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Paraguayan club Olimpia, celebrating its 100th anniversary, won its third Libertadores Cup thanks to a penalty-kick win over BrazilÆs Sao Caetano yesterday. Olimpia, which fell 1-0 at home to the Brazilians in the first leg of the final, picked up a 2-1 win in Sao Paulo tie the series, 2-2, on aggregate and force the […]

July 31 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 Columbus 3. Goals: Faria (Williams, Diallo) 3, Diallo (Chronopoulos, Williams) 55; McBride pen. 19, Cunningham (McBride, West) 27, West (Cunningham) 70. MetroStars — Howard, Petke (Alvarez, 81), Chronopoulos, Jolley, Ziadie, Addo, Paule, Williams, Lisi (Sheppard, 75), Diallo, Faria. Columbus — Busch, Leitch, Dunseth, Clark, Torres, Oughton, Maisonneuve, […]

July 31 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 2 Columbus 3. Goals: Faria (Williams, Diallo) 3, Diallo (Chronopoulos, Williams) 55; McBride pen. 19, Cunningham (McBride, West) 27, West (Cunningham) 70. MetroStars — Howard, Petke (Alvarez, 81), Chronopoulos, Jolley, Ziadie, Addo, Paule, Williams, Lisi (Sheppard, 75), Diallo, Faria. Columbus — Busch, Leitch, Dunseth, Clark, Torres, Oughton, Maisonneuve, […]

GOALKEEPER Dusty Hudock (Charleston) * Two shutouts in win, tie against Atlanta. DEFENDERS Fabio Dos Santos-Terra (El Paso) * Two goals in 3-0 win over Cincinnati Jeremy Aldrich (Milwaukee) * Solid, assist in 1-0 win at Indiana Jason Annicchero (Atlanta) * Solid in tie and loss against Charleston MIDFIELDERS Andrew Gregor (Seattle) * Two goals […]

By Nathaniel Gould NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD: The Seattle Sounders opened up the brand new Seahawks Stadium with a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps July 28. An A-League record of 25,515 fans came out to see the first major sporting event at the venue. The league's previous high was 14,809 in Rochester for the Rhinos' […]

San Jose, Washington and Atlanta scored emphatic WUSA victories Wednesday night, and what had been a three-team battle for the final two playoff berths suddenly has become a five-team race for four semifinal spots. Only four points separate the top four teams, with the defending champion CyberRays another three points back, after first-place Philadelphia (10-3-5, […]

W-LEAGUE CENTRAL CONFERENCE First round Tuesday, July 30 Midwest Division Memphis Mercury 4 Chicago Cobras 2 Atlantic Division Northern Virginia Majestics 2 Hampton Roads Piranhas 3 Semifinals Friday, Aug. 2 Midwest Division Memphis Mercury at Kansas City Mystics Atlantic Division Charlotte Lady Eagles vs. Hampton Roads Piranhas at Kansas City, Mo. Championship Saturday, Aug 3 […]

MLS players Devin Barclay (San Jose) and Justin Mapp (D.C. United) scored 11 minutes apart to lead the U.S. U-20 national team to a 2-1 victory over the USASA East team at the annual U.S. Amateur Soccer Festival in Houston. The U-20s will play the USASA South team July 30 and Canada's U-20s Aug. 2 […]

U.S. national team assistant coach Glenn Myernick will take the U-23 team to Huddersfield, England, for four games against professional reserve teams in seven days. The team is dominated by college players but includes three MLS players — Kyle Beckerman and Seth Trembly of the Colorado Rapids and the Columbus Crew forward Edson Buddle — […]

Four freshmen-to-be at the University of North Carolina and three Santa Clara University sophomores were among the 18 players U.S. under-19 women's coach Tracey Leone named on Monday to her roster for next month's first FIFA U-19 World Championship in Canada. Leone used 57 players in game situations over the past two years in preparing […]

Eight of the 10 MLS teams earn a playoff spot, regardless of which conference they are in. Therefore, the MLS playoff race looks like this: Team (wins-losses-ties) points (goal difference) 1. San Jose (12-7-2) 38 pts (+14) 2. Dallas (8-4-7) 31 pts (+2) 3. Colorado (9-9-3) 30 pts (-5) 4. Los Angeles (9-7-3) 30 pts […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor GOAL OF THE WEEK: A classic counterattack goal by the Metros in their 3-1 win over Kansas City last Wednesday takes the prize. A cleared free kick from near the corner flag was played out to Andy Williams, who from his own half of the field flighted a long ball […]

Leading Scorers PLAYER (TEAM) GP G A P Twellman (New England) 20 15 4 34 Ruiz (Los Angeles) 18 16 0 32 Graziani (San Jose) 21 12 4 28 Razov (Chicago) 16 11 4 26 Kreis (Dallas) 19 12 2 26 Diallo (MetroStars) 16 11 3 25 Ralston (New England) 20 5 15 25 Chung […]

Standings EASTERN GP W L T P GF GA MetroStars 20 9 9 2 29 33 31 Chicago 19 8 8 3 27 30 25 Columbus 20 7 9 4 25 27 31 New England 20 7 12 1 22 35 42 D.C. United 19 6 11 2 20 19 27 WESTERN GP W L […]

July 27 in Naperville, Ill. Chicago 3 MetroStars 0. Goals: Curtin (Wolff, Razov) 6, Razov (Wolff, Kovalenko) 49, Razov 57. Chicago — Thornton, Brown, Curtin, Bocanegra, Perez, Walsh (Gray, 67), Marsch, Kovalenko, Beasley (Stoitchkov, 67), Razov (Moore, 80), Wolff. MetroStars — Howard, Ziadie, Petke, Jolley, Addo, Moore (Alvarez, 77), Paule (Lisi, 77), Williams, Chronopoulos, Faria, […]

Far West teams dominated the U.S. Youth Soccer National, winning eight of 12 age-group titles at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Region IV teams won all six girls finals and two boys finals. California-South produced six champions, with California-North and Colorado teams winning one title apiece. The San Diego Surf (U-19 girls) won their […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor STRETCH DRIVE: Nobody's backing down in the battle for the final two playoff spots — with two weeks to go, we're conceding semifinal berths to Philadelphia and Carolina — as Washington, Atlanta and San Jose scored home victories on Saturday. The Freedom picked up just four of six available points […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Houston Texans 4 (Mupier 8, Gbandi 28, Rota 65, Storey 70) San Bernardino (Calif.) 1 Blast 1 (Gregorio 69). UNDER-18 BOYS FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 5 (Chambers 11, Kozicki 17, Coleman 43, Larentowicz 49, Poplizio 69) Houston Texans 1 (Tenede) 56. UNDER-17 BOYS Irvine (Calif.) Strikers 5 (Long 32, Bornstein 43, 65, Basin […]

Stanford University forward Marcia Wallis scored two goals Sunday and the United States' under-21 women's team claimed the Nordic Cup title for the fourth successive year with a 3-1 victory over Germany in Turku, Finland. Wallis scored in the 21st and 47th minutes and North Carolina defender Cat Reddick tallied in the 63rd for the […]

All three contenders for the WUSA's final two playoff berths captured victories Saturday, but Boston was eliminated from the postseason chase despite rallying to tie first-place Philadelphia. Washington and Atlanta, in the best position to join Philly and Carolina in the semifinals, gutted out 1-0 home wins. The Freedom beat San Diego on rookie Abby […]

In Germantown, Md. Sunday, July 28 8 a.m. Under-14 Boys: Maryland Bays vs. La Jolla (Calif.) Nomads, Field 8. Under-14 Girls: Newport Beach (Calif.) Slammers vs. Bethesda (Md.) Eclipse, Field 11 9 a.m. Under-15 Boys: Rochester (N.Y.) Junior Rhinos vs. Aiken (S.C.) Fire, Field 10 Under-15 Girls: Laguna Hills (Calif.) Eclipse vs. Chantilly (Va.) Milan, […]

UNDER-19 BOYS Stony Brook (N.Y.) Panthers 1 (Gavilla 51) Chicago Magic 1 (Klitzke 54). Houston Texans 2 (Gaworecki 18, Cunliffe 80) San Bernardino (Calif.) Blast 0. Stony Brook (N.Y.) Panthers 3 (Musinski 10, Sura 70, Barberio 81) Houston Texans 3 (Cunliffe 18, Storey 20, Mupier 31). Chicago Magic 3 (Boy 21, Singer 52, Grabavoy 62) […]

Saturday, July 27 (4:00 pm ET) SAN DIEGO (4-8-4, 16 points) at WASHINGTON (7-5-5, 26 points) (TV: PAX) Key Players Out: San Diego – G Jaime Pagliarulo (knee strain), F Zhang Ouying (pulled hamstring); Washington – D Lindsay Stoecker (ACL tear-L). Saturday, July 27 (6:00 pm ET) NEW YORK (3-13-1, 10 points) at SAN JOSE […]

Saturday, July 27 (4:00 pm ET) METROSTARS (9-8-2, 29 points) at CHICAGO (7-8-3, 24 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: MetroStars – D Marcelo Balboa (knee bone bruise-R), M Brad Davis (partial tear, plantar fascia-L), M/F Clint Mathis (torn meniscus & sprained MCL-R), M Tab Ramos (torn hamstring-L); Chicago – M Chris Armas (torn ACL-R), […]

The United States on Friday romped into its sixth successive Nordic Cup final, blitzing Greece, 4-0, in Turku, Finland, to earn a berth opposite Germany in Sunday's championship game. The Americans, who are seeking to win the world's premier tournament for under-21 women for the fourth straight year and fifth time in six years, got […]