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Standings Eastern Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA Miami 8 6 1 1 19 11 5 MetroStars 9 6 2 1 19 17 12 D.C. United 7 3 4 0 9 15 13 New England 9 3 6 0 9 9 16 Central Division TEAM GP W L T P GF GA […]

Miami and San Jose, which both failed to make the playoffs in 2001, are MLS’s hottest teams, winning on the road Wednesday night and ranking among the top teams in MLS. Miami, off to the best start in club history, beat Colorado, 1-0, in Denver to match the MetroStars for the most points in MLS […]

Jamaica international Onandi Lowe scored in his debut for Kansas City, striking in stoppage time to give the Wizards a 1-0 win over the MetroStars. May 24 in Kansas City Kansas City 1 MetroStars 0. Goal: Lowe (Klein, Gomez) 92+. Kansas City — Tony Meola, Nick Garcia, Peter Vermes, Brandon Prideaux, Chris Klein, Mark Santel […]

The U.S. under-20 national team came back from a 1-0 deficit to beat Italy, 2-1, in the 29th Festival International Espoirs in Toulon, France. Oguchi Onyewu and Alecko Eskandarian netted in the 61st and 64th minutes to erase a goal by ItalyÆs Capone three minutes into the second half. The victory extended the U-20s’ international […]

U.S. under-20 national team head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz and U.S. forwards Conor Casey and Alecko Eskanderian, who combined for the gamewinning goal, talk to the press after they beat Italy, 2-1, in their first game at the Toulon Festival. WOLFGANG SUHNHOLZ ôIt is great to open the tournament with a win, especially against a great […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for games on May 26: Chicago 2 San Jose 2 Tampa Bay 0 Miami 2 Columbus 1 Colorado 0 Los Angeles 2 New England 1 Previews (all times ET) Saturday, May 26 (4:00 p.m.) – San Jose Earthquakes at Chicago Fire (Telemundo) Season series: First […]

Honduras, which lost to the United States in World Cup qualifying, lost again in San Pedro Sula, falling, 2-1, to Panama on the opening night of the UNCAF Cup, the two-week Central American championship. Former Colorado Rapids striker Jorge Dely Valdes and brother Julio Cesar scored to beat the Catrachos. Honduras coach Ramon Maradiaga, who […]

Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov had a hat trick to lead German club Bayer Leverkusen to a 4-3 win over D.C. United. Quotable D.C. United coach Thomas Rongen: “I think one of our positives was the play from our midfielders up to our forwards. We were very sharp upfront with Chris Albright and Santino Quaranta. Overall a […]

Group A Jamaica 1 (Williams 60) Martinique 0. Trinidad & Tobago 5 (S.John 25, 49, Dwarika 41, Carrington 72, Rahim 74) Barbados 0. Martinique 3 (Rano 22, 56, Clement 64) Barbados 1 (Riley pen. 29). Trinidad & Tobago 2 (Eve 62, Rahim 70) Jamaica 1 (Harris 27). Jamaica 2 (Harris pen. 13, Taylor 26) Barbados […]

Costa Rica Goalkeepers: Lester MORGAN (Herediano), Ricardo GONZALEZ (Alajuela), Erick LONNIS (Saprissa). Defenders: Robert ARIAS (Herediano), Luis MARIN (Alajuela), Alexander MADRIGAL (La Piedad/MEX), Alexander CASTRO (Alajuela), Pablo CHINCHILLA (Alajuela), Austin BERRY (Herediano). Midfielders: Mauricio SOLIS (Alajuela), Wilbert CASTRO (San Carlos), Cristian OVIEDO (Herediano), Walter CENTE-O (Saprissa), Jose BRENES (Cartagfnes), Andres NU-EZ (Saprissa). Strikers: William SUNSING […]

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn stopped three shots in a penalty kick tiebreaker as the German club beat SpainÆs Valencia to win the 2001 European Champions League. The two teams were tied, 1-1, after regulation with each team connecting on a penalty kick, and Bayern Munich missing another, to send the game into overtime. May […]

A summary of MLS transactions for May 2001: May 23 Kansas City Wizards — Signed forward Onandi Lowe (Jamaica). Waived midfielder/forward Narciso Fernandes. May 18 Los Angeles Galaxy — Waived midfielder Alex Bengard. May 17 Columbus Crew — Fired head coach Tom Fitzgerald. Named Greg Andrulis interim head coach. Dallas Burn — Claimed midfielder John […]

Prediction Here is Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs prediction for the game on May 24: Kansas City 1 MetroStars 2 Preview (all times ET) Thursday, May 24 (8:30 p.m.) – MetroStars at Kansas City Wizards (MSG) Season series: MetroStars lead 1-0-0 (MetroStars lead 4-1 in aggregate goals); All-time regular season series: Kansas City leads […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Dean Caparaz’s predictions for the May 24 game: Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 2 Preview (all times ET) Thursday, May 24 – (7:05 pm) – Atlanta (1-0-3, 5th place, 6 points) at Philadelphia (2-0-2, tied for 2nd place, 8 points) (Fox Sports Net South). Season series: Tied (1 game: 0-0 […]

Trinidad & Tobago, which plays the United States in a World Cup qualifier June 20 in Foxboro, Mass., reached the final of the Copa Caribe with a 2-0 win over Cuba in Port of Spain. Arnold Dwarika and former MLS star Stern John scored for the Soca Warriors, who played the last 30 minutes with […]

Mexico coach Enrique Meza has named a roster for its May 25 game in England that excludes keeper Jorge Campos and the Galaxy’s Luis Hernandez. After the England game, Mexico will try to defend its Confederations Cup title May 30-June 10 in South Korea & Japan, Afterward, it has three World Cup qualifiers June — […]

The following is a brief team-by-team injury overview entering Week 8 of the 2001 MLS Regular Season: EASTERN DIVISION D.C. UNITED – OUT: M Ben Olsen (ankle surgery-R&L), F Jaime Moreno (knee surgery-R, ankle contusion-R); QUESTIONABLE: M Marco Etcheverry (achilles tendinitis-R); PROBABLE: D Carey Talley (post concussion), F Chris Albright (MCL sprain-R), M Bobby Convey […]

Wolfgang Suhnholz this week guides the U.S. under-20 squad into its final — and most telling — test before the World Youth Championship begins next month in Argentina. The 29th Festival International Espoirs of Toulon — popularly known as the Toulon Festival — brings to France eight of the finest U-20 teams on the planet, […]

Predictions Here are Soccer America Associate Editor Poul SwainÆs predictions for games on May 23: Dallas 2 San Jose 3 Colorado 1 Miami 2 Previews (all times ET) Wednesday, May 23 (8:30 p.m.) – San Jose Earthquakes at Dallas Burn Season series: Dallas leads 1-0-0; All-time regular season series: Dallas leads 11-8-0 (Dallas leads 26-25 […]

Two sources have confirmed that strikers Alex Comas (MetroStars) and Diego Serna (Miami) are being offered in trades. Whether they could be swapped for each other — they earn roughly the same salary and are both senior internationals — isn’t yet clear. MetroStars coach Octavio Zambrano would reportedly like to elevate Rodrigo Faria to a […]

Today’s conference call guests: MLS Deputy Commissioner – Ivan Gazidis San Jose Earthquakes forward – Landon Donovan Dallas Burn Head Coach – Mike Jeffries Ivan Gazidis’ Opening Comments: “We offer congratulations to Landon for scoring his first MLS goal. It didn’t come a day too soon and I’m sure it will be the first of […]

EASTERN DIVISION Record (Points)/Place: D.C. UNITED 3-4-0 (9 points)/T-3rd D.C. United F Santino Quaranta, the youngest player to take the field in an MLS game, wasted no time in becoming the youngest player to score a goal … At 16 years and five months of age, Quaranta eclipsed the previous mark held by teammate Bobby […]

Dates and locations have been announced by CONCACAF for the Giants Cup tournament. Semifinalist D.C. United will play the winner of a playoff series between Guatemalan club Communicaciones and Mexican club Guadalajara on Aug. 3 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The other semifinal, to be played the same day at the same site, will match […]

Here are Soccer AmericaÆs player ratings for games played May 16 and May 19. SA Report Cards: 1 (low) to 10 (high) May 16 New England 2 Columbus 1. Goals: Cate (Torres, Chronopoulos) 69, Cate (pen.) 83; Buddle (West) 74. New England (3-5-2) — Juergen Sommer (6); Rusty Pierce (5), Mauricio Wright (6), Alan Woods […]

A week after firing former French national team coach Henri Michel, the United Arab Emirates edged Yemen, 3-2, to become the seventh country to qualify for the final round of World Cup qualifying in Asia. Already through are Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. The other three teams in the Asian 10 are […]