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Five days after the MetroStars, fielding the youngest lineup in league history, beat Los Angeles, 2-1, the teams meet again Wednesday evening. The Metros, whose squad's average age was 22 years, 138 days — seven regulars were unavailable because of international call-ups or injuries — got the gamewinner from 19-year-old Mike Magee. Los Angeles forward […]

WOMEN'S PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE June 15 Rhode Island Rays 0 New England Mutiny 4 (Monroe 15, 42, Maurer 79, Gjertsen 85) June 18 Elk Grove Pride 4 (Wrightsman 4, 30, 81), Lewis 63) San Diego WFC 1 (Sanford 76) East Bay Power 2 (Lewandowski 34, Churchill 65) California Storm 0 June 19 Rochester Reign 0 […]

FC Honka, with former Duquesne University defender Becky Barritt on its backline, seeks to overcome a 1-0 deficit Thursday at home in the second leg of its Finnish Women's Cup quarterfinal against crosstown rival FC Espoo. Espoo won the first leg last week on a 48th-minute goal by Finnish national-teamer Jannica Tjeder, who will be […]

Former Columbus Crew striker Brian West scored his third goal of the season but his Norwegian First Division club, Fredrikstad, went down, 3-2. NORWAY * Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1), at Odd Grenland, 4-4. Started: 67 minutes. Dagbladet rating (10 high; 1 low): 5. Season stats: 9 games, 2 goals. * Brian West (Fredrikstad, D1), at […]

By Ridge Mahoney Double strikes carry Kansas City and D.C. to victories; Pat Onstad saves another Ante Razov penalty as the Quakes and Fire tie again; the youthful Metros stun the Galaxy in the final minute; and goals two minutes apart leave the Burn and Rapids tied. BEST GOALS: Rarely are the top two nominees […]

June 12 Portugal 1 (Ronaldo 93+) Greece 2 (Karagounas 7, Basinas pen. 51). Spain 1 (Valeron 60) Russia 0. June 16 Spain 1 (Morientes 28) Greece 1 (Charisteas 66). Portugal 2 (Maniche 7, Rui Costa 89) Russia 0. June 20 Portugal 1 (Nuno Gomes 57) Spain 0. Russia 2 (Kirichenko 2, Bulykin 17) Greece 1 […]

Nuno Gomes scored in the 57th minute to give host Portugal a 1-0 victory over neighboring Spain and move into the quarterfinals of Euro 2004. Greece joined Portugal, ahead of Spain on goals scored, in the final eight even though it fell to Russia, 2-1. The Czech Republic became the first team to qualify for […]

The field for the semifinal round of World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF is almost complete. Eleven teams qualified Saturday and Sunday, and Mexico will join them after completing its second-round series with Dominica next weekend. Joining the United States in Group 1 are Jamaica, El Salvador and Panama. Jamaica beat Haiti 3-0 on a […]

Second Round, First Leg June 12 Cuba 2 (More pen. 25, 75) Costa Rica 2 (Sequeira 12, Saborio 42). Surinam 1 (Puperhart 14) Guatemala 1 (Ramirez 35). Haiti 1 (Peguero pen. 48) Jamaica 1 (King 38). Netherlands Antilles 1 (Hose 75) Honduras 2 (D.Suazo 8, 68). June 13 USA 3 (Beasley 45, 71, Vanney 90) […]

The United States beat Grenada, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon before 15,267 fans at the National Cricket Stadium in St. George's, Grenada, to move into the semifinal round of 2006 World Cup qualifying with a 6-2 victory on aggregate. The United States will face Jamaica, El Salvador and Panama, which all qualified Sunday for the semifinal […]

Former Philadelphia Charge goalkeeper Hope Solo played her finest match of the Swedish League season on Saturday, making several exceptional saves to give visiting Kopparbergs/Goteborg a 1-1 tie with first-place Djurgarden/Alvsjo. Lotta Schelin fired K/Goteborg (4-2-3) ahead in the 28th minute, but D/A (9-0-2) — the reigning Damallsvenskan champion — pulled even on Ann-Marie Norlin's […]

June 19 in East Rutherford, NJ Metrostars 2 Los Angeles 1. Goals: Arena (Magee) 42, Magee (Flores, Leitch) 90; Herzog pen. 47. MetroStars – Wells, Arena, Brenes (Stammler, 89), Parke, Leitch, Regan, Flores, Clark, Magee, Gaven, Wolyniec. Los Angeles – Hartman (Popik, 47), Albright, Califf (Hong, 63), Suarez, Lewis, Jones, Herzog, Saragosa, Victorine, Ngwenya (Grabavoy, […]

Mia Hamm scored two first-half goals and Rebekah Splaine assisted two late strikes as the Washington Freedom and Boston Breakers tied, 3-3, in the second game of the first WUSA Soccer Festival in Blaine, Minn. Hamm tallied in the third and 34th minutes and Abby Wambach also tallied for the Freedom, which watched a 3-1 […]

Dominica 0 Mexico 10 (Bautista 9, 38, Borgetti 11, 36, Marquez 25, Osorno 50, 87, Lozano 70, Davino 75, Palencia 90). Honduras 4 (Guevara 7, D.Suazo 22, Alvarez 49, Pavon 70) Netherlands Antilles 0. (Honduras wins 6-1 on aggregate.) St. Kitts & Nevis 3 (Gomez 16, Willock 22, 29) Barbados 2 (Skinner 33, Hall 45). […]

Shannon Boxx scored two goals but the Atlanta Beat rallied with a last-minute penalty kick to tie the New York Power, 2-2, Friday night in the first game of the WUSA Soccer Festival in Blaine, Minn. Boxx scored in the 74th minute, after ''guest'' Mandy Clemens, from the San Jose CyberRays, dropped a Krista Davey […]

2004 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP at Portugal Group A W L T F-A Pts Greece 1 0 1 3-2 4 Spain 1 0 1 2-1 4 Portugal 1 1 0 3-2 3 Russia 0 2 0 0-3 0 Saturday, June 12 Portugal 1 (Ronaldo 93+) Greece 2 (Karagounas 7, Basinas pen. 51) Spain 1 (Valeron 60) Russia […]

(Home team listed first) Saturday, June 19, 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT METROSTARS (3-3-4, 13 pts) vs. LOS ANGELES (6-3-3, 21 pts) TV: ESPN2. Key Players Out: Metrostars – MD Michael Bradley (R foot stress fracture), DF Tenywa Bonseu (groin strain), GK Jonny Walker (national team duty – USA); FW Cornell Glen (national team duty […]

Grenada vs. USA CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, 2nd round, 2nd leg (USA leads, 3-0, on aggregate) Sunday, June 20 in St. George, Grenada 4 pm ET/1 pm PT TV: ESPN2 (live), Telemundo (live) THE ROAD TO GERMANY 2006: The winner of the USA-Grenada series advances to the semifinal qualifying round with the winners of: El […]

First Leg, Second Round June 19 in San Antonio, Texas Dominica vs. Mexico Second Leg, Second Round June 19 in San Pedro Sula Honduras vs. Netherlands Antilles (aggregate: 2-1) June 19 in Basseterre St. Kitts & Nevis vs. Barbados (2-0) June 20 in Kingstown St. Vincent & Grenadines vs. Nicaragua (2-2) June 20 in St. […]

Hope Solo, who quickly has asserted herself among the best goalkeepers in Sweden, will look to shut down fellow American Venus James on Saturday when Kopparbergs/Goteborg visits first-place Djurgarden/Alvsjo in Swedish League action. Solo, a former University of Washington All-American who played last year for the WUSA's Philadelphia Charge, has notched six shutouts in nine […]

Venus James netted her third goal of the Swedish season, and Hope Solo notched her sixth shutout in Wednesday's 10th round of Damallsvenskan play. James, who won WUSA titles with the San Jose CyberRays and Carolina Courage, scored the final goal in league leader Djurgarden/Alvsjo's 6-0 romp over Hammarby IF DFF. It was James' third […]

GOALKEEPER Greg Sutton (Montreal) * Two shutouts to set Montreal career record DEFENDERS Danny Jackson (Seattle) * Goal, solid play on road in loss and win Geordie Lyall (Vancouver) * Solid play in 1-0 OT win at Portland Kevin Knight (Richmond) * Solid play in 1-0 win over Charleston MIDFIELDERS Jeff Clarke (Vancouver) * Assist […]

Host Portugal stayed alive in the European Championship with a 2-0 victory over Russia on Wednesday. Goals from Maniche and substitute Rui Costa gave Portugal the win. Russia, whose goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov was sent off just before halftime for handling the ball outside the box, became the first team to be eliminated. Spain tied Greece, […]

Three Americans were on the field but it was no contest Monday when IBV destroyed Stjarnan, 11-0, in the Icelandic League clash in Reykjavik. Former Philadelphia Charge defender Mary McVeigh played the second half for IBV (3-0-1), which has scored eight or more goals in each of its victories and sits two points behind first-place […]

In what will probably be his last match for Sogndal, Robbie Russell was named man-of-the-match in a 2-1 win against Valerenga. Although Sogndal has agreed upon a transfer fee with Rosenborg, Russell's contract was not completed in time for this weekend's games, so he played one more with his first European club. Russell entered the […]