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Three days before the World Cup began, I attended a high school playoff doubleheader featuring the top two teams in Virginia. The first game had just finished, and as I waited in line at the snack bar, a member of the winning team stood behind me. I offered him a copy of Soccer America, our […]

I wouldn't want to play Bruce Arena in cards. During the three days leading up to the USA-Germany game, Arena was sandbagging. For a guy who claimed one of the worst parts of his job was dealing with the media, he was loving it. After the win over Mexico, the pressure was off. What did […]

UNLIKE SO MANY enthusiastic soccer fans in the San Francisco area, I stayed out of the bars during the World Cup. It wouldn't have been practical. But near the end of the tournament, after a long night and morning of work, I settled onto a bar stool and ordered an Irish coffee, which seemed an […]

Pups run Zizou into the ground MAY 26. It's rare that a World Cup warmup would take on great significance, but the South Korea-France match played in Suwon five days before the opener turned out to be the defining moment of the 2002 World Cup. The match between the co-hosts and defending champions ended with […]

The United States got outstanding play out of its veterans and youngsters in Korea. They may have played better games here and there, but in the caldron of World Cup competition, a consistent level was attained. NOT SO LONG AGO, American fans would have cringed at the sight of Tony Sanneh striding up the right […]

This month 992 people voted on the World Cup. Here are the results: Will you follow the World Cup? 0.3% I could care less 5.8% I might watch an occasional match 89.4% Ill be glued to my seat in front of the TV 4.4% Ill be there in person Which team will you follow? 7.7% […]

This month 715 people voted on what team would take home the World Cup championship. Here are the results: Who is your favorite to win the title? 13.0% Argentina 0.1% Belgium 24.9% Brazil 0.4% Cameroon 0.4% China 0.1% Costa Rica 0.6% Croatia 0.7% Denmark 8.4% England 0.4% France 9.4% Germany 0.7% Ireland 12.9% Italy 0.4% […]

Joanna Lohman's goal 10 minutes into the second half provided the U.S. under-21 women's team a 1-0 victory over host Finland in its Nordic Cup opener on Monday. Lohman, an All-American midfielder at Penn State, took a long ball from defender Nandi Pryce off her chest, then toe-poked it past Finnish goalkeeper Liisa Luoto in […]

Head: MLS: Playoff Race Standings 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 (11-6-2) 35 pts (+14) 2. Dallas (8-4-6) 30 pts (+2) 3. Los Angeles (8-7-3) 27 pts (0) […]

MLS Leading Scorers PLAYER GP G A P Twellman (New England) 18 14 3 31 Ruiz (Los Angeles) 17 14 0 28 Kreis (Dallas) 18 12 2 26 Graziani (San Jose) 19 11 4 26 Diallo (MetroStars) 14 10 3 23 Ralston (New England) 18 5 13 23 Razov (Chicago) 14 9 3 21 Cunningham […]

By Scott French, Senior Editor SHOWDOWN SWEEP: Goals four minutes apart by Kerry Connors and Marinette Pichon and an outstanding defensive performance by Erica Iverson carried Philadelphia in its first-place showdown with visiting Carolina on Saturday. The Charge's 2-0 victory gave it a one-point lead on the Courage — with one game in hand — […]

July 20 in East Rutherford, N.J. MetroStars 4 New England 3. Goals: Williams (Paule, Chronopoulos) 25, Diallo pen. 34, Davis 41, Diallo (Williams, Chronopoulos) 46; Twellman (Pineda Chacon, Ralston) 43, Ralston (Twellman) 59, Hernandez 63. MetroStars — Howard, Jolley, Ziadie, Chronopoulos, Petke, Lisi, Paule, Davis (Moore, 62), Williams, Diallo (Alvarez, 81), Faria. New England – […]

Tiffeny Milbrett fed Cindy Parlow for a pair of headed goals and scored a goal of her own as the U.S. women's national team blitzed a young Norway squad, 4-0, Sunday afternoon in hot, humid conditions at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn. Parlow nodded home Milbrett crosses in the 11th and 30th minutes, […]

Washington used a penalty kick and an own goal to take charge in the battle for playoff berths with a 3-2 victory Sunday afternoon at San Jose. Jen Grubb and Monica Gerardo got goals for the Freedom (7-5-4, 25 points), which captured the season series with the CyberRays (6-6-4, 22 points) and moved into third […]

Kerry Connors and Marinette Pichon scored goals four minutes apart and the Philadelphia Charge vaulted back into the WUSA lead with a 2-0 triumph Saturday afternoon over visiting Carolina, sweeping the season series and halting the Courage's league-record five-game winning streak. New York was eliminated from the WUSA playoff race later Saturday after falling to […]

The Chicago Fire acquired defender Orlando Perez from D.C. United in exchange for the Fire's second-round pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. The Fire also waived Ukrainian forward Aleksey Korol. Perez, a Californian, was the 48th overall pick, by the MetroStars, in the 2000 SuperDraft. He was traded to D.C. United on May. He appeared […]

The U.S. women's national team plays its 10th match of the year, and its third home game of 2002, when it faces archrival Norway at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn., on Sunday (live on ESPN 1 p.m. ET). The USA has a 5-2-2 record in 2002 with both losses coming to Norway (1-0 […]

The annual Snickers U.S. Youth Soccer national championships will be held July 24-28 at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Soccer America begins its preview of the youth finals with the under-14 and under-15 competitions. It continues with the U-16 and U-17 previews Monday and the U-18 and U-19 previews Tuesday. UNDER-14 BOYS Maryland (Baltimore) […]

* Saturday, July 20 (4:00 pm ET) CAROLINA (10-2-3, 33 points) at PHILADELPHIA (9-1-4, 31 points) (TV: PAX) Key Players Out: Carolina – F Kim Yankowski (lower back strain), M Hege Riise (Norweigan National Team), M Unni Lehn (Norweigan National Team), M Tiffany Roberts (U.S. National Team); Philadelphia – M Kelly Smith (ACL tear-R), F […]

* Saturday, July 20 (4:00 pm ET) NEW ENGLAND (6-10-1, 19 points) at METROSTARS (7-8-2, 23 points) (TV: ESPN2) Key Players Out: New England – D Brian Kamler (strained MCL-R), D Rusty Pierce (strained groin-L), F Diego Serna (torn ACL & meniscus-L); MetroStars – D Marcelo Balboa (knee bone bruise-R), M/F Clint Mathis (torn meniscus […]

U.S. OPEN CUP: Quarterfinal schedule * Aug. 7 in Uniondale, N.Y. (Mitchel Athletic Complex) MetroStars (MLS) vs. Columbus (MLS) 9:15 pm ET * TBD in Franklin, Wis. (Rampage Sports Complex) Milwaukee (A-League) vs. Kansas City * Aug. 7 in Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl) Dallas (MLS) vs. Colorado (MLS) 7:30 pm CT * Aug. 7 in […]

U.S. Lamar Hunt Open Cup * July 17 in Franklin, Wis. MILWAUKEE 1 CHICAGO 0. Goal: Golijanin (Wolyniec, 54). Milwaukee — Popik, Aldrich, Makumbu, Bobo, Bernal, Radoncic (Brennan, 61), Russell, Bilyk (Fadeski, 80), Golijanin (Angelovski, 65), Wolyniec, Takawira. Yellow cards: Bilyk 23, Wolyniec 73, Makumbu 90. Chicago — Ring, Brown, Bocanegra, Gray, Walsh, Sleeth (Vaudreuil, […]

The MLS dominated the A-League in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16. In eight clashes between the first and second tiers of American soccer, only one A-League team claimed victory: The Milwaukee Rampage made the two-time Open Cup champ Chicago Fire its victim. JOHN WOLYNIEC, who played 21 games for the Fire in 2000-2001, […]

The New England Revolution waived Portuguese defender Carlos Semedo on Thursday, ending the discovery player's three-and-a-half month stint with the club. Semedo, 22, started eight of the nine games he played for New England, but had not appeared in the past five games. The Revolution also released midfielder Scott Powers, a developmental player who did […]

The draw for the second UEFA Women's Cup, the European women's club championship, included teams from 35 nations. German power FFC Frankfurt, which was led to the first Women's Cup title by Carolina Courage forward Birgit Prinz and Washington Freedom midfielder Steffi Jones, was paired in the third of eight four-team groups with Irish champion […]