Author Archives: Soccer America

Betty French Fredericksburg, Va. Is the U.S. Women’s Team going to have their indoor victory tour? If so, how do we go about getting tickets? Dean Caparaz: Yes, Betty, the U.S. women’s national team’s 12-game indoor tour will take place. The official name of the event — which pits the Women’s World Cup champions against […]

Soccer America Q&A with Bob Bradley In 1998, Chicago won the MLS title and the U.S. Open Cup. Now Coach Bob Bradley leads the Fire into international play.

U.S. forward Mia Hamm has been ruled out of the friendly vs. Brazil this Sunday at Mile High Stadium in Denver (Kickoff 3 p.m. MT, ESPN), due to a high hamstring injury suffered in the match against Ireland on Sept. 4 in Foxboro, Mass. Hamm will stay home in North Carolina to rest and rehabilitate […]

Jeb Burbott Upland, Calif. I watched Kasey Keller and his Rayo V. side play Celta V. on ESPN-2 Monday (delayed) and, from that result, they sit atop their [Spanish] league table alone. I realize that it is inconceivable for them to actually win the League championship, but I wonder if you know if any just-promoted […]

Mexico’s Toluca and Necaxa and Central American champion Olimpia await D.C. United and Chicago MLS quickly made a name for itself internationally thanks to the play of D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. D.C. United won the first international club championship in the history of American soccer when it […]

MENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Penn State 6-0-0 468 2 Santa Clara 6-0-0 440 3 Creighton 3-0-1 426 4 Maryland 5-1-0 397 5 Duke 3-0-2 380 6 CS Fullerton 6-0-0 335 7 Indiana 4-2-0 328 8 Saint Louis 5-1-1 293 8 Yale 4-0-0 293 10 St. JohnÆs 3-0-3 279 11 UCLA 5-1-0 […]

M. Smith Tullahoma, Tenn. Does the term “cap” stand for cup appearances or competitive appearances? Mike Woitalla: This is one of our most frequently asked questions. A cap refers to a full international appearance. That is, a game a player plays with his national team against another national team. The origin stems from the England’s […]

WOMENÆS NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOL RECORD PTS. 1 Santa Clara 7-0-0 300 2 North Carolina 6-1-0 279 3 Florida 7-0-0 276 4 Nebraska 7-1-0 271 5 Penn State 3-2-1 246 6 Notre Dame 4-2-0 231 7 Hartford 4-0-0 220 7 USC 5-1-0 220 9 Texas A&M 7-1-0 216 10 BYU 7-1-0 191 11 Richmond 6-1-0 […]

Group A Sept. 22 in Maribor Maribor Teatanic (Slovenia) 0 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 2. Goals: Zivkovic 82, Kirsten 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 10,000. Sept. 22 in Rome Lazio (Italy) 2 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 1. Goals: Negro 69, Marcelo Salas 71; Rebrov pen. 67. Half: 0-0. Att.: 45,000. Club GP W T L GF GA P […]

Here’s a look at MLS games on television this week: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television September 22 San Jose at MetroStars 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Bay Area September 23 Columbus at Chicago 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 September 24 Dallas at New England 7:30 p.m. Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports New England September 25 MetroStars at Tampa Bay […]

Goalkeeper Mike Ammann (1) MetroStars Defenders Ramiro Corrales (1) MetroStars Alexi Lalas (4) Kansas City Mauricio Wright (10) San Jose Midfielders Chris Armas (3) Chicago Eddie Lewis (3) San Jose Peter Nowak (5) Chicago Petter Villegas (2) MetroStars Forwards Jorge Dely Valdes (5) Colorado Ronald Cerritos (4) San Jose Jaime Moreno (6) D.C. United ò […]

EASTERN CONFERENCE Columbus Crew– OUT: D/M John DeBrito (broken right wrist), GK Juergen Sommer (right knee ACL tear). D.C. United– DOUBTFUL: GK Tom Presthus (left knee MCL sprain). MetroStars– PROBABLE: M/F Miles Joseph (left knee strain); QUESTIONABLE: M Mark Chung (left hamstring strain); OUT: F Nansha Kalonji (fractured right 5th metatarsal), D Mike Duhaney (right […]

After one year on the job as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, Bruce Arena has compiled an impressive 7-3-3 record and put together a string of impressive results which include two victories over Germany and wins over Argentina, Chile and Saudi Arabia (all 1998 World Cup teams). He has used 45 different […]

‘We were never able to recover’ MetroStars defender Mark Semioli has been with the team for the past two seasons and looks back on another rough campaign. Soccer America: When the season began, did you feel this could be a good season for the MetroStars? Mark Semioli: They did bring in a lot of new […]

G Peter Popovic (Jacksonville) (1) MVP of Nike Challenge had 12 saves against VCU D Adam Eyre (Santa Clara) (1) Defensive leader for Broncos, who ran shutout string to 6 D Chris Gbandi (Connecticut) (1) Scored in Big East win over Notre Dame M Mladen Dikic (Jacksonville) (1) Scored 2 goals vs. Richmond, 1 vs. […]

CHICAGO 2 TAMPA BAY 1 (SO) Sept. 17 Att.: 15,114. Goals Chicago: Nowak (Kosecki) 32. Tampa Bay: Valderrama (McCarty, Ralston) 10. (Chicago wins shootout, 4-3.) SA Report Card Chicago: Thornton 5, Kubik 5, Brown 6 (Soehn, 85th, NR), Lewis 4, Armas 7, George 5 (Marsch 73rd, 4), Gutierrez 4, Podbrozny 4 (Razov 80th, ), Nowak […]

G Carissa Stewart (Michigan) (1) 6 saves to shut out Penn State D Kalli Kamholz (North Carolina) (1) Vandy transfer nabs gamewinner vs. Clemson D Isabelle Morneau (Nebraska) (1) Canadian star scores winner against Stanford M Ali Fennell (USC) (2) Bags both goals in 2-1 win over BYU M Mia Moe (Loyola Marymount) (1) Sets […]

Quarterfinals Eastern Conference Hershey vs. Staten Island Game 1 Sept. 16 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey 2 Staten Island 0. Goals: J.Mitchell (DiFlorio) 65, Ford (Swords) 84. Hershey — Petras, Goodlett, M.Williams, Kopp, Henning, Feniger (J.Smith, 85), Klein, DiFlorio (Leonard, 85), Swords, J.Mitchell (Mittendorf, 83), Simmonds (Ford, 75). Staten Island — Pappas, Namazi, Mohammed, Cadet, Diffley […]

Peter Jackson Boulder, Colo. What are the dates and sites for the U-17 World Cup in New Zealand? Mike Woitalla: Peter, the biennial tournament kicks off Nov. 10. In fact, the promising U.S. squad plays in the opener against host New Zealand in Auckland. The final takes place Nov. 27 in Auckland. The Americans have […]

Group E Sept. 21 in Oporto Porto (Portugal) 2 Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) 0. Goals: Esquerdinha 6, M. Jardel 47. Half: 1-0. Att.: 25,000. Sept. 21 in Madrid Real Madrid (Spain) 4 Molde (Norway) 1. Goals: Morientes 27, Savio 60, pen. 69, Gutierrez 80; Lillebaek 79. Half: 1-0. Att.: 15,000. Club GP W T L GF […]

AWARDS MVP — Luis Orellana (Chico). Rookie of the Year — Brandon Hearron (Chico). Goalkeeper of the Year — Christopher Lewis (Delaware). Defender of the Year — Toye Oshoniyi (Roanoke). Coach of the Year — Paul Moylan (Reading). First Team Goalkeeper — Christopher Lewis (Delaware). Defenders — Toye Oshoniyi (Roanoke), Ian Hennessy (Reading), Paul Kelly […]

The following are quotes from the Sept. 21 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis, Chicago Fire Defender Chris Armas, and Columbus Crew Forward Brian McBride. Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments “I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Rochester Rhinos on their victory last week in the U.S. Open […]

Here is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20, taking into account games played through September 19: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Santa Clara 7-0-0 1 2. Nebraska 7-1-0 3 3. North Carolina 6-1-0 4 4. Florida 7-0-0 5 5. Hartford 4-0-0 7 6. USC 5-1-0 9 7. Penn State 3-2-1 6 8. Stanford 4-2-0 11 […]

Chance Aurora, Colo. Who is the best goalie currently playing? I personally like Jorge Campos! Ridge Mahoney: Chance, Campos is certainly a flamboyant goalkeeper, and he played very well for Mexico at the World Cup last summer, but I can’t rank him as best in the world. To be honest, though, I don’t see enough […]

Here is the Soccer America Men’sTop 20, taking into account games played through September 19: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Maryland 5-1-0 1 2. Penn State 6-0-0 2 3. Indiana 4-2-0 4 4. UCLA 5-1-0 5 5. Santa Clara 6-0-0 8 6. Cal State Fullerton 6-0-0 9 7. Creighton 3-0-1 7 8. Saint Louis 5-1-1 […]