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After almost two decades of college, amateur and youth coaching in Southern California, Carlos Juarez gets his first shot at the professional ranks with the San Diego Spirit. Kevin Crow jokes that sometime during the next two years, he’s going to get Carlos Juarez. Crow, the former San Diego Sockers star who now works as […]

The following are results from MLS preseason games: March 1 in Lisbon, Portugal Orientale* 0 Colorado Rapids 1. Goal: Agogo 13. Colorado — Adin Brown, Scott Vermillion, Ryan Lee (Matthew Okoh 54), Chris Martinez, Lance Key, Ross Paule, Jason Moore, Paul Bravo, Aljosa Asanovic, Junior Agogo, Wes Hart. *Second Division March 1 in Lisbon, Portugal […]

Eleven players will be looking for their first cap when April Heinrichs takes a new-look squad to represent the United States in Europe. With the national team veterans in preseason training camps with their WUSA clubs, or, in the case of Santa Clara’s Danielle Slaton, awaiting knee surgery, the U.S. head coach will lead a […]

The following are the results of the poll in which 1,616 fans picked the three CONCACAF teams to qualify for the 2002 World Cup: USA (1439) 89.0% Mexico (1437) 88.9% Costa Rica (600) 37.1% Honduras (559) 34.6% Trinidad & Tobago (434) 26.9% Jamaica (282) 17.5%

Score: USA, 1-0. Josh Wolff scored to give the United States the lead when Clint Mathis fed him with a long pass and he beat Jorge Canpos to score into the open net.

USA-MEXICO Feb. 28, 7:30 pm ET. Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio). TV: Live ESPN2, Telemundo; Tape Telemundo 11:30 ET, March 1 12:30 am PT. Radio: Futbol de Primera. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna, Jones; McBride, Moore. Mexico — Campos; Carmona, Marquez, Suarez, Macias, M.A. Ruiz; Pardo, Villa, Luna; Hernandez, Borgetti. […]

Halftime Score: 0-0. Suffering from a groin injury, U.S. playmaker Claudio Reyna was forced to leave the game in the 43rd minute. Reyna, who was replaced by Clint Mathis, was the second U.S. player to go off in the first half after Brian McBride. Little action in the first half: Mexico’s Braulio Luna had the […]

Quartet of head coaches take over teams with lots of questions Frank Yallop can be forgiven, and he can be believed, when he says, “My head is spinning with all this.” With all of two weeks under his belt as the San Jose Earthquakes’ head coach, Yallop set off Feb. 17 with his team for […]

Jamaica claimed the first three points in the Hexagonal with a 1-0 win over Caribbean rival Trinidad & Tobago on a goal by Miami Fusion’s Tyrone Marshall. The Lindsey Wilson and FIU product, called into the Reggae Boyz squad last season, scored the game’s lone goal in the 15th minute.

USA-MEXICO Feb. 28, 7:30 pm ET. Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio). TV: Live ESPN2, Telemundo; Tape Telemundo 11:30 ET, March 1 12:30 am PT. Radio: Futbol de Primera. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna, Jones; McBride, Moore. Reserves: Meola, Hejduk, Donovan, Mathis, Wolff, Llamosa, Williams. Mexico — Campos; Carmona, Marquez, Suarez, […]

Brian McBride took a blow to the right eye when he collided with Alberto Macias and had to be replaced by Josh Wolff in the 15th minute when his eye shut. Score: 0-0.

Josh Wolff scored one goal and set up another to lead the United States to a 2-0 win over Mexico before a full house in Columbus. Wolff scored to give the United States the lead when Clint Mathis fed him with a long pass and he beat Jorge Canpos to score into the open net. […]

Update on Americans in Europe Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) started (68 min.) vs. Sibenik (1-0) Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) winter break England Gregg Berhalter, Crystal Palace (D1), started (90 min.) vs. Sheffield United (0-1). Brad Friedel, Blackburn (D1), started (90 min.) vs. Bolton (5-1). Ben Olsen, Nottingham Forest (D1), DNP vs. Grimsby Town […]

News from the NCAA Division I men’s soccer committee meeting in Key Largo, Fla.: ò The NCAA Division I men’s soccer committee will pick the College Cup sites for 2002, 2003, 2004 and possibly 2005 at its April 17 meeting. Bidders include Berkeley, Calif.; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; and Virginia Beach, Va. Columbus Crew Stadium hosts […]

News from the NCAA Division I women’s soccer committee meeting in Santa Fe, N.M.: ò Expansion of the women’s Division I field from 48 to 64 teams is the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet’s highest priority for 2001-02 along with men’s soccer (32 to 48). ò Southern Methodist University in Dallas is hosting the 2001 final, […]

USA-MEXICO Feb. 28, 7:30 pm ET. Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio). TV: Live ESPN2, Telemundo; Tape Telemundo 11:30 ET, March 1 12:30 am PT. Radio: Futbol de Primera. USA — Friedel; Sanneh, Agoos, Pope, Regis; Stewart, Armas, Reyna, Jones; McBride, Moore. Mexico — Campos; Carmona, Marquez, Suarez, Macias, M.A. Ruiz; Pardo, Villa, Luna; Hernandez, Borgetti. […]

The U.S. under-21 national team defeated USC, 3-1, on Feb. 24 at its training camp at the ARCO Olympic Training Facility in Chula Vista, Calif. U.S. national team coach April Heinrichs and U.S. U-21 coach Jillian Ellis will choose 20 players from the 24-player camp for an upcoming trip to Europe. The camp ended on […]

D.C. United D.C. United continues to train at RFK Stadium … A scrimmage against Georgetown University scheduled for Feb. 24 was cancelled after a snowstorm rendered the pitch unplayable … United resumed workouts Feb. 27 and have a number of scrimmages scheduled against local college teams and the Richmond Kickers during the next several weeks […]

The following are results from MLS preseason games: Feb. 27 in Lisbon, Portugal Sporting Lisbon* 1 Colorado Rapids 0. Goal: na 15. Colorado — Adin Brown, Scott Vermillion, Chris Martinez, Ryan Lee, Lance Key, Ross Paule, Geoff Aunger (Aljosa Asanovic 46), Jason Moore (Paul Bravo 46), Arkadiusz Kubik (Eric Lukin 65, Junior Agogo, Wes Hart […]

U.S. Soccer named U.S. midfielder Chris Armas its Chevrolet Male Athlete of the Year and named U.S. striker Tiffeny Milbrett its Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year. The Federation handed out its annual awards in Columbus, Ohio, where the U.S. men will compete against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier tomorrow night at Columbus Crew […]

Brian McBride has rebounded from his most serious injury setback and is eager to play against Mexico Feb. 28 in front of his own fans in Columbus. A year ago, Brian McBride had come off an ambiguous showing at the CONCACAF Gold Cup that once again cast into question his durability. He missed the U.S. […]

Mexico trained at Crew Stadium Tuesday morning and based on the limited tactical drills they performed, it appears Mexico will be playing in a 5-3-2 alignment. Probable starters: Goalkeeper — Jorge Campos. Defenders (r-l) — Salvador Carmona, Rafael Marquez, Claudio Suarez, Alberto Macias, Marco Antonio “Chima” Ruiz. Midfielders (r-l) — Pavel Pardo, German Villa, Braulio […]

Due to technical difficulties with the service providing the programming for our Rate the U.S. National Team Players poll scheduled for the U.S.A. vs. Mexico match, we have had to cancel the poll. We apologize for the inconvenience. We were excited about receiving our readers’ responses and opinions and will bring you more polls when […]

San Diego Spirit coach Carlos Juarez has added three players from local tryouts — defender Rhiannon Tanaka, goalkeeper Melissa Moore and midfielder Michelle Maitland — to his roster. Juarez chose the three from the 20 players who participated in the invitation-only tryout at the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif, Feb. 9-12. The […]

The following are the 19 players Mexico coach Enrique Meza is bringing to Columbus: Goalies: Jorge Campos (Atlante), Oscar Perez (Cruz Azul). Defenders: Omar Blanco (Toluca), Claudio Suarez (Tigres), Salvador Carmona (Atlante), Alberto Macias (Cruz Azul), Pavel Pardo (Club America), Duilio Davino (Club America), Rafael Marquez (Monaco, France). Midfielders: Marco Antonio Ruiz (Guadalajara), German Villa […]