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Aug. 10 in Arlington Heights, Ill. Chicago Stingers (D3 Pro) 1 Dallas Burn (MLS) 4. Goals: D.Deck 63; Alvarez (Sutter) 41, Washington (Alvarez, Sutter) 43, Eck (Santel) 69, Eck (Flores) 84. Chicago — Roy, Williams (Dunne, 81), Muhr, Fleita (Goettel, 41), Wolf, Richardson, D.Deck, White (Hardy, 66), Harkness, Jahr, Hamnett. Dallas — Dodd, Martinez (Webber, […]

Aug. 10 in San Jose Costa Rica 0 El Salvador 0. Standings TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Mexico 5 3 2 0 13 2 11 Costa Rica 6 2 2 2 7 6 8 USA 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 El Salvador 6 1 3 2 3 4 6 Canada […]

Jordan Carroway Vienna, Va. I have heard that Jovan Kirovski is moving to the English club Sunderland. Can you confirm this? Pete Bailey: There is a deal in the works in which Sunderland of the English First Division would buy the U.S. international striker from Borussia Dortmund of Germany, but it depends on whether Kirovski […]

Results D.C. United 4 Los Angeles 2 Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 2 Colorado 3 New England 0 San Jose 2 Columbus 1 (SO) Standings EASTERN GP W L P GF GA D.C. United 24 16 8 42 54 40 Tampa Bay 24 13 11 33 41 43 New England 23 12 11 28 27 […]

MLS TV Schedule for Aug. 9 Match Kickoff (ET) Channel Los Angeles at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. Home Team Sports; KTLA-Los Angeles Kansas City at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. KMCI-Kansas City New England at Colorado 10:00 p.m. ESPN2 Columbus at San Jose 10:30 p.m. SportsChannel Ohio MLS Yellow Card Points Update Player (Team) Points Michael […]

Aug. 6 in Lima Sporting Cristal (Peru) 0 Cruzeiro (Brazil) 0. Sporting Cristal — Balerio, Asteggiano, Marengo, Rebosio (Torres, 54), Vasquez (Mendoza, 62), Solano, Garay, Carmona (Magallanes, 62), Soto, Bonnet, Julinho. Cruzeiro — Dida, Vitor, Gelson, Gottardo, Nonato, Fabinho, Ricardinho, Donizete, Palinha, Cleisson, Marcelo (Da Silva, 77). Att.: 45,000

Jen Streiffer’s golden goal in sudden-death overtime gave the U.S. U-20 women’s national team a 1-0 victory over Norway and the Nordic Cup title. Streiffer, who entered the match as a 98th-minute substitute for Meredith Florance, scored the gamewinner just after the start of the second overtime period. She collected a U.S. clearance at midfield […]

Moore out for season New England forward Joe-Max Moore underwent season-ending ankle surgery Aug. 6 and will miss the rest of the season. The U.S. forward, who missed the start of the 1997 MLS season due to groin surgery, injured his ankle against Colorado May 24 and had only recently returned to action. Cartilage was […]

The following are the pairings for the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup: Aug. 10 — Chicago Stingers (D3 Pro) vs. Dallas Burn (MLS); Forest View Park Stadium, Arlington Heights, Ill., 8:00 p.m. TBD — MetroStars (MLS) at Long Island Rough Riders (A-League). TBD — San Francisco Bay Seals (D3 Pro) at San Jose Clash […]

The San Jose Clash has received 20-year-old midfielder Esmundo Rodriguez as its Project-40 player. Rodriguez, who spent 18 months with Mexican club Monterrey and also competed with the U-20 national team at Malaysia ’97, is expected to be in uniform when the Clash hosts Columbus Aug. 9. “Esmundo has a great future, both nationally and […]

Aug. 7 in Baltimore, Md. USA 0 Ecuador 1. Goal: Sanchez 82. USA — Friedel, Fraser, Dooley, Vanney, Santel, Vasquez, Ramos, Chung (C.Henderson, 59), Maisonneuve (Ralston, 66), Preki, Lassiter (Hejduk, 83). Ecuador — Cevallos, Rivera, De La Cruz, Smith, Capurro, Montano, Blandon, Gavica, Sanchez, Maldonado, Graziani. Yellow cards: USA — Santel 64; Ecuador — Sanchez […]

Aug. 6 in Hershey, Pa. Hershey Wildcats (A-League) 0 D.C. United (MLS) 0 (OT). (D.C. United wins 3-2 on penalties.) Hershey — Petras, Dudin, Williams (Swords, 60), Lieb, Penny, Waite (Fairchild, 105), Tschantret, Longenecker, Zoric, D’Ambra (Feniger, 70), Johnson. D.C. United — Garlick (Presthus, 119), Maessner, Pope, Agoos, Gori, Kelderman (Williams, 60), Marsch (Kamler, 86), […]

The U.S. women’s U-20 national team crushed Iceland 4-0 in its second Group B match at the Nordic Cup Aug. 5. With the win, the U.S. needs only a tie in its final first-round match against host Denmark to advance to the championship game. The U.S. held a commanding 20-2 shot advantage over Iceland, but […]

Men’s Results Aug. 4 in Blaine, Minn. U.S. U-18 national team 2 West (Region IV) 1. Goals: Albright 24, Pierce 60; Brown (pen.) 83. U.S. World Univ. Games team 5 South (Region III) 0. Goals: Wolff 9, Olsen 14, Colasante 47, Torres 53, Alavanja 73. Aug. 5 in Blaine, Minn. East (Region I) 4 West […]

The CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal doubleheader in Washington, D.C. has been moved up one day to Aug. 12 in order to allow the Los Angeles Galaxy a day of rest before its Aug. 14 match at New England (Los Angeles will play four games in eight days starting with a match at D.C. United Aug. […]

FEATURES D.C. United Has Keeper Problems By Steven Goff Columbus Gets Confidence Boost By Craig Merz Colorado’s Trittschuh Oversees Rebuilding By Duncan Irving Monaco and Contiguglia Open Campaigns By Jeff Green Blanc Gets OM Off To A Quick Start Pressure Mounts On Bafana Bafana Players By Doug Cress Kaiserslautern Shocks Champion Bayern COLUMNS Soccer Talk […]

Goalkeeper Brad Friedel (3) Columbus Defenders Tom Dooley (3) Columbus Eddie Pope (5) D.C. United Jeff Agoos (6) D.C. United Midfielders Jeff Baicher (2) San Jose Michael Emenalo (1) San Jose Mark Chung (4) Kansas City Forwards Chris Henderson (2) Colorado Gilmar (1) Tampa Bay Lawrence Lozzano (1) San Jose Raul Diaz Arce (3) D.C. […]

West Region Aug. 2 in Spokane, Wash. Spokane 0 San Gabriel Valley 1 Central Region Aug. 2 in Saginaw Township, Mich. Mid Michigan 3 Des Moines 0 South Region Aug. 2 in Cocoa, Fla. Cocoa 2 Jackson 1 Premier League National Championship Aug. 8-9 in San Luis Obispo, Calif Semifinal pairings San Gabriel Valley (2) […]

Men Under-20 Semifinals San Dieguito Surf (Calif.) 2 Northport/Cow Harbor (N.Y.) Celtics 2 (San Dieguito Surf wins 3-2 on penalties.) Houstonians (Texas) 2 Scott Gallagher (Mo.) 1 (OT) Consolation Northport/Cow Harbor (N.Y.) Celtics 1 Scott Gallagher (Mo.) 0 Championship San Dieguito Surf (Calif). 3 Houstonians (Texas) 1 Boys Under-19 Semifinals Valley Utd. Blast (Calif.) 3 […]

Standings Northeast GP W L GF GA P North Jersey 18 11 7 39 23 31 Rhode Island 15 10 5 28 21 28 Cent. Jersey 17 10 7 26 24 26 New Hampshire 16 9 7 32 25 25 N.Y. Cap. Dist. 17 6 11 24 36 18 Vermont 14 6 8 17 32 […]

Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Kim Wyant allowed just one shootout goal against the Chicago Cobras to spark the Long Island Lady Riders to their second W-League championship in Brockport, N.Y., Aug. 3. The Lady Riders, who also won the 1995 title, edged the Cobras 2-1 in the shootout to win the USWSL final 2-1. […]

Standings Eastern Conference Northeast GP W L GF GA P Montreal 20 15 5 43 15 43 Toronto 21 13 8 34 28 35 Long Island 22 12 10 35 29 30 Rochester 21 10 11 40 38 30 Connecticut 22 9 13 20 36 19 Worcester 21 4 17 19 46 12 Atlantic GP […]

Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Kim Wyant allowed just one shootout goal against the Chicago Cobras to spark the Long Island Lady Riders to take their second W-League championship Aug. 3. The Lady Riders, who also won the 1995 title, edged the Cobras 2-1 after prevailing 2-1 in the shootout to win the final played […]

After years of team-hopping, Steve Trittschuh is a constant in a revamped defense Steve Trittschuh is shivering by his locker in the Colorado Rapids locker room. ááááWhat’s this? Post-traumatic stress disorder? Or just a bad day at the office? After all the Rapids have just been royally stuffed, 4-2 by the Dallas Burn. “No, man,” […]

U.S. coach Steve Sampson has called in three more players for the USA-Ecuador friendly match Aug. 7 in Baltimore. Midfielder Tab Ramos of the MetroStars, as well as defenders Danny Pena of Los Angeles and Mark Santel of Dallas, were added to the roster to replace Marcelo Balboa (sprained ankle), Cobi Jones (bruised hip) and […]