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POS.: Forward AGE: 18 HOMETOWN: Long Grove, Ill. CLUB: MetroStars INTERNATIONAL: U.S. under-20 national team STARTING OUT: I joined soccer because it started the earliest, at age 4 or 5. I had to wait for baseball. My parents had to get me out of the house! EARLY SOCCER MEMORY: My first State Cup, playing up […]

U.S. women's national team coach April Heinrichs included New York Power midfielder Shannon Boxx and San Diego Spirit goalkeeper Jenni Branam in her 29-player roster for four-day training camp in Chula Vista, Calif., that begins Thursday. Boxx, coming off an extraordinary season with the Power, hasn't been capped. Branam, a rookie who played superbly with […]

Pia Sundhage, the Swedish legend who guided the Boston Breakers to the WUSA regular-season title, is the WUSA's Coach of the Year. Canadian forward Christine Latham, whose aggressiveness up front unsettled defenses and helped the San Diego Spirit to its first WUSA playoff berth, was named Rookie of the Year, one of six awards the […]

Rookies have taken on major roles in MLS this season, what with the cutback in the number of foreign acquisitions and the absence of national team players for much of June and July. Last month, we asked you for your opinion on MLS rookies: the best and the brightest (future), the surprise and the bust. […]

Goalkeeper Tim Howard got the start as Manchester United opened its Premier League title defense with a 4-0 rout of Bolton. ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Wolves, 5-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Bolton, 4-0. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor The Fire is atop the East after tying Columbus in the final minute and beating D.C.; the Crew squanders points with a pair of late-game stumbles; San Jose keeps rolling on the road; and the Metros go OT twice more. LATE GOALS: Mark Chung turned at the top of the […]

Cromwell Finds Home by the Bay AS HER ROOMMATE SOUGHT to pass along a message from some ''English guy named Ian,'' Amanda Cromwell was meandering home to Florida after failing to catch on with San Diego last spring, wondering if her WUSA playing days were done. Cromwell, 33, a defender and midfielder with nice touch […]

Charmaine Hooper's golden goal on a breakaway four minutes into overtime carried the Atlanta Beat into the WUSA championship game. securing a stunning 2-1 victory Sunday over visiting San Diego in a semifinal at Herndon Stadium. Conny Pohlers scored in the second minute of stoppage time as the Beat overcame a late deficit in a […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Wolves, 5-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. * Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Bolton, 4-0. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 8. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Birmingham, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10 […]

GERMANY * Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) at Bayer Leverkusen, 1-4. DNP. * Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D2) vs. Alemannia Aachen, 3-1. Started: 90 minutes. * Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2) vs. Oberhausen, 1-2. Started: 90 minutes. * Joe Enochs (Osnabrueck, D2) at Wacker Burghausen, 1-4. Started: 90 minutes. * Chuck Kim (Aachen, D2) vs. Nuremberg, […]

Freddy Adu's goal in the 89th minute gave the U.S. under-17 national team a 2-1 win over Sierra Leone Sunday in Lahti, Finland, and clinch a berth in the quarterfinals. Sierra Leone dominated the game for long stretches, outshooting the Americans, 25-12, but John Ellinger's team again came from behind to claim the win. Alimamy […]

U.S. coach John Ellinger ''Sierra Leone is a very dangerous team with great individual players. After watching them play a very good Spain team and tying, 3-3, we did not expect an easy match, but we were hoping we would be able to hang in there defensively and then come away with the win. So, […]

Aug. 16 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 1 San Jose 1 (OT). Goals: Twellman (Kamler) 52; Ekelund 23. New England — Brown, Cullen, Llamosa (Jas. Moore, 71), Pierce, Franchino, Kamler, Cancela, Joseph, Ralston, Twellman, Harris (Noonan, 84). San Jose — Onstad, Roner, Agoos, Robinson (Waibel, 84), Dunivant, Mullan, Ekelund (De Rosario, 56), Mulrooney, Russell, Ching […]

Siri Mullinix swatted away two penalty kicks and the Washington Freedom advanced to its second successive Founders Cup, overcoming host Boston in a shootout following a scoreless draw in Saturday's WUSA semifinal opener. Maren Meinert — playing her final WUSA contest — fired high with the first kick of the tiebreaker, and Mullinix stopped weak […]

GROUP A Aug. 13 in Helsinki Finland 2 China 1. Goals: Parikka 6, Petrescu 64; Jiang 4. Red card: China — Mao 91+. Att.: 8,344 Aug. 13 in Helsinki Mexico 0 Colombia 0. Red card: Colombia — Bolivar 81. Att.: 3,500. GROUP B Aug. 13 in Turku Argentina 2 Australia 0. Goals: Garay 6, Colzera […]

GROUP A Aug. 13 in Helsinki Finland 2 China 1. Goals: Parikka 6, Petrescu 64; Jiang 4. Att.: 8,344 Aug. 13 in Helsinki Mexico 0 Colombia 0. Att.: 3,500. GROUP B Aug. 13 in Turku Argentina 2 Australia 0. Goals: Garay 6, Colzera 69. Att.: 4,124 Aug. 13 in Turku Costa Rica 1 Nigeria 1. […]

The MetroStars and Kansas City played to a goalless stalemate at a high-noon showdown in New Jersey. … Landon Donovan scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season in a win over Dallas, which lost Jason Kreis to a knee injury in the 6th minute. … Marco Etcheverry notched his 100th MLS assist when […]

Freddy Adu scored a hat trick as the USA launched its U-17 World Cup campaign with a 6-1 rout over South Korea Aug. 14 in Lahti, Finland. The Americans fell behind in the 11th minute when U.S. defender Dwight Owens chested an innocuous Korean cross into his own net, keeper Phil Marfuggi having abandoned his […]

European Champions League Third-round qualifying, first leg Aug. 12 John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) at Graz AK, 1-1. DNP. Injured. English League Cup, first round Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) at Notts County, 0-0 (County wins, 7-6, on PKs) DNP

A-League Player of the Week Shaker Asad (Atlanta) A-League Team of the Week G – Matt Nelson (Virginia Beach) * 12 saves in 0-0 draw against Richmond D – Matt Bobo (Richmond) * Solid play in 1-1 draw against Virginia Beach D – Geordie Lyall (Vancouver) * Solid play in 1-0 win at Toronto D […]

(home team listed first) Wednesday, Aug. 13, 12 pm ET/11 am CT/9 am PT METROSTARS (8-5-5, 29) vs. KANSAS CITY (7-5-6, 27 pts) TV: MSG (New York). DIRECTV: 794; DISHNET: 465. Key Players Out: MetroStars – F Eddie Gaven (U-17 National Team Duty – USA); Kansas City – D Jose Luis Burciaga (R torn ACL). […]

For the second time in his career, midfielder Steve Ralston is raising his profile. One goal and three assists in three Gold Cup games moved him up the U.S. depth chart. ART OF CROSSING. Over the course of seven and a half MLS seasons, Ralston's hallmark has been his crossing ability, although he claims it […]

By Will Kuhns & Mike Woitalla WELCOME BACK, LANDON: After being away more than a month on national team duty, Landon Donovan celebrated his return to the Quakes with the winning goal in San Jose's 1-0 victory of Kansas City. Keeper Tony Meola saved Donovan's first attempt before he knocked in the rebound. WELCOME BACK, […]

By SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor CHAMPIONS, PART 1: A pair of 1-0 wins, both the product of fine defense, superb goalkeeping by Karina LeBlanc and timely late goals, gave the Boston Breakers the WUSA's regular-season crown and No. 1 seed heading into this weekend's semifinals. Dagny Mellgren's 79th-minute goal, from a Kristine Lilly feed, topped […]

MLS's only eight-time all-star is still befuddling opponents with a sharp brain and a lethal foot. The glare is still there, just at it was at Tacoma and Everton and Portsmouth and Miami and with the U.S. national team. Under dark tufts burn a pair of brown eyes, scan-ning the landscape for crevices and spaces […]