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South Korea’s 32-day stay in California ends Saturday when the 18 players remaining from the Gold Cup travel to Montevideo for a match against Uruguay Feb. 14. The Koreans, who face the United States June 10 at the World Cup, took two days off after their disappointing fourth-place finish at the Gold Cup. They returned […]

Feb. 10 vs. Faeroe Islands (in Limassol, Cyprus), Feb. 13 vs. Northern Ireland (in Limassol, Cyprus), March 27 vs. Japan, April 17 vs. Romania, May 18 vs. Estonia.

POLAND SQUAD (for Faeroe Islands): Goalkeepers: Jakub Wierzchowski (Werder Bremen/GER), Mariusz Liberda (Groclin-Dyskobolia). Defenders: Jacek Zielinski (Legia Warsaw), Maciej Murawski (Legia Warsaw), Arkadiusz Glowacki (Wisla Krakow), Bartosz Bosacki (Amika Wronki), Tomasz Ciesielski (Polonia Warsaw), Maciej Stolarczyk (Pogon Szczecin). Midfielders: Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk/UKR), Tomasz Kielbowicz (Legia Warsaw), Mariusz Piekarski (Legia Warsaw), Pawel Sibik (Odra Wodzislaw), […]

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Boavista), Quim (Braga). Defenders: Nuno Frechaut (Boavista), Jorge Costa (Charlton/ENG), Jorge Andrade (Porto), Rui Jorge (Sporting), Fernando Couto (Lazio/ITA), Dimas Teixeira (Marseille/FRA), Beto Severo (Sporting). Midfielders: Sergio Conceicao (Inter Milan/ITA), Nuno Capucho (Porto), Jose Vidigal (Napoli/ITA), Paulo Bento (Sporting), Pedro Barbosa (Sporting), Hugo Viana (Sporting), Luis Figo (Real Madrid/SPA). Forwards: Nuno Gomes […]

The three U.S. opponents in Group D are in the process of finalizing their preparations. Here’s what Portugal, South Korea and Poland have in store through June: PORTUGAL. The Group D favorites have scheduled only three pre-World Cup friendlies. The Portuguese travel to Barcelona to face neighboring Spain Feb. 13. They have a tentative match […]

German Second Division leader Hannover suffered its first loss of the season, falling 4-2 at Bochum on Wednesday. American Steve Cherundolo played 90 minutes at right back. Forward Conor Casey entered the game in the 72nd minute. Hannover remains in first place, eight points ahead of the fourth-place team. (The top three finishers are promoted […]

Feb. 10/Final Cameroon vs. Senegal Feb. 9/Third-Place Game Mali vs. Nigeria Feb. 7/Semifinals Mali 0 Cameroon 3. Goals: Olembe 40, 45, Foe 85. Mali — M.Sidibe, Diakite (Doukantie, 46), A.Coulibaly, F.Diawara, B.Diarra (S.Diawara, 46), D.Sidibe (Dissa, 73), S.Keita, B.Toure, S.Coulibaly, M.Diarra, Bagayoko. Cameroon — Alioum, Tchato, Wome, Song, Kalla, Geremi, Lauren, Foe, Olembe (Ngom Kome, […]

Date: Sunday, February 10, 2002, noon (ET) at The All-Star Cafe (at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Kissimmee, FL Order: Round One 1. Dallas (from TB) 2. New England (from TB, COL) 3. MetroStars (from TB, CO, NE) 4. D.C United 5. Kansas City 6. Dallas 7. MetroStars 8. Columbus 9. San Jose […]

On the 21st game day of the German First Division 2001-2002 season, struggling St. Pauli pulled a major upset — defeating Bayern Munich, 2-1, in St. Pauli. U.S. defender Cory Gibbs started on defense for St. Pauli. Dema Kovalenko, who joined St. Pauli on loan during the winter break, made his third straight start on […]

The U.S. under-23 national team opened play at the Madeira International Tournament with a 2-1 win over a Madeira regional XI and a 0-0 tie with Slovakia’s U-23s. Bobby Convey set up goals for Alecko Eskandarian and Brian Carroll in the win. DaMarcus Beasley, one of the U.S. heroes at the Gold Cup, played in […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy has acquired Guatemalan striker Carlos “Pescadito” Ruiz. The 22-year-old is best known to U.S. fans for scoring the 88th minute equalizer against the Americans in the 1-1 tie in Mazatenango in the semifinal round of World Cup qualifying. He was suspended for the return game against the United States, a 1-0 […]

U.S. Soccer has announced what are expected to be the final three international matches before the U.S. national team begins play in the World Cup. The three home games against Uruguay May 12 in Washington, D.C., May 16 against Jamaica in East Rutherford, N.J. and the Netherlands May 19 are the three games in the […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH, Senior Editor The WUSA Global Draft takes place on Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The format: Four rounds, with the option of passing during the fourth round. The order: 1. Carolina; 2. Washington; 3. Boston; 4. San Diego; 5. Philadelphia; 6. New York; 7. Atlanta; 8. San Jose. Carolina owns San Diego’s […]

(All dates, sites and opponents are subject to change.) CHICAGO Training Jan. 24-Feb. 7 — Bradenton, Fla. Feb. 12-27 — Rio Maior, Portugal. Games Jan. 28 — Univ. of Tampa (3-0). Feb. 4 — U.S. U-18 national team (2-0). Feb. 6 — Kansas City Wizards in Bradenton, Fla. Feb. 12-17 — Matches TBD. March 16 […]

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U.S. coach Bruce Arena has named a roster of 12 foreign-based and six MLS players to face Italy in a Feb. 13 friendly in Catania, Sicily. USA roster Name Pos. Age Caps/Goals Club Agoos, Jeff D 33 122/4 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) Armas, Chris M 31 40/2 Chicago Fire (MLS) Berhalter, Gregg D 27 21/0 […]

In a rare occurrence, every European-based American player who was with his first or second division club this weekend saw action. Nine players played 90 minutes, five others came on as substitutes and one played 61 minutes after starting. Kasey Keller, Frankie Hejduk and Eddie Lewis, who normally do not play for their teams, were […]

Contraction has thrown a heavy wrench into this year’s MLS SuperDraft. In what was already labeled a “down year” for draftable college talent, the folding of the Fusion and Mutiny further skewed the picture. Forty fewer jobs exist in MLS, and all but two teams had full rosters entering February, thereby decreasing the already limited […]

Dallas has the first pick when MLS holds its SuperDraft Feb. 10 in Orlando. These are the 12 players Soccer America believes are most likely to be drafted in the first round (not necessarily in the order they are listed): 1. D Chris Gbandi, Connecticut Status: College senior. Scouting report: Left-footed, athletic and tough; unanimously […]

The following are the results of the January 2002 poll in which 1,960 picked the outcome of the three first-round matches at the World Cup: PORTUGAL U.S. win – 143 – 7.3% Tie – 438 – 22.3% Portugal win – 1365 – 69.6% SOUTH KOREA U.S. win – 1133 – 57.8% Tie – 576 – […]

MVP: Brian McBRIDE (USA). Leading Scorer: Brian McBRIDE (USA, 4 goals). Best Goalkeeper: Lars HIRSCHFELD (Canada). Best XI (Chosen before final and third-place game) Odelin MOLINA (Cuba) Luis MARIN (Costa Rica) Jeff AGOOS (USA) Jason deVOS (Canada) Luis Alfonso SOSA (MEXICO) Mauricio SOLIS (Costa Rica) Landon DONOVAN (USA) KIM Nam-Il (South Korea) Ronald GOMEZ (Costa […]

FINAL Feb. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 2 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Wolff 37, Agoos 63. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Mastroeni, Agoos, Bocanegra, Jones (West, 85), Armas, Lewis, Donovan, McBride (Mathis, 89), Wolff (Williams, 79). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Marin (Centeno, 46), Parks, Castro, Solis, Lopez, Bryce, Wallace (Medford, 59), Gomez, Wanchope. Yellow Cards: […]

Costa Rica coach Alexandre Guimaraes: “I want to congratulate the USA side, that today deserved to win the game and played a good football that took us off our game, Congratulations to them and know we know what we need to do in our preparation for the World Cup. “This tournament served as a calculated […]

U.S. Head Coach Bruce Arena “I thought we had an outstanding performance today and certainly deserved to be the champions. We improved in every game in the tournament. This victory means a lot. We faced a lot of criticism last year, maybe some deserved, most unwarranted. Even in the beginning of this tournament we took […]

Gold Cup 2002 final Feb. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. USA 2 Costa Rica 0 Goals: USA — Josh Wolff (Frankie Hejduk) 37th minute. From his own half, Hejduk sent a through ball into the path of Wolff, who outraced, then fended off a Tico defender at the edge of the penalty area, before pushing the […]