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On the eve of the U.S. departure for France to play in the Confederations Cup (June 18-29), Coach Bruce Arena revealed his approach to the teamÆs first official competition since its quarterfinal appearance at the 2002 World Cup: Bruce Arena: ôOur 23-man team is finally complete for the first time. Hopefully we can take advantage […]

Standings & Schedule Team W-L-T PTS (Goal difference) Boston 5-3-2 17 (-1) Washington 5-2-1 16 (+7) Atlanta 4-2-3 15 (+12) San Diego 3-2-4 13 (+2) San Jose 4-5-0 12 (-1) New York 4-5-0 12 (-8) Carolina 2-5-1 7 (-4) Philadelphia 2-5-1 7 (-7) SCHEDULE (home team first; all times ET) Wednesday, June 11 Carolina-Washington 7:00 […]

Standings & Schedule Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS (Goal difference) MetroStars 5-2-2 17 (+4) New England 4-2-3 15 (+4) Columbus 4-3-3 15 (+2) Chicago 3-2-3 12 (+3) D.C. United 1-3-4 7 (+1) Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS (Goal difference) Kansas City 4-1-5 17 (+4) San Jose 4-2-2 14 (+1) Los Angeles 1-4-4 7 (-3) Dallas […]

Group A (June 8) Thailand 3 (Thiangtham 17, Kaewka 20, Maijarern 63) Singapore 0. South Korea 8 (Sung 1, J.E. Lee 23, 46, M.H. Lee 59, E.S. Park 62, 65, 78, 89) Hong Kong 0. Group B (June 9) Japan 15 (Otani 7, 9, 34, 46, 55, 73, 79, Arakawa 8, Yamamoto 17, Miyazaki 35, […]

The draw will for the Under-17 World Cup in Finland Wednesday will be held Wednesday in Helsinki. The United States, the only team have played in early Under-17 World Cup, advanced to World Championship after taking first in Group A of the CONCACAF final round of qualifying. Here's a breakdown of the field: CONCACAF (3): […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor D.C. is winless no more; the Quakes lose their second straight; the Wizards end the Metros unbeaten streak while extending their own; and the world changes forever as the Galaxy opens its new stadium with its first victory. BEST GOALS: In a rather barren week with only eight goals (two […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor NEW BOSS: Boston overtook Washington for the top spot in the WUSA standings with a wild 3-1 victory at RFK Stadium as Maren Meinert netted her seventh and eighth goals of the season to move to No. 1 in the league scoring race. Meinert called the scoring title ''not important,'' […]

Raleigh CASL Elite (PDL) 4 (Buehler 26, Nicholson 34, Fumo 55, Izzo 87) DS United (USASA) 1 (Miron 45).

June 6 Charlotte 1 (Steinman 6) Hampton Roads 2 (McGhee 21, McGrail 90). Toronto 10 (Kovacs 3, Chapman 12, 40, Blaskovic 16, 44, Matheson 25, 37, McNish 80, Gallacher 82, 90) Rochester 0. South Jersey 0 New Jersey Wildcats 3 (Trainor 7, Negron 50, Flamini 65) Cincinnati 3 (Berkmeier 44, Simenetti 64, Cunningham 77) Northern […]

June 6 Charlotte 1 (McDermott 69) Richmond 1 (Testo 5) (OT). Virginia Beach 5 (Knott 7, Washington 22, Aguilera 44, 54, Lassiter 56) Atlanta 0. Syracuse 0 Charleston 1 (own goal 93) (OT). Cincinnati 0 Calgary 1 (Zuniga 87). Montreal 1 (Nash 51) Toronto 0. June 7 Rochester 2 (own goal 54, Suarez 76) Pittsburgh […]

Maren Meinert netted her seventh and eighth goals of the season and the Boston Breakers leapt atop the WUSA standings with a wild 3-1 victory Saturday at Washington. San Jose's scoring troubles continued in a 2-0 home loss to New York. Sunday's highlights: Boston 3 Washington 1: Meinert took over the No. 1 spot among […]

June 7 at Atlanta Atlanta 1 Carolina 2. Goals: Dominguez (Parlow, Hooper) 24; Fotopoulos pen. 7, Prinz (Lehn) 11. Atlanta — Scurry; J. Augustyniak (Dieke, 75), Nonen, Bivens, Gaston; Miller (Withers, 81), Serlenga; Parlow (Crumpton, 71), Dominguez; Hooper, Pohlers. Carolina — Luckenbill; Burt, Baxter, Fettig, Boyd (Slaton, 46); O'Hanley (Wallis, 82), James (Borgman, 60), Roberts, […]

June 7 in Carson, Calif. Los Angeles 2 Colorado 0. Goals: Ruiz 50, Ruiz pen. 91+. Los Angeles – Hartman, Califf, Hong, Marshall (Lalas, 80), Hendrickson, Cienfuegos (Lewis, 83), Elliott, Victorine, Jones, Ruiz, Albright (Glinton, 74). Colorado – Garlick, Hart (Trembly, 81), Fraser, Stewart (Borchers, 13), Kotschau, Henderson, Beckerman (Schmidt, 72), Mastroeni, Chung, Spencer, Carrieri. […]

Jovan Kirovski's second-half goal, deflected off a New Zealand defender, gave the United States a 2-1 win over the All Whites in its final test before the Confederations Cup. Missing several key players because of MLS duty yesterday, the Americans still created numerous chances against New Zealand, which also returns to the Confederations Cup. The […]

Slumping powers Carolina and Philadelphia picked up their second road wins Saturday as WUSA's attendance troubles continued with small crowds in Atlanta and San Diego. Danielle Fotopoulos became the league's all-time scoring leader in the Courage's 2-1 victory at Atlanta, and the Beat's Maribel Dominguez grabbed sole possession of the top spot on this year's […]

Cameroon's German coach, Wilfried Schaefer, named his 23 players for the Confederations Cup, where the Indomitable Lions will face the United States for the first time. Schaefer's squad includes 12 holdovers from the 2002 World Cup, including six starters: defenders Rigobert Song, Bill Tchato, midfielders Marc Vivien Foe, Geremi Njitap and Salomon Olembe and forward […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, June 7, 4 pm ET/1 pm PT ATLANTA (4-1-3, 15 pts) vs. CAROLINA (1-5-1, 4 pts) TV: PAX Key Players Out: Atlanta – M Homare Sawa (National Team Duty – Japan); Carolina – M Hege Riise (R ACL tear); GK Meghan Burke (Facial laceration); […]

* Home teams listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, June 7, 4 pm ET/2 pm MT/1 pm PT LOS ANGELES (0-4-4, 4 pts) vs. COLORADO (1-5-1, 4 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key Players Out: Los Angeles – F Herculez Gomez (R fractured 5th metatarsal), GK Dan Popik (L severely sprained ankle), D Scot Thompson […]

American forward Conor Casey, 21, with Hannover 96 since October 2001, is to join Karlsruhe of the German Second Division next season. Casey's stint in Karlsruhe is another loan from Borussia Dortmund, which retains his rights. Hannover's attempts to buy him last year from Dortmund were rejected. Conor played 66 minutes over four games for […]

The MLS Disciplinary Committee, upon videotape review, fined MetroStars forward John Wolyniec $500 and suspended him for two games for elbowing Columbus defender Chad McCarty in the face during last Saturday's game. Game officials did not see the incident. The summary of the MLS Disciplinary Committee's findings: ''As the ball is crossed into the penalty […]

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY USA vs. New Zealand Sunday, June 8 (1 pm ET/10 am PT) TV: live on ESPN2 and Telemundo In its final tune-up for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup June 18-29 in France, Bruce Arena's squad faces New Zealand, which is also France-bound, on Sunday. The nations have met once before, a 2-1 U.S. […]

W-League Player of the Week Deanna Kreidel (Charlotte) W-League Team of the Week G – Emily Haynam (Columbus) * 12 saves in 0-0 tie at Northern Kentucky D – Wendy Dunn (Fort Collins) * Solid play in 3-0 win over Mile High D – Heather Herweh (Northern Kentucky) * Solid play in 0-0 tie against […]

PDL Player of the Week David Bulow (Cape Cod) PDL Team of the Week G – Peter Dzubay (Mid Michigan) * One goal allowed in three wins D – Kyle Tanner (Chicago) * Two goals in 3-2 OT win at St. Louis D – Tory Gibson (Texas) * Solid play in 5-0 win over Houston […]

USL Pro Select Player of the Week Enrique Tovar (California) USL Pro Select Team of the Week G – Chris Robinson (Carolina) * Penalty kick save to preserve 2-1 win at Raleigh D – Laurence Piturro (Westchester) * Solid play in 1-0 win at Western Mass D – Damian Munoz (Utah) * Solid play in […]

A-League Player of the Week Eduardo Sebrango (Montreal) A-League Team of the Week G – Michael Ueltschey (Montreal) * Six saves in 4-0 win at Calgary D – Carlos Martinez (El Paso) * Goal in 1-0 win at Indiana D – Abraham Francois (Montreal) * Goal in 1-0 win at Vancouver D – Joe Mattacchione […]