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ARTURO ALVAREZ Position: Forward Ht: 5-9 Wt: 145 Hometown: Houston Born: June 28, 1985 – Led the U.S. Under-18s with seven goals in 2002. – The tournament's second leading scorer as the U-18s' won the Talence International Tournament (France). – A natural finisher, he combines skill and poise near the goal. BRIAN CARROLL Position: Forward […]

RICARDO CLARK (Furman) So./M Perhaps the top two-way player in college soccer; spearheaded the Paladins' bittersweet season. ALECKO ESKANDARIAN (Virginia) Jr./F Leaves UVa for MLS after having scored a school-record 25 goals in 2002; finished career with 50 goals in 60 games. WILLIAM HESMER (Wake Forest) Jr./G The last line of the nation's second-best defense; […]

Virginia junior forward Alecko Eskandarian has been selected Soccer America's 2002 College Men's Player of the Year. The strength of the Virginia Cavaliers' 20 opponents is what makes Eskandarian's 25 goals such an astounding figure. In a year rife with shutouts, Eskandarian personally ensured that Virginia got on the board on all but two of […]

The Colorado Rapids have signed 32-year-old French defender Gilles Grimandi. Grimandi has been a free agent since Arsenal released him after the 2001-2002 season. He made 114 English Premier League appearances and scored four league goals after joining the Gunners from Monaco for a $1.5 million transfer fee in 1997. He played 22 league games […]

U-17 Zoe Bouchelle (Cockeysville, Md.), Jennifer Buczkowski (Elk Grove, Ill.), Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.), Amy Burlingham (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Mary Castalanelli (Lodi, Calif.), Bristyn Davis (Locust Valley, N.Y.), Shannon Foley (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Kerri Hanks (Allen, Texas), Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach, Fla.), Katherine Krambeer (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Stephanie Kron (Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Darby […]

U-17 Arturo Alvarez (Houston), Bryan Amos (Plano, Texas), Chad Barrett (Beaverton, Ore.), Sam Brill (Newton, Mass.), Adam Cristman (Glen Allen, Va.), Hugh Cronin (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ryan Guy (Carlsbad, Calif.), Aaron Hohlbein (Middleton, Wis.), Andrew Kartunen (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Peter Lowry (Irvine, Calif.), Kiel McClung (Palmdale, Calif.), Nathan Norman (Rochester, Mich.), Ramon Nunez (Dallas), Patrick […]

First Round 1) San Diego, 2) New York, 3) Boston, 4) Philadelphia, 5) Atlanta, 6) Philadelphia, 7) Philadelphia, 8) Carolina. Second Round 9) New York, 10) Atlanta, 11) Boston, 12) San Jose, 13) Atlanta, 14) Philadelphia, 15) Washington, 16) Carolina. Third Round 17) San Diego, 18) San Diego, 19) Boston, 20) Washington, 21) Atlanta, 22) […]

The 2003 Women's United Soccer Association Player Draft will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2 in Atlanta. The draft will take place at the WUSA headquarters and is slated to begin at 11:30 am (ET). Comprised of four rounds, the 2003 WUSA Draft will consist of four rounds. The top college seniors and amateur talent […]

Sophomore striker Christine Sinclair, who scored 10 goals in the NCAA Tournament — a pair of them, including the overtime winner, in Portland's title-game triumph over archrival Santa Clara — has been selected Soccer America's 2002 College Women's Player of the Year. The Canadian star, who was Soccer America's Freshman of the Year in 2001, […]

Brad Friedel's Blackburn Rovers took a giant step in its bid to return to the English League Cup final when it held Manchester United to a 1-1 tie Tuesday at Old Trafford. David Thompson's equalizer in the 61st minute, just three minutes later after Paul Scholes gave United the lead, earned the defending champion the […]

Canada coach Holger Osieck is bringing 15 players for its match against the United States Jan. 18 in Ft. Lauderdale (TV: DirecTV, live, 7:30 pm ET). Included are a pair of players — Kevin Harmse and Atiba Hutchinson — from the Canada U-20 team that beat the United States, 3-2, in UAE '03 qualifying last […]

The Columbus Crew has hired Jim Launder, who in 1995 head-coached Wisconsin to the Division I NCAA title, as assistant coach. Launder replaces Oscar Pisano and joins assistant Robert Warzycha on Head Coach Greg Andrulis' staff. Pisano's contract was not renewed at the end of the 2002 season. Launder most recently served as assistant coach […]

Within the last three weeks, the Chicago Fire has traded away a trio of players who combined for 288 appearances, 80 goals and 83 assists for the Fire. Citing a need to meet the salary cap of approximately $1.73 million, the Fire has sent Josh Wolff to Kansas City (for a first-round pick, third overall, […]

MLS announced its 2003 regular-season schedule Tuesday. It places an all-time high 89 percent of regular-season matches on weekends or holidays (July 4). The 30-week regular season, the longest in league history, also allows for mid-week U.S. Open Cup match dates as well as various international exhibitions featuring MLS teams. Each team will play four […]

Saturday, April 5 Los Angeles at Columbus Saturday, April 12 Columbus at MetroStars Los Angeles at Dallas D.C. United at Kansas City San Jose at Colorado Sunday, April 13 New England at Chicago Saturday, April 19 Los Angeles at MetroStars Columbus at New England Chicago at D.C. United Kansas City at San Jose Saturday, April […]

Dec. 26 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. U.S. U-17s 0 Japan U-17s 1. USA — Westberg (Marfuggi, 41), Germani, Owens, Spector, Chevannes, Szetela (Watson, 41), Grazier, DiRaimondo, Ashe, Gonzalez (Harrington, 70), Gaven. Dec. 27 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. U.S. U-17s 1 Region IV '86 1. Goal: Adu 70. USA — Rein, Valentin, Spector (Gonzalez; […]

Phil Marfuggi, Marcus Rein, Stephen Sandbo, Jonathan Spector, Brandon Owens, Drew Harrison, Kyle Helton, Adrian Chevannes, Tomiwa Ogunsola, Chase Wileman, Chris Germani, Daniel Szetela, Brian Grazier, John DiRaimondo, Jose Gomez, Rodrigo Hidalgo, Christian Jimenez, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Gonzalez, Steve Curfman, Tim Ward, Michael Bradley, Brian Mascarenhas, Julian Valentin, Michael Harrington, Freddy Adu, Corey Ashe, Jacob […]

Two 15-year-old players — midfielder Rodrigo Hidalgo of Atlantis, Fla., and striker Robbie Rogers of Rolling Hills Estate, Calif. — joined the U.S. under-17 boys national team residency program in Bradenton, Fla. Both Rogers and Hidalgo played with the U-17s in 2002. Hidalgo scored two goals in a 3-0 win over the Region II '86 […]

ENGLAND (FA Cup, Third Round) * Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), at Aston Villa (PL), 4-1. Started: 90 minutes. Blackburn stayed alive in both cups — it faces Manchester United in the semifinals of the League Cup Jan. 8 and 22 — with a convincing win at Villa Park. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL), at Southampton […]

U.S. women's national team head coach April Heinrichs called in 26 players training, beginning Jan. 9. The Americans face Japan three days later, train for three more days and then depart for China on Jan. 16. The Americans face Norway Jan. 23 in Yiwu to open a four-nation tournament. They meet Germany Jan. 26 in […]

The Chicago Fire traded Polish midfielder Peter Nowak to New England exchange for a conditional draft pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. The trade was made at the 5:00 p.m. ET deadline to get under the MLS salary cap. ''This is the most difficult thing I've had to do in my professional life,'' said Fire […]

* Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) vs. Middlesbrough, 1-0. Started: 90 minutes. Trinidadian Dwight Yorke provided the winning goal during the game in which Friedel's collision with Ugo Ehiogu left the Middlesborough defender with fractured ribs and a punctured lung. * Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Southampton, 0-1. Started: 90 minutes. Keller, who made a couple […]

U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena finished fifth in balloting for the 2002 Best Coach of the Americas. Arena received seven votes to finish behind winner Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil national team), Argentine Nery Pumpido (Olimpia of Paraguay), Argentine Americo Gallego (Independiente of Argentina) and Brazilian Emerson Leao (Santos of Brazil). The award is organized […]

San Jose Earthquakes star Landon Donovan was the only American to receive votes in the 17th annual King of the Americas balloting. Donovan finished tied for 29th with four points. The only other MLS player to receive votes was Guatemalan Carlos Ruiz of the Los Angeles Galaxy. The MLS MVP was tied for 74th with […]

The Chicago Fire traded four-season veteran Dema Kovalenko, 25, to D.C. United for 18-year-old Justin Mapp, a Project-40 midfielder who logged 28 minutes during is rookie season in 2002. ''Unfortunately, due to our situation he [Kovalenko] became a player we had to take a hard look at,'' said Dave Sarachan on his first trade since […]