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The expansion Syracuse Salty Dogs drew 10,721 fans at P&C Stadium for their home-opening 3-0 win over Toronto. The win was the third in a row for Laurie Calloway's team. Idle Vancouver (3-0-0) is the only other unbeaten and untied team. Virginia Beach, the surprise of the early going, moved to 4-1-0 with a 5-2 […]

San Diego rallied to earn a point against visiting Boston in WUSA play Sunday night, but the Spirit lost U.S. national team star Shannon MacMillan, most likely for the season, to a knee injury sustained in the opening minutes. MacMillan fell to a heap in the eighth minute, just seconds after Dagny Mellgren fired Boston […]

May 17 at Uniondale, N.Y. New York 1 Philadelphia 2. Goals: Peters 91+; Pichon (Tullock) 60, Pichon 81. New York – Smolak, Raveia, Salisbury (Orlandos, 64), M. Tietjen, Boxx, Rapp (Beem, 80), Jones, Baumgardt (Janss, 73), Peters, Pearman (Davey, 61), Welsh. Philadelphia – Solo, Fair, McVeigh, Tietjen-Prozzo, Benson, Makinen, Misaki, Hoffmann, Tullock, Arrington (Kruze, 62), […]

Defending champion Carolina and preseason favorite Philadelphia on Saturday halted losing streaks and picked up their first victories of the WUSA season on the road. Danielle Fotopoulos scored two first-half goals and added three assists as the Courage romped past first-place Washington, 5-2, at RFK Stadium, giving rookie coach Jay Entlich his first WUSA triumph. […]

May 17 in Denver Colorado 0 MetroStars 2. Goals: Mathis 51, Magee (Guevara, Clint Mathis) 60. Colorado Rapids – Garlick, Stewart, Fraser, Herdsman (Spencer, 63), Kotschau, Hart, Beckerman, Carrieri (Rizo, 63), Chung, Henderson, Roberts (Schmidt, 55). MetroStars – Howard, Ziadie, Jolley, Pope, DiGiamarino, Guevara (Wolyniec, 87), Clark, Williams (Regan, 28), Lisi, Magee (Arena, 84), Mathis. […]

It was Cat Reddick's homecoming, but another Southern girl stole the show in the U.S. women's national team's 6-0 rout Saturday of England in Birmingham, Ala. Memphis native Cindy Parlow scored four goals to highlight a superb performance in midfield, netting her sixth international hat trick before, 12,102 at Legion Field. Shannon MacMillan scored four […]

The U.S. women's national team faces England Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. (TV: live, ESPN 1 pm ET, noon CT). Boston Breakers midfielder Jena Kluegel and Philadelphia Charge defender Heather Mitts were late additions to the training camp roster. University of North Carolina freshman Lindsay Tarpley was forced to bow out from training […]

The U.S. women's national team faces England Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. (TV: live, ESPN 1 pm ET, noon CT). Boston Breakers midfielder Jena Kluegel and Philadelphia Charge defender Heather Mitts were late additions to the training camp roster. University of North Carolina freshman Lindsay Tarpley was forced to bow out from training […]

Saturday, May 17 (4 pm ET/2 pm MT/1 pm PT) COLORADO (0-3-1, 1 pt) vs. METROSTARS (3-1-1, 10 pts) TV: ESPN2 Key players out: Colorado — Pablo Mastroeni (suspension); MetroStars — D Chris Leitch (R sprained ankle), F Jaime Moreno (strained lower back), F Mike Nugent (L great toe infection). Referee: Brian Hall. Saturday, May […]

Saturday, May 17 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) NEW YORK (3-3-0, 9 pts) vs. PHILADELPHIA (0-4-0, 0 pts) TV: PAX Key players out: New York — D Sara Whalen (R ACL tear); D Kristy Whelchel (R ACL tear), D Christie Pearce (U.S. national team); F Tiffeny Milbrett (U.S. national team); Philadelphia — F Kelly Smith […]

We asked who the most influential person in soccer was? Here are the results of the survey. Results are based on 553 votes. 4% – Alan Rothenberg (former U.S. Soccer president) 1% – April Heinrichs (U.S. women's national team coach) 2% – Bob Contiguglia (U.S. Soccer president) 13% – Bruce Arena (U.S. men's national team […]

A month after it dropped four varsity sports, Fresno State University reinstated two of four sports, men's soccer and women's swimming. The move came after the Valley Soccer Foundation, formed to save the men's soccer program, raised $530,000 for men's soccer and women's swimming. The amount was $150,000 short of the $680,000 required by May […]

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May 14 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United (USA) 1 Tottenham (England) 0. Goal: Own goal (Carr) 30. Tottenham — Keller, Bunjevcevic (Taricco, 46), Carr (Marney, 46), Perry, Toda, Ziege (Bunjevcevic, 67), Acimovic (Davies, 46), King, Redknapp (Poyet, 46), Keane (Barnard, 78), Sheringham (Acimovic, 78). D.C. United — Rimando, Ivanov (Prideaux 63), Nelsen, Petke, Olsen (Alegria […]

May 14 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 New England 1. Goals: Simutenkov (Preki) 69; Twellman (Moore) 91+. Kansas City — Meola, Conrad, Talley, Garcia, Klein, Gomez, Preki (Armstrong, 72), Zavagnin, Quill, Brown, Fabbro (Simutenkov, 46; Zotinca, 85). New England — Brown, Heaps, Llamosa (Harris, 74), Pierce, Franchino, Ralston, Cullen (Hernandez, 55), Joseph, Kamler (Noonan, […]

May 12 Portland 1 (Afash 43) Calgary 0. May 14 Toronto 0 Syracuse 1 (Lyssand 67). Calgary 1 (Korthuis 36) Portland 4 (Afash 1, Tennyson 7, 45, Melendez 80).

The expansion Syracuse Salty Dogs won their second straight game, beating Toronto, 1-0, to spoil the Lynx's school day promotion that drew 3,572 at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium. Still, Toronto midfielder Robbie Aristodemo called Syracuse the worst team he's faced in three years in the A-League and told the Toronto Sun the match ''was a Fifth […]

The U.S. under-23 national team beat Mexico's U-23s, 3-1, Wednesday night before 9,000 fans at the Estadio Galerias in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan to confirm its status as the team to beat in Olympic qualifying in the CONCACAF region. The Americans got goals from Kelly Gray, Alecko Eskandarian and David Testo to beat the […]

Mississippi State freshman goalie Courtney Hubert and her sister, Erin, were killed Tuesday when the Honda Civic Courtney Hubert was driving crashed into the rear of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer on I-20 between Jackson, the Mississippi capital, and Vicksburg, their hometown. The crash followed another accident ahead of them that had slowed traffic, according to police […]

The U.S. under-23 national team faces Mexico's under-23 national team Wednesday at Guadalajara's Estadio Tres de Marz at 9 p.m. ET. The United States begins Olympic qualifying in November, entering the CONCACAF tournament in the second round against the winner of the St. Kitts & Nevis-Dominica first-round series. Mexico will host the final round of […]

The U.S. U-16 girls national team won the Ballymena International Tournament in Northern Ireland, beating Northern Ireland (2-0), Scotland (5-0) and England (3-0). Mandy Moraca and Cydne Currie both had two goals in the tournament. Moraca added three assists in the wins over Northern Ireland and Scotland. Alexa Orand had a goal and two assists […]

The U.S. U-15 boys national team won three of four games during a seven-day training session in Chula Vista, Calif. The 32-player roster was split into two teams for the four matches played over two days against Southern California youth powers La Jolla Nomads and Mission Viejo Pateadores. Fernando Ayala and Jonathon Villanueva each scored […]

The U.S. under-21 womenÆs national team will play four games in Brazil, facing Santos FC, the current Sao Paulo state champion, May 17, the Brazilian U-21 national team May 19, Saad FC May 22 and a Brazilian XI (U-21 and senior players) May 25. All the matches will be played in Sao Paulo. Coach Chris […]

On the final day of the English Premier League season, Brad Friedel registered his 15th shutout of the campaign to help Blackburn finish in sixth place, thus qualifying Rovers for European competition for the second straight season. The 4-0 result came at the expense of fellow U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller, whose Tottenham team finished the […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor HATS OFF TO ABBY: Washington striker Abby Wambach bounced back from her poorest performance in the WUSA with a hat trick, the first in Freedom history, in Saturday's 4-1 triumph over Philadelphia at RFK Stadium. Wambach, last year's WUSA Rookie of the Year, headed home crosses from Mia Hamm in […]