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MLS: San Jose Earthquakes final player statistics Player GP GS MIN G A PTS SHT SOG FC FS OF CK C E CP Abdul Thompson Conteh 31 27 2356 8 3 19 71 41 49 64 33 0 2 0 8 Dario Brose 28 21 2088 5 4 14 63 27 39 35 0 21 […]

Player GP GS MIN G A PTS SHT SOG FC FS OF CK C E CP Mamadou Diallo 28 26 2405 26 4 56 152 76 74 72 82 2 9 0 33 Carlos Valderrama 32 32 2897 1 26 28 26 13 15 50 2 11 4 0 15 Steve Ralston 30 30 2631 […]

Soccer America Magazine’s MLS Team of the Week from games played September 5-9. Please note this is the final Team of the Week for the 2000 season. Soccer America will announce its end of season all-MLS team in the coming weeks. Goalkeeper Tony Meola (5) Kansas City Wizards Defenders Mike Petke (4) MetroStars Jorge Rodriguez […]

The United States, which has already lost midfielders Earnie Stewart (accumulation of cards) and Eddie Lewis (red card) for the important Costa Rica game Oct. 11 in Columbus, has now lost playmaker Claudio Reyna! Reyna will miss the rest of the semifinal round of World Cup 2002 qualifying after being suspendedtwo games by the FIFA […]

Player GP GS MIN G A PTS SHT SOG FC FS OF CK C E CP Diego Serna 31 25 2236 16 10 42 87 41 83 77 22 10 8 0 28 Roy Lassiter 27 20 1838 8 9 25 54 38 18 31 45 1 3 1 8 Martin Machon 24 21 1952 […]

[For Soccer America Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney’s playoff analysis and team positional rankings, check out the Sept. 25 issue of Soccer America Magazine.] Kansas City (No. 1) vs. 8. Colorado (No. 8). Kansas City romped over the Rapids in the regular season, winning three games and tying the fourth. Colorado scored just two goals in […]

Player GP GS MIN G A PTS SHT SOG FC FS OF CK C E CP Wolde Harris 31 31 2608 15 7 37 101 46 57 65 25 1 1 0 4 Imad Baba 30 29 2508 9 8 26 70 37 38 40 9 26 3 0 12 Mauricio Ramos 21 21 1677 […]

April Heinrichs switched personnel and tactics after taking charge of the U.S. women’s team last winter. Has the reigning world and Olympic champion evolved enough to contend with China and Norway in a brutal first-round group at the Sydney Games? The names are the same, for the most part, and so is the aim, but […]

Player GP GS MIN G A PTS SHT SOG FC FS OF CK C E CP Junior Agogo 22 21 1936 10 7 27 102 48 44 39 37 3 2 0 7 Paul Bravo 27 24 2009 7 3 17 51 22 36 28 7 0 3 0 8 Jorge Dely Valdes 20 13 […]

The opposition may be frightful, the competition intense, the stakes enormous, but the group that will represent the United States in the Olympic men’s soccer competition couldn’t care less. That might be the best manner in which to approach the Sydney Games – no worries, no hassles – considering what the Yanks are up against. […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Henry Ring (South Carolina) (1) Made 10 saves in 1-0 win over Maryland D Cory Gibbs (Brown) (1) Tourney Defensive MVP also scored on PK D Chris Churchill (Pittsburgh) (1) Assisted on winner vs. St. JohnÆs M Robert Russell (Duke) (1) Classic MVP had 2 goals and 4 assists M Logan Pause (North […]

CLIVE CHARLES U.S. Men’s Olympic Team head coach On how much respect he thinks the U.S. team earned after tonight’s competition: “I know that sometimes the United States is considered a basketball country and a gridiron country, but I tell people all the time that we’ve got players in the United States who can play […]

POSITION/PLAYER G Anne-Lise Nilssen (Hartford) (1) Freshman makes 7 saves to shut out Virginia D Jenny Fejes (Detroit Mercy) (1) Freshman’s first goal beats Minnesota D Susie Woodson (Hartford) (1) Game-winning goal against Virginia M Emma Breland (Florida State) (1) 2 goals in 4-1 rout of Texas A&M M Anne Makinen (Notre Dame) (1) Goal, […]

RIDGE MAHONEY, Senior Editor of Soccer America Magazine, will have a live chat session with fans on BigSoccer.com Thursday, Sept. 14 (not Friday as originally scheduled) at 2 p.m. EDT. To log on to BigSoccer.com, the popular soccer online community site, go to: http://www.bigsoccer.com. Mahoney’s MLS Beat — a look at important issues facing Major […]

Mike Gaire San Jose, Calif. To Ridge Mahoney: Why on earth do you think Lothar Osiander deserves another season as coach of the San Jose Earthquakes? What has he done apart from trade one of our very best ever players for a couple of old “has-beens,” one of whom he has then played out of […]

BY SCOTT FRENCH in Canberra, Australia Chris Albright and Josh Wolff scored on first-half tap-ins and the U.S. men’s Olympic team dominated much of its Sydney Games opener against the Czech Republic on Wednesday night before settling for a 2-2 draw before a sellout crowd of 24,800 at Bruce Stadium in the Australian capital. Albright, […]

Coverage of men’s and women’s soccer will be largely be restricted to NBC affiliates MSNBC and CNBC available on those cable systems that have been an agreement with NBC over Olympic coverage. There will be no live coverage. Since the coverage is taped, the air times are the same for ET and PT (just like […]

GROUP A Australia Italy Nigeria Honduras GROUP B South Korea Spain Morocco Chile GROUP C United States Czech Republic Cameroon Kuwait GROUP D Brazil Slovakia South Africa Japan GROUP A Sept. 13 in Adelaide Nigeria vs. Honduras Sept. 13 in Melbourne Australia vs. Italy Sept. 16 in Adelaide Italy vs. Honduras Sept. 16 in Sydney […]

Group A Australia 1. MILOSEVIC Danny 2. COLOSIMO Simon 3. LAZARIDIS Stan 4. FOXE Hayden 5. SKOKO Josip 6. LAYBUTT Stephen 7. EMERTON Brett 8. NEILL Lucas 9. VIDUKA Mark 10. WEHRMAN Kasey 11. ZANE Clayton 12. BLATSIS Con 13. GRELLA Vince 14. RIZZO Nick 15. BRESCIANO Marco 16. CULINA Jason 17. CURCIJA Michael 18. […]

Group B Chile 1. TAPIA Nelson 2. ALVAREZ Cristian 3. MALDONADO C. 4. HENRIQUEZ David 5. CONTRERAS Pablo 6. REYES Pedro 7. GONZALEZ S. 8. PIZARRO David 9. ZAMORANO Ivan 10. ARRUE Francisco 11. NAVIA Reinaldo 12. TAPIA Hector 13. NUNEZ Rodrigo 14. TELLO Rodrigo 15. IBARRA Manuel 16. OLARRA Rafael 17. ORMAZABAL Patricio 18. […]

Group C Cameroon 1. BEKONO Daniel 2. MEYONG ZE Albert 3. WOME Pierre 4. MIMPO Serge 5. ABANDA Patrice 6. BEAUD Clement 7. ALNOUDJI Nicolas 8. GEREMI 9. ETOO Samuel 10. MBOMA Patrick 11. NGOM KOME Daniel 12. LAUREN 13. NGUIMBAT Aaron 14. SUFFO Patrick 15. EPALLE Joel 16. MBAMI Modeste 17. BRANCO Serge 18. […]

Ritchie Semple Manchester, U.K. Why is there so little information on soccer-coaching vacancies? I need a coaching job and there are very few listed opportunities. Can you help me? Mike Woitalla: Maybe because itÆs a buyerÆs market — i.e. thereÆs no shortage of coaches looking for jobs in American soccer. But I recommend you scan […]

Seven of the eight Women’s World Cup quarterfinalists join host Australia for the second Olympic women’s soccer tournament, and at least one world power won’t be in the running for a medal. June’s draw left the world’s top three teams – the United States, China and Norway – battling in Group F for two semifinal […]

GROUP E Australia Germany Sweden Brazil GROUP F United States Norway China Nigeria SCHEDULE GROUP E Sept. 13 in Canberra Australia vs. Germany Sept. 13 in Melbourne Sweden vs. Brazil Sept. 16 in Sydney Australia vs. Sweden Sept. 16 in Canberra Germany vs. Brazil Sept. 19 in Sydney Australia vs. Brazil Sept. 19 in Melbourne […]

The following are quotes from the Sept. 12 MLS conference call featuring MLS executive vice president Ivan Gazidis, Kansas City Wizards coach Bob Gansler and MetroStars coach Octavio Zambrano. Gazidis’ Opening Comments The Olympic team has a very big game tomorrow and we wish them all the best. The Czech Republic is a tough team. […]