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The U.S. U-21 womenÆs national team traveled to Europe Tuesday for two matches in the Netherlands and one in Germany. Numerous players who are eligible for the next Nordic Cup are spending time with the full womenÆs national team and the U.S. U-20s, so some new players are being evaluated. The USA will play the […]

BOYS Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 Snohomish (Snohomish, Wash.) 4 12-0-0 2 Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tenn.) 6 9-0-0 2 Randolph (Huntsville, Ala.) 3 19-1-0 4 Norman North (Norman, Okla.) 2 13-1-0 5 Lincoln East (Lincoln, Neb.) 18 11-0-0 6 Chattahoochee (Alpharetta, Ga.) 8 13-1-0 7 Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow, Okla.) 12 13-0-0 8 Thomas Dale […]

THURSDAY, April 27 FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores NACIONAL-INTERNACIONAL-RS, quarterfinal, 1st leg (live), 6 pm. Copa Libertadores NEWELL'S OLD BOYS-VELEZ SARSFIELD, quarterfinal, 1st leg (live), 8 pm. Copa Libertadores TIGRES-LIBERTAD, quarterfinal, 1st leg (live), 10:30 pm FRIDAY, April 28 GOL TV Guatemala COMUNICACIONES-MUNICIPAL (live) 10 am. SATURDAY, April 29 ESPN2 MLS REAL SALT LAKE-LOS […]

The USA faces an African finalist, Argentina and France in the opening round of the Under-20 Women’s World Championship in Russia. The USA opens the tournament on Aug. 18 against Africa’s second-place finisher at Torpedo Stadium in Moscow. It plays Argentina Aug. 21 at the Torpedo Stadium before finishing Group D play against France Aug. 24 […]

USL First Division Charleston Battery: M Lazo Alavanja (re-sign), M Stephen Armstrong (Columbus Crew), D Brandon Curran (New Hampshire Phantoms) Portland Timbers: F Byron Alvarez (re-sign) D Garrett Marcum (re-sign), M Sergio Iniguez (Atlanta Silverbacks) Rochester Rhinos: F Connally Edozien (New England Revolution), F Neil Dombrowski (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), D Ricky Lewis (Colorado Rapids) Seattle […]

USL First Division Friday, April 21 Puerto Rico 3 (Marcina 5, 32, Norkus 24) Atlanta 1 (George 60). Saturday, April 22 Virginia Beach 2 (Simmonds 19, 70) Toronto 0. Vancouver 1 (Gjertsen 17) Portland 0. Sunday, April 23 Miami 0 Montreal 0. Minnesota 4 (Tarley 14, Gibson 15, Alvino 74, Paye 86) Seattle 0. Puerto […]

April 22 in Carson, Calif. Los Angeles 0 Columbus 1. Goal: Martino 96+. Columbus — Busch, Hejduk, Gonzalez (Kotschau, 55), Marshall, Pierce, Thomas (Martino, 41), Moss, Retiz, Gaven, Kamara (Garey, 85), Rozental. Los Angeles — Hartman, Albright, Ihemelu, Roberts, Dunivant, Jones (Gardner, 75), Nagamura (Gomez, 66),Vagenas, Grabavoy (Enfield, 89), Glen, Donovan. Yellow cards: Los Angeles […]

NCAA DIVISION I MEN AKRON Ken Lolla (Louisville coach) à Caleb Porter (Indiana assÆt) BUTLER Joe Sochacki (resigned) à Kelly Findley (Charlotte assÆt) CAL POLY SLO Wolfgang Gartner (contract not renewed) à Paul Holocher (UC Santa Cruz) CAL STATE FULLERTON Al Mistri (retiring)à Bob Ammann (Cal State Fullerton assÆt) CLEVELAND STATE Pete Curtis (contract not […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, April 21 no live games SATURDAY, April 22 ESPN2 MLS NEW YORK-D.C. UNITED (live), 4 pm. DIRECT KICK MLS HOUSTON-REAL SALT LAKE (live), 8:30 pm. MLS LOS ANGELES-COLUMBUS (live), 10:30 pm. HDNET MLS […]

Updates through April 21. With club affiliations (previous college for transfers is in parentheses). AKRON Elliot Bradbrook M England (Ashland) Vedran Ilic M Rockford, Ill. Chicago Magic Ben Zemanski M/F Cuyahoga Falls, OH Cleveland Force AMERICAN Cameron Petty D Manassas, VA Reston FC Karsten Smith D Huntington Station, NY BW Gottschee Jake Van Yahres F […]

Day Date Event Time (ET) Sunday June 18 USL-1: Seattle @ Miami 4:30 Friday June 23 USL-1: Atlanta @ Charleston 8:00 Friday June 30 USL-1: Minnesota @ Virginia Beach 8:00 Friday July 7 USL-1: Vancouver @ Montreal 8:00 Friday July 14 USL Show 8:00 Friday July 21 USL-1: Seattle @ Portland 11:00 Friday July 28 […]

Atlanta Silverbacks (2005 record: 10-15-3) Moves: Interim coach Jason Smith landed the job permanently. Additions include Matthew OÆToole from Richmond, who moved down to the USL Second Division, and Josh Smith from the Charleston Battery. Goalkeepers Josh Barton and Christian Fegler are both gone, leaving a lot in the hands of Mexican newcomer Felipe Quintero. […]

GIRLS Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas (Parkland, Fla.)* 1 23-1-1 2 Upland (Upland, Calif.)# 2 28-0-3 3 Taylor (Houston, Texas)* NR 24-5-1 4 San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.)# 4 23-2-2 5 Nease (St. Augustine, Fla.)* 5 27-2-2 6 Creekview (Carrollton, Texas) NR 22-3-4 7 Catalina Foothills (Tucson, Ariz.)* 7 25-0-0 8 Tupelo […]

The U.S. under-17 Æ90 boys national team is in England for a 10-day camp to prepare for the Ballymena Tournament April 24-28 in Northern Ireland . The Americans defeated a regional team from Northern England, 5-2, on April 15. The USA got a hat trick from Sheanon Williams and goals from Brek Shea and TJ […]

STANDINGS Eastern Conference Team W-L-T PTS Kansas City 3-0-0 9 D.C. United 2-0-1 7 New England 1-1-1 4 New York 0-0-3 3 Chicago 0-1-2 2 Columbus 0-2-1 1 Western Conference Team W-L-T PTS FC Dallas 2-0-1 7 Los Angeles 1-1-1 4 Colorado 1-1-1 4 Houston 1-2-0 3 Chivas USA 1-2-0 3 Real Salt Lake 0-2-1 […]

The U.S. under-18 boys national team will face Slovakia, Hungary and Malta in group play in the Slovakia Cup 2006, which will take place April 20-29 in Piest'any, Slovakia. U.S. ROSTER: GOALKEEPERS –Joe Bendik (Marietta, Ga.), Brian Perk (Santa Margarita, Calif.). DEFENDERS — Kyle Davies (Pleasanton, Calif.), Kemo Djedovic (Cupertino, Calif.), Greg Eckhardt (Orange Park, […]

Midfielders Brittany Bock and Tobin Heath scored for the U.S. under-20 womenÆs national team in its 2-2 tie with CanadaÆs U-20s to open play at the Ricardo Teixeira Cup in Brazil. Canada scored the equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time. Play continues through April 24. The U.S. U-16 girls national team swept all […]

Jonathan Spector, whose recent run with English Premier League club Charlton made him a strong candidate to make the U.S. World Cup squad, suffered a dislocated shoulder Monday in Charlton's 2-1 win over Portsmouth. Spector, who had started the last four Charlton games, was injured in a nasty collison with Zimbabwean Benjani Mwaruwari late in […]

After only 10 months, Alexi Lalas is on the move again. He is leaving the New York Red Bulls to become the president of the Los Angeles Galaxy. The former U.S. national team star had joined the MetroStars last June from the San Jose Earthquakes, whom he had served as president and general manager since […]

USL First Division Atlanta Silverbacks: Matt O'Toole (Richmond Kickers), Josh Smith (Charleston Battery). Charleston Battery: M Luke Vercollone (New England Revolution), D Chris Corcoran (New York Red Bulls), M Jeff Matteo (Minnesota Thunder), F Gavin Glinton. Montreal Impact: M Simon Gatti (Rhode Island Stingrays / Univ of RI), G Gerry Argento (re-sign). Portland Timbers: M […]

Key: R=rookie. *no longer with team. Chicago PLAYER GP GS MIN. G A Rolfe 3 3 270 2 0 Barrett 3 3 218 1 1 Jim Curtin 3 3 269 1 0 Thiago 3 3 270 0 1 Guerrero 3 3 270 0 1 Brown 3 3 270 0 0 Gutierrez 3 3 251 0 […]

Boys First – CASL (NC) Second – Schulz Academy (FL) Third – Concorde Fire (GA) Fourth – Richmond Strikers (VA) Fifth – Internationals SC (OH) Sixth – PDA (NJ) Seventh – Mass Premier Soccer (MA) Eighth – Colorado Rush (CO) Girls First û So Cal Blues SC (CA) Second – FC Delco (PA) Third – […]

Super Group Semifinals Dallas Texans 1 Tigres (Mexico) 0 Santos (Mexico) 2 Manchester United (England) 2 (Santos wins on penalties.) Final Dallas Texans 4 Santos (Mexico) 2 Under 19 Quarterfinals Chicago Magic 2 TSC Classics 0 Knowsley Youth (England) 6 DFW Tejanos 0 FC Texas Black 0 Sockers FC 0 (FC Texas Black wins on […]

EASTERN TEAM W L T GF GA P Kansas City 3 0 0 6 2 9 D.C. United 2 0 1 6 2 7 New England 1 1 1 1 1 4 New York 0 0 3 3 3 3 Chicago 0 1 2 4 5 2 Columbus 0 2 1 3 7 1 WESTERN […]

April 15 in Columbus, Ohio Columbus 1 Chicago 1. Goals: Rozental pen. 55; Rolfe (Barrett) 49. Columbus — Busch, Hejduk, Gonzalez, Marshall, Pierce, Thomas, Moss, Szetela (Kitamirike, 71), Gaven, Rozental (Garey, 64), Kamara (Martino, 77). Chicago — Thornton, Pause, Brown, Curtin, Segares (Franks, 79), Mapp, Thiago, Gutierrez, Guerrero, Barrett (Carr, 67), Rolfe. Yellow cards: Columbus […]