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By Ridge Mahoney in St. Etienne Only four U.S. players who took the field Thursday against Turkey in the Confederations Cup were playing a European team in Europe for the first time, so inexperience could not be a factor in the disappointing showing by the Americans. Turkey started only three players — backup keeper Omer […]

Maren Meinert, whose MVP-like performance in the first half of the season has carried the Boston Breakers to the top of the WUSA standings, scored two goals and assisted another to lead the World Stars past the American Stars, 3-2, Thursday night in the WUSA All-Star Game before a standing-room-only crowd of 7,068 at SAS […]

U.S. coach Bruce Arena On the outcome: ''Over 90 minutes, Turkey were the better team today. They made the important players count and surely deserved to be the victors. We had a bunch of players with sub-par performances, and you can't get away with that. On a given day, two or three players aren't playing […]

The Women's United Soccer Association holds its annual all-star game tonight Thursday at SAS Stadium in Cary, N.C. (TV: ESPN2, live, 7:30 pm ET). The 2003 Hyundai WUSA All-Star Game is a preview of the Women's World Cup with the American Stars facing the World Stars. The game caps a week of activities that include […]

Ri Kum Suk scored her 12th and 13th goals of the tournament and North Korea dominated Japan, 3-0, Thursday to book its berth in the Women's World Cup and earn a spot in Saturday's title game at the AFC Women's Championship in Thailand. The North Koreans meet China, which beat South Korea, 3-1, in the […]

June 19 in St. Denis Cameroon 1 Brazil 0. Goal: Eto'o 83. Brazil — Dida, Belleti, Juan, Kleber, Lucio, Emerson, Kleberson (Adriano de Souza, 80), Gil, Ricardinho, Ronaldinho; Adriano (Ilan, 66). Cameroon — Kameni, Tchato, Song, Geremi, Mettomo, Perrier Doumbe, Mbami, Foe (Atouba, 64), Idrissou (Job, 67), Djemba, Eto'o (N'Diefi, 90). Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia. […]

June 19 in St. Etienne USA 1 Turkey 2. Goals: Beasley 36; Okan pen. 39, Tuncay 70. USA — Howard, Hejduk, Berhalter (Twellman, 81), Califf, Vanney, Beasley, Armas, Convey, Lewis (Stewart, 71), Donovan, Kirovski (Mathis, 60). Turkey — Omer, Fatih, Alpay, Bulent, Ibrahim U., Ahmet (Ergun, 40), Gokdeniz, Volkan, Selcuk, Tuncay (Ibrahim T., 80), Okan […]

The United States fell to Turkey, 2-1, Thursday night in St. Etienne, France, in the opening Group B game at the Confederations Cup. The Americans took a 1-0 lead very much against the run of play in the 36th minute when DaMarcus Beasley headed home Landon Donovan's header. The turning point of the game came […]

USA 1 Turkey 1. Goals: Beasley 38; Okan pen. 41. USA — Howard, Hejduk (captain), Berhalter, Califf, Vanney, Beasley, Armas, Convey, Beasley, Donovan, Kirovski. Turkey — Omer, Fatih, Alpay, Bulent, Ibrahim, Ahmet, Gokdeniz, Volkan, Selcuk, Tuncay, Okan.

June 18 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 4 Dallas 1. Goals: Razov pen. 21, Ralph (Razov) 49, Gray (Futagaki, Razov) 84, Razov 87; Suarez (Deering) 78. Chicago — Thornton, Whitfield, Brown, Curtin, Perez (Jaqua 86), Gray, Pause, Williams (Marsch 79), Mapp (Futagaki 72), Ralph, Razov. Dallas — Countess, Salyer, Bonseu, Suarez, Gbandi, Rhine, Davis (Johnson, 70), […]

USA vs. TURKEY (June 19 in St. Etienne) The United States faces Turkey, third at the 2002 World Cup, in the opening Group B game. U.S. coach Bruce Arena is expected to adopt the same formula that worked four years ago at the 1999 Confederations Cup in Mexico, where he alternated lineups for the short […]

BRAZIL vs. Cameroon (June 19 in St. Denis) Kickoff: noon ET. TV: Galavision (delay), 9 pm ET (DISH & Direct TV), 9 pm ET/PT (cable). Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia). Brazil, the 2002 World Cup champion, faces Cameroon, the two-time African champion Brazil will be led by Paris St. Germain star Ronaldinho, one of three starters […]

GROUP A June 18 in St. Denis Japan 3 New Zealand 0. Goals: Nakamura 12, 75, Nakata 65. Japan — Narazaki, Miyamoto, Tsuboi, Yamada, Inamoto, Santos, Endo, Nakamura, Nakata, Takahara, Okubo. New Zealand — Uttin, Oughton, Zoricich, Nelsen, Davis, Vicelich, Elliott, Lines (Hickey, 70), Burton (Jackson, 73), Coveny, Killen (Bouckenhooghe, 79) Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin) […]

GROUP A June 18 in Lyons France 1 Colombia 0. Goal: Henry pen. 39. France — Coupet, Thuram, Desailly, Mexes, Lizarazu, Wiltord, Pedretti, Dacourt, Kapo (Pires, 61), Cisse (Govou, 76), Henry (Marlet, 84) Colombia — O.Cordoba, Martinez (Vallejo, 90), Yepes, I.Cordoba, Bedoya, Patino (Arriaga, 66), Velasquez, Lopez, Hernandez, Aristizabal, Becerra. Att.: 38,500.

Wednesday, June 18, 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT/5:30 pm PT CHICAGO (4-2-3, 15 pts) vs. DALLAS (1-4-3, 6 pts) TV: KFWD (Dallas). DIRECTV: 794; DISHNET: 465. Key Players Out: Chicago — M Chris Armas (U.S. national team duty), M DaMarcus Beasley (U.S. national team duty), D Carlos Bocanegra (U.S. national team duty); Dallas — M […]

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Nicki Gamble, Seattle GOALKEEPER Sara Allen, New Jersey Lady Stallions 10 saves in 1-0 win over Ottawa DEFENDERS Leigh Hamilton, New Jersey Wildcats Solid play in 3-2 win over Long Island Natalie Stallings, Hampton Roads Solid play in 3-0 win over Charlotte Kathleen Sinram, New Jersey Lady Stallions Solid play in […]

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Billy Gatti, Long Island GOALKEEPER Billy Gatti, Long Island Two shutout wins DEFENDERS Kobie Johnson, New Jersey Solid play in 0-0 tie at New York John Durango, Long Island Solid play in 2-0 win over Wilmington Brad Miller, Western Mass Solid play in 3-1 win at Reading MIDFIELDERS Daniel Leon, Long […]

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Matt Clark, Texas GOALKEEPER Matt Pickens, Chicago Pair of shutout wins over Thunder Bay DEFENDERS Joe Lampert, Boulder Goal, solid play in draw and win against Des Moines Brad Peetoom, Abbotsford Goal, solid play in 3-2 OT win over Cascade Jeff Hare, Richmond Game-winner in 3-2 win over No Virginia MIDFIELDERS […]

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Ian Fuller, Rochester GOALKEEPER Greg Sutton, Montreal Seven saves in win and draw against Pittsburgh DEFENDERS Mauricio Vincello, Toronto Solid play in 0-0 draw against Syracuse Nevio Pizzolitto, Montreal Solid play in 1-1 draw against Pittsburgh Kevin Knight, Richmond Solid play in 1-0 win over Atlanta MIDFIELDERS Godfrey Tenoff, Indiana Two […]

With the opening of the Home Depot Center on June 7, another stadium will bid for the claim of being the best place to attend a soccer game. Here's your pick on which is the best (and worst) soccer venue. Voters took into account playing surface, seating, concessions, parking, access, atmosphere, etc. Voting ran through […]

Dish Network and DirectTV subscribers receive Galavision's East Feed regardless of location. Cable subscribers receive either the East Feed or West Feed. The USA's first-round Confederations Cup TV schedule: Thursday, June 19 Turkey-USA Galavision (SDD) 7 pm ET/4 pm PT East Feed Cable subscribers only: 7 pm ET East Feed, 7 pm PT West Feed […]

COLOMBIA 1 CORDOBA Oscar, 2 CORDOBA Ivan, 3 YEPES Mario, 4 RAMOS Edgar, 5 MERA Jose, 6 VALLEJO Gerardo, 7 BECERRA Elson, 8 VALENTIERRA Arnulfo, 9 ARISTIZABAL Victor, 10 HERNANDEZ Giovanni, 11 MURILLO Elkin, 12 HENAO Juan Carlos, 13 ALCAZAR Herly, 14 DIAZ Oscar, 15 VELASQUEZ Ruben Dario, 16 ARRIAGA Eudalio, 17 ARZUAGA Martin, 18 […]

SMU-bound Ramon Nunez, ranked the No. 1 men's college recruit by Soccer America, earned MVP honors at the McDonald's All American High School Soccer Games Sunday in Charleston, S.C. Nunez and fellow Dallas area players Kenny Cooper (also headed to SMU) and Jaime Watson (U-17 forward headed to North Carolina) all scored in the second […]

The U.S. under-16 boys national team, loaded with U-15 players, was crushed by host Italy (5-0) and Germany (3-0) at the 2003 Mundialito Tournament in Salerno, Italy. MUNDIALTO: U.S. scores June 15 Italy 5 USA 0. Goals: Lupoli 10, 76, Conean 41, Rossi 63, Pepe 83. June 16 Germany 3 USA 0. Goals: Hennings 4, […]

DENMARK * Wade Barrett (Aarhus, D1) at Midtjylland, 1-1. DNP. NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1) vs. Odd, 5-0. Started: 90 minutes.