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By Scott French, Senior Editor There's been talk in WUSA corridors of an all-star game — a real all-star game — since last year. It'll be more than talk come September. The WUSA and Portland Family Entertainment have scheduled a ''major soccer announcement'' Monday morning in Portland to unveil a ''new soccer initiative.'' The news, […]

Update (26 July 2002): It looks like we have been able to resolve the MX Record issue which has been preventing some users from receiving their e-mail. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope there will be no further problems. Please check your e-mail account and let us know if there are any further problems […]

Nine teams had perfect records after two days of the Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Germantown, Md. FC Delco Arsenal (U-18 boys), the Irvine Strikers (U-17 boys) and West Valley Samba (U-15 girls) are the only teams to clinch spots in Sunday's finals. The top two teams advance to the finals. Also 2-0 […]

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 (12-6-2) 38 pts (+15) 2. Dallas (8-4-6) 30 pts (+2) 3. MetroStars (9-8-2) 29 pts (+5) 4. Colorado (9-9-2) 29 pts (-5) […]

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) […]

MLS Midweek Wrap: Quakes remain stingy By Ridge Mahoney SEVEN NO MORE: San Jose keeper Joe Cannon was in the nets Wednesday night as Quakes blanked Chicago, 1-0, for his and theirs eighth shutout of the season. Cannon had posted seven shutouts apiece in the 2000 and 2001 seasons. The Quakes have conceded 18 goals […]

Opening day of the Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships featured two games between former champions. In the under-19 girls competition, the San Diego Surf White, the 2000 U-17 champion, gained revenge for its loss to the Michigan Hawks in last yearÆs U-18 final with a 4-1 victory. In a repeat of the 2000 U-17 […]

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. UNDER-18 BOYS FC Delco Arsenal (Pa.) 2 (Chambers 3, Kozicki 78) Classic Bandidos (N.M.) 0. Houston Texans 2 (Watson 6, Webb 72) NFC Vincere (Neb.) 1 (Brown 45). UNDER-17 […]

July 24 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 D.C. United 0. Goal: Washington (West, Maisonneuve) 52. Columbus — Busch, Torres, McCarty (Martino, 32), Dunseth, Leitch, Maisonneuve (Oughton, 77), Perez, Denton, West, Washington (Cunningham, 74), McBride. D.C. United — Rimando, Prideaux, Reyes, Nelsen, Namoff (Curtis, 74), Alavanja (Mapp, 89), Villegas, Convey, Williams, Moreno (Alegria, 63), Lassiter. Yellow […]

The lowly New York Power, eliminated from the WUSA playoff chase last weekend, overcame a two-goal deficit in the final seven minutes Wednesday, rallying to upset first-place Philadelphia, 3-2, to snap a record nine-game losing streak and claim only its third victory of the season. Washington took a step closer to a playoff berth — […]

MEN'S OPEN July 19/Semifinals AAC Eagles (Ill.) 8 Tyneside United (Nev.) 2 Vereinigung Erzebirge (Pa.) 2 (TXS) Real Madrid (Texas) 1 (OT) July 20/Final AAC Eagles (Ill.) 2 Vereinigung Erzebirge 1 MEN'S AMATEUR July 19/Semifinals Milwaukee Bavarians 2 N. Huntington Beach (Calif.) 1 Baltimore Colts 3 Iguana (Ala.) 1 July 21/Final Milwaukee Bavarians 3 Baltimore […]

American hopes for a fourth successive Nordic Cup title were badly damaged with Wednesday's 1-0 loss to Denmark in a combative match in Kaarina, Finland. Pernille Schmidt came off the bench to score the goal in the 79th minute, picking up a poor clearance by Betsy Barr and beating U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo with a […]

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Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm ET) NEW YORK (2-13-1, 7 points) at PHILADELPHIA (10-1-4, 34 points) (TV: CSN, Metro TV) Key Players Out: New York – none; Philadelphia – D Heather Mitts (hip pointer). Referee: Todd Perry. Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm ET) BOSTON (4-8-5, 17 points) at WASHINGTON (7-5-4, 25 points) (TV: No TV) […]

Wednesday, July 24 (7:30 pm ET) D.C. UNITED (6-9-1, 19 points) at COLUMBUS (6-8-4, 22 points) (TV: No TV) Key Players Out: D.C. United – GK Mike Ammann (elbow surgery), D Eddie Pope (patella tendonitis-L), M Marco Etcheverry (caution points suspension), D Ivan McKinley (caution points suspension); Columbus – D Mike Clark (caution points suspension). […]

Jeff Tipping has been named the Director of Coaching Education of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), which is, with 16,000 members, the largest coaches' organization in the United States The NSCAA, founded in 1941, provides courses nationwide for more than 3,000 soccer coaches each year. It is also known for its college […]

Seven reserves have been added to the MLS team's 11 starters for its Aug. 3 All-Star Game against the U.S. national team in Washington, D.C. Coach Frank Yallop picked five: forward Ariel Graziani (San Jose), midfielder Wade Barrett (San Jose), goalkeeper Joe Cannon (San Jose), forward Jason Kreis (Dallas) and midfielder Chris Klein (Kansas City). […]

The annual Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer national championships will be held July 24-28 at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Soccer America concludes its previews with a look at the U-18 and U-19 competitions. UNDER-18 BOYS Classic (Albuquerque, N.M.) Bandidos Nebraska Flash Vincere Spring (Texas) Texans Red FC Delco (Pa.) Arsenal NEBRASKA FLASH VINCERE, the […]