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Several European leagues began their seasons over the weekend with three U.S. national team regulars — Claudio Reyna, David Regis and Tony Sanneh — each playing 90 minutes for their respective clubs. In Scotland, Reyna’s Glasgow Rangers overpowered host Aberdeen while Regis and Metz lost to Lorient in the French First Division. SCOTLAND Claudio Reyna, […]

RESULTS Final July 29 in Bogota Colombia 1 (I.Cordoba 65) Mexico 0. Third-Place Match July 29 in Bogota Honduras 2 (S. Martinez 14, Izaguirre 41) Uruguay 2 (Bizera 21, A.Martinez 45). (Honduras win 5-4 on penalties.) Semifinals July 26 in Manizales Colombia 2 (Bedoya 6, Aristizabal 63) Honduras 0. July 25 in Pereira Mexico 2 […]

July 29 in Kansas City KANSAS CITY 2 NEW ENGLAND 0 Scoring Summary: KC –Santel (Gomez, Prideaux) 21 KC –Glasgow (Lassiter, McKeon) 65 KANSAS CITY — Bo Oshoniyi, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Kerry Zavagnin, Chris Klein, Matt McKeon, Mark Santel (Onandi Lowe, 59), Francisco Gomez (Roy Lassiter, 46), Chris Brown, Gary Glasgow (Tahj […]

In MLSÆs second phase, its soundtrack will not be the roar of the crowd but the rumble of earthmovers and dump trucks. Its components will be dirt, concrete and steel, not grass and goals. Sometime this month, machines and men will descend upon a plot of land on the campus of California State University, Dominguez […]

RESULTS Semifinals July 26 in Manizales Colombia 2 (Bedoya 6, Aristizabal 63) Honduras 0. July 25 in Pereira Mexico 2 (Borgetti 13, Garcia Aspe pen. 66) Uruguay 1 (Morales 32). Quarterfinals July 23 in Armenia Colombia 3 (Aristizabal 50, 69, Hernandez 66) Peru 0. July 23 in Manizales Honduras 2 (Own goal 57, Martinez 90) […]

The United States won its second game at the Under-21 Nordic Cup in Raufoss, Norway, beating Denmark, 4-0. A win or a tie in the final Group A match against Germany on Sunday will put the Americans in the Nordic Cup championship game for the fifth consecutive year. Two of the American goals (the first […]

New York and Philadelphia scored big wins in the battle for playoff berths. Third-place New York dropped Boston to the cellar with a 4-2 win at Mitchel Complex. The Charge beat Washington, 2-0, at RFK Stadium to open up a four-point lead (with a game in hand) on the Freedom for the fourth playoff berth. […]

Standings TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Atlanta Beat 16 8 2 7 31 24 16 Bay Area CyberRays 17 8 5 4 28 21 16 New York Power 17 7 5 5 26 26 22 Philadelphia Charge 16 7 6 3 24 24 20 Washington Freedom 17 6 9 2 20 22 […]

Here are Soccer America Assistant Editor Bryan Alvarez’s predictions for the July 29 games: San Diego 1 Atlanta 2 Carolina 2 Bay Area 1 Boston 3 Washington 2 Previews (all times ET) Sunday, July 29 (6:00 pm) Atlanta at San Diego (TV: CNNSI-NATIONAL). Did you know? The Beat is 1-0-1 versus the Spirit and won […]

The following are the results on the second day of the Snickers U.S. Youth National Championships: Under-19 Boys Charlotte (N.C.) SC Blue 1, KC Athletics (Kansas City, Kan.) 0 Goal: Brentley Kellum, 71st. River City Rush (Sacramento, Calif.) 2, FC Delco Black (West Chester, Pa.) 2. Goals: (R) Alexis Maurtua, 33rd; Patrick Nelle, 35th. (FCD) […]

RESULTS Semifinals July 25 in Pereira Mexico 2 (Borgetti 13, Garcia Aspe pen. 66) Uruguay 1 (Morales 32). Quarterfinals July 23 in Armenia Colombia 3 (Aristizabal 50, 69, Hernandez 66) Peru 0. July 23 in Manizales Honduras 2 (Own goal 57, Martinez 90) Brazil 0. July 22 in Pereira Mexico 2 (Arellano 18, Osorno 80) […]

The San Diego Spirit pulled on of the biggest upsets of the WUSA season when it beat San Jose, 2-0, at Spartan Stadium. The win moved the Spirit out of the cellar and ended the CyberRays’ record 10-game unbeaten streak. Joy Fawcett had San Diego’s second goal — her first goal since coming back from […]

The following is a summary of NCAA Division I women’s head coaching changes during the 2000-2001 offseason: Key: recent moves in bold. School Old Coach New Coach Arizona State Terri Patraw Ray Leone Arkansas-Little Rock Chris Pratt Greg Hess Cal Riverside new program Veronica O’Brien Cal State Fullerton Al Mistri Ali Khosroshahin Canisius Carlos Obiano […]

Noel Kenny, who has five years of MLS service under his belt, was honored by being chosen referee of the 2001 MLS All-Star Game. A 42-year-old native of Ireland, Kenny officiated for 10 years in the Irish Second Division. Kenny has been in the U.S. for the last 12 years and currently is a buyer […]

The following are the results on the first day of U.S. Youth Soccer’s Snickers National Championships: Under-19 Boys FC Delco Black (West Chester, Pa.) 2, Charlotte (N.C.) SC Blue 0. Goals: Scott Rodemer, 54th; Vicente Bastidas, 73rd. KC Athletics (Kansas City, Kan.) 2, River City Rush (Sacramento, Calif.) 0. Goals: (KC) Derek Gutierrez, 1st; David […]

Americans Jovan Kirovski and John O’Brien are making bids for starting jobs at European clubs. Kirovski, on trial at Crystal Palace (English First Division), started in a pair of wins — Torquay (4-0) and Exeter City (5-0) — on the London club’s recent West County tour. O’Brien, bidding to to secure a starting job at […]

Here is Executive Editor Mike WoitallaÆs prediction for the July 27 game: Kansas City 1 New England 1 Preview Sunday, July 29, (6:00 p.m. ET) New England Revolution at Kansas City Wizards (FSNE) Did you know? Wizards goalkeeper Bo Oshoniyi, a starter in place of injured Tony Meola, was a 2000 fourth-round SuperDraft pick of […]

Here are Soccer America’s predictions for the July 26 games: Carolina 1 Atlanta 2 Washington 1 Philadelphia 1 New York 3 Boston 2 Previews (all times ET) Thursday, July 26 (7:30 pm) Atlanta at Carolina (TV: Fox Sports South, CNNSI-REGIONAL). Did you know? The Courage are the only team to have a winning record over […]

After 21 years at Davidson, coach joins mammoth soccer association. In searching for a chief operating officer earlier this year, the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) asked the top college coaches in North Carolina for advice. As Charlie Slagle read the job description for the new leader of the 12,000-player organization, he said to himself, […]

The U.S. Under-21 team beat its Iceland counterparts, 3-0, in the opening game of the Nordic Cup, the top U-21 women’s tournament in the world. The Americans got two goals from Florida forward Abby Wambach (Rochester, and one from Cal forward Laura Schott in a totally one-sided affair. Iceland was outshot, 31-1. In the other […]

Here is Soccer America’s prediction for the July 25 game: Bay Area 1 San Diego 0 Preview Wednesday, July 25 (7:30 pm) San Diego at Bay Area (TV: KICU-TV, San Jose). Did you know? The CyberRays are hoping to extend their league-high unbeaten streak to 11 games against last-place San Diego.

SCHEDULE SEMIFINALS Aug. 21-22 Chicago Fire (MLS) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) Aug. 21-22 New England Revolution (MLS) vs. D.C. United (MLS) QUARTERFINALS June 24 in Wheaton, Ill. Chicago Fire (MLS) 3 (Stoitchkov pen. 15, Kovalenko 49, Magee 111) Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) 2 (Welton 9, Dougherty 70) (OT). June 24 in San Francisco San Jose […]

American Claudio Reyna started for Glasgow Rangers in a 3-0 away win over Maribor of Slovenia in the first leg of their second qualifying round series in the Champions League. German Christian Nerlinger, Trinidadian Russell Latapy and Argentine Claudio Caniggia all make their Rangers debuts. Norwegian Tore Andre Flo scored twice and set up Nerlinger […]

An air of caution at the beginning of the Hexagonal quickly gave way to a feeling of inevitability. No longer was it a matter of what would it take for the United States to qualify for the World Cup. Soon, it was simply when. Nine points and a five-point lead on the field after three […]

One of the most respected referees in MLS, Paul Tamberino was in the middle for MLS Cup 2000. The Baltimore, Md., resident is the focus of this edition of Socceramerica.comÆs referee series, ôView from the Middle.ö INTERVIEW BY BRYAN ALVAREZ SOCCER AMERICA: What is the toughest call in soccer? PAUL TAMBERINO: Probably the penalty kick. […]