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U.S. under-16 and under-17 girls national teams will both face Germany's U-17 girls in a pair international exhibitions at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Feb. 27-March 3, 2005. These will be the first international matches of the year for U.S. head coach Erica WalshÆs U-17s and U.S. head coach Sue PatbergÆs U-16s. U.S. […]

Saturday, April 2 D.C. United at CD Chivas USA Real Salt Lake at MetroStars Los Angeles Galaxy at Columbus Crew Chicago Fire at FC Dallas Colorado Rapids at Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution at San Jose Earthquakes Saturday, April 9 Columbus Crew at New England Revolution Chicago Fire at D.C. United FC Dallas at […]

By RIDGE MAHONEY In Port of Spain, Trinidad By his own admission, if a game or training session wasnÆt clicking, Eddie Johnson would be finished long before it was over. ''When things werenÆt going well, IÆd put my head down,'' he says of tough times that frustrated him, his coaches, and the MLS fans in […]

Winners: After coming off the bench late in his first three games with Bayer Leverkusen, LANDON DONOVAN made his first start Sunday in a 2-0 win over Mainz, for which American Casey Conor played the final nine minutes. Donovan, who was replaced in the 75th minute, played the attacking midfield role usually manned by Brazilian […]

American DaMarcus Beasley of Dutch club PSV Eindhoven has been invited to play in Tuesday's FIFA Football for Hope game, a fund-raiser for victims of the Asian tsunami. The game (live on ESPN2, 2:55 pm ET/11:55 am PT) pits teams led by Brazilian Ronaldinho against a squad led by Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko.

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) THURSDAY, Feb. 17 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores LIBERTAD-AMERICA CALI (live), 4:30 pm. Copa Libertadores CARACAS-BANFIELD (live), 6:30 pm. Copa Libertadores CUENCA-BOCA JUNIORS (live), 8:45 pm. GOL TV UEFA Cup, Round of 32, […]

SoccerAmericaDaily readers gave the highest marks to Eddie Johnson and Kasey Keller for their performances in Wednesday's 2-1 U.S. win over Trinidad & Tobago. REPORT CARD: U.S. Players vs. T&T (1=low; 10=high) Readers' average/Player/SA's rating* 6.8 Kasey Keller  5 5.9 Steve Cherundolo 6 5.3 Eddie Pope 4 5.2 Cory Gibbs 4 5.2 Carlos Bocanegra 4 […]

Hank Edelman Upper Saddle River, N.J. Kasey Keller 7 – Made key saves including the turning point in the game on the breakaway. Should have been an 8 except for bad luck on the goal. Steve Cherundolo 6 – Nice cross and decent composure on the ball. Deserves more chances to play. Eddie Pope 5 […]

Arsenal's Spanish striker Jose Antonio Reyes, 21, received a call by a man identifying himself as Real Madrid sporting director Emilio Butragueno, and Reyes told the caller: ''I am delighted that Real Madrid is interested in me because I have always wanted to play there. God willing, it can happen. The way things are [in […]

(All times Eastern. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) FRIDAY, Feb. 11 No live games. SATURDAY, Feb. 12 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL English Premier League EVERTON-CHELSEA (live), 7:30 am. German Bundesliga HERTHA BERLIN-NUREMBERG (same-day delay), 9:45 am. English FA Cup, 4th Round Replay TOTTENHAM-WEST BROM (live), 12:30 pm. English Premier League […]

USA keeps unbeaten record vs. T&T in qualifying alive: Feb. 9 in Port of Spain, Trinidad Trinidad & Tobago 1 USA 2 Goals: Eve 89; Johnson 30, Lewis 54. Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, Rojas, Andrews, Sancho, Fitzpatrick (Glenn, 71), Rougier (Eve, 46), Edwards (Theobald, 74), Jones, John, Pierre, Yorke. USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Gibbs, […]

By Mike WoitallaThe USA dominated host Trinidad & Tobago for the majority of Wednesday's clash in Port of Spain and came away with a 2-1 win as the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying got underway.Eddie Johnson, 20, continued his spectacular run since making his U.S. debut last October. He skied to meet a […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Port of Spain, Trinidad The day after Carnival is known as Cooldown, and on an afternoon heavily laden with oppressive Caribbean heat that is what the U.S. did to the World Cup hopes of its hosts. It will take an incredible away performance in the 2005 Hexagonal for the Americans to […]

WORLD CUP 2006 QUALIFYING: EUROPE Feb. 9 Group 1 Macedonia 0 Andorra 0. Standings: Netherlands, Romania 10 points; Finland, Czech Rep. 9; Macedonia 5; Andorra 4; Armenia 1. Group 2 Albania 0 Ukraine 2 (Rusol 40, Husin 59). Greece 2 (Zagorakis 25, Basinas pen. 32) Denmark 1 (Rommedahl 45). Standings: Ukraine 14; Greece 8; Turkey, […]

Eddie Johnson scored his sixth goal in four games on a header and Eddie Lewis struck from long-range to give the USA a 2-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago Wednesday in the opening game of the Hexagonal, the CONCACAFÆs final round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The hosts scored with time running out […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Miami & Port of Spain Lacking several members of the 2002 World Cup team that reached the quarterfinals, including the starting goalkeeper, the U.S. begins the final phase of the qualifying for the 2006 competition short of practice time as well as players. ôThe only thing that has been affected is […]

Trinidad & Tobago hosts the USA Wednesday (ESPN2, 2:30 pm ET/11:30 am PT) as the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying gets underway. 8 Number of times the USA and Trinidad & Tobago have met in World Cup qualifying. 6 U.S. wins. 0 T&T wins. 2 Ties. 10-2 Goals USA scored to goals T&T […]

WINNERS: BORUSSIA MONECHENGLADBACH remains unbeaten since the winter break, but American keeper Kasey Keller was scored on from 40 yards and was judged by the linesman to have carried the ball over the goal line (which replays did not confirm) for the second goal in a 3-2 win over Freiburg. OGUCHI ONYEWU, who is ineligible […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Miami Thirteen MLS players and 10 taken from the European ranks will comprise the squad from which Coach Bruce Arena will select the 18 players to face Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain Wednesday in the first game of the CONCACAF World Cup final round qualifying. Forwards Brian Ching, Eddie […]

(All times Eastern. TV programming is always subject to change. Check your local listings.) WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9 ESPN2 World Cup 2006 Qualifying, CONCACAF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO-USA (live), 2:30 pm. FOX SOCCER CHANNEL International Friendly ENGLAND-NETHERLANDS (live), 2:30 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores PALMEIRAS-TACUARY (live), 6:30 pm. Copa Libertadores CIENCIANO-GUADALAJARA (live), 8:30 pm. GERMAN […]

Danesha Adams UCLA M Finished as No. 2 scorer for NCAA Division I runners-up with 28 points; recently called up for U.S. U-21 team. Amanda Cinalli Notre Dame F Scored first two goals in NCAA Tournament quarterfinal win over Portland to finish with 10 goals for national champions. Lara Dickenmann Ohio State M Dominated the […]

Lara Dickenmann (Ohio State) The arrival of the Swiss international turned an already good Ohio State team into a national power. She set school records for goals (13), assists (12) and points (38) in helping in the Buckeyes to a program-best 19-4-3 record, the Big Ten title and a berth in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.

Nico Colaluca Virginia M Dynamic player started 21 games for 18-5-1 Cavs team, scoring two goals and assisting on three others. Rich Costanzo Penn State M Big Ten's top rookie had four goals and seven assists in 19 games for the Lions, who played one of the nation's toughest schedules. Charlie Davies Boston College F […]

Michael Videira (Duke) Helped lead the young Blue Devils to the College Cup. Started all 24 games, finishing fourth on the team with 24 points (4 goals, 15 assists). Six of those points came in the NCAAs, as Duke stormed past Coastal Carolina (3-0), Old Dominion (2-1), Ohio State (3-0) and Virginia (3-0).

ROUND 1 Pick Team Player Team Pos. Age 1 Salt Lake Steven Rhyne Clemson M 23 2 Chivas USA Javier Barragan Cal State Dom. Hills G 24 3 Chicago Justin Cook Ohio State F 24 4 Dallas Kevin Wilson San Diego M 24 5 San Jose Brett Rodriguez Creighton D 21 6 MetroStars Jason Hernandez […]