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MEN'S FINAL ROUND at Guadalajara Group A: Canada, Honduras, Panama, United States Group B: Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Costa Rica Schedule Feb. 2 (Jalisco Stadium): Costa Rica vs. Jamaica, Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago. Feb. 3 (3 de Marzo Stadium): Canada vs. Honduras, Panama vs. United States. Feb. 4 (Jalisco): Costa Rica vs. Trinidad […]

Carlos Bocanegra, who left MLS's Chicago Fire and signed with Fulham Jan. 8, made his English Premier League debut Jan. 19 in a 3-1 loss at Newcastle. Bocanegra played left back. ENGLAND * Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL) at Newcastle, 1-3. Started: 90 minutes. A crowd of 50,104 at St James' Park watched Newcastle take advantage […]

Carlo Corrazin's 10th-minute goal stood up against Barbados, giving former San Jose Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop a 1-0 victory in his debut as Canadian national team coach. Earthquakes forward Dwayne DeRosario's fed Corrazin for a close-in shot, and the Canadians, featuring seven players making their international debuts, prevailed at Bridgetown, Barbados. ''ItÆs good to start […]

Landon Donovan's 76th-minute penalty kick answered a first-half spot kick by Denmark as the U.S. national team settled for a 1-1 tie Sunday afternoon before 10,461 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Donovan fired inside the right post after Mexican referee Antonio Rodriguez Mendoza whistled Danish defender Per Nielsen for a hand ball […]

By Ridge Mahoney in Carson, Calif. (The USA takes on Denmark Sunday at the Home Depot Center — 3:30 pm ET/12:30 pm PT, live on ESPN) CARSON, Calif. — Another year, another U.S. friendly, and another chance for national team coach Bruce Arena to test a Galaxy midfielder at right back. Twelve months ago, Sasha […]

The U.S. under-23 men's national team, preparing for CONCACAF's Olympic qualifying tournament, closed a grueling camp Friday night, rallying for a 2-1 victory over Salvadoran club Aguila in a heated match at East Los Angeles College's Weingart Stadium. Alecko Eskandarian finished a Kyle Beckerman feed in the 60th minute and Conor Casey converted an 85th-minute […]

Hartwick College, one of the most famous names in college soccer, will be converting its men's soccer program and women's water polo programs from Division I to Division III (non-athletic scholarship) status. Hartwick currently competes at the D3 level in all other sports. The programs will remain at the Division I in 2004, but the […]

Hartwick College President Dick Miller sent the following message to the college community on Thursday, January 15, 2004. Memorandum To: College Community From:áDick Miller Date:áJanuary 15, 2004 Re: Athletics at Hartwick One of the great strengths of a liberal arts community like ours is the ability to consider undergraduate education in its broadest context. We […]

The following are the results of the MLS SuperDraft held Friday in Charlotte, N.C. FIRST ROUND 1 D.C. United (from DAL), F Freddy Adu (U.S. under-17 residency) 2 Columbus, D Chad Marshall (Stanford) 3 Los Angeles, F Joseph Ngwenya (Coastal Carolina/Zimbabwe) 4 Kansas City (from DAL, DC), F Matt Taylor (UCLA) 5 San Jose (from […]

U.S. Soccer named forward Landon Donovan as the 2003 Chevrolet Male Athlete of the Year and forward Abby Wambach as the 2003 Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year. Donovan, who led the San Jose Earthquakes to its second MLS title in three years, is the youngest winner of the U.S. Soccer men's award. Wambach helped […]

The following is the updated order for the MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Friday, Jan. 16, in Charlotte, N.C., beginning at 10 am ET Fox Sports World will air the SuperDraft live for the first time and also present a one-hour SuperDraft recap show Friday evening (7:00 p.m and midnight ET). FIRST ROUND 1 […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor in Carson, Calif. Santos Laguna rallied from deficits in the first half and during the penalty-kick tiebreaker, claiming Mexico's No. 1 spot in the Libertadores Cup following a 2-2 draw with Atlas on Wednesday night in the Interliga final before another packed house at the Home Depot Center. Julio Pinheiro […]

The following are the updated number of picks each team has and the order of the picks for the MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Friday, Jan. 16, in Charlotte, N.C., beginning at 10 am ET (TV: Fox Sports World, live): Chicago picked up its league-high 11th pick in a deal involving the MetroStars, who […]

The following is the updated order for the MLS SuperDraft, which will be held Friday, Jan. 16, in Charlotte, N.C., beginning at 10 am ET (TV: Fox Sports World, live): Dallas and San Jose both have two first-round selections. Chicago leads all teams with five picks in the first two rounds. The MetroStars' first pick […]

The Columbus Crew continued its wheeling and dealing, picking up veteran Robin Fraser from Colorado for the Crew's 16th overall pick in Friday's SuperDraft and a conditional 2005 pick. Fraser has played in MLS since its inception in 1996. he's a four-time MLS Best XI selection and was Defender of the Year in 1999. He […]

The following is Denmark's '' Ligalandsholdet'' team — Super League all-stars — for matches against the United States Jan. 18 at the Home Depot Center and Aguila of El Salvador Jan. 23 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Denmark has sent its Super League all-stars on tour to warm-weather venues every winter since 1983 to give […]

* Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL), at Leicester, 3-1. DNP. Goals in the 90th minute by Nicolas Anelka and Jonathan Macken gave City the road win. FA CUP, FOURTH ROUND DRAW Matches to be played Jan. 24-25: *Man. City (PL) vs. *Tottenham (PL) Swansea (D3) vs. *Preston North End (D1) Northampton (D3) vs. *Man. Utd. […]

QUARTERFINALS First Leg March 17 Saprissa (Costa Rica) vs. Pachuca (Mexico) San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad & Tobago) vs. Chicago Fire (USA) Monterrey (Mexico) vs. FAS (El Salvador) Alajuela (Costa Rica) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (USA) Second Leg March 24 Pachuca (Mexico) vs. Saprissa (Costa Rica) Chicago Fire (USA) vs. San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad & Tobago) […]

St. John defender Chris Wingert and SMU midfielder Ramon Nunez have signed MLS contracts and will be available in Friday's MLS SuperDraft. Wingert, 21, just completed his senior season at St. John's, helping it reach the 2003 NCAA Division I final, where it lost to Indiana. He won the 2003 MAC Hermann Trophy and is […]

Manny Lagos, who helped the San Jose Earthquakes win MLS titles in 2001 and 2003, will join the Columbus Crew in exchange for a third round draft pick in 2005. ''I am incredibly excited,'' said Lagos. ''I am from the Midwest and Columbus is a great club. They have great facilities and it is a […]

By Scott French Soccer America Magazine Senior Editor in Carson, Calif. Major League Soccer's pre-draft player combine closed Tuesday at the Home Depot Center with UCLA's Matt Taylor scoring a hat trick in the finale, boosting his stock following a solid performance at the three-day event. Taylor was one of several players who helped themselves […]

By Scott French Soccer America Magazine Senior Editor in Carson, Calif. Phil Hucles, an outside back from William & Mary, could make history at Friday's Major League Soccer draft in Charlotte, N.C., becoming half of the first brother-sister tandem in professional soccer. His big sister, Angela, is a U.S. national team player who spent three […]

Tom Soehn, a Chicago Fire assistant coach for the past three years, has been named Peter NowakÆs assistant at D.C. United. The club, which hired Nowak to replace Ray Hudson (2002-03), plans to hire a second assistant prior to the beginning of preseason training. Assistant coach John Trask and goalkeeping coach David Vanole will not […]

North Carolina's women make their case as best in college history, roaring through a tough, controversial NCAA draw to win the Tar Heels' 18th national title. In the end, it really didn't matter how badly the NCAA had screwed up the seedings and brackets for its 22nd women's soccer championship. They could have made North […]

* Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL), at Leicester, Wednesday. * Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Preston, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. Royals fell behind by two goals after 47 minutes. Bermudan Shaun Goater scored consolation goal in 84th minute. * Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1), at Reading, 2-1. DNP. Preston travels to Swansea for fourth […]