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The MetroStars acquired Honduran national team midfielder Amado Guevara as an allocation and signed him to a multi-year contract. Guevara, who at 26 already has 76 caps for Honduras, will be joining the Metros after his third stint with Motagua of the Honduran First Division. He will likely join the team next Thursday and will […]

* home team listed first. * TV live unless noted. Saturday, April 12 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) DALLAS (0-0-0, 0 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (0-0-1, 1 pt) TV: ESPN2. Key players out: Dallas – none; Los Angeles – D Scot Thompson (L-sprained knee). Referee: Alex Prus. Saturday, April 12 (7:30 pm ET/4:30 PT). METROSTARS […]

*home team listed first. TV live unless noted. Saturday, April 12 (4 pm ET/1 pm PT) ATLANTA (1-0-0, 3 pts) vs. BOSTON (1-0-0, 3 pts) TV: PAX. Key players out: Atlanta — none; Boston – F Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (L-Foot Bone Bruise). Referee: Rachel Woo. Saturday, April 12 (7 pm ET/4 pm PT) WASHINGTON (1-0-0, 3 […]

The Dallas Burn signed defender Philip Salyer as a Developmental Player through an MLS Supplemental Draft. Salyer, 22, spent the last year with the reserve team of German First Division club Werder Bremen. Salyer, who was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Dallas, spent two years at the University of Maryland (2000-01), starting 40 […]

1. FIFA: U-20 World Youth Championship rescheduled The U-20 World Youth Championship, which was postponed from its original dates (March 25-April 16) in anticipation of the war on Iraq, has been rescheduled for Nov. 27-Dec. 19 at its original venue, the United Arab Emirates. The Thomas Rongen-coached U.S. team faces Paraguay, Germany and South Korea. […]

2002 record: 11-5-5 (WUSA runner-up). SCOUTING REPORT The Freedom's climb from next-to-worst to next-to-first was lost amid all the hoopla over Carolina's 2002 turnaround, but it was as impressive. Nobody was hotter at season's end than Washington, which benefited from solid defense, outstanding goalkeeping and massive contributions from, especially, Steffi Jones and Mia Hamm. Jim […]

2002 record: 5-11-5 (didn't qualify for playoffs). SCOUTING REPORT It's tempting to think Aly Wagner might be the Spirit's savior. The No. 1 selection in the college draft is a genuine wild card, a playmaker with such singular ability and influence that she certainly appears capable of turning the team's dismal fortunes around. The reality […]

MLS released the following statement April 9 regarding its Disciplinary Committee's suspension and fining of D.C. United player/assistant coach Hristo Stoitchkov: Major League Soccer's Disciplinary Committee today announced that D.C. United's Hristo Stoitchkov has been fined and suspended as a result of a challenge that severely injured American University midfielder Freddy Llerena during a scrimmage […]

2002 record: 8-8-5 (didn't qualify for playoffs). SCOUTING REPORT It's 20 months and counting since the CyberRays won the inaugural Founders Cup title, a magical experience that made last year's failure to reach the postseason all the more bitter. Injuries and an inability to ease WUSA scoring champion Katia's workload caused problems in 2002, but […]

When asked what sort of team the Quakes will have this year, captain Jeff Agoos scratched the side of his close-cropped head. ''I wish I could tell you,'' says the man who has won four MLS titles, including the 2001 edition with San Jose. ''We've got a couple of new forwards, we've got a new […]

So shallow was the depth on Colorado's roster last season that when an injury sidelined Scottish striker John Spencer, one of the best midfielders in league history had to step in. Chris Henderson, a flank flyer par excellence, responded with a career-best 11 goals, but neither he nor Coach Tim Hankinson wishes to repeat the […]

Los Angeles and Columbus are supposed to be the best of MLS. The Galaxy is the defending league champion. The Crew won last year's U.S. Open Cup. They're Soccer America's picks to win their respective conferences in 2003, but they bombed in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Galaxy lost to Necaxa of Mexico, 4-1, in […]

The U.S. under-17 national team swept three games against Jamaica April 5-9 in Bradenton, Fla. The Americans, who had beaten Jamaica, 3-0, in U-17 qualifying last month, won, 5-0, 4-0 and 3-0. Corey Ashe led all scorers, netting three goals in two games. Freddy Adu, Eddie Gaven and Rodrigo Hidalgo each had two goals. The […]

Forward Hristo Stoitchkov will be banned from playing in D.C. UnitedÆs first two games of the MLS season but he will be allowed to sit on the bench and perform his function as assistant coach. MLS also fined the Bulgarian $2,000 for his red-card foul on Freddy Llerena, the American University freshman whose leg broke […]

2002 record: 3-17-1 (didn't qualify for playoffs). SCOUTING REPORT Hard to believe the Power was into its third game before surrendering a goal – in the inaugural season, of course. Last year's group gave up goals like that was the point, 62 in all, more than New York has scored in two seasons. Everything went […]

2002 record: 11-4-6 (semifinalist) SCOUTING REPORT No WUSA team has upgraded its attack quite so deftly as the Charge, which already was fairly explosive, especially with Kelly Smith back on the field. Philly's got extraordinary depth, a sensational defensive scheme and – with Smith and 2002 MVP Marinette Pichon – players who can take over […]

One by one, the list of teams that haven't played in an MLS Cup is shortening. In 2000, the Wizards reached their first final and won it. Ditto the Quakes in 2001. Last year, the Revs played in the final as hosts. One of the three remaining teams is Dallas, which fired Coach Dave Dir […]

Not since the national team stints of Roy Lassiter and Preki have so many Wizards been in the running for U.S. playing time. Josh Wolff joins Kansas City from Chicago, Nick Garcia and Chris Klein have been called up regularly by Coach Bruce Arena, and Tony Meola remains in the picture. A rather heavy slate […]

John O'Brien became the first American to play at the quarterfinal stage of the UEFA Champions League. He started at left back and played the full 90 minutes for Ajax in a 0-0 tie with AC Milan in the first-leg encounter in Amsterdam before a crowd of 51,000. ''It was a good result,'' said Ajax […]

ENGLAND * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Fulham 4-0. Started: 90 minutes. The Sun rating (10=high; 1=low): 6. Turkish striker Hakan Suker, back in action after having broken his leg upon arrival to Blackburn in December, scored his first two Premier League goals. Friedel's diving safe in the first half on Steed Malbranque's shot snuffed […]

2002 record: 12-5-4 (WUSA champion). SCOUTING REPORT The defending champion got better during the offseason, although that's no guarantee of a repeat. Last year's was a magical campaign, and – as San Jose learned – coming up with a second act isn't so simple. New coach Jay Entlich won't have to worry about offense. Hege […]

2002 record: 6-8-7 (didn't qualify for playoffs) SCOUTING REPORT Defense has been the undoing of the Breakers the first two seasons, with the presence in attack of Maren Meinert, Dagny Mellgren, Kristine Lilly and Bettina Wiegmann adding to nothing more than a pair of sixth-place finishes. Swedish legend Pia Sundhage was the architect of the […]

It's difficult to look at the new Chicago Fire and not focus on who is no longer there: Peter Nowak, Dema Kovalenko, Hristo Stoitchkov, Josh Wolff. That quartet scored 40 percent of the team's goals during the past two seasons. But the team's most influential newcomer is Coach Dave Sarachan, who likes what he sees […]

What qualifies as an overhaul? How about shipping out 11 players who played at least five games last season: Richie Williams, Ivan McKinley, Petter Villegas, Eddie Pope, Lazo Alavanja, Jaime Moreno, Roy Lassiter, Orlando Perez, Mark Lisi, Henry Zambrano and Abdul Thompson Conteh. It is actually becoming routine. United ditched 10 players with at least […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor WINNING DEBUT: Four WUSA coaches made their debuts on Saturday, but only one — Boston's Pia Sundhage — emerged victorious. Her Breakers, with goals by Dagny Mellgren and Maren Meinert and superb play from Monica Gonzalez in the back and French newcomer Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe on the right flank, took advantage […]