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Florida native Luchi Gonzalez, who had scored two goals for Sporting Cristal in Peruvian league play over the weekend, remained on the bench as his team fell in a Libertadores Cup first leg, round of 16 clash with defending champ Boca Juniors. Libertadores Cup Round of 16, first leg * Luchi Gonzalez (Sp. Cristal, Peru), […]

After Los Angeles' loss to New England, the Dallas Burn remains MLS's only undefeated team. … The leaguewide goal-per game average has dropped to 2.14. (The 2003 regular season averaged 2.89 goals per game.) Carlos Ruiz failed to score after notching at least a goal in the Galaxy's first four games, but he notched an […]

Luchi Gonzalez, the 23-year-old Florida native who won the 2001 Hermann Trophy while at SMU, scored two goals for Peru's Sporting Cristal in its 3-0 win over San Martin on Sunday. Gonzalez, who played in the Swedish Second Division in 2003 after spending 2002 with the San Jose Earthquakes, scored on a header and a […]

Kasey Keller and Tottenham have a spot in next year's Premier League despite a 1-0 loss to Aston Villa this weekend. Manchester City registered a 1-0 victory over Newcastle that assures that Claudio Reyna's club will stay up. Manchester City is six points clear of Leeds and Wolverhampton with two games remaining but neednft worry […]

Former Philadelphia Charge defender Jenny Benson and Russian power Energy Voronezh looks for their second victory in four days Tuesday when they play host to Nika in a Russian Supreme League clash. Benson played 90 minutes at left back, earning positive reviews, in Energy's opener on Saturday, a 4-1 romp over visiting Rossiyanka. Natalia Zinchenko […]

By Ridge Mahoney New England knocks Los Angeles off the unbeaten pedestal, 10-man Kansas City beats Colorado by two goals, the Crew gets its first point, Chicago swats the Metros, and D.C. leaves San Jose with a tie. BEST GOAL: When Joey Franchino goes for goal, usually it's with a free kick, but against his […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE May 2 Las Vegas Tabagators 1 (Olson 10) San Diego WFC 0 Houston Stars 2 (Garcia 6, 49) Elk Grove Pride 3 (Serwanga 23, M. Rapinoe 56, 67) Houston Select 1 (Zygmontowicz 41) Elk Grove Pride 2 (M. Rapinoe 25, 35)

Former University of Virginia and Hampton Roads Piranhas forward Darci Borski scored her first Norwegian League goal on Saturday, helping Asker to a 5-0 triumph at Arna-Bjornar. Jenny Benson made her Russian League debut, and Denise Reddy anchored Malmo's backline in a 3-0 win at Hammarby. Borski's 55th-minute goal stretched Asker's advantage to three goals […]

May 1 in San Jose, Calif. San Jose 1 DC United 1. Goals: Dayak (Agoos) 33; Kovalenko (Convey) 66. San Jose – Onstad, Waibel, Agoos, Dayak, Corrales, Mullan, Ekelund (De Rosario, 74), Mulrooney, Brown (Russell, 61), Donovan, Ching (Walker, 78). DC United – Rimando, Namoff, Nelsen, Prideaux, Stewart, Carroll, Kovalenko, Olsen, Convey (Gros, 86), Moreno, […]

The Baltimore Blast on Saturday completed a three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Wave, claiming its second successive Major Indoor Soccer League championship with a 6-2 victory before 9,862 at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore. Lee Tschantret scored two goals as the Blast captured the best-of-five-game series, three games to none, after romping to 12-3 and […]

Eva Bergsten, who guided the University of Hartford to two America East Conference championships in three seasons as head coach, has left the school to become head coach at Wesleyan College in nearby Middletown, Conn. Bergsten, a former Swedish national team player, was 36-23-3 at Hartford — 22-5-1 in AEC matches — following three seasons […]

Saturday, May 1, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT SAN JOSE (1-2-1, 4 pts) vs. D.C. UNITED (1-2-1, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: San Jose — F Chris Roner (R ankle surgery), DF Eddie Robinson (L — Ruptured Hamstring); DC United — FW Santino Quaranta (adductor surgery), FW Eliseo Quintanilla (R fibula fracture), FW […]

The Dallas Burn signed Honduran defender Milton Reyes following a trade with D.C. United for future considerations. Reyes, a standout for Honduras in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, was signed by D.C. United in 2002 but missed the 2003 season because of a knee injury. He was waived by D.C. United on Feb. 27, […]

ENGLAND * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL), at Portsmouth, Saturday. Season league stats: 12 games, 0 goals. * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), vs. Man. Utd, Saturday (TV: Fox Sports World, delay, noon ET). Season league stats: 35 games; 1 goal. * Tim Howard (Man. Utd., PL), at Blackburn, Saturday (TV: Fox Sports World, delay, noon ET). […]

April Kater, a Hermann Award winner who guided Syracuse University to 88 victories in eight seasons, has resigned as the Orangewomen's women's soccer coach, the university acknowledged Friday. Kater, who founded the program in 1995, left her post in early April. The school's sports information staff, at Kater's request, did not issue a media release. […]

BY RIDGE MAHONEY Three weeks remain to be played in a English Premier League season during which three teams have broken away to form an elite tier and three American players are caught in a competitive whirlpool that would be unthinkable back home. ''I get asked the question a lot over here: 'How can the […]

Reigning European women's champion Umea IK halted Hope Solo's Swedish shutout streak on Thursday, romping to a 5-0 victory over Kopparbergs/Goteborg in Damallsvenskan action. Laura Kalmari scored her fourth and fifth goals of the season and Emma Lindqvist her fiifth to lead Umea before 2,539 home fans. The loss was K/Goteborg's first following 1-0 victories, […]

Jennifer Soileau, who played in six games with the Philadelphia Charge in the WUSA's inaugural season, has been hired as the women's soccer coach at Louisiana Tech University. The program will debut next fall. Soileau, 25, was a three-time All-SEC forward and is the University of Mississippi's career scoring leader. She was an assistant coach […]

Kansas City Comets forward Jamar Beasley, who spent four seasons in Major League Soccer and played last year in the A-League, leads the Major Indoor Soccer League's 2003-04 All-Rookie team. Beasley, who scored seven goals with eight assists in four seasons MLS seasons with New England and Chicago, was mentioned on 36 of 40 ballots […]

GOALKEEPERS Ronnie Pascale, Richmond Five saves in 1-1 draw at Charleston DEFENDERS Michael Green, Charleston Goal in 1-1 draw against Richmond Bennito Kemble, Syracuse Solid play in 1-0 OT win at Atlanta Nick Downing, Charleston Solid play in 1-1 draw against Richmond MIDFIELDERS Ian Woan, Syracuse Game-winner in 1-0 OT win at Atlanta Joey Worthen, […]

In one of its most convincing performances ever against Mexico, the United States was rewarded for its domination on a goal by captain Eddie Pope in the 93rd minute to record a 1-0 victory Wednesday night at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The shutout was the fourth in a row for the U.S. over Mexico […]

U.S. Manager BRUCE ARENA ''The U.S. deserved to win. Obviously we were fortunate to get a late goal, but I think we created the best chances in the game and deserved to win. The speed of [Landon] Donovan and [DaMarcus] Beasley in the midfield made a difference. At the end of the day, all it […]

U.S. Under-19 women's national team head coach Mark Krikorian called up 18 players who will compete for a berth in the 2004 Under-19 Women's World Championship at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Ottawa and Montreal May 28-June 6. The U.S. team is led by four members of the 2002 team that won the U-19 World […]

The following is the U.S. starting lineup against Mexico tonight in Dallas: Walker — Hejduk, Pope, Mastroeni, Convey — Armas, Zavagnin — Donovan, Beasley — Casey, Wolff.

One month into the 2004 MLS season, injuries are mounting, leaving teams to scramble to fill their lineups. Earthquakes center back Eddie Robinson will undergo season-ending surgery to repair his ruptured tendon in his hamstring. Robinson was injured in the Quakes' game at Colorado on Saturday. In the same game, Colorado captain John Spencer pulled […]