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April Estelle of Renton, Wash., asks: Does size or height have any real importance in how successful a soccer player is? My son, who loves soccer and is very talented, is small for his age. His coach recently admitted that he had recommended our son for a select team but told the coach how small […]

Argentina, Colombia, England, Honduras, Jamaica, South Africa, Yugoslavia and the United States. From those countries hail the starters of the Miami Fusion, the most successful and entertaining MLS team of 2001. Three of the foreign-born players are U.S. citizens. Preki grew up in Yugoslavia and Carlos Llamosa in Colombia. Pablo Mastroeni immigrated at age 4 […]

RESULTS Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Chile 4 (Navia 29, Montecinos 74, 90, Corrales 86) Ecuador 1 (Chala 47). Colombia 2 (Grisales 16, Aristizabal pen. 60) Venezuela 0. Group B July 12 in Cali Paraguay 3 (Ferreira 23, 65, Garay 90) Peru 3 (Lobaton 17, Pajuelo 58, Del Solar 78). Mexico 1 (Borgetti 5) […]

RESULTS THIRD ROUND July 11 El Paso Patriots (A-League) 1 (Macias 86) Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) 2 (Flavius 1, Gutierrez 48) Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 0 Chicago Fire (MLS) 1 (Stoitchkov 90+) Milwaukee Rampage (A-League) 0 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 0 (San Jose won 7-6 on penalties) Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 3 (Waibel 61, Lalas 63, […]

Goalkeeper D.J. Countess opened plenty of eyes with his superb performance at the World Youth Championship in Argentina. Accordingly, the rumors are starting to swirl around him as clubs jockey for his services. The latest, straight from a Norwegian media report, has the UCLA and U.S. U-20 star heading for a trial with Norway’s Lyn. […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for the games on July 14: San Jose 3 Tampa Bay 1 New England 2 D.C. United 2 Chicago 3 Colorado 2 Kansas City 1 Dallas 2 Los Angeles 2 Miami 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, July 14, (4:00 p.m.) – Tampa Bay Mutiny […]

RESULTS Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Chile 4 (Navia 29, Montecinos 74, 90, Corrales 86) Ecuador 1 (Chala 47). Colombia 2 (Grisales 16, Aristizabal pen. 60) Venezuela 0. STANDINGS Group A TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Chile 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 Colombia 1 1 0 0 2 0 […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for the July 12-13 games: New York 0 Atlanta 1 Washington 0 Bay Area 2 Boston 2 Carolina 1 Philadelphia 2 San Diego 1 Previews (all times ET) Thursday, July 12 – (7:00 pm) – Atlanta (6-1-6, 1st place, 24 pts) at New York (6-2-5, […]

Kelly Smith’s England team tied one and lost two games at Euro 2001. She returned to Philadelphia to find her Charge likewise in a downward spiral. Smith hopes her return and that of Germany’s Doris Fitschen will help change Philly’s fortunes. BY KELLY SMITH I’m excited to be back! England didn’t win the European Championship, […]

Some say Kenny Arena, BruceÆs son, made the U.S. under-20 national team because of his fatherÆs influence. His U-20 coach and teammates will testify Kenny Arena earned everything on the field. Kenny Arena knows heÆs not the most skillful soccer player on the planet. HeÆs not even the best player in the room, nowhere near […]

A sign of progress: The Silverbacks boys have a coach with vast international experience, and heÆs American. In the mid-1990s, Bruce Murray retired from soccer. A collegiate Hermann Trophy winner in 1987, he spent eight years on the U.S. national team, earning 86 caps and scoring 21 goals. One of those came in Italy, during […]

Recent moves in bold. School Old Coach New Coach Appalachian State Aidan Heaney Dave Golan Butler Todd Bramble Joe Sochacki Canisius Dave Kreger TBA Cincinnati Jeff Cook Hylton Dayes Creighton Brett Simon Bob Warming Dartmouth Fran O’Leary Jeff Cook Davidson Charlie Slagle Matt Spear George Mason Gordon Bradley Fran O’Leary Jacksonville Mike Johnson Bob Moullin […]

The following is the 2001 Copa America schedule, taking into account the two replacement teams (Costa Rica for Canada and Honduras for Argentina): Group A July 11 in Barranquilla Ecuador vs. Chile Colombia vs. Venezuela July 14 in Barranquilla Chile vs. Venezuela Colombia vs. Ecuador July 17 in Barranquilla Ecuador vs. Venezuela Colombia vs. Chile […]

Colorado Rapids defender Steve Herdsman and MetroStars forward Rodrigo Faria have a lot in common. They both had abandoned hopes of playing pro soccer after stints abroad. They both went in the second round of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft after brief small-college careers. And theyÆre both now playing significant roles in their first year of […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 15 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Bobby Convey (torn abdominal muscle), M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery-R & L); PROBABLE: D Eddie Pope (Achilles strain-R), F Jaime Moreno (hamstring strain-R) METROSTARS – IR: F Rodrigo Faria (lower leg […]

U.S. under-21 women’s national team head coach Jerry Smith will bring 20 players to a three-day training camp in Rhode Island on July 17, then choose 18 to represent the United States at the 2001 Women’s U-21 Nordic Cup Championships, being contested in Norway from July 25-31. Without a sanctioned FIFA championship for U-21 women, […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place D.C. UNITED 5-10-1 (16 points)/T-3rd D.C. United will play the Hershey Wildcats in third round U.S. Open Cup play Wednesday night at Richmond University Stadium … Midfielder Bobby Convey will be out six to eight weeks due to hernia surgery he will undergo this week … … Recently acquired defender Scott […]

MLS Conference Call Guests: Colorado Rapids forward – John Spencer Tampa Bay Mutiny President & GM – Bill Manning Chicago Fire Head Coach – Bob Bradley MLS Deputy Commissioner – Ivan Gazidis Ivan Gazidis’ opening comments: “John has made a huge difference to that team in Colorado. He has come in as a new player […]

Mexico’s new coach, Javier Aguirre, is giving Mexican captain Claudio Suarez, the all-time world caps leader (162), a rest. The Tri will be without Suarez and three other starters from the team that recently beat the United States, 1-0, when it plays in the Copa America, which begins Wednesday in Colombia. The other starters all […]

Players straight out of college had a slow start in the WUSA. Making the adjustment on the field and off hasnÆt been easy. No one expected college players to dominate the WUSA right away. They havenÆt. The U.S. and foreign national team stars, veterans of years of international competition, have had a big edge over […]

Recent moves in bold. School Old Coach New Coach Appalachian State Aidan Heaney Dave Golan Butler Todd Bramble Joe Sochacki Canisius Dave Kreger TBA Cincinnati Jeff Cook Hylton Dayes Creighton Brett Simon Bob Warming Dartmouth Fran O’Leary Jeff Cook Davidson Charlie Slagle TBA George Mason Gordon Bradley Fran O’Leary Lafayette Tim Lenahan Dennis Bohn Liberty […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played July 4 and July 7. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) July 4 Tampa Bay 1 MetroStars 2. Goals: Diallo (Trittschuh, Ralston) 27; Walsh (Hernandez) 85, Butler (Hernandez) 93+. Tampa Bay (4-5-1) — Adin Brown (5); Scott Cannon (5), Craig Demmin (4), Joseph Addo […]

The following is Soccer America’s MLS Team of the Week from games played July 4 and 7. GOALKEEPER Scott Garlick (3) Colorado DEFENDERS Ritchie Kotschau (1) Colorado Mike Petke (1) MetroStars Jorge Rodriguez (3) Dallas MIDFIELDERS Daniel Hernandez (1) MetroStars Peter Nowak (2) Chicago Hristo Stoitchkov (1) Chicago Carlos Valderrama (3) Colorado FORWARDS Mamadou Diallo […]

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 […]

Carolina and San Diego combined for the first major trade of the WUSA and the first trade in the league’s regular-season history, with the Courage sending Norwegian goalkeeper Bente Nordby and Chinese defender Wen Lirong to the Spirit for Swedish defender Kristin Bengtsson and goalkeeper Ulrika Karlsson. The trade amounts to the league’s sixth-place team […]