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Costa Rica: Tico coach Alexandre Guimaraes has called in newcomers Cristian Oviedo, Minor Diaz, Luis Marin and Pablo Chinchilla for the opening camp to prepare for the Honduras opener Feb. 28. Ronald Gomez (OFI Crete, Greece), Reynaldo Parks (UAG, Mexico) and William Sunsing (New England Revs) are the only other foreign-based players called in for […]

Joe-Max Moore, usually a forward for Everton, started in the midfield in a 2-2 tie with Middlesbrough. The American received praise from the British press and assisted on the equalizer — his corner kick setting up Idal Tal in the 79th minute. England Joe-Max Moore started (88 min.) Everton (PL) vs. Middlesbrough (2-2) Eddie Lewis, […]

The Carolina Tempest, which was originally supposed to play in Florida, announced another change, this time to its name. The Tempest has become the Carolina Courage. The club also has a new Web site: http://www.carolina courage.com Kappa USA, with such clients as New York’s Christie Pearce, the Italy women’s national team and Vasco da Gama, […]

Utilizing a lineup comprised mainly of players who did not start against China Jan. 27, the United States national team breezed past defending Swiss League champion FC St. Gallen in a closed-door scrimmage at Florida Atlantic University Jan. 30. Josh Wolff and Landon Donovan scored for the United States in a physical 2-1 victory. ôThis […]

Times (ET) Event Location Thursday, Feb. 1 5:00 p.m. Coaches/GMs Arrive Doubletree Guest Suites Friday, Feb. 2 9:00-10:30 a.m. College East vs. USL/PDL Lauderhill Sports Complex 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. College West vs. MLS II Lauderhill Sports Complex 2:00-3:00 p.m. CoachesÆ and GMs’ Meeting Doubletree/Sunrise Room Saturday, Feb. 3 9:00-10:30 a.m. College East vs. MLS II […]

1ST ROUND 1 San Jose 2 Tampa Bay (DC) 3 Columbus 4 Miami 5 Dallas (COL) 6 Tampa Bay (DC, COL, NE) 7 Dallas 8 San Jose (NE, TB) 9 Los Angeles 10 San Jose (MET) 11 Los Angeles (CHI) 12 Kansas City 2ND ROUND 13 MetroStars (SJ) 14 San Jose (DC) 15 MetroStars (CLB) […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy hasn’t won a domestic title, but it has a chance to win two international crowns in 2001. It won the CONCACAF Champions Cup to qualify for this year’s FIFA Club World Championship. Clubs have been competing for international honors since the 1920s, but it wasn’t until 2000 that soccer had an […]

The U.S. under-20 national team started its three-game tour of Mexico with a 0-0 tie against Guadalajara. Next up for the U.S. is a game against the Mexican under-20 national team, Jan. 30. The U.S. will square off against Mexico again Feb. 1, before returning to the United States. Head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz will collect […]

The U.S. under-17 national team got its 2001 campaign off to a great start with a 4-1 win over CONCACAF foe Honduras Jan. 29. The U.S. was led by recent MLS Project-40 signing Ed Johnson, who registered a hat trick. The U.S. will meet Honduras again Jan. 31 in Bradenton, Fla., where John Ellinger has […]

The following is the Colombian roster for its two-game trip to the United States, where it faces Mexico Jan. 31 in Los Angeles and the United States Feb. 3 in Miami. Goalies: Faryd Mondragon (Metz, France), Agustin Julio (Inde. Santa Fe). Defenders: Ivan Lopez (Inde. Santa Fe), Jersson Gonzalez (America Cali), Rubiel Quintana (Dep. Cali), […]

Nigel Pierre and Angus Eve scored to give Trinidad & Tobago a 2-1 win over Grenada Jan. 27 in the first of a two-game series in St. George’s National Stadium. Pierre gave the Soca Warriors the lead in the ninth minute, but Grenada debutant Ashley Cyrus tied the score in the 26th minute. Eve’s second-half […]

Soccer America’s Freshman of the Year 2000 Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia) VirginiaÆs Alecko Eskandarian gets the nod as the 2000 Soccer America Freshman of the Year after leading the Cavaliers in scoring with a school freshman record 38 points. EskandarianÆs 16 goals tied the school record set by his coach, George Gelnovatch, in 1983. Soccer America […]

Reggae Boyz midfielder Steve Malcolm, 31, was killed in a car accident hours after playing in a friendly match against Bulgaria (0-0) in Kingston Sunday night. Teammate Theodore Whitmore was driving the car, which blew a tire on the way back to Montego Bay, across the island, after the game. Whitmore suffered cuts and bruises […]

Claudio Reyna’s Glasgow Rangers advanced to the fourth round of the Scottish FA Cup. Croatia Erik Kuster, Cakonec (D1) winter break. Denmark Will Orben, Viborg (SL) winter break. England Marcus Hahnemann, Fulham (D1) DNP vs. Birmingham (0-1). Eddie Lewis, Fulham (D1) entered as a substitute (75th minute) vs. Birmingham (0-1). FA Cup Fourth Round Ian […]

The 21 players selected by United States national team head coach Bruce Arena began training Jan. 29 in South Florida as the U.S. prepared for an international friendly against Colombia at the Orange Bowl in Miami on Feb. 3, 2001, at 4:00 p.m. ET. The game, which will be televised live on ESPN2 and Telemundo, […]

The Colorado Rapids have hired Lorne Donaldson to be an assistant to new head coach Tim Hankinson. Donaldson, 45, was the head coach of the now-defunct Colorado Foxes of the A-League, leading the team to back-to-back A-League championships in 1992 and 1993. He was named A-League Coach of the Year in 1996. The past three […]

Dwindling rosters force clubs to make developmental picks their priority Entering the draft last year, MLS teams jockeyed for possession of the top five picks because there were several players who most coaches agreed could step in right away. They were right: Steve Shak, Nick Garcia, Carlos Bocanegra, Danny Califf and Adin Brown all made […]

The following story, which appeared in the Nov. 6, 2000 issue of Soccer America, was honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as the Best Non-Deadline Festure of 2000 in the Sixth annual NSCAA Writing Column. From SAÆs Youth Soccer Letter: RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY STIRS CONTROVERSY Two Connecticut clubs squabbled about playing a state […]

Clemson’s Lindsay Browne is Soccer America Women’s Freshman Player of the Year for the 2000 season. Browne was the most dangerous player for Clemson, which reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I tournament. The speedy forward from Encinitas, Calif., led the Tigers in scoring (36 points) and game-winning goals (7) and was the ACC […]

Bruce Arena on 2001 opener: “It’s probably not very far from what we expected for the first game out. We thought fitness would be a real issue and it certainly looked that way in the second half. China’s coming off a bunch of games and we realized it would have the advantage in fitness. We […]

USA — Meola, Pope, Llamosa, Berhalter, Agoos, Olsen, Armas, Mathis, Beasley, McBride, Donovan. China — Fu, Xu Yunlong, Shu, Li Weifeng, Wu, Sun Jihai, Li Tie, Shen, Qi, Su, Qu.

Brian McBride scored his 14th international goal to give the United States a 1-0 lead over China in Oakland. McBride’s goal, his 14th international goal, came after Landon Donovan took a pass from Jeff Agoos and flicked it on to McBride, who came down the left side and scored with his left foot from a […]

The United States beat China, 2-1, before a sparse crowd of 8,901 fans in Oakland, Calif., to open its 2001 season. Brian McBride and Landon Donovan teamed up well in the first half. McBride scored on an assist by Donovan to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead at halftime. An own goal by Wang Liang […]

Veterans Luis Hernandez and German Villa return to the Mexican national team for its friendly against Colombia Jan. 31 in Los Angeles. Mexico has gone four games without a goal and needs a boost before its Hexagonal opener against the U.S. Feb. 28 in Columbus. Goalies Jorge Campos (Atlante) Oscar PTrez (Cruz Azul) Defenders Omar […]

Jan. 26 in Miami Jamaica 3 Bolivia 0. Goals: Lowe 32, Burton 59, Williams 75. Bolivia — Soria, Franciquini, Gil, Alvarez, Loayza, Calustro, Castillo, Justiniani, Mechacho, GutiTrrez (Mendez, 76), Paz. Jamaica — Lawrence, Marshall, Goodison, Dawes, Dixon, Gardener, Whitmore (Wilson, 71), Powell, Williams (Daley, 87), Lowe (Taylor, 86), Button (Fuller, 75). Att.: 8,791.