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The U.S. womenÆs national team will begin residency on April 2 as 25 players come to The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. for a six-month period that will culminate in the fall with CONCACAF qualifying for the 2007 WomenÆs World Cup. This will be the sixth residency camp for the U.S. women, but the […]

Midfielder Eddie Gaven, 19, has been traded from the New York Red Bulls to the Columbus Crew in exchange for 24-year-old forward Edson Buddle. Gaven, who debuted in MLS at age 16, has played in 69 games (62 starts), and tallied 16 goals and 12 assists in three seasons. Gaven played for Crew coach Sigi […]

Border Battle March 18-19 Missouri Under 17/18 Boys KCFC Alliance Rideout 3 Futura Elite 2 (KCFC Alliance Rideout wins on penalties.) Under 16 Boys St. Louis SC Blue 2 Lou Fusz 1 Under 15 Boys CRSA 3 Futura Force 2 Under 14 Boys KCFC Alliance Rideout 13 EFC Attack 1 Under 14 Girls J.B. Marine […]

WINNERS & LOSERS: Convey, Hahnemann reach the top with Reading Winners: READING, which had not reached the top tier of English soccer during its 135-year history, clinched promotion to the Premier League after its 1-1 tie with Leicester. The American duo of keeper Marcus Hahnemann and midfielder Bobby Convey are among four players who have […]

U.S. under-16 girls national team coach Kazbek Tambi will take an 18-player roster to the Netherlands for a three-match tour April 8-16. It will be the first matches abroad for the U-16s this year. The USA will play two teams from the Dutch WomenÆs Premier League as well as the Dutch U-19s. U.S. ROSTER GOALKEEPERS […]

The U.S. under-16 national team is in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for its first foreign tour of the year as it begins its preparations for qualifying next year for the Under-17 World Cup. John HackworthÆs team is playing in the six-team Copa Esperanzas Corea 2007 Tournament. U.S. ROSTER Goalkeepers — Josh Lambo (Middleton, Wis.), Chris Miller […]

The U.S. U-20 womenÆs national team will play five matches in eight days against four college teams from the Northwest, plus Ohio State: Washington State (April 1, on the Nike Campus in Beaverton, Ore.), Washington (April 2, at the University of Portland), Portland (April 4, at UP), Oregon State (April 6, at UP) and Ohio […]

U.S. under-16 boys national team March 22 Univ. of Cincinnati 0-3 U.S. under-17 boys national team March 24 Wake Forest Univ. 1-3. Goal: Ibrahim U.S. under-20 womenÆs national team March 20 Long Beach State 3-0 Goals: Adams, Rostedt (2) March 21 U.S. U-21s 3-1 Goals: Averbuch, Adams (2) March 21 U.S. U-21s 1-5 Goal: Heath […]

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. THURSDAY, March 30 FOX SOCCER CHANNEL CONCACAF Champions' Cup SAPRISSA-TOLUCA, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (delay), 2 am. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores MARACAIBO-UNAM (live), 5 pm. Copa Libertadores EL NACIONAL-LIBERTAD (live), 7 pm. Copa […]

USL First Division Atlanta Silverbacks: Warren Ukah (Virginia Beach Mariners) Portland Timbers: M Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar (re-sign), M Luke Kreamalmeyer (Real Salt Lake) Seattle Sounders: M Kevin Sakuda (re-sign), M Andrew Gregor (re-sign), G Preston Burpo (transfer to RSL), M Brent Whitfield (transfer to RSL) Vancouver Whitecaps: M Jay Alberts (Minnesota Thunder), D Adrian Cann (Montreal […]

TRIVIA QUESTION: Which are the only two MLS team to have won at least 10 games in each of the past five regular seasons? ANSWER: The Columbus Crew & the MetroStars

Updates through March 26. 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 […]

Chivas USAÆs Claudio Suarez, with his 174th Mexico appearance on March 29, is the second all-time cap leader. World's all-time cap leaders 1.Mohamed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia) 180 2.Claudio Suarez (Mexico) 174 3.Hossam Hassan (Egypt) 170 4.Cobi Jones (USA) 164 4. Adnan Kh. Al-Talyani (UAE) 164 6.Sami Al-Jaber (Saudi Arabia) 157 7.Lothar Matthaus ((West) Germany) 150 […]

By Paul Kennedy Mananging Editor, Soccer America in Dortmund Juergen Klinsmann won't be returning to California on a one-way ticket. The USA made sure of that, gifting World Cup host Germany four second-half goals in a 4-1 defeat before 64,500 fans at Signal Iduna Park. The fans whistled Germany off the field after a lackluster […]

International Friendly March 22 in Dortmund, Germany Germany 4 USA 1 Goals: Schweinsteiger 46, Neuville (Klose) 73, Klose (Neuville) 75, Ballack (Klose) 79; Cherundolo (Keller) 85. Germany — Kahn, Friedrich (Owomoyela, 83), Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm, Schneider (Borowski, 68), Kehl (Ernst, 82), Ballack, Asamoah (Neuville, 67), Klose, Podolski (Schweinsteiger, 46). USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Gibbs (Pearce, […]

After GermanyÆs 4-1 win over the USA in a friendly in Dortmund March 22, coaches and players had this to say: Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann: ''We started well, then lost our rhythm, because the Americans reacted. We needed to force the issue today. It was a fight of attrition. That the goal came right after […]

By Paul Kennedy, Managing Editor Soccer America in Dortmund, Germany The stakes in Wednesday's Germany-USA game here (TV, ESPN2, live, 2:25 pm ET) show how differently soccer in the two countries is viewed. A loss for Germany would be disaster, says U.S. right back Steve Cherundolo, a veteran of seven German league seasons. There isn't […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Soccer America U.S. midfielder John O'Brien is back in Southern California, awaiting his official release from Dutch club ADO Den Haag so he can sign with MLS. He has been training and working out at the Athletes' Performance facility at Home Depot Center. As a U.S. international entering MLS for […]

The following are the rosters for the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP National Championships at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, beginning Friday, March 17. 1988 Boys Eastern Pennsylvania 0 Arnold, Michael Newton, PA 11 Baker, Matthew Bethlehem, PA 3 Barr, Marcus Wallingford, PA 5 Brehm, Jonathan Spring, PA 12 Cava, Eric Summit, PA 27 Gelsinger, […]

(All times ET unless noted. Consult your regular television listings guides for availability in your area. Schedules are subject to change.) FRIDAY, March 24 ESPN DEPORTES Mexico QUERETARO-INDIOS DE CIUDAD JUAREZ, Primera A (live), 8:55 pm. FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL Copa Libertadores ATL. NACIONAL-CERRO PORTENO (delay), 2 am. SETANTA SPORTS USA England BURNLEY-NORWICH CITY (live), […]

The nationalities of players on the preseason rosters of MLS's 12 teams: 246 USA. 6 Brazil. 5 Argentina, Jamaica, Mexico. 4 Costa Rica. 3 Canada, England, Honduras, New Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago. 2 Chile, France, Guatemala. 1 Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Israel, Ghana, Grenada, Haiti, Ireland, Liberia, Morocco, St. Kitts & Nevis, […]

USL First Division Atlanta Silverbacks: Defender Joe Afful (re-sign through 2007) Miami: Midfielder Zinho (Flamengo/Nova Iguacu – Brazil), Forward Onandi Lowe (Portvale FC – Jamaica), Midfielder Diego Walsh (Columbus Crew), Midfielder Pedro Power, Midfielder Artie Bartholomew Minnesota: Defender Alfredo Esteves (Desportivo Aves – Portugal), Midfielder Kevin Friedland (re-sign), Chris Brisson (re-sign) Portland Timbers: Defender Michael […]

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor Nothing should be believed about Red Bull New York not being allowed to play in Giants Stadium, as has been declared by New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority president George Zoffinger. He has threatened to ban the renamed MLS team, saying the new name "insults New Jersey," although the New […]

German-based players Kasey Keller, Gregg Berhalter and Steve Cherundolo are among 19 players called up for the Germany-USA game March 22 in Dortmund (TV:ESPN2, live, 2:25 p.m.) The match does not fall on an international fixture date, so teams are not required to release players. Only four other European-based players were called up. The rest […]