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Soccer America Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney puts the MLS playoff picture into focus as the regular season heads into its final weekend: A crazy final weekend rife with tiebreakers is on tap for MLS fans. But the situation couldn’t be clearer for Colorado. If the Rapids beat Los Angeles, they’re in the playoffs. If the […]

Soccer America Magazine’s MLS Team of the Week from games played August 30 – September 3. Goalkeeper Scott Cannon (3) San Jose Earthquake Defenders John Doyle (4) San Jose Earthquake Ivan McKinley (1) Miami Fusion Pablo Mastroeni (3) Miami Fusion Midfielders DaMarcus Beasley (1) Chicago Fire Dema Kovalenko (3) Chicago Fire Peter Nowak (4) Chicago […]

Soccer America’s WomenÆs College Team of the Week for games played on the weekend of Sept. 3 G Julie Eibensteiner (Minnesota) (1) 11 saves to shut out Kentucky D Dyana Russell (Missouri) (1) Held Wake’s Stacy Roeck to 2 shots in upset D Jen Miller (Ohio State) (1) Sets up winner against Florida State M […]

Soccer America’s MenÆs College Team of the Week for games played on the weekend of Sept. 3 G — D.J. Countess (UCLA) (1) Defensive MVP at Indiana tournament D — Omar Chavez (St. John’s) (1) Held Duke’s Ali Curtis to 1 shot in 1-0 win D — Nick Downing (Maryland) (1) 3 assists in wins […]

Departure of Brian OÆDonovan signals new era on both coasts Perhaps it was the accent, a classic, lilting echo of his roots in County Cork, Ireland. Perhaps it was the eloquence with which he spoke of soccer, a sport he didnÆt embrace until long after heÆd left the Emerald Isle. Perhaps it was because every […]

In its last warmup game before leaving for the Olympic Games in Australia, the U.S. men defeated the A-League’s San Diego Flash, 2-0, in a 70-minute exhibition in Chula Vista, Calif. Landon Donovan scored both goals. “It was good to get out there as a team and knock the rust off these boys before we […]

Soccer America senior editor Ridge Mahoney puts the MLS playoff picture in focus following MiamiÆs Sept. 5 loss to the MetroStars: Miami slipped to the brink of elimination Tuesday night by falling to the MetroStars 2-1 at the Meadowlands. The loss kept the Fusion two points out of the playoff zone with one match to […]

Michelle Akers’ own glorious history mirrors the story of American women’s socccer The Olympics, alas, was too much to ask. Michelle Akers’ fight against illness and injury, an epic battle she’s waged most of her career, finally came to an end Aug. 22, just 23 days shy of the Americans’ opener in Australia. The reaggravation […]

The following is Soccer America’s Men’s Top 20 covering games through Sunday, Sept. 3: Rank/Team Record Last Week 1. Virginia 2-0-0 3 2. UCLA 2-0-0 4 3. St. John’s 2-0-0 NR 4. Clemson 1-0-0 5 5. Portland 2-0-0 7 6. Connecticut 1-1-0 2 7. Wake Forest 1-1-0 13 8. Penn State 1-0-0 8 9. Furman […]

The following is the Soccer America Women’s Top 20 covering games through Sunday, Sept. 3: Rank/Team Last Record Week 1. North Carolina 4-0-0 1 2. Santa Clara 2-0-0 3 3. Notre Dame 3-0-0 4 4. Nebraska 4-0-0 5 5. Stanford 2-0-0 6 6. Clemson 4-0-0 7 7. Connecticut 1-0-1 8 8. UCLA 3-1-0 10 9. […]

Soccer America senior editor Ridge Mahoney puts the MLS playoff picture in focus following last weekend’s (Sept. 1-3) games: One week of play remains in the MLS regular season and still there are three playoff spots unclaimed. The 2000 season concludes with 10 games played between Tuesday (Sept. 5) and Saturday (Sept. 9). By blowing […]

U.S. Soccer provides the following notes previewing todayÆs USA-Guatemala TFC semifinal round qualifying game (2 ET live on ABC): USA RIDING 14-GAME HOME QUALIFYING UNBEATEN STREAK: Since dropping a 1-0 decision to Costa Rica on May 31, 1985, the United States has gone 14 consecutive games without a defeat at home in World Cup qualifying. […]

TFC Semifinal Round World Cup Qualifying Scores (9-3) Group E USA (McBride 72) 1 Guatemala 0 —————— Costa Rica 3 (Soto 35, Fonseca 40, Medford 54) Barbados 0 Group C Mexico 7 (Ruiz 7, Abundis 35, Zepeda 43, Blanco 46, 90, Mßrquez 53, Ramfrez 75) Panama 1 (Jorge Dely ValdTs 47). ———————- Trinidad & Tobago […]

Competition: TFC Group E World Cup Qualifier Venue: RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Date: Sept. 3 Attendance: 51,996 Weather: 84 degrees (cloudy, humid) Referee: Ulises Rangel (Mexico). Assistant Referees: Hector Delgadillo (Mexico), Raul Osorio (Mexico) 4th Official: Antonio Maffufo (Mexico Scoring USA 1 Guatemala 0 Brian McBride (Cobi Jones) 72nd minute. Lineups: USA — Kasey […]

Reyna: ôBruce was saying all week, æDon’t be surprised if we win 1-0,’ so that was our approach to the game, and he was right. The most important thing was that we got our three points.” The following are quotes from Coach Bruce Arena, forward Brian McBride and midfielder Claudio Reyna following the 1-0 U.S. […]

The USA stands alone in second place of the Group E of TFC semifinal qualifying for World Cup 2002 following a 1-0 victory over Guatemala today at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Brian McBride scored a shorthanded goal in the 72nd minute on a counterattack, less than 10 minutes after the USA went down to […]

The U.S. women beat Brazil, 4-0, in front of 26,853 in San Jose, Calif., in what was their final match before leaving for Australia to defend their Olympic gold medal. Competition: NIKE Road to Glory Tour Venue: Spartan Stadium – San Jose, Calif. Date: Sept. 1, 2000 Att.:26,853 Weather: Rainy, 52 degrees Referee: Kari Seitz […]

Michelle Akers had the misfortune of facing injury and illness throughout her career, but she had the good luck of being the first woman to shine on the world’s stage. Akers wasn’t the MVP of the 1991 Women’s World Cup in China – that honor went to teammate Carin Gabarra – but she was its […]

The following is a look at the suspensions and yellow card situations entering this weekend’s World Cup qualifiers in the CONCACAF region. Television coverage includes one game live on closed-circuit on Saturday and three live on Sunday: GROUP C MEXICO-PANAMA Sept. 3 in Mexico City Estadio Guillermo Ca±edo (Azteca), 12:00 REFEREE: Nelson CALIX (HON) TELEVISION: […]

GROUP 1 Sept. 2 Switzerland-Russia Luxembourg-Yugoslavia Faeroe Islands-Slovenia Oct. 7 Switzerland-Faeroe Islands Luxembourg-Slovenia Yugoslavia-Russia Oct. 11 Russia-Luxembourg Slovenia-Switzerland Yugoslavia-Faeroe Islands March 24 Luxembourg-Faeroe Islands Yugoslavia-Switzerland Russia-Slovenia March 28 Switzerland-Luxembourg Slovenia-Yugoslavia Russia-Faeroe Islands June 2 Russia-Yugoslavia Slovenia-Luxembourg Faeroe Islands-Switzerland June 6 Switzerland-Slovenia Luxembourg-Russia Faeroe Islands-Yugoslavia Sept. 1 Switzerland-Yugoslavia Slovenia-Russia Faeroe Islands-Luxembourg Sept. 5 Luxembourg-Switzerland Yugoslavia-Slovenia Faeroe […]

Few people would have been surprised if North Carolina didn’t win last year’s NCAA championship. The Tar Heels admittedly didn’t have the best talent and endured injury problems. But they overcame these obstacles to beat Notre Dame, 2-0, for their 15th NCAA championship. Each time North Carolina has been dethroned, it’s recovered to regain the […]

Soccer America Magazine’s MLS Team of the Week from games played August 23 & 26. Goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (2) Los Angeles Galaxy Defenders Peter Vermes (3) Kansas City Wizards Mauricio Wright (4) New England Revolution Steve Trittschuh (3) Tampa Bay Mutiny Paul Caligiuri (3) Los Angeles Galaxy Midfielders Peter Nowak (3) Chicago Fire Simon Elliott […]

SA Senior Editor Ridge Mahoney puts the MLS playoff picture in focus following Aug. 30 games: One more team nailed down a playoff spot with an overpowering win and two other teams cast their fate in doubt by incurring losses on Wednesday (Aug. 30) night. The Fire blasted Dallas 4-0 and along with securing its […]

American will have to battle international array of strikers for playing time How has Joe-Max Moore’s life changed since he left Major League Soccer for Everton? His wife is expecting their first child this winter, he no longer has to play coy about his living arrangements, and the locker next to his belongs to a […]

Following Aug. 30 games, here’s how the MLS playoff race looks: Seed/Team GP W L T P 1 x T.B. Mutiny 30 16 11 3 51 2 Games Remaining: @ K.C., vs. K.C. 2 y MetroStars 29 16 10 3 51 3 Games Remaining: @ MIA, MIA, @ N.E. 3 x K.C. Wizards 29 14 […]