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GOALKEEPER Jose Luis Campi (Edmonton * 16 saves in wins over Calgary, Vancouver DEFENDERS Ryan Edwards (Seattle) * Goal in 2-2 draw at Milwaukee Dustin Branan (Minnesota) * Goal, solid play in 3-0 win over Seattle Fred Degand (Atlanta) * Two goals in 4-1 win over Puerto Rico MIDFIELDERS Sean Fraser (Edmonton) * Two goals, […]

The Dallas Burn snapped a three-game losing streak and extended San JoseÆs winless run to four games with a 2-1 victory in San Jose Wednesday evening. The win moved Dallas out of the Western ConferenceÆs cellar, where San Jose now resides. Landon DonovanÆs stoppage-time penalty was saved by Burn goalkeeper Jeff Cassar — just a […]

The Dallas Burn snapped a three-game losing streak and extended San JoseÆs winless run to four games with a 2-1 victory in San Jose Wednesday evening. The win moved Dallas out of the Western ConferenceÆs cellar, where San Jose now resides. Landon DonovanÆs stoppage-time penalty was saved by Burn goalkeeper Jeff Cassar — just a […]

FredrikstadÆs Brian West notched his fourth goal of the Norwegian First Division season in a 4-1 loss to Lillestrom while Robbie Russell received high ratings for his final performance for Sogndal (2-3 loser at Ham-Kam) before joining Rosenborg. NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1). at Ham-Kam, 2-3. Started, 90 minutes. In his last game for […]

By Ridge Mahoney The Rapids win twice, D.C. and K.C. pile up the goals, L.A. takes the latest leg of the California clasico, and the Crew outmuscles the Fire. BEST GOALS: In six games played including that of last Wednesday, 25 goals were scored, and two of the best were classic buildups. In its 6-2 […]

USL W-LEAGUE June 28 Edmonton Aviators 2 (Ash 10, Jamani 53) Mile High Mustangs 2 (Quinn 14, Clarke 21) (OT). June 30 Northern Virginia Majestics 0 Charlotte Lady Eagles 5 (Swinehart 15, 21, Timbers 40, Murphy 58, Tisdale 90). July 1 Calgary Wildfire 0 Edmonton Aviators 1 (Flock 54). Denver Lady Cougars 2 (Boersma 41, […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE June 30 Denver Kickers 0 Denver Diamonds 5 (Warren 24, 88, Huppert 56, Grimditch 66, Braman 67) July 3 East Bay Power 2 (Takekawa 12, Hamm 36) Elk Grove Pride 0 July 4 San Diego WFC 3 (Callier 16, Sanford 49, 61) California Storm 3 (Sanchez 11, E. Burt 47, Schott […]

Rachel Kruze on Monday watched her first Icelandic league game — but did not play — as IBV fell, 3-1, to first-place Valur, and Danica Carey is heading home following a short stint with Russia's FC Energy Voronezh. Kruze, a former West Virginia University star who played last year with the WUSA's Philadelphia Charge, arrived […]

June 28 Edmonton 1 (Chin 105) Calgary 0. July 2 Milwaukee 2 (Dusosky 40, Torres 52) Seattle 2 (Edwards 15, Levesque 51). Syracuse 0 Toronto 1 (Gerba 66). Virginia Beach 2 (Washington 90, Garcia 99) Montreal 1 (Grande 52). Portland 0 Vancouver 2 (Sulentic 10, Jordan 68). July 3 Richmond 2 (Delicate 50, Cephas 92) […]

Under-19 Boys Baltimore Bays 2 Braddock Road (Va.) Condors 1 Under-18 Boys FC Greater Boston Bolts 4 FC Delco Dynamo (Pa.) 2 Under-17 Boys Albertson (N.Y.) Red Storm Clash 2 Rochester (N.Y.) Jr. Rhinos 0 Under-16 Boys Casa Mia Bays (Md.) 2 South Shore Utd. Blazers (Mass.) 0 Under-15 Boys Bethesda (Md.) United 2 FC […]

Rachel Kruze is expected to make her Icelandic league debut Monday when IBV takes on Valur in a top-of-the-standings showdown. Kruze, a former West Virginia University star who was a WUSA rookie last season, joins fellow Philadelphia Charge defender Mary McVeigh with IBV (4-0-2). Valur (6-0-0) holds a four-point edge in the Landsbankadeild Kvenna standings. […]

Heather Mitts capped a marvelous week Saturday, scoring her first international goal to lift the U.S. women's national team to a 1-0 victory over Canada in a friendly in Nashville. Mitts, who emerged this year as a top-flight defender with the national team, knocked home a Shannon Boxx header in the 73rd minute to prevent […]

July 3 in Washington D.C. DC United 6 Metrostars 2. Goals: Nelsen (Convey) 30, Moreno 37, Eskandarian (Kovalenko, Moreno) 41, Stewart (Kovalenko) 57, Eskandarian (Moreno) 69, Olsen 92+; Gaven (Guevara) 18, Taylor (Gaven) 63. DC United – Perkins, Namoff, Nelsen, Petke (Hendrickson, 57), Stewart (Gros, 65), Carroll, Kovalenko, Olsen, Convey (Adu, 82), Eskandarian, Moreno. MetroStars […]

Former Duke University star and Massachusetts product Robbie Russell, 24, has finalized his transfer from modest Norwegian club Sogndal to Rosenborg, winner of the last 12 Norwegian league titles. The move means Russell could see European Champions League action, which begins for Rosenborg at the second-round preliminary stage July 28. ''We expect … Russell to […]

Swedish World Cup star Kristen Bengtsson spoiled Hope Solo's bid for a seventh shutout this season, lifting Djurgarden/Alvsjo to a 1-0 Damallsvenskan triumph Wednesday over visiting Kopparbergs/Goteborg. Bengtsson, who played in the WUSA with San Diego and Carolina in 2001, converted a 90th-minute penalty kick as second-place D/A (10-0-2) remained within a point of Swedish […]

(home team listed first) Saturday, July 3, 5:00 pm ET/2:00 pm PT DC UNITED (4-5-5, 17 pts) vs. METROSTARS (5-5-4, 19 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: DC United – FW Santino Quaranta (adductor surgery), FW Thiago Martins (L lateral meniscus tear), FW Eliseo Quintanilla (R fractured fibula); Metrostars -MD Michael Bradley (R foot stress […]

The Colorado Rapids scored twice in the last 11 minutes to beat the MetroStars, 3-2, at Giants Stadium. The win moved Colorado, which had been in last place, ahead of Dallas and San Jose in the Western Conference standings. Argentine attacker Sergio Galvan Rey had scored his first for the MetroStars to give them a […]

After the third-round of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open play, only MLS and A-League remain in the last 16. Four Premier Development League, three of which went to overtime against A-League foes, and two Pro Soccer League teams fell in third-round play June 30. Two MLS teams, Columbus and Dallas, entered Open Cup play at the […]

The notion that last fall's University of North Carolina squad was the greatest to play college women's soccer received a boost Thursday when U.S. national team coach April Heinrichs selected three players from that group — defender Catherine Reddick, midfielder Lindsay Tarpley and forward Heather O'Reilly — for her Olympic roster. The trio were among […]

THIRD ROUND RESULTS June 30 (Home team listed first) Richmond (A-League) 1 Cape Cod (PDL) 0 (ot) Goal: Hayes 94. Charleston (A-League) 2 Wilmington (PSL) 0 Goals: Conway 2, Conway (Simmonds) 44. Carolina (PDL) 2 Atlanta (A-League) 3 (ot) Goals: Rhyne 90+, Storey (Riley) 12; Pineda-Chacon (Fitzpatrick) 49, Ball 75, na 120+. Columbus (MLS) 2 […]

June 30 in East Rutherford, NJ Metrostars 2 Colorado 3. Goals: Gaven (Vaca, Galvan Rey) 23, Galvan Rey (Parke, Guevara) 53; Cila (Delgado, Crawford) 13, Borchers 78, Cila (Borchers, de la Torre) 89. MetroStars – Walker, Ziadie, Parke, Pope, Leitch, Clark, Gaven (Magee, 84), Guevara, Vaca, Galvan Rey (Wolyniec, 84), Taylor (Glen, 61). Colorado – […]

Under-19 Boys CASL Elite (N.C.) 2 Nationals (Okla.) 0 Under-18 Boys Houston Texans Red 1 CASL Elite (N.C.) 0 Under-17 Boys Weston (Fla.) 4 NWO Oklahoma City Spirit 3 Under-16 Boys Houston Texans 1 Dallas Inter Black 0 Under-15 Boys Solar (Texas) 1 Greenville (S.C.) FC Black 0 Under-14 Boys Tampa Bay Kickers 2 Edmond […]

Under-19 Boys Scott Gallagher (Mo.) 1 NFC Ozymandius (Neb.) 1 (Scott Gallagher wins on penalties.) Under-18 Boys Busch SC (Mo.) 4 Mentor (Ohio) Impact 1 Under-17 Boys Scott Gallagher (Mo.) 3 Ohio FC Extreme 0 Under-16 Boys Chicago Magic 1 Sockers FC Chicago 0 Under-15 Boys Chicago Magic 2 Scott Gallagher (Mo.) 1 Under-14 Boys […]

Shannon MacMillan's Athens Olympic dream came to a close Wednesday when April Heinrichs announced a 20-player roster — to be shaved to the final 18 on Thursday — and the veteran forward was not on it. Heinrichs, the U.S. women's national team coach, released 10 players — including MacMillan and three other 2002 Women's World […]

UNDER-19 BOYS CASL Elite (N.C.) 4 Jackson (Miss.) FC 3 Nationals (Okla.) 1 NOSA (La.) 0 UNDER-18 BOYS Houston Texans Red 2 Celtic Green (Okla.) 1 CASL Elite (N.C.) 2 Dallas Texans Red 1 UNDER-17 BOYS Weston (Fla.) 1 CASL Elite (N.C.) 0 NWO Oklahoma City Spirit 2 Dallas Texans Red 1 UNDER-16 BOYS Dallas […]