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BY SCOTT FRENCH in Buenos Aires On paper, it’s a game the United States can’t lose, but Wolfgang Suhnholz knows better than that. When the U.S. under-20 squad takes on Egypt on Wednesday in its second-round clash at the World Youth Championship, the odds will have no bearing on what occurs. The consensus is that […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Joe-Max Moore is living proof that the fortunes of goalscorers can rise and fall abruptly. He played 25 league and cup matches for Everton this past season without scoring a goal. He hasn’t connected for the United States in his last six appearances. For a goal-thirsty man who scored 22 times for […]

Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 13 10 1 2 32 31 12 MetroStars 14 6 5 3 21 19 18 D.C. United 13 5 8 0 15 24 24 New England 14 4 7 3 15 17 23 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 Atlanta 11 5 1 5 20 12 8 Philadelphia 11 5 4 2 17 17 15 Bay Area 11 4 4 3 15 13 11 Washington 11 4 5 2 14 14 17 San Diego 11 3 […]

Group A RESULTS June 17 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 39, D’Alessandro 64) Finland 0. Egypt 0 Jamaica 0. June 20 in Buenos Aires Argentina 7 (Saviola 8, 16, pen. 44, Coloccini 20, Romagnoli 58, Rodriguez 69, 71) Egypt 1 (El Yamany 6). Finland 1 (Vayrynen 43) Jamaica 0. June 23 in Buenos Aires […]

In a hard-fought, bruising game, the Carolina Courage held the Atlanta Beat to a 1-1 tie in front of 4,858 fans at Fetzer Field on Sunday. The defenses dictated the pace of play for both teams, stifling the depleted offenses. Both teams were missing players due to international duty, injury or card accumulation. The tie […]

U.S. Soccer is not your typical business. It has no profit motive. There are no shareholders to report to. Its president is a volunteer. American soccer’s governing body exists by statute. Its mission? Serve its members. The goals? They are entirely left up to the membership to decide. U.S. Soccer was founded as the U.S. […]

The U.S. tied the Ukraine, 1-1, to advance to the second-round of the under-20 World Youth Championship in Argentina. Afterwards U.S. head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz and goalkeeper D.J. Countess met the press. U.S. Head Coach Wolfgang Suhnholz “I think today overall we played an good game. I think technically and tactically we played a very […]

Boston Breakers Maren Meinert and Dagny Mellgren each scored as their respective teams — Germany and Norway — took the early lead at the European Championship in Germany. Host Germany spotted Sweden a 1-0 lead on June 23 before roaring back for three straight strikes. Meinert, who played the whole match up front, scored the […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played June 20 and June 23. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) June 20 New England 3 Colorado 3. Goals: Torres 26, Chronopoulos (Asad, Torres) 71, Asad (Cate, Alvarez) 88; Carrieri (Diaz Arce, Paule) 9, Spencer (Paule) 20, Bravo (Paule, Balboa) 92. Colorado (3-5-2) — […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY U.S. coach Bruce Arena says goalkeeper Brad Friedel asked not to be included on the team’s roster for the upcoming qualifier against Mexico and will be considered for future games. Friedel, who played the first two games of the Hexagonal against Mexico and Honduras but sat out three subsequent qualifiers, was not […]

The big surprise on the U.S. roster for the Mexico-USA World Cup qualifier July 1 is the absence of Brad Friedel. Friedel was expected to start after Kasey Keller started the last three qualifiers. With Tony Meola injured, Keller’s backups will be Tom Presthus (Columbus Crew) and Nick Rimando (Miami Fusion). Three other European-based players […]

The following is Soccer AmericaÆs MLS Team of the Week from games played June 20 and June 23. GOALKEEPER Scott Garlick (2) Tampa Bay DEFENDERS Jeff Agoos (2) San Jose Danny Califf (2) Los Angeles Mike Lapper (1) Columbus MIDFIELDERS Cate (2) New England Eric Quill (1) Tampa Bay Cobi Jones (2) Los Angeles Steve […]

Here is Soccer America Senior Editor Scott French’s All-Group C team following the end of play in Mendoza: Goalkeeper D.J. Countess, United States Defenders Du Wei, China Oguchi Onyewu, United States Bogdan Shershun, Ukraine Midfielders DaMarcus Beasley, United States Landon Donovan, United States Ming Gao, China Sun Xiang, China Yan Song, China Forwards Jaime Valdes, […]

U.S. under-19 women’s national team coach Tracey Leone named her 18-player roster for two matches vs. the Canadian U-19 national Team. The two youth national teams will meet on June 30 in Toronto at 4:30 p.m. ET in a preliminary to the Independence Day Series clash between the full national teams of the USA and […]

SCHEDULE SECOND ROUND June 26 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) @ Connecticut Wolves (A-League) Veterans Memorial Stadium 7:05 p.m. ET June 27 Chico Rooks (D3) @ El Paso Patriots (A-League) Socorro Student Activities Complex 7:35 p.m. MT Colorado Rapids (MLS) @ Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League) Bethel Park High School 7:35 p.m. ET Seattle Sounders (A-League) @ Kansas […]

Australia won the Oceania World Cup qualifying group by beating New Zealand, 4-1, to take the final, 6-1, on aggregate. The Socceroos will face the South America No. 5 team in a playoff in November. FINAL, FIRST LEG June 20 in Wellington New Zealand 0 Australia 2 (Emerton 5, 82). FINAL, SECOND LEG June 24 […]

San Jose extended its club record unbeaten streak to 11 games with a 2-0 win over Kansas City at Spartan Stadium. The Wizards have now lost four in a row (by a margin of 14-1) and had Nick Garcia red carded for his second straight game. Tampa Bay’s 3-2 win over D.C. United ended the […]

Denis Stoyan’s 90th-minute goal on a bad error by goalie D.J. Countess gave Ukraine a 1-1 tie with the United States at the World Youth Championship in Mendoza, Argentina, but the Americans clinched a berth in the second round against Egypt. Kenny Arena, son of U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena, had given the Americans […]

Group A RESULTS June 17 in Buenos Aires Argentina 2 (Rodriguez 39, D’Alessandro 64) Finland 0. Egypt 0 Jamaica 0. June 20 in Buenos Aires Argentina 7 (Saviola 8, 16, pen. 44, Coloccini 20, Romagnoli 58, Rodriguez 69, 71) Egypt 1 (El Yamany 6). Finland 1 (Vayrynen 43) Jamaica 0. June 23 in Buenos Aires […]

Soccer America’s player ratings for the U.S. under-20 team in the Americans’ 1-1 tie with Ukraine in their World Youth Championship Group C finale Saturday, June 23 at Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, Argentina: The draw, coupled with Chile’s 1-0 victory over China in the second game of the doubleheader, left the U.S. squad second in […]

Mexico’s new coach, Javier Aguirre, has recalled veteran midfielder Alberto Garcia Aspe for the Mexico-USA game July 1 in Mexico City. Garcia Aspe played for Aguirre at Pachuca, and the Mexican media has been calling for his recall for months. Out are Jorge Campos and Luis Hernandez, who both had dreadful evenings in the 3-1 […]

June 23 in Mendoza USA 1 Ukraine 1. Goals: Arena 38; Stoyan 90. USA — Countess, Onyewu, Akwari, Lewis, Gray, Davis (Eskandarian, 58), Donovan, Convey, Arena, Beasley, Buddle (Casey, 65). Ukraine — Rudenko, Passichnichenko, Shershun, Simonenko, Khistyev, Danylovskyy (Stoyan, 80), Nakonechnyi, Komarnitskyy, Gay (Bondarenko, 70), Byelik, Valeev (Gerasimenko,46). Yellow cards: USA — Gray 38, Onyewu […]

Standings Team GP W L T P GF GA New York 11 6 1 4 22 19 11 Atlanta 10 5 1 4 19 11 7 Philadelphia 11 5 4 2 17 17 15 Washington 11 4 5 2 14 14 17 Bay Area 10 4 4 2 14 13 11 Boston 11 3 5 […]

WUSA: Fined the Atlanta Beat an undisclosed amount for violating WUSA policy on the reporting of injuries. Atlanta Beat: Activated F Charmaine Hooper (Canada), D Sharolta Nonen (Canada) and M Amy Walsh (Canada) from the National Team Duty List. Boston Breakers: Placed F Robin Confer on the Cap Relief List. Activated G Karina LeBlanc (Canada) […]