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Joy Fawcett returns to the U.S. women's national team's lineup this weekend after nearly three months' absence following back surgery in March. The veteran defender is expected to line up alongside Catherine Reddick in central defense Sunday when the U.S. women meet Japan at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Ky. ESPN2 will televise the action at […]

Angie Woznuk had a hat trick by the 26th minute and Kerri Hanks scored her tournament-leading seventh and eighth goals as the U.S. under-19 women's national team buried Mexico, 6-0, Friday night to advance to next fall's World Championship. Woznuk scored in the fourth, 24th and 26th minutes at Molson Stadium in Montreal as the […]

Goalkeeper Hope Solo, fresh from two weeks with the U.S. women's national team, returns to Kopparbergs/Goteborg's lineup for Sunday's Swedish League clash against Karlslunds IF DFF. Solo has shut out five foes in six games as K/Goteborg (4-2-1), which sits fourth in the Damallsvenskan following a 7-1 loss last weekend to Malmo FF, while Solo […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena has removed Colorado Rapids defender Pablo Mastroeni and Kansas City Wizards players Tony Meola, Josh Wolff and Kerry Zavagnin from the training camp roster for the first leg of the 2006 World Cup qualifying series against Grenada on June 13 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.(TV: ESPN2, live, […]

SECOND ROUND, FIRST LEG June 12 Haiti vs. Jamaica, in Miami Cuba vs. Costa Rica, in Havana Surinam vs. Guatemala, in Paramaribo Netherlands Antilles vs. Honduras, in Willemstad June 13 USA vs. Grenada, in Columbus, Ohio El Salvador vs. Bermuda, in San Salvador Panama vs. St. Lucia, in Panama City Canada vs. Belize, in Kingston, […]

Saturday, June 5, 4:00 pm ET/3:00 pm CT/1:00 pm PT CHICAGO (3-2-4, 13 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (3-4-3, 12 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Chicago — FW Dipsy Selolwane (National Team Duty — Botswana), MD Jesse Marsch (R ankle cartilage damage); D.C. United — DF Ryan Nelsen (National Team Duty — New Zealand), FW […]

Mark Schulte, formerly of the A-League's Minnesota Thunder, started his fourth straight game for Icelandic First Division club in a 2-2 tie with KR on Tuesday. Weekend Action (June 6-7): NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1), at Molde, Sunday. Season stats: 6 games, 1 goals. * Brian West (Fredrikstad, D1), vs. Lyn, Sunday. Season stats: […]

John Natale, an assistant coach last year with the WUSA's Boston Breakers following two seasons with the Philadelphia Charge, returns to the University of Hartford as head women's soccer coach, one of three hires made by Division I schools in the past week. Fresno State hired Florida assistant coach Steve Springthorpe, and Jacksonville hired Penn […]

The U.S. under-19 womenÆs national team is overwhelmingly expected to qualify for the FIFA U-19 WomenÆs World Championship with a victory Friday evening over Mexico in Montreal. Canada will take on Costa Rica in the other semifinal at the CONCACAF U-19 qualifying tournament, with the winner advancing to the Nov. 10-27 World Championship in Thailand. […]

FFC Turbine Potsdam moved closer to the German League championship on Thursday, routing host FSV Frankfurt, 6-0, to pull within two points of Frauen-Bundesliga leader FFC Frankfurt. Turbine, with former Atlanta Beat defender Nancy Augustyniak playing the full game on the back line, got goals from Petra Wimbersky, Conny Pohlers and Jennifer Zietz in a […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena has called up 22 players for training for the first leg of the 2006 World Cup qualifying series against Grenada on June 13 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.(TV: ESPN2, live, 1 pm ET). The second leg of the series will be played June 20 in St. GeorgeÆs, […]

FFC Turbine Potsdam — with former Atlanta Beat defenders Nancy and Julie Augustyniak — took command in the battle for the German League championship on Wednesday when first-place FFC Frankfurt failed to beat visiting Bayern Munich, extending the four-time defending Frauen-Bundesliga titlistsÆ winless streak to three games. Turbine (17-1-1), runners-up the past four seasons, can […]

June 2 in Kansas City New England 3 Kansas City 2. Goals: Noonan (Ralston) 16, Noonan 86, Noonan (Joseph, Cancela) 90; Wolff (Klein, Burciaga) 33, Arnaud 37. Kansas City — Meola, Garcia, Conrad, Thomas, Gutierrez, Klein, Burciaga (Taylor 89), Zavagnin, Walsh (Jewsbury 78), Arnaud, Wolff. New England — Reis, Heaps, John, Joseph, Leonard, Ralston, Brillant […]

FIRST ROUND June 2 in Browns Summit, N.C. Carolina Dynamo (PDL) 5 (Ferrell 57, 64, Storey 83, Ryna 90, Lockery 90) Milwaukee Bavarians (USASA) 1 (Pouva 25). June 2 in Tansboro, N.J. South Jersey Barons (PDL) 5 (Mingo 2, Maker 22, Carmichael 24, 62, Banks 60) Baltimore Allied (USASA) 0. June 2 in Jamaica, N.Y. […]

The United States got a pair of first-half goals from Brian McBride and cruised to a 4-0 victory over Honduras Wednesday night in its final pre-World Cup qualifying tune-up. McBride passed Joe-Max Moore for second on the U.S. all-time scoring list with the 24th and 25th goals of his career. U.S. captain Claudio Reyna became […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS Chicago 3-2-4 13 MetroStars 3-1-4 13 D.C. United 3-4-3 12 Columbus 3-3-2 11 New England 1-4-3 5 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS Los Angeles 5-2-3 18 San Jose 3-3-3 12 Kansas City 3-3-2 11 Colorado 2-2-4 10 Dallas 2-4-2 8 SCHEDULE (home team first, times ET) Wednesday, June 2 […]

Wednesday, June 2, 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT KANSAS CITY (3-3-2, 11 pts) vs. NEW ENGLAND (1-4-3, 6 pts) TV: HDNet, Fox Sports Net New England. Direct Kick: DirecTV — 794; Dish Net — 464; InDemand. Key Players Out: Kansas City — MD Preki (L fractured fibula/L dislocated ankle), FW Igor Simutenkov (L […]

2. U.S. SOCCER: 100-Cap Club's 100th Cap MARCELO BALBOA (June 11, 1995 vs. Nigeria) Scored goal in 3-2 U.S. Cup victory. Total caps: 128. PAUL CALIGIURI (July 14, 1995 vs. Argentina) Historic 3-0 upset win in 1995 Copa America. Total caps: 110. COBI JONES (Feb. 10, 1998 vs. Brazil) Only U.S. victory over Brazil comes […]

The United States plays its final pre-World Cup qualifying tune-up Wednesday when it faces Honduras in Foxboro, Mass. (TV: Fox Sports World, HDNet, live, 7:30 pm ET, Fox Sports World, repeat, 11 pm ET; Telemundo, delay, 11:30 pm ET & PT). The U.S. team is led by captain Claudio Reyna, who will make his 100th […]

The United States will battle Mexico for a berth in this fallÆs FIFA U-19 WomenÆs World Championship after finishing first in Group B of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament following a 0-0 tie Tuesday with Costa Rica. Poor field conditions at Molson Stadium in Montreal, the product of heavy rains that left the turf slick in […]

Honduras will be under big pressure back home to get a win when the Catrachos face the United States Wednesday night in Foxboro, Mass. (TV: Fox Sports World, HDNet, live, 7:30 pm ET; Telemundo, delay, 11:30 pm ET & PT). Honduras is winless in eight games (four ties and four losses) since Bora Milutinovic was […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE May 29 Central California Gold 3 (Harrison 27, Tafolla 58, Van Dyke 80) Elk Grove Pride 4 (Wrightsman 45, 53, 54, Letro 90) San Diego WFC 3 (Callier 30, Wagner 57, Quiroz 82) Ajax of Southern California 2 (Harvey 15, 43) Rochester Reign 1 (Kurtyka 19) Steel City Sparks 2 (Abbott […]

May 27 Puerto Rico 0 Rochester 1 (Woolfolk 42). May 28 Montreal 4 (Pizzolito 25, Bailey 48, Vincello 69, Commodore 89) Toronto 1 (own goal 28). Seattle 2 (Farrell 64, Melo 90) Milwaukee 1 (Oliviero 45). Calgary 1 (Kolomiets-Raad 90) Edmonton 1 (Akok 38). May 29 Toronto 0 Montreal 2 (Commodore 14, 43). Richmond 1 […]

American striker Conor Casey, 22, will be playing in the German First Division next season. Casey, tied for fourth leading scorer in the German Second Division this past season with 14 goals for Karlsruhe, is one reason why Mainz was promoted. Casey scored the winning-goal in Karlsruhe's 1-0 victory over Alemannia Aachen in the last […]

With Hope Solo thousands of miles away with the U.S. womenÆs national team, Kopparbergs/Goteborg was routed, 7-1, in a showdown with visiting Malmo FF. Heidi Kackur scored a pair of goals to lead Malmo (4-1-2), which scored three goals in the first 14 minutes and led, 4-0, by the 26th. K/Goteborg (4-2-1) has lost in […]