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By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America Magazine JAY AND DJ: Eyebrows were raised and heads were shaken during the SuperDraft last January when Real Salt Lake traded an allocation to acquire a late second-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Galaxy. "They spent $130,000 for a backup goalkeeper," said a GM who didn't want […]

The U.S. womenÆs national team program will hold its largest-ever training camp May 22-28 as the U.S. U-20 and U-21 womenÆs teams will hold concurrent events, each bringing 32-player rosters to the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. This will mark the first training camp for the U.S. Under-20 WomenÆs National Team since the move […]

The U.S. 20 national team got goals from Eddie Gaven and Freddy Adu to defeat Canad, 2-1, Wednesday in Blaine, Minn. Canada's goal was scored by Chicago Fire rookie Will Johnson, a resident of suburban Chicago. The Americans were without their two foreign-based players: Jonathan Spector, whose club, Manchester United, plays in the FA Cup […]

May 18 in Dallas FC Dallas 2 Colorado 1. Goals: Peguero (Henderson) 12; O'Brien (Nunez) 61, Ruiz (Goodson, Johnson) 77. FC Dallas – Garlick, Rhine, Goodson, Vanney, Gbandi, O'Brien, Valakari, Talley (Pitchkolan, 10), Johnson, Pareja (Nunez, 60), Ruiz (Moor, 87). Colorado – Cannon, Lewis (Crawford, 59), Denton, Melamed, Kotschau, Henderson, Borchers, Mastroeni (Beckerman, 15), Nkong […]

REGION I VIRGINIA Boys U-15 SWYA Sidekicks U-16 PWSI Courage Red U-17 Reston RFC U-18 WSC Wizards Elite Girls U-15 RSK Orange U-16 BRYC Fury U-17 Reston RFC Rovers U-18 BRYC Attack REGION II IOWA Boys U-14 Cedar River Soccer Association U-15 Des Moines Menace U-16 Cedar River Soccer Association U-17 Des Moines Menace U-18 […]

(SCHOOL Old Coach … New Coach) BELMONT Chris Bosworth … Lisa Howe (Jacksonville State) BUCKNELL Chrissy Findlay … Ben Landis (Dartmouth coach) CAMPBELL Patrick Ferguson (Wright State coach) … TBA CHARLOTTE Neil Roberts … TBA DARTMOUTH Ben Landis (Bucknell coach) … Angie Hind (Dartmouth ass't) EASTERN ILLINOIS Steve Ballard (Texas-San Antonio coach) … Tim Nowak […]

(SCHOOL Old Coach … New Coach) CENTRAL FLORIDA Bob Winch … TBA DAYTON Dave Schureck (Xavier coach) … Dennis Currier (Incarnate Word coach) ELON Mike Reilly … Darren Powell (UNC Greensboro ass't) LIPSCOMB Jim Maddux … Charles Morrow (Belmont Abbey coach) LONGWOOD Dave Barrueta … Jon Atkinson (Longwood ass't) LOYOLA, ILL. Ray O'Connell (retired) … […]

MLS Previews (May 17) Wednesday, May 17, 8:30 pm/7:30 pm CT/6:30 pm MT/5:30 pm FC DALLAS (3-1-3, 12 pts) vs. COLORADO (2-4-1, 7 pts) TV: No TV. Key Players Out: FC Dallas – MF Richard Mulrooney (R knee ACL tear); DF David Wagenfuhr (R knee bruise); Colorado û DF Hunter Freeman (red card suspension). Referee: […]

REGION I VIRGINIA Boys U-15 SWYA Sidekicks U-16 PWSI Courage Red U-17 Reston RFC U-18 WSC Wizards Elite Girls U-15 RSK Orange U-16 BRYC Fury U-17 Reston RFC Rovers U-18 BRYC Attack REGION II IOWA Boys U-14 Cedar River Soccer Association U-15 Des Moines Menace U-16 Cedar River Soccer Association U-17 Des Moines Menace U-18 […]

14,028 Home attendance average of Chivas USA, which has the worst record (1-5-1) in MLS. 9,801 Home attendance average of New England, which has the best record (6-0-1) in MLS. 1, 3 Goals, assists notched by D.C. United's Freddy Adu. 0, 0 Goals, assists notched by Alecko Eskandarian, D.C. United's leading goalscorer in 2004. 2.33 […]

MLS RESERVE DIVISION TEAM (GP) W L T GF GA Pts 1. Los Angeles (3) 3 0 0 8 3 9 2. Chicago (6) 2 2 2 11 12 8 3. D.C. United (2) 2 1 0 9 6 6 4. New England (3) 2 1 0 6 5 6 5. MetroStars (4) 1 1 […]

Dutch-based John O'Brien, who has played only one league game in more than a year because of injuries, returns to the U.S. roster for just the second time since the 2002 World Cup. Missing from Coach Bruce Arena's squad for the May 28 friendly in Chicago against England is captain Claudio Reyna, who is forgoing […]

Winners: Eddie Gaven scored twice and Amado Guevara struck once as the struggling METROSTARS won, 3-0, at Chicago. REAL SALT LAKE also notched its second win of the season as Jason Kreis' record 95th regular-season goal provided the winner in a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles. EDDIE LEWIS made a quicker than expected recovery from […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, May 20 RAI INTERNATIONAL Italian Serie A AC MILAN-PALERMO (live), 2:30 pm. SATURDAY, May 21 ESPN2 MLS METROSTARS-NEW ENGLAND (live), 4 pm. MISL MILWAUKEE-CLEVELAND (live), 7 pm. FOX SOCCER CHANNEL German Bundesliga HERTHA […]

May 12 Carolina 1 (Murphy 4) Bradenton 1 (McCabe 16). May 13 Charlotte 3 (Timbers-Rife 24, Quigley 33, Jones 42) Bradenton 0. Boston 0 New Jersey 4 (Latham 56, O'Reilly 56, Tarpley 76, Hammond 90). May 14 Long Island 4 (McCube 10, O'Brien 12, 14, Munro 28) South Jersey 0. Hampton Roads 2 (Pipkens 53, […]

May 14 Ajax 3 (Bucciarelli-Jacobson 31, Wambach 57, Parkes 71) Utah 1 (Smith 63). California 3 (Schott 7, 72, Magliulo 28) East Bay 1 (Wegger 5). Massachusetts 6 (Rico 4, McGarr 37, Feeney 39, 65 Moos 49, Carney 67) Boston-North 0. New England 2 (Leduc 1, Schnur 21) Philadelphia 0. May 15 California 4 (Magliulo […]

USL First Division May 11 Richmond 3 (Gorres 27, Ssejjemba 49, Delicate 53) Virginia Beach 1 (Caskey pen. 34). May 12 Portland 1 (Afash 89) Charleston 0. May 13 Virginia Beach 0 Richmond 1 (Burke 82). Puerto Rico 1 (Maliza 19) Rochester 0. May 14 Seattle 1 (Whitfield 67) Charleston 0. May 15 Atlanta 1 […]

MLS STATISTICS (through May 15) STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS New England 6-0-1 19 Chicago 3-4-1 10 Kansas City 2-1-3 9 Metrostars 2-2-2 8 D.C. United 2-3-2 8 Columbus 2-5-0 6 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS Los Angeles 4-2-0 12 FC Dallas 3-1-3 12 San Jose 2-1-4 10 Real Salt Lake 2-3-2 8 Colorado […]

MLS Summaries (May 14) May 14 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 D.C. United 0. Goal: Twellman (Noonan) 59. New England – Reis, Heaps, Parkhurst, John, Ralston, Dempsey, Dorman (Larentowicz, 89), Leonard (Smith, 52), Twellman, Joseph (Cancela, 88), Noonan. D.C. United – Rimando, Prideaux, Boswell, Petke (Namoff, 87), Olsen (Carroll, 87), Adu (Kovalenko, 72), Gomez, […]

U.S. Under-20 national team head coach Sigi Schmid named a 24-man roster to face the Canada U-20 national team May 18 at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn. Eight professional players -û seven from clubs in Major League Soccer and one from Europe -û will join the 16 college and high school players currently […]

MLS Previews (May 14) Saturday, May 14, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT NEW ENGLAND (5-0-1, 16 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (2-2-2, 8 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: New England – GK Kyle Singer (R shoulder sprain); D.C. United – MF Steve Guppy (Achilles tendonitis), MF Nick Van Sicklen (quadriceps strain). Referee: Michael Kennedy. Saturday, […]

Final, Second Leg May 11 in Mexico City UNAM (Mex.) 2 Saprissa (C.R.) 1. Goals: Del Olmo 66, Augusto 89; Gomez 33. UNAM — Bernal, Castro, Veron, Pineda, Lozano, Toledo (Del Olmo, 46), Augusto, Ailton, Botero (Bonells, 79), Alonso, Espinosa (Palacios, 46). Saprissa — Porras, Badilla, Benneth, Bolanos (Phillips, 73), Centeno (Nunez, 90), Cordero, J.Drummond, […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) WEDNESDAY, May 18 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL UEFA Cup, Final SPORTING LISBON-CSKA MOSCOW (live), 2:30 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL UEFA Cup, Final SPORTING LISBON-CSKA MOSCOW (live), 2:30 pm. Copa Libertadores, Quarterfinals, 1st Leg BANFIELD-IND. […]

As usual, U.S. under-20 coach Sigi Schmid is sifting through myriad issues and situations as he prepares his team for the FIFA World Youth Championship, which kicks off in the Netherlands next month. Since last Saturday 16 college and high school players have been training at the Home Depot Center. As many as 10 professional […]

Suspended … Ignacio Gonzalez, Argentine goalkeeper of Chilean club Union Espanola, 22 games for punching a referee Enrique Osses and knocking him down during a game against San Felipe. Gonzalez snapped after a free kick was called against his team at the edge of the penalty area. One wonders how he would have reacted to […]