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The United States and Mexico face off Wednesday night at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas (kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT; TV: Telemundo, FoxSports World, HDNet, live, 8:30 p.m. ET). The game is the 49th meeting between the two teams. Mexico leads the series with a 28-10-10 (W-L-T) record but the United States is 5-3-1 under Coach […]

Second-degree murder charges were filed Tuesday in the shooting death Sunday of University of Nebraska soccer star Jenna Cooper. Lucky Iromuanya, 22, of Lincoln, Neb., faces a 20 years-to-life sentence if convicted in the killing of Cooper, who was shot early Sunday morning during a party outside the U.S. under-21 women's pool player's home. Cooper, […]

Scoring champion Greg Howes, the only player listed on all 40 ballots, is one of three Milwaukee Wave selections to the All-Major Indoor Soccer League team announced Tuesday. Howes, who led the MISL is goals (57) and points (85), is joined by teammates Todd Dusosky (on the first team) and goalkeeper Dan Green (second team) […]

The following is an edited transcript of U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena's nationwide media teleconference ahead of Wednesday's match against. Mexico at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. (kickoff 7:30 p.m. CT; TV: Telemundo, FoxSports World, HDNet, live, 8:30 p.m. ET). Bruce Arena's opening comments. ''Hello everyone and thank you for joining us. We are […]

Tim Howard was named goalkeeper of the year by the Professional Footballers Association a day after Manchester United's title hopes ended with a 1-0 loss at home to Liverpool. An excellent performance from goalkeeper Kasey Keller helped Tottenham contain Arsenal and eventual emerge with a 2-2 tie. The result gave Arsenal the Premier League title […]

April 24 Atlanta 0 Syracuse 1 (Woan 108) (OT). Charleston 1 (Green 48) Richmond 1 (Worthen) 90 (OT). April 25 Puerto Rico 0 Montreal 2 (Sebrango 30, Leduc 55). Minnesota 2 (Menyongar 24, Matteo 51) Calgary 0.

Jenna Cooper, a three-year starter for the University of Nebraska women's soccer team who had played for the U.S. under-21 team, died Sunday evening in Lincoln, Neb., from injuries suffered in a shooting early Sunday morning. Cooper, 21, succumbed following several hours of surgery. She was shot in the throat during a barbecue at her […]

Only one American woman saw action in Europe last weekend, with former UCLA defender Tracey Winzen playing 90 minutes in VfL Wolfsburg's 1-0 German League victory over visiting SC Freiburg. Claudia Mueller's 20th-minute goal carried Wolfsburg (6-8-2) to its first victory in five games and second in eight matches. The win, in Wolfsburg's first home […]

April 24 in Washington D.C. DC United 0 Chicago 1. Goal: Ralph (Williams) 57. DC United – Rimando, Namoff, Nelsen, Petke, Stewart (Gros, 72), Carroll, Kovalenko, Olsen, Convey, Eskandarian (Cerritos, 62), Moreno (Adu, 72). Chicago – Ring, Brown, Curtin, Gray, Pause, Mapp (Selolwane, 64), Armas, Williams (Capano, 88), Beasley, Jaqua, Ralph. Yellow Cards: DC United […]

The Baltimore Blast moved within one victory of claiming a second successive Major Indoor Soccer League championship with Saturday night's 8-4 victory over host Milwaukee Wave at U.S. Cellular Arena. The Blast won Friday's opener in the best-of-five series, also in Milwaukee, and can clinch the title at home. Game 3 will be played May […]

China's and Japan's national women's soccer teams advanced Saturday to the Athens Olympics, winning semifinal matches at the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Japan. Japan, led by former Atlanta Beat midfielder Homare Sawa, routed North Korea, 3-0, to earn its spot among the 10 teams in the Olympic women's soccer tournament. China edged South Korea, […]

Abby Wambach netted her 10th and 11th goals of the year and Mia Hamm played a role in four tallies as the U.S. women's national team routed Brazil, 5-1, Saturday in its first domestic match of 2004. Hamm ran roughshod over the Brazilians, assisting three first-half goals –Julie Foudy's 13th-minute opener and Wambach's scores in […]

Carlos ''Chile'' Farias netted a hat trick and seven other Baltimore Blast players scored goals as the reigning Major Indoor Soccer League champions romped to a 12-3 victory Friday night over host Milwaukee Wave in the opener of MISL Championship series. Farias, who played two games with the MLS's San Jose Clash in 1999, broke […]

Tony DiTucci, in charge of Central Michigan University's women's soccer program since head coach Mark Salisbury departed in January for Idaho State, has been confirmed as the Chippewas' head coach. DiTucci served two years as Salisbury's assistant, directing the program's youth camps and playing key roles in recruiting and fundraising. Salisbury, Central Michigan head coach […]

The Baltimore Blast faces an uphill battle as it seeks its second successive Major Indoor Soccer League title starting Friday with the opening game of the best-of-five championship series. The Milwaukee Wave, which fell in a best-of-three series to the Blast last season, appears to have an edge after posting the best regular-season record in […]

It's another homecoming for Catherine Reddick on Saturday when the U.S. women's national team faces Brazil in Birmingham, Ala. (ESPN2, 11:55 a.m. CDT), in the first of six anticipated domestic friendlies before the Americans compete in the Olympic tournament in Greece. Reddick, from Birmingham, will anchor the U.S. backline at Legion Field in the absence […]

Former WUSA goalkeeper Maite Zabala, still seeking her first Spanish League appearance since signing in late March with Athletic Bilbao, may get the opportunity in Sunday's showdown with Sabadell. Zabala, a former University of California standout who played with Atlanta, Philadelphia and Carolina in the WUSA, couldn't make her debut in a bigger match. The […]

The Chicago FireÆs 2-1 home win over Costa RicaÆs Deportivo Saprissa on Wednesday sends the Costa Ricans, who won the first leg, 2-0, to the CONCACAF Champions Cup final with a 3-2 aggregate win in the semifinal series. Alonso Solis, taking advantage of a misplayed ball by ChicagoÆs Kelly Gray, scored in the 11th minute […]

The U.S. U-20s beat a Haiti Select team, 1-0, on a Craig Capano goal in front of 9,105 fans at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Coach Thomas Rongen's team downed Jamaica's U-20s, 1-0, on a goal by Brandon Owens. ''We played a good game tonight and beat a good Haiti […]

Striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who scored for Mexico in the last two World Cup, has been called up by Coach Ricardo Lavolpe for Mexico's April 28 friendly against the USA in Dallas. Blanco's last appearance for El Tri came in a scoreless tie with Colombia in February 2003. He is one of only three players on […]

Greg Ashton, who averaged nearly 18 wins per season and twice reached the NCAA Division III final four in four years at Trinity (Texas) University, was announced Tuesday as the head women's soccer coach at Davidson. Ashton, a New Zealander who spent nine seasons at the San Antonio school, takes over for Kevin Hundley, who […]

Los Angeles forward Carlos Ruiz, who in his first season MLS, in 2002, scored in each of the GalaxyÆs first four games, has started the 2004 season with a goal in each of the GalaxyÆs first three games. à The Chicago Fire, which scored the second-most goals in the league in 2003 with an average […]

Conor Casey, who has scored 13 goals for German Second Division club Karlsruhe, is the only foreign-based played on Coach Bruce ArenaÆs roster for the friendly against Mexico in Dallas April 28 (8:30 p.m. ET, live on Telemundo and Fox Sports World. U.S. Roster for Mexico friendly Friendly, April 28, 2004 at the Cotton Bowl […]

MLS is headed into preseason after a winter filled with movement. Freddy Adu, the 14-year-old sensation, signed with the league. Several U.S. internationals headed to Europe. Long-time foreign stars were on the way out. Teams loaded up on young talent at the MLS SuperDraft. Now is the time for you to say what you think […]

Tony Sanneh, in his second appearance for Nuremberg after a 15-month injury layoff, scored in a 5-3 win that put his club in command of first place in the German Second Division. Conor Casey of German Second Division club Karlsruhe scored his 13th goal of the season, making him the league's fourth leading scorer and […]