signed central defender Carlos Semedo of Portugal. He is considered a ptransitional internationalS and will not count against its three-foreigner limit. The 22-year-old Lisbon native, who has played for First Division Setubal, arrives from lower division club Imortal Desportivo. The Revs will not exercise the option on midfielder Yari Allnutt’s contract

The eight WUSA teams announced their 18-player rosters on Monday after making final cuts on Sunday. Six tryout players made rosters while four first-year veterans and 11 players selected in February’s WUSA Draft were discarded. Some will be picked up as “reserve” players following Tuesday’s supplemental draft. The biggest names to be dropped were Philadelphia […]

MLS teams have scattered around the globe in search of the perfect preseason preparation to make a run at the league title. The Revs played ping-pong in a remote Brazilian resort. The Metros visited the Mecca of calcio. The Galaxy, Wizards and Burn flew south for the winter. The Rapids and Fire went to Portugal. […]

Easter Monday games in England proved successful for three Americans in England. … Claudio Reyna scored twice as his Sunderland downed last-place Leicester, 2-1. … Kasey Keller got his second start in three days as Tottenham beat Leeds, 2-1. …Brad Friedel’s Blackburn won, 2-0, at home against Southampton. England = Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. […]

MLSGs 2002 season kicked off with 43 players who have been in the league since its first season in 1996. Player (teams) 1. Agoos, Jeff (San Jose, D.C. United) 2. Ammann, Mike (D.C. United, MetroStars, Kansas City) 3. Armas, Chris (Chicago, Los Angeles) 4. Baba, Imad (Colorado, New England) 5. Balboa, Marcelo (Metros, Colorado) 6. […]

Two Americans, Steve Cherundolo and Conor Casey, celebrated promotion to the German First Division when their Hannover 96 beat Schweinfurt, 6-0. The result makes it virtually impossible for Hannover not to finish in the top three of the Second Division. ItGs been 13 years since Hannover played at the top tier. Casey scored the third […]

U.S. defender Greg Vanney will be going to the French Cup final thanks to his teamGs 1-0 win at home over Sedan in the semifinal March 30. Vanney played the whole game at left back on BastiaGs four-man defensive line. Bastia won on a Tony Vairelles goal in the 93rd minute in front of 11,460 […]

Marco Etcheverry scored his first MLS goal since June 17, 2000, curving a wicked free kick into the Chicago goal to spark a 2-0 win over Chicago on Saturday. … Etcheverry, who scored 25 goals in his first five years, went without a strike during his subpar 2001 season. He gave an inspired performance in […]

Jorge Campos has been recalled for Mexico’s match with the United States April 3 in Denver. Campos, who started on Mexico’s 1994 and 1998 World Cup team, has yet to play for Javier Aguirre since he took over as Mexican national team coach last summer. MEXICO ROSTER: Goalkeepers: Oscar Perez (Cruz Azul), Jorge Campos (UNAM). […]

Saturday, March 30 (4:00 p.m. ET) CHICAGO FIRE (1-0-0, 3pts) at D.C. UNITED (0-1-0, 0 pts) (ESPN2) Key players out: Chicago: D Jim Curtin (ankle sprain-L), F Hristo Stoitchkov (hernia-R), F Aleksey Korol (bursitis-left knee); D.C.: GK Mike Amman (elbow surgery), M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery), F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery), D Craig Ziadie (eye […]

Coach Bruce Arena named an 18-man roster, which includes 16 MLS and two foreign-based players, for the USAGs April 3 friendly with Mexico in Denver (live on Telemundo at 10 pm ET). Greg Vanney has been called in for the first time since living the teamGs pre-Gold Cup training camp in January to join French […]

The United States wasn't the only World Cup Group D team to get hammered on Wednesday. Portugal and Poland both lost. To make matters worse, both were playing at home. Portugal lost to Finland, 4-1, in Oporto. The Portuguese, who were playing without stars Luis Figo and Rui Costa, were beaten badly in midfield. Japan […]

PORTUGAL WARMUP RESULTS Feb. 13 in Barcelona Spain 1 Portugal 1. Goals: Morientes 41; Jorge Costa 28. Portugal — Ricardo (Quim, 46), Frechault, Jorge Costa (Bento, 90), Fernando Couto, Rui Jorge (Dimas, 46), Vidigal, Viana (Andrade, 62), Figo (Capucho, 80), Conceicao (Simao, 46), Joao Pinto (Barbosa, 46), Pauleta (Nuno Gomes, 46). March 27 in Oporto […]

Relegated to the bench at Tottenham Hotspur, Kasey Keller is still pushing hard to start for the USA at the 2002 World Cup. Once again he’s at odds with his coaches, which might cause most players much consternation. It’s business as usual for Kasey Keller. Despite a celebrated, decade-long career in the pros, the 31-year-old […]

Reactions from Germany following its 4-2 win over the USA on Wednesday in Rostock: pRudiGs ersatz-ersatz 11 — they went behind 0-1 yet won 4-2. ThatGs pretty OK! They did it against their fright-opponent USA, which had won the last two matchups (0:3 and 0:2).S — Bild pThe second-string shows characterS — Headline, Hannoverische Allgemeine […]

International Friendly March 27 in Rostock, Germany Germany 4 USA 2 Goals: Ziege 44, Neuville 61, Bierhoff (Schneider) 65, Frings (Bierhoff) 68; Mathis (Kirovski) 17, Mathis (Joe-Max Moore) 71. Germany — Rost (Butt, 46), Baumann, Linke, Ramelow, Jeremies (Heinrich, 69), Frings, Hamman, Schneider (Asamoah, 75), Ziege (Boehme, 61), Bierhoff, Neuville (Brdaric, 80). USA — Keller, […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY, senior editor The errors were many and the blame can be spread liberally for the Rout in Rostock that transpired Wednesday night. But the bigger, stronger, meaner Germans — as they were portrayed in several news accounts of the match — were also faster, quicker and smarter as they pummeled the Americans, […]