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July 27 in Foxboro, Mass. New England 2 D.C. United 4. Goals: Twellman 26, Twellman (J.-M. Moore, Cancela) 31; Quintanilla (Etcheverry) 83, Quintanilla pen. 91+, Kovalenko (Eskandarian) 93+, Eskandarian (Quintanilla) 93+. New England — Reis, Heaps, Cullen, D.Kante, Franchino, Noonan (Ralston, 67), Cancela (Harris, 76), Joseph, Kamler, J.-M. Moore, Twellman. D.C. United — Rimando, Ivanov […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor Colorado takes its fourth straight and posts another shutout; defensive errors doom the Burn in San Jose; the Fire again wins at home; and D.C. United rallies to roust the Revs and drop the Crew into last place. BEST GOALS: Mark Chung snapped a header past Metros keeper Jonny Walker […]

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Substitute Daniel Osorno scored in the ninth minute of overtime to give host Mexico a 1-0 win over Brazil Sunday and capture the 2003 Gold Cup. The Tricolores and their coach, Ricardo Lavolpe, came under heavy fire early in the tournament, but Mexico deserved the victory in the final against Brazil's U-23s. Mexico did not […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Chicago Sockers 4 (Micklos 36, Ruud 69, Olsen 71, 90) Edmond (Okla.) Royals 2 (Thomas 76, Tarver 90). FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 2 (Coleman 45, Castellanos 90) Colorado Rush Nike 2 (Clark 6, Hendricks 20). Final Standings: Chicago Sockers 9 points; FC Delco Arsenal (9-7), Colorado Rush Nike (8-7) 4; Edmond Royals 0. […]

National honors were almost evenly divided at the 2003 Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. The Far West (Region IV) took home four titles. The East (Region I) and South (Region III) claimed three championships, and the Midwest (Region II), shut out last year, captured two trophies. The […]

Champions World Series raises soccer's profile in the summer In order to figure out how Charlie Stillitano filled several large stadiums well before the kickoff of seven games in 13 days this summer, just work backwards. He wanted to stage successful soccer events. Stillitano's experience as New York's venue director during the 1994 World Cup […]

By SCOTT FRENCH Senior Editor DEAR ABBY: Washington is out of its two-month funk and appears to be cruising toward the WUSA playoffs. Much credit goes to forward Abby Wambach, who has scored six goals in the past six games, including a late strike to forge a 2-2 draw Wednesday at Boston and another late […]

The Utah Spiders ended the California Storm's reign as Women's Premier Soccer League champion Sunday, beating the defending champions, 2-1, on Sara Reading's last-minute goal at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The Salt Lake City-based Spiders (11-3-2) are the first team outside California to win the WPSL, an amateur league that serves, along with the […]

Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan scored two goals and set up a sensational strike from Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy as English Premier League champion Manchester United beat Mexico's Club America, 3-1, Sunday in a friendly before 57,365 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The victory, on the six-team, seven-game ChampionsWorld Series exhibition tour, was the second […]

Penn State All-American Joanna Lohman scored two goals as the U.S. women's under-21 team captured the Nordic Cup title for the fifth successive summer, edging Sweden, 2-1, in Sunday's final at Randers, Denmark. Lohman knocked in a rebound to give the Americans a 14th-minute lead, then leaped above the Swedish defense to head home Catherine […]

The Boston Breakers took one more step toward its first WUSA playoff berth and the San Jose CyberRays lost needed points in a 1-1 draw Sunday before 6,187 at Spartan Stadium. Maren Meinert scored her ninth goal of the season in a 64th-minute scramble as the Breakers (7-4-7, 28 points) returned to second place, five […]

Philadelphia was as close to full strength on Saturday as it has been in months, but it couldn't halt the Charge becoming the first team eliminated from the WUSA playoff chase. Venus James scored a pair of second-half goals as visiting Carolina, bolstering its case for a semifinal berth, scored a 3-1 victory, ending Philly's […]

July 26 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 2 Kansas City 0. Goals: Whitfield 12, Mapp 53. Chicago – Thornton, Brown, Curtin, Gray, Whitfield, Armas, Mapp (Pause, 83), Marsch, Perez, Ralph (Jaqua, 89), Razov. Kansas City – Meola, Conrad, Talley, Garcia, Klein, Gomez (Armstrong, 57), Preki, Zavagnin, Quill (Gutierrez, 74), Simutenkov, Arnaud (Brown, 66). Yellow Cards: Chicago […]

July 26 in Miami USA 3 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Bocanegra 29, Stewart 56, Convey 67; Fonseca 24, 39. USA — Keller, Hejduk, Califf, Bocanegra, Vanney, Beasley (Lewis, 78), Convey (Mastroeni, 88), Mulrooney, Ralston (Mathis, 70), Stewart, Donovan. Costa Rica — Mesen, Marin, A.Castro (Bennett, 35) Wright, L.Gonzalez (Parks, 76), Chinchilla, Lopez (Scott, 60), Solis, […]

Bobby Convey scored his first goal for the United States to give it a 3-2 win over Costa Rica Saturday night at Miami's Orange Bowl and claim third place in the Gold Cup. If Brazil, a 2-1 winner over the United States in the semifinals, beats Mexico in the final on Sunday at Mexico City's […]

Stacie Alberico and Valerie Williams scored goals late in the first half and defending champion California Storm rallied to win its Women's Premier Soccer League semifinal Saturday at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The Storm topped the New England Mutiny, 3-1, and will face the Utah Spiders — 3-1 winners over Ajax Southern California — […]

(home teams listed first) Saturday, July 26, 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT CHICAGO (7-4-4, 25 pts) vs. KANSAS CITY (7-3-6, 27 pts) TV: Fox Sports World; HDNet. Key Players Out: Chicago – M DaMarcus Beasley (National Team Duty – USA), D Carlos Bocanegra (National Team Duty – USA); Kansas City – D Jose […]

Mexico's 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Thursday sends it to the Gold Cup final against Brazil on Sunday in Mexico City (live on Univision 1 pm ET). The Steve Sampson-coached Costa Ricans will face the USA in the third-place game on Saturday in Miami (live on Galavision, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT). The third-place […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Chicago Sockers 3 (Micklos 34, Fleps 70 Ruud 83) Colorado Rush Nike 1 (Ryan n/a). FC Delco Arsenal 5 (Castellanos 23, Kinneman 45, George 70, Larentowicz 86, Chambers 89) Edmond (Okla.) Royals 2 (Hudson 39, Felice 57). UNDER-18 BOYS Marin (Calif.) United 3 (Hill 18, Miller 65, Nourafshan 70) Syracuse (N.Y.) Blitz Blizzard […]

Only nine teams won their first two games at the Snickers Cup, U.S. Youth Soccer's national finals, at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Md. A trio of Midwest boys teams were 2-0: U-19 Chicago Sockers, U-18 Michigan Wolves and U-14 Vardar of Michigan. Arizona's Serena Golden Eagles have three teams at the national finals, and […]

Gold Cup, semifinal July 24 in Mexico City Mexico 2 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Marquez 19, Borgetti 28. Mexico — Sanchez, -Briseno, Marquez (Salazar, 46) Osorio, Carmona, Valdez, Bravo (Osorno, 64), Pardo, Borgetti, Garcia, Arellano (Rodriguez, 78). Costa Rica — Gonzalez, Marin, Wright, Castro, Martinez (Chinchilla, 46), Lopez (Bryce, 68), Centeno, Vallejos, Scott, Parks (Fonseca, […]

July 23 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 New England 1 (OT). Matteo 33; Noonan (twellman, Franchino 55. New England — Reis, Heaps, Kante, Llamosa, Franchino, Noonan, Joseph (Cullen, 90), Vazquez (Cancel,a 58), Kamler, Twellman, J.-M. Moore. Columbus — Presthus, Clark, Dunseth, McCarty, Denton, Oughton, Maisonneuve, Matteo, Walsh (Buddle, 60), Martino (Ritch, 89), Cunningham. Yellow cards: […]

Under-19 Boys Colorado Rush 5 (Hendricks 25, Clark 38, Porras 63, Cvilikas 78, 90) Edmond (Okla.) Royals 2 (Robichaux 39 Leach 87). Chicago Sockers 3 (Olsen 3, Reuter 47, Ruud 90) FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 2 (Kozicki 12, Walters 58). Under-18 Boys Michigan Wolves 2 (Katikos 32, Djokic 66) Syracuse (N.Y.) Blitz Blizzard 0. Marin […]

The two defending champions in their age groups fell on Day 1 of the Snickers Cup, U.S. Youth Soccer's national finals, at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Md. DC Delco Arsenal of Pennsylvania lost to the Chicago Sockers, 3-2, in the under-19 boys division, and the Concorde Fire fell to the Baltimore Bays by the […]