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After seeing the strides taken by fellow U.S. national teams — the wins over Germany by the senior and Olympic teams and the U-17s’ triumphs over Argentina, England, Germany and France — the U-20 squad is ready to do its part to further the image of American soccer around the globe. It’ll get the chance […]

Powerless Kano awaits U.S. To keep itself occupied during its Nigerian stay, the U.S. U-20s are taking VCRs, videos and video games to the World Youth Championship. Whether they’ll be able to use them is another matter. Kano, where the Americans will be stationed through April 10, has been without electricity in the weeks leading […]

The rhetoric accompanying the 10th FIFA World Youth Championship — the most dangerous competition world soccer has seen, if one believes what is heard — begs a question: Is Nigeria truly unfit to put on an event of such magnitude, or is the criticism pouring forth from European, primarily English, clubs nothing more than an […]

Results April 3 MetroStars 0 D.C. United 1 Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 3 Miami 1 Chicago 4 Kansas City 0 New England 1 San Jose 2 Los Angeles 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 2 2 0 6 6 2 MetroStars 3 2 1 4 3 3 New England […]

Group A April 3 in Lagos Nigeria 1 (Aghahowa 20) Costa Rica 1 (Melendez pen. 83). Half: 1-0. Att.: 37,500. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paraguay 0 […]

The past few weeks have seen quite a shakeup at MLS with the dismissal of Deputy Commissioner Sunil Gulati. We'd like to know your opinion on his ouster and some related topics:

Bowling Green University netminder Scott Vallow and Marquette University goalkeeper Jim Welch have each signed 30-day trial contracts with Project-40. The 30-day stint allows U.S. Pro-40 Head Coach Lothar Osiander to evaluate the potential of these two players and their possible contributions to MLS and U.S. Soccer in the future. Following the month-long evaluation, it […]

Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Mauricio Cienfuegos will play April 3 at San Jose after revising his deal with Major League Soccer. The pact was agreed upon during a lunch meeting held April 1 in Los Angeles between MLS Commissioner Douglas L. Logan, Executive Vice President of Player Operations Ivan Gazidis and Cienfuegos’ agent Cory Clemetson. […]

You can learn a heck of a lot about the world by following soccer. Case in point: Yugoslavia. When I began following soccer in the early 1970s, all that I knew about Yugoslavia was from the history books — the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo that triggered World War I and the rise of […]

They’ve had their shots, nearly a dozen apiece, to ward off hepatitis and yellow fever and malaria and meningitis. They’ve listened to the tales, how they just might be headed for the most miserable place on the planet. And they’ve done their best to assuage the fears of family and friends terrified by the adventure […]

Claudio Reyna, the 25-year-old U.S. midfielder who has played in Germany since 1994, is moving to Glasgow Rangers, winner of nine of the last 10 Scottish League titles. VfL Wolfsburg, the German First Division club that has employed Reyna on loan from Bayer Leverkusen for the past two seasons, announced the deal April 1 — […]

Chicago — Forward Ante Razov probable (left groin strain); midfielder Jerzy Podbrozny questionable (right quadriceps strain). Columbus — Midfielder Brian Maisonneuve probable (right ankle strain); goalkeeper Juergen Sommer out (right knee ACL tear). Dallas — Forward Dante Washington probable (right hamstring strain); midfielder Chad Deering out (right knee MCL sprain); midfielder Mark Santel out (right […]

A late strike from Luciano Silva gave Brazil’s SC Corinthians a 3-2 win over the U.S. U-17 national team, knocking the Americans out of the Dallas Cup. Playing in front of 10,000 fans, the USA was in a must-win situation in order to advance to the quarterfinals. With 15 minutes left and the score 2-2 […]

Goalkeeper Walter Zenga (1) New England Defenders Lubos Kubik (1) Chicago C.J. Brown (1) Chicago Mike Petke (1) MetroStars Midfielders Braeden Cloutier (1) San Jose Peter Nowak (1) Chicago Carlos Valderrama (1) Miami Clint Mathis (2) Los Angeles Forwards Paul Bravo (1) Colorado Ante Razov (2) Chicago Giovanni Savarese (1) New England ò In parentheses […]

Nine MLS teams cut a total of 13 players in order to fulfill the league’s 20-man roster limit. The Chicago Fire waived defender Jeff Zaun and forward Tony Kuhn; the Dallas Burn waived rookie midfielder Andrew Parrish and forward Gabe Jones; the Kansas City Wizards waived forward Brian Loftin; the Los Angeles Galaxy waived forward […]

Here’s a look at the television schedule for this week’s MLS games: Date Matchup Kickoff (ET) Television April 3 D.C. United at MetroStars 7:00 p.m. espn2 April 3 Columbus at Tampa Bay 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports Ohio April 3 Chicago at Miami 7:00 p.m. Fox Sports Chicago April 3 New England at Kansas City 8:30 […]

FEATURES U.S. Reaps Benefits Of Maturing Eddie Lewis By Scott French Promising Start For MetroStars By Frank Giase Walter Zenga: ‘Spiderman’ Starts Spinning His Web By Frank Dell’Apa Tony Dicicco: “Mexico Was A Better Team This Time’ By Dean Caparaz Americans Are Ready To Make Their Mark In Nigeria By Scott French Call For Miracle-Worker […]

Group 1 March 31 in Zurich Switzerland 2 (Chapuisat 4, 70) Wales 0. Half: 1-0. Att.: 13,500. March 31 in Ancona Italy 1 (Inzaghi pen. 31) Belarus 1 (Belkevich 24). Half: 1-1. Att.: 25,000. TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 4 3 1 0 7 2 10 Switzerland 4 2 1 1 […]

U.S. U-23 men’s mational team coach Clive Charles today announced the 18-player roster that will compete in a friendly against Brazil on Wednesday, April 7 at Brasilia Stadium. The team departs for Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 4 before traveling on to Brasilia the following day. The Brazil friendly marks the first U-23 call-up for […]

Kansas City Wizards starting goalkeeper Tony Meola underwent arthroscopic knee surgery March 31 in Los Angeles, California. The surgery, performed by U.S. national team doctor Bert Mandelbaum, went well, but Meola will be sidelined for six months. The injury occurred on March 17th, as he turned and planted to kick a ball at training. “Tony […]

The U.S. U-17 national team drew 0-0 with UAG (“Tecos”) of Mexico March 29 in action at the Dallas Cup. The USA will play Group D leaders SC Corinthians (Brazil) on March 31 to conclude first-round play. Corinthians beat UAG Tecos, 3-0 and FC Augsburg of Germany 5-1. The top two finishers from each group […]

KANSAS CITY 0 CHICAGO 3 March 27 Att.: 15,509. Goals Chicago: Razov (Marsch, Podbrozny) 10, Wolff (Razov, Armas 61), Razov (Podbrozny 69). SA Report Card Kansas City: Winner 5, Vermillion 4, Lalas 3, Bowers 4, Uderitz 4 (Johnson, 53rd, 4), Wright 3 (Klein, 46th, 4), Sabanadzovic 3, Preki 4, Henderson 5, Brown 4, Johnston 4. […]

The following are quotes from the March 30 MLS media teleconference, which featured MLS commissioner Doug Logan, MLS Executive VP Ivan Gazidis, Los Angeles coach Octavio Zambrano and San Jose coach Brian Quinn. Doug Logan Opening Remarks “On our part for me personally and on behalf of the league, we’re saying a prayer for peace […]

Scoring Player (Team) GP G A P Razov (Chicago) 2 4 2 10 Kreis (Dallas) 2 3 1 7 Lassiter (D.C. United) 1 2 1 5 Gottardi (Tampa Bay) 1 2 0 4 Bravo (Colorado) 2 2 0 4 Podbrozny (Chicago) 2 1 2 4 Hurtado (MetroStars) 2 2 0 4 Williams (D.C. United) 1 […]

Despite falling to Honduras for the second time in the tournament on March 26, Costa Rica took its third straight UNCAF Nations Cup title over the weekend. With Guatemala’s 2-0 win over Honduras in the first match of March 28, the Ticos needed to beat El Salvador by at least two goals to win the […]